Nathan Milstein plays Mendelssohn’s “Violin Concerto” on tonight’s “Evening Concert”

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. From the vast Philharmonic archives, you’ll hear Nathan Milstein as the soloist in Mendelssohn’s “Violin Concerto”. Bruno Walter conducts. Also on the program Prokofiev’s “Classical Symphony” and Beethoven’s “Missa Solemnis”.

Monday October 14: The New York Philharmonic This Week (NYP 20-03)

Masur conducts Missa Solemnis

PROKOFIEV: Symphony No. 1, Op. 25 “Classical” Leonard Bernstein, conductor

MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64 Nathan Milstein, violin Bruno Walter, conductor

BEETHOVEN: Mass in D Major, Op. 123, “Missa solemnis” Christine Brewer, soprano Florence Quivar, mezzo Anthony Rolfe Johnson, tenor Peter Rose, bass Glenn Dicterow, violin New York Choral Artists, dir. Joseph Flummerfelt American Boychoir, dir. James Litton; Kurt Masur, conductor