The Evening Concert

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"

In addition to the wroks mentioned above, you'll hear Bartok's Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion, which dates from 1937; he and his wife gave the premiere in Basel, Switzerland the following year.

Mozart's "Sinfonia Concertante" dates from 1779, the composer was in his early 20s and had been travelling throughout Europe with stops In Mannheim and Paris.

Rusinek is Principal Clarinetist with the PSO.

Cesar Franck (Belgian) was schooled at the Paris Conservatoire like Ravel and D'Indy.

The Shanghai Spring International Music Festival brings together the best from the West and the East...recorded in Shangha in the Spring of 2015.

This Monday starts a new 8-week series called "Shanghai Spring". It's a classical music festival that mixes tradition, the West, and almagamations, and the East.