A Trio of Birthdays
Evening Music | May 6, 2010
We've got three notable birthdays to celebrate tonight: French composer Darius Milhaud, Austrian Symphonist Anton Bruckner, and German Bass René Pape. Also, an honorary birthday: Kurt Weill's "Three Penny Opera" — "born" on this date in 1928.
The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra serves up a selection from Milhaud's "Saudades do Brasil"; we'll also hear the piano duo of Katia and Marielle Labeque in the composer's "Scaramouche." The glorious voice of René Pape illuminates Sarastro's aria from Mozart's "The Magic Flute"; Claudio Abbado leads the Mahler Chamber Orchestra. For our Bruckner salute, we'll delve into his early "student" symphony, which has the distinguished number "00" next to its name (Riccardo Chailly conducts the Radio Symphony Orchestra of Berlin).
The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra serves up a selection from Milhaud's "Saudades do Brasil"; we'll also hear the piano duo of Katia and Marielle Labeque in the composer's "Scaramouche." The glorious voice of René Pape illuminates Sarastro's aria from Mozart's "The Magic Flute"; Claudio Abbado leads the Mahler Chamber Orchestra. For our Bruckner salute, we'll delve into his early "student" symphony, which has the distinguished number "00" next to its name (Riccardo Chailly conducts the Radio Symphony Orchestra of Berlin).
