Archive for March, 2025
Of Beowulf, bards, and bar room bros (Taffety Punk style)
Like JRR Tolkien, Seamus Heaney, and countless other saga-spinners and wordsmiths before, Marcus Kyd has long found himself fascinated by, maybe even a little obsessed with, the epic tale of Beowulf. Enough so that this redoubtable, fearless, multi-talented actor-director-producer–one of the founders and longtime company members of Taffety Punk theater ensemble–considered memorizing and reciting the […]
Monday 03/31/25 New York Philharmonic
11:00 PM BRAHMS: A German Requiem Ying Fang, soprano Matthias Goerne, baritone Concert Chorale of NY Jaap van Zweden, conductor
Playlist: Mar/31/25
10:31 PM Johann Sebastian Bach — Harpsichord Concerto No.1 Key: D minor Conductor: Leonard BernsteinEnsemble: Columbia Symphony OrchestraGlenn Gould, pianoCBS/Sony, 60211 10:05 PM Georges Bizet — Jeux D’Enfants Opus: 22Conductor: Martin WestReference, 131 9:38 PM Joseph Haydn — Symphony No.100 Key: G major Conductor: Adam FischerNimbus, 5200 9:19 PM Percy Aldridge Grainger — Lincolnshire Posy […]
Playlist: Mar/30/25
8:41 PM Moritz Moszkowski — Polish Folk Dances Marquis, 81241 7:46 PM John Williams — Empire of the Sun WarnerBros, 25668 7:34 PM Johannes Brahms — String Sextet No. 1: Variations Opus: 18Chandos, 9151 7:20 PM Hans Zimmer — The Lion King (Selections) Conductor: Nick Glennie-Smith , 1994 7:04 PM Maurice Jarre — Shogun Conductor: […]
Playlist: Mar/29/25
8:57 PM Bruno Coulais — Les Christes: In Memoriam Conductor: James FitzpatrickSilva, 1464 8:32 PM Ludwig van Beethoven — Symphony No.9: 4th Mvt. “Ode to Joy” Opus: 125Conductor: Sir Georg SoltiEnsemble: Chicago Symphony OrchestraChicago Symphony ChorusJessye Norman, sopranoReinhild Runkel, altoRobert Schunk, tenorHans Sotin, bassLondon, 417800 8:27 PM Vangelis — Conquest of Paradise: Main Theme Conductor: […]
Toccata listings for 3/30/25
On tonight’s program, Debussy for 4 pianos,, the first of the 6 Trio Sonatas for organ by Bach, and Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto for the Left hand. Thanks for listening, and enjoy! 6:01 PM 1181 Claude Debussy Jeux (Poeme dansee) RadioNed 93005 SOLO Yoko Abe, Piano SOLO Gerard van Blerk, piano SOLO Maarten Bon,piano SOLO Sepp […]
Playlist: Mar/28/25
11:37 PM Ludwig van Beethoven — Piano Concerto No. 5 Key: E flat major Opus: 73Conductor: Sir Georg SoltiEnsemble: Cologne Radio Symphony Orch.Wilhelm Backhaus, pianoMedici, 6 11:25 PM Manuel de Falla — Canciones Espanolas Augustin Hadelich, violinPablo Sainz Villegas, GuitarAvie, 2280 10:59 PM Sergei Rachmaninoff — Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Opus: 43Conductor: Eugene […]
Thursday 03/27/25 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM RAUTAVAARA: Cantus Articus, “Concerto for Birds and Orchestra” BERNSTEIN: Serenade (after Plato’s Symposium) SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 5 Jacob Joyce, conductor; James Ehnes, violin
Playlist: Mar/27/25
10:23 PM Joseph Haydn — Symphony No.103 Key: E flat major Conductor: Sir Neville MarrinerLondon, 4843214 9:44 PM Sergei Prokofiev — Sinfonia Concertante for Cello & Orch. Key: E minor Opus: 125Conductor: Seiji OzawaEnsemble: London Symphony OrchestraMstislav Rostropovich, celloErato, 45332 9:28 PM Frederic Chopin — Mazurkas Opus: 17Garrick Ohlsson, pianoArabesque, 6730 9:17 PM Franz von […]
Wednesday 03/26/25 The Cleveland Orchestra
11:00 PM CONDUCTOR: Daniel Harding ARTISTS: Liv Redpath, soprano Betsy Jolas: Ces belles années… [U.S. Premiere, TCO Co-Commission] Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 4 in G
