Archive for July, 2020
This Sunday’s BSO Encore Preview
Aside from the iconic Carmina Burana, this Sunday’s BSO Encore Powered by PNC will have Samuel Barber‘s psychologically intense tone poem, Medea’s Dance of Vengeance. Here is a brief description of the piece. BSO Encore
Playlist: Jul/31/20
11:50 PM Francois Couperin — Harpsichord Suite No.1 Christophe Rousset,harpsichordHarm Mundi, 901450 11:30 PM Richard Wagner — Wesendonk Lieder Conductor: Sir Jeffrey TateEnsemble: London Symphony OrchestraAgnes Baltsa, mezzo-sopranoPhilips, 416807 11:04 PM Felix Mendelssohn — String Symphony No. 8 Key: DEnsemble: Orpheus Chamber OrchestraDG/Archiv, 437528 10:47 PM Antonio Salieri — Organ Concerto Conductor: Uwe Christian HarrerEnsemble: […]
In Housing, Fairness Is Key
Housing presents many concerns for Maryland residents – safety, affordability, and numerous other factors . Recently, I spoke with Carol Ott, Tenant Advocacy Director of the Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition’s Fair Housing Action Center of Maryland about ongoing issues that her agency deals with and new dilemmas that the COVID-19 pandemic has created.
Thursday 7/30/20 Cleveland Orchestra
11:00 PM Herbert Blomstedt, conductor BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat
Playlist: Jul/30/20
10:57 PM Luca Marenzio — Ond’ei di morte Conductor: Ludwig GuttlerEnsemble: BlechblaserensembleLudwig Guttler, trumpetCapriccio, 10068 10:17 PM Franz Schubert — Piano Trio No. 1 Key: B-Flat Opus: 99Joseph Kalichstein, pianoJaime Laredo, violinSharon Robinson, celloBridge, 9376 9:59 PM William Grant Still — The American Scene: The Southwest Conductor: Richard Auldon ClarkEnsemble: Manhattan Chamber OrchestraNewport, 85596 9:15 […]
Wednesday 07/29/20 San Francisco Symphony
11:00 PM CONDUCTOR: Esa-Pekka Salonen Thorvaldsdottir: Metacosmos Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 Sibelius: Four Legends from the Kalevala, Op. 22
Playlist: Jul/29/20
10:57 PM Josef Strauss — Longing, polka mazurka (Sehnsucht) Opus: 22Ensemble: Tanzquartett WienNaxos, 555689 10:10 PM Dmitri Shostakovich — Symphony No. 5 Key: dOpus: 47Conductor: James DePreistEnsemble: Helsinki PhilharmonicOndine, 817 10:00 PM Florence Price — Fantasie Negre Helen Walker-Hill,pianoLeonarda, 339 9:19 PM Johannes Brahms — Violin Concerto Key: DOpus: 77Conductor: Sir Neville MarrinerEnsemble: Academy of […]
Tuesday 7/28/20 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Edo de Waart and Leila Josefowicz Adams: The Chairman Dances (Foxtrot for Orchestra) Stravinsky: Violin Concerto in D (Leila Josefowicz, violin) Dvořák: Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88
Playlist: Jul/28/20
10:54 PM Philipp Rosseter — Pavin Paul O’Dette,luteHarm Mundi, 907265 10:31 PM Rued Langgaard — Symphony No. 4 “Lovfald” Conductor: Thomas DausgaardEnsemble: Danish National Radio OrchestrM Polo/HK, 8224215 10:23 PM Frederic Chopin — Polonaise No. 6 Key: A-Flat Opus: 53Elisabeth Leonskaja, pianoTeldec, 96532 9:56 PM Georg Philipp Telemann — Overture (Suite) Key: DConductor: Trevor PinnockEnsemble: […]
Wes Moore and the fight against poverty
Baltimore born Wes Moore—a graduate of Johns Hopkins University, Rhodes scholar, decorated US Army combat veteran, and New York Times best-selling author—is the CEO of the Robin Hood Foundation, a poverty-fighting nonprofit organization. I spoke with Wes by phone.
