String quartets by Ginastera and consort music from England on the “Evening Concert”
Two (!) string quartets by Ginastera and a number of works for consorts to be heard tonight.
Tonight’s featured works on “The New York Philharmonic This Week” are prompted by “Dance”
Ginastera: music to "Eastancia" and George Benjamin's (b. 1960) Nine Choreographic Scenes are featured.
The Miro Quartet plays two of Ginastera’s String Quartets on the “Evening Concert”
Our second hour of chamber music comes to us from the Spoleto Chamber Music festival serie and includes music by Handel and Cesar Franck.
“The Firebird Suite”, a “Harp Concerto” and more on tonight’s ‘Evening Concert”
Stravinsky's "Firebird" Ballet premiered in 1910; forty-plus years later Ginastera's "Harp Concerto" had its premiere.
Chamber-sized performances of three of Bach’s “Brandenburg Concertos” on tonight’s “Evening Concert”
Brandenburgs numbers 2, 4 & 6, plus a Mozart Viola Quintet arae the featured works chamber music works on tonight's program.