“Music Mountain”, CSO, San Francisco Symphony, et.al. on the “Evening Concert”
This week on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 you’ll hear string quartets by Mozart and Schubert on “Music Mountain”, Tchaikovsky’s 1st Piano Concerto from the CSO, Debussy’s “Images for Orchestra” from San Francisco, Beethoven’s 3rd Piano Concerto on “The New York Philharmonic This Week” then Sunday, chamber music from Lincoln Center and the Spoleto Chamber Music Festival series.
WILL-FM: The Evening Concert: WEEK OF AUGUST 17 –18 – 19 – 20 – 21 & 23, 2015
Monday August 17: Music Mountain [2014] (MM #15-07)
Penderecki String Quartet
Mozart: Quartet in B Flat Major, K. 159
Fauré: Piano Quintet: # 1 in D Minor, Opus 89 (with Geoffrey Burleson, Piano)
Schubert: String Quartet in G Major, Opus 161, D. 887
[HISTORIC ENCORE, Mozart: String Quartet in C major, K.387; performed by the Whitman String Quartet (partial)]
Tuesday August 18: Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO #15-33)
Charles Dutoit conducts The Rite of Spring
Stravinsky: Symphony in C
Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1(Daniil Trifonov, piano)
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
Wednesday August 19: San Francisco Symphony (SFS #15-21)
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Fauré: Pavane, Opus 50
Schubert: Entr’acte No. 3 in B-flat major from Rosamunde, D.797
Dvořák: Legends for Orchestra, Opus 59, no.6
Grieg: The Last Spring, Opus 34, no.2
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D-flat major, Opus 10 (Yuja Wang, piano)
Litolff: Scherzo from Concerto symphonique No. 4 in D minor, Opus 102
Debussy: Images
Brahms: Tragic Overture, Opus 81
Thursday August 20: The New York Philharmonic This Week (NYP #15-47)
Content differs slightly from Patterns [Originally performed on: 7/18/14]
Alan Gilbert, conductor
BARBER: Adagio for Strings (played in memory of Lorin Maazel)
NIELSEN: Maskerade Overture
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 3 (Yefim Bronfman, piano)
GRIEG: Selections from Peer Gynt: Morning Mood; Solvejg’s Song; Åse’s Death;
Anitra’s Dance; In the Hall of the Mountain King
LISZT: Les Préludes, Symphonic Poem No. 3, after Lamartine
[NYP fill: TCHAIKOVSKY: Romeo and Juliet (Maazel/NYP 12-20/Maazel’s last appearance with NYP)]
Friday August 21: Prairie Performances with Roger Cooper (Subject to availability)
Sunday (09/21/14) Allerton Bach Choir/Andrew Megill, conductor; The Reverend Roger Digges, homily
Bach’s Cantatas for Pentecost and Trinity
Sunday August 23: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (CMS #14-47): Bach to Haydn
Bach: Sonata for Viola da gamba and keyboard, BWV 1029. David Muller-Schott, vcl; Angela Hewitt, p.
Handel: "Das zitternde Glänzen der spielenden Wellen" HWV 203; "Singe, Seele, Gott zum Preise" HWV 206; "Meine Seele hört im Sehen" HWV 207; Julianne Baird, soprano; Arnaud Sussmann, violin; Kenneth Weiss, harpsichord; Paul O'Dette, lute; Fred Sherry, cello
Haydn: Quartet in F minor for Strings, Op. 20, No. 5. Escher Quartet
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Spoleto Chamber Music Festival [2014] (#15-08)
Martinu: Serenade No. 3 for Oboe, Clarinet, 4 Violins, and Cello, H. 218. James Austin Smith, oboe; Todd Palmer, clar.; Gabriela Diaz, Mark Fewer, Livia Sohn, Geoff Nuttall, violins; and David Ying, cello
Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in A Major, K. 581. Todd Palmer, clarinet and the St. Lawrence String Quartet Rossini: Introduction, Theme and Variations for Clarinet and Orchestra. Todd Palmer, Clarinet; Tara Helen O'Connor, flute; James Austin Smith, oboe; Livia Sohn and Daniel Phillips, violins; Gabriela Diaz, viola; Andres Diaz, cello; and the St. Lawrence String Quartet
Monti: Csardas; Eric Ruske, horn; Pedja Muzijevic, piano