The Evening Concert

Seen the movie "The Omen"? The music that's used in that movie comes from Carl Orff's "Carmina Burana". Hear the work in its entirety and original format tonight.

Music by Orff, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, Brahms and many others on the "Evening Concert" this week.

Besides the Gershwin, tonight's broadcast includes music of Ellington and Ives, and music by Zhao Jiping.

The New York Philharmonic is the orchestra performing this program. The "New York Philharmonic This Week" is heard every Thursday night at 7:00 here.

Ms. Young is becoming better known 'in these parts' by way of her guest conducting in the US. The program includes a rarely heard opera overture by Pfitzner (a contemporary of Sibelius).

It's music by composers of the Paris Conservatoire on tonight's "Evening Concert"

Also on the program: Dvorak's "Carnival Overture" and Smetana's "Ma Vlast".

"Rhapsody in Blue", "Cello Concerto", and "The Planets" among the works you'll hear this week.

Messiaen (perhaps most) famous work, the "Quartet for the End of Time" was written while he was a POW during WWII, thus the strong emotional content in the sounds. Leontyne? Some (including me) think she is th egeratest female singer ever.. Decide for yourself.

Tune in tonight at 7:00 to hear America's premier female classical guitarists play a work that should be heard (imho) more often.