All in Good Humor: Musical Puns - From nerdy puns to cheeky double entendres, musicians have long used their medium to make light of themselves and the world around them. Join us this week on Harmonia for a celebration of wordplay in music of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries!
A number of stellar classical musicians have hailed from Australia: including legendary horn virtuoso Barry Tuckwell and the internationally acclaimed violinist, conductor and teacher Elizabeth Wallfisch. You'll hear the artistry of these and other Australian musicians and ensembles on Sunday Baroque this week.
Leonard Bernstein conducts Bartok's Piano Concerto No. 3 with soloist Philippe Entremont. Pierre Monteux conducts William Grant Still's "Old California," and Alan Gilbert conducts Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6.
Juraj Valcuha guest conducts the Pittsburgh Symphony in the Divertimento from "The Fairy's Kiss" by Stravinsky, Unsuk Chin's "A Mad Tea Party" from Alice in Wonderland, and Prokofiev's Cinderella Suite No. 1. Yefim Bronfman plays the Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 ย Emperor.