“Enigma Variations” and a “Clarinet Concerto” on tonight’s “Evening Concert”

Tonight at 7:00 on the Evening Concert it’s “Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra – On Stage”. The “New York Philharmonic This Week” is now heard on Monday nights at 7:00. The featured work is Elgar’s “Enigma Variations”. Also on the program Gerald Finzi’s “Clarinet Concerto” with soloist Todd Levy. 

Thursday October 12: “Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra-On Stage” (MSO 17-02)

CONDUCTOR: David Danzmayr

Vilem TAUSKY (Czech Republic, 1910- UK, 2004): Coventry, A Meditation for Strings

FINZI: Concerto for Clarinet and Strings, Opus 31 [SOLOIST: Todd Levy, clarinet]

ELGAR: Variations on an Original Theme, Opus 36 "Enigma Variations"

[MSO fill: Elgar: Excerpt from Part II “Dream of Gerontius”; Tamara Murphy, soprano; Anthony, tenor; Luca Pisaroni, baritone; Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Chorus ( prepared by Lee Erickson)]