Kathleen Battle, one of the great sopranos of her time, sings a popular aria from Mozart’s Il ré pastore (The Shepherd King). Shlomo Mintz plays the solo violin part, representing the title character’s thoughts of his absent beloved.
MOZART (1756–91)
Aria, L’amerò sarò costante, from Il ré pastore (1775)
In this New Year’s Eve concert from 2018, Music Director Jaap van Zweden conducts a festive, upbeat excerpt from Wagner’s music-drama Lohengrin as well as J. Strauss II’s lyrical Blue Danube waltz.
WAGNER (1813–83)
Introduction to Act III of Lohengrin (1846–48)
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Schubert’s gifts as master of both song and instrumental music enriches this string quartet, with reinterpretations of some of his own songs — including Gretchen am Spinnrade and Schöne Welt, wo bist du — to form a new, beautiful whole.
SCHUBERT (1797 –1828)
String Quartet N...
The Philharmonic returned after a year like none other. Music Director Jaap van Zweden conducted Anna Clyne’s fragile elegy, Copland’s Hopperesque cityscape, Walker’s moving blend of modernism and romanticism, and Beethoven’s glorious Fourth Piano Concerto with Daniil Trifonov as soloist. Mahogan...
