Archive for February, 2023
Playlist: Feb/05/23
8:22 PM Jean Sibelius — Symphony No. 1 Key: E minor Opus: 39Conductor: Jukka-Pekka SarasteFinlandia, 99963 7:31 PM Michael Giacchino — UP (Soundtrack) Conductor: Tim Simonec , 2009 7:21 PM Ennio Morricone — Once Upon a Time in the West: Selections Conductor: Henry ManciniRCA/BMG, 60706 7:15 PM Mark Isham — Life as a House Conductor: […]
Vocalise 2-04-23
8:00 PM Giacomo Puccini Tosca: “Vissi D’Arte” CBS/Sony 80468 COND Kurt Herbert Adler ORCH Metropolitan Opera Orchestra SOLO Leontyne Price, soprano 8:05 PM Aaron Copland Old American Songs CBS/Sony 60899 SOLO William Warfield, baritone SOLO Aaron Copland,piano 8:32 PM Francis Poulenc Gloria for soprano, chorus, & orchestra DG/Archiv 427304 COND Seiji Ozawa ORCH Boston Symphony […]
2-4-23 Music in Maryland Mendelssohn Fundraiser Thank You!
Why not celebrate Mendelssohn’s birthday and say thank you for all the amazing support we received during our short three day drive! PLAY DATE: Sat, 02/04/2023 6:00 PM 22738 Johann Sebastian Bach Solo Harpsichord Concerto in d BWV 974 (DG/Archiv 4835022 SOLO Vikingur Olafsson, piano 9:58 C 1 30-32 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6:11 PM 15882 Felix Mendelssohn […]
The Father of the Underground Railroad on BookNotes
At the start of Black History Month, we honor a towering figure in the abolitionist movement, William Still — not to be confused with the Dean of African American composers, William Grant Still. Historian at Towson University, Andrew K. Diemer, talks about his William Still biography, Vigilance.
Playlist: Feb/04/23
8:32 PM Francis Poulenc — Gloria for soprano, chorus, & orchestra Conductor: Seiji OzawaEnsemble: Boston Symphony OrchestraTanglewood Festival ChorusKathleen Battle, sopranoDG/Archiv, 427304 8:05 PM Aaron Copland — Old American Songs William Warfield, baritoneAaron Copland,pianoCBS/Sony, 60899 8:00 PM Giacomo Puccini — Tosca: “Vissi D’Arte” Conductor: Kurt Herbert AdlerEnsemble: Metropolitan Opera OrchestraLeontyne Price, sopranoCBS/Sony, 80468 7:32 PM […]
Toccata listings for 2/5/23
On tonight’s program, the great Virgil Fox with music by Bach, and John O’Connor with the monumental “Hammerklavier” sonata by Beethoven. Thanks so much for your amazing support during our recently completed and very successful Winter Fundraiser. Your enthusiastic support and kind words mean so much and keeps this great music alive in the Baltimore/Washington […]
Playlist: Feb/03/23
10:52 PM Enrique Granados — Piano Quintet Key: G minor CPO, 999609 10:27 PM Leos Janacek — Taras Bulba: Rhapsody for Orchestra Conductor: Sir Charles MackerrasLondon, 410138 10:11 PM Andrew Lloyd Webber — Phantom of the Opera: Suite Conductor: John CacavasPro Arte, 528 9:25 PM Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov — Scheherazade Opus: 35Conductor: Robert SpanoEnsemble: Atlanta Symphony […]
Thursday 2/02/23 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 21 STRAUSS: An Alpine Symphony Manfred Honeck, conductor; Igor Levit, piano
Wednesday 2/01/23 European Broadcasting Union Series
11:00 PM ORCHESTRA: Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra CONDUCTOR: Alain Altinoglu SOLOIST: Renaud Capuçon, violin Chabrier: España, rhapsody for orchestra Ravel: Violin Sonata No. 1 in A minor Ravel: Tzigane Massenet: Méditation, from ‘Thaïs’ Ibert: Escales, symphonic poem Ravel: Boléro
