
A “Festival…”, “Griot” your Season, a “Piano Concerto” by ...and more…the “Evening Concert”
"...of Nine Lessons and Carols, "A Seaso's Griot 2017" and Glee Club music from Morehouse and Spelman, an amazing Youth orchestra and more.
"...of Nine Lessons and Carols, "A Seaso's Griot 2017" and Glee Club music from Morehouse and Spelman, an amazing Youth orchestra and more.
"I am Richard Strauss". Those were the words, in English, that Strauss uttered to the American soldiers who came knocking on his door during WWII...out of the encounter came a comission to write a concerto!
You'll hear Strauss' "Don Quixote", coverage of the IL Primary, a Mahler symphony, a symphony by Shostakovich and more. . .
Romeo loves Juliet, Juliet loves Romeo.....Tchaikovsky captures the emotions of their love, the clash of the families, etc. in his "Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture"
This week's "Evening Concert" showcases performances of the major orchestras of (in chronological order) Milwaukee, Chicago, Los Angeles and New York.