On the “Evening Concert” this week, music of Tchaikovsky, Copland, and others
This week on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 you’ll hear Tchaikovsky’s “ ‘ Little Russian’ Symphony” from New York, a few “Old American Songs” from Chicago, Beethoven’s “ ‘Triple’ Concerto” from Los Angeles, Gershwin’s “An American in Paris” from Carnegie Hall, then Sunday, chamber music from Lincoln Center and music from the Grand Tetons.
WILL-FM: The Evening Concert: WEEK OF JULY 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 & 7, 2019
Monday July 1: The New York Philharmonic This Week (NYP 19-40)
Nielsen and Tchaikovsky
NIELSEN: Flute Concerto Robert Langevin, flute Alan Gilbert, conductor
NIELSEN: Violin Concerto Nikolaj Znaider, violin Alan Gilbert, conductor
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 2, “Little Russian” Alan Gilbert, conductor
Tuesday July 2: Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast (CSO 19-27)
American Music with Bramwell Tovey and Thomas Hampson
Ives/Schumann: Variations on “America”
Ives/Adams: At the River (Thomas Hampson, baritone)
Copland: Simple Gifts, The Boatman’s Dance, & The Golden Willow Tree from Old American Songs (Thomas Hampson, baritone)
Still: In Memoriam: The Colored Soldiers Who Died for Democracy
Damrosch: Danny Deever (Thomas Hampson, baritone)
Daugherty: Letter to Mrs. Bixby from Letters from Lincoln (Thomas Hampson, baritone)
Corigliano: One Sweet Morning from One Sweet Morning (Thomas Hampson, baritone)
Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 (Enigma)
[CSO fill: Stravinsky: Suite from Petrushka (Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor)]
Wednesday July 3: Los Angeles Philharmonic (LAP 19-01) (First in series)
CONDUCTOR: Gustavo Dudamel
SOLOISTS: Martin Chalifour, violin Joanne Pearce Martin, piano Robert deMaine, cello
Esa-Pekka Salonen: LA Variations
Beethoven: Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Piano in C Major, Op. 56 “Triple”
Andrew Norman: Sustain (world premiere, LA Phil commission)
[LAP fill: Ravel Ma mere L’Oye, M. 60 LAP, Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor]
Thursday July 4: Carnegie Hall Live! (CHL 19-01) (First in series)
San Francisco Symphony with Michael Tilson Thomas, Renée Fleming, and Audra McDonald
Gershwin: Cuban Overture; "Summertime" from Porgy and Bess
Villa Lobos: Aria from Bachianas brasileiras No. 5 (arr. Mark Volkert)
Liszt: Mephisto Waltz No. 1
Bock/Harnick: "Vanilla Ice Cream" from She Loves Me
Guettel: "Fable" from The Light in the Piazza
Stephen Sondheim/Rodgers: "Children Will Listen" from Into the Woods / "You've Got To Be Carefully Taught" from South Pacific (arr. Rob Fisher; orch. Bruce Coughlin)
Nyro: “Save the Country” (arr. Michael Tilson Thomas; orch. Bruce Coughlin)
Gershwin: An American in Paris
Sunday July 7: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (CMS 18-41)
Musical Conversations
Jalbert: Street Antiphons for Clarinet, Violin, Cello, and Piano David Shifrin, Clarinet; Alexander Sitkovetsky, Violin; Isang Enders, Cello; Wu Qian, Piano
Mendelssohn: Quartet in D major for Strings, Op. 44, No. 1 Calidore String Quartet: Jeffrey Myers, Ryan Meehan, Violin; Jeremy Berry, Viola; Estelle Choi, Cello
AND Live from Grand Teton Music Festival (GTM 19-01) (First in series)
The Jupiter
Vaughan Williams - Lark Ascending - Nurit Bar-Josef, violin solo, Donald Runnicles, conductor, GTMF Festival Orchestra
Mozart - Symphony 41 “Jupiter” - Donald Runnicles, conductor, GTMF Festival Orchestra