This Week on the Evening Concert: Oct 7- 11, 2013
This week on the Evening Concert on WILL-FM it’s the Milwaukee Symphony with a ‘mainly-Mendelssohn’ program, followed by a ‘Shostakovich Birthday Celebration’ from the New York Philharmonic . Wednesday Garrick Ohlsson plays Mozart’s 9th Piano Concerto with the San Francisco Symphony; Thursday Daniil Trifinov plays Chopin’s 1st Piano Concerto with the Cleveland Orchestra. Friday it's "Prairie Performances with Roger Cooper".
WEEK OF OCTOBER 7 – 8 – 9 – 10 – 11, 2013
Monday October 7: Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (#13-01) (New Season)
Gilbert Varga, conductor; *Frank Almond, violin
MENDELSSOHN: “Hebrides” Overture
*MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto in E Minor
MENDELSSOHN: Nocturne from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 4, “Italian”
[MSO fill: SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 5 (Pinchas Zukerman, conductor)]
Tuesday October 8: The New York Philharmonic This Week (#13-52)
“Happy Birthday, Dmitri” (Sept. 12 or 25th, 1906, depending on your source)
SHOSTAKOVICH: “Festive” Overture (Bramwell Tovey, conductor)
SHOSTAKOVICH: Cello Concerto No. 1 (Lynn Harrell, vcl.; Lorin Maazel, cond.)
SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 4 (Andrei Boryenko, conductor)
Wednesday October 9: San Francisco Symphony (#13-14)
Herbert Blomstedt, cond.; *Garrick Ohlsson, piano
*MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-Flat Major, K. 271 (Jeunehomme)
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64
SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 3
Thursday October 10: Cleveland Orchestra (#13-11)
James Gaffigan, cond.; *Daniil Trifinov, piano
WAGNER: Prelude to Act 3 of “Tristan und Isolde”
*CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No.1 in E Minor, Op. 11
STRAVINSKY: The Firebird: (excerpt)
PROKOFIEV: Romeo and Juliet Suite
[COR fill: BRAHMS: Song of Destiny. (Cleveland Orch. Chorus; Cleve.O.; Franz Welser-Moest)]
Friday October11: Prairie Performances with Roger Cooper
(Per Patterns) Performances from throughout the WILL listening area to be announced