The Evening Concert

Unscientifically so, many people prefer music in minor keys because it has a stronger emotional effect on them. Tune in tonight to test the hypothesis!

In 1806 German poet Christian Schubart published a book (Ideas for an Aesthetic of Music) on the "affective" characteristics (emotional impact) of the 'keys' of music, for example, C Major, G Minor, etc. Tonight's program should be "bright", with many pieces in the key of D Major, described by Schubart as: "The key of triumph, of Hallejuahs, of war-cries, of victory-rejoicing. "

The genre of the "Orchestral Suite" was very popular in Baroque Germany (the years of Bach, Telemann and others). Even though Bach showed "far less interest" in the genre, his "Suites" have garnered the greatest long-lasting fame.

Four evenings of orchestral music recorded live in concert....Bach Orchestral Suites, a Haydn Cello Concerto, and more. Won't you join us?

Our first two works tonight each have two violins as part of the group, music of Korngold and Kirchner. The second hour is more eclectic, music of Poulenc, Kodaly, and Bach.

Storytelling via music and dance (Petrushka) and via a new "Violin Concerto" (Scheherazade.2).

Tonight's San Francisco Symphony program is a "travelogue": France, England, Russia, Scotland....

The "theme" is "Polish"......

All three works tonight have some connection to the sea...

We "double" again this week, as the Chicago Symphony gets two nights, their usual one, Tuesday at 7 p.m. and Monday night at 7 p.m. as part of the Carnegie Hall Live series.