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Music From Movies 11-26-23
7:00 PM Henry Mancini Charade from the movie “Charade” RCA/BMG 60393 COND Arthur Fiedler ORCH Boston Pops Orchestra 7:05 PM Henry Mancini Baby Elephant Walk from Hatari Telarc 80183 COND Erich Kunzel ORCH Cincinnati Pops Orchestra 7:09 PM Ennio Morricone Sergio Leone Suite CBS/Sony 93456 COND Ennio […]
Vocalise 11-25-23
8:00 PM Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Sadko: Song of India London 4788305 COND Cornelius Meister ORCH ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orch SOLO Aida Garifullina, soprano 8:05 PM Karl Jenkins Requiem Angel/EMI 57966 COND Karl Jenkins ORCH West Kazakhstan Philharmonic SOLO Serendipity Chorus SOLO Cardiff Choir
Toccata listings for 11/26/23
On tonight’s program, an organ work by Bach that is better known in an orchestral arrangement, A choral work by Brahms, arranged for 4 hands by the composer, and a work for piano and orchestra by Tchaikovsky that started out as a symphony. Thanks for listening, and enjoy! 6:00 PM 4052 Johann Sebastian Bach Fantasy […]
Music From Movies 11-19-23
7:00 PM Vince Guaraldi Linus and Lucy Mark 8083 ORCH Hal Leonard Orchestra 7:04 PM Johann Sebastian Bach Harpsichord Concerto No. 5 in f BWV 1056 Avie 2207 COND Jeannette Sorrell ORCH Apollo’s Fire SOLO Jeannette Sorrell, harpsichord 7:16 PM Alexandre Desplat Fantastic Mr. Fox Abkco 2009 COND Alexandre Desplat ORCH Studio […]
Vocalise 11-18-23
8:00 PM George Frederich Handel Semele: Endless Pleasure Endless Love London 3160 COND Harry Bicket ORCH Orch of Age of Enlightenment SOLO Renee Fleming, soprano ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8:05 PM Giuseppe Verdi La Traviata: “Di provenza il mar” London 443828 COND John Pritchard ORCH Orch. of Maggio Musicale SOLO Robert Merrill, baritone ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8:11 PM Reynaldo Hahn […]
BookNotes Review November 2023
My Name is Barbra Barbra Streisand To Free the Captives: A Plea for the American Soul Tracy K. Smith The Revolutionary Temper: Paris, 1748-1789 Robert Darnton Day: A Novel Michael Cunningham
Toccata listings for 11/19/23
On tonight’s program, French Baroque harpsichord music, and a Romantic Piano Concerto. thanks for listening, and enjoy! 6:00 PM 40063 Jean-Henry d’Anglebert Harpsichord Suite in g Centaur 2435 SOLO Byron Schenkman,harpsichord 18:33 C 1 4-9 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6:22 PM 37435 Joseph Marx Piano Concerto, Romantic Hyperion 66990 COND Osmo Vanska ORCH BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestr SOLO […]
Folger Theatre’s homecoming production is The Winter’s Tale
The Winter’s Tale by Shakespeare is considered one of his “problem” plays. Hadi Tabbal is making his Folger Theatre debut playing Leontes, and I spoke to him about working through some of the perceived problems within the play.
The Tacáks at Shriver with music inspired by the natural world
A program of Haydn, Beethoven, and the premier of a quartet by Nokuthula Ngwenyama—an American composer of Zimbabwean-Japanese heritage—will be offered by the Takács Quartet on Sunday, November 19th at 5:30 pm. I spoke by phone to the quartet’s violist, Richard O’Neill.
Music From Movies 11-12-23
7:00 PM John Williams Saving Private Ryan: Hymn Silva 1098 COND Paul Bateman ORCH City of Prague Philharmonic SOLO The Crouch End Festival Chorus 7:08 PM Samuel Barber Adagio for Strings Op 11 Argo 436288 COND David Zinman ORCH Baltimore Symphony Orchestra 7:18 PM Elmer Bernstein The Great Escape: Theme Denon 75288 COND Elmer Bernstein […]
