Mendelssohn’s “String Octet” on tonight’s “Evening Concert”
Also on the program music by Mozart, Bach, CPE Bach, and Scarlatti.
Meet the New York Philharmonic’s New Music Director Jaap van Zweden
van Zweden conducts Beethoven's "5th", a Mozart "Piano Concerto", and music by Britten.
“Enigma” Variations and “Death & Transfiguration” on tonight’s “Evening Concert”
These two works both written within the last fifteen years of the 19th century could be seen as opposite to each other in 'sentiment': Elgar's musical portraits versus the pondering of one's life and passing.
Elgar’s “Enigma” Variations central to tonight’s “Evening Concert” from the CSO
Elgar's "Enigma" Variations is enigmatic as ever as Donald Runnicles leads the CSO in the famed work...