Archive for December, 2024
Playlist: Dec/07/24
7:40 PM Johann Sebastian Bach — Violin Sonata No. 6 Key: G major Ensemble: Beijing Guitar DuoManuel Barrueco, guitarTonar, 40515 7:08 PM Antonio Vivaldi — Gloria Key: DConductor: Trevor PinnockEnsemble: The English ConcertEnglish Concert ChoirDG/Archiv, 437834 6:17 PM George Frederich Handel — Messiah: Part 1 Conductor: Edward PolochickEnsemble: Baltimore Symphony OrchestraConcert Artists of Baltimore SJennifer […]
Emotion as Industry on BookNotes
Tracy Dimond is following up the publication of four chapbooks of poetry with her first full-length poetry collection, Emotion Industry. She’s my guest on BookNotes this month.
A world premier by Michael Hersch at St. David’s
Music at St. David’s, in collaboration with The Johns Hopkins Mood Disorders Center Psychiatry and the Art Program, is presenting a concert at 7:30 pm on Tuesday, December 10th called Night Falls Fast. I invited Music Director Douglas Buchanan and composer Michael Hersch into the studio.
Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcasts 2024-2025 season
THE ROBERT K. JOHNSON FOUNDATION–METROPOLITAN OPERA INTERNATIONAL RADIO NETWORK 2024-25 SATURDAY MATINEE BROADCAST SEASON All broadcasts at 1 PM Eastern Time except as noted December 7 Strauss: DIE FRAU OHNE SCHATTEN Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Elza van den Heever (Empress), Lise Lindstrom (Dyer’s Wife), Nina Stemme (Nurse), Michael Volle (Barak), Russell Thomas (Emperor), Ryan Speedo Green (Spirit Messenger) […]
Toccata listings for 12/8/24
On tonight’s program, and work for piano duo by American composer Leo Sowerby, Maurice Durufle pays tribute to his friend Jehan Alain, and a concerto in the style of Bach, composed by a computer! In fact, the closing music is the prelude to a cello suite composed by computer in the style of Bach. I […]
Playlist: Dec/06/24
11:51 PM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Piano Concerto No. 25 Key: C major Conductor: George SzellEnsemble: Cleveland OrchestraLeon Fleisher, pianoCBS/Sony, 459972 11:45 PM Traditional — Es ist ein Ros entsprungen , 661 11:41 PM Johann Sebastian Bach — Cantata 140: Wachet auf , 768 11:37 PM Johann Sebastian Bach — Cantata: Nun Komm der Heiden […]
It’s that time of year again!
The holiday season is here and Hampton National Historic Site is getting ready for its annual celebration. I recently spoke with Board Member Gayle Economos about Holidays at Hampton 2024.
Thursday 12/05/24 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 3 LISZT: Dante Symphony Manfred Honeck, conductor; Leif Ove Andsnes, piano; Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh
Playlist: Dec/05/24
10:26 PM Max Bruch — Scottish Fantasy Opus: 46Conductor: Leonard SlatkinEnsemble: Chicago Symphony OrchestraCho-Liang Lin, violinCBS/Sony, 42315 10:07 PM Claude Debussy — Six Epigraphes Antiques Francois-Joel Thiollier,pianoNaxos, 8553291 9:32 PM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Symphony No. 36 Key: C major Conductor: Sir Neville MarrinerAngel/EMI, 86107 9:21 PM Paul Dukas — The Sorcerer’s Apprentice Yuja Wang, […]
Wednesday 12/04/24 European Broadcasting Union!
11:00 PM ORCHESTRA Bavarian Radio Symphony CONDUCTOR Krzysztof Urbański SOLOISTS Evgeny Kissin, piano Sergei Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3, Op. 30 Dmitri Shostakovich Symphony No. 10, Op. 93
