Archival program featuring the great cellist Jacqueline du Pre on the “Evening Concert”
She's the soloist with the Cleveland Orchestra in two cello concertos by two "Edwards/Eduoards": Elgar and Lalo.
“Enigma” Variations and “Death & Transfiguration” on tonight’s “Evening Concert”
These two works both written within the last fifteen years of the 19th century could be seen as opposite to each other in 'sentiment': Elgar's musical portraits versus the pondering of one's life and passing.
Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition” on tonight’s “Evening Concert” from the CSO
Also on the program: Mozart's G Minor Symphony (No. 40), and concert overtures by Beethoven and Elgar.
It’s a “From the Archives” Special from the CSO on tonight’s “Evening Concert”
Theodore Thomas founded the Chicago Symphony Orchestra before the year 1900...and we'll hear him in an early recording with the CSO tonight.
Britain’s Beauty
A look back to 2013, the centennial year of British composer Benjamin Britten.