Archive for January, 2022
Vocalise 1-08-22
8:00 PM Georges Bizet Carmen: Habanera (“L’amour est un oiseauAngel/EMI 65986 COND Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos ORCH Paris Opera Orchestra SOLO Grace Bumbry, mezzo-soprano 8:06 PM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Exsultate, Jubilate (Motet) K 165 London 443452 COND Gyorgy Fischer ORCH Vienna Chamber Orchestra SOLO Cecilia Bartoli, mezzo-soprano 8:22 PM Franz Schubert Auf dem Strom Albany […]
Honoring MLK on Booknotes
With Martin Luther King Jr. Day coming up on January 17th, poet, writer, and literary activist. E. Ethelbert Miller, explores the way that Dr. King’s life and poetic speeches have influenced American poetry. LOOK AT THAT GIRL Look at that girl shake that thing, We can’t all be Martin Luther King. […]
Playlist: Jan/08/22
8:32 PM Hector Berlioz — Herminie-Scene lyrique Conductor: Marc MinkowskiEnsemble: Mahler Chamber Orchestraand Les Musiciens du LouvreAurelia Legay, sopranoDG/Archiv, 1851 8:22 PM Franz Schubert — Auf dem Strom Jung Eun Oh, sopranoRichard King, hornOrli Shaham,pianoAlbany, 1325 8:06 PM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Exsultate, Jubilate (Motet) Conductor: Gyorgy FischerEnsemble: Vienna Chamber OrchestraCecilia Bartoli, mezzo-sopranoLondon, 443452 8:00 […]
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 […]
Thursday 01/06/22 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM SMETANA: “Dance of the Comedians” from The Bartered Bride SMETANA: Polka from The Bartered Bride ADAMS: The Chairman Dances CHABRIER: Espana SHOSTAKOVICH: Suite for Variety Orchestra, No. 1 SAINT-SAENS: Aquarium, from The Carnival of the Animals TCHAIKOVKSY: Sugar Plum Fairy, from The Nutcracker BERNSTEIN: America from West Side Story GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue […]
Playlist: Jan/06/22
10:30 PM Edvard Grieg — Piano Concerto Key: A minor Opus: 16Conductor: Maurice AbravanelEnsemble: Utah Symphony OrchestraGrant Johannesen, pianoVox/MMG, 7121 9:48 PM Ludwig van Beethoven — String Quartet No. 7 Key: F major Opus: 59Virgin, 90833 9:27 PM Francis Poulenc — Les Biches Conductor: Bernard HaitinkQ Disc, 97014 8:56 PM Maurice Ravel — Miroirs Pierre-Laurent […]
Wednesday 01/05/22 This Week from China’s National Centre for the Performing Arts
11:00 PM BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93 LÜ Jia, conductor; NCPA Orchestra BAO Yuankai: “Drizzle in the South”, from Chinese Sights and Songs The Scenery of Wuxi Green Willow Pulling a Reed Catkin Bamboo-flute Tune CHEN Lin, conductor; NCPA Orchestra RAVEL: Ma mère l’Oye: 5 pièces enfantines LÜ […]