Archive for February, 2024
Dontrell takes a Baltimore hero’s journey at the Peale
Baltimore-based theater company Sisters Freehold presents the local premiere of Charm City-set Dontrell, Who Kissed the Sea by Nathan Alan Davis at The Peale from February 16th through March 3rd. To join Dontrell Jones III, his family and friends on this magical, theatrical, poetic quest through the streets of Baltimore, into the Aquarium, and “down-y […]
Wednesday 2/14/24 NCPA
11:00 PM ORCHESTRA: National Centre for the Performing Arts, China; CONDUCTOR: Lü Jia; Peng Kapeng*; Chen Lin** SOLOISTS: China National Traditional Orchestra, China Broadcasting Chinese Orchestra, China National Opera & Dance Drama Theatre Chinese Orchestra, and Beijing Chinese Orchestra*; Li Jia, pipa** Li Huanzhi: Spring Festival Overture for Chinese Orchestra* Maurice Ravel: Bolero […]
Playlist: Feb/14/24
10:26 PM Henryk Wieniawski — Violin Concerto No. 1 Key: F sharp minor Opus: 14Conductor: Seiji OzawaEnsemble: London Philharmonic OrchestraItzhak Perlman, violinAngel/EMI, 64619 10:02 PM Georges Bizet — Jeux D’Enfants Opus: 22Katia & Marielle Labeque,pianoPhilips, 420159 9:27 PM Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Serenade for Strings Key: C major Opus: 48Conductor: Leonard BernsteinCBS/Sony, 47637 9:16 PM […]
Tuesday 2/13/24 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas Soloist: Jeremy Denk, piano* Gustav Mahler: Blumine Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37* Johannes Brahms/Arnold Schoenberg: Piano Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 25
Playlist: Feb/13/24
10:15 PM Nicolo Paganini — Violin Concerto No. 1 Key: D major Opus: 6Conductor: Eiji OueEnsemble: Swedish Radio Symphony OrchestHilary Hahn, violinDG/Archiv, 7188 10:08 PM Frederic Chopin — Waltz No. 7 Key: C sharp minor Opus: 64Ruth Slenczynska, piano , 1016 9:39 PM Joseph Haydn — Symphony No.101 Key: D major Conductor: Nicholas McGegan , […]
Monday 2/12/24 New York Philharmonic
11:00 PM CONDUCTOR: Leslie B. Dunner SOLOIST: Ryan Speedo Green, bass-baritone Janinah Burnett, soprano Rodrick Dixon, tenor Simon Estes, speaker Ebony Spicer, treble New York Philharmonic Chorus dir. Malcom J. Merriweather Courtney BRYAN and Tazewell THOMPSON: Gathering Song William Grant STILL: Symphony No. 2, Song of a New Race Adolphus HAILSTORK: Done […]
Playlist: Feb/12/24
7:42 PM George Gershwin — Rhapsody in Blue Conductor: Leonard BernsteinEnsemble: Los Angeles PhilharmonicLeonard Bernstein, pianoDG/Archiv, 4776352 6:51 PM Richard Strauss — An Alpine Symphony Opus: 64Conductor: Rudolph KempeAngel/EMI, 64350 6:30 PM Joaquin Rodrigo — For the Flower of the Blue Lily (Per la Conductor: Enrique BatizAngel/EMI, 67435 6:15 PM Jan Ladislav Dussek — Piano […]
Peabody Chamber Opera transforms Theatre Project with SVABDA
What do you get when you join six sopranos and mezzos, take away the orchestra, add folk dances and wedding customs, and put the whole thing in Serbian? Some of us might end up with nothing short of aa cacaphonous mess; but in the capable hands of composer Ana Sokolović , conductor Djordje Nesic, stage […]
Music From Movies 2-11-24
7:00 PM Jerry Goldsmith The Generals’ March Telarc 80175 COND Erich Kunzel ORCH Cincinnati Pops Orchestra ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7:06 PM George Gershwin Gershwin in Hollywood Naxos 8559107 COND James Judd ORCH New Zealand Symphony Orchestra ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7:18 PM Jerry Goldsmith Patton: Suite UME 71102 ORCH Studio Orchestra ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7:39 PM Howard Shore Lord of the Rings: […]
Playlist: Feb/11/24
8:51 PM Robert Schumann — Arabeske Key: C major Opus: 18Myung-Whun Chung, pianoECM, 2342 7:39 PM Howard Shore — Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Conductor: Howard ShoreEnsemble: New Zealand Symphony OrchestraEdward Ross, boy sopranoLondon Oratory School ScholaLondon VoicesReprise, 48110 7:18 PM Jerry Goldsmith — Patton: Suite , 71102 7:06 PM George Gershwin — […]
