Pianist Louis Lortie featured in two works by composers from the Paris Consevatoire
Cesar Franck (Belgian) was schooled at the Paris Conservatoire like Ravel and D'Indy.
Schubert’s 1st Piano Trio and Franck’s Piano Quintet in F Minor featured on the “Evening Concert”
Co-Artistic Directors of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, David Finckel and Wu Han are featured in the Schubert Trio.
St. Lawrence String Quartet plays Franck; Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto #6 on the “Evening Concert”
The two works on the first half of the show date from a mere twenty years apart.. the Franck from roughly 1889-90 and the Stravinsky from 1918.
In the Steppes of Central Asia
Millikin-Decatur Symphony performs this Borodin classic and more.
Dvorak’s “American” String Quartet, Franck’s “Piano Quintet” on tonight’s “Evening Concert”
Dvorak came to America in 1892 to become the head of the National Conservatory in New York City. He spent the summer of 1893 in Spillville Iowa, soaking up the sounds of America, which he captured in his "American" String Quartet. The quartet includes birdcalls and other particularly American sounds that he heard.