Anne-Sophie von Otter sings songs by Schubert, plus Tchaikovsky’s “Romeo and Juliet”

Tonight at 7:00 on the Evening Concert on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week” led by Music Director Alan Gilbert. Anne-Sophie von Otter sings “Six Songs” by Schubert”. Also on the program Tchaikovsky’s “Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture.

Thursday February 23: “The New York Philharmonic This Week” (NYP 17-22)

CONDUCTOR: Alan Gilbert. *SOLOIST: Anne-Sophie von Otter, mezzo-soprano

HAYDN: Symphony No. 88 in G-major

TCHAIKOVSKY: Fantasy-Overture, Romeo and Juliet

*SCHUBERT: Six Orchestrated Songs:

1. Die Forelle (The Trout), D.550

2. Gretchen am Spinnrade (Gretchen at the Spinning Wheel), D.118

3. Im Abendrot (In Evening’s Glow), D.799

4. Gesang “An Silvia” (Song “To Sylvia”), D.891

5. Nacht und Träume (Night and Dreams), D.827

6. Erlkönig (Elf King), D.328

PROKOFIEV: Symphony No. 5