Yo Quiero Pachelbel
Evening Music | May 6, 2010
Johann Pachelbel's Canon in D has held its own for over 300 years, being imitated (and recycled) countless times. Tonight we'll celebrate the composer's birth as Gustave Leonhardt performs one of Pachelbel's less-heard themes, the Toccata and Fugue in B-flat.
Later in the Evening, we'll take a musical sidetrip to Scotland with Mendelssohn's "Hebrides" Overture (Roy Goodman and the Hanover Band); guitarist David Russell plays Fernando Sor's "Fantasy on a Scottish Air," followed by Benjamin Britten's "Scottish Ballad" with the Pierce and Jonas Piano Duo. Also, Mark O'Connor's "The American Seasons" — O'Connor performs in the "Musicians for Harmony" September 11th benefit memorial concert at Merkin Hall (which also features the Orion Quartet and pianist Leon Fleischer).
» Musicians for Harmony at Merkin Concert Hall, Sept. 11 at 7:30 p.m.
Later in the Evening, we'll take a musical sidetrip to Scotland with Mendelssohn's "Hebrides" Overture (Roy Goodman and the Hanover Band); guitarist David Russell plays Fernando Sor's "Fantasy on a Scottish Air," followed by Benjamin Britten's "Scottish Ballad" with the Pierce and Jonas Piano Duo. Also, Mark O'Connor's "The American Seasons" — O'Connor performs in the "Musicians for Harmony" September 11th benefit memorial concert at Merkin Hall (which also features the Orion Quartet and pianist Leon Fleischer).
» Musicians for Harmony at Merkin Concert Hall, Sept. 11 at 7:30 p.m.
