Archive for September, 2024
Pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason opens the new Shriver season
Piano soloist and chamber musician Isata Kanneh-Mason opens the 2024-2025 Shriver Hall Concert Series season with a program of Haydn, Clara Schumann, Carl Nielsen, Sofia Gubaidulina, and Chopin. It was my pleasure to speak with Isata by phone.
Monday 9/30/24 New York Philharmonic
11:00 PM CONDUCTORS: Leonard Bernstein; Jose Serebrier; Pierre Boulez SOLOISTS: Sharon Isbin, guitar; Jan DeGaetani, mezzo-soprano; Marilyn Horne, mezzo-soprano CHAVEZ: Sinfonia India PONCE: Concierto de sur FALLA: The Three-Cornered Hat FALLA: El amor brujo
Playlist: Sep/30/24
10:21 PM Dmitri Shostakovich — Violin Concerto No. 1 Key: A minor Opus: 77Conductor: Maxim ShostakovichEnsemble: New Philharmonia OrchestraDavid Oistrakh, violinAngel/EMI, 9428 10:01 PM Robert Schumann — Scenes from Childhood Opus: 15Martha Argerich, pianoDG/Archiv, 4795096 9:41 PM Sir Charles Villiers Stanford — Irish Rhapsody No.4 Key: A minor Opus: 141Conductor: Vernon HandleyChandos, 8581 9:35 PM […]
Music From Movies 9-29-24
od McKuen Prime of Miss Jean Brodie: Overture Capitol 1969 ORCH Studio Orchestra 5:40 C 1 8-8 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7:05 PM 54428 Rod McKuen Prime of Miss Jean Bordie: Winter like mCapitol 1969 ORCH Studio Orchestra 2:00 C 1 10-10 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7:09 PM 50219 John Lunn Downton Abbey Part 1 London 24411 COND Alastair King, conductor […]
Vocalise 9-28-24
Giuseppe Verdi La Traviata: “Di provenza il mar” London 443828 COND John Pritchard ORCH Orch. of Maggio Musicale SOLO Robert Merrill, baritone 4:13 C 1 9-9 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8:06 PM 42905 Ernest Bloch Sacred Service CBS/Sony 47533 COND Leonard Bernstein Leonard BURN stine ORCH New York Philharmonic SOLO Robert Merrill, baritone SOLO and Chorus
Playlist: Sep/29/24
8:45 PM Ralph Vaughan Williams — Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis Conductor: Sir Neville MarrinerPhilips, 442427 8:16 PM Luigi Boccherini — Guitar Quintet No. 9 Key: C major Ensemble: Academy Chamber EnsemblePepe Romero, guitarPhilips, 438769 7:52 PM John Barry — The James Bond Suite Conductor: John BarryEpic, 66401 7:09 PM John Lunn — […]
Playlist: Sep/28/24
8:06 PM Ernest Bloch — Sacred Service Conductor: Leonard BernsteinEnsemble: New York PhilharmonicRobert Merrill, baritoneand ChorusCBS/Sony, 47533 8:00 PM Giuseppe Verdi — La Traviata: “Di provenza il mar” Conductor: John PritchardEnsemble: Orch. of Maggio MusicaleRobert Merrill, baritoneLondon, 443828 7:17 PM Antonin Dvorak — Symphony No. 9 Key: E minor Opus: 95Conductor: Marin AlsopNaxos, 8503293 7:07 […]
Fresh new plays harvested by Sisters Freehold
Sisters Freehold has made an outsized mark in its relatively brief three years of existence, and much of that has come through their signature play-development project, the Horticulture Playwrights Workshop. Dedicated to finding and fostering local, emerging playwrights through a year of crafting and rewrites from idea to actuality, HPW has already nurtured several creative […]
Toccata listings for 9/29/24
On tonight’s program, Vivaldi a la J.S. Bach and a piano concerto by Hans Gal. Thanks for listening, and enjoy! 6:01 PM 5375 Johann Sebastian Bach Organ Concerto No. 3 in C BWV 594 Gasparo 321 SOLO Kim Heindel, organ (after Vivaldi Op. 7/11) 19:13 C 1 7-9 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6:26 PM 50587 Hans Gal Piano […]
Playlist: Sep/27/24
11:49 PM Ruth Gipps — Symphony No. 4, Op. 61 Conductor: Rumon GambaChandos, 20078 11:46 PM Arthur Benjamin — Jamaican Rhumba Camilla Wicks, violinHorace Martinez, pianoMusic&Arts, 1282 11:40 PM Frederic Chopin — Nocturne No. 8 Key: D flat major Opus: 27Camilla Wicks, violinHorace Martinez, pianoMusic&Arts, 1282 11:35 PM Pablo Sarasate — Zapateado Opus: 23Camilla Wicks, […]