Jeffrey Kahane conducts and plays Beethoven’s 4th Piano Concerto with the Milwaukee Symphony
Also on the program, Berlioz' Symphonie fantastique.
7-9 PM Monday-Thursday & Sunday
Great performances from the great concert venues, 7 to 9 pm Monday thru Thursday, and Sunday, on WILL-FM.
Also on the program, Berlioz' Symphonie fantastique.
That would be the 4th Piano Concerto, Pictures at an Exhibition, and some of the Songs Without Words among others.
Florence, as in Italy...summer of 1890, Tchaikovsky made a lengthy visit there...finishing the work on his return from Florence.
Kavakos plays the Bartok Romanian Folk Dances, plus a NY Philharmonic premiere of a violin concerto by a composer who passed away in 2013.
Organist Cameron Carpenter travels with his own organ. he brings it to LA to play with the Philharmonic in a World Premiere.
Gershwin travelled to Paris more than once in the 1920s; the city served as the inspiration for the famous "An American in Paris".
Schumann's 2nd is one of those works with a slight numbering confusion, as it was the third symphony completed; the first was an early version of what became the 4th Symphony, the second was published as the Symphony No. 1.
A 2nd Symphony from Milwaukee, a musical depiction of a person from the USA in Paris, a World Premier for Organ and Orchestra (!), and more.
The Belcea Quartet won the Gramophone Award for Best Debut Recording in 2001. Hear them play a late string quartet by Haydn on tonight's "Evening Concert".
Pianist Jeffrey Kahane leads the NY Philharmonic from the piano bench in two of Mozart's 20+ piano concertos.