Ravel’s “Bolero” and Copland’s “El Salon Mexico” from New York on the “Evening Concert”
Also on the program Ravel's "Gaspard de la Nuit" and music of Christopher Rouse.
A program of “program music’ from the Pittsburgh Symphony on the “Evening” Concert”
Program music is defined as music that (usually) has a title given by the composer, written to conjure , for example, an event "Short Ride in a Fast Machine" or place "El Salon meixco", to tell a story, like "Also Sprach Zarathustra" or some other "extra-musical" purpose.
“Gaspard of the Night” and “El Salon Mexico” on tonight’s “Evening Concert”
"Gaspard de la nuit" (Gaspard of the Night) was written for piano solo in 1908; premiered in 1909; Constant's orchestration is from 1990.