“Pictures at an Exhibition” and “Isle of the Dead” on tonight’s “Evening Concert”
Mussorgsky's orchestral suite "Pictures at an Exhibition" was inspired by his friend's artwork...the Rachmaninoff piece was, as well, inspired by a painting.
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.
NPR’s coverage of the New Hampshire Primary pre-empts tonight’s “Evening Concert”
Ari Shapiro and Audie Cornish host.
Jeffrey Kahane conducts and plays Beethoven’s 4th Piano Concerto with the Milwaukee Symphony
Also on the program, Berlioz' Symphonie fantastique.
Beethoven, Mussorgsky, Mendelssohn and others on this week’s “Evenig Cooncert”
That would be the 4th Piano Concerto, Pictures at an Exhibition, and some of the Songs Without Words among others.
Tchaikovsky’s “Souvenir de Florence” String Sextet on the “Evening Concert”
Florence, as in Italy...summer of 1890, Tchaikovsky made a lengthy visit there...finishing the work on his return from Florence.
Violinist Leonidas Kavakos plays with the New York Philharmonic on tonight’s “Evening Concert”
Kavakos plays the Bartok Romanian Folk Dances, plus a NY Philharmonic premiere of a violin concerto by a composer who passed away in 2013.
The Los Angeles Philharmonic plays a World Premiere of Stephen Hartke’s Symphony No. 4
Organist Cameron Carpenter travels with his own organ. he brings it to LA to play with the Philharmonic in a World Premiere.
Ludovic Morlot conducts the CSO in Gershwin’s “An American in Paris”: tonight’s Evening Concert
Gershwin travelled to Paris more than once in the 1920s; the city served as the inspiration for the famous "An American in Paris".
Schumann’s 2nd Symphony from the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra on the “Evening Concert”
Schumann's 2nd is one of those works with a slight numbering confusion, as it was the third symphony completed; the first was an early version of what became the 4th Symphony, the second was published as the Symphony No. 1.
Schumann, Gershwin, a World Premiere, and more on this week’s “Evening Concert”
A 2nd Symphony from Milwaukee, a musical depiction of a person from the USA in Paris, a World Premier for Organ and Orchestra (!), and more.
These programs are partially sponsored by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.
