Schumann’s “Cello Concerto” & Mendelsohhn’s 5th Symphony on tonight’s “Evening Concert”

Tonight at 7:00 on the Evening Concert on WILL-FM 90.9 Gautier Capucon is the soloist in Schumann’s “Cello Concerto” with the London Sym. Orch. led by John Eliot Gardiner on the Deutsche Welle Festival Concerts. Also on the program include Mendelssohn's 5th Symphony and the "Calm Seas and Prosperous Voyage" Concert Overture.

Monday October 19:  (The 2014) Deutsche Welle Festival Concerts (DWF 14-09sz)

Beethovenfest Opening

Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner; Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra

Mendelssohn: Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage, op. 27

Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, op. 107 (Reformation)

Scherzo from A Midsummer Night's Dream

Schumann: Cello Concerto in A Minor, op. 129; Gautier Capucon, cello

Casals (adapt): Song of the Birds Gautier Capucon, cello

Recorded by West German Radio, Cologne (WDR) in the Cologne Philharmonie on September 6, 2014 [DWF fill: Soloist: Elizaveta Miller, fortepiano

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 18 in E-flat Major, op. 31, No. 3 (The Hunt) ]

Recorded by Deutsche Welle, Bonn (DW) in the Schumann House, Bonn on September 15, 2013