Archive for December, 2023
Wednesday 12/06/23 Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM CONDUCTOR: Roderick Cox SOLOIST: lnon Barnaton, piano* Richard Strauss: Don Juan, Op. 20 Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto No. 4 in G major for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 58* Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 82
Playlist: Dec/06/23
10:27 PM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Symphony No. 25 Key: G minor Conductor: Sir Charles MackerrasTelarc, 80165 10:17 PM Frederic Chopin — Mazurkas Opus: 59Martha Argerich, pianoDG/Archiv, 4794647 9:56 PM Edvard Grieg — Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 Opus: 46Conductor: George SzellCBS/Sony, 8205 9:29 PM Claude Debussy — String Quartet Key: G minor Opus: 10London, […]
Tuesday 12/05/23 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Maurice Ravel Mother Goose Bryce Dessner Violin Concerto Pekka Kuusisto, violin Igor Stravinsky Symphony in Three Movements Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Playlist: Dec/05/23
10:30 PM Joseph Haydn — Symphony No. 94 Key: GConductor: Sir Jeffrey TateAngel/EMI, 64286 10:21 PM Frederic Chopin — Waltz No. 1 Key: E flat major Opus: 18Ruth Slenczynska, pianoLondon, 35175 9:58 PM Carl Maria von Weber — Clarinet Concerto No. 2 Key: E flat major Opus: 74Ensemble: Orpheus Chamber OrchestraCharles Neidich, clarinetDG/Archiv, 435875 9:42 […]
Monday 12/04/23 New York Philharmonic
11:00 PM CONDUCTOR: Alan Gilbert SOLOISTS: Frank-Peter Zimmermann, violin; Yefim Bronfman, piano Antonín DVOŘÁK: Carnival Overture Ludwig van BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto Magnus LINDBERG: Piano Concerto No. 2 Antonín DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 7
Playlist: Dec/04/23
10:31 PM Robert Schumann — Symphony No. 4 Key: D minor Opus: 120Conductor: Kurt MasurTeldec, 46445 10:17 PM Frederic Chopin — Scherzo No. 2 Key: B flat minor Opus: 31Garrick Ohlsson, pianoArabesque, 6633 10:07 PM Samuel Barber — Essay for Orchestra No. 1 Conductor: Marin AlsopNaxos, 559024 9:37 PM Antonin Dvorak — String Sextet Key: […]
12-3-2022 Music In Maryland: Annapolis Symphony!
This week we have the pleasure of presenting a combination concert featuring the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra. On the program Berlioz: Love Music from Romeo and Juliet. Brahms Violin Concerto with violinist Noah Bendix-Balgley and the Hary Janos Suite by Zoltan Kodally. To fill we enjoyed guitarist Manuel Barrueco playing 6 Tango Etudes by Astor Piazzolla. […]
Playlist: Dec/03/23
8:28 PM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Clarinet Quintet Key: A major Ensemble: Pacifica QuartetAnthony McGill, clarinetCedille, 147 8:12 PM Nino Rota — Concerto for Strings Conductor: Riccardo MutiCBS/Sony, 66279 7:50 PM Nino Rota — The Godfather: Music from the Film Conductor: Riccardo MutiCBS/Sony, 63359 7:43 PM Nino Rota — main theme Conductor: Riccardo MutiCBS/Sony, 63359 […]
Playlist: Dec/02/23
8:33 PM Richard Strauss — Four Last Songs Conductor: Kurt MasurEnsemble: Gewandhausorchester LeipzigJessye Norman, sopranoPhilips, 4758507 8:14 PM Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco — Romancero Gitano Conductor: Peter RutenbergEnsemble: Los Angeles Chamber SingersGregory NewtonRCM, 19802 8:08 PM Umberto Giordano — Andrea Chenier:”La mamma morta” Conductor: Tullio SerafinEnsemble: Philharmonia OrchestraMaria Callas, sopranoAngel/EMI, 65986 8:00 PM Gioacchino Rossini — Barber […]
An epistolary novel with a difference on BookNotes
J. Wynn Rousuck, theater critic at WYPR and former theater critic at The Baltimore Sun, is out with her first novel, Please Write, from Bancroft Press. After all these years, it was a pleasure to talk to her in person.