Beethoven’s “7th” and the two Violin Romances on tonight’s “Evening Concert”

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the “San Francisco Symphony”.  Alexander Barantschik is the soloist in Beethoven’s two “Romances for Violin and Orchestra”. Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas conducts.  Also on the program, Beethoven’s “7th Symphony” and Mason Bates’ “The B-Sides”.

Wednesday May 30: San Francisco Symphony (SFS 18-09)

CONDUCTOR: Michael Tilson Thomas

SOLOIST: Alexander Barantschik, violin

Beethoven: Romance in G major for Violin and Orchestra, Opus 40

Beethoven: Romance in F major for Violin and Orchestra, Opus 50

Mason Bates (b. 1977): The B-Sides (San Francisco Symphony commission)

Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major, Opus 93     

ENCORE: Mahler Adagio from Symphony No. 10