Angels and Visitations
Evening Music | May 6, 2010
The best known Finnish composer since Sibelius, Einojuhani Rautavaara writes his music in a variety of styles, often imbueing it with a mystical element. Such is the case with tonight's quasi-religious rhapsody for orchestra, "Angels and Visitations" (Leif Segerstam leads the Helsinki Symphony Orchestra).
Music from the sixteenth century is heard in dances by Michael Praetorius, who was born on this date 436 years ago. Later in the evening, Roger Norrington conducts the London Classical Players in Johannes Brahms's Symphony No. 4; we'll also hear from Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Stephen Albert, as Yo-Yo Ma performs his Cello Concerto with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.
Music from the sixteenth century is heard in dances by Michael Praetorius, who was born on this date 436 years ago. Later in the evening, Roger Norrington conducts the London Classical Players in Johannes Brahms's Symphony No. 4; we'll also hear from Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Stephen Albert, as Yo-Yo Ma performs his Cello Concerto with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.
