Archive for August, 2020
Thursday 8/06/20 Cleveland Orchestra
11:00 PM Pierre Boulez, conductor, Misha Dichter, piano HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in G, “Alexander’s Feast” BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 1 in d, Op. 15 PROKOFIEV: Scythian Suite
Playlist: Aug/06/20
7:10 PM Anton Bruckner — Symphony No. 1 Key: cOpus: 77Conductor: Sir Georg SoltiEnsemble: Chicago Symphony OrchestraLondon, 448898 6:48 PM Sergei Rachmaninoff — The Isle of the Dead, Opus: 29Conductor: Andrew LittonEnsemble: Royal Philharmonic OrchestraVirgin, 90830 6:30 PM Johannes Brahms — Waltzes Opus: 39Leon Fleisher, pianoCBS/Sony, 63225 6:19 PM Antonin Dvorak — Legend No.6 Key: […]
Joan Tower on Beethoven and Her Concerto for Orchestra
Joan Tower, a composer and pioneer for women composers graciously joined me to talk about her Concerto for Orchestra which was performed by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in Marin Alsop’s first year as Music Director of the BSO. This performance is part of WBJC’s BSO Encore Powered by PNC broadcast series. Enjoy!
Composer John Corigliano Guides Us Through His Piano Concerto & To Music
Academy Award winning composer John Corigliano generously spoke with me about his early Piano Concerto and To Music. Both compositions were performed by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in Marin Alsop’s first year as Music Director of the BSO. These performances are part of WBJC’s BSO Encore Powered by PNC broadcast series. Enjoy! […]
Wednesday 08/05/20 San Francisco Symphony
11:00 PM CONDUCTOR: Herbert Blomstedt Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 “Pastoral” Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56 “Scottish”
Playlist: Aug/05/20
10:57 PM Federico Moreno Torroba — Madronos Monika & Jurgen Rost, guitarsCapriccio, 10174 10:12 PM Johannes Brahms — Symphony No. 2 Key: DOpus: 73Conductor: Marin AlsopEnsemble: London Philharmonic OrchestraNaxos, 557429 9:55 PM Ellen Taaffe Zwilich — Alto Saxophone Quintet Key: aEnsemble: Pacifica QuartetOtis Murphy, alto saxophoneCedille, 196 9:29 PM Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Orchestral Suite […]
Remembering Leon Fleisher
Sunday night was a sad evening for anyone who loves classical music in Baltimore and beyond. Leon Fleisher, the man who was the classical music soul of our fair city died at age 92. 38 years ago when I first came to this country to pursue guitar studies at Peabody, he was already there and […]
Tuesday 8/04/20 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Jaap van Zweden and Denis Kozhukhin Wagner: Prelude to Act 1 of Lohengrin Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18 (Denis Kozhukhin, piano) Grieg: To Spring from Lyric Pieces (Encore) (Denis Kozhukhin, piano) Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64
Playlist: Aug/04/20
10:56 PM Gabriela Lena Frank — Leyendas, An Andean Walkabout: Coqueteos Conductor: Damon GuptonEnsemble: Sphinx VirtuosiWhite Pine, 227 10:25 PM Johann Sebastian Bach — Violin Partita No. 2 Key: dHilary Hahn, violinCBS/Sony, 62793 10:05 PM Vincent d’Indy — Souvenirs: Poem for Orchestra Opus: 62Conductor: James DePreistEnsemble: Monte Carlo Philharmonic OrchKoch Intl., 7280 9:26 PM Antonin […]
Current state of WBJC membership office
We’re solidly in month #5 of this crazy world, and the WBJC offices are still in “essential staff only” mode. Our college remains pretty much closed until further notice. What this means for you, our fabulous members: Membership staff (and all non-air staff) are sneaking in to the offices on reduced hours. We are mainly […]
