Archive for August, 2020
Toccata listings for 8/9/20
On tonigh’s program, a piano work played on a free-bass accordion, a monumental sonata for 4 hands, and a Rhapsody for piano and orchestra from 1964. thanks for listening, and enjoy! 6:00 PM 10094 Moritz Moszkowski Caprice Espagnol Op 37 Champs Hil 55 SOLO Ksenija Sidorova, Accordion 7:38 C 1 1-1 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6:10 PM […]
Choral Hour 8-09-20
8:00 AM Morten Lauridsen Lux aeterna Hyperion 67449 COND Stephen Layton ORCH Britten Sinfonia SOLO Polyphony ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8:28 AM Leonard Bernstein Chichester Psalms Naxos 559456 COND Gerard Schwarz ORCH Royal Liverpool Philharmonic SOLO Liverpool Metro Cath. Choir SOLO Liverpool Phil. Youth Choir SOLO Michael Small, treble ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8:47 AM Johannes Brahms Song of Destiny (Schicksalslied) […]
Playlist: Aug/09/20
8:08 PM Camille Saint-Saens — Carnival of the Animals Ensemble: Nash EnsembleIan Brown, pianoSusan Tomes, pianoVirgin, 90751 7:21 PM Pietro Mascagni — Rapsodia Satanica Conductor: Frank StrobelEnsemble: Rheinland-Pfalz State Phil.Capriccio, 5246 7:08 PM Miklos Rozsa — Spellbound Concerto Conductor: William HudsonEnsemble: Fairfax Symphony OrchestraSantiago Rodriguez, pianoElan, 82268 7:03 PM Pietro Mascagni — Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo […]
Vocalise 8/08/20
8:00 PM Manuel de Falla Popular Spanish Songs Angel/EMI 54456 SOLO Manuel Barrueco, guitar SOLO Ann Monoyios, soprano ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8:13 PM Franz Schubert The Shepherd on the Rock CBS/Sony 459972 SOLO Leon Fleisher, piano SOLO Benita Valente, soprano SOLO Harold Wright, clarinet ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8:25 PM Eric Whitacre Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine BYU […]
8-8-20 Music in Maryland: Remembering Leon Fleisher.
Leon Fleisher passed last Sunday at the age of 92. He will be sorely missed in so many ways…as a teacher, pianist and conductor. In so many ways Leon Fleisher was Music in Maryland. Here is a link to a short remembrance and an interview from 2 years ago. Remembering Leon Fleisher 6:00 PM […]
8-8-20 Face The Music Listings!
This week we welcome back Rob Haskins to Face the Music after a hiatus of almost two decades! Rob went to Peabody and is not the chair of the music department at the University of New Hampshire. He is also a reviewer for The American Record Guide. Our other fabulous panelists were FTM Emeritus panelist […]
Wes Moore’s “Five Days” on Booknotes
April 2015 saw the uprisings in Baltimore after the death of Freddie Gray in police custody. Five Days by Baltimore born writer and New York Times bestselling author, Wes Moore, traces the stories surrounding these events.
Playlist: Aug/08/20
8:34 PM Johannes Brahms — Liebeslieder Walzer Opus: 52Leon Fleisher, pianoRudolf Serkin, pianoBenita Valente, sopranoMarlena Kleinman, contraltoWayne Conner, tenorCBS/Sony, 459972 8:25 PM Eric Whitacre — Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine Conductor: Ronald StaheliEnsemble: Brigham Young University ChoirBYU, 1 8:13 PM Franz Schubert — Der Hirt auf dem Felsen Opus: 129Leon Fleisher, pianoBenita Valente, sopranoHarold […]
Playlist: Aug/07/20
10:59 PM Silvestre Revueltas — La Noche de los Mayas Conductor: Gustavo DudamelEnsemble: Simon Bolivar Youth OrchestraDG/Archiv, 4778775 10:54 PM Jacqueline Hairston — She Sat Down For Freedom Carl DuPont, bass-baritoneGregory Thompson, pianoAlbany, 1735 10:40 PM Giuseppe Verdi — Nabucco: “Sperate, o figli” Conductor: Claudio AbbadoEnsemble: London Symphony OrchestraNicolai Ghiaurov, bassAmbrosian SingersLondon, 4785365 10:19 PM […]
Playlist: August/06/20
5:00 AM Jean-Fery Rebel Les Elemens London 4759100 COND Christopher Hogwood ORCH Academy of Ancient Music ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5:24 AM Jean Sibelius Symphony No. 5 in E-Flat Op 82 Naxos 8554377 COND Petri Sakari ORCH Iceland Symphony Orchestra ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6:00 AM Jules Massenet Thais: Meditation DG/Archiv 4792949 SOLO Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin AHN uh ZOH fee MUT […]
