The Evening Concert

Leopold Stokowski conducts the Cleveland Orchestra in an archival concert from 1971.

Tonight it is music by Ralph Vaughan Williams and Sir Edward Elgar. One wonders why Vaughan Williams was never officially conferred the title of "Sir".

Brahms' 3rd Symphony is often considered a "lighter" symphony than the 4th; by comparison it is less "weighty" based upon modality, major versus minor.

It'll be Brahms' 3rd & 4th symphonies, Elgar's 1st, and Beethoven's 7th, among other great symphonic and other works on the "Evening Concert".

Brahms' "Love-Song Waltzes" (Liebeslieder) are the centerpiece of the first hour of chamber music tonight, followed by the famous "Kreutzer" Violin Sonata of Beethoven

This late-in-life work by Beethoven is rarely heard because of the forces required to perform it and the performance challenges of the the music itself. Enjoy this concert broadcast from the NYP.

Lorin Maazel, former Music Director of the Cleveland Orchestra, passed away Summer 2014. Tonight's program features Maestro Maazel at the podium.

And, oh, by the way, Paul Lewis drops by Symphony Center at just the right time to play Beethoven' "Emperor" Piano Concerto with the group.

Parphrasing Brahms' "You have no idea what it's like to have HIM looking over your shoulder". The "him" is Beethoven.

Brahms' symphonies, Beethoven's "Emperor" Concerto, a Haydn Cello Concerto and more: this week's "Evening Concert".