Dvorak’s “New World” Symphony starts a week of ‘classic’ concert repertory on the “Evening Concert”

This week on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 you’ll hear “Philharmonic Firsts” on “The New York Philharmonic This Week”, then Gil Shaham plays Mendelssohn’s “Violin Concerto” in Chicago, it’s Mahler’s “Seventh Symphony” from San Francisco, Chopin’s “2nd Piano Concerto” from Pittsburgh, and Sunday chamber music from Lincoln Center and Santa Fe.

WILL-FM: The Evening Concert: WEEK OF APR 23 – 24 – 25 – 26 & 29, 2018

 

Monday April 23: “The New York Philharmonic This Week” (NYP 18-30)

PHILHARMONIC FIRSTS, Part I

DVORAK: Symphony No. 9 Kurt Masur, conductor

COPLAND: Connotations for Orchestra Leonard Bernstein, conductor

CORIGLIANO: Clarinet Concerto Stanley Drucker, clarinet and Leonard Bernstein, conductor

CARTER: A Symphony of Three Orchestras Pierre Boulez, conductor

 

Tuesday April 24: Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts (CSO 18-17)

Gil Shaham performs Mendelssohn, conducted by John Storgårds

Grieg: Suite No. 1 from Peer Gynt, Op. 46

Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op.64 (Gil Shaham, violin) [born in Urbana IL!]

[Encore: Max Raimi: Anger Managment (Gil Shaham, violin)]

Sibelius: Symphony No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 39

Prokofiev: Suite from Lieutenant Kijé, Op. 60 (Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor)

 

Wednesday April 25: San Francisco Symphony (SFS 18-04) (new series)

CONDUCTOR: Michael Tilson Thomas

Mahler: Symphony No. 7 in E minor

ENCORE: Schumann: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, “Rhenish”

 

Thursday April 26: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (PSO 17-18_04) (new series)

MUSSORGSKY: Scherzo

CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No. 2

Chopin: Mazurka in B-flat Major, Op. 7, no. 1 (Encore)

RACHMANINOFF: Symphony No. 2

Christoph Konig, conductor; Yulianna Avdeeva, piano

 

Sunday April 29: The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (CMS 17-31)

String Showcase

Moszkowski: Suite in G minor for Two Violins and Piano, Op. 71

Kyoko Takezawa, Violin; Alexander Sitkovetsky, Violin; Wu Qian, Piano

Tchaikovsky: Sextet for Two Violins, Two Violas, and Two Cellos, Op. 70, “Souvenir

De Florence”

Kyoko Takezawa, Violin I; Alexander Sitkovetsky, Violin II; Paul Neubauer, Viola I; Matthew Lipman, Viola II; David Requiro, Cello II; David Finckel, Cello I

AND

Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival (SFS 18-05)

WEILL: Concerto for Violin & Wind Orchestra, Op. 12 (1924)

John Storgårds, violin & conductor; Tara Helen O’ Connor & Bart Feller, flute; Liang Wang, oboe; Anthony McGill & Todd Levy, clarinet; Christopher Millard & Julia Harguindey, bassoon; Jennifer Montone & Julie Landsman, horn; Caleb Hudson, trumpet; Daniel Druckman, timpani; Greg Zuber, percussion; Leigh Mesh & Mark Tatum, bass

(Performance: August 14, 2017, Lensic Performing Arts Center)

VERDI: String Quartet in E Minor (1873)