Archive for January, 2024
Wednesday 1/31/24 European Broadcasting Union
11:00 PM Alban Gerhardt, Marin Alsop, and the German Symphony Orchestra ORCHESTRA: German Symphony Orchestra, Berlin CONDUCTOR: Marin Alsop SOLOIST: Alban Gerhardt, cello Jessie Montgomery: Strum for string orchestra Brett Dean: Cello Concerto (2018) Antonín Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, “From the New World”, Op. 95
Playlist: Jan/31/24
10:29 PM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Piano Concerto No. 11 Key: F major Conductor: Sir Jeffrey TateEnsemble: English Chamber OrchestraMitsuko Uchida, pianoPhilips, 438634 10:16 PM Modest Moussorgsky — A Night on Bald Mountain Conductor: Antal DoratiMercury, 432004 9:49 PM Franz Schubert — Symphony No. 8 Key: B minor Conductor: Herbert von KarajanAngel/EMI, 86067 9:19 PM […]
Gathering up CRUMBS FROM THE TABLE OF JOY at Everyman Theatre
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage makes another appearance on the Everyman stage in Baltimore, this time in her early, semi-autobiographical reverie, Crumbs from the Table of Joy. Set against the backdrop of a 1950s Brooklyn as recalled in the vivid, personal memories of then-17-year-old Ernestine Crump, the play follows her as she and her eclectic […]
I WILL EAT YOU ALIVE takes a big bite out of a tough topic
From January 25th through February 10th, Baltimore’s Interrobang Productions celebrates their 10th anniversary with the world premiere of a deeply personal but widely resonant new play by their Artistic Director, Katie Hileman: I Will Eat You Alive. The production, which Hileman also directs, offers audiences the option to sit literally at the table with the actors […]
Tuesday 1/30/24 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Honeck, Capuçon & Shostakovich 5 Conductor: Manfred Honeck Soloist: Gautier Capuçon, cello* Mikhail Glinka: Overture to Ruslan and Ludmila Lera Auerbach: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra Diary of a Madman* Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, Op. 47
Playlist: Jan/30/24
10:28 PM John Williams — The Five Sacred Trees Conductor: John WilliamsEnsemble: London Symphony OrchestraJudith Leclair, bassoonCBS/Sony, 62729 10:17 PM Franz Liszt — Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 Key: C sharp minor Lang Lang, pianoDG/Archiv, 5827 9:37 PM Ludwig van Beethoven — Symphony No. 4 Key: B flat major Opus: 60Conductor: Carlo Maria GiuliniCBS/Sony, 58921 9:20 […]
Monday 1/29/24 New York Philharmonic
11:00 PM The Philharmonic Remembers Pierre Boulez CONDUCTOR: Jaap van Zweden Maurice RAVEL: Rigaudon from Le Tombeau de Couperin (excerpt) Claude DEBUSSY: La Mer (complete) 3/16/88 from NYP Archives Claude DEBUSSY: Jeux (excerpt) Alban BERG: Rondo from Lulu Suite (excerpt) Pierre BOULEZ: Polyphonie X (excerpt) (NYP Archives) Béla […]
Playlist: Jan/29/24
10:26 PM Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Violin Concerto Key: D major Opus: 35Conductor: Fritz ReinerEnsemble: Chicago Symphony OrchestraJascha Heifetz, violinRCA/BMG, 63470 10:18 PM Frederic Chopin — Polonaise No. 3 Key: AOpus: 40Idil Biret, pianoNaxos, 8550360 9:54 PM Gustav Holst — Symphony “The Cotswolds” Key: F major Opus: 8Conductor: JoAnn FallettaNaxos, 572914 9:30 PM George Frederich […]
Music From Movies 1-28-23
7:00 PM Ennio Morricone- Two Mules for Sister Sara: Main Theme Silva 1057 COND Paul Bateman ORCH City of Prague Philharmonic 7:07 PM John Barry- Somewhere in Time: Main Theme Delos 3294 SOLO Angel Romero, guitar 7:12 PM Basil Poledouris- Conan the Barbarian: Riders of Doom Silva 3015 COND Nic Raine ORCH City of Prague […]
A book about restoring wisdom in America’s schools
David Steiner is a Professor of Education at Johns Hopkins University with qualifications from Oxford and Harvard. He has published a book called A Nation At Thought: Restoring Wisdom in America’s Schools; it was my pleasure to speak with him about his thoughts.
