November Woods

Evening Music | May 6, 2010
Tonight we'll spend some time with English composer Sir Arnold Bax's orchestral tone poem "November Woods." Continuing with the outdoors theme, pianist Ralf Gothoni performs Jean Sibelius's Five Piece, Op. 75 — also known as "The Trees."

We'll take a trip to Baroque era France with a gamba suite by Marin Marais, contrasted by music with French titles from two modern American composers: Frederick Rzewski's "Les Moutons de Panurge" and Morton Lauridsen's "Les chansons des roses." Reflecting our earlier rustic theme is Einojuhani Rautavaara's Concerto for Birds and Orchestra, the "Cantus Arcticus"; Leif Segerstam leads the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra.

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