Beethoven’s “7th” and the two Violin Romances on tonight’s “Evening Concert”
Alexander Barantschik plays those Romances with the orchestra that he is Principal Violinist of: the San Francisco Symphony.
Jon Kimura Parker plays Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” in Chicago on the “Evening Concert”
Also on the program: Samuel Barber's "2nd Essay for Orchestra" and Dvorak's "7th Symphony"
Mahler “Seventh” and Schumann “Third” Symphonies on tonight’s “Evening Concert”
Schumann's "3rd", the Rhenish", came first, written in 1850; Mahler's "7th" dates from 1904-05.
“Bernard Haitink Conducts Mahler 7” on the “Evening Concert”
Haitink guest conducts the Chicago Symphony Orchestra...
“Night on Bald Mountain” and “Don Juan” on tonight’s “Evening Concert”
"....Bald Mountain" was written in 1876, "Don Juan" followed in 1888...technically they are both "tone poems", amd famous ones at that.
