Archive for August, 2012
Scene while stopped at a traffic light
Just across Liberty Road, the hawk is circling– her wings hardly moving; the tips adjusting while the hunter dips and rises, riding the currents of air created by the sun, the breeze, and the exhaust of the passing cars. Beneath the hawk, on the other side of Liberty Road is a church with a […]
Playlist: Aug/31/12
10:52 PM Johann Sebastian Bach — Kommst du nun,Jesu, fom Himmel Werner Jacob, organAngel/EMI, 509393 10:46 PM Johann Sebastian Bach — Ach bleib’ bei us,Herr Jesu Werner Jacob, organAngel/EMI, 509393 10:42 PM Johann Sebastian Bach — Meine Seele erhebet den Herren Werner Jacob, organAngel/EMI, 509393 10:37 PM Johann Sebastian Bach — Wer nur den lieben […]
8-30-12 Word On Wine 3 Ways of the Wine List!
I usually order wine by the glass because I like whites and my partner prefers reds. Glasses usually run between $6 and $12 and we typically have two a piece over the course of a long meal. Considering that you are spending $40 or so on wine you might want to know who chose these […]
Thursday 08/30/12 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Conductor: Manfred Honeck Pianist: Emanuel Ax BRAUNFELS: Fantastic Appearances of a Theme by Hector Berlioz BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 4 BRAHMS: Symphony No. 4 Fill: Schubert: Impromptu in Ab, D 935
Playlist: Aug/30/12
10:30 PM Felix Mendelssohn — String Quartet No. 2 Key: aOpus: 13Ensemble: Eroica QuartetHarm Mundi, 907245 9:42 PM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Serenade No. 10 for winds Key: B-Flat Conductor: Pierre BoulezEnsemble: Ensemble IntercontemporainLondon, 4780316 8:57 PM Johannes Brahms — Symphony No. 2 Key: DOpus: 73Conductor: Christoph von DohnanyiEnsemble: Cleveland OrchestraTeldec, 844005 8:46 PM Christian […]
Small world
You may have noticed that we quite frequently air performances by the French conductor, Marc Minkowski, on WBJC. He founded the group, Musicians of the Louvre, in the 1980s and has recorded quite a substantial amount of French music with them—mostly Baroque, but also composers like Offenbach, Bizet and Berlioz. Well, I’ve discovered that he […]
Wednesday 08/29/12 Live! At The Concertgebouw
11:00 PM CONDUCTOR: Antonio Pappano SOLOIST: Leonidas Kavakos, violin ORCHESTRA: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Verdi: Overture to “La forza del destino” Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto, Op. 35 Borodin: Symphony No. 2
Playlist: Aug/29/12
10:35 PM Claude Debussy — String Quartet Key: gOpus: 10Ensemble: Cleveland QuartetTelarc, 80111 9:43 PM Sergei Rachmaninoff — Symphony No. 2 Key: eOpus: 27Conductor: Yuri TemirkanovEnsemble: Baltimore Symphony OrchestraBSOrch, 2 9:14 PM Ludwig van Beethoven — String Quartet No. 6 Key: B-Flat Opus: 18Ensemble: New Budapest String QuartetHyperion, 66402 8:43 PM Georges Bizet — Symphony […]
Tuesday 08/28/12 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Conductor: Trevor Pinnock Debussy: Marche écossaise Beethoven: Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Piano in C Major, Op 56 (Stefan Jackiw, violin; Paul Gomziakov, cello; Kristian Bezuidenhout, piano) Mendelssohn: Symphony No 3 in A Minor, Op 56, Scottish Mozart: Concerto for Three Pianos in F Major, K 242 (Trevor Pinnock, Kristian Bezuidenhout, Benjamin Hochman, […]
Playlist: Aug/28/12
11:00 PM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Piano Concerto No. 7 Key: FConductor: Sir John BarbirolliEnsemble: New York PhilharmonicJosef Lhevinne, pianoRosina Lhevinne, pianoNYPO, 9705 11:00 PM Felix Mendelssohn — Symphony No. 3 Key: aOpus: 56Conductor: John LubbockEnsemble: Orch of St. John’s, LondonASV, 6004 11:00 PM Ludwig van Beethoven — Triple Concerto Key: COpus: 56Conductor: Herbert von […]