Archive for September, 2017
Tuesday 09/05/17 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Christoph von Dohnányi and Paul Lewis Lutoslawski: Musique funébre Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37 Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74 (Pathétique) Mussorgsky, orch. Shostakovich: Two Excerpts from Khovanschina (Kirill Petrenko, conductor)
Playlist: Sep/05/17
Play Report PLAY DATE: Tue, 09/05/2017 5:00 AM 3142 Franz Liszt Valse Caprice No. 6 DG/Archiv 419499 SOLO Vladimir Horowitz, piano VLAH dee meer HOR oh wihts 6:33 C 1 9-9 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5:06 AM 79 Hector Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique Op 14 CBS/Sony 47525 COND Leonard Bernstein Leonard BURN stine ORCH New York Philharmonic 51:27 C […]
Monday 09/04/17 New York Philharmonic This Week
11:00 PM CONDUCTOR: Alan Gilbert SOLOIST: Anthony McGill, clarinet RAVEL: Valses nobles et sentimentales NIELSEN: Clarinet Concerto TCHAIKOVSKY: Selections from Swan Lake
Playlist: Sep/04/17
10:57 PM Johannes Brahms — Intermezzo Key: EOpus: 116Van Cliburn, pianoRCA/BMG, 63566 10:46 PM Muzio Clementi — Monferrina No. 1 Key: GOpus: 49Byron Schenkman, pianoCentaur, 3078 10:19 PM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Divertimento No. 11 Key: DConductor: Helmut Muller-BruhlEnsemble: Cologne Chamber OrchestraNaxos, 570990 10:14 PM Sir Arthur Sullivan — Princess Ida: Overture Conductor: Alexander FarisEnsemble: […]
Beautiful Music, Space and Cause!
Octavus is a new chamber choir of singers and instrumentalists who performs for the love of music! Kelsey LaCour, Second Alto with Octavus, spoke with me about their performance at the Baltimore Basilica this coming Friday, September 8th at 7:00 PM. Proceeds from the concert will benefit a new women’s shelter called Mary’s Home. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/benefit-concert-octavus-at-the-baltimore-basilica-tickets-35152897262
Music From Movies 9-3-17
Thinking about Texas and hoping for a quick recovery for the Lone Star State. 7:00 PM Dmitri Tiomkin Giant: Prelude Telarc 80191 COND Erich Kunzel ORCH Cincinnati Pops Orchestra SOLO Singing Sergeants 7:03 PM Max Steiner The Searchers: Suite from the Film Silva 5006 COND Paul Bateman ORCH City of Prague Philharmonic 7:12 PM Basil […]
Choral Hour 9-3-17
8:00 AM Johann Sebastian Bach Motet: Jesu meine Freude BWV 227 COND Douglas Buchanan ORCH Saint David’s Choir ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8:24 AM Felix Mendelssohn Symphony No. 2 in B-Flat Op 52 “Song ofTeldec 244178 COND Kurt Masur ORCH Gewandhausorchester Leipzig SOLO Leipzig Radio Chorus SOLO Barbara Bonney, soprano SOLO Edith Wiens, soprano SOLO Peter Schreier, tenor
Playlist: Sep/03/17
8:42 PM Isaac Albeniz — Rapsodia Espanola Conductor: Hans GrafEnsemble: Calgary Philharmonic OrchestraAngela Cheng, pianoCBC(RCI), 5195 8:03 PM Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Orchestral Suite No.2 Key: COpus: 53Conductor: Neeme JarviEnsemble: Detroit Symphony OrchestraChandos, 9454 7:59 PM Dmitri Tiomkin — The Alamo: Overture Conductor: Paul BatemanEnsemble: City of Prague PhilharmonicSilva, 5006 7:23 PM James Horner — […]
Vocalise – 9/02/17
Happy Labor Day Weekend! 8:00 PM Hammerstein & Kern Ol’ Man River CBS/Sony 63223 COND Emanuel Balaban ORCH Columbia Concert Orchestra SOLO Paul Robeson, bass-baritone ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8:04 PM Giuseppe Verdi Il Trovatore: “Anvil Chorus” London 466075 COND Sir Georg Solti ORCH Chicago Symphony Orchestra SOLO and Chorus ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8:08 PM George Gershwin Nice Work If […]
Victorian poetry from faraway places on Booknotes
In his new book, due for release by Johns Hopkins University Press later this year, Jason Rudy suggests that the poetry of Victorian-era Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and Canada was vitally engaged in the social and political work of settlement in those countries.
