Archive for the ‘WBJC Evening Concert’ Category
Tuesday 12/31/19 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11pm Matthew Halls conducts Handel’s Messiah Handel: Messiah Parts I-III (Amanda Forsythe, soprano; Sasha Cooke, mezzo- soprano; Nicholas Phan, tenor; Joshua Hopkins, baritone; Chicago Symphony Chorus; Duain Wolfe, director)
Monday 12/30/19 New York Philharmonic
11:00 PM Bernstein and Solti conduct Thomson, Milhaud, and Mahler THOMSON: The Seine at Night Leonard Bernstein, conductor MILHAUD: Les Choéphores, Op.24 Vera Zorina, narrator Irene Jordan, soprano McHenry Boatwright, bass Virginia Babikian, soprano ScholaCantorum Leonard Bernstein, conductor MAHLER: Symphony No. 4 IrmgardSeefried, soprano Georg Solti, conductor
Thursday 12/26/19 The Cleveland Orchestra
11pm Franz Welser-Möst, conductor Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, soprano Simon Keenlyside, baritone Vienna Singverein BRAHMS: A German Requiem, Op. 45 MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 13 in C, K 419 – Cleveland Orchestra/ Mitsuko Uchida, piano
Wednesday 12/25/19 Carnegie Hall Live
11:00 PM Superstar vocalists Renée Fleming and Audra McDonald joined the San Francisco Symphony and Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas for Carnegie Hall’s Opening Night Gala with a program of musical theater, opera and orchestral music by Gershwin and Liszt. Program: Gershwin: Cuban Overture Gershwin: “Summertime” from Porgy and Bess Villa Lobos: Aria from Bachianas brasileiras No. 5 (arr. […]
Tuesday 12/24/19 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11pm Christoph von Dohnányi and Martin Helmchen Mozart: Symphony No. 25 in G Minor, K. 183 Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op. 19 (Martin Helmchen, piano) Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K. 551 Poulenc: Concert champêtre (Mahan Esfahani, harpsichord; Harry Bicket, conductor)
Monday 12/23/19 New York Philharmonic
11pm Thomas Hampson sings Copland and Cole Porter COPLAND: Suite from Appalachian Spring Alan Gilbert, conductor COPLAND: Selections from Old American Songs, Books I & II: The Dodger Simple Gifts The Little Horses The Golden Willow Tree The Boatmen’s Dance Thomas Hampson, baritone Alan Gilbert, conductor COLE PORTER: […]
Thursday 12/19/19 The Cleveland Orchestra
11pm Semyon Bychkov, conductor Katia Labèque, piano Marielle Labèque, piano GLANERT: Distant Land (US premiere) MARTINU: Concerto for Two Pianos (Cleveland Orchestra premiere) SMETANA: Three Selections from Má Vlast: Vyšehrad, The Moldau, and Sárka WAGNER: “Die Meistersinger” Prelude – Cleveland Orchestra/ George Szell
Wednesday 12/18/19 MILWAUKEE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
11pm CONDUCTOR: Francesco Lecce-Chong SOLOIST(S): Sarah Shafer, soprano, Derrek Stark, tenor, Hugh Russell, baritone, Milwaukee Symphony Chorus Cheryl Frazes Hill, director Milwaukee Children’s Choir Lynn Swanson, director John Adams Doctor Atomic Symphony Orff Carmina burana
Tuesday 12/17/19 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11pm Michael Tilson Thomas and Nicola Benedetti Stravinsky: Concerto in D for String Orchestra Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 63 (Nicola Benedetti, violin) Traditional/Limonov: Auld lang syne (encore) (Nicola Benedetti, violin) Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74 (Pathétique) Ives: IV. Thanksgiving and Forefathers’ Day […]
Monday 12/16/19 New York Philharmonic
11pm NYP Jukebox—Winter Holiday STRAUSS, II: Overture to Die Fledermaus from An Evening with Danny Kaye Danny Kaye/Zubin Mehta, conductors MOZART: German Dance in C, K. 605, “Sleigh Ride” Leonard Bernstein, conductor BERNARD: Winter Wonderland* SUESSDORF: Moonlight in Vermont* ANDERSON: Sleigh Ride* *Skitch Henderson, piano […]
