Program Highlight

The Danish National Symphony performs music by Lili Boulanger on the EBU, Wed 3/29 @ 8pm

Classical 91.5 WXXO-FM

Published February 27, 2023 at 3:04 PM EST

Sometimes compared to Claude Debussy and Gabriel Fauré, Lili Boulanger's compositional style was progressive for her time. D’un Matin de Printemps (One Spring Morning) is a prime example of her musical expression, with the flourishes in melodies and solo lines, as well as the complicated rhythmic accompaniments. It is the last orchestral work completed by Boulanger before her untimely death in 1918 at just 25 years of age.

3/1 Baker: The Price of Curiosity Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Paderewski: Nocturne from Miscellanea Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 (Stephen Hough, p; BBC Symphony O; Alpesh Chauhan, cond)

3/8 Nielsen: Symphony No. 1 Mozart: Clarinet Concerto Nielsen: Symphony No. 4, Inextinguishable (Jörg Widmann, cl; BBC Scottish Symphony O; Thomas Dausgaard, cond)

3/15 Koechlin: Vers la voûte étoilée Dessner: Violin Concerto Traditional: Finnish Traditional Song Bach: Sarabande Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, Pastoral (Pekka Kuusisto, v; Frankfurt Radio Symphony O; Ariane Matiakh, cond)

3/22 Chabrier: España, rhapsody for orchestra Ravel: Violin Sonata No. 1, Tzigane Massenet: Méditation, from 'Thaïs' Ibert: Escales Ravel: Boléro (Renaud Capuçon, v; Franfurt Radio SO; Alain Altinoglu, cond)

3/29 Boulanger: D'un matin de printemps Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 Dvořák: Symphony No. 7 (Vadym Kholodenko, p; Danish National SO; Marta Gardolińska, cond)