Mendelssohn

Airs Friday, October 2, 2020, at 12 noon. Since its beginning in 1911, the San Francisco Symphony has been known for innovative programs that offer a spectrum of traditional repertory and new music. Today, the Orchestra’s artistic vitality, recordings, and groundbreaking multimedia educational projects carry its impact throughout American musical life. This week the the orchestra is joined by violinist James Ehnes for a performance of the Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor by Max Bruch. Marek Janowski will conduct the orchestra and the concert opens with Mendelssohn's Ruy Blas Overture and the concert concludes with Wagner's Paris version of the Overture and Venusberg Music from Tannhäuser as well as his Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde.

Airs Friday, September 4, 2020, at 12 noon. Since its beginning in 1911, the San Francisco Symphony has been known for innovative programs that offer a spectrum of traditional repertory and new music. Today, the Orchestra’s artistic vitality, recordings, and groundbreaking multimedia educational projects carry its impact throughout American musical life. In this concert the orchestra presents Beethoven's Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 “Pastoral” and Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56 “Scottish”

Airs Monday, September 23, 2019, at 1 p.m. The Cleveland Orchestra 2019 season continues on Red River Radio with Guest Conductor Herbert Blomstedt leading the orchestra in two symphonic masterpieces, Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony, the symphony No. 6, and Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 3, the Scottish."

Airs Thursday, September 26, 2019, at 1 p.m. Join us each Thursday afternoon at 1 p.m. for the 2019 season of concerts from the Santa Fe Chamber Music Series. This week the New York Philharmonic String Quartet takes the stage for a performance Mendelssohn's String Quartet in F Minor, Op. 80. The program will open with Dohnányi's Serenade in C Major for Violin, Viola & Cello, Op. 10 featuring violinist Ida Kavafian, violist Steven Tenenbom, and cellist Mark Kosower.

Airs Thursday, July 25, 2019, at 1 p.m. This concert, broadcast live from Carnegie Hall features pianist Sir András Schiff performing fantasies, sonatas and suites by Mendelssohn and the most well-known configuration of the "Three Bs" — Bach, Beethoven and Brahms. Jeff Spurgeon and John Schaefer co-host the broadcast.

Airs Thursday, February 7, 2019, at 1 p.m. Join us for a new season of concerts from the Sanata Fe Chamber Music Festival hosted by Kerry Frumkin. In this opening concert pianist Jon Kimura Parker will join violinist Daniel Hope and Cellist Mark Kosower for Mendelssohn's Piano Trio No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 49. Also on the program Handel's “Voi che udite il lamento” from Agrippina with David Daniels, countertenor; Liang Wang, oboe; L.P. How & Kathleen Brauer, violin; Kimberly Fredenburgh, viola; Alastair Eng, cello; Leigh Mesh, bass; Kathleen McIntosh, harpsichord. And in the center, Vivaldi's Oboe Concerto in C Major, RV 447.

Airs Thursday, November 29, 2018, at 1 p.m. This Carnegie Hall Live broadcast features pianist Sir András Schiff performing fantasies, sonatas and suites by Mendelssohn and the most well-known configuration of the "Three Bs" — Bach, Beethoven and Brahms. The concert opens with Mendelssohn's Fantasia in F-sharp Minor, Op. 28. Then we'll hear the Piano Sonata No. 24 in F-sharp Major, Op. 78 by Beethoven. Next up, two works by Brahms, his Klavierstücke, Op. 76; and his Seven Fantasies, Op. 116. And this concert concludes with Bach's English Suite No. 6 in D Minor.

Airs Friday, march 2, 2018 at 12 noon. The week on our Regional Broadcasts the Shreveport Symphony Orchestra Presents Magnificent Mozart with claranetist Ricardo Morales as the soloist in Mozart's Clarinet Concerto. Music Director Michael Butterman will open he concert with Respighi's Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No. 3 and the concert concludes with Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 5, his “Reformation Symphony.”