Archive for December, 2020
Toccata listings for 12/6/20
On tonight’s program, a piano sonata by a German composer who lived in the shadow of Brahms and Schumann, and a concerto by “the London Bach.” thanks for listening, and enjoy! 6:00 PM 29173 Robert Fuchs Sonata No. 2 Op 88 M Polo/HK 223377 SOLO Daniel Blumenthal, piano 38:24 C 1 5-8 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6:43 […]
Choral Hour 12-06-20
8:00 AM Henryk Gorecki Totus Tuus RCA/BMG 68255 SOLO The King’s Singers ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8:13 AM Giuseppe Verdi Te Deum Telarc 80577 COND Robert Shaw ORCH Atlanta Symphony Orchestra SOLO and Chorus ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8:29 AM Orlando Gibbons: This is the Record of John (tenor,Ben Hawker) William Byrd: Vigilate Heinrich Schutz, Sing to the Lord a new […]
Playlist: Dec/06/20
8:31 PM Ottorino Respighi — Church Windows Conductor: Jesus Lopez-CobosEnsemble: Cincinnati Symphony OrchestraTelarc, 80356 8:02 PM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Piano Concerto No. 21 Key: CEnsemble: Camerata Academica SalzburgGeza Anda, pianoPhilips, 456772 7:42 PM Miklos Rozsa — Quo Vadis: Suite from the Film Conductor: Kenneth AlwynEnsemble: City of Prague PhilharmonicSilva, 1056 7:26 PM Maurice Ravel […]
Vocalise 12/05/20
8:00 AM Augustin Lara Granada Teldec 92369 COND Marcello Viotti ORCH London Studio Symphony SOLO Ambrosian Singers SOLO Jose Carreras, tenor ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8:05 PM Joaquin Rodrigo Aranjuez ma Pensee Bridge 9491 SOLO Sharon Isbin, guitar SOLO Isabel Leonard ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8:11 PM Mateo Flecha El Fuego CBS/Sony 46699 COND Paul van Nevel ORCH Huelgas Ensemble ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ […]
Booknotes gets into the holiday spirit with the Pratt Library
The Enoch Pratt Free Library has made a point of being there for the Baltimore community during the Covid-19 response, and this holiday season is no different. I spoke with their Director of Marketing & Communications, Meghan McCorkell.
Playlist: Dec/05/20
8:30 PM Enrique Granados — Goyescas (Opera) Conductor: Antonio Ros MarbaEnsemble: Orquesta Sinfonica De MadridMaria Bayo, sopranoRamon Vargas, tenorEnrique Baquerizo, baritoneLola Casariego, mezzoAuvidis, 4791 8:11 PM Mateo Flecha — El Fuego Conductor: Paul van NevelEnsemble: Huelgas EnsembleCBS/Sony, 46699 8:05 PM Joaquin Rodrigo — Aranjuez ma Pensee Sharon Isbin, guitarIsabel LeonardBridge, 9491 8:00 PM Augustin Lara […]
12-5-20 Music In Maryland. Candlelight Concerts. Pacifica Quartet and Richard Goode
This week we dip into the vault of the Candlelight Concert Society in Columbia for an all Beethoven concert featuring the Pacifica Quartet. The concert was recorded on January 23, 2010. On the program Beethoven’s String Quartet op. 18 No. 6, op. 74, ‘Harp’ and op. 135. This week the Peabody Conservatory announced that Richard […]
The McGill-McHale-trio for Shriver Concerts
The McGill-McHale-trio—an intriguing combination of clarinet, flute, and piano—is presenting a virtual program of French and American works for the Shriver Hall Concert Series. It was my pleasure to speak by phone with flutist Demarre McGill.
Cards are back online! Sustainers – update your info!
The extraordinarily long process of switching credit card processors in finally finished!! Thank you so much for your patience while we sorted this out! Unfortunately, we were NOT able to retrieve your existing credit card data from our old processor. We were hoping to make this seamless, but alas, this is not the case. What […]
Playlist: Dec/04/20
11:31 PM Emilie Mayer — Symphony No. 5 Key: fConductor: Jurgen BrunsEnsemble: Berlin Chamber SymphonyDRG, 21015 11:03 PM Ned Rorem — Evidence of Things Not Seen: Ends Monique McDonald, sopranoDelores Ziegler, mezzo-sopRufus Muller, tenorKurt Ollmann, baritoneMichael Barrett, pianoNew World, 80575 10:37 PM Johann Baptist Cramer — Piano Concerto No. 2 Key: dOpus: 16Ensemble: London Mozart […]
