Brahms’ 1st from Shanghai, Sibelius’ 2nd from Chicago, Schubert’s (not 3rd, but) 7th from Pittsburgh
Symphonies, that's the reference point....plus much, much more. . .this week's "Evening Concert"
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.
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The St. Lawrence Quartet plays a Haydn String Quartet; there’s also a Piano Trio by Shostakovich
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” & Shostakovich’s “8th Symphony” on the “Evening Concert”
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.
Clarinetist Michael Rusinek plays Weber’s First “Clarinet Concerto” in Pittsburgh
Rusinek is Principal Clarinetist with the PSO.
Pianist Louis Lortie featured in two works by composers from the Paris Consevatoire
Cesar Franck (Belgian) was schooled at the Paris Conservatoire like Ravel and D'Indy.
SHANGHAI SPRING! has arrived bringing us the Sibelius “Violin Concerto” on the Evening Concert
The Shanghai Spring International Music Festival brings together the best from the West and the East...recorded in Shangha in the Spring of 2015.
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Sibelius’ “Violin Concerto”, Weber’s “1st Clarinet Concerto”, and more on the Evening Concert.
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.
“Rhapsody in Blue” played in the piano 4-hands version, plus Schumann’s “Piano Quintet” tonight
Two works for piano-four-hands on the first hour of the program, then Schumann's famous (rightly so!) "Piano Quartet".
Liang Wang plays Richard Strauss’ “Oboe Concerto” on “The New York Philharmonic This Week”
It really is a true story, about the US soldier who invited Strauss to write an oboe concerto.
Pablo Villegas plays Rodrigo’s Guitar Concerto “Concierto de Aranjuez” on “The Evening Concert”
Rodrigo wrote the concerto in 1939......Tchaikovsky wrote his work, the Manfred Symphony in 1885 after the Lord Byron poem of the same name.
These programs are partially sponsored by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.
