Archive for January 7th, 2022
1-8-22 Music in Maryland…Steven Isserlis at Candlelight!
Saturday 1/22 at Smith Theatre Howard Community College the Candlelight Concert series presents cellist Steven Isserlis in a very interesting Russian program. Program: Kabalevsky: Cello Sonata in B-flat major, Op. 71 Shostakovich: Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 40 Rachmaninov: Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 19 *6:30PM Sat Jan 22: Pre-Concert Conversation with the […]
Newsletter article by Douglas Blackstone
Conductors Good & Bad, or at all? By Douglas Blackstone When I was an active member of a symphony orchestra, I often got the question: “What does the conductor really do?” This was asked with the notion that it was difficult for the average concert attendee and listener to quantify a conductor’s actual contribution to […]
Toccata listings for 1/9/22
On tonight’s program, a major organ work from Notre Dame in Paris, and a rarely performed piano concerto. Thanks for listening, and enjoy! 6:00 PM 51403 Louis Vierne Second Suite of Fantasy Pieces BNL 112742 SOLO Olivier Latry, organ 34:09 C 2 1-6 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6:37 PM 29970 Frederick Delius Piano Concerto Unicorn 2072 COND […]
Playlist: Jan/07/22
11:41 PM Rodion Shchedrin — Carmen Ballet (after Bizet) Conductor: Gennady RozhdestvenskyMelodiya, 36908 11:22 PM Joly Braga Santos — Concerto for Strings Key: D major Conductor: Yuli TurovskyChandos, 9804 10:55 PM Giovanni Paisiello — Piano Concerto No. 4 Key: G minor Ensemble: St. Cecilia Chamber OrchestraPietro Spada, pianoArts Music, 47120 10:30 PM Johann Sebastian Bach […]