Videos, DVDs & CDs
The Evanston Symphony Orchestra is proud to provide videos to educate you about the pieces we perform and, at times, the soloists who will be performing. The video(s) below are examples only and do not represent performances by the Evanston Symphony Orchestra unless noted.
POULENC
Concerto in D Minor for Two Pianos and Orchestra
Francis Poulenc and Jacques Fevrier, pianos
Georges Pretre, French National Radio and Television Orchestra
ESO Recommended
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Here is the beautiful second movement, which offers us the opportunity to see and hear the composer playing the first piano part with his friend Jacques Fevrier on second piano. They played the world premiere in 1932, and this was filmed in 1962, just before the death of Poulenc.
SAINT-SAËNS
Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 78
(“Organ Symphony”)
Maximiano Valdes, Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra
Anthony Newman, organ
ESO Recommended
Purchase
The mighty final five minutes of the "Organ Symphony", taped at the Festival Casals 2009.
Our Soloists
Irina Kotlyar and Gregory Shifrin, piano
In 1995 Irina and Gregory Shifrin formed Kotlyar-Shifrin piano duo. Protegees of the legendary piano duo Bracha Eden and Alexander Tamir, the Kotlyar-Shifrin Piano Duo is one of the most sophisticated and in-demand ensembles among the new generation of Israeli musicians. The duo won several international piano competitions including Chamber Music Competition (Jerusalem), Murray Dranoff International Two Piano Competition (Miami), International Competition in Poland and the ARD International Piano Duo Competition (Munich).
The Kotlyar-Shifrin Piano Duo was invited to perform with many orchestras in Europe and US. This duo actively participates in chamber music festivals, their recordings and live performances broadcasted on classical music radio stations.
Kotlyar-Shifrin Piano Duo website
Jeannie Richardson
Jeannie Richardson is among the leading organists and accompanists in the Chicago area. She currently serves as both Music Director and Organist for First United Methodist Church of Arlington Heights, Ill. She is also the accompanist for the BG Singers of Buffalo Grove and for the choirs of Buffalo Grove High School.
Ms. Richardson holds a B. Mus in Piano Pedagogy from Elmhurst College as well as various performance certificates from Elmhurst College and the American Guild of Organists. She resides in Arlington Heights, Ill. with two of her three grown children.
Concert One
Sunday, October 25, 2009
2:30 pm
FRENCH KEYBOARD EXTRAVAGANZA
Pick-Staiger Concert Hall
50 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston
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This keyboard extravaganza includes not just the two grand pianos of Poulenc’s melodious tribute to Mozart and Paris, but also the power and grandeur of that ultimate combination of organ and orchestra, the Saint-Saëns “Organ” Symphony. Ravel’s piano suite, Le Tombeau de Couperin, in its purely orchestral form, will spotlight the ESO woodwinds.
RAVEL
- Le Tombeau de Couperin
POULENC
- Concerto in D Minor for Two Pianos and Orchestra
- Kotlyar-Shifrin Piano Duo
SAINT-SAËNS
- Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 78 (“Organ Symphony”)
- Jeannie Richardson, Organ
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Friday, October 23, 2009 at 3:00 PM
FREE.
The Kotlyar-Shifrin Piano Duo will be appearing WFMT (98.7 FM) at 12:15 PM on Friday, October 23 prior to their appearance at Musical Insights at 3:00 PM.
