What concerts are you looking forward to? (Part II)

[Iota]

Why anyone would line a piano the way it appears in that video beats me (unless they're Jeff Koons)..

Haha, I passed briefly by the RAH earlier (but couldn't go to the prom) and sat down and played that piano, simply because I thought it'd be nice to have played a piano recently played by Yunchan Lim. They'd erected a little canvas shelter over the piano as there was a bit of rain, and it made the covering look even more bizarre!

[Iota]

Thank you so much for this report. I'm bummed because BBC did broadcast it, but I wasn't available when it happened — hoping there will be an archive at some point. (They're probably figuring out how to edit out the alarm.  )

If you're able to access BBC Sounds from where you are, that concert is already available to listen to.

Edit: @brewski a link below if it helps.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002g26n

[brewski]

If you're able to access BBC Sounds from where you are, that concert is already available to listen to.

Oh thanks! Should be able to get it — have in past years, unless they've changed something.

[brewski]

Edit: @brewski a link below if it helps.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002g26n

Well, dang, I'm getting this message on my end:

Error 404 - Oops, the page you're looking for is no longer here

"Hey, BBC, why can't we have nice things?"     

[Iota]

Well, dang, I'm getting this message on my end:

Error 404 - Oops, the page you're looking for is no longer here

"Hey, BBC, why can't we have nice things?"     

Check my edit in the post above if it's any assistance.

[Archaic Torso of Apollo]

Tomorrow at Ravinia:

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Louis Langrée, conductor
Garrick Ohlsson, pianist
Mozart: Overture to La Clemenza di Tito
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 22
Mozart: Symphony No. 41 ("Jupiter")

Two of WAM's biggest and best orchestral works on the same program - what could be better?

[Mapman]

I'll probably go to this concert next week: Conrad Tao and others performing the Brahms Horn Trio.
https://www.machiasbaychamberconcerts.com/performances/current-details.php/2025-08-05-00-00-00-40/

The full program:
Conrad Tao, piano
Lun Li, violin
Nicolee Kuester, horn

Liszt: Au bord d'une source
Messiaen: Interstellar Call from Des Canyons aux Étoiles (solo horn)
Tchaikovsky: Valse-scherzo in C Major, Op. 34
Bach: Schafe können sicher weiden (solo piano)
Brahms: Horn Trio in E♭ Major, Op. 40

It was a very enjoyable concert with a nicely varied program, although it wasn't perfect. The Brahms trio was my favorite part. I was able to chat with the musicians after the concert; they were all quite friendly. It was cool to have a concert like that in such a remote part of Maine.

[Archaic Torso of Apollo]

Tomorrow at Ravinia:

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Peter Oundjian, conductor
Nobuyuki Tsujii, pianist
Tower: Suite from Concerto for Orchestra
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2
Brahms: Symphony No. 1

The Tower work is unknown to me - will be interesting to discover. Brahms is always great. Rachmaninoff is OK.

[Brian]

Her concerto for orchestra is so long that there is a suite from it? Strange.

Just looked it up. It takes 28 minutes to play. I wonder if Oundjian compiled a shorter suite?

[Archaic Torso of Apollo]

Her concerto for orchestra is so long that there is a suite from it? Strange.

Yeah, that threw me a bit. I found the whole piece on YouTube and it's two mvts. of about equal length. Seems like making a suite out of that would be a bit difficult? Who knows - maybe there's a misprint in the program?