The pianist joined Liane Hansen in the studio to discuss Liszt's Concerto No. 1, which is on his latest album, Chopin Liszt Piano Concerto No. 1.
Two important solo works nonetheless date from the Classical era: Joseph Haydn's Concerto in E-flat for trumpet and orchestra (1796) and Johann Nepomuk Hummel's Concerto, also in E-flat (1803).
With a love of bluegrass and jazz, they started along their improvisational way by re-crafting classical favorites (like Bach's Concerto for Two Violins, which Time for Three recorded in NPR's Studio 4A), and have continued to grow and compose their own music.
Haydn's horn concerto, Mozart's four horn concertos, and Beethoven's sonata for horn and piano were all written for natural horn, although they're usually played today on valve horn.
On May 19 at Carnegie Hall, Mr. Levine will conduct the Met Orchestra in a program that will include the prelude to Act I of Wagner's "Lohengrin, " Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4, featuring piano soloist Evgeny Kissin, and Schubert's Symphony No. 9.
Also on the concert program is Schumann's Piano Concerto in A minor, performed by soloist Christian Zacharias.
" Though sometimes lacking in power, Janie Taylor displayed the necessary charisma to carry most of her roles, notably leading Alexei Ratmansky's "Concerto DSCH.
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Calling Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 a song may be inaccurate.
Hoffman says that when he was a youngster, he fell asleep most nights listening to the magical sounds of Heifetz, especially his recording of Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto.
Alfred Brendel, an Austrian pianist, received great acclaim for his recital on the opening night and again, three days later, when he played Beethoven's Piano Concerto No 5 to a packed house.
For her four performances in New York, which the often-touring pianist calls home, Ms. Wang will play Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 3, a physically explosive work that she points out includes many hand crossovers.
She made her Carnegie Hall debut a few months later in a passionate version of Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto, captivating audiences and dividing critics with her eccentric, heartfelt interpretations and expressive facial and physical gestures.
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The project recently passed phase two with the concert presented here, as Orpheus gave the first performance of Muse, a new piece by American composer, Christopher Theofanidis based on Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 3.
Last week, Mr. Bronfman joined the Emerson String Quartet at New York's Carnegie Hall for an all-Brahms program, and this week he partners with Lorin Maazel and the New York Philharmonic at Avery Fisher Hall in four performances of the composer's Piano Concerto No. 1.
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S. Bach's Second Brandenburg Concerto (ca. 1721) includes a part for solo trumpet in this style.
The concerto's opening is notable because the piano enters almost imperceptibly.
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Howard Shore, for example, created a radiant "Lord of the Rings" concert piece from his soundtracks, and John Corigliano's "Red Violin Concerto" is being released September 5 by Sony in a Joshua Bell-led recording.
S. Bach (No.1 in D-Minor BWV 1052, and No.2 in E-Major, BWV 1053) framing W.A. Mozart's No. 12 in A-Major, K.414 and Johann Christian Bach's E-Flat Major Concerto Op.7 No. 5.
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The piece is essentially a 95-minute piano concerto inspired by Messiaen's visit to Bryce Canyon and Zion Park in 1972.
Sandor premiered Bartok's Dance Suite and also his Piano Concerto Number 3.
For instance, in the Harrison concerto, "it's all up to me, " Mr. Jacobs says.
In April, composer Vivian Fung won a Juno Award, Canada's top music honors, for her Violin Concerto, which was commissioned, premiered and recorded by Metropolis.
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The penultimate "American Mavericks" program, at Zankel Hall on March 29, will mark not only Mr. Jacobs's own Carnegie Hall debut, but the first organ concerto performance there since 1988.
Buchbinder's stop at our studio was just a few hours before his performance of a Beethoven Piano Concerto at Symphony Hall with the Dresden Staatskapelle.
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