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Candlelight Concerts 50th Season!
I recently had the chance to talk to Irina Caplan Lande, artistic director of Candlelight Concerts about their upcoming 5oth season. For more information visit candlelightconcerts.org or call (410) 997-2324
Redemptions: Last Call – The Reboot
Bishop J. Charles Carrington Jr. spoke with me about the play, based on his book, “Redemptions: Last Call – The Reboot” which is being produced June 10-12 and 24-26 at the Murphy Fine Arts Center on the campus of Morgan State University. Tickets and more information are available at heartsdm.com […]
Music From Movies 6-05-22
7:00 PM Jim Parker Foyle’s War: Main Theme Harkit 1 ORCH Studio Orchestra 7:03 PM Doreen Carwithen Travel Royal Suite Dutton Epo 7266 COND Gavin Sutherland ORCH BBC Concert Orchestra 7:13 PM Jonny Greenwood Phantom Thread Suite […]
Vocalise 6-04-22
8:00 PM I’ll be celebrating to big opera birthdays, Cecilia Bartoli and Robert Merrill! Gioacchino Rossini Barber of Seville: Largo al Factotum RCA/BMG 68552 COND Erich Leinsdorf ORCH Metropolitan Opera Orchestra SOLO Robert Merrill, baritone 8:07 PM Gioacchino Rossini Barber of Seville: “Una voce poco fa” London 440947 COND Giuseppe Patane ORCH Community Theatre Orch […]
Award winning poet shares words about Juneteenth on BookNotes
Juneteenth—June Nineteenth—will be observed as a public holiday for the second year on Monday, June 20th. Award-winning poet, Brian Donnell James, shares thoughts on how poetry contributes to this commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States. “Sweet Tones, Somber Tones” Sweet tones,…Somber tones in the night sky Me all alone with […]
Toccata listings for 6/5/22
On tonight’s program, an organ work by a cousin of J.S. Bach, Polvetsian Dances for piano 4 hands, and the Piano Concert0 No. 1 by American composer Nancy Galbraith. Thanks for listening, and enjoy! 6:00 PM 53210 Johann Gottfried Walther Preludio con Fuga in G CPO 999131 SOLO Wolfgang Stockmeier, organ 11:03 C 3 […]
Music From Movies 5-29-22
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 7:07 PM Samuel Barber- Adagio for Strings Op 11 Telarc 80673 COND Robert Spano ORCH Atlanta Symphony Orchestra 7:17 PM John Williams- Born on the Fourth of July: Suite CBS/Sony 64147 […]
Vocalise 5-28-22
8:00 PM Dvorak- Goin’ Home based on Dvk Sym. #9 MTC 302 COND Craig Jessop ORCH Tabernacle Choir 8:05 PM Aaron Copland- Old American Songs CBS/Sony 60899 SOLO William Warfield, baritone SOLO Aaron Copland,piano 8:32 PM Douglas Moore- Always through the changing (Baby Doe) DG/Archiv 2469 COND Emerson Buckley ORCH New York City Opera Orchestra […]
Toccata listings for 5/29/22
On tonight’s program, a piano sonata from Russia, Bach on a pedal harpsichord, and an American organ concerto. Thanks for listening, and enjoy! 6:00 PM 26547 Alexander Glazunov Piano Sonata No.2 in e Op 75 Hyperion 66866 SOLO Stephen Coombs, piano 23:02 C 1 12-14 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6:26 PM 513 Johann Sebastian Bach Passacaglia and […]
Amplifying the voices of women and other marginalized composers
The Boulanger Initiative was founded four years ago with the objective of promoting the work of women and gender marginalized composers. Recently, I had the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Laura Colgate, Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Boulanger Initiative, to discuss the 2022 WoCo Festival, which is taking place this weekend.
