Schumann’s Piano Concerto and Bruckner’s 4th Symphony on Beethovenfest in Bonn

Tonight at 7:00 on the Evening Concert on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s the last of the “Beethovenfest in Bonn” programs from Deutsche Welle Radio. Saleem Abboud Ashkar is featured in Schumann’s “Piano Concerto” with the NDR Symphony Orchestra led by Thomas Hengelbrock. Also on the program: Elgar’s “Enigma Variations” and Bruckner’s 4th Symphony, the “Romantic”.

Monday November 3: Deutsche Welle Festival Concerts (DWF) (#13-25)

BEETHOVENFEST BONN, 9th CONCERT

(last of the ‘Beethovenfest in Bonn’ programs; more DWF to follow)

NDR Symphony Orchestra; Thomas Hengelbrock; *Saleem Abboud Ashkar, piano

*Schumann: Piano concerto in A Minor, op. 54
*Schumann: Reverie (from Scenes of Childhood), op. 15, No. 7
Elgar: Enigma Variations, op. 36 (excerpt)
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4