Music for the ballet by Stravinsky: “Petrushka” and the “Scenes” from San Francisco
Thomas Hampson was in the neighborhood so he dropped in to sing on John Adams' "The Wound Dresser"
Alice Sara Ott plays Bartok’s “4th Piano Concerto” with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Pablo Heras-Casado conducts. [Click on the article title for more infomation]
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.
Fiery Fiddlin’
Fiddles and violins abound in this program from the Illinois Symphony Orchestra.
“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.