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5-14-22 Music In Maryland. Amit Peled, The Mount Vernon Virtuosi and the Peabody Cello Gang!
I just received a new recording from cellist Amit Peled which I am looking forward to sharing and we should also re-broadcast some of the Mount Vernon Virtuosi and Peabody Cello Gang recordings. It’s a fun show with great music. PLAY DATE: Sat, 05/14/2022 6:00 PM 4074 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart String Quintet No. 2 in […]
Toccata listings for 5/15/22
On tonight’s program, a sonata by the leader of “the Mighty Handful,” Mily balakirev, and a work for organ and orchestra by American composer Michael Daugherty. Thanks for listening, and enjoy! 6:00 PM 30248 Mily Balakirev Sonata No.1 in b-Flat Op 5 ESS.A.Y 1028 SOLO Alexander Paley,piano 24:31 C 2 1-3 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6:31 PM […]
Taking Care of the Mind as Well as the Body
May is Mental Health Awareness Month and I recently had the opportunity to chat with Jamie Clark, Senior Director of Programs and Community Engagement at NAMI Metropolitan Baltimore, about her organization and its efforts to raise awareness of mental health issues and offer assistance to residents in need.
Music From Movies 5-08-22
7:00 PM Michael Gore- Theme/Terms of Endearment from the movieTelarc 80168 COND Erich Kunzel ORCH Cincinnati Pops Orchestra 7:04 PM Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky- The Nutcracker: Waltz of the Flowers OpPro Arte 121 COND Leonard Slatkin ORCH Minnesota Orchestra 7:11 PM Rachel Portman- The Joy Luck Club: Selections Hollywood […]
Vocalise 5-07-22
8:00 PM Antonin Dvorak- Songs My Mother Taught Me: Gypsy Melody London 458858 COND Sir Georg Solti ORCH English Chamber Orchestra SOLO Renee Fleming, soprano 8:04 PM Vincenzo Bellini- Norma: “Casta Diva” RCA/BMG 5757 COND Carlo Felice Cillario ORCH and the Orchestra SOLO and Chorus SOLO Montserrat Caballe, soprano 8:16 PM Robert Schumann- A woman’s […]
BookNotes seeks out The Lost Weekend
Since the Covid-19 pandemic, literary events have nearly disappeared. The Lost Weekend—hosted by Baltimore independent bookstore Greedy Reads in partnership with production friends The Stables—is reigniting the spark by bringing together the best of Baltimore’s literary voices and creative talent with the city’s most celebrated food and drinks vendors, May 13—15. I spoke with Greedy Reads […]
5-7-22 Face The Music Listings!
This week…an all new show. Our panelists Phil Greenfield from The American Record Guide, Tuba Player Ed Goldstein and Ernie Green from The Annapolis Chorale and Chamber Orchestra. The Wagner was particularly good! PLAY DATE: Sat, 05/07/2022 5:00 PM 37244 Joseph Haydn Notturno No. 1 in C HOB 25 Orfeo 246922 ORCH Wiener Concert-Verein 13:15 […]
5-7-22 Music in Maryland! Brahms/Tchaikovsky!
May 7th is one of my favorite days for music because it’s the birthday of Brahms and Tchaikovsky! I have played over the music of that scoundrel Brahms. What a giftless bastard! I annoys me that this self-inflated mediocrity is hailed as a genius. Why, in comparison with him, Raff is a giant, not to […]
Toccata listings for 5/8/22
On tonight’s program, something new by Camille Saint-Saens featuring the Harmonium and a piano concerto from Finland. Thanks for listening, and enjoy, and Happy Mother’s Day! 6:00 PM 53092 Camille Saint-Saens Six Duos for Harmonium and Piano Op 8 ScottBros 3 SOLO Scott Brothers piano duo 32:48 C 1 1-6 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6:36 PM 45554 […]
Music From Movies 5-01-22
7:00 PM Vangelis Conquest of Paradise: Main Theme CBS/Sony 62592 COND John Williams ORCH Boston Pops Orchestra SOLO Tanglewood Festival Chorus 7:05 PM Bernard Herrmann Marnie: Suite from the Film London 443895 COND Bernard Herrmann ORCH London Philharmonic Orchestra 7:16 PM Samuel Barber Adagio for Strings Op 11 Naxos 559088 COND […]
