The Evening Concert for Thursday, May 1, 2014: Bruckner’s “9th Symphony” from the New York Phil.

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM … it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. The orchestra plays Bruckner’s 9th Symphony, left unfinished at his death in 1896. Manfred Honeck guest conducts. Also on the program Claude Vivier’s “Orion”, described as “music of great harmonic and instrumental color”.

Thursday May 1:  The New York Philharmonic This Week (#14-30)

Manfred Honeck, (guest) conductor

Claude VIVIER (Canadian, b. 1948 – d. 1983): "Orion"

read more about the composer here: http://www.laphil.com/philpedia/claude-vivier

BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 9