This week's Evening Concert includes Joyce Yang playing Rachmaninoff's 4th Piano Concerto, classical music of Ireland, Vivaldi's "Four Seasons", Brahms' First Symphony and more.

Brahms and Tchaikovsky share a May 7th birthdate, although they are seven years apart: 1833 for Brahms, 1840 for Tchaikovsky. Tchaikovsky died in 1893 at the age of 53, Brahms in 1897, just shy of his 64th birthday. Their music shares a certain sensibility of deeply running passion.

Brahms + Symphonies #3 and #4 + New York Philharmonic + Kurt Masur = A musically satisfying listening experience.

Tangential to the conductor's work of conducting is selecting music to create a "program". Music Director Edo de Waart has put together