Archive for the ‘WBJC Evening Concert’ Category
Wednesday 12/28/22 European Broadcasting Union Series
11:00 PM ORCHESTRA: London Philharmonic Orchestra CONDUCTOR: Vladmir Jurowski SOLOIST: Julia Fischer, violin Elgar: Violin Concerto in B minor, op. Silvestrov: Lullaby, from ‘Melodies of the Moments, Op. 145’ Enescu: Symphony No.2 in A, op. 17
Tuesday 12/27/22 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Handel Messiah & Tchaikovsky Nutcracker Eighth music director Sir Georg Solti leads the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus and a stellar cast of soloists in the Christmas portion of Handel’s Messiah. Next, the CSO Brass performs music by Gabrieli, and sixth music director Fritz Reiner closes this holiday celebration with selections from Tchaikovsky’s […]
Monday 12/26/22 New York Philharmonic
11:00 PM Bronfman and van Zweden Perform Mozart & Bruckner This week we present the very first work that was performed in the new Wu Tsai Theater at David Geffen Hall to help fine-tune the acoustics: Bruckner’s Symphony No. 7. Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 22 opens the broadcast with the orchestra’s longtime friend and former […]
Thursday 12/22/22 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM HANDEL: Messiah Manfred Honeck, conductor; Rachele Gilmore, soprano; Andrey Nemzer, countertenor; Werner Gura, tenor; Alexander Elliott, bass; The Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh; Matthew Mehaffey, director
Wednesday 12/21/22 Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM CONDUCTOR: Ken-David Masur SOLOIST: Aizuri Quartet* Felicia Moore, soprano; Deborah Nansteel, mezzo-soprano; Andrew Haji, tenor; Nathan Berg, bass-baritone; Milwaukee Symphony Chorus; Cheryl Frazes Hill, director** Adams: Absolute Jest for String Quartet and Orchestra* Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, “Choral”**
Tuesday 12/20/22 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Muti Conducts Bates, Franck & Mozart Music Director Riccardo Muti leads the CSO in Honegger’s Pacific 231, the world premiere of former Mead Composer-in-Residence Mason Bates’s Alternative Energy, and Franck’s Symphony in D Minor. Music by Mozart completes the broadcast, with the composer’s Symphony No. 35 and Divertimento in F Major. […]
Monday 12/19/22 New York Philharmonic
11:00 PM Handel’s Messiah The New York Philharmonic’s annual presentation of Handel’s Messiah is one of its most loved traditions. In this performance from 2004, then Music Director Alan Gilbert is joined by soprano Celena Shafer, mezzo-soprano Nancy Maultsby, tenor Kurt Streit, bass-baritone Jonathan Lemalu, and the Westminster Symphonic Choir. Alec Baldwin is your host […]
Thursday 12/15/22 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Capriccio espagnol SHOSTAKOVICH: Cello Concerto No. 1 TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 1, “Winter Dreams” Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor; Maximilian Hornung, cello
Wednesday 12/14/22 Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM CONDUCTOR: Ken-David Masur SOLOIST: Awadgin Pratt, piano* Strauss: Metamorphosen, TrV 290 Montgomery: Rounds for Piano and String Orchestra* Mendelssohn: Overture to Die Heimkehr aus der Fremde, Op. 89 (Son & Stranger) Schumann: Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120 (1841 version)
Tuesday 12/13/22 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Blomstedt & Chamayou Herbert Blomstedt returns to the CSO podium for Brahms’s Second Symphony, following Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23, featuring soloist Bertrand Chamayou. The program concludes with Seiji Ozawa, the Ravinia Festival’s first music director, leading Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring from a 1968 RCA recording. Mozart: Piano Concerto No. […]
