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National Youth Orchestra of the USA on tonight’s “Evening Concert”
Marin Alsop conducts this elite group in Mahler's "1st Symphony"
Marin Alsop conducts this elite group in Mahler's "1st Symphony"
Also to be heard "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun" and "Schereazade 2.0".
The program comes to us from Chicago, the CSO, and includes music by Richard Strauss and John Adams.
Christian Tetzlaff is the soloist for the Brahms. Larry Allen is the soloist in Saint-Saens' "Organ" Symphony.
My father did not know Charles Ives and neither did John Adams' father. However, the composer explains himself below....