Evening Concert

“Evening Concert” Weekly Listings Mon Jan 17 - Sun Jan 23, 2022

 

WILL-FM: The Evening Concert: WEEK OF JAN. 17 – 18 – 19 – 20 & 23, 2022

 

Monday, January 17: New York Philharmonic (NYP 22-17)

David Robertson Conducts Ravel, Barber, and Bartók

RAVEL: Suite from Ma Mère l’Oye (Mother Goose)

BARBER: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 14 Gil Shaham, violin

BARTÓK: The Wooden Prince, Op. 13, Sz. 60

 

Tuesday, January 18: Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO 22-03)

Muti Conducts Mendelssohn & Dvořák

Dvořák: Symphony No. 5 in F Major, Op. 76

Martucci: Notturno

Respighi: Feste romane

Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Op. 60 (Italian)

 

Wednesday, January 19: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (PSO 21-22_03) (New Season)

Yulianna Avdeeva Plays Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2

Christoph Konig conducts

Modest Mussorgsky’s Scherzo

Frederic Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2 (Yulianna Avdeeva, piano)

[Encore: Frederic Chopin’s Mazurka in B-Flat Major, Op. 7, No. 1] (Yulianna Avdeeva, piano)

Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2

 

Thursday January 20: This Week from China’s National Centre for the Performing Arts

(NCPA 22-03) (New Series)
GUAN Xia: Symphonic Overture No.1, Theme Music of Passionate Years (excerpt). Wuhan Philharmonic Orchestra/SHAO En
Verdi: “Va, pensiero, sull'ali dorate" from Nabucco. LÜ Jia, conductor; NCPA Orchestra & Chorus
XIAN Xinghai: Yellow River Cantata. LI Xincao, conductor; NCPA Orchestra & Chorus; LIU Songhu, baritone; CAO Ruidong, TONG Ziyang, leading singers; ZHOU Xiaolin, soprano; ZHAO Ling, narrator; WANG Jing, pipa
Traditional Chinese: The Flowing Stream (excerpt) Shanghai String Quartet (Delos DE-3233)

GUO Wenjing: Shu Dao Nan: “The Sichuan Road” for solo tenor, chorus and orchestra. CHEN Lin, conductor; NCPA Orchestra & Chorus; WANG Chuanyue, tenor

Beethoven: Symphony No.2 in D Major, Op. 36. LÜ Jia, conductor; NCPA Orchestra

Verdi: Overture to The Sicilian Vespers. YU Feng, conductor; NCPA Orchestra
GUAN Xia: Symphonic Overture No.1, Theme Music of Passionate Years (excerpt)
Wuhan Philharmonic Orchestra/SHAO En

 

Sunday January 23: Chamber Mus. Soc. of Lincoln Center (CMS 22-18)

The Sincerest Form of Flattery

Mozart: Quintet in C minor for Two Violins, Two Violas, and Cello, K. 406
Sean Lee, Violin I; Alexander Sitkovetsky, Violin II; Richard O'Neill, Viola I;
Matthew Lipman, Viola II; Keith Robinson, Cello

Mendelssohn: Quartet No. 2 in A minor for Strings, Op. 13. Calidore String Quartet

And

Fiesta! With Elbio Barilari (FST 21-43)

String Quartets of Latin America
This program of Fiesta showcases music for string quartet different combinations and forms. We
will highlight some of Latin America’s most important and influential composers. Enjoy the
vitality and beauty of rarely heard Latin American quartet string music.

Francisco Mignone: Barcarola. Cuarteto Latinoamericano

Francisco Mignone: Seresta No. 2. Cuarteto Latinoamericano

Astor Piazzólla: Tango Sensations: Asleep, Loving, Anxiety. Quatuor Ebène; Michel Portal, bandonéon

Manuel Ponce: String Quartet in 4 movements. Cuarteto Latinoamericano

Astor Piazzólla: Chau Paris. Lucienne Renaudin Vary, tpt; Monte Carlo Phil String Quartet