Archive for March, 2022
A Silver Lining?
Well, let’s face it: The past two years have been challenging, to say the least. The COVID-19 pandemic is responsible for almost a million deaths in the United States alone, and countless individuals have been affected by the pandemic, either through sickness, loss of life, loss of employment, etc. But we all know this. No […]
Toccata listings for 3/6/22
On tonight’s program, Beethoven a la Max Reger and a symphony for organ and orchestra. Thanks for listening, and enjoy! 6:00 PM 8911 Max Reger Variations & Fugue on Theme of BeethovenKochSchwan 1230 SOLO Zsuzsa Kollar, piano SOLO Gabriella Lang, piano 23:17 C 1 1-14 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6:28 PM 47618 Charles-Marie Widor Symphony No 3 […]
Playlist: Mar/04/22
11:47 PM Pierre van Maldere — Sinfonia in A (Viola Obligata) Conductor: Filip BralEtCetera, 4036 11:39 PM Karel Husa — Music for Prague 1968 Conductor: Barry KolmanM Polo/HK, 8223640 11:15 PM Paul Creston — Symphony No. 2 Opus: 35Conductor: Theodore KucharNaxos, 8559034 10:11 PM Adolph Adam — Giselle Act II Conductor: Richard BonyngeLondon, 417505 10:06 […]
Thursday 03/03/22 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 5, “Emperor” BERLIOZ: Te Deum Manfred Honeck, conductor; Emanual Ax, piano; Paul Appleby, tenor; Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh; Matthew Mehaffey, director
Playlist: Mar/03/22
10:32 PM Carl Reinecke — King Manfred Opus: 93Conductor: Alfred WalterM Polo/HK, 8223117 10:03 PM Joseph Haydn — Symphony No.101 Key: D major Conductor: Sir Charles MackerrasTelarc, 80311 9:32 PM Camille Saint-Saens — Piano Concerto No. 1 Key: D major Opus: 17Conductor: Charles DutoitEnsemble: Philharmonia OrchestraPascal Roge, pianoLondon, 417351 9:00 PM Engelbert Humperdink — Moorish […]
Wednesday 03/02/22 This Week from China’s National Centre for the Performing Arts
11:00 PM BACH, J.S. Arr. SAITO Hideo: Chaconne in D Minor, BWV 1004 ZHANG Yi, conductor; NCPA Orchestra BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21 LÜ Jia, conductor; NCPA Orchestra HE Zhanhao, CHEN Gang: Violin Concerto: The Butterfly Lovers LÜ Jia, conductor; SIQING Lu, violin; NCPA Orchestra YU, Julian Concerto […]
Playlist: Mar/02/22
10:35 PM Antonin Dvorak — Czech Suite Opus: 39Conductor: John Eliot GardinerDG/Archiv, 437506 9:19 PM Gustav Mahler — Symphony No. 5 Key: C sharp minor Conductor: Leif SegerstamChandos, 9403 9:00 PM Kurt Weill — Lady in the Dark concert suite Conductor: Marin AlsopNaxos, 557481 8:33 PM Bedrich Smetana — String Quartet No. 1 Key: E […]
Winter Pledge Drive wrap-up!
WOW! That’s really all I can say about the outstanding response to this extremely short pledge drive… WOW! YOU ended the drive 11 hours early and returned us to music. We said we’d stop the drive as soon as we reached the goal, and YOU made it happen. Give yourselves a standing ovation!! We set […]
Tuesday 03/01/22 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Muti Conducts Beethoven 3 Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges: Overture to L’Amant anonyme Bizet: Roma Price: Andante moderato Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 55 (Eroica)
Playlist: Mar/01/22
10:20 PM Frederic Chopin — Piano Concerto No. 1 Key: E minor Opus: 11Conductor: Claudio AbbadoEnsemble: London Symphony OrchestraMartha Argerich, pianoDG/Archiv, 449719 9:27 PM Jean Sibelius — Symphony No. 2 Key: D major Opus: 43Conductor: Leonard BernsteinDG/Archiv, 419772 8:57 PM Giuseppe Verdi — I Vespri Siciliani: Four Seasons Ballet Conductor: Jose SerebrierNaxos, 572818 8:14 PM […]
