Also on the program, two works by Richard Strauss.

Tonight's program has Simone Young leading the LA Philharmonic in concert.

Program music is defined as music that (usually) has a title given by the composer, written to conjure , for example, an event "Short Ride in a Fast Machine" or place "El Salon meixco", to tell a story, like "Also Sprach Zarathustra" or some other "extra-musical" purpose.