Archive for September, 2024
Music in Maryland Listings
It’s Dvorak’s Birthday on 9/8 so it’s a good excuse to play his music. Also Yo Yo Ma is coming to town at the end of September so why not hear him with the BSO! PLAY DATE: Sat, 09/07/2024 6:00 PM 1139 Antonin Dvorak Scherzo capriccioso Op 66 Naxos 8570995 COND Marin Alsop ORCH Baltimore […]
Yale Rep on BookNotes
Award-winning dramaturg, playwright, and novelist James Magruder is coming out with his first nonfiction work, The Play’s the Thing: Fifty Years of Yale Repertory Theatre (1966-2016). I spoke to Jim for BookNotes.
Toccata listings for 9/8/24
On tonight’s program, Bach on a Pedal Harpsichord, Humoresques by Dohnanyi, and the ominous “Totentanz” by Liszt in a live performance. Thanks for listening, and enjoy! 6:01 PM 519 Johann Sebastian Bach Prelude and Fugue in D BWV 532 The Great Augustana 1 SOLO Tom Robin Harris 9:27 C 1 4-5 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6:13 PM 15870 […]
Playlist: Sep/06/24
10:49 PM Anton Bruckner — Symphony No. 4 Key: E flat major Conductor: Esa-Pekka SalonenCBS/Sony, 63301 10:37 PM Jean-Paul Paladin — Lute pieces Paul O’Dette,luteAstree, 7776 10:14 PM Richard Strauss — Symphonic Fantasy Conductor: Christian ThielemannDG/Archiv, 992 10:07 PM Franz Liszt — Erlkonig (after Schubert) from 12 Lieder Valerie Tryon,pianoNaxos, 554729 10:02 PM Franz Liszt […]
Thursday 9/05/24 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM SCHUMANN: Piano Concerto MOZART: Mass in C Minor Manfred Honeck, conductor; Martin Helmchen, piano; Ying Fang, soprano; Lauren Snouffer, soprano; Timothy Fallon, tenor; Alexander Birch Elliot, bass; Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh; Matthew Mehaffey, director
Playlist: Sep/05/24
10:37 PM Maurice Ravel — Gaspard de la Nuit Valerie Tryon,pianoAPR, 5593 10:03 PM Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Violin Concerto Key: D major Opus: 35Conductor: William SteinbergEnsemble: Pittsburgh Symphony OrchestraNathan Milstein, violinAngel/EMI, 64830 9:51 PM John Cage — In a Landscape (1948) Valerie Milot, harpAnalekta, 9880 9:40 PM Otto Nicolai — Merry Wives of Windsor […]
Music at Emmanuel’s expansive new concert season
Music at Emmanuel in Baltimore’s historic Mt. Vernon neighborhood is offering its most expansive concert season yet. I spoke with their Director of Music, Christian Lane.
Wednesday 9/04/24 Los Angeles Philharmonic
11:00 PM Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas Igor Stravinsky Petrushka Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4
Playlist: Sep/04/24
10:33 PM Florence Price — Violin Concerto No. 1 Key: D major Conductor: Ryan CockerhamEnsemble: Janacek PhilharmonicEr-Gene Kahng, violinAlbany, 1706 10:25 PM Frederic Chopin — Nocturne No. 1 Key: B flat minor Opus: 9Jean-Yves Thibaudet, pianoLondon, 466357 9:58 PM Ludwig van Beethoven — Symphony No. 1 Key: C major Opus: 21Conductor: Herbert von KarajanDG/Archiv, 429036 […]
MACHINAL gears up at Fells Point Corner Theatre
From September 6th through 29th, Fells Point Corner Theatre is featuring one of the landmark American plays of the last century, Sophie Treadwell’s Expressionist tour-de-force, Machinal. Directed by Deirdre McAllister, the production comes to life 96 years almost to the day since the play premiered to both shock and acclaim on September 7th, 1928. A mere […]