Hiram Larew’s This Much Very on BookNotes
Hiram Larew, who generously underwrites BookNotes through his Cynipid Fund, is out with his seventh poetry collection, This Much Very, published by Alien Buddha Press. I spoke with Hiram by phone.
Hiram Larew, who generously underwrites BookNotes through his Cynipid Fund, is out with his seventh poetry collection, This Much Very, published by Alien Buddha Press. I spoke with Hiram by phone.
Wowza!! What a great drive! We decided to be a bit experimental and try a drive without monetary goals, just appealing to new and rejoining members to help beef up the membership numbers. We started out with a conservative goal of 200 members, and started out the month-long drive with short messaging here and there […]
On tonight’s program, organ music by Mendelssohn, Hummel on a “military piano,” and a concerto for 2 pianos by Bartok. Thanks for listening, and enjoy! 6:01 PM 47388 Felix Mendelssohn Organ Sonata in d Op 65/6 Argo 414420 SOLO Peter Hurford, organ 14:29 C 1 8-10 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6:18 PM 51079 Johann Nepomuk Hummel Three Amusements […]
11:00 PM BRAHMS: Violin Concerto SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 2 Lorenzo Viotti, conductor; Ray Chen, violin
Tenor Ian Bostridge and his longtime collaborator, the pianist Julius Drake, are presenting a Jacobean-era recital for the Shriver Hall Concert Series on Sunday, March 9. It was my pleasure to speak to Ian by phone.
11:00 PM CONDUCTOR: Franz Welser-Möst ARTISTS: Christoph Sietzen, percussion* Mozart : Symphony No. 29 in A K 201 Johannes Maria Staud: Whereas the Reality Trembles [World Premiere, TCO Co-Commission]* Hubert von Goisern: Improvisation on the song ‘Jodler für Willi’ (encore) Peter Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2 in C minor Op 17 […]
BSO Music Director Jonathon Heyward collaborates with Augustin Hadelich for Alban Berg’s Violin Concerto in a program that also includes Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony and Bohuslav Martinů’s Memorial to Lidice, which quotes from Beethoven’s great work. It was a pleasure to speak with Jonathon by phone.
11:00 PM Gaetano Donizetti Overture to Don Pasquale Giuseppe Verdi The Four Seasons from I vespri siciliani Emmanuel Chabrier España Osvaldo Golijov Megalopolis Suite Maurice de Falla Suite No. 2 from The Three-Cornered Hat Ricardo Muti conductor Modest Mussorgsky/ Pictures at an Exhibition Maurice […]
11:00 PM Conductor: Thomas Wilkins Soloist: Seth Parker Woods, cello Afromodernism: Music of the African Diaspora SIMON: Four Black American Dances JOACHIM: Had To Be (New York Premiere–NY Phil Co-Commission with Spoleto Festival USA, Orchestre Métropolitain, and Chautauqua Institution) BAKER: Kosbro
This week we liked the Schumann and loved the Mendelssohn and Dvorak! The Bach Not so much…well not at all! Our panelists were FTM Panelist Emeritus Dave Donovan and composer and ace panelist John Bowen. Here are the listings! PLAY DATE: Sat, 03/11/2025 5:00 PM 183 Robert Schumann Symphony No. 1 in B-Flat Op 38 […]