Saturday, March 10, 2018

BSO/Classical New England — 2018/03/10

The orchestra isn't performing in Symphony Hall this week, so WCRB is giving us an "encore broadcast" (and webstream). This time it's the concert given at Tanglewood last summer on Friday, August 11. I previewed it at the time. The performance detail page gave this description of the program:
Violinist Gil Shaham and cellist Alisa Weilerstein join forces on Friday, August 11, for a performance of Brahms's Double Concerto for violin, cello, and orchestra, with Costa Rican conductor Giancarlo Guerrero and the BSO. Brahms composed the concerto-his final orchestral work-as an olive branch to his old friend and close musical collaborator Joseph Joachim, with whom he'd had a falling out over Joachim's divorce. Also on the program are Dvořák's Carnival Overture and Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring, the score to an intensely dramatic ballet and on its own some of the most dramatic music ever written.
(Some detail added.)

I was at Tanglewood for this concert and enjoyed the first half. Gil Shaham seemed to be having a great time. The Stravinsky had its moments, I suppose. The Boston Globe published a generally favorable review. I'll enjoy listening to what comes before my brother's call at 9:00. If you go to WCRB on line or on air at 8:00 p.m. EST, you can hear it for yourself. As you probably already know, the WCRB website also gives more information about the station's offerings.

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