Archive for April, 2022
Music From Movies 4-10-22
7:00 PM Vangelis The Year of Living Dangerously: L’EnfantSilva 1464 ORCH City of Prague Philharmonic SOLO Mark Ayres, synthesizer 7:07 PM Nino Rota Felini Suite Da Vinci 98 ORCH Italian Saxophone Quartet 7:19 PM Stephen Warbeck Shakespeare in Love (Score) CBS/Sony 63387 COND Nick Ingman ORCH Studio Orchestra […]
Playlist: Apr/10/22
6:25 PM Bohuslav Martinu — Sinfonietta Giocosa Conductor: Bohumil GregorEnsemble: Prague Chamber OrchestraJan Panenka, pianoSupraphon, 110373 6:17 PM Josef Rheinberger — Prelude & Fugue Key: C minor Wolfgang Rubsam, organNaxos, 570315 6:00 PM Frederic Chopin — Fantaisie Key: F minor Opus: 49Ruth Slenczynska, pianoLondon, 35175 5:39 PM Dmitri Shostakovich — Ballet suite No. 2 Conductor: […]
Vocalise 4-09-22
8:00 PM On tonight’s Vocalise I’m celebrating the birthday anniversary of the great bass-baritone and polymath Paul Robeson! George Gershwin Porgy and Bess: It Aint Necessarily So CBS/Sony 63223 COND Emanuel Balaban ORCH Columbia Concert Orchestra SOLO Paul Robeson, bass-baritone 8:04 PM Traditional Balm in Gilead CBS/Sony 63223 SOLO Paul Robeson, bass-baritone SOLO Lawrence Brown, […]
Playlist: Apr/09/22
8:41 PM Maurice Ravel — Sheherazade Conductor: Edo de WaartEnsemble: San Francisco SymphonyElly Ameling, sopranoPhilips, 410043 8:18 PM Sir Edward Elgar — Scenes from the Bavarian Highlands Conductor: Christopher RobinsonEnsemble: Cambridge University Ch. ChoirIain Farrington, pianoNaxos, 570541 8:13 PM Earl Robinson — The House I Live In Conductor: Emanuel BalabanEnsemble: Columbia Concert OrchestraPaul Robeson, bass-baritoneCBS/Sony, […]
A Joan Mitchell retrospective at the BMA
The Baltimore Museum of Art and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art have co-organized a comprehensive exhibition following the career of the internationally renowned artist, Joan Mitchell. I spoke with BMA co-curator, Katy Siegel.
Toccata listings for 4/10/22
On tonight’s program, a brand new recording by the 97 year old Ruth Slenczynska, an organ work by Josef Rheinberger, and a work for piano and orchestra by Martinu. Thanks for listening, and enjoy! 6:00 PM 858 Frederic Chopin Fantaisie in f Op 49 London 35175 SOLO Ruth Slenczynska, piano 14:23 C 1 10-10 […]
Playlist: Apr/08/22
11:50 PM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Serenade No. 7 Key: D major Conductor: Sir Neville MarrinerEnsemble: Academy of St Martin in FieldsIona Brown, violinPhilips, 416154 11:39 PM Giuseppe Verdi — Aida: Act IV Conductor: Erich LeinsdorfEnsemble: London Symphony OrchestraJohn Alldis ChoirLeontyne Price, sopranoPlacido Domingo, tenorGrace Bumbry, mezzo-sopranoSherrill Milnes, baritoneRCA/BMG, 6198 10:52 PM Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky […]
Thursday 04/07/22 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM TCHAIKOVSKY: Serenade for Strings MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 17 TCHAIKOVSKY: Romeo and Juliet Overture-fantasy Manfred Honeck, conductor; Emanuel Ax, piano
Playlist: Apr/07/22
10:19 PM Franz Schubert — Piano Sonata No. 20 Key: A major Leif Ove Andsnes, pianoAngel/EMI, 16448 9:48 PM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Violin Concerto No. 5 Key: A major Conductor: Yakov KreizbergEnsemble: Netherlands Chamber OrchestraJulia Fischer, violinPentatone, 5186453 9:22 PM Antonin Dvorak — String Quartet No. 12 Key: F major Opus: 96Chandos, 8919 8:30 […]
Wednesday 04/06/22 San Francisco Symphony
11:00 PM CONDUCTOR: Esa-Pekka Salonen, Joseph Young* SOLOISTS: Agustin Hadelich, violin** Strauss: Serenade in E-flat, Opus 7 Daniel Kidane: Be Still (US Premiere) Brahms: Violin Concerto, Opus 77** Montgomery: Banner* Simon: Elegy (A Cry from the Grave)* Bizet: Carmen Suite (arr. for Percussion and Strings)*
