“Pictures at an Exhibition” and “Isle of the Dead” on tonight’s “Evening Concert”
Mussorgsky's orchestral suite "Pictures at an Exhibition" was inspired by his friend's artwork...the Rachmaninoff piece was, as well, inspired by a painting.
Violinist Leonidas Kavakos plays with the New York Philharmonic on tonight’s “Evening Concert”
Kavakos plays the Bartok Romanian Folk Dances, plus a NY Philharmonic premiere of a violin concerto by a composer who passed away in 2013.
Kirill Gerstein plays Rachmaninoff’s “Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini” on the “Evening Concert”
It's an all-Russian music program with a work by Rachmaninoff and one by Shostakovich.
Rachmaninoff’s 2nd “Elegiac Piano Trio”, Dvorak’s 14th String Quartet on tonight’s “Evening Concert”
Violinist Christian Tetzlaff and his sister, cellist Tanja Tetzlaff, are featured in works by Rachmaninoff and Dvorak.
Daniil Trifonov plays Shostakovich’s “1st Piano Concerto” with the Cleveland Orchestra
The Shostakovich "1st Piano Concerto" features a trumpet obbligato, and, as a result, the work is sometimes referred to as the "Concerto for Piano and Trumpet". If you know the work, or you've never heard it, hear it tonight at 7:00 on the "Evening Concert".