Weekly Listings of “Evening Concerts” Mon Jan 31 - Sun Feb 6, 2022

WILL-FM: The Evening Concert: WEEK OF JAN. 31 – FEB 1 – 2 – 3 & 6, 2022

 

Monday, January 31: New York Philharmonic (NYP 22-19)

Berlioz & Saint-Saëns

BERLIOZ: Overture to Les Francs‐juges. Sir Andrew Davis, conductor

SAINT‐SAËNS: Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78. Kent Tritle, organ; Sir Andrew Davis, conductor

[NYP fill: BERLIOZ: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14. Leonard Bernstein, conductor]

 

Tuesday, February 1: Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO 22-05)

Yashima Conducts Schubert 5

Coleridge-Taylor: Novelettes Nos. 3 and 4, Op. 52

Schubert: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major, D. 485

Montgomery: Strum

Kodály: Dances of Galánta

Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta

Rafael Kubelík, conductor

 

Wednesday, February 3: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (PSO 21-22_05)

Verdi’s Requiem

Manfred Honeck, conductor; Simona Saturova, soprano; Kate Aldrich, mezzo-soprano; Konu Kim, tenor; Jan Martinik, bass; the Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh, Matthew Mehaffey, director

Giuseppe Verdi’s “Requiem”

[Fill: Giuseppe Verdi’s String Quartet in E minor; William Steinberg, conductor]

 

Thurs. Feb. 4: This Week fr. China’s National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA 22-05 of 13)

Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 22 NCPA Orchestra/ LÜ Jia, conductor; CHEN Sa, piano

WU Zuqiang, LIU Dehai, and WANG Yanqiao Pipa Concerto: Little Sisters of the Grassland
NCPA Orchestra/ CHEN Lin, conductor; LI Jia, pipa

HAO Weiya: Moonlit Night on Autumn River (excerpt) China National Traditional Orchestra/LIU Sha, conductor

Mozart Horn Concerto No. 4 in E-flat major, K. 495 NCPA Orchestra/LIN Daye, conductor; ZENG Yun, hornist

Brahms Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90 NCPA Orchestra/LÜ Jia, conductor

Suppè Overture to Leichte Kavallerie (Light Calvary) Orchestra/LÜ Jia, conductor

Sunday February 6: Chamber Mus. Soc. of Lincoln Center (CMS 22-20)

Artistic Directors in Performance

Beethoven: Trio in C minor for Piano, Violin, and Cello, Op. 1, No. 3

Benjamin Beilman, Violin; Yura Lee, Viola; David Finckel, Cello

Schumann: Quartet in E-flat major for Piano, Violin, Viola, and Cello, Op. 47

Wu Han, Piano; Daniel Hope, Violin; Paul Neubauer, Viola; David Finckel, Cello

And

Fiesta! With Elbio Barilari (FST 21-45)

Paquito D’Rivera

This Cuban‐American clarinet and saxophone player, winner of 12 Grammys, is also a very exciting composer of chamber and orchestra music. Join us for this program on Paquito

D’Rivera including his gorgeous orchestral piece “The Elephant and the Clown” and his

“Saxophone Quartet”.