Brahms’ “Clarinet Trio” and polychoral music by Gabrieli and others on tonight’s “Evening Concert”
Also on the program, a suite by Janacek and polychoral music by Praetorius and others.
Riccardo Muti conducts the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in Beethoven’s 7th Symphony
Beethoven's 7th Symphony dates from 1811-12. It is noted by contemporaries that Beethoven is said to have remarked (paraphrased) that it was one of his best works.[It is!]
Cellist Alisa Weilerstein plays Prokofiev’s “Symphony-Concerto” with the CSO
Also, music of Britten: the Suite on English Folk Tunes and Shostakovich's 9th Symphony (not dreary!)
The CSO plays Beethoven’s “7th Symphony” on tonight’s “Evening Concert”
In keeping with his desire to have the orchestra perform more less-often-heard works, Maestro Muti has music by Catalani and Martucci on the program.
The Orion String Quartet plays Beethoven’s “Harp” Quartet on tonight’s “Evening Concert”
The "Harp" quartet gets it's "title" [assigned by the publisher] from a description of the pizzicato portions of the first movement which sound reminiscent of a harp.