Beethoven, Brahms, Mozart, Britten, Bach, Messiaen and others on the “Evening Concert” this week
It's a piano-concerto-lover's week on the "Evening Concert".
It's a piano-concerto-lover's week on the "Evening Concert".
We know the exact date of completion of the "Bassoon Concerto" of Mozart: 4 Jun 1774. He was 18 years old! Hear the work tonight on the Evening Concert.
In 1806 German poet Christian Schubart published a book (Ideas for an Aesthetic of Music) on the "affective" characteristics (emotional impact) of the 'keys' of music, for example, C Major, G Minor, etc. Tonight's program should be "bright", with many pieces in the key of D Major, described by Schubart as: "The key of triumph, of Hallejuahs, of war-cries, of victory-rejoicing. "
Menahem Pressler, one of classical music's greatest chamber musicians is joined by the Emerson String Quartet in the Dvorak Piano Quintet Opus 81.
Juan Arriaga is often called the "Spanish Mozart". Hear his music, and then compare it to Mozart's, which follows the Arriaga on "The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center". Then stay tuned for "The Santa fe CHamber Music Festival".