Evening Concert

Evening Concert Weekly Listings Mon. through Thurs. Apr. 18 - 21 and Sun. Apr. 24, 2022

 

WILL-FM: The Evening Concert: WEEK OF APR. 18– 19 – 20 – 21 & 24, 2022

 

Monday, April 18: New York Philharmonic (NYP 22-30)

Gerald Finley Sings Mendelssohn’s Elijah

MENDELSSOHN: Elijah

Alan Gilbert, conductor; Twyla Robinson, soprano; Alice Coote, mezzo‐soprano; Allan Clayton, tenor; Gerald Finley, bass‐baritone; Jennifer Johnson, mezzo‐soprano; Benjamin P. Wenzelberg, boy soprano; New York Choral Artists; Joseph Flummerfelt, director

 

Tuesday, April 19: Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO 22-16)

Hrůša Conducts Dvořák 6th

Coleridge-Taylor: Ballade in A Minor, Op. 33

Barber: Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Op. 24;  Joélle Harvey, soprano

Dvořák: Symphony No. 6 in D Major, Op. 60

[CSO fill: Schoenberg: Five Pieces for Orchestra, Op.16;  Mozart: Symphony No. 34 in C Major, K. 338

Rafael Kubelík, conductor]

 

Wednesday, April 20: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (PSO 21-22_16)

Rachmaninoff’s 3rd Piano Concerto

Pietari Inkinen, conductor; Beatrice Rana, piano

Jean Sibelius’ Pohjola’s Daughter; Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3; [Encore: Frederick Chopin’s Etude in A flat major, No. 1, Op. 25]; Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4; [Fill: excerpt from Igor Stravinsky’s Scherzo fantastique, Op. 3; Susanna Malkki, conductor];

 

Thursday, April 21: Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (MSO 21-03)

Lukas Foss Conducts His Music

CONDUCTOR: Lukas Foss

Foss: Ode for Orchestra

Foss: Song of Songs; Carolann Page, soprano; Milwaukee Symphony Chorus

Foss: With Music Strong (MSO commission)

[MSO fill: Foss: Three American Pieces; Bella Hristova, violin; Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra/Asher Fisch]

[MSO fill: Beethoven Symphony No. 3 in E flat major: movements ii,iii, iv Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra/Carlos Kalmar]

 

Sunday, April 24: Chamber Mus. Soc. of Lincoln Center (CMS 22-31)

Stormy Seas

Mahler: Quartet in A minor for Piano, Violin, Viola, and Cello

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

Brahms: Quintet in F minor for Piano, Two Violins, Viola, and Cello, Op. 34

Jon Kimura Parker, Piano; Danish String Quartet

 

Sunday, April 24: Fiesta! With Elbio Barilari (FST 22-04)

Romantic Music from Brazil and Mexico

Beautiful and melodic music from Brazil and Mexico is featured in the program. Included are works by Brazilian composers Alexandre Levy and Henrique Oswald.

Alexandre Levy: String Quartet. Quarteto Carlos Gomes
Henrique Oswald: Piano Concerto in G minor, Op. 10.
Clélia Iruzun, piano; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Jac van Steen, conductor