Archive for April, 2024
Tuesday 4/30/24 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Conductor: Pierre Boulez*; Jakub Hrůša Gustav Mahler: Totenfeier* Bedřich Smetana: Vysehrad, No. 1 from Má vlast Bedřich Smetana: The Moldau, No. 2 from Má vlast Bedřich Smetana: Sárka, No. 3 from Má vlast Bedřich Smetana: From Bohemia’s Fields and Groves, No. 4 from Má vlast Bedřich Smetana: […]
Playlist: Apr/30/24
10:19 PM Ludwig van Beethoven — Piano Concerto No. 3 Key: C minor Opus: 37Conductor: Claudio AbbadoEnsemble: Mahler Chamber OrchestraMartha Argerich, pianoDG/Archiv, 3398 10:12 PM Richard Wagner — Die Walkure: Ride of the Valkyries Conductor: Zubin MehtaCBS/Sony, 44657 9:56 PM Ferdinando Carulli — Serenade for Guitar Duo Key: G major Opus: 96Alexandre Lagoya, guitarIda Presti, […]
A swansong for Mark Cudek
Having founded the Peabody Renaissance Ensemble thirty-six years ago in 1988, Mark Cudek will conduct the group for the last time in a concert called “Music for Joan the Mad,” inspired by Marjorie Sandor’s book “The Secret Music at Tordesillas,” at Peabody and St. David’s Roland Park. Please click on the link below […]
Crossing borders and breaking boundaries with Spooky Action Theater
Spooky Action Theater’s artistic director, Elizabeth Dinkova, joined me by phone to unpack some of the humor, humanity, and heart at play in the latest production from this inventive DC-based theater compnay. She spoke with extra authority and insight having known the playwright, Philip Howze, since overlapping at drama school; having selected and programmed the […]
Monday 4/29/24 New York Philharmonic
11:00 PM Conductor: Alan Gilbert Soloists: Christine Brewer, soprano Jane Henschel, soprano Anthony Dean Griffey, tenor Eric Owens, bass-baritone New York Choral Artists/ Joseph Flummerfelt, director* Ludwig van Beethoven: Overture to Egmont Paul Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber Ludwig van Beethoven: Missa solemnis, Op. 123*
Playlist: Apr/29/24
10:14 PM Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov — Scheherazade Opus: 35Conductor: Myung-Whun ChungEnsemble: Orchestre de la BastilleFrederic Laroque,violinDG/Archiv, 437818 10:04 PM Giuseppe Verdi — La Forza del Destino: Overture Conductor: Herbert von KarajanDG/Archiv, 419622 9:49 PM Johann Sebastian Bach — Flute Sonata Key: E minor Irena Grafenauer, fluteBrigitte Engelhard, harpsichorJorg Baumann, celloPhilips, 434996 9:20 PM Edgar Meyer — […]
Music From Movies 4-28-24
7:00 PM Dave Grusin On Golden Pond, Main Theme Telarc 80243 COND Erich Kunzel ORCH Cincinnati Pops Orchestra SOLO William Tritt, piano 7:06 PM Dave Grusin The Firm: Mitch and Abby Zoho 2007 SOLO Dave Grusin, piano 7:10 PM John Barry Deadfall: Romance for Guitar & Orchestra Silva 1055 COND Nic Raine […]
Playlist: Apr/28/24
8:25 PM Frederic Chopin — Piano Concerto No. 2 Key: F minor Opus: 21Conductor: Andris NelsonsEnsemble: Staatskapelle BerlinDaniel Barenboim, pianoDG/Archiv, 15387 7:45 PM Rachel Portman — Belle Conductor: David SnellVarese Sar, 7278 7:23 PM Johann Sebastian Bach — Partita No. 3 Key: A minor Igor Levit, pianoCBS/Sony, 30763 7:10 PM John Barry — Deadfall: Romance […]
Vocalise 4-27-24
8:00 PM Leonard Bernstein One Hand, One Heart Warner Clas 33485 COND Patrick Summers ORCH BBC Symphony Orchestra SOLO Ailyn Perez, Soprano SOLO Stephen Costello, tenor 8:06 PM Richard Strauss Four Last Songs London 4834883 COND Esa-Pekka Salonen ORCH Philharmonia Orchestra SOLO Lise Davidsen, soprano 8:31 PM Sir Arnold Bax Enchanted Summer from “Prometheus Unbound […]
Playlist: Apr/27/24
8:31 PM Sir Arnold Bax — Enchanted Summer Conductor: Vernon HandleyEnsemble: Royal Philharmonic OrchestraAnne Williams-King,sopranoLynore McWhirter, sopranoBrighton Festival ChorusChandos, 8625 8:06 PM Richard Strauss — Four Last Songs Conductor: Esa-Pekka SalonenEnsemble: Philharmonia OrchestraLise Davidsen, sopranoLondon, 4834883 8:00 PM Leonard Bernstein — One Hand, One Heart Conductor: Patrick SummersEnsemble: BBC Symphony OrchestraAilyn Perez, SopranoStephen Costello, tenorWarnerClas, […]
