Beethovenfest in Bonn; Schubert’s 1st & 6th Symphonies; Yuja Wang Plays Rachmaninoff’s 3rd
This week on the Evening Concert on WILL-FM, it’s the third of the “Beethovenfest in Bonn” programs, then Schubert’s First and Sixth Symphonies from the CSO; Wednesday Yuja Wang plays Rachmaninoff’s Third Piano Concerto with the San Francisco Symphony; Thursday it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week” and Sunday, Chamber Music from Lincoln Center and more.
WILL-FM The Evening Concert & Prairie Performances 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. (M – F & SUN)
WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 22 – 23 – 24 – 25 – 26 & 28, 2014
Monday September 22: Deutsche Welle Festival Concerts (DWF) (#13-14) Beethovenfest Bonn #3
Bamberg Symphony Orchestra; Jonathan Nott, conductor
Witold Lutoslawski (1913-1994): Symphony No. 3 (excerpt)
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827): Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67
Recorded by West German Radio, Cologne (WDR) in the Beethoven Hall, Bonn, on September 21, 2013
Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975): Symphony No. 15 in A Major, Op. 141
Recorded by West German Radio, Cologne (WDR) in the Beethoven Hall, Bonn, on September 23, 2013
Tuesday September 23: Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO) (#14-38)
Muti conducts Schubert 1 and 6
Schubert: Symphony No. 1 in D Major, D. 82
Mozart: Bassoon Concerto (David McGill, bassoon)
Schubert: Symphony No. 6 in C Major, D. 589
Mozart: Symphony No. 38 in D Major, K. 504 (Prague)
Wednesday September 24: San Francisco Symphony (SFS) (#14-26)
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; *Yuja Wang, piano
Fauré: Pavane, Op. 50
Sibelius: Symphony No. 3 in C Major, Op. 52
*Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30
[SFS Encore: Sibelius: Symphony No. 4, Op. 63 (Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor)]
Thursday September 25: The New York Philharmonic This Week (NYP) (#14-51)
Bramwell Tovey, conductor; *Marc Nuccio, clarinet
In Residence: BRAVO! VAIL VALLEY MUSIC FESTIVAL: PROGRAM III
Copland : Fanfare for the Common Man
Gershwin/Arr. Rose: Strike Up the Band from Strike Up the Band
*Copland: Clarinet Concerto
Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite
Friday September 26: Prairie Performances with Roger Cooper
Concert information forthcoming…TBA
Sunday September 28: The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (CMS): (#13-52)
Schubert: Sonatina No. 2 in A Minor for Violin and Piano, D. 385, Op. 137, No. 2.
(Cho-Liang Lin, violin; Gilles Vonsattel, piano)
Beethoven: Quartet for Violin, Viola, Cello and Piano in E-Flat Major, Op. 16
(Arnaud Sussmann, violin; Beth Guterman, viola; David Finckel, cello; Wu Han, piano)
and Civic Orchestra of Chicago (#13-12)
Cliff Colnot, conductor
Wagner: Prelude and Liebestode from Tristan und Isolde
Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit