Archive for January, 2012
Playlist: Jan/31/12
10:53 PM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Andante for flute Key: CConductor: Bernard LabadieEnsemble: Les Violons du Roy, QuebecMarc Grauwels, fluteHyperion, 66393 10:36 PM Josef Strauss — Delirien Opus: 212Conductor: Willi BoskovskyEnsemble: Vienna Symphony OrchestraLondon, 4780228 10:17 PM George Frederick McKay — Sinfonietta No. 4 Conductor: John McLaughlin WilliamsEnsemble: National Radio Symph. UkraineNaxos, 8559225 9:52 PM … Read More »
Monday 01/30/12 New York Philharmonic This Week
11pm Conductor: Zubin Mehta Bruckner: Symphony No 8 Mozart: Symphony No. 38 Prague Related posts: Monday 12/19/11 New York Philharmonic This Week Thursday 03/01/12 Cleveland Orchestra Thursday 08/23/12 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
The Gaming Table
Restoration comedy—the stuff of sexual innuendo and other extravagances following the reopening of the London theatres by Charles II—is most famously represented by writers like John Dryden and William Congreve. (I once played the silly, awkward, country girl, Miss Prue, in Congreve’s Love for Love when I was a drama student – imagine that!) But, … Read More »
What’s in a word?
Saw a report on a morning news show the other day about the proliferation of vulgarity in mainstream entertainment, specifically in book titles. The books in question all had titles that had to be blurred (pixillated, in high-tech parlance) because they are not allowed to be said (or read, for that matter) on television. This … Read More »
Playlist: Jan/30/12
10:18 PM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Piano Concerto No. 9 Key: E-Flat Conductor: Sir Colin DavisEnsemble: English Chamber OrchestraAlicia de Larrocha, pianoRCA/BMG, 60825 10:13 PM Johann Sebastian Bach — “Little Fugue” Key: gConductor: Erich KunzelEnsemble: Cincinnati Pops OrchestraTelarc, 80129 9:35 PM Jean-Philippe Rameau — Suite for Harpsichord Key: AWilliam Christie, harpsichordHarm Mundi, 901121 9:22 PM … Read More »
02/04/12 – Anna Bolena – 1:00PM
by Gaetanto Donizatti Librettist Felice Romani sung in Itanlian Anna Netrebko opens the Met season with her portrayal of the ill-fated queen driven insane by her unfaithful king. She sings one of opera’s greatest mad scenes in this Met premiere production by David McVicar. Ekaterina Gubanova is her rival, Jane Seymour, Ildar Abdrazakov sings Henry … Read More »
Playlist: Jan/29/12
8:16 PM Antonin Dvorak — String Quintet Key: GOpus: 77Conductor: David ShifrinEnsemble: Lincoln Center Chamber SocietyDelos, 3152 8:00 PM Franz Joseph Haydn — Horn Concerto No. 1 Key: DConductor: Barry TuckwellEnsemble: English Chamber OrchestraBarry Tuckwell, hornAngel/EMI, 69395 6:40 PM Alex North — Concerto for Piano & Orchestra Conductor: James SedaresEnsemble: New Zealand Symphony OrchestraDavid Beuchner, … Read More »
Denis Azabagic
Bosnian guitarist Denis Azabagic will perform a recital tonight at 8:00 at the BMA, and he was good enough to chat with me about it! Guitarist Denis Azabagic Related posts: Unspoiled by fame A Legendary “Lover” at the Lyric ‘Tis the Season
Playlist: Jan/28/12
8:18 PM Giuseppe Verdi — Requiem: Dies Irae Conductor: Robert ShawEnsemble: Atlanta Symphony OrchestraSusan Dunn, sopranoDiane Curry, sopranoJerry Hadley, tenorPaul Plishka, bassand ChorusTelarc, 80152 8:00 PM Reynaldo Hahn — Venezia – Songs in the Venetian Dialect Anthony Rolfe Johnson, tenorHyperion, 66112 7:57 PM Derek Bourgeois — Serenade for Band Conductor: Geoffrey BrandEnsemble: City of London … Read More »
