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Toccata listings for 1/1/23
On this first day of the New Year, we will hear variations on a traditional New Year song, an organ sonata by Mendelssohn, and a piano concerto by a friend of Brahms, Ignaz Brull. Thanks for listening, and enjoy! Happy New Year! 6:00 PM 38989 Franz Waxman Auld Lang Syne Variations for String Orc. […]
Music From Movies 12-25-22
7:00 PM Vince Guaraldi Christmastime is Here Telarc 80538 COND Erich Kunzel ORCH Cincinnati Pops Orchestra SOLO Children’s choir School… 7:13 PM Richard Addinsell A Christmas Carol suite Telarc 88801 COND David Newman ORCH Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 7:29 PM Maurice Jarre Doctor Zhivago: Suite from the Film Silva 1047 COND Paul Bateman ORCH City of […]
Vocalise 12-24-22
8:00 PM Traditional Once in Royal David’s City Testament 1121 COND Boris Ord ORCH Choir of King’s College, Cambr ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8:06 PM Traditional Dudele RCA/BMG 61687 ORCH RCA Victor Orchestra SOLO Jan Peerce, tenor ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8:11 PM Chaim Parchi Aleih Neiri (Rise up, my light) Cedille 90000107 ORCH Chicago a cappella ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8:15 PM Ariel […]
Toccata listings for 12/2522
On tonight’s program, Christmas music played on the accordion, the organ, the piano, and the harpsichord! Thanks for listening, Merry Christmas, and happy Chanukkah! 6:00 PM 28300 Willard A. Palmer Sonatina on Three Christmas Carols SoliDeoGlo 1 SOLO Henry Doktorski,accordion 7:10 C 1 18-20 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6:09 PM 47156 Camille Saint-Saens Rhapsodies on Breton Themes […]
Vocalise 12-17-22
8:00 PM Anonymous Noel Nouvelet (15th Cent.French Carol) Philips 454640 COND David Robertson SOLO Jessye Norman, soprano SOLO Saint Thomas Choir SOLO Riverside Choir SOLO Saint Barnabas Choir SOLO Harry Huff,organ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8:03 PM Ed Henderson Milagros de Navidad Miracles of ChristmaSoundset 1005 COND Jon Washburn ORCH Phoenix Bach Choir ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8:22 PM William Ferris […]
December BookNotes Review
The Jeffersonians: The Visionary Presidencies of Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe Kevin Gutzman The Tudors in Love: Passion and Politics in the Age of England’s Most Famous Dynasty Sarah Gristwood Stella Maris Cormac McCarthy A Book of Days Patti Smith
Toccata listings for 12/18/22
On tonight’s program, “The Nutcracker” for piano, organ music by Bach that may or may not have been intended for the Christmas holidays, and a piano concerto by a contemporary of Schubert. Thanks so much for listening, and enjoy! 6:00 PM 2917 Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker: Suite Op 71 Melodiya 25181 SOLO Mikhail Pletnev, […]
Vocalise 12-10-22
8:00 PM Traditional Seeds of Hope Erato 646515 COND Maxim Emelyanychev, conductor ORCH Il Pomo d’Oro SOLO Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8:04 PM 46673 George Frederich Handel Theodora: “As with rosy steps” Erato 646515 COND Maxim Emelyanychev, conductor ORCH Il Pomo d’Oro SOLO Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8:12 PM 10074 Gerald Finzi Dies natalis cantata […]
Toccata listings for 12/11/22
On tonight’s program, it’s all about duets. We have a music for two organs, a work for organ and harpsichord, and a 20th century concerto for two pianos! Thanks for listening, and enjoy! 6:00 PM 53841 Lodovico Viadana La Veronese fr. Sinfonie Musicali Christopho 77141 SOLO Ingemar Melchersson, organ SOLO Rupert Gorrfried Frieberger, o […]
Music From Movies 12-18-22
7:00 PM Albert Hague You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch Mercury 1966 ORCH Studio Orchestra 7:03 PM Danny Elfman Nightmare Before Christmas: Overture Disney 1 ORCH Studio Orchestra 7:04 PM Danny Elfman Nightmare Before Christmas: What’s This?Disney 1 ORCH Studio Orchestra SOLO Danny Elfman, tenor 7:07 PM Danny Elfman […]
