May.
09
2024
Thursday 5/09/24 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM GLINKA: Overture to Ruslan and Ludmila TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 4 Manfred Honeck, conductor
May.
08
2024
Wednesday 5/08/24 SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
11:00 PM CONDUCTOR: Esa-Pekka Salonen SOLOIST: Christopher Purves, baritone* Bernard Herrmann (restored and edited: Mauceri, John): Psycho: A Narrative for String Orchestra Béla Bartók: Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19 Heinz Karl Gruber: Frankenstein!!*
May.
07
2024
Tuesday 5/07/24 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Zhang & Trpčeski Xian Zhang leads the CSO in Prokofiev’s Sixth Symphony and Nokuthula Ngwenyama’s Primal Message. In between, Simon Trpčeski joins her in Grieg’s Piano Concerto. Opening the program, Sir Georg Solti leads the CSO in Brahms’s Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn, Op. 56a from 1997 London recording. Conductor: […]
May.
07
2024
Safe Boating Week
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May.
06
2024
Monday 5/06/24 New York Philharmonic
11:00 PM Conductor: Alan Gilbert Soloists: Alan Opie, baritone Melissa Parks, mezzo-soprano Keith Jameson, tenor Wilbur Pauley, bass Joshua Bloom, baritone Isabel Bayrakdarian, soprano Marie Lenormand, mezzo-soprano Serena Benedetti, soprano Kelley O’Connor, mezzo-soprano Emalie Savoy, soprano Devon Guthrie, soprano Lacey Benter, mezzo-soprano New York Choral Artists/ Joseph Flummerfelt, director Metropolitan Opera Children’s Chorus Leoš […]
May.
05
2024
Music From Movies 5-05-24
7:00 PM John Addison Theme from “Tom Jones” RCA/BMG 60393 COND Arthur Fiedler ORCH Boston Pops Orchestra 7:05 PM Anthony Newley/ Leslie BricussWilly Wonka: Main Title MCA 37124 ORCH Studio Orchestra 7:07 PM Anthony Newley/ Leslie BricussWilly Wonka: Pure imagination MCA 37124 ORCH Studio Orchestra […]
May.
04
2024
Vocalise 5-04-24
8:00 PM George Frederich Handel Ariodante: “Il primo ardor Avie 2350 COND Jeannette Sorrell ORCH Apollo’s Fire SOLO Amanda Forsythe, soprano 8:05 PM Joaquin Rodrigo Cuatro Madrigales Amatorios: Coplillas Angel/EMI 56175 SOLO Placido Domingo, tenor SOLO Manuel Barrueco, guitar 8:06 PM Joaquin Rodrigo “Coplas del Pastor enamorado” Angel/EMI 56175 SOLO Placido Domingo, tenor SOLO Manuel […]
May.
03
2024
New on the Bookshelf at The Walters
Last June, The Walters Art Museum inaugurated a new exhibition space to introduce rare books and manuscripts added to the Walters permanent collection in recent years, many of which have never been on view. I invited Lynley Anne Herbert, the Robert and Nancy Hall Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts, into the BookNotes studio […]
May.
03
2024
Reimagining Shakespeare
We speak often on WBJC about the composers who were inspired by Shakespeare—from Mendelssohn and A Midsummer Night’s Dream to the 20th century version of Romeo and Juliet in the form of West Side Story. What is perhaps not as well known is how Shakespeare himself was inspired by other creatives. With a genius like […]
May.
03
2024
Toccata listings for 5/5/24
On tonight’s program, a harpsichord partita by a contemporary of J.S. Bach, and music for Bandoneon and orchestra. Thanks so much for listening, and enjoy! 6:01 PM 43474 Christoph Graupner Harpsichord Partita No. 7 in e GWV 107 Analekta 9116 SOLO Genevieve Soly, harpsichord 26:12 C 1 14-21 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6:31 PM 46781 Astor Piazzolla Five […]
