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Toccata listings for 5/5/24
On tonight’s program, a harpsichord partita by a contemporary of J.S. Bach, and music for Bandoneon and orchestra. Thanks so much for listening, and enjoy! 6:01 PM 43474 Christoph Graupner Harpsichord Partita No. 7 in e GWV 107 Analekta 9116 SOLO Genevieve Soly, harpsichord 26:12 C 1 14-21 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6:31 PM 46781 Astor Piazzolla Five […]
Wednesday 5/01/24 SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
11:00 PM CONDUCTOR: Esa-Pekka Salonen SOLOIST: Bertrand Chamayou, piano* Modest Mussorgsky (ed. Kikor, G; rev. Mcalister, Clark): A Night on Bald Mountain Franz Liszt: Totentanz* Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14
A swansong for Mark Cudek
Having founded the Peabody Renaissance Ensemble thirty-six years ago in 1988, Mark Cudek will conduct the group for the last time in a concert called “Music for Joan the Mad,” inspired by Marjorie Sandor’s book “The Secret Music at Tordesillas,” at Peabody and St. David’s Roland Park. Please click on the link below […]
Music From Movies 4-28-24
7:00 PM Dave Grusin On Golden Pond, Main Theme Telarc 80243 COND Erich Kunzel ORCH Cincinnati Pops Orchestra SOLO William Tritt, piano 7:06 PM Dave Grusin The Firm: Mitch and Abby Zoho 2007 SOLO Dave Grusin, piano 7:10 PM John Barry Deadfall: Romance for Guitar & Orchestra Silva 1055 COND Nic Raine […]
Vocalise 4-27-24
8:00 PM Leonard Bernstein One Hand, One Heart Warner Clas 33485 COND Patrick Summers ORCH BBC Symphony Orchestra SOLO Ailyn Perez, Soprano SOLO Stephen Costello, tenor 8:06 PM Richard Strauss Four Last Songs London 4834883 COND Esa-Pekka Salonen ORCH Philharmonia Orchestra SOLO Lise Davidsen, soprano 8:31 PM Sir Arnold Bax Enchanted Summer from “Prometheus Unbound […]
Toccata listings for 4/28/24
On tonight’s program, two works written for the pedal piano–one played on the pedal piano, the other on the organ, plus a piano concerto by an American composer. Thanks so much for listening, and enjoy! 6:01 PM 47966 Robert Schumann Fugue on B-A-C-H for pedal piano in B-Fl ArsProd 38011 SOLO Martin Schmeding, pedal […]
Music From Movies 4-21-24
7:00 PM John Williams Jurassic Park: Suite Telarc 80342 COND Erich Kunzel ORCH Cincinnati Pops Orchestra 7:07 PM Yann Tiersen La Valse d’Amelie DG/Archiv 4797528 SOLO Lang Lang, piano 7:11 PM Victor Young The Quiet Man Silva 1118 COND Kenneth Alwyn ORCH Dublin Screen Orchestra 7:51 PM Bernard Herrmann North by Northwest: Suite Unicorn 2080 […]
Vocalise 4-20-24
8:00 PM George Frederich Handel Rodelinda: Mio Caro bene DG/Archiv 4853569 COND Patrick Summers ORCH Metropolitan Opera Orchestra SOLO Renee Fleming, soprano 8:06 PM Vincenzo Bellini Il Pirata: “…Col sorriso d’innocenza” DG/Archiv 4853569 COND Bruno Campanella ORCH Metropolitan Opera Orchestra SOLO Renee Fleming, soprano 8:12 PM Dmitri Shostakovich From Jewish Folk Poetry Op 79 London […]
BookNotes Review April 2024
Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder Salmon Rushdie The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War Erik Larson The Backyard Bird Chronicles Amy Tan The Cemetery of Untold Stories Julia Alvarez Table for Two Amor Towles
Toccata listings for 4/21/24
On tonight’s program, clavichord music by C.P.E. Bach, organ music by Jehan Alain, and a piano concerto by Felix Draeseke. Thanks so much for listening, and enjoy! 6:01 PM 29809 Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Sonata No.4 in d WQ 50 Titanic 186 SOLO Bernard Brauchli, clavichord 16:22 C 1 2-4 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6:21 PM 14520 […]
