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4-9-2022 Music in Maryland…David Zinman All Symphonies Great and Small…and Great!
The Symphony is doing Beethoven 9 so why shouldn’t we! The Barber is an awesome work. We also haven’t featured Amit Peled on FTM for a while…We are making good. PLAY DATE: Sat, 04/09/2022 6:00 PM 18171 Samuel Barber Symphony No. 1 Op 9 Argo 436288 COND David Zinman David ZIHN mihn ORCH Baltimore […]
Music From Movies 4-03-22
7:00 PM On the eve of Elmer Bernstein’s birthday anniversary, I’ve got a bit of music that highlights his versatility and iconic status in the film & TV music world. Elmer Bernstein The Great Escape: Theme Denon 75288 COND Elmer Bernstein ORCH Royal Philharmonic Pops Orch. 7:07 PM Elmer Bernstein Hollywood and […]
Vocalise 4-02-22
8:00 PM Fun fact: Baritone Harve Presnell, who sings on this recording of Carmina Burana, also sang in The Unsinkable Molly Brown on Broadway and in the movie version. He also stared in the Coen Bros. movie Fargo as the cantankerous father-in-law. Carl Orff Carmina Burana CBS/Sony 93081 COND Eugene Ormandy ORCH The Philadelphia […]
4-2-22 Face The Music Listings!
This week we are re-running a show from April of 2018. Our panelists were Music Director Anthony Blake Clark and Executive Director Jack Fishman from the Baltimore Choral Arts Society and Phil Greenfield from the American Record Guide. There was much to like! PLAY DATE: Sat, 04/02/2022 5:00 PM 612 Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet […]
BookNotes finds itself amongst the Wrecks and Ruins
Apprentice House Press will release the new novel by Baltimore writer, Eric D. Goodman, on Tuesday, April 17th. He talks here about this part romantic comedy/part buddy novel.
4-2-2022 Music in Maryland. Pot Pouri!
I forgot both of these amazing composers birthdays so I am making amends! Meng Su is performing at Towson for Baltimore Classical Guitar Society Saturday @ 8 and the Post Classical Ensemble are performing this Sunday at 2:30 at the BMA in a free concert. And Eva Mengelkoch from Towson plays some Haydn! PLAY DATE: […]
Toccata listings for 4/3/22
On tonight’s program, a duet for organ and harpsichord and a monumental romantic piano concerto. Thanks for listening, and enjoy! 6:00 PM 23629 Christoph Schaffrath Duetto No. 1 in C Titanic 185 SOLO Bernard Brauchli, harpsichord SOLO Esteban Elizonndo, organ 15:08 C 1 4-6 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6:19 PM 10946 Franz Xaver Scharwenka Piano Concerto No.2 […]
“Guarding the Art” Exhibition Guest Curated by BMA Security Officers
Kellen Johnson selected two works for “Guarding the Art.” Max Beckmann’s Still Life with Large Shell (1939), a portrait of his wife, Mathilde, has a connection to music (Kellen is studying singing at Towson University), and Normandy Landscape (1928) is by the Black artist, Hale Woodruff. […]
Music From Movies 3-27-22
7:00 PM Tonight we’ll explore music from movies in and about cities. Charlie Chaplin City Lights: Overture Silva 5006 COND Carl Davis ORCH The City Lights Orchestra 7:05 PM Umberto Giordano Andrea Chenier:”La mamma morta” Angel/EMI 65986 COND Tullio Serafin ORCH Philharmonia Orchestra SOLO Maria Callas, soprano 7:11 PM Shirley Walker Batman: Mask […]
Vocalise 3-26-22
8:00 PM Tonight we’ll enjoy the seasons in vocal music. Johann Strauss II Voices of Spring Op 410 DG/Archiv 419616 COND Herbert von Karajan ORCH Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra SOLO Kathleen Battle, soprano 8:08 PM Hector Berlioz Les Nuits d’Ete (Summer Nights) Op 7 PBO 1 COND Nicholas McGegan ORCH Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra SOLO Lorraine Hunt, […]
