The Evening Concert

1781. Mozart turned 25 January of that year. It's also the same year of the composition of his one-and-only Oboe Quartet in F Major, which you can hear tonight on the "Evening Concert".

Historically, it appears that there is one individual (outside of the composer) whose name* is associated with the "Emperor" Concerto and the "Triple Concerto".

There are two humorous stories* about Rachmaninoff's "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini". Are they true or not?

Wikipedia states that "Popular polls rank Alexander Nevsky as the greatest Russian hero in history". Tonight you can hear Prokofiev's music to the story of A. Nevsky, and more.

They are, perhaps, the HIP-est (Historically-Informed Practice, that is) early music group performing today: Les Concert des Nations....tonight at 7:00 on the Evening Concert.

This week's "Evening Concert" has music of Lully and others on "Carnegie Hall Live", then Prokofiev's "Alexander Nevsky" from the CSO, and more.

Some people can tell the difference in pitch, others not. Whether you can or cannot tell the difference, there are two works tonight in the "Key of G Minor".

Recall that last week the Philharmonic gave us Beethoven's 1st (published) Piano Concerto, which was actually composed second. Tonight it's the 2nd (published) Piano Concerto which was composed before the first. Confusing? No matter. Tune in tonight for the 2nd and 3rd Beethoven Piano Concertos.

Variety is the spice of life as it is said.  Given that, tonight's "Evening Concert" should be 'spicy' as there's a great variety on the program.

This past March 26th was Pierre Boulez's 90th birthday. The CSO pays tribute.