Summary: Philharmonic Music Director Alan Gilbert explains why he believes that Beethoven and Nielsen work well together on programs, in this preview of the New York Philharmonic’s June 14 –16, 2012, concerts featuring the former’s Coriolan Overture and the latter’s Symphony No. 3, Sinfonia espansiva. Podcast host Mark Travis discusses Coriolan’s music and storyline; shares the history and highlights of Korngold’s Violin Concerto, to be performed by Leonidas Kavakos; and gives a taste of Nielsen’s symphony, which Alan Gilbert describes as “classical” and “quirky, in a charming way,” and adds that it is “wonderful music for our audiences to hear.”
