This Week (May 5 - May 11, 2014) on “The Evening Concert” on WILL-FM
Monday night at 7:00 on “The Evening Concert” on WILL-FM it’s Haydn’s “104th Symphony” on “Salzburg Festival 2013”, then Tuesday, Nick McGegan conducts the CSO; Wednesday it’s two symphonies by Tchaikovsky from LA; Thursday, “The New York Philharmonic This Week”; Friday, “Prairie Performances with Roger Cooper" and Sunday, “The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center”.
WILL-FM The Evening Concert & Prairie Performances 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. (M – F & SUN)
WEEK OF MAY 5 – 6 – 7 – 8 – 9 & 11, 2014
Monday May 5: Salzburg Festival (#14-05)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra/Daniele Gatti, conductor
Michael Volle, baritone; Roberto Sacca, tenor; Markus Werba, baritone; Anna Gabler, soprano; David Sonn, tenor; Georg Zeppenfeldt, bass;
Concert Chorus of the Vienna State Opera;
WAGNER: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg (Prelude, opening chorus; Act III, Scene II)
Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra/Ivor Bolton, conductor
HAYDN: Symphony No. 104 in D Major, “London”
Belcea Quartet
MOZART: String Quartet No. 22 in B-flat Major, K.589: Minuet & Finale in D
Tuesday May 6: Chicago Symphony Orchestra (#14-18)
Nicolas McGegan conducts 18th century works
HANDEL: Concerto grosso in G Major, Op. 6, No. 1
VIVALDI: Alma oppressa (La fida ninfa)
PORPORA: Oh volesser gli Dei. . . Dolci, freschi aurette (Polifemo)
HASSE: Or la nube procellosa (Artaserse)
BROSCHI: Qual guerriero in campo armato (Idaspe)
BACH: Sinfonia in G Minor, Op. 6, No. 6
HAYDN: Symphony No. 100 in G Major, Military
[CSO fill: SHOSTAKOVICH: Chamber Symphony (Jaap van Zweden, conductor)]
Wednesday May 7: Los Angeles Philharmonic (#14-06)
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 1, Winter Daydreams
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 6, Pathétique
[LAP fill: HERRMANN: “Fahrenheit 451: Suite from the Film”) LAP/Salonen/Sony CD]
Thursday May 8: The New York Philharmonic This Week (#14-31)
Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor; *Peter Serkin, piano
BRITTEN: Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
*BARTOK: Piano Concerto No. 3
SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 10
Friday May 9: Prairie Performances
UI Symphony Chamber Orchestra (3/6/14)
Donald Schleicher, conductor
Sean HAROLD; WAGNER; WALTON
Sunday May 11: The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. (#13-32) (7:00 – 8:00 p.m.)
French Favorites
DEBUSSY: Quartet in G Minor for Strings, Op. 10 (Kyu-Young Kim, Min-Young Kim, violin; Jessica Thompson, viola; Raman Ramakrishnan, cello)
RAVEL: Trio in A Minor for Piano, Violin, and Cello (Susie Park, violin; Gary Hoffman, cello; Gilles Vonsattel, piano)