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East Germany’s Stasi and America’s CIA on BookNotes
The 13th novel of spy craft and international intrigue by former foreign correspondent for the Baltimore Sun, Dan Fesperman, is called Winter Work, and it’s set during the chaotic first months after the Berlin Wall came down.
Chesapeake Shakespeare Company almost has the key to the door
Twenty years ago, a small group of gifted and optimistic artists opened a brand-new Shakespeare company in Ellicott City on a shoestring budget, and now the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company is looking forward to a year-long 20th anniversary season. I spoke with Producing Executive Director, Lesley Malin.
Music From Movies 7-31-22
7:00 PM James Horner- Field of Dreams (Selections) Telarc 80468 COND Erich Kunzel ORCH Cincinnati Pops Orchestra 7:04 PM Vangelis- Chariots of Fire: Main Theme Telarc 80168 COND Erich Kunzel ORCH Cincinnati Pops Orchestra 7:11 PM […]
Vocalise 7-30-22
8:00 PM Franz Schubert- An die Musik D 547 DG/Archiv 435145 SOLO Fritz Wunderlich, tenor SOLO Hubert Giesen, piano 8:03 PM Henry Purcell- Music for a While DG/Archiv 415361 SOLO Kathleen Battle, soprano 8:08 PM Ralph Vaughan Williams- Serenade to Music Telarc 80676 COND Robert Spano ORCH Atlanta Symphony Orchestra SOLO and Chorus 8:21 PM […]
Vocalise At the Movies 7-23-22
8:00 PM Traditional La Biondina in gondoleta DG/Archiv 22627 ORCH Venice Baroque Orchestra SOLO Avi Avital, Mandolin SOLO Juan Diego Florez, tenor 8:06 PM Karl Jenkins In These Stones Horizons Sing Angel/EMI 57966 COND Karl Jenkins ORCH West Kazakhstan Philharmonic SOLO Bryn Terfel, baritone SOLO Serendipity Chorus SOLO Cardiff Choir 8:23 PM Francis Poulenc Deux […]
Shriver Hall’s ’22–’23 season
The Shriver Hall Concert Series is already looking ahead to its 2022–2023 season and Executive Director, Catherine Cochran, came in to talk about it.
Music From Movies 7-17-22
7:00 PM Elmer Bernstein The Man With the Golden Arm: Theme Denon 75288 COND Elmer Bernstein ORCH Royal Philharmonic Pops Orch. 7:06 PM Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet No. 15: 3rd Movement DG/Archiv 4775705 ORCH Hagen Quartet 7:23 PM Miklos Rozsa El Cid: Music from the Film Koch […]
Vocalise At the Movies 7-16-22
8:00 PM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart- Magic Flute: “Papagena! Papagena London 443817 COND Sir Georg Solti ORCH Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra SOLO Hermann Prey, baritone 5:11 C 1 12-12 8:06 PM Sir Edward Elgar- The Dream of Gerontius Part I Angel/EMI 66540 COND Sir Adrian Boult ORCH New Philharmonia Orchestra SOLO John Alldis Choir SOLO Nicolai Gedda, […]
BookNotes Review July 2022
JULY 2022 BOOKNOTES REVIEW LINEUP Joan A Novel of Joan of Arc Katherine J. Chen Agent Josephine American Beauty, French Hero, British Spy Damien Lewis James Patterson by James Patterson The Stories of My Life Rebel with a Clause Tales and Tips from a Roving Grammarian Ellen Jovin
Top 10 Desert Island Recordings, for Now…
People sometimes ask who my favorite composer is, or what my favorite piece of music is. I don’t have a favorite anything, so I tend to go blank when asked these questions. There is simply too much to choose from, especially with classical music. I also tend to be in the moment with music. So, […]
