Archive for December, 2020
1-2-21 Music In Maryland…Thank You Show!
This week is all about saying thank you to our fabulous members who supported the station during our December drive. I chose some favorite BSO recordings to do so. December was a spectacular end to a challenging year. I am grateful to each and every person who contributed. 6:00 PM 1501 Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov Caucasian […]
1-2-21 Face The Music Listings
This week our panel was FTM Panelist Emeritus Dave Donovan, Phil Greenfield from the American Record Guide and tuba player Ed Goldstein. We particularly liked the Debussy and the Rachmaninoff. The Bernstein also showed well! PLAY DATE: Sat, 01/02/2021 5:00 PM 4642 Sergei Rachmaninoff Trio elegiaque No. 1 in g DG/Archiv 4796979 SOLO Gidon Kremer, […]
A Toast to the Future
I’ve loved New Year’s Eve ever since I was a kid. It was so much fun to see my parents get all dressed up to go out with friends, and on New Year’s Day, I’d get to play with the paper crowns and hats they’d been given the night before. They also brought home noisemakers, […]
Thursday 12/31/20 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Manfred Honeck, conductor; Michael Rusinek, clarinet ROSSINI: Introduction, Theme and Variations for Clarinet and Orchestra WEBER: Clarinet Concerto No. 1 STRAUSS, JR: Waltzes and Polkas
Playlist: Dec/31/20
10:56 PM George Frederich Handel — Messiah – Hallelujah Chorus Conductor: Edward PolochickEnsemble: Baltimore Symphony OrchestraConcert Artists of Baltimore SNaxos, 573798 10:33 PM Jennifer Higdon — Viola Concerto Conductor: Giancarlo GuerreroEnsemble: The Nashville SymphonyRoberto Diaz,violaNaxos, 559823 10:00 PM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Don Giovanni: Selections arranged for Ensemble: Athena EnsembleChandos, 6597 9:32 PM Paul Hindemith […]
Wednesday 12/30/20 LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC
11:00 PM CONDUCTOR: Susanna Mälkki Steve Reich: Music for Ensemble and Orchestra (world premiere, LA Phil commission) Mahler: Symphony No. 5
Playlist: Dec/30/20
10:45 PM Robert Schumann — Introduction and Allegro appassionato Key: GOpus: 92Conductor: Antonio PappanoEnsemble: Orch dell’Accademia NazionaleJan Lisiecki, pianoDG/Archiv, 4795327 10:38 PM Tina Davidson — Blue Curve of the Earth Hilary Hahn, violinCory Smythe, pianoDG/Archiv, 19103 10:09 PM Christoph Graupner — Overture (Suite) Key: DConductor: Hermann MaxEnsemble: Das Kleine KonzertCPO, 999592 9:35 PM Dora Pejacevic […]
Tuesday 12/29/20 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM A Chicago Symphony Chorus Spotlight Bruckner: Psalm 150 (Ruth Welting, soprano; Chicago Symphony Chorus (Margaret Hillis, director); Barenboim, cond.) Bartók: Cantata profana (John Aler, tenor; John Tomlinson, baritone; Chicago Symphony Chorus (Margaret Hillis, director); Boulez, cond.) Brahms: A German Requiem (Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano; Bernd Weikl, baritone; Chicago Symphony Chorus (Margaret Hillis, director); […]
Playlist: Dec/29/20
10:50 PM Mikhail Glinka — A Life for the Tsar: Overture Conductor: Evgeny SvetlanovEnsemble: USSR Symphony OrchestraMelodiya, 1000166 10:46 PM Peggy Glanville-Hicks — Sonata for Piano and Percussion Conductor: Carlos SurinachEnsemble: New York Percussion EnsembleCarlo Busotti, pianoNo Label, 1024 10:02 PM Hector Berlioz — Harold in Italy Opus: 16Conductor: Leonard SlatkinEnsemble: National Orchestra of LyonLise […]
Monday 12/28/20 New York Philharmonic
11:00 PM NYP Jukebox—Winter Holiday STRAUSS, II: Overture to Die Fledermaus from An Evening with Danny Kaye (Danny Kaye/Zubin Mehta, conductors) MOZART: German Dance in C, K. 605, “Sleigh Ride” (Leonard Bernstein, conductor) BERNARD: Winter Wonderland SUESSDORF: Moonlight in Vermont ANDERSON: Sleigh Ride Skitch Henderson, piano and conductor GRIEG/SEIDL: No. 4, March of the Dwarfs […]
