Archive for July, 2023
Switching it up with CODE SWITCH at Sisters Freehold
To switch, or not to switch? This is the question posed by playwright (and director) Shakill Jamal in his brand new play, The Code Switch, debuting with Baltimore’s intrepid Sisters Freehold theater company from July 15-30. Specifically, the play probes the question of codeswitching, whether out of necessity in navigating the fraught dynamics of a […]
Playlist: Jul/09/23
8:20 PM Antonin Dvorak — Symphony No. 8 Key: G major Opus: 88Conductor: Marin AlsopNaxos, 572112 7:53 PM Erich Wolfgang Korngold — Violin Concerto Key: D major Opus: 35Conductor: Alexander ShelleyEnsemble: Royal Orchestra, StockholmDaniel Hope, violinDG/Archiv, 4792954 7:44 PM Miklos Rozsa — Waltz Suite Leonard Pennario, pianoCambria, 1093 7:39 PM John Barry — Midnight Cowboy: […]
Vocalise 7-08-23
8:00 PM Giuseppe Verdi- Falstaff: Finale Act 3 CBS/Sony 42535 COND Leonard Bernstein ORCH Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra SOLO Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, bar. SOLO and Chorus 8:06 PM Gustav Mahler- Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder CBS/Sony 61647 SOLO Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, SOLO Leonard Bernstein, piano 8:09 PM Gustav Mahler- Ich atmet’ einen linden Duft Erato 646515 COND […]
Playlist: Jul/08/23
8:56 PM Benjamin Britten — The Salley Gardens Arleen Auger, sopranoDalton Baldwin, pianoDelos, 3029 8:31 PM Gustav Mahler — Kindertotenlieder Conductor: Seiji OzawaEnsemble: Boston Symphony OrchestraJessye Norman, sopranoPhilips, 426249 8:27 PM Gustav Mahler — Liebst du num Schonheit Arleen Auger, sopranoDalton Baldwin, pianoDelos, 3029 8:21 PM Gustav Mahler — Um Mitternacht (At Midnight Hour) Conductor: […]
On BookNotes, garden restoration as a metaphor for restoring familial bonds
Following on from her prize-winning novel in short stories, The Balcony, Jane Delury has just released her second book, Hedge, about a strong and creative woman at an emotional cross-roads in her life.
7-8-23 Music in Maryland David Zinman on the day before his 87th birthday!
David Zinman turns 87 on Sunday 7/9! His years with the BSO from 1985 – 1998 were some of the best years of the Baltimore Symphony. After he left here (never to return to conduct the BSO again) he conducted the Tonhalle Orchestra in Zurich and did great work there. It is worth celebrating the […]
7-8-23 Face The Music Listings!
This week it’s an all new and most excellent show! Our panel was Steve Mencher formerly of NPR’s Performance Today, Phil Greenfield of the American Record Guide and Bryan Young the Bassoonist of the Poulenc Trio. Three of the composers have connections to Leipzig (I’ve just returned from the WBJC trip to Leipzig and Dresden) […]
Toccata listings for 7/9/23
On tonight’s show, music by Mozart originally written for a mechanical clock, played on an organ with porcelain pipes, a sonata for piano 4-hands by a contemporary of Offenbach, and a piano concert from Norway. Thanks for listening, and enjoy! 6:00 PM 21366 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Andante in C K 616 el-ton 1 SOLO […]
Playlist: Jul/07/23
11:53 PM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Symphony No. 36 Key: C major Conductor: Sir Neville MarrinerPhilips, 412995 11:42 PM Charles Ives — Variations on “America” Mary Preston, organReference, 113 11:00 PM Arnold Rosner — Symphony No. 5 “Missa sine Cantoribus Conductor: John McLaughlin WilliamsNaxos, 559347 10:40 PM Luigi Boccherini — String Quintet Key: D major […]
Paintings in Classical Music
Years ago when I first heard Quiet City by Aaron Copland, the Painting Nighthawks by Edward Hopper sprang to mind. Recently after playing Quiet City on WBJC and describing the association I have with it and Hopper’s Nighthawks, a listener reached out to me saying that he appreciated the personal tidbit and that he listened to the […]
