Felix Mendelssohn, Charles Ives, Igor Stravinsky, Gustav Mahler and more were inspired by the night and darkness. We'll hear those inspirations on the November 17th broadcast. Sundays at 3pm.
11/3 Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 Berlioz: The Death of Cleopatra Berg: Lulu-Suite Liszt: Mephisto Waltz (Angelina Réaux, s; Jenny Tourel, ms; Zubin Mehta, Leonard Bernstein and Kurt Masur, cond)
11/10 J.S. Bach/H.J. Wood: Toccata and Fugue Mussorgsky/Rimsky?Korsakov: Night on Bald Mountain Gounod: Ballet Music from Faust Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique: Dream of a Witches’ Sabbath Liszt: A Faust Symphony Grieg: In the Hall of the Mountain King from Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 (Charles Bressler, t; Arturo Toscanini, Alan Gilbert, Leonard Bernstein, cond)
11/17 Mendelssohn: Overture & Nocturne from A Midsummer Night’s Dream Ives: Central Park in the Dark Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht Adolphe: Dark Sand, Sifting Light Stravinsky: The Song of the Nightingale Berlioz: In the Cemetery: Moonlight from Les Nuits d’été Mahler: Night Music from Symphony No. 7 Lyadov: The Enchanted Lake (Joyce DiDonato, ms; George Szell, Jaap van Zweden, Pierre Boulez, Alan Gilbert, Leonard Bernstein, and Lorin Maazel, cond)
11/24 Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 Schumann: Symphony No. 2 (Paul Lewis, p; Christoph von Dohnányi, cond)