Archive for March, 2023
BookNotes Review March 2023
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow Gabrielle Zevin Hang the Moon Jeannette Walls The Climate Book: The Facts and the Solutions Greta Thunberg The Real Work: On the Mystery of Mastery Adam Gopnik The Wife of Bath: A Biography Marion Turner
Playlist: Mar/18/23
8:45 PM Manuel de Falla — Seven Popular Spanish Songs Manuel Barrueco, guitarAnn Monoyios, sopranoAngel/EMI, 54456 8:11 PM Johann Sebastian Bach — Cantata No. 147: Conductor: Sir David WillcocksEnsemble: Academy of St Martin in FieldsKing’s College Choir CambridgeElly Ameling, sopranoDame Janet Baker,mezzo-sopranoIan Partridge, tenorJohn Shirley-Quirk,bassAngel/EMI, 86052 8:04 PM Carlisle Floyd — Susannah: “Ain’t It A […]
Toccata listings for 3/19/23
On tonight’s program, organ music by Bach, a “Moody” work for piano duo, and an American Piano concerto. Thanks so much for listening, and enjoy! 6:00 PM 4679 Johann Sebastian Bach Toccata & Fugue in d BWV 538 “Dorian” Telarc 80286 SOLO Michael Murray, organ 15:12 C 1 2-2 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6:18 PM 43749 […]
Playlist: Mar/17/23
11:44 PM Florence Price — Symphony No. 1 Key: E minor Conductor: Yannick Nezet-SeguinDG/Archiv, 34879 11:16 PM Luigi Boccherini — Guitar Quintet No. 9 Key: C major Ensemble: Academy Chamber EnsemblePepe Romero, guitarPhilips, 438769 10:25 PM Ernest Bloch — Concerto Symphonique for piano & orch. Conductor: David AmosEnsemble: London Symphony OrchestraMicah Yui, PianoLaurel, 851 10:17 […]
Thursday 3/16/23 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM BEETHOVEN: Overture to Egmont SAARIAHO: Wing of the Dream, Concerto for Flute and Orchestra MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 3, “Scottish” Osmo Vanska, conductor; Lorna McGhee, flute
Playlist: Mar/16/23
10:16 PM Dmitri Shostakovich — Violin Concerto No. 1 Key: A minor Opus: 77Conductor: Maxim ShostakovichEnsemble: London Symphony OrchestraNadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, vlnAngel/EMI, 54314 10:01 PM Richard Wagner — Tannhauser: Overture Conductor: Sir Georg SoltiLondon, 4758502 9:38 PM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Piano Trio No. 3 (“Kegelstatt”) Key: E flat major Emanuel Ax, pianoRichard Stoltzman, clarinetYo-Yo Ma, […]
Wednesday 3/15/23 European Broadcasting Union Series
11:00 PM ORCHESTRA: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra CONDUCTOR: John Storgårds SOLOIST: Christian Tetzlaff, violin Nørgård: Lysning, for strings Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor, op. 47 Bach: Sarabande, from ‘Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004’ Sibelius: Rakastava, op. 1 Nørgård: Symphony No. 8
Playlist: Mar/15/23
10:12 PM Aaron Copland — Symphony No. 3 Conductor: Leonard SlatkinNaxos, 559844 10:04 PM Ludwig van Beethoven — Fidelio: Overture Key: E major Opus: 72Conductor: Herbert von KarajanDG/Archiv, 427256 9:29 PM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Piano Concerto No. 17 Key: G major Conductor: Nikolaus HarnoncourtEnsemble: Vienna Philharmonic OrchestraLang Lang, pianoCBS/Sony, 82532 9:14 PM Johan Halvorsen […]
St David’s 47th Annual Baltimore Bach Marathon
The 2023 Baltimore Bach Marathon hosted for the 47th year by the St. David’s Music Series sees the completion of several cycles of Bach’s works. Director of Music Ministries, Douglas Buchanan, came to talk about it.
Tuesday 3/14/23 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Orozco-Estrada & Hahn Andrés Orozco-Estrada leads the world premiere of Haillí-Serenata, a CSO commission from Gabriela Lena Frank. The program also includes Dvořák’s Violin Concerto with Hilary Hahn — the CSO’s first artist-in-residence — and Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony. Plus, Daniel Barenboim leads Bruckner’s Te Deum featuring the Chicago Symphony Chorus from a 1981 […]
