Archive for July, 2023
Last chance for CODE SWITCH at Theatre Project
The Sisters Freehold world premiere production of Shakill Jamal’s hilarious, provocative new play The Code Switch enters its final weekend at Baltimore Theater Project–with performances Thursday July 27th through Sunday July 30th. More information and tickets are here or at the Theatre Project website. Jamal’s play, which he both wrote and directed, uses multiple theatrical devices […]
Thursday 7/27/23 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM RAVEL: Ma Mere l’Oye [Mother Goose] DEBUSSY: La mer: Three Symphonic Sketches BARTOK: Violin Concerto No. 2 RAVEL: Alborada del gracioso Matthias Pintscher, conductor; Alexi Kenney, violin
Playlist: Jul/27/23
10:14 PM Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Symphony No. 5 Key: E minor Opus: 64Conductor: Igor MarkevitchPhilips, 438335 10:07 PM Frederic Chopin — Nocturne No. 15 Key: F minor Opus: 55Garrick Ohlsson, pianoArabesque, 6653 9:46 PM Camille Saint-Saens — Cello Concerto No. 1 Key: A minor Opus: 33Conductor: Dimitri MitropoulosEnsemble: New York PhilharmonicLeonard Rose, celloBiddulph, 80209 […]
Wednesday 7/26/23 Los Angeles Philharmonic
11:00 PM Conductor: Roderick Cox Soloist: Karen Gomyo, violin Ravel: Pavane for a Dead Princess Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1 Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2
Playlist: Jul/26/23
10:39 PM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Symphony No. 25 Key: G minor Conductor: Jane GloverASV, 717 10:25 PM John Field — Piano Sonata No. 2 Key: A major Opus: 1John O’Conor, pianoTelarc, 80290 10:13 PM Paul Dukas — The Sorcerer’s Apprentice Conductor: Enrique BatizASV, 6047 9:35 PM Johannes Brahms — Violin Concerto Key: D major […]
7-25-23 A Super Quick Summer Celebration!
Bonjour Mes Petits Amis! Last Summer I had the distinct displeasure of getting COVID and being stranded in Italy! It was insanely hot, fires were breaking out pretty much everywhere (including on my train route from Pisa to Florence) and I was unable to persuade my airline to actually get me home! However, like […]
Tuesday 7/25/23 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Lahav Shani makes the CSO debut in Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances. Included in the program is Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 1 and Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini featuring Beatrice Rana. Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 in D Major (Classical) Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Beatrice Rana, piano Tchaikovsky: […]
Playlist: Jul/25/23
10:22 PM Antonin Dvorak — Symphony No. 3 Key: E flat major Opus: 10Conductor: Libor PesekVirgin, 90797 10:12 PM (Louis Joseph)Ferdinand Herold — Zampa Overture Conductor: Erich KunzelTelarc, 80116 9:46 PM Ferdinando Carulli — Grand Duo for Guitar and Piano Key: A major Opus: 63Leopoldo Saracino,guitarMassimo Palumbo, pianoNuova Era, 7196 9:22 PM Samuel Barber — […]
Monday 7/24/23 New York Philharmonic
11:00 PM Yefim Bronfman is the soloist in the third of three broadcasts from the NY Phil’s 2014 cycle of the Beethoven piano concertos. Between the Third and Fifth Concertos, Bronfman will be joined by then Concertmaster Glenn Dicterow and Principal Cello Carter Brey for Beethoven’s Triple Concerto. BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 3 […]
Playlist: Jul/24/23
10:19 PM Ture Rangstrom — Symphony No. 2 Key: D minor Conductor: Michail JurowskyCPO, 999368 9:52 PM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Clarinet Quintet Key: A major Ensemble: Budapest String QuartetBenny Goodman, clarinetRCA/BMG, 5275 9:29 PM Ernest Bloch — Schelomo: Hebraic Rhapsody for Cello Conductor: Bernard HaitinkEnsemble: Royal Concertgebouw OrchestraLynn Harrell, celloLondon, 414162 9:12 PM Jean […]