The Lucerne Symphony Orchestra featured on tonight’s “Evening Concert”

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s a Deutsche Welle Festival Concert. Lawrence Foster leads the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra in music of Bizet, Brahms, Weber, Sarasate, Saint-Saens, and Sibelius. Also on the program, Nelson Freire plays works of Chopin and Schubert.

Thursday April 2: Deutsche Welle Festival Concerts (DWF 2019-14)

International Classical Music Awards

Location: Arts and Convention Center, Lucerne (1-6,8-11)

Performed by: Lucerne Symphony Orchestra (1-6,8-11)

Conductor: Lawrence Foster (1-6,8,9,11)

Leif Segerstam (10)

Soloists: Chouchane Siranossian, violin (2)

Christoph Heesch, cello (2)

Matko Smolcic, bassoon (3)

Stephen Waarts, violin (4)

Javier Perianes, piano (5)

Nelson Freire, piano (6,7)

Tabea Zimmermann, viola (8)

Dénes Várjon, piano (8)

Eva Gevorgyan, piano (9)

(1) BIZET: Arlesienne Suite No. 1: Prelude (06:16)

(2) BRAHMS: Concerto in A Minor for violin, cello and orchestra, op. 102, 3rd movement (08:22)

(3) WEBER: Bassoon concerto in F Major, op. 75, 2nd and 3rd movements (08:50)

(4) SARASATE: Carmen Fantasy, op. 25 (13:19)

(5) GRIEG: Piano concerto in A Minor, op. 16, 1st movement (13:31)

(6) CHOPIN: Barcarole in F-sharp Major, op. 60 (07:32)

(7) SCHUBERT: Impromptu No. 1 in C Minor, D. 899 * (08:53) * on CD Sony Classical SBK 47 667

(8) SCHUMANN: Märchenbilder (Fairy Tale Pictures), op. 113 (15:53)

(9) SAINT-SAENS: Piano concerto No. 2 in G Minor, op. 22, 3rd movement (06:43)

(10) SIBELIUS: Valse triste, op. 44 (06:23)

(11) BIZET: Arlesienne Suite No. 1: IV: Carillon (04:24)