A new week of “Evening Concert” programs

WILL-FM: The Evening Concert: WEEK OF MAR 29 – 30 – 31 – APR 1 & 4, 2021

 

Monday March 29: The New York Philharmonic This Week! (NYP 21-27)

Notes: Repeat broadcast, dated references at the beginning and end of program

Alan Gilbert and Augustin Hadelich

MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto (Augustin Hadelich, violin)

[Encore: Paganini Caprice No. 17 in E-Flat Major, Op. 1. (Augustin Hadelich, violin)]

MAHLER: Symphony No. 5

[NYP fill: Stravinsky Scherzo Fantastique. New York Philharmonic / Pierre Boulez, conductor]

           

Tuesday, March 30: Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast (CSO 21-14)

Barenboim Conducts Haydn, Schoenberg & Schubert

Haydn: Symphony No. 95 in C Minor

Schoenberg: Pelleas and Melisande, Op. 5

Schubert: Symphony No 9 in C Major, D. 944 (Great)

 

Wednesday, March 31: Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (MSO 20-13) (Last in series).

CONDUCTOR: Peter Oundjian  SOLOIST(S): Todd Levy, clarinet

Rachmaninoff: The Isle of the Dead, Opus 29

Debussy: Première rapsodie for Clarinet and Orchestra

Bernstein/ Orch. Ramin: Clarinet Sonata, for solo clarinet and chamber ensemble

Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Opus 67

[MSO fill: Haydn Sinfonia Concertante for winds and strings in B-flat Major, Hob. I/105: Ilana Setapen, violin; Susan Babini, cello ; Katherine Steele, oboe; Catherine Chen, bassoon; MSO/Edo de Waart]

 

Thursday April 1: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (PSO 20-21_13)

Manfred Honeck, conductor; Michael Rusinek, clarinet

Franz von Suppe’s “A Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna”

Carl Michael Ziehrer’s “Viennese Maiden Waltz”

Carl Maria Von Weber’s Clarinet Concerto No. 1;  Carl Michael Ziehrer’s “Step Right In!” Waltz

Richard Strauss’ Suite from the Ballet “Whipped Cream”

Gioacchino Rossini’s Introduction, Theme and Variations for Clarinet and Orchestra

Johann Strauss Jr.’s New Pizzicato Polka; Max Schonherr’s “Drive in the Prater Park” Galop

Josef Strauss’ Feuerfest Polka; Johann Strauss, Sr.’s Radetzky March

[Fill: Johann and Josef Strauss’ Pizzicato Polka; Johann Strauss Jr.’s “Tritsch-Tratsch” Polka]

 

Sunday April 4: The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (CMS 21-28)

Brahms/Dvorák

Brahms: Zwei Gesänge for Voice, Viola, and Piano, Op. 91

Sasha Cooke, Mezzo Soprano; Paul Neubauer, Viola; Gilbert Kalish, Piano

Dvorák: Trio in F minor for Piano, Violin, and Cello, Op. 65

Wu Han, Piano; Philip Setzer, Violin; David Finckel, Cello

Early Music With Sara Schneider (EMN 20-41)

April Fools' Day

Believe it or not, there's some pretty strange early music out there, and this week's Early Music Now proves it! We'll revel in the weird, wild, and wacky with composers like Heinrich Biber, Solage, Carlo Gesualdo, and Henry Purcell.

Anon.: La Badessa. The Newberry Consort Music
Guillaume de Machaut: Ma fin est mon Commencement. The Hilliard Ensemble
(Jean?) Solage: Fumeux fume. & Matteo da Perugia. Le greygnour bien. The Early Music Consort of London
Anon.: Da passione domini/Rumpelmetten. Piffaro
Ludwig Senfl: Von edler Art. The Orlando Consort
Carlo Gesualdo: Languisco, e moro, ahi cruda. Les Arts Florissants
Heinrich Biber: Sonata Jucunda ACRONYM.  Jean-Fery Rebel: Le Chaos from Les Elements.
Henry Purcell: What power art thou (Cold Song) from King Arthur. Andreas Scholl, countertenor; Accademia Bizantina
J.S. Bach: Toccata and Fugue in d minor, BWV 565, for solo violin Andrew Manze, violin
Pancrace Royer: Le Vertigo. Christophe Rousset, harpsichord