The Skyscraper Blues

Evening Music | May 6, 2010
We start the show with a 1949 Broadway gem, Matt Dennis's "The Skyscraper Blues" (as re-interpreted by Tony Bennett). Also, non-movie music from film score master Franz Waxman, as well as works by Ennio Morricone, Ravel, Poulenc and others.

Also Featured Tonight:

Antonio Vivaldi / Flute Concerto, "La tempesta di mare"
Traditional Irish / "Banish Misfortune" and "Langstrom's Pony"
Francois Couperin / Piece en concert
Edwin Finckel / "Variations on 'Willow Weep for Me'"
Heitor Villa-Lobos / Harmonica Concerto in A Minor
Ludwig van Beethoven / Violin Sonata No. 4 in A Minor, Op. 23

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