Music Previews
Video Previews of the Concerts
Preview the music for each RI Philharmonic concert.
Listen to performances, learn about the pieces, and prepare for an enriched concert experience.
March 14th Concert – First Piece
“These Worlds Within Us” by Missy Mazzoli
Full Performance
This is the first piece on the program. Listen to the complete performance.
Composer Interview
Listen to Mazzoli talk about the piece and her creative process.
March 14th Concert – Second Piece
Beethoven Piano Concerto #1
Soloist Margarita Hohenrieder. Compare two different interpretations of this beloved concerto.
Margarita Hohenrieder
Performance by soloist Margarita Hohenrieder.
Leonard Bernstein
Compare it to this classic performance by Leonard Bernstein.
Further Reading: Intro to Beethoven’s Piano Concerto #1: An Exuberant and Daring Conception
March 14th Concert – Third Piece
Symphony #4 by Tchaikovsky
Oslo Symphony Orchestra
Full performance by the Oslo Symphony Orchestra.
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic.
Boston Symphony Introduction
A brief introduction to Tchaikovsky’s Symphony #4 from the Boston Symphony.
Deep Dive
Tchaikovsky Symphony #4 – Movement Analysis
A deeper analysis by conductor and scholar Gerard Schwarz, in four videos to match the four movements of the piece.
Movement 1
Analysis of the first movement by Gerard Schwarz.
Movement 2
Analysis of the second movement by Gerard Schwarz.
Movement 3
Analysis of the third movement by Gerard Schwarz.
Movement 4
Analysis of the fourth movement by Gerard Schwarz.
April 11th Concert: First Piece
Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro: Overture
April 11th Concert: Second Piece
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23 in A.K. 488
FYI: LA Philharmonic Program Notes: Mozart’s Piano Concerto #23
April 11th Concert: Third Piece
Michael Haydn: Symphony in G, Mvt. I. Adagio (Mozart); Allegro (M. Haydn)
Brief bio of Michael Haydn, Kennedy Center
April 11th Concert: Fourth Piece
Mozart Symphony #38 (Prague)
FYI: James M. Keller Previews Mozart’s Symphony
No. 38, Prague
May 2nd Concert: First Piece
Unsuk Chin: Subito con forza
The Oslo Symphony Orchestra, conductor Klaus Mäkelä
Usuk Chin, Festival Composer and Artist in Residence, 2019
May 2nd Concert: Second Piece
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Isle of the Dead
FYI: NY Philharmonic’s Education Director Ted Wiprud discusses Rachmaninoff’s Isle of the Dead