BSO/Classical New England — 2018/12/08

As usual, the Boston Symphony takes December off, and the Boston Pops (with many BSO musicians) performs Holiday Pops concerts. So this week's concert over WCRB is a rebroadcast of the concert given at Tanglewood on Friday, July 13, of this year. I wrote a little bit about it in advance. Here's how the BSO's program detail page described it:

Acclaimed English pianist Paul Lewis, who has given several memorable performances with the BSO in recent seasons, joins the orchestra for Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat, K.595, the composer's final work in the genre. BSO Assistant Conductor Moritz Gnann, who conducts the performance, also leads the orchestra in Wagner's Siegfried Idyll and Schumann's Symphony No. 3,Rhenish. The symphony's subtitle refers to the mighty Rhine, the river that has inspired so many great works throughout music history, and the piece contains some of Schumann's most colorful and exuberant music, as well as some of his most accomplished writing for full orchestra.

(Some emphasis added.)

The Wagner opens the concert, followed by the Mozart, which has always been a favorite of mine. All three works are worth hearing, IMO, so I encourage you to listen to WCRB this evening at 8:00, Boston time, and enjoy.

WCRB doesn't say that they will give this concert again on December 17, so plan on listening tonight. But they do promise us a rebroadcast of last week's Christmas Oratorio. That will be on December 10 at 8:00. It's also worth hearing.