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NatPhil favorite, Violinist Melissa White Performs Florence Price’s Violin Concerto No. 2.
I had a fun and interesting conversation with violinist Melissa White about her new violin love and the music of Florence Price. Melissa White will join the National Philharmonic to perform Florence Price’s Violin Concerto No. 2 on Saturday, April 15th at 8:00 PM at Strathmore. Tickets and information can be found at https://nationalphilharmonic.org/event/beethoven7/ […]
Music From Movies 4-09-22
7:00 PM Aaron Copland The Heiress: Suite from the Film RCA/BMG 61699 COND Leonard Slatkin ORCH St Louis Symphony Orchestra 7:09 PM James Horner Apollo 13 selections MCA 11241 COND James Horner ORCH Studio Orchestra 7:45 PM Jerry Goldsmith First Knight: Original Soundtrack Epic 67270 COND Jerry Goldsmith ORCH Studio Orchestra
Vocalise 4-08-23
8:00 PM Johann Strauss II Voices of Spring Op 410 DG/Archiv 419616 COND Herbert von Karajan ORCH Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra SOLO Kathleen Battle, soprano 8:10 PM Hector Berlioz Les Nuits d’Ete (Summer Nights) Op 7 PBO 1 COND Nicholas McGegan ORCH Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra SOLO Lorraine Hunt, soprano 8:43 PM Franz Schubert Fruhlingstraum RCA/BMG 63147 […]
4-8-2023 Music In Maryland. Jewish Music for Passover!
Chag Sameakh! I compiled some of my favorite Jewish Music for Passover…back to Music in Maryland Next Week! 6:00 PM 9280 Sergei Prokofiev Overture on Hebrew Themes Op 34 Harm Mundi 901419 ORCH Ensemble Walter Boeykens 8:35 C 1 1-1 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6:09 PM 6782 Julius Chajes Israeli Melodies Centaur 2140 COND Alan Heatherington ORCH […]
4-8-23 Face The Music Listings!
This week we re-visit a really fine show which features the late Tuba Player Ed Goldstein in amazing form. Our other panelists were Phil Greenfield from the American Record Guide and writer/pianist Kris Faatz. It a great show worth hearing again. PLAY DATE: Sat, 04/8/2023 Joseph Haydn Piano Sonata No. 46 in A-Flat HOB 16 […]
BookNotes reflects on Poetry Month
“Always be a poet, even in prose.” April is Poetry Month and my guest is educator, speaker, facilitator, poet, and writer, Judy Sorum Brown, whose work encompasses both poetry and prose.
Music From Movies 4-02-22
7:00 PM Elmer Bernstein The Great Escape: Theme Denon 75288 COND Elmer Bernstein ORCH Royal Philharmonic Pops Orch. 7:07 PM Elmer Bernstein Hollywood and the Stars Denon 75288 COND Elmer Bernstein ORCH Royal Philharmonic Pops Orch. 7:11 PM Elmer Bernstein The Age Of Innocence: Theme […]
A Good Friday offering from Music at St. David’s
For Good Friday, Music at St. David’s is presenting a program that draws on medieval imagery and symbolism. Douglas Buchanan, Director of Music Ministries, came in to talk about it.
Vocalise 4-01-23
8:00 PM Joseph Haydn Te Deum in C HOB 23 Philips 470286 COND John Eliot Gardiner ORCH English Baroque Soloists SOLO Monteverdi Choir 8:10 PM Sergei Rachmaninoff The Bells Op 35 Choral Sym. on EA Poe COND Mariss Jansons ORCH Bavarian Radio Symphony SOLO Tatiana Pavlovskaya, soprano SOLO Oleg Dolgov, tenor SOLO Alexey Markov, baritone […]
4-1-23 Music in Maryland. Happy Birthday Sergei Rachmaninoff
On this day we celebrate the 150th birthday of Sergei Rachmaninoff. The Baltimore Symphony did some excellent recordings of his music with David Zinman back in the day. The Symphonic Dances is particularly spectacular…and there is nothing wrong with Leon Fleisher playing the Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini with George Szell and the Cleveland […]
