Archive for the ‘Host Blogs’ Category
Vocalise 4-30-22
8:00 PM Franz Lehar The Merry Widow: “Lippen Schweigen” DG/Archiv 453848 COND John Eliot Gardiner ORCH Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra SOLO Cheryl Studer, soprano SOLO Boje Skovhus,baritone 8:05 PM Giuseppe Verdi Four Sacred Pieces Telarc 80254 COND Robert Shaw ORCH Atlanta Symphony Orchestra SOLO Atlanta Symphony Chorus SOLO Donna Carter, soprano 8:44 PM Johannes Brahms Alto […]
4-30-22 Face The Music Listings
This week our panel was Tuba Player Ed Goldstein, FTM Panelist Emeritus Dave Donovan and WBJC’s Kati Harrison. We had amazing recordings the whole show. Frankly we all had a great time. PLAY DATE: Sat, 04/30/2022 5:00 PM 1813 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Quartet No. 1 in g K 478 DG/Archiv 4836574 ORCH Emerson String […]
4-30-22 Music in Maryland Baltimore Chamber Orchestra Finishes Beethoven Concerto Cycle!
Sunday 5/1 at 3 The Baltimore Chamber Orchestra finishes their Beethoven Concerto Cycle with Alexander Shtarkman playing the Emperor Concerto (No. 5). Also on the program music by Jonathan Leshnoff and Schubert. Should be a great concert! Pre-concert talk at 2:15. PLAY DATE: Sat, 04/30/2022 6:00 PM 2314 Franz Schubert Symphony No. 3 in D […]
Toccata listings for 5/1/22
On this first day of May, a little fun with Beethoven’s Battle Symphony, “Wellingtons’s Victory” on a “military” piano, one of the 20 organ sonatas, and a Harpsichord Concerto by C.P.E. Bach. Thanks for listening, and enjoy! 6:00 PM 73 Ludwig van Beethoven Wellington’s Victory (Battle Symphony) Monument 40503 SOLO Steven Beck, piano 17:01 […]
One of the members of the stellar Kanneh-Mason musical family
Siblings, Isata Kanneh-Mason, pianist, and Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cellist, will be on the Shriver Hall Concert Series stage this Sunday, following their sensational Baltimore debut in 2019 on the Discovery Series. I spoke with Isata by phone.
Baltimore’s brand new art fair
The Baltimore Fine Art Print Fair, the only all-contemporary print fair in the country, will be at the Baltimore Innovation Center in the Pigtown neighborhood on the last weekend of April, bringing together 24 galleries, dealers, and print publishers from across the country. I spoke with Vice President, Content and Programming, Ann Shafer.
Music From Movies 4-24-22
7:00 PM Richard Addinsell Goodbye, Mr. Chips: Main Theme M Polo/HK 8223732 COND Kenneth Alwyn ORCH BBC Concert Orchestra 7:05 PM Henry Mancini The Prisoner of Zenda: Suite RCA/BMG 60471 COND Henry Mancini ORCH Mancini Pops Orchestra 7:17 PM Maurice Jarre Red Sun: Suite Silva 1061 COND Paul Bateman ORCH City […]
Vocalise 4-23-22
8:00 PM Tonight I’ll be sampling songs and arias from the new recording and concert tour, “Eden” with mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato and Il Pomo d’Oro. You can also catch the extended version of an interview I did with Joyce DiDonato all about her performance on Sunday, April 24 under the auspices of Washington Performing Arts! […]
4-23-22 Music In Maryland BSO, Fleisher and Philly?
I was inspired by Face the Music this week to play the whole Rachmaninoff 1st Symphony…Fleisher playing Liszt from the beginning of his career and the BSO recording of the Brahms Piano Quartet couldn’t hurt! 6:00 PM 3483 Johannes Brahms Piano Quartet No. 1 in g Op 25 Vox/MMG 9016 COND Sergiu Comissiona SAIR joo […]
“Sing to Me Sylvie”
Annapolitan, Jannette Bloom, a musician and filmmaker, will be in discussion about her film “Sing to Me Sylvie” at an event hosted by the Friends of the Annapolis Symphony on Sunday, April 24. I spoke with Jannette about her work and aspirations.
