The Evening Concert

Szymanowski's 1st Violin Concerto is one of the first violin concertos to step away from traditional "Romantic"-era-style music.

Set aside the time tonight to spend the hour-plus with Mahler's "9th Symphony". You won't regret it.

The pipa (Chinese: 琵琶; pinyin: pípa, [pʰǐpʰǎ]) is a four-stringed Chinese musical instrument, belonging to the plucked category of instruments. It's sometimes called the Chinese lute. (courtesy Wikipedia and their sources)

and Rachmaninoff from Pittsburgh, Nielsen from New York, chamber music from Lincoln Center and Spoleto.

Beethoven's Piano Trio Opus 9, no.1 and one of the Mozart "Viola" Quintets are featured tonight.

Nothing like the composer's own words to decribe his piece (Korngold, Violin Concerto): [click through for the quote]

The title "Emperor" was given to this concerto by publisher Johann Baptist Cramer.

A review in the May 1809 edition of the Allgemeine musikalische Zeitung states that "[this concerto, Beethoven's 4th] is the most admirable, singular, artistic and complex Beethoven concerto ever".

"Shaghai Spring International Music Festival" was held Spring of 2015: tonight, music of Brahms, Chopin, Schoenfeld and Chinese composers.

Symphonies, that's the reference point....plus much, much more. . .this week's "Evening Concert"