Plus the world premiere of a percussion concerto commissioned for Christoph Sietzen, “a refreshingly natural musician notable for his technical mastery and powerful stage presence.”
Manfred Honeck, the longtime music director of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, leads music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Giuseppe Verdi, and Gustav Mahler.
Maria Dueñas shines in Béla Bartók’s darkly beautiful Violin Concerto No. 2 with conductor Elim Chan. The Berlin Radio Symphony rounds out the program with works by Igor Stravinsky and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
This week, guest conductor Tugan Sokhiev leads Tchaikovsky’s First Symphony, Winter Dreams. The program opens with Panufnik’s Heroic Overture, followed by Chopin’s First Piano Concerto in E Minor, featuring Yulianna Avdeeva.
Giancarlo Guerrero leads Piazzolla’s Aconcagua Concerto for Bandoneón and Orchestra with Daniel Binelli, followed by Beethoven’s First Symphony. The broadcast closes with Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony under the baton of eighth music director Sir Georg Solti.
The four tableaus of Igor Stravinsky’s Petrushka are vividly brought to life by Michael Tilson Thomas, who actually met the composer in Los Angeles during his youth.
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was a master of melody. Across musical forms the Russian composer’s works exquisitely harness the power of each instrument involved.
