This Week (June 2 - June 8, 2014) on “The Evening Concert” on WILL-FM

“The Evening Concert”, weeknights at 7:00 Monday through Friday and Sunday evenings on WILL, FM 90.9 features long-running series from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the new York Philharmonic and others. This week it’s “Fiesta!, Latin American Music with Elbio Barilari”, then the Chicago Symphony Orchestra as Cristian Macelaru conducts Stravinsky miniatures, the Los Angeles Philharmonic featuring three living American composers, “The New York Philharmonic This Week” with Artist-in-Residence Emanuel Ax in Haydn’s 11th Piano Concerto; “Prairie Performances” and Sunday, “The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center” AND our latest addition for summer-only “The Santa Fe Chamber Music Series”.

WILL-FM      The Evening Concert & Prairie Performances 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. (M – F & SUN)

WEEK OF JUNE 2 – 3 – 4 – 5 – 6 & 8, 2014

Monday June 2: Best of Fiesta!: Canyengue, I & II (#13-11 & #13-12)

ANONYMOUS: Tarambote; Ensamble Turicum

Avelino VALENTI: Pepita; Jazmín Arakawa, piano

Ignacio CERVANTES: Danzas cubanas; Jorge Luis Prats, piano

Camargo GUARNIERI: Danca Negra; Danca Brasileira; Danca Selvagem; Max Barros, piano

Lamarque PONS: Danza de la negrita presumida; Elida Gencarelli, piano
Amadeo ROLDAN: Rítmica 5; New World Symphony Orchestra; Michael Tilson Thomas

Carlos Rafael RIVERA: Cumba-Quin; LAGQ, guitars

Pablo BELLINATI: Jongo; Christopher Laughlin, guitar

Marlos NOBRE: Convergencias, Op. 28; Simon Bolivar S.O. Venezuela; Keri-Lynn Wilson, cond.

Edu LOBO: Suite Popular Brasileira; OSESP, John Neschling, conductor

Ricardo LORENZ: En Tren Vá Changó. Moravian  Philharmonic Orchestra/Rafael Jiumenez, conductor

Ludovic LAMOTHE: La Dangéreuse. William Chapman Nyaho, piano
Elbio Barilari: Canyengue. Orquesta Filarmónica de Montevideo/Fernando Condon, conductor
Antonio Carlos JOBIM: Samba do Aviao. David Burgess, guitar
 

Tuesday June 3:  Chicago Symphony Orchestra (#14-22)

Cristian Macelaru, conductor; * Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano; ** Jennifer Zetlan, soprano

DEBUSSY: Jeux (Games)
*RAVEL: Trois Poèmes de Mallarmé

**STRAVINSKY: Three Japanese Lyrics [
**STRAVINSKY: Two Poems of Balmont
STRAVINSKY: Three Pieces for Clarinet Solo (John Bruce Yeh, clarinet)
*STRAVINSKY: Berceuses du Chat (Cat’s Cradle Songs)
STRAVINSKY: Suite No. 1 for Small Orchestra
STRAVINSKY: Pulcinella Suite
[CSO fill: BARTOK: Piano Concerto No. 2 (Yefim Bronfman, piano)]

 

Wednesday June 4:  Los Angeles Philharmonic (#14-10)

John Adams, conductor; *Cameron Carpenter, organ;

Michael GORDON (American, b.1956): Sunshine of Your Love (1999)
*Terry RILEY (American, b. 1935):   At the Royal Majestic (2013)
John (Coolidge) ADAMS (American, b. 1947):  Naïve and Sentimental Music (1998)

 

Thursday June 5:  The New York Philharmonic This Week (#14-35)

Alan Gilbert, conductor; *Emanuel Ax, piano

*HAYDN:  Piano Concerto No. 11 in D Major
Christopher ROUSE (Amer., b.1958):  Symphony No. 3 (New York Premiere)
WAGNER (arr/Alan GILBERT after Erich LEINSDORF): A Ring Journey

 

Friday June 6:  Prairie Performances: Eastern Illinois University Symphony

R. Richard Rossi, conductor; Multi-Cultural Concert (4/25/14)

The EIU Choral Ensembles and Percussion Ensemble perform an evening of music that spans the globe.

 

Sunday June 8: The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. (#13-36) (7:00 – 8:00 p.m.)

SCHUMANN:  Three Romances for Oboe and Piano, Op. 94. Stephen Taylor; Anne-Marie McDermott
SCHUBERT:  Quartet in D Minor for Strings, D. 810, Op. Posth., Death and the Maiden (Auyrn Quartet)

AND:  Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival 2013 (#14-02) (8:00 – 9:00 p.m.)

SCHOENBERG: Pierrot lunaire, Op. 21, Part 2 (Lucy Shelton, soprano; Joshua Smith, flute/piccolo; Carol McGonnell, clarinet/bass clarinet; Soovin Kim, violin/viola; Peter Stumpf, cello; Shai Wosner, piano; Lawrence Foster, conductor)

DVORAK: Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 87 (William Preucil, violin; Cynthia Phelps, viola; Eric Kim, cello; Haochen Zhang, piano)