Archive for July, 2020
Playlist: Jul/17/20
10:29 PM Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Symphony No. 1 Key: gOpus: 13Conductor: Vasili SinaiskyEnsemble: BBC Philharmonic OrchestraBBC, 248 10:09 PM Franz Liszt — Reminiscences de Don Juan Louis Kentner, pianoVox/MMG, 5503 9:41 PM Sergei Prokofiev — Piano Concerto No. 3 Key: COpus: 26Conductor: Claudio AbbadoEnsemble: Berlin PhilharmonicMartha Argerich, pianoDG/Archiv, 4794647 9:35 PM Franz Schubert — […]
Thursday 7/16/20 Cleveland Orchestra
11:00 PM Nicholas McGegan, conductor; Michael Sachs, trumpet SCHUBERT: Rosamunde: Ballet Music No. 1, Entr’acte No. 3, Ballet Music No. 2 HUMMEL: Trumpet Concerto in E HAYDN: Symphony No. 104, “London”
Playlist: Jul/16/20
10:22 PM Sir William Walton — Troilus and Cressida Conductor: Bryden ThomsonEnsemble: London Philharmonic OrchestraChandos, 8772 9:54 PM Ludwig van Beethoven — Quintet for Piano and Winds Key: E-Flat Opus: 16Murray Perahia, pianoNeil Black, oboeThea King, clarinetAnthony Halstead, hornGraham Sheen, bassoonCBS/Sony, 63380 9:45 PM Gabriel Faure — Elegie for Cello and Orchestra Opus: 24Ensemble: London […]
Child Care in Unprecedented Times
The Baltimore City Child Care Resource Center, a member agency of the Maryland Child Care Resource Network, serves parents, child care providers, the business community, and others. Recently, I spoke with Suzanne Funk, a specialist in infant and early childhood mental health, about the agency’s work and how it’s being impacted by COVID-19.
Wednesday 07/15/20 San Francisco Symphony
11:00 PM CONDUCTOR: Michael Tilson Thomas SOLOISTS: Susanna Phillips, soprano* Susanna Phillips, soprano, Kelley O’Connor, mezzo-soprano, Nicholas Phan, tenor, Davóne Tines, baritone, SFS Chorus** Berg: Seven Early Songs* Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125**
Playlist: Jul/15/20
10:59 PM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Allegro Key: FLang Lang, pianoCBS/Sony, 82532 10:13 PM Richard Strauss — Ein Heldenleben Opus: 40Conductor: Andre PrevinEnsemble: Vienna Philharmonic OrchestraTelarc, 80180 9:57 PM William Grant Still — Ennanga Ensemble: VidemusNew World, 80399 9:17 PM Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov — Symphony No. 3 Key: COpus: 32Conductor: Evgeny SvetlanovEnsemble: USSR Symphony OrchestraMelodiya, 40065 […]
Tuesday 7/14/20 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11:00AM Riccardo Muti conducts Mozart’s Requiem Schuman: Symphony No. 9 (Le fosse Ardeatine) Mozart: Requiem in D Minor, K. 626 (Benedetta Torre, soprano; Sara Mingardo, contralto; SaimirPirgu, tenor; Mika Kares, bass; Chicago Symphony Chorus; Duain Wolfe, director)
Playlist: Jul/14/20
10:58 PM Erik Satie — Petite Musique de Clown Triste Klara Kormendi,pianoNaxos, 8550697 10:35 PM Camille Saint-Saens — Piano Concerto No. 2 Key: gOpus: 22Conductor: Yoel LeviEnsemble: Atlanta Symphony OrchestraAndre Watts, pianoTelarc, 80386 10:12 PM Jean-Baptiste Lully — Le Divertissement Royal Conductor: Jordi SavallEnsemble: Le Concert des NationsAliaVox, 9807 10:04 PM Maurice Ravel — Miroirs: […]
Monday 7/13/20 New York Philharmonic
11:00 PM Debussy and Massenet MASSENET: Scenes pittoresques: Angelus (Josef Stransky, cond.) DEBUSSY/ROGER-DUCASSE: Rhapsody for Saxophone and Piano (Kurt Masur, cond., Kenneth Radnofsky, saxophone) DEBUSSY: Images pour Orchestre (Leonard Bernstein, cond.) DEBUSSY: Le Martyre de Saint Sebastien (Kurt Masur, cond.) MASSENET: Werther: “Pourquoi me reveiller?” (Kurt Masur, cond.; Luciano Pavarotti, tenor)
Playlist: Jul/13/20
10:57 PM Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson — Louisiana Blues Strut (A Cakewalk) Rachel Barton Pine, violinCedille, 182 10:14 PM Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Symphony No. 5 Key: eOpus: 64Conductor: George SzellEnsemble: Cleveland OrchestraCBS/Sony, 63281 9:50 PM Louise Farrenc — Trio Key: eOpus: 45Ensemble: Midsummer’s MusicCentaur, 2206 9:13 PM Simon Jeffes — “Still Life” at the Penguin Cafe […]