Monday night November 7 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. Leonard Bernstein conducts Virgil Thomson’s “The Seine at Night” and Milhaud’s “Les Choephores”. Also on the program, George Szell conducts Mahler’s “4th Symphony”.
Monday night July 11 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. Leonard Bernstein conducts the Philharmonic in his “Chichester Psalms”, Bach’s “5th Brandenburg Concerto” and Schumann’s “Mandfred Overture”. Also on the program music by Debussy, and Virgil Thomson.
Ives' "Three Places in New England" is a three-movement orchestral set that aims to paint a picture of American ideals, lifestyle and patriotism at the turn of the 20th century.
Some composers of the mid- 20th century, who were once famous, are now neglected.
This past Saturday, August 25th was the 100th anniversary of the birth of Leonard Bernstein, hence all the Bernstein tributes.
