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Music From Movies 5-22-22
7:00 PM R.I.P. Vangelis Vangelis Un apres-midi Philips 416698 COND Nicholas Cleobury ORCH Royal Philharmonic Orchestra SOLO Julian Lloyd Webber, cello 8:05 PM Vangelis- Chariots of Fire: Main Theme Telarc 80168 COND Erich Kunzel ORCH Cincinnati Pops Orchestra 7:13 PM Bernard Herrmann- […]
Vocalise 5-21-22
8:00 PM John David- You are the new day Angel/EMI 49564 SOLO The King’s Singers 8:04 PM Franz Schubert- Of Spring, Love, Youth, & Nature’s Gifts Telarc 80340 COND Robert Shaw ORCH Robert Shaw Chamber Singers SOLO Members of… 8:27 PM Gabriel Faure- La bonne Chanson (The good Song) DG/Archiv 447752 SOLO Anne Sofie von […]
BookNotes Review May 2022
MAY 2022 BOOKNOTES REVIEW LINEUP THE NETANYAHUS JOSHUA COHEN INVISIBLE CHILD poverty, survival & hope in an american city ANDREA ELLIOTT THE TRAYVON GENERATION ELIZABETH ALEXANDER HAPPY-GO-LUCKY DAVID SEDARIS LIARMOUTH JOHN WATERS
5-21-22 Music In Maryland. Candlelight Concerts. Kelemen Quartet!
This week we have the Kelemen Quartet play the op. 76 # 2 ‘Fifths’ quartet by Haydn, the Bartok Quartet No. 5 and the slow movement from Schubert’s Death and the Maiden as an encore! The concert took place at Smith Theater Howard Community College on October 17, 2015. We filled with the Planets by […]
Toccata listings for 5/22/22
On tonight’s program, a big Thank You from me and J.S. Bach, a sonata for piano 4 hands and a harpsichord concerto by Bach’s oldest son. thanks for listening, and thanks for your generous support and your kind words during our recently completed spring fundraiser. The success is yours and we thank you! 6:00 […]
Boating Safety
I had the opportunity to speak to David Hyde, the Public Affairs officer for the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, Central Chesapeake Division recently about boating safety. Here are a few good websites to know: http://www.weather.gov/safety/safeboating-week http://www.safeboatingcouncil.org http://cgaux.org/vsc/ http://wow.uscgaux.info/content.php?unit+v-depat&category+virtual-safety-check For more information, you can call (301) 503-0026
Pianist Joel Fan Combines Icons and New Discoveries
Community Concerts at Second presents pianist Joel Fan performing iconic music by Beethoven, Liszt and Chopin, as well as a work written for him based on a song by Van Halen on Sunday, May 22, at 3:30 PM. Joel Fan joined me to talk about the music and his philosophy of programming. More information about […]
Music From Movies 5-15-22
8:00 PM Richard Strauss- Also Sprach Zarathustra: Opening Fanfare DG/Archiv 447441 COND Herbert von Karajan ORCH Berlin Philharmonic 7:03 PM John Williams- Star Wars medley for violin and orch DG/Archiv 30629 COND John Williams ORCH Recording Artists Orch of L.A. SOLO Anne-Sophie Mutter, […]
Vocalise 5-14-22
8:00 PM Giacomo Puccini- Tosca: “Vissi D’Arte” Angel/EMI 67782 COND Sir Charles Mackerras ORCH London Symphony Orchestra SOLO Montserrat Caballe, soprano 8:05 PM Ludwig van Beethoven- Choral Fantasy for Piano, Chorus & Orch.Philips 438005 COND Kurt Masur ORCH Gewandhausorchester Leipzig SOLO Menahem Pressler,piano SOLO and Chorus 8:25 PM Ernest Chausson- Poeme de l’Amour et de […]
5-13-22 Maryland Lyric Opera Don Carlo Interview with Maestro Louis Salemno
I love Verdi’s Don Carlo and spending a few minutes speaking with Maestro Louis Salemno about his favorite opera was time very well spent. Don Carlo is at the Music Center at Strathmore 5/13 & 15. For information MDLO.org. The recording I used is the amazing Giulini EMI recording…You can hear more on the Opera […]
