Spanish Nights
Evening Music | May 6, 2010
Luigi Boccherini, born on this date in 1743, came from a long line of prominent Italian musicians. He was also the greatest cellist of his age, spending a great deal of his performing (and composing) life in Spain. Tonight we'll hear one of his many homages to his adopted homeland, "The Night Music of Madrid."
Some rarities are in store tonight, including Oliver Knussen's Horn Concerto, and Harold Shapero's "Nine-Minute Overture" — which, like Chopin's Minute Waltz, never quite clocks in on the dot. Later in the evening, we'll treat ourselves to one of John Adam's wonderful works for orchestra, "Naive and Sentimental Music." We'll hear the group that premiered it on this date eight years ago, the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
Some rarities are in store tonight, including Oliver Knussen's Horn Concerto, and Harold Shapero's "Nine-Minute Overture" — which, like Chopin's Minute Waltz, never quite clocks in on the dot. Later in the evening, we'll treat ourselves to one of John Adam's wonderful works for orchestra, "Naive and Sentimental Music." We'll hear the group that premiered it on this date eight years ago, the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
