The Evening Concert

Also on the program "The Rite of Spring" and a rarely heard "Mass" attributed to Etienne Mehul.

"Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun", one of the 20+ Piano Concertos, Film music, a famous symphony...and chamber music. . .

Bartok's "The Miraculous Mandarin' rendered for piano four hands, plus a music "souvenir"(from Florence)

. . .plus selections from the Ballet "Cinderella", music by Prokofiev.

with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra led by guest conductor Mariss Jansons.

Michael Tilson Thomas guest conducts...

Jiri Belohlavek conducts, plus music of Dvorak (three concert overtures) and others.

The "Carnival Overture", "1st Cello Concerto", "1st and 2nd Piano Concertos", ballet music from "Cinderella" and much more this week.

Each hour this evening features a "piano quintet", a work for piano plus string quartet, firstly, the Schumann Opus 44, then the Faure Opus 89 (the 1st of two).

Tonight's broadcast features performance led by Maestro Masur, who passed away Dec of 2015.