Youthful Exuberance
Evening Music | May 6, 2010
Youthful exuberance opens our playlist tonight as we explore the most mature of Mendelssohn's symphonies for strings, his String Symphony No. 12, composed at the tender age of 14 (William Boughton performs the honors with the English Symphony Orchestra). From one child prodigy to another, Mozart rounds out our first hour with his music for dinnertime, the Divertimento for Winds in F, as performed by Consortium Classicum.
Samuel Barber's Violin Concerto dominates our second lyrical hour. While Barber might have struggled with the musical demands of his patron and recalcitrant soloist, we hear only the charm and investment in violinist Hilary Hahn's performance with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra under Hugh Wolff.
Advancing into more contemporary times, we'll hear Zoltan Kodaly's "Peacock Variations" — a wonderful tale of liberation with Antal Dorati leading the Philharmonia Hungarica. Finally, you will agree that our evening winds its way to a fantastic close as violinist Kyung Wha Chung and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under Rudolf Kempe serve up Max Bruch's "Scottish Fantasy."
Samuel Barber's Violin Concerto dominates our second lyrical hour. While Barber might have struggled with the musical demands of his patron and recalcitrant soloist, we hear only the charm and investment in violinist Hilary Hahn's performance with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra under Hugh Wolff.
Advancing into more contemporary times, we'll hear Zoltan Kodaly's "Peacock Variations" — a wonderful tale of liberation with Antal Dorati leading the Philharmonia Hungarica. Finally, you will agree that our evening winds its way to a fantastic close as violinist Kyung Wha Chung and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under Rudolf Kempe serve up Max Bruch's "Scottish Fantasy."
