Music by Mozart, Liszt, Copland and others on the “Evening Concerts” this week.
This week on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 you’ll hear Mozart’s “Bassoon Concerto” from New York, Liszt’s “Prometheus” symphonic poem from Chicago, Mozart’s “27th Piano Concerto” from Milwaukee, Copland’s “Appalachian Spring” from Cleveland, then Sunday, Beethoven’s “Opus 131 String Quartet” from Lincoln Center and an episode of “Early Music Now”.
WILL-FM: The Evening Concert: WEEK OF OCTOBER 21 – 22 – 23 – 24 & 27, 2019
Monday October 21: The new York Philharmonic This Week (NYP 20-04)
Wind Concertos and More
VIVALDI: Concerto for Piccolo, Strings, and Cembalo in C Major, RV. 444; Mindy Kaufmann, piccolo; Zubin Mehta, conductor
HINDEMITH: Symphony: “Mathis der Maler” [“Mathias the Painter”]; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
MOZART: Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra in B‐flat Major, K. 191; Judith LeClair, bassoon; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
PAINE: Symphony No. 2 in A Major, Op. 34, “In Spring”; Zubin Mehta, conductor
Tuesday October 22: Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast (CSO 19-43)
Simone Young conducts Wagner and Brahms
Liszt: Prometheus, Symphonic Poem No. 5
Wagner: Excerpts from Götterdämmerung (Dawn and Siegfried's Rhine Journey, Siegfried's Death and Funeral Music, and Epilogue)
Brahms/Schoenberg: Piano Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 25
[CSO fill: Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes by Carl Maria von Weber (Rafael Kubelik, cond.]
Wednesday October 23: Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (MSO 19-04) (new series)
CONDUCTOR: Johannes Debus; SOLOIST(S): Louis Lortie, piano
Wagner: Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Mozart: Concerto No. 27 in B-flat major for Piano & Orchestra, K. 595
Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78, “Organ Symphony” (SOLOIST?)
[MSO fill: Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A major “Italian” (from the 2012-2013 season) Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra/ Gilbert Varga]
Thursday October 24: Cleveland Orchestra (COR 19-04) (new series)
John Adams, conductor; Robert Walters, English horn; Michael Sachs, trumpet
ADAMS: Short Ride in a Fast Machine
COPLAND: Quiet City COPLAND: Appalachian Spring
ADAMS: Scheherazade.2 (Cleveland Orchestra premiere) Leila Josefowicz, violin;
[COR fill: BERLIOZ: “The Damnation of Faust:” Ballet of the Sylphs;” and “Rakoczy” March - Cleveland Orch./Christoph von Dohnanyi – Severance Hall]
Sunday October 27: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (CMS 19-05)
Balakirev and Beethoven
Balakirev: Octet for Flute, Oboe, Horn, Violin, Viola, Cello, Bass, and Piano, Op. 3
Ransom Wilson, Flute; James Austin Smith, Oboe; David Jolley, Horn; Sean Lee, Violin; Mark Holloway, Viola; Inbal Segev, Cello; Xavier Foley, Double Bass; Michael Brown, Piano
Beethoven: Quartet in C-sharp minor for Strings, Op. 131 Schumann Quartet
AND Early Music Now (EMN 19-18) (new episodes)
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
Dutch organist and composer Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck was given nicknames like 'the Orpheus of Amsterdam' and 'the maker of German organists'. This week's show gives a glimpse into his life as city organist and composer of both Protestant and Catholic music. Our performers include the Gesualdo Consort of Amsterdam and Reinhard Jaud.
Sweelinck: Est-ce Mars; The Royal Wind Music/Paul Leenhouts
Sweelinck: Fantasia in G; Sweelinck: Echo Fantasia in D; Reinhard Jaud, organ
Sweelinck: Psalm 42; Sweelinck: Psalm 150; Gesualdo Consort of Amsterdam/Harry Van der Kamp
Sweelinck: Mein junges Leben hat ein End; Alina Rotaru, harpsichord
Sweelinck: Psalm 55; Psalm 96; Te Deum; Gesualdo Consort of Amsterdam/Harry Van der Kamp
John Bull; Fantasia on a theme of Sweelinck: Alina Rotaru, harpsichord
Sweelinck: Diligam te Domine; Gesualdo Consort of Amsterdam