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6-8-2024 Music In Maryland…Schumann!
Robert Schumann was born in 1810 on this day and I thought it would be nice to celebrate this troubled but brilliant master. PLAY DATE: Sat, 06/08/2024 6:00 PM 31833 Dietrich Buxtehude Chaconne (Orch. Chavez) in e CBS/Sony 110064 COND Carlos Chavez ORCH State of Mexico Symphony 7:00 L 0 0-0 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6:08 PM […]
A Point of Beauty on BookNotes
A Point of Beauty: TRUE STORIES OF HOLDING ON AND LETTING GO is the 5th book from The Moth, which is dedicated to the art and craft of unscripted, first-person storytelling. Their latest iteration includes a story from the violinist, Frank Almond, who is perhaps more famous than he would like for having had his […]
Mary Zimmerman’s Matchbox Magic Flute
Mary Zimmerman’s Matchbox Magic Flute, a collaboration between The Goodman Theatre and The Shakespeare Theatre Company, reimagines Mozart’s final opera as “a hybrid, a playful variation, more a creature of the theatre [than of] opera.” I spoke to Mary about her concept.
Toccata listings for 6/9/24
On to night’s program, A Capriccio by Bach, Evocations by Richard Strauss, and a concerto for Pedal Piano. Thanks for listening, and enjoy! 6:01 PM 403 Johann Sebastian Bach Capriccio in B-Flat BWV 992 Philips 416141 SOLO Gustav Leonhardt, harpsichord 12:39 C 1 12-17 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6:16 PM 2809 Richard Strauss Stimmungsbilder (Evocations) Op 9 […]
Music From Movies 6-02-24
7:00 PM Maurice Jarre Lawrence of Arabia: Overture CBS/Sony 62788 COND John Williams ORCH London Symphony Orchestra 3:42 C 1 1-1 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7:05 PM 34644 John Barry Mary, Queen of Scots: Suite from the FilSilva 1055 COND Nic Raine ORCH City of Prague Philharmonic 11:16 C 1 12-14 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7:18 PM 51172 Trevor Jones The […]
Vocalise 6-02-24
8:00 PM George Frederich Handel Pleasure’s Aria (As a cloud…) London 5151 COND Marc Minkowski ORCH Musicians of the Louvre SOLO Cecilia Bartoli, mezzo-soprano 5:10 C 1 7-7 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8:07 PM 48570 Sir Edward Elgar Dream of Gerontius Part II Angel/EMI 66540 COND Sir Adrian Boult AY dree ehn Bolt ORCH New Philharmonia Orchestra SOLO […]
6-1-24 Music in Maryland Listings!
PLAY DATE: Sat, 06/01/2024 6:00 PM 83 Max Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 in g Op 26 RCA/BMG 61739 COND Sir Malcolm Sargent Malcolm SAR jehnt ORCH London Symphony Orchestra SOLO Jascha Heifetz, violin YAH shuh HIGH fihts 22:02 C 1 6-8 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6:23 PM 51286 Florence Price Symphony No. 1 in e DG/Archiv 34879 […]
6-1-24 Face The Music Listings!
This week our panel was John Bowen and Jed Gaylan from the Hopkins and Bay Atlantic Orchestras. We really liked the Prokofiev, hated the Bizet and felt that Mr. Flores should stick to Offenbach, which he is brilliant at and leave the Werther alone! We were intrigued by the Francaix…which I want to hear all […]
Toccata listings for 6/2/24
On tonight’s program, a French organ sonata, some fun with Erik Satie, and a concerto played on a Tangent Piano. thanks for listening, and enjoy! 6:01 PM 16706 Alexandre Guilmant Sonata No. 3 in c Op 56 MD+G 3340 SOLO Ben van Oosten, organ 13:21 C 1 7-9 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6:17 PM 8978 Erik Satie […]
Nino Rota – The Godfather of Movie Music
The first two Godfather films are among my all-time favorite movies. (I haven’t seen the third one in its entirety as people are so fond of slamming it, but I’ll get around to it one of these days.) Composer Nino Rota wrote the scores for the first two Godfather films and had a hand in […]
