Symphonies by Brahms (his 1st) and Bruckner (his 7th) highlight this week’s “Evening Concert”
Plus a tone poem by Richard Strauss and chamber music by Schumann and Tchaikovsky
The Evening Concert
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.
Ravel’s “Gaspard…” and Brahms’ “2nd String Sextet” on tonight’s “Evening Concert”
Inon Barnatan plays the Ravel....Jennifer Gilbert & Harvey de Souza are the violinists for the Brahms'.
Anthony McGill plays Nielsen’s “Clarinet Concerto” with the Philharmonic* on the Evening Concert
[*New York Phillharmonic, that is]...Music Director Alan Gilbert conducts.
Music for the ballet by Stravinsky: “Petrushka” and the “Scenes” from San Francisco
Thomas Hampson was in the neighborhood so he dropped in to sing on John Adams' "The Wound Dresser"
Cellist Alisa Weilerstein plays Prokofiev’s “Symphony-Concerto” with the CSO
Also, music of Britten: the Suite on English Folk Tunes and Shostakovich's 9th Symphony (not dreary!)
Mahler’s “1st Symphony” featured on tonight’s Evening Concert with the San Francsico Symphony
On "Carnegie Hall Live!" The concert was recorded April 8, 2017.
Mahler, Stravinsky, Ravel and others’ music on this week’s “Evening Concert”
"First Symphony", "Petrushka", "Noble and Sentimental Waltzes" and more.
Brahms’ Opus 25 Piano Quartet and a Schubert Piano Trio on tonight’s “Evening Concert”
Pianist Gilbert Kalish is featured in the Brahms Quartet; Shai Wosner, pianist, is featured in the Schubert Trio
Inon Barnatan plays Ravel’s “Piano Concerto in G” on tonight’s “Evening Concert”
Also on the program Strauss' "Rosenkavalier" Suite.
Schumann’s “4th Symphony” by the San Francsico Symphony on the “Evening Concert”
Also on the program, Brahms' "Haydn" Variations and music of Berlioz.
These programs are partially sponsored by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.
