The Evening Concert

There is the alliteration of their first names on the letter :B". After that, the similarities are "slim-to-none". Brahms Symphony #4 is a cornerstone of late 19th century symphonies. Berio's "Sinfonia" is an iconic work from the late 1960s for orchestra and eight amplified voices....compare and contrast them by tuning in tonight at 7:00 for the "Evening Concert".

The Shostakovich "1st Piano Concerto" features a trumpet obbligato, and, as a result, the work is sometimes referred to as the "Concerto for Piano and Trumpet". If you know the work, or you've never heard it, hear it tonight at 7:00 on the "Evening Concert".

October 16, 1912. I remember it well (jest!). It was the day of the premiere of the Schoenberg melodrama "Pierrot Luanire". It was September 28, 1918 for the premiere of "A Soldier's Tale" by Stravinsky.

The Third Symphony of Beethoven bears the title "Eroica" (Heroic). There are many great stories, some true, some not, about how he came to title it thusly.

Beethoven, Brahms, George Crumb, Stravinsky, Schoenberg: an eclectic week on the "Evening Concert"

Mozart played harpsichord and later fortepiano, violin, and viola. The anwer is out there as to the question "Did Mozart favor the viola over the violin?" His 'Viola" Quintets, like the one tonight, reflect that favoring.

Thanks for notifying us at WILL that the 'wrong' program was on FM 90.9 tonight. We apologize for that error.

Beethoven's 5th, Dvorak's 5th, Mahler's 5th....Sibelius' 5th symphony is also in the category of iconic fifth symphonies. Hear it tonight.

The story of Daphnis and Chloe originated in the second century CE (AD). the Ballet Russes asked Ravel to write music for it's 19-teens adaptation of the story. He obliged and completed the music in 1912.

Rach's 1st Piano Concerto was published as his Opus 1. It dates from 1891 with a later revision in 1917. Like Beethoven's "First" Piano Concerto, this one was not written first!