St. Lawrence String Quartet plays Franck; Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto #6 on the “Evening Concert”
The two works on the first half of the show date from a mere twenty years apart.. the Franck from roughly 1889-90 and the Stravinsky from 1918.
Gil Shaham plays Stravinsky’s “Violin Concerto” with the San Francisco Symphony
The Violin Concerto of Stravinsky was written in 1931 and premiered the same year in Berlin with the composer conducting, violinist Samuel Dushkin, the person who sought the work, as soloist.
Charles Dutoit conducts The Rite of Spring on the “Evening Concert”
Aging quite nicely (over 100 years now!) the famous "The Rite of Springs" still provokes.
Ingo Metzmacher conducts the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on the Evening Concert
Ballet music by Russian compsores on tonight's Evening Concert: 1892's "Nutcracker" and the 1911 version of "Petrushka".
Stravinsky’s “Petrushka” and John Adams’ “Scheherezade.2” on “The New York Philharmonic This Week”
Storytelling via music and dance (Petrushka) and via a new "Violin Concerto" (Scheherazade.2).