The Shostakovich "1st Piano Concerto" features a trumpet obbligato, and, as a result, the work is sometimes referred to as the "Concerto for Piano and Trumpet". If you know the work, or you've never heard it, hear it tonight at 7:00 on the "Evening Concert".

Beethoven, Brahms, George Crumb, Stravinsky, Schoenberg: an eclectic week on the "Evening Concert"

The story of Daphnis and Chloe originated in the second century CE (AD). the Ballet Russes asked Ravel to write music for it's 19-teens adaptation of the story. He obliged and completed the music in 1912.

Featured this week: 3 Beethoven symphonies, Rachmaninoff’s “2nd Piano Concerto”, and Mozart’s “Jupiter” Symphony, among others.

Rodrigo's (rightly famous) guitar concerto "Concierto de Aranjuez" has become a cornerstone of the concerto repertoir for guitar.