Violinist Frank Huang is featured in Strauss’ “Ein Heldenleben” with the New York Philharmonic
Who is the "Hero" of "Ein Heldenleben" (A Hero's Life)? Is it the composer? Is it the archetype presented by Joseph Campbell in his books on mythology?
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.
Tchaikovsky’s 5th Symphony from the San Francisco Symphony on the “Evening Concert”
It is an educated guess that composer's get good at composing symphonies, so much so that their 5th Symphonies are usually blockbusters!
Leif Ove Andsnes plays Mozart’s “20th Piano Concerto” with the CSO on tonight’s “Evening Concert”
Mozart's 20th Piano Concerto was the first Mozart concerto that Leif Ove Andsnes played with an orchestra, when he was 14 years old! He revisits "an old favorite" with the CSO tonight on the "Evening Concert".
Rachmaninoff’s “Symphonic Dances” from the Boston Symphony Orchestra on the “Evening Concert”
The "Carnegie Hall Live" series permits us to explore ensembles and other performers who have not been heard on the "Evening Concert", like tonight, with the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
Rachmaninoff, Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Brahms and more on the “Evening Concert”
Symphonic Dances, the 20th Piano Concerto, the 5th Symphony and more from the above named composers.
Chamber music by Dvorak on tonight’s “Evening Concert”: Op.97 String Quintet, String Quartet #13
The Opus 97 Quintet and the Quartet No. 13 were written within 2 years of each other: the Quintet in 1893 while he was in America, and 1895 back in Europe after his time in America.
Pierre-Laurant Aimard is the soloist in Mozart’s 23rd Piano Concerto with the Philharmonic
The musical content of tonight's program differs from the one listed in Patterns Magazine; it is still "The New York Philharmonic This Week".
The San Francisco Symphony returns to the “Evening Concert” for the next 13 Wednesday nights
MTT (Michael Tilson Thomas) leasd the SFS (San Francisco Symphony) in the first of 13 new programs.
Salonen Conducts Sibelius: the 7th Symphony, Four Legends, plus more on tonight’s “Evening Concert”
Esa-Pekka Salonen, the Kalevala, Sibelius. . . all quintessentially Finnish.... they come together tonight on the "Evening Concert".
NEW SERIES START: Carnegie Halll Live! Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto #1
Evgeny Kissin is the soloist, Tchaikovsky, the composer, Piano Concerto No.1, the work on tonight's "Evening Concert".
These programs are partially sponsored by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.
