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Dec. 10 2024

Tuesday 12/10/24 Chicago Symphony Orchestra

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11:00 PM Harding Conducts The Planets Daniel Harding conducts Schumann’s Overture to Manfred and Holst’s The Planets, and the Chicago Symphony Chorus joins for Brahms’s Schicksalslied. Plus, former Music Director Sir Georg Solti leads in a 1997 recording of Stravinsky’s Symphony of Psalms featuring the Chicago Symphony Chorus.   Robert Schumann         Overture to Manfred, […]

Dec. 09 2024

Monday 12/09/24 New York Philharmonic

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11:00 PM Conductor:                  Alan Gilbert   Lyadov:                       The Enchanted Lake   Tchaikovksy:              Selections from Swan Lake   Shostakovich:             Symphony No. 10  

Dec. 06 2024

Emotion as Industry on BookNotes

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        Tracy Dimond is following up the publication of four chapbooks of poetry with her first full-length poetry collection, Emotion Industry. She’s my guest on BookNotes this month.                

Dec. 06 2024

A world premier by Michael Hersch at St. David’s

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Music at St. David’s, in collaboration with The Johns Hopkins Mood Disorders Center Psychiatry and the Art Program, is presenting a concert at 7:30 pm on Tuesday, December 10th called Night Falls Fast. I invited Music Director Douglas Buchanan and composer Michael Hersch into the studio.  

Dec. 06 2024

Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcasts 2024-2025 season

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THE ROBERT K. JOHNSON FOUNDATION–METROPOLITAN OPERA INTERNATIONAL RADIO NETWORK 2024-25 SATURDAY MATINEE BROADCAST SEASON All broadcasts at 1 PM Eastern Time except as noted December 7 Strauss: DIE FRAU OHNE SCHATTEN Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Elza van den Heever (Empress), Lise Lindstrom (Dyer’s Wife), Nina Stemme (Nurse), Michael Volle (Barak), Russell Thomas (Emperor), Ryan Speedo Green (Spirit Messenger) […]

Dec. 06 2024

Toccata listings for 12/8/24

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On tonight’s program, and work for piano duo by American composer Leo Sowerby, Maurice Durufle pays tribute to his friend Jehan Alain, and a concerto in the style of Bach, composed by a computer!  In fact, the closing music is the prelude to a cello suite composed by computer in the style of Bach.  I […]

Dec. 05 2024

It’s that time of year again!

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The holiday season is here and Hampton National Historic Site is getting ready for its annual celebration. I recently spoke with Board Member Gayle Economos about Holidays at Hampton 2024.      

Dec. 05 2024

Thursday 12/05/24 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

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11:00 PM RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 3 LISZT: Dante Symphony   Manfred Honeck, conductor; Leif Ove Andsnes, piano; Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh

Dec. 04 2024

Wednesday 12/04/24 European Broadcasting Union!

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11:00 PM ORCHESTRA              Bavarian Radio Symphony CONDUCTOR             Krzysztof Urbański SOLOISTS                   Evgeny Kissin, piano   Sergei Rachmaninoff    Piano Concerto No. 3, Op. 30 Dmitri Shostakovich      Symphony No. 10, Op. 93

Dec. 03 2024

Tuesday 12/03/24 Chicago Symphony Orchestra

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11:00 PM Musicians of the Orchestra This week, musicians from the Orchestra – including Dale Clevenger, Adolph Herseth, Arnold Jacobs, Donald Peck, and Ray Still – step into the soloist spotlight.   Benjamin Britten          The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34 Seiji Ozawa, conductor   Ralph Vaughan Williams                       Tuba Concerto in […]

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