Archive for November, 2023
Playlist: Nov/09/23
10:19 PM Ludwig van Beethoven — Piano Concerto No. 3 Key: C minor Opus: 37Conductor: Claudio AbbadoEnsemble: Berlin PhilharmonicMaurizio Pollini, pianoDG/Archiv, 4777244 10:05 PM Alexander Borodin — Prince Igor: Polovetsian Dances Conductor: Sir Simon RattleAngel/EMI, 273 9:53 PM Manuel de Falla — Canciones Espanolas Augustin Hadelich, violinPablo Sainz Villegas, GuitarAvie, 2280 9:18 PM Wolfgang Amadeus […]
Wednesday 11/08/23 Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM CONDUCTOR: Ken-David Masur SOLOIST: Baibe Skride, violin* Jean Sibelius: Night Ride and Sunrise, Symphonic Poem, Op. 55 Sebastian Currier: Aether for violin and orchestra* Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Opus 55, “Eroica”
Playlist: Nov/08/23
10:13 PM Nicolo Paganini — Violin Concerto No. 3 Key: E major Conductor: Michael DittrichEnsemble: Slovak Radio SO, BratislavaErno Rozsa, violinNaxos, 8554396 10:06 PM Frederic Chopin — Waltz No. 7 Key: C sharp minor Opus: 64Ruth Slenczynska, piano , 1016 9:33 PM Ludwig van Beethoven — Symphony No. 4 Key: B flat major Opus: 60Conductor: […]
Tuesday 11/07/23 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Felix Mendelssohn Wedding March from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61 Frederick Stock, conductor 1916 (Columbia) Bela Bartók Piano Concerto No. 2 Maurizio Pollini, piano; Claudio Abbado, conductor 1977 (Deutsche Grammophone) Edward Elgar Violin Concerto in B Minor, Op. 61 Itzhak Perlman, violin; Daniel Barenboim, conductor Alexander […]
Playlist: Nov/07/23
10:35 PM Robert Schumann — Cello Concerto Key: A minor Opus: 129Conductor: Karel AncerlEnsemble: Czech Philharmonic OrchestraAndre Navarra, celloSupraphon, 111002 10:27 PM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Abduction from the Seraglio: Overture Conductor: Sir Colin DavisAngel/EMI, 69027 9:47 PM Antonin Dvorak — Symphony No. 5 Key: F major Opus: 76Conductor: Vaclav NeumannSupraphon, 3704 9:35 PM Ludwig […]
Monday 11/06/23 New York Philharmonic
11:00 PM CONDUCTOR: Alan Gilbert SOLOISTS: Sheryl Staples, Michelle Kim, Marc Ginsburg, Lisa Kim, violins; Frank-Peter Zimmermann, violin Antonio VIVALDI: Concerto in B minor for Four Violins, Op. 3, No. 10 (RV 580) Ludwig van BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 8 Alban BERG: Violin Concerto Johannes BRAHMS: Symphony No. 4 in E-minor
Playlist: Nov/06/23
10:08 PM Jean Sibelius — Symphony No. 2 Key: D major Opus: 43Conductor: Leif SegerstamChandos, 9020 9:54 PM Gioacchino Rossini — Semiramide: Overture Conductor: Sir Thomas BeechamAngel/EMI, 63407 9:38 PM Alexander Arutiunian — Trumpet Concerto Conductor: Luis HazaEnsemble: London Symphony OrchestraArturo Sandoval,trumpetRCA/BMG, 62661 9:12 PM Ferdinando Carulli — Grand Duo for Guitar and Piano Key: […]
Playlist: Nov/05/23
8:47 PM Eric Coates — The Selfish Giant Conductor: Adrian LeaperM Polo/HK, 8223445 8:14 PM Maurice Jarre — Red Sun: Suite Conductor: Paul BatemanSilva, 1061 8:10 PM Frederic Chopin — Prelude No. 2 Key: A minor Opus: 28Maria Joao Pires, pianoDG/Archiv, 437817 8:08 PM Franz Schubert — String Quartet No. 14 Key: D minor London, […]
Playlist: Nov/04/23
4:40 PM Charles Gounod — Petite Symphonie Key: B flat major Opus: 90Conductor: Christopher HogwoodLondon, 430231 4:24 PM Florence Price — Violin Concerto No. 2 Conductor: Jonathon HeywardEnsemble: Royal Scottish National OrchesRachel Barton Pine, violinCedille, 214 3:37 PM Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov — Scheherazade Opus: 35Conductor: Peter OundjianChandos, 5145 3:04 PM Gabriel Faure — Piano Quartet No. […]
Glazed With War: honoring Veterans Day on BookNotes
On Veterans Day, Sunday, November 11 at 7 p.m., the Iranian-American poet, writer, and graphic designer, Pantea Amin Tofangchi, will launch her poetry collection, Glazed With War, published by Mason Jar Press. It will be my pleasure and privilege to be in conversation with Pantea at her launch and, by way of a sneak preview, […]