Archive for May, 2023
Playlist: May/12/23
11:51 PM Howard Hanson — Symphony No. 3 Conductor: Gerard SchwarzDelos, 3092 11:30 PM Gabriel Faure — Piano Trio Key: D minor Opus: 120David Golub,pianoMark Kaplan, violinColin Carr, celloArabesque, 6643 11:06 PM Alexander Borodin — Petite Suite Conductor: Gennady RozhdestvenskyChandos, 9386 10:59 PM Claude Debussy — L’Isle Joyeuse Samson Francois, pianoPhilips, 456778 10:54 PM Robert […]
Thursday 5/11/23 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM SCHULHOFF (arr. HONECK/ILLE): Five Pieces MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 20 TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 5 Manfred Honeck, conductor; Emanuel Ax, piano
Playlist: May/11/23
10:35 PM Ludwig van Beethoven — Piano Quartet No. 1 Key: E flat major Naxos, 570998 10:13 PM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Symphony No. 33 Key: B flat major Conductor: Jane GloverASV, 717 10:03 PM Antonin Dvorak — My Home Overture Opus: 62Conductor: Karel AncerlSupraphon, 111242 9:42 PM Maurice Ravel — Piano Concerto for left […]
Wednesday 5/10/23 San Francisco Symphony
11:00 PM CONDUCTOR: Michel Tilson Thomas SOLOISTS: Demarre McGill, flute* Mozart: Six German Dances, K. 509 Michael Tilson Thomas: Notturno* Schumann: Symphony No. 1 in B-flat major, Opus 38, Spring
Playlist: May/10/23
10:10 PM Franz Schubert — Symphony No. 9 Key: C major Conductor: Herbert von KarajanDG/Archiv, 4777162 9:56 PM Bedrich Smetana — Ma Vlast: Vltava (“The Moldau”) Conductor: Vaclav NeumannSupraphon, 112249 9:29 PM Erich Wolfgang Korngold — Violin Concerto Key: D major Opus: 35Conductor: Paul FreemanEnsemble: Czech National Symphony Orch.Miranda Cuckson, violinCentaur, 2513 9:05 PM Frederic […]
Tuesday 5/09/23 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Rakitina, Weilerstein & Tchaikovsky Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien, Op. 45 Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Roccoco Theme for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 33 Tchaikovsky: Pezzo capriccioso, Op. 62 Bach: Sarabande from Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008 Alisa Weilerstein, cello Tchaikovsky: Suite from The […]
Playlist: May/09/23
10:15 PM Johannes Brahms — Piano Concerto No. 2 Key: B flat major Opus: 83Conductor: Arturo ToscaniniEnsemble: NBC Symphony OrchestraVladimir Horowitz, pianoRCA/BMG, 60523 10:10 PM Antonin Dvorak — Slavonic Dance No. 1 Key: B major Opus: 72Conductor: Vaclav NeumannSupraphon, 111959 9:34 PM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Symphony No. 39 Key: E flat major Conductor: Carlo […]
The art of leadership
Paul Jan Zdunek is a conductor turned CEO who has co-authored a book that pulls together the seemingly disparate strands of conducting, horsemanship, and leadership.
TOFANA takes the stage at Sisters Freehold in Baltimore
For someone as deliciously, enduringly notorious–even infamous–as Giulia Tofana, the legendary Renaissance poisoner, strangely little is actually known. For certain, at least. Plenty of speculation and mythology has accumulated over the centuries since her (probable) execution for helping her fellow Italian wives become happy, wealthy widows via the administration of a secret house-blend of undectable […]
It’s GOOD to be back!
Let me start by thanking everyone for the many cards, emails, and phone calls received during my absence. You have no idea how much that meant to me.Even my fabulous neighbors were there offering to help. Olivia, who lives down the street saw my wife on one of her morning walks and offered to come […]
