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Toccata listings for 4/24/22
Bach and Bruch on tonight’s program! Thanks for listening, and enjoy! 6:00 PM 13442 Johann Sebastian Bach Three-Part Inventions [BWV787-801] BWV Analekta 8771 SOLO Karin Kei Nagano, piano 29:58 C 16 30-0 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6:34 PM 33985 Max Bruch Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra OCentaur 2227 COND Paul Freeman ORCH Moscow Philharmonic SOLO Joan […]
Opera Star Joyce DiDonato Creating Eden
Washington Performing Arts presents mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato and the ensemble Il Pomo d’Oro in a concert event called “Eden” Sunday, April 24th, at Strathmore. On her busy tour, Joyce DiDonato took time to chat with me about her concept and music choices in Eden. Below is the extended version of the interview! https://www.washingtonperformingarts.org/seasontickets/2021-22-season/joyce-didonato-mezzo-soprano/ […]
Vocalise 4-16-22
8:00 PM George Frederich Handel Agrippina: Ogni vento PBO 1 COND Nicholas McGegan ORCH Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra SOLO Lorraine Hunt, soprano 8:07 PM Ralph Vaughan Williams Flos Campi for Viola, Orchestra & Wordless choir Chandos 9 COND Norman Del Mar ORCH Bournemouth Sinfonietta SOLO and Choir SOLO Frederick Riddle, viola 8:28 PM Antonin Dvorak Gypsy […]
BookNotes Review April 2022
April 2022 BookNotes Review Lineup Finding Me Viola Davis Left on Tenth: A Second Chance at Life Delia Ephron The Candy House Jennifer Egan French Braid Anne Tyler
Toccata listings for 4/17/22
On tonight’s program, a triosonata by Bach, meditative piano music for Holy Week, and a concerto for 2 pianos. Thanks for listening, and happy Easter! 6:00 PM 541 Johann Sebastian Bach Trio Sonata No. 3 in d BWV 527 CBS/Sony 178262 SOLO Cameron Carpenter, organ 12:15 C 1 2-4 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6:15 PM 40505 Franz Liszt […]
4-16-2022 Face the Music
This week we taped a new show with tuba player Ed Goldstein, Bassoonist Bryan Young from the Poulenc Piano Trio and Jack Fishman the Executive Director of the Baltimore Choral Arts Society. It was a super nice show and great to have Ed back after way too long! PLAY DATE: Sat, 04/16/2022 5:00 PM […]
Music From Movies 4-10-22
7:00 PM Vangelis The Year of Living Dangerously: L’EnfantSilva 1464 ORCH City of Prague Philharmonic SOLO Mark Ayres, synthesizer 7:07 PM Nino Rota Felini Suite Da Vinci 98 ORCH Italian Saxophone Quartet 7:19 PM Stephen Warbeck Shakespeare in Love (Score) CBS/Sony 63387 COND Nick Ingman ORCH Studio Orchestra […]
Vocalise 4-09-22
8:00 PM On tonight’s Vocalise I’m celebrating the birthday anniversary of the great bass-baritone and polymath Paul Robeson! George Gershwin Porgy and Bess: It Aint Necessarily So CBS/Sony 63223 COND Emanuel Balaban ORCH Columbia Concert Orchestra SOLO Paul Robeson, bass-baritone 8:04 PM Traditional Balm in Gilead CBS/Sony 63223 SOLO Paul Robeson, bass-baritone SOLO Lawrence Brown, […]
A Joan Mitchell retrospective at the BMA
The Baltimore Museum of Art and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art have co-organized a comprehensive exhibition following the career of the internationally renowned artist, Joan Mitchell. I spoke with BMA co-curator, Katy Siegel.
Toccata listings for 4/10/22
On tonight’s program, a brand new recording by the 97 year old Ruth Slenczynska, an organ work by Josef Rheinberger, and a work for piano and orchestra by Martinu. Thanks for listening, and enjoy! 6:00 PM 858 Frederic Chopin Fantaisie in f Op 49 London 35175 SOLO Ruth Slenczynska, piano 14:23 C 1 10-10 […]
