Shotakovich String Quartets and Beethoven’s 3rd Piano Trio on the “Evening Concert”
The Jerusalem Quartet plays two Shostakovich quartets; Jon Kimura Parker is the pianist in the Beethoven piano trio.
Emanuel Ax plays Beethoven’s “1st Piano Concerto” on tonight’s “Evening Concert”
Beethoven's "1st Piano Concerto" had it's premeiere in Vienna with the composer at the piano, 1795...Shostakovich's "10th" was premiered by the Leningrad Symphony Orchestra in 1953...
Ray Chen plays Bruch’s “1st Violin Concerto” with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Also on the program...Beethoven's "Overture to Egmont" and Shostakovich's "5th Symphony"
From San Francisco, a Shostakovich concerto and a ballet suite by Stravinsky
The Suite of music from "The Firebird" by Stravinsky comes from his 1910 ballet of the same name...Shostakovich's concerto comes 23 years later.
The St. Petersburg Piano Quartet plays Robert Schumann’s “Opus 47 Piano Quartet in E-Flat Major”
Also on the program: Brahms’ “2nd Viola Sonata” and Shostakovich’s “2nd Piano Trio”.