Mar.
06
2025
Thursday 03/06/25 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM BRAHMS: Violin Concerto SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 2 Lorenzo Viotti, conductor; Ray Chen, violin
Mar.
06
2025
Ian Bostridge sings Shakespeare and Donne
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.
Mar.
05
2025
Wednesday 03/05/25 The Cleveland Orchestra
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 […]
Mar.
04
2025
Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony and Augustin Hadelich
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.
Mar.
04
2025
Tuesday 3/04/25 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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 […]
Mar.
03
2025
Monday 03/03/25 New York Philharmonic
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
Mar.
01
2025
3-1-25 Face The Music Listings!
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 […]
Feb.
28
2025
Maurice Ravel, 150
One of the things in which I take great pride—and for which I can take no credit—is that I share my birthday with that most refined and enigmatic of French composers, Maurice Ravel. This month, we celebrate the 150th anniversary of his birth on March 7, 1875. Some quick and random facts: Maurice […]
Feb.
28
2025
Toccata listings for 3/2/25
On tonight’s program, Liszt has his way with a familiar tune, Moszkowski on the accordion, and a symphony for organ and orchestra. Thanks for listening, and thanks for your support during our short membership awareness campaign! enjoy! 6:01 PM 39320 Franz Liszt Grande Fantasie di bravura Hyperion 67408 SOLO Leslie Howard, piano sur la […]
Feb.
27
2025
Thursday 02/27/25 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM BARTOK: Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 24 SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 4 Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor; Stephen Kovasovich, piano
