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BookNotes eavesdrops on the art of collaboration in chamber music
Annie Fullard, Director of Chamber Music at Peabody Conservatory and founding member of the Cavani String Quartet, along with Dorianne Cotter-Lockard, who is on the faculty at Saybrook University and consults in the areas of team collaboration and music education, have published a book called The Art of Collaboration: Chamber Music Rehearsal Techniques and Team Building, […]
The Four W’s: Guest blog post by Douglas Blackstone
I’m always happy to hear the Strauss Oboe Concerto on WBJC, as it’s a wonderful piece, one of Richard Strauss’ best works, classical in form and free of the operatic dissonance that characterized his later works. It’s also a pleasure to hear the Philadelphia Orchestra recording with Richard Woodhams as soloist. Richard (Dick) Woodhams was […]
Toccata listings for 4/6/25
On tonight’s program, a major organ work by Franck, C.P.E Bach with a sad good bye, and a concerto for pedal piano. thanks for listening, and enjoy! 6:01 PM 10854 Cesar Franck Grande Piece Symphonique Op 17 Telarc 80234 SOLO Michael Murray, organ 26:26 C 2 2-2 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6:32 PM 29810 Carl Philipp Emanuel […]
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 […]
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 […]
2-22-22 Face The Music Listings!
Greetings! Some really nice recordings this week…We loved the Handel and the Hahn…The others not so much! composer pianist John Bowen and Dave Donovan FTM Panelist Emeritus were our guests! 5:00 PM 16368 Kurt Weill Concerto for Violin & Wind Orchestra OpConcerto 2071 COND Jeffrey Tate ORCH San Carlo Theatre soloists SOLO Gabriele Pieranunzi, violin […]
Leif Ove Andsnes returns to Baltimore after 25 years
The Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes returns to Baltimore for a Shriver Hall Concert Series recital this Sunday. His program features sonatas by two of his compatriots, Edvard Grieg and Geirr Tveitt, along with the cycle of 24 Preludes by Frédéric Chopin. It was my pleasure to talk to him by phone. […]
Reimagining Monteverdi with IN Series’ POPPEA
IN SERIES TO PRESENT POPPEA, MARCH 21st-23rd at BALTIMORE THEATRE PROJECT When Claudio Monteverdi capped an illustrious, sometimes contentious career with his final opera, L’incoronazione di Poppaea, in the 1640s, he provided a vivid example of some of his most forward-thinking and experimental notions. Ideas at once innovative and imitative, radical and neo-classical, pursuing a […]
Toccata listings for 3/16/25
On tonight’s program, an organ sonata from France, music for piano 4 hands, and a 20th century harpsichord concerto. Thanks for listening, and enjoy! 6:01 PM 16705 Alexandre Guilmant Sonata No. 2 in D Op 50 MD+G 3340 SOLO Ben van Oosten, organ 18:02 C 1 4-6 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6:23 PM 29239 Leopold Godowsky Miscellaneous […]
St. David’s 49th Annual Baltimore Bach Marathon
This year’s Bach Marathon features selections of organ music, the Well-Tempered Clavier Vol. 1, and the cantata Christ lag in Todesbanden. I spoke with Director of Music Ministries and pianist, Douglas Buchanan.
