The Evening Concert

The etymological origin of "Pathetique", from pathetic, is from Late Latin and earlier Greek....having to do with the emotions, a certain sensitivity....

Haochen Zhang is the first prize winner of the 2009 13th Van Cliburn Internatinal Piano Competition described by Scott Cantrell of the Dalals Morning News as "...the musician I'd walk across town to hear."

Brahms by the Shanghai Quartet, Tchaikovsky's "Pathetique" Symphony by the CSO, and more on this week's "Evening Concert".

Brahms' Opus 111 String Quintet was written in 1890. It is the second of those works in that form and uses the two viola arrangement like the First String Quintet; music from "The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center" and the “Spoleto Chamber Music Festival”.

Maestro Gilbert chose to commemorate at the 10th-anniversary concert for those who passed in the 9-11 tragedy by leading the Philharmonic in Mahler's 2nd Symphony "Resurrection", heard on tonight's "Evening Concert".

The 2013 Britten centenary celebration by the San Francisco Symphony continues with this concert recording of the aching, exquisite Serenade for Tenor, Horn, and Strings.

Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde" stands as one of the landmark works in the history of opera. You can hear the 'concert' version [all, music, no staged action] of Act II on tonight's "Evening Concert".

Haydn's Opus 77, No. 1 string quartet (1799) and Mendelssohn's Opus 44, No. 1 string quartet (1837) are separated by less than 40 years, yet there's a world of difference between the two stylistically speaking.

Isn't Sussmayr the fellow who completed Mozart's "Requiem"? Yes. Yes he is. He wrote original music, too, which you'll hear on the "Evening Concert" this week.

The Jerusalem Quartet is an Israeli string quartet formed in 1993. Their most recent CD release is Beethoven early string quartets. Tonight they play Haydn's "Bird" quartet.