Mussorgsky’s “Pictures”, Tchaikovsky’s “Pathetique” featured on the “Evening Concert”
World-renowned pianist Li Jian, Dean of the Piano Department at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, i sfeatured in music of Mussorgsky and others.
Pictures at an Exhibition, Beethoven’s 5th Symphony among this week’s “gems”
This week's "Evening Concert" is full of famous works recorded live in concert, including the Brahms' "Violin Concerto".
The “Shanghai Spring International Music Festival” on the “Evening Concert”
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More “Shanghai Spring”, Mahler from Chicago, and more on this week’s “Evening Concert"s
and Rachmaninoff from Pittsburgh, Nielsen from New York, chamber music from Lincoln Center and Spoleto.
The Shanghai Symphony Orchestra plays Brahms’ First Symphony on the “Evening Concert”
"Shaghai Spring International Music Festival" was held Spring of 2015: tonight, music of Brahms, Chopin, Schoenfeld and Chinese composers.