Shostakovich’s “Babi Yar” (13th Symphony) on the “Evening Concert”
Also on the program, music of Prokofiev and George Walker.
Yo-Yo Ma plays Shostakovich’s “1st Cello Concerto” on tonight’s “Evening Concert”
Also on the program, music by Beethoven and Janacek.
Yuja Wang plays Bartok’s “2nd Piano Concerto” with the Los Angeles Philharmonic
Music Director Gustavo Dudamel conducts. Also on the program, Janacek’s “Sinfonietta” and Stravinsky’s “Symphonies of Wind Instruments”
Christian Tetzlaff plays Dvorak’s “Violin Concerto” with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Dvorak was inspired to write his "Violin Concerto" after meeting Joseph Joachim. There's no clear historical record indicating why Joachim never performed it.
Janacek, Sibelius, and a Saariaho Premiere from the Los Angeles Philharmonic
Tonight's LA Philharmonic is a program of "Program" music, which is music without words, often with a descriptive rather than generic title, meant to evoke the feeling, the place, the situation, in sound.