From Carnegie Hall, the West-Eastern Divan orchestra on tonight’s “Evening Concert”
Daniel Barenboim leads the group in music by Richard Strauss and Tchaikovsky
Daniel Barenboim leads the group in music by Richard Strauss and Tchaikovsky
On November 14, 1943, Leonard Bernstein became famous.
Tilting at windwills, it's "Don Quixote" by Strauss, with "Ein Heldenleben" (A Hero's Life) as the 'double' of this double-billing.
The cello soloist and the viola soloist are the 'musical voices' to the two main characters of "Don Quixote" in his tone poem on that subject.
The "New York Philharmonic This Week" moves to Monday nights at 7:00 pm starting this coming Monday, October 2, 2017.