
A Soldier’s Tale, and A Tale of Love and Betrayal on tonight’s “Evening Concert”
Starvinsky's "A Soldier's Tale" (L'Histoire du soldat) had it's premiere in September of 1918. It sounds as new today as it did then.
Starvinsky's "A Soldier's Tale" (L'Histoire du soldat) had it's premiere in September of 1918. It sounds as new today as it did then.
Music by Mozart, Bach, beethoven, and others, including Szymanowski...
At 7:00 it's the Dvorak "Sonatina for Violin and Piano" and the "String Sextet". At 8:00 the first of four episodes about composer Marc Blitzstein.
Monday night it's the Shanghai Symphony; Tuesday, the CSO with Mozart; Wednesday, more from the Dallas Symphony; Thursday, Beethoven's Violin Concerto from New York; Dvorak from Lincoln Center and the start of a new series "The Cradle That Rocked: Rediscovering Marc Blitzstein"
The "Airborne" Symphony is a history of human flight in sound. The work is dedicated to the Eighth Air Force.