Evening Concert Mar 4 - 8, 2013

This week on the Evening Concert it's Tchaikovsky's "Romeo and Juliet" Fantasy-Overture from the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra; Brahms' Violin Concerto from the New York Philharmonic. 

Then, it's trios by Beethoven from 'The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center' and Yo-Yo Ma plays Dvorak's Cello Concerto with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Friday night it's "Prairie Performances with Roger Cooper". 

Monday March 4: Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
Edo de Waart, conductor
TCHAIKOVSKY: Romeo and Juliet, Overture Fantasy
TCHAIKOVSKY: Suite from “The Nutcracker”, Op.71a
COPLAND: Symphony No. 3
Mark NEIKRUG (b. 1946): “Los Alamos” Suite

Tuesday March 5:  The New York Philharmonic This Week
N.B.: Program differs from Patterns: NYP subbed programs due to effect of Superstorm Sandy on recording of live events.
Andris Nelsons, cond.; *Christian Tetzlaff, violin
DVORAK: The Noon Witch
*BRAHMS: Violin Concerto
BARTOK: Concerto for Orchestra
[NYP fill: FALLA: Suite No. 2, from “The Three Cornered Hat”. Alan Gilbert, cond.;]

Wednesday March 6:
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Beethoven: The Young Lion
BEETHOVEN: Trio in G Major for Violin, Viola and Cello, Op. 9, No. 1
(Arnaud Sussmann, violin; Paul Neubauer, viola; Nicolas Altstaedt, cello)
BEETHOVEN: Trio in E-Flat Major for Piano, Violin and Cello, Op. 1, No. 1
(Jon Kimura Parker, piano; Cho-Liang Lin, violin; Gary Hoffman, cello)

AND 2012 Gilmore International Keyboard Festival
Gilmore for Kids Feature
G. MILLER: I’ve Got a Gal in Kalamazoo (excerpt)
Excerpts from A Tribute to Abbey Lincoln (Ran Blake, piano) =  ROACH arr. BLAKE: Freedom Day; and A. LINCOLN: Throw It Away (Ran Blake, piano)
JANACEK: Sonata 1.X.1905, From the Street (Alon Goldstein, piano)
SCHUMANN: Kinderszenen (Richard Good, piano)
MOZART: Piano Trio in G, K.564 (Morgenstern Trio)

Thursday March 7: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Manfred Honeck, cond.; *Yo-Yo Ma, cello
TCHAIKOVSKY: Suite from “The Nutcracker”
*DVORAK: Cello Concerto
[PSO fill: VIVALDI: Cello Concerto in A Minor, RV 422; Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Mariss Jansons, cond.; and TCHAIKOVSKY: Andante Cantabile: excerpt; Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Lorin Maazel, cond.;]

Friday March 8: Prairie Performances:
Eastern (IL University) Symphony Orchestra  Songs of Love  (rec. 2-10-13)
Richard Robert Rossi, cond.; EIU Choral Ensembles and Collegium Musicum (Early Music Ensembles)