Robert Schumann's Concertpiece for Four Horns and Orchestra, reputedly one of the most fiendishly difficult works ever composed for horn and requiring four exceptional players, was conceived by an excited Schumann to exploit the new, valveless horn; he called the work "one of my best things." The Chicago principals of 1977 do the honors, under the baton of Claudio Abbado. Leos Janacek celebrated a northeastern area of his native Moravia with his six "Lachian Dances," played this evening by the Czech Philharmonic under Jose Serebrier. Jerome Moross thought "The Last Judgement" ballet (which is all about Eve) was one of his best works: "Exonerating women of the Original Sin—where will we go next?" Listen to the Devil run off with the best chromaticism! Andre Previn, who turned seventy-five today, wrote "Diversions" for the Vienna Philharmonic, which he conducts in this evening's performance.
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