The Evening Concert

"Chopin was a genius of universal appeal." - Arthur Rubinstein

Beethoven's "Triple" Concerto is his only work for multiple soloists and orchestra. It was written in 1803 and publicly premiered in 1808. It is now a standard in the concerto repertoire. Hear it for the first time, or again, on tonight's "Evening Concert".

Dvorak came to America in 1892 to become the head of the National Conservatory in New York City. He spent the summer of 1893 in Spillville Iowa, soaking up the sounds of America, which he captured in his "American" String Quartet.  The quartet includes birdcalls and other particularly American sounds that he heard.

Our presentation of the Music Mountain 2014 series ends Monday evening, Dvorak on the program; Tuesday, Riccardo Muti conducts his CSO in Beethoven's "Triple Concerto", plus more on this week's "Evening Concert"s.

Through the years Messiaen's "Quartet 'For the End of Time'" has gained a sort of 'cult status'... if you've heard the work you know why; if you've not hear it yet, please join us tonight at 7 pm for it.

Back in late 2012 Slovakian-born conductor Juraj Valcuha made his conducting debut with the New York Philharmonic. Hear it here tonight!

The Violin Concerto of Stravinsky was written in 1931 and premiered the same year in Berlin with the composer conducting, violinist Samuel Dushkin, the person who sought the work, as soloist.

It is believable that Dvorak was inspired to take on and complete a request to compose a "Cello Concerto" after hearing Victor Herbert's 2nd Cello Concerto.

Brahms Opus 34 Quintet for String Quartet and Piano was written in 1864 and -65 and is moedeled after Robert Schumann's Piano Quintet.

A Quintet for Strings and Piano by Brahms, the one and only Cello Concerto of Dvorak, and more on thie week's "Evening Concert".