Archive for July, 2012
7-26-12 Word On Wine “July Trivia Quiz!”
This week Quiz Master Mary tests my brain with questions regarding wine glasses and soil! What could be more fun than the Word on Wine monthly trivia quiz! Check it out. Also if you have questions of your own or questions to submit for our perusal we would be delighted! Check out the show by […]
Thursday 07/26/12 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt Pianist: Garrick Ohlsson BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 1 BRAHMS: Symphony No. 1
Playlist: Jul/26/12
10:58 PM Antonio Sacchini — Dardanus: Passe Pied Conductor: William ChristieEnsemble: Les Arts FlorissantsAngel/EMI, 55311 10:17 PM Ludwig van Beethoven — String Quartet No. 7 Key: FOpus: 59Ensemble: Emerson String QuartetDG/Archiv, 447076 10:08 PM Franz von Suppe — Pique Dame Overture Conductor: Sir Neville MarrinerEnsemble: Academy of St Martin in FieldsAngel/EMI, 509029 9:41 PM Franz […]
“Summertime…”
As the cicada choruses begin to vie with each other, it’s an indication that we have reached the dog days of summer. One of the things I love about living in America is how clearly demarcated the seasons are: the vibrant fall, the Christmas card snow scenes of winter, the rejuvenation of spring, and then […]
Wednesday 07/25/12 Live! At The Concertgebouw
11:00 PM Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe Cellist: Marie-Elisabeth Hecker RAVEL: Le tombeau de Couperin HAYDN: Cello Concerto in C major BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 6 “Pastoral” Fill: Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 15 “Pastoral”
Genealogy 101
This past March I wrote a blog entitled “Discovering Lancaster” about the trip my wife and I took last summer to Carlisle and Lancaster, Pennsylvania to research my family genealogy. As promised, I am returning with the first in a series of blogs about what we discovered. I wondered at first whether my family tree […]
Playlist: Jul/25/12
10:49 PM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Magic Flute: Overture Key: E-Flat Conductor: Gianandrea NosedaEnsemble: BBC Philharmonic OrchestraBBC, 274 10:12 PM Jean-Philippe Rameau — Suite from Les Indes Galantes Ensemble: Aulos EnsembleCentaur, 2970 9:49 PM Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Sleeping Beauty: Suite Opus: 66Conductor: Herbert von KarajanEnsemble: Vienna Philharmonic OrchestraLondon, 473171 9:13 PM Reinhold Gliere — […]
Tuesday 07/24/12 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Conductors: Jaap van Zweden, Antonio Pappano Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony, Op 110a Vaughan Williams: Tuba Concerto in F Minor (Gene Pokorny, tuba) Beethoven: Symphony No 7 in A Major, Op 92 Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No 2, Op 126 (Han-Na Chang, cello)
Playlist: Jul/24/12
10:52 PM Robert Schumann — Arabeske Key: COpus: 18Emil Gilels, pianoPhilips, 456799 10:48 PM Johannes Brahms — Hungarian Dance No. 18 Key: DConductor: Neeme JarviEnsemble: London Symphony OrchestraChandos, 7072 10:46 PM Johannes Brahms — Hungarian Dance No. 14 Key: dConductor: Neeme JarviEnsemble: London Symphony OrchestraChandos, 7072 10:43 PM Johannes Brahms — Hungarian Dance No. 11 […]
Monday 07/23/12 New York Philharmonic This Week
11:00 PM Conductor: Bramwell Tovey Bernstein: Three Dance Episodes from On the Town Bernstein: Glitter and Be Gay from Candide Gershwin: Walking the Dog from Shall We Dance Gershwin-Tovey: The Man I Love Gershwin-Tovey: They Can’t Take That Away from Me Gershwin-Tovey: A Foggy Day in London Town Gershwin-Tovey: Fascinatin’ Rhythm
