Archive for December, 2024
Thursday 12/26/24 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM TRIANO: Joy KORNGOLD: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 PERKINISON: Louisiana Blues Strut for Solo Violin SUPPE: Overture to Light Cavalry STRAUSS: Woman’s Heart, Polka-Mazurka, Op. 166 STRAUSS: Forward!, Polka schnell, Op. 127 STRAUSS: Sport Polka, Op. 170 STRAUSS: Without a Care!, Polka Schnell, Op. 271 Manfred Honeck, conductor; Randall Goosby, […]
Playlist: Dec/26/24
9:36 PM Jean Sibelius — Symphony No. 7 Key: C major Opus: 105Conductor: Paavo BerglundAngel/EMI, 68646 9:19 PM Mauro Giuliani — Rossiniana No.1 Opus: 119Julian Bream, guitarRCA/BMG, 61591 9:08 PM Giuseppe Verdi — I Vespri Siciliani: Overture Conductor: Tullio SerafinMedici, 8 8:39 PM Felix Mendelssohn — Violin Concerto Key: E minor Opus: 64Conductor: Hugh WolffEnsemble: […]
Wednesday 12/25/24 European Broadcasting Union!
11:00 PM A Legendary Love Story at the Royal Concertgebouw Love is in the air in this all-orchestral program from the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor Elim Chan leads the ensemble in Hector Berlioz’s Le Corsaire Overture and Felix Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 4, with Sergei Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet concluding the program. ORCHESTRA Royal Concertgebouw […]
Playlist: Dec/25/24
9:23 PM Jean Sibelius — Violin Concerto Key: D minor Opus: 47Conductor: Esa-Pekka SalonenEnsemble: Swedish Radio Symphony OrchestHilary Hahn, violinDG/Archiv, 10858 9:16 PM Frederic Chopin — Waltz No. 1 Key: E flat major Opus: 18Vladimir Ashkenazy, pianoLondon, 4758092 8:51 PM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Symphony No. 35 Key: D major Conductor: Jukka-Pekka SarasteVirgin, 61451 8:41 […]
Tuesday 12/24/24 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Blomstedt Conducts Dvorak 8 This week, Herbert Blomstedt leads Dvořák’s Symphony No. 8 and Cello Concerto, featuring Romanian cellist Andrei Ioniţă. Plus, hear the 1959 RCA recordings of Respighi’s Fountains of Rome and Johann Strauss, Jr.’s Thunder and Lightning Polka, led by Fritz Reiner. Antonín Dvořák Cello Concerto in B Minor, […]
Playlist: Dec/24/24
10:22 PM Edouard Lalo — Symphonie Espagnole for Violin & Orch. Key: D minor Opus: 21Conductor: Antonio PappanoEnsemble: Philharmonia OrchestraMaxim Vengerov, violinAngel/EMI, 57593 10:14 PM Morten Lauridsen — O Magnum Mysterium Conductor: Robert ShawTelarc, 80531 9:39 PM Sir Arnold Bax — Three Northern Ballads Conductor: Vernon HandleyChandos, 10446 9:25 PM Franz Liszt — Hungarian Rhapsody […]
Monday 12/23/24 New York Philharmonic
11:00 PM Conductor: Alan Gilbert Soloists: Alexander Romanovsky, piano Sergei Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini for Piano and Orchestra Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Act II from the Nutcracker
Playlist: Dec/23/24
9:38 PM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Violin Concerto No. 2 Key: D major Conductor: Yakov KreizbergEnsemble: Netherlands Chamber OrchestraJulia Fischer, violinPentatone, 5186453 9:32 PM Adolph Adam — O Holy Night Integra, 920 9:25 PM Frederic Chopin — Waltz No. 9 Key: A flat major Opus: 69Idil Biret, pianoNaxos, 8550365 8:55 PM Georges Bizet — Symphony […]
Music From Movies 12-22-24
7:00 PM 49913 Albert Hague You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch Mercury 1966 ORCH Studio Orchestra 3:00 C 1 1-1 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7:03 PM 50814 Danny Elfman Nightmare Before Christmas: Overture Disney 1 ORCH Studio Orchestra 1:48 C 1 1-1 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7:04 PM 50815 Danny Elfman Nightmare Before Christmas: What’s This?Disney 1 ORCH Studio Orchestra SOLO […]
Playlist: Dec/22/24
8:20 PM William Ferris — Snowcarols Conductor: Paul FrenchEnsemble: Composer Festival OrchestraWilliam Ferris ChoraleAnd various soloistsPaul Nicholson, organCedille, 9000101 7:40 PM Dmitri Tiomkin — It’s a Wonderful Life Conductor: David NewmanTelarc, 88801 7:26 PM Leslie Bricusse — “You….You” Scrooge/Anastasia Michael Chertock, pianoTelarc, 80485 7:21 PM Howard Blake — Walking in the Air Conductor: Erich KunzelEnsemble: […]