Archive for the ‘Vocalise’ Category
Vocalise 10-29-22
8:00 PM Tonight is a Halloween inspired Vocalise! Giuseppe Verdi Macbeth: “Che faceste? dite su!” WitchesRCA/BMG 4516 COND Erich Leinsdorf ORCH Metropolitan Opera Orchestra SOLO Metropolitan Opera Chorus 8:02 PM Franz Schubert Der Erlkonig Op 1 D 328 DG/Archiv 4372152 SOLO Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone SOLO Gerald Moore, piano 8:06 PM Modest Moussorgsky St. John’s […]
Vocalise 10-22-22
A big thank you note to everyone who made a contribution for vocal music and Vocalise during WBJC’s Fall pledge drive! On tonight’s show you’ll get to hear a setting by Berlioz of a famous hymn of praise and thanksgiving. 8:00 PM Kurt Weill The Threepenny Opera: Mack the Knife Decca 159463 SOLO Lotte Lenya […]
Vocalise 10-01-22
8:00 PM As the days grow shorter and the nights grow longer, tonight I’ll explore “light” in choral music. Sir Edward Elgar- Nimrod-Lux Aeterna London 88053 ORCH Voces 8 8:05 PM Morten Lauridsen- Lux aeterna Hyperion 67449 COND Stephen Layton ORCH Britten Sinfonia SOLO Polyphony 8:34 PM George Frederich Handel- Eternal source of light […]
Vocalise 10-01-22
8:00 PM Heitor Villa-Lobos- Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 for voice & Cellos RCA/BMG 68538 COND Michael Tilson Thomas ORCH New World Symphony SOLO Renee Fleming, soprano 8:12 PM Charles Gounod- St. Cecilia Mass Angel/EMI 47094 COND Georges Pretre ORCH Radio France Philharmonic Orch SOLO and Chorus SOLO Barbara Hendricks, soprano SOLO Laurence Dale, tenor SOLO […]
Vocalise 9-24-22
8:00 PM Charles Gounod- Faust: Jewel Song (Marguerite’s aria) Erato 45797 COND Alain Lombard ORCH Strasbourg Philharmonic Orch SOLO Rhine Opera Chorus SOLO Montserrat Caballe, soprano 8:05 PM Roger Quilter- Seven Elizabethan Lyrics Op 12 Virgin 91105 SOLO Thomas Allen, baritone SOLO Geoffrey Parsons, piano 8:21 PM Johannes Brahms- Alto Rhapsody Op 53 DG/Archiv 431261 […]
Vocalise 9-17-22
8:00 PM Traditional Balm in Gilead Philips 454640 COND David Robertson ORCH St. Thomas Choir of Men & Boys SOLO Riverside Choir SOLO Saint Barnabas Choir SOLO Jessye Norman, soprano 8:05 PM Johannes Brahms- Two songs for Alto with Viola and Piano DG/Archiv 4594692 SOLO Jessye Norman, soprano SOLO Daniel Barenboim, piano SOLO Wolfram Christ, […]
Vocalise 9-10-22
8:00 PM George Frederich Handel- Semele: “Where’er You Walk” DG/Archiv 453480 COND Sir Charles Mackerras ORCH Scottish Chamber Orchestra SOLO Bryn Terfel, baritone 8:06 PM Herbert Howells- Hymnus Paradisi Hyperion 66488 COND Vernon Handley ORCH Royal Liverpool Philharmonic SOLO Liverpool Philharmonic Choir SOLO John Mark Ainsley, tenor 8:52 PM Benjamin Britten- “Let us sleep now/In […]
Vocalise 9-03-22
8:00 PM Ludwig van Beethoven- Fidelio: O welche Lust Op 72 Prisoner’sTelarc 80333 COND Robert Shaw ORCH Atlanta Symphony Orchestra SOLO Atlanta Symphony Chorus SOLO Karl Dent, tenor SOLO Kevin Maynor,bass 8:09 PM Ralph Vaughan Williams- Dona Nobis Pacem, Cantata Angel/EMI 54788 COND Richard Hickox ORCH London Symphony Orchestra SOLO and Chorus SOLO Yvonne Kenny, […]
Vocalise 8-27-22
8:00 PM Antonin Dvorak- Rusalka: “O Lovely Moon” London 460568 COND Sir Charles Mackerras ORCH Czech Philharmonic Orchestra SOLO Renee Fleming, soprano 8:08 PM Gustav Mahler- Des Knaben Wunderhorn Youth’s Magic HornNimbus 5084 COND Wyn Morris ORCH London Philharmonic Orchestra SOLO Dame Janet Baker,mezzo-soprano SOLO Sir Geraint Evans, baritone 8:56 PM Richard Rodgers- Carousel: If […]
Vocalise 8-20-22
8:00 PM Claudio Monteverdi- Zefiro torna Virgin 614024 COND Christina Pluhar ORCH L’Arpeggiata SOLO Nurial Rial, soprano SOLO Philippe Jaroussky, counterten 8:08 PM Rachel Portman- The First Morning of the World Erato 646515 COND Maxim Emelyanychev, conductor ORCH Il Pomo d’Oro SOLO Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano 8:17 PM John Adams- Harmonium Telarc 80365 COND Robert Shaw […]
