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Archive for April, 2025

Apr. 30 2025

Wednesday 04/30/25 San Francisco Symphony

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11:00 PM ORCHESTRA:                       San Francisco Symphony CONDUCTOR:                      Michael Tilson Thomas SOLOISTS:                            Angel Blue, soprano; Tamara Mumford, mezzo-soprano; Ben Bliss, tenor; Dashon Burton, baritone; SFS Chorus   Ludwig van Beethoven:          Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Opus 125  

Apr. 30 2025

Playlist: Apr/30/25

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10:22 PM Benjamin Britten — Piano Concerto Opus: 13Conductor: Emil TabakovEnsemble: London Symphony OrchestraElizabeth Joy Roe, pianoLondon, 4788189 9:59 PM Joseph Haydn — String Quartet No. 61 Key: D minor Opus: 76Angel/EMI, 56166 9:44 PM Gioacchino Rossini — William Tell: Overture Conductor: Riccardo ChaillyLondon, 417154 8:52 PM Franz Schubert — Symphony No. 9 Key: C […]

Apr. 29 2025

Tuesday 4/29/25 Chicago Symphony Orchestra

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11:00 PM Richard Strauss            Excerpt from Don Juan, Op. 20 Fritz Reiner conductor   Sauli Zinovjev             Batteria   Dmitri Shostakovich     Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major, Op. 107   Pēteris Vasks                Gramata cellam: II. Dolcissimo (encore) Sol Gabetta cello   Dmitri Shostakovich     Symphony No. 10 in E Minor, […]

Apr. 29 2025

Playlist: Apr/29/25

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10:06 PM Sir Edward Elgar — Violin Concerto Key: B minor Opus: 61Conductor: Sir Colin DavisEnsemble: London Symphony OrchestraHilary Hahn, violinDG/Archiv, 3026 9:52 PM Johann Sebastian Bach — Toccata Key: C minor Angela Hewitt, pianoHyperion, 67310 9:40 PM Johann Strauss II — An Artist’s Life: Waltz Opus: 316Conductor: Peter GuthNaxos, 554517 9:25 PM Mauro Giuliani […]

Apr. 28 2025

Fall Head over Heels for this upbeat Arcadia

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Pack up your go-go boots and head on down to Constellation Theatre in DC, where you can celebrate the advent of spring in all its amorous, chaotic glory with a modern musical adaptation of Sir Philip Sidney’s 16th-century pastoral-romantic classic, The Arcadia, running May 1st through June 1st in a revival directed by Allison Arkell […]

Apr. 28 2025

Monday 04/28/25 New York Philharmonic

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11:00 PM HINDEMITH:                                                Violin Concerto Charles Rex, violin Zubin Mehta, conductor   BEETHOVEN:                                               Triple Concerto Leonard Bernstein, piano John Corigliano, violin Laszlo Varga, cello   CORIGLIANO:                                              Clarinet Concerto Stanley Drucker, clarinet Zubin Mehta, conductor   VIVALDI/CASELLA:                                   Concerto for Diverse Instruments in C John Corigliano Sr., violin Giovanni Vicari, mandolin Carlo de Filippos, mandolin […]

Apr. 28 2025

Playlist: Apr/28/25

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10:34 PM Maurice Ravel — Piano Concerto Key: G major Conductor: Claudio AbbadoEnsemble: London Symphony OrchestraMartha Argerich, pianoDG/Archiv, 4794647 10:06 PM Antonin Dvorak — Serenade for Winds Key: D minor Opus: 44DG/Archiv, 415364 9:53 PM Ludwig van Beethoven — The Consecration of the House: Overture Key: C major Opus: 124Conductor: Claudio AbbadoDG/Archiv, 429762 9:20 PM […]

Apr. 27 2025

Playlist: Apr/27/25

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8:44 PM Franz Schubert — Rondo Brillant for Violin and Piano Key: B minor Opus: 70Jaime Laredo, violinStephanie Brown, pianoDorian, 901371 8:00 PM Michael Giacchino — UP (Soundtrack) Conductor: Tim Simonec , 2009 7:56 PM Alan Menken — Beauty and the Beast: Theme Conductor: John WilliamsCBS/Sony, 62788 7:49 PM Harold Arlen — The Wizard of […]

Apr. 26 2025

4-26-25 Face The Music Listings

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This week we have an all new show with pianist Lisa Weiss, music producer Steve Menscher and Phil Greenfield from The American Record Guide. PLAY DATE: Sat, 04/26/2025 5:00 PM 1232 Gabriel Faure Pelleas et Melisande Op 80 DG/Archiv 4866008 COND Daniel Barenboim Daniel BAIR ehn boym ORCH Berlin Philharmonic 17:36 C 1 4-7 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ […]

Apr. 26 2025

Playlist: Apr/26/25

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7:12 PM Sergei Prokofiev — Symphony No. 5 Key: B flat major Opus: 100Conductor: Marin AlsopNaxos, 573029 6:10 PM Sergei Prokofiev — Romeo and Juliet: Act 1 Opus: 64Conductor: Marin AlsopNaxos, 573534 6:00 PM Sergei Prokofiev — Dreams Opus: 6Conductor: Marin AlsopNaxos, 573353 5:47 PM George Frederich Handel — Zadok the Priest Conductor: Philip LedgerEnsemble: […]

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