Archive for May, 2023
Monday 5/08/23 New York Philharmonic
11:00 PM CONDUCTOR: Jaap van Zweden SOLOISTS: Nicholas Houfek, lighting Design Levy Lorenzo, electronics MARCOS BALTER: Oyá for light, electronics, and orchestra JOHN ADAMS: My Father Knew Charles Ives TANIA LEÓN: Stride RESPIGHI: Pini di Roma (Pines of Rome)
Playlist: May/08/23
10:27 PM Leevi Madetoja — Symphony No. 3 Key: A major Opus: 55Conductor: John StorgardsOndine, 1211 10:12 PM Sir Arnold Bax — Into the Twilight Conductor: Vernon HandleyChandos, 10446 9:59 PM Louis Moreau Gottschalk — Apotheose (grand marche solennelle) Opus: 29Philip Martin,pianoHyperion, 67118 9:33 PM Dmitri Shostakovich — Jazz Suite No.2 Conductor: Riccardo ChaillyLondon, 433702 […]
Music From Movies 5-07-22
7:00 PM John Barry The Lion in Winter: Main Title Silva 5006 COND Nic Raine ORCH City of Prague Philharmonic 7:04 PM Patrick Doyle Henry V: Film Music (Exerpts) Angel/EMI 49919 COND Sir Simon Rattle ORCH City of Birmingham Symph Orch SOLO Steven Hill Singers 7:20 PM Andrew Lloyd […]
BSO Music Director Designate is the real deal
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Playlist: May/07/23
8:35 PM Ludwig van Beethoven — Piano Sonata No. 21 Key: C major Opus: 53Claude Frank, pianoMusic&Arts, 4640 7:54 PM Rachel Portman — Belle Conductor: David SnellVarese Sar, 7278 7:36 PM Sir William Walton — Henry V: Suite from the Olivier Film Conductor: Andrew LittonLondon, 448134 7:20 PM Andrew Lloyd Webber — Phantom of the […]
Vocalise 5-06-23
8:00 PM 8:05 PM George Frederich Handel Zadok the Priest London 466075 COND Sir David Willcocks ORCH English Chamber Orchestra SOLO Choir Kings College, Cambridge 8:07 PM Sir Hubert Parry I Was Glad Chesky Rec 83 COND Josef Flummerfelt SOLO Choir of Westminster Abbey SOLO Nancianne Parrella, organ 8:13 PM Sir Edward Elgar Coronation Ode […]
5-6-23 Face The Music Listings
This week we welcome back Phil Greenfield from The American Record Guide and our other distinguished panelists were Jed Gaylin from the Bay Atlantic and Hopkins Symphonies and WBJC’s own Kati Harrison. I decided we would have 4 great American Symphonies…and by God we did! PLAY DATE: Sat, 05/6/2023 5:00 PM 4409 Aaron Copland Symphony […]
Playlist: May/06/23
8:48 PM Sir William Walton — Coronation Te Deum Conductor: Sir Alexander GibsonEnsemble: Royal Scottish National Orchesand ChorusGeorge McPhee, organChandos, 241 8:18 PM Sir Edward Elgar — Coronation Ode Opus: 44Conductor: Sir Alexander GibsonEnsemble: Scottish National OrchestraScottish National Orch ChorusChandos, 8430 8:11 PM Sir Hubert Parry — I Was Glad Conductor: Josef FlummerfeltChoir of Westminster […]
Hadassah “Cell-A-Brates” Medical Research And Israel’s 75th Anniversary
On Sunday, May 21, Hadassah Greater Baltimore will present “Cell-A-Brate: Diamonds and Denim” at Baltimore Hebrew Congregation. I spoke with Jill Sapperstein, National Vice President of Hadassah, about the event and the fact that she’s being honored for her ongoing contributions to the organization.
5-6-23 Music in Maryland. Celebrating the birthdays of Brahms and Tchaikovsky plus the Great English Symphony!
May 7th is the birthday of Brahms and Tchaikovsky! We celebrate with some great vintage Baltimore Symphony recordings. Saturday is the coronation of king Charles III and I thought it would be nice to play the BSO’s epic recording of Elgar’s first. PLAY DATE: Sat, 05/06/2023 6:00 PM 3483 Johannes Brahms Piano Quartet No. […]
