Dvorak’s “Legends for Orchestra” and Prokofiev’s 3rd Piano Concerto from San Francisco
Eastern European composers are featured... dance, drama, and Gypsy flair!
Yan Pascal Tortelier conducts the San Francisco Symphony on tonight’s ‘Evening Concert’
Unscientifically so, many people prefer music in minor keys because it has a stronger emotional effect on them. Tune in tonight to test the hypothesis!
Mendelssohn’s “Scottish” Symphony from the San Francisco Symphony
Tonight's San Francisco Symphony program is a "travelogue": France, England, Russia, Scotland....
Emanuel Ax plays Beethoven’s 3rd Piano Concerto with the San Francisco Symphony
Emanuel Ax plays Beethoven's 'autograph' cadenza in the first-movement, although Beethoven surely improvised the cadenza at it's premiere.
“Great American Orchestras”, the San Francisco Symphony on “Carnegie Hall Live”
It's "Seven Degrees of Gil Shaham"....Gil was born in Urbana, and returns here Thursday night April 23rd at Krannert Center for a Bach recital: tonight, it's Prokofiev's 2nd VIolin Concerto.