“Stravinsky’s “Firebird Suite” is the central work on tonight’s “Evening Concert”
Coming to us from the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the program also includes Glinka's "Ruslan and Ludmila" Overture and Bernstein's "Symposium after Plato"
One can always count on audience favorites from the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
And tonight those are Tchaikovsky's "Violin Concerto" and Dvorak's "New World Symphony".
Resounding Russians
Alexander Toradze is the featured soloist in this performance with the Illinois Symphony Orchestra.
Nikolai Lugansky plays “Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini” with the San Francisco Symphony
Lugansky is a pianist who as a youth taught himself to play a Beethoven piano sonata by ear before he learned to read music.
Resounding Russians
Alexander Toradze joins the Illinois Symphony Orchestra as the featured soloist.