Archive for February, 2025
Monday 02/24/25 New York Philharmonic
11:00 PM Conductor: Alan Gilbert Soloists: Yefim Bronfman, piano TCHAIKOVSKY: Polonaise from Eugen Onegin PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16 RACHMANINOFF: Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27
Mahler’s Fourth Symphony with Heyward
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s Music Director Jonathon Heyward conducts Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 featuring soprano Julia Bullock in the finale. Heyward and Bullock also collaborate on Jessie Montgomery’s Five Freedom Songs. It was a pleasure to speak with Jonathon by phone about the program.
Playlist: Feb/24/25
10:24 PM Camille Saint-Saens — Piano Concerto No. 3 Key: E flat major Opus: 29Conductor: Andre PrevinEnsemble: Royal Philharmonic OrchestraJean-Philippe Collard, pianoAngel/EMI, 86245 10:09 PM Takashi Yoshimatsu — Water color Scalar Shin-ichi Fukuda,guitarDenon, 18053 9:32 PM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Symphony No. 40 Key: G minor Conductor: Sir Charles MackerrasTelarc, 80139 9:19 PM Hector Berlioz […]
Playlist: Feb/23/25
8:37 PM Leevi Madetoja — Symphony No. 1 Key: F major Opus: 29Conductor: John StorgardsOndine, 1211 8:28 PM Frederic Chopin — Nocturne No. 17 Key: B major Opus: 62Van Cliburn, pianoRCA/BMG, 68813 8:01 PM Joaquin Rodrigo — Concierto Andaluz for 4 Guitars & Orch. Conductor: Enrique BatizEnsemble: State of Mexico SymphonyAlfonso Moreno, guitarMinerva Garibay, guitarCeillia […]
Playlist: Feb/22/25
8:52 PM George Frederich Handel — Samson: Let the Bright Seraphim Conductor: Gerard SchwarzEnsemble: Columbia Chamber SymphonyJudith Blegen, sopranoGerard Schwarz, trumpetCBS/Sony, 62646 8:40 PM George Frederich Handel — Sweet Bird Kathleen Battle, sopranoJean-Pierre Rampal, fluteAnthony Newman, harpsichordCBS/Sony, 53106 8:34 PM George Frederich Handel — Giulio Cesare, “La Giustizia ha gia sull Conductor: Nicholas McGeganEnsemble: Philharmonia […]
Toccata listings for 2/23/25
On tonight’s program, a major organ work by Maurice Durifle and a piano concerto by a Swiss composer. Thanks so much for listening, and enjoy! 6:01 PM 4231 Maurice Durufle Prelude,Adagio, & Chorale w/ Var. on ‘Veni Creator Delos 3047 SOLO Todd Wilson, organ 21:12 C 1 1-1 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6:26 PM 43594 Hans Huber […]
Playlist: Feb/21/25
11:36 PM Ralph Vaughan Williams — Symphony No. 2 Conductor: Andre PrevinTelarc, 80138 11:18 PM Erik Satie — Sports et Divertissements Jean-Yves Thibaudet, pianoLondon, 473620 10:14 PM Gustav Mahler — Symphony No. 4 Key: G major Conductor: Lorin MaazelEnsemble: Vienna Philharmonic OrchestraKathleen Battle, sopranoCBS/Sony, 39072 10:07 PM Felix Mendelssohn — A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Scherzo […]
Thursday 02/20/25 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM HAYDN: Symphony No. 22, “The Philosopher” DANIELPOUR: Darkness in the Ancient Valley STRAUSS: Also Sprach Zarathustra Christoph Konig, conductor; Hila Plitman, soprano
Playlist: Feb/20/25
10:12 PM Johannes Brahms — Piano Quintet Key: F minor Opus: 34Ensemble: Emerson String QuartetLeon Fleisher, pianoDG/Archiv, 8718 9:58 PM Gioacchino Rossini — William Tell: Overture Conductor: Fritz ReinerRCA/BMG, 60387 9:34 PM Ruth Gipps — Symphony No. 2, Op. 30 Conductor: Rumon GambaChandos, 20078 9:07 PM Joseph Haydn — String Quartet No. 63 Key: B […]
Wednesday 02/19/25 The Cleveland Orchestra
11:00 PM CONDUCTOR: Rafael Payare, ARTISTS: Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano Leonard Bernstein: Symphony No. 2 ‘The Age of Anxiety’ Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in d Op 47
