‘Rhapsody in Blue’, Brahms’ ‘Violin Concerto’ highlight this week’s “Evening Concert” series
This week on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 you’ll hear a special program about Sir Charles Mackerras, then Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” from Chicago, Brahms’ “Violin Concerto” from Pittsburgh, Mahler’s “3rd Symphony” from New York then Sunday chamber music from Lincoln Center and the new Spoleto Chamber Music Festival series.
WILL-FM: The Evening Concert: WEEK OF JUL 4 – 5 – 6 – 7 – 8 & 10, 2016
Monday July 4: Summer Special: Sir Charles Mackerras, Master Conductor – A Profile
Excerpts from BEETHOVEN: 5th Symphony;
MAHLER: 4th Symphony;
MOZART: The Marriage of Figaro
HANDEL: Music for the Royal Fireworks and 23 more excerpts from other composers
Tuesday July 5: Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO 16-27)
Alsop conducts American Music and Dvořák
Clyne: Masquerade; conducted by Marin Alsop
Barber: Second Essay for Orchestra; conducted by Marin Alsop
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue [Jon Kimura Parker, piano]; conducted by Marin Alsop
Dvorak: Symphony No. 7; conducted by Marin Alsop
Oscar Peterson: Blues Etude (encore); conducted by Marin Alsop
[CSO fill: Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra; (Charles Dutoit, conductor)]
[CSO fill: Williams: Excerpts from "Lincoln" from CD; (Charles Dutoit, conductor)]
Wednesday July 6: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (PSO) 15-16_02) [First-in-series-of-13]
Manfred Honeck, conductor; Augustin Hadelich, violin
BACH: Chaconne
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 8
BRAHMS: Violin Concerto; [Encore: Paganini: Caprice for Solo Violin No. 5]
[PSO fill: Mozart: Requiem: “Et incarnates est”; Chen Reiss, soprano; Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia/Honeck]
Thursday July 7: The New York Philharmonic This Week” (NYP 16-41)
LISTING DIFFERS FROM PATTERNS MAGAZINE PER SYNDICATOR
Mahler: Songs of a Wayfarer (Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone) (William Steinberg)
Mahler: Symphony No. 3 (Bernarda Fink, mezzo-soprano; Women of the New York Choral Artists, Joseph Flummerfelt, director; Brooklyn Youth Chorus, Dianne Berkun, director)
(Bernard Haitink, conductor)
Friday July 8: Prairie Performances with Roger Cooper (PP 16-28) Subject to availability
Jazz from Allerton Music Barn (AMB)
AMB 2014
Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers: from “At the Café Bohemia” to the present (9/19/14)
UI jazz faculty represent the driving hard bop style of the 1950s, with aggressive swing and powerful drumming. Chip McNeil leads the band in selections from the most famous Jazz Messengers’ records including “At the Café Bohemia”.
Sunday July 10: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (CMS 15-41)
French IV: The Power of Two
Saint-Saëns: Fantaisie in A major for Violin & Harp, Op. 124
Kristin Lee, Violin; Bridget Kibbey, Harp
Debussy: Six épigraphes antiques for Piano, Four Hands
Soyeon Kate Lee, Piano; Gilbert Kalish, Piano
Boëllmann: Sonata in A minor for Cello and Piano, Op. 40
Gary Hoffman, Cello; David Selig, Piano
and
Spoleto Chamber Music Festival (SCM 16-02) [Second-in-series-of-13]
Spohr: Fantasia and Variations on a Theme by Danzi for Clarinet and Strings, Op. 81
Todd Palmer, clarinet
Applebaum: Jazz Number Mark Applebaum, piano
Gould: “Benny’s Gig” Todd Palmer, clarinet; Anthony Manzo, double bass
Schumann: Dichterliebe, Op. 48 Tyler Duncan, baritone; Pedja Muzijevic, piano