Archive for September, 2023
Toccata listings for 9/10/23
On tonight’s program, a Gothic Symphony for organ and a Dramatic Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra. Thanks for listening, and enjoy! 6:00 PM 5839 Charles-Marie Widor Gothic Symphony in c “Symphonie Gothique” Erato 88111 SOLO Marie-Claire Alain, organ 26:18 C 1 2-6 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6:31 PM 42278 Jose Vianna da Motta Fantasia Dramatica for Piano […]
Playlist: Sep/08/23
11:09 PM Antonin Dvorak — Symphony No. 1 Key: C minor Conductor: Istvan KerteszLondon, 430046 10:45 PM Johann Sebastian Bach — Violin Sonata No. 2 Key: A minor Gioconda de Vito,violin , 409 10:26 PM Claudio Monteverdi — Combat de Tancrede et Clorinde Conductor: Anthony RooleyVirgin, 91158 10:07 PM Richard Wagner — Die Walkure: Wotan’s […]
Thursday 9/07/23 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis PROKOFIEV: Violin Concerto No. 1 RACHMANINOFF: Symphony No. 3 Peter Oundjian, conductor; Alina Ibragimova, violin
How has it been 30 years?
On September 18, 1993, I got into my car and began a 900-mile, two-day journey that would change my life. Earlier that month, after a year of searching for a full-time radio job, I came home from my part-time gigs at WSUI and KSUI in Iowa City, Iowa and saw that my answering machine was […]
Playlist: Sep/07/23
10:09 PM Sir Edward Elgar — Symphony No. 2 Key: E flat major Opus: 63Conductor: Andre PrevinRadio Nederland, 11004 9:59 PM Johann Strauss II — Roses from the South Opus: 388Conductor: Alfred WalterNaxos, 554522 9:43 PM Gustav Holst — Wind Quintet Key: A flat major Opus: 14Discover, 920322 9:19 PM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Violin […]
Joanie Schultz refines and revisits A DOLL’S HOUSE for Everyman
For anyone who’s been required to sit through a production of Henrik Ibsen’s now-iconic domestic drama, A Doll’s House, or maybe been assigned to read it for a class, and found it either cumbersomely lengthy or maybe a little unbalanced in its sympathies, well your time has come. Until September 28th, Baltimore’s Everyman Theatre is […]
The viol of the leg
As the names suggest, the viola da gamba is the viol of the leg, whereas the viola da braccio is the viol of the arm. But, while the viola da braccio was the distant ancestor of the viola in a present-day string section, the viola da gamba was not the forebear of the cello. Rather, […]
Wednesday 9/06/23 Los Angeles Philharmonic
11:00 PM Conductor: Elim Chan Soloist: Leila Josefowicz, violin Assad: new overture (world premiere, LA Phil commission) Adès: Violin Concerto, “Concentric Paths” Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
Playlist: Sep/06/23
10:20 PM Felix Mendelssohn — Double Concerto for Violin,Piano & Orch. Key: D minor Ensemble: Orpheus Chamber OrchestraMartha Argerich, pianoGidon Kremer, violinDG/Archiv, 4794647 10:05 PM Johann Strauss II — Emperor Waltz Opus: 437Conductor: Johannes WildnerNaxos, 554517 9:49 PM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Flute Quartet No. 1 Key: D major Conductor: Members of theEnsemble: Tokyo String […]
Tuesday 9/05/23 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Hannu Lintu and Pekka Kuusisto Jean Sibelius: Finlandia, Op. 26, No. 7 Carl Nielsen: Violin Concerto, Op. 33 Pekka Kuusisto, violin Traditional: Kuusisto Danish Bridal Tune Pekka Kuusisto, violin Carl Nielsen: Helios Overture, Op. 17 Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 in E-flat Major, Op. […]
