Barbecue Divertimento
Evening Music | May 6, 2010
Before there was the eccentric American composer Charles Ives, there was Anthony Philip Heinrich — who took up composing on a lark while convalescing from an illness in 1818. Known as "the Beethoven of America," Heinrich specialized in whimsical, free-form works that were inspired by typical Americana, hence the work we'll hear tonight: his "Barbecue Divertimento."
Speaking of Beethoven, we'll have the real deal later on with the Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat (Emanuel Ax soloing with the Royal Philharmonic under Andre Previn). Music by Mozart, Sibelius and Alban Berg help round out the evening; also: Ralph Vaughan Williams's beautiful "Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis" from the Vienna State Opera Orchestra and Sir Adrian Boult.
Speaking of Beethoven, we'll have the real deal later on with the Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat (Emanuel Ax soloing with the Royal Philharmonic under Andre Previn). Music by Mozart, Sibelius and Alban Berg help round out the evening; also: Ralph Vaughan Williams's beautiful "Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis" from the Vienna State Opera Orchestra and Sir Adrian Boult.
