Two famous “Violin Concertos” to be heard on this week’s programs of the “Evening Concert”
This week on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 you’ll hear Vaughan Williams’ “Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis” from New York, Elgar’s “Enigma Variations” from Chicago, Bruch’s “1st Violin Concerto” from Pittsburgh, Beethoven’s “Violin Concerto” from Cologne, then Sunday chamber music from Lincoln Center and the program “Early Music Now”.
WILL-FM: The Evening Concert: WEEK OF JAN 21 – 22 – 23 – 24 & 27, 2019
Monday January 21: “The New York Philharmonic This Week” (NYP 19-17)
“Rule, Britannia” (repeat of NYP 18-27)
Elgar: Cockaigne Overture; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
Tallis: Why fum’th in Fight… (excerpt); The Sixteen/Harry Christophers
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis; Dimitri Mitropoulos, conductor
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Green Sleeves; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
Britten: Agnus Dei & Libera Me from the War Requiem; Kurt Masur, conductor; Carol Vannes, soprano; Jerry Hadley, tenor; Thomas Hampson, baritone; Westminster Choir; American Boychoir
Holst: The Planets; Zubin Mehta, conductor; New York Choral Artists
Tuesday January 22: Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast (CSO 19-04)
Donald Runnicles conducts the "Enigma" Variations
Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem
Strauss: Death and Transfiguration, Op. 24
Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 (Enigma)
[CSO fill: Dvořák: Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 53. Christian Tetzlaff, violin; CSO/Esa-Pekka Salonen]
Wednesday January 23: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (PSO 18-19_04)
Manfred Honeck, conductor; Pinchas Zukerman, violin
John Stafford Smith: The Star Spangled Banner
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor
[Encore: Brahms: Lullaby. Zukerman]
Mason Bates (b. 1977): Resurrexit
Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D Major
[PSO fill: Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5: Adagio and Rondeau; Zukerman, violin and conductor]
Thursday January 24: Deutsche Welle Festival Concerts (DWF 18-04)
West German RSO
West German Radio Symphony Orchestra; Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor
Beethoven: Violin concerto in D Major, op. 61 (Arabella Steinbacher, violin)
Prokofiev: Sonata for Solo Violin, op. 115, 1st movement (Arabella Steinbacher, violin)
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, op. 43
West German Radio Symphony Orchestra; Erich Kleiber, conductor
Weber: Symphony No. 1 in C Major, op. 19, 3rd movement
West German Radio Symphony Orchestra; Günter Wand, conductor
Schubert: Rosamunde, Princess of Cyprus, ballet music and interlude
Sunday January 27: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (CMS 18-18)
Russian Sentiment
PROGRAM DIFFERS FROM THE ONE LISTED IN PATTERNS MAGAZINE PER SYNDICATOR
Tchaikovsky: Valse Sentimentale for Cello and Piano, Op. 51, No. 6 Julie Albers, Cello; Alessio Bax, Piano
Rachmaninov: Trio elegiaque in D minor for Piano, Violin, and Cello, Op. 9
Alessio Bax, Piano; Elmar Oliveira, Violin; Paul Watkins, Cello
AND Early Music Now (EMN 18-31)
Music of Medieval England
Gothic Voices and the Hilliard Ensemble present music from the 13th and 14th centuries. We'll hear the famous round Sumer is icumen in and fascinating works by famous composers called 'Masters of the Rolls'. We'll also hear the famous Agincourt carol, Deo gracias Anglia, performed by Alamire.
All compositions on the program are by “Anonymous”
Christe Redemptor omnium. The Tallis Scholars
Alleluia: Hic es vere martir; Thomas gemma Cantuarie; Tu civium primas; Mater Christi nobilis; Ite missa est;
Sumer is icumen in; Sainte Marie Viergene; Fuweles in the Frith; Alleluia V. Nativitas; Kyrie, Rex virginum;
Sanctus, Maria mater; Agnus dei; The Hilliard Ensemble
Deo gracias Anglia; Alamire
Musicorum collegio; Ab ora summa nuncius; Pura, placens; Jesu, fili; Stella maris illustrans omnia; Inter usitata; Gothic Voices