Evening Concert Weekly Listings Mon Feb 28 - Sun Mar 6, 2022
WILL-FM: The Evening Concert: WEEK OF FEB. 28 – MAR. 1 – 2 – 3 & 6, 2022
Monday, February 28: New York Philharmonic (NYP 22-23)
Mussorgsky, Kancheli, Borodin, and Shostakovich
MUSSORGSKY/RIMSKY‐KORSAKOV: Khovanshchina: Prelude: Dawn on the Moskva River
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
KANCHELI: And Farewell Goes Out Sighing… Gidon Kremer, violin; Derek Ragain, counter-tenor; Kurt Masur conductor
BORODIN: In the Steppes of Central Asia. Leonard Bernstein, conductor
SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 7 in C Major, Op. 60, "Leningrad". Leonard Bernstein, conductor
Tuesday, March 1: Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO 22-09)
Muti Conducts Beethoven 3
Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges: Overture to L'Amant anonyme
Bizet: Roma
Price: Andante moderato
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 55 (Eroica)
Wednesday, March 2: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (PSO 21-22_09)
Emanuel Ax Plays Beethoven’s “Emperor” Piano Concerto
Music Director Manfred Honeck, conductor; Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh; tenor Paul Appleby
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, “Emperor”. Emanuel Ax, piano
[Encore: Schumann: “Widmung”; Emanuel Ax, piano; Paul Appleby, tenor]
[Fill: excerpt from Beethoven: Symphony No. 5; Manfred Honeck, conductor]
Berlioz: “Te Deum”; Paul Appleby, tenor; Larry Allen, organ; Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh; Matthew Mehaffey, director; Pittsburgh Youth Chorus; Shawn Funk, director
Thurs. Mar. 3: This Week fr. China’s National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA 22-09 of 13)
Debussy: La mer. NCPA Orchestra/LÜ Jia, conductor
ZHAO Jiping: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in D Minor, “The Disillusioned Dream”
NCPA Orchestra/LÜ Jia, conductor; LI-WEI Qin, cello
Beethoven: Egmont, Op. 84 Prometheus Overture; Coriolan Overture; Fidelio Overture
NCPA Orchestra/LÜ Jia, conductor; SONG Yuanming, soprano; SUN Qiang, narrator
SHI Guangnan; Lyrics: Xiaoguang, Adapted by DONG Yuexian: On the Hopeful Field
Beijing Symphony Orchestra, Chorus of Beijing Musician's Association/TAN Lihua, conductor
Sunday March 6: Chamber Mus. Soc. of Lincoln Center (CMS 22-24)
Russian Romantics
Arensky: Suite No. 1 for Two Pianos, Op. 15. Michael Brown, Piano I; Orion Weiss, Piano II
Taneyev: Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 30. Wu Han, Piano; Escher Quartet
And Fiesta! With Elbio Barilari (FST 21-49)
18th Century Latino Jewels
Colonial Latin American music is one of hidden treasures of classical music. Fiesta opens the vault sharing baroque and classical music that is as powerful and beautiful as what was coming from Europe at the time. We will share music from Bolivia, Brazil, and Mexico.
Juan García de Zéspedes: Convidando esta la noche. Grupo de Canto Coral; Grupo Canto Choral Chamber Choir; Grupo Canto Choral Baroque Orchestra; Nestor E. Adrenacci, director
Ignacio Parreiras Neves: Salve Regina. 21 Musique des Lumières Jean‐Christophe Frisch, director
Manoel Dias de Oliveira: Miserere and Magnificat. 21 Musique des Lumières Jean‐Christophe Frisch, dir.
Manuel de Zumaya: Lauda Jérusalem. Compañia Musical de las Américas; Maîtrise Nationale de Versailles; La Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy; Jean‐Claude Malgoire, director
Anonymous: Sonata chiquitana. 21 Musique des Lumières Jean‐Christophe Frisch, director
Esteban Salas y Castro: Officium Defunctorum. Camerata Vocale Sine Nomine de Cuba, Conjunto de Música Antigua Ars Longa Teresa Paz, director
Anonymous: Pastoreta Ychepe Flauta- 1st movement Florilegium