We begin with approximately five minutes of sheer delight: the Overture to "Ruslan and Ludmila" by Glinka. Then there's a piano concerto by Rachmaninoff. After intermission comes the complete score to Firebird by Stravinsky, which is not as jarring as "The Rite of Spring."For the official synopsis you get this from the performance detail page:
(Some emphasis added.)Patrons will hear comments about the program directly from onstage BSO musician Robert Sheena (English horn).Koussevitzky Artist Kirill Gerstein joins BSO Associate Conductor Ken-David Masur and the BSO for Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2, a prime example of the composer's Russian-tinged Romanticism. The program begins with Glinka's infectiously energetic Overture to Ruslan and Ludmila, the second of his two operas. After intermission, Mr. Masur leads the orchestra in a performance of the complete music from Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird, a scintillating score that proved to be the composer's breakout success when the ballet opened in Paris in 1910.
That page also has the usual links to background material.
You can hear it all beginning at 8:00 this evening, Boston Time, on WCRB radio or webstream. I'll be listening until my brother calls from Tokyo. It appears that there will not be a further rebroadcast on Monday a week from now. So this is your last chance. You might also be interested in the broadcast of a recorded performance of "Messiah." That will be Sunday evening at 7:00.
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