Archive for September 1st, 2012

Sep. 01 2012

9-1-12 Face The Music Listings!

By Jonathan Palevsky | Posted in Face the Music, Host Blogs | Comments Off on 9-1-12 Face The Music Listings!

Here are the listings for this week’s show!  The Mozart is from the complete concert arias on London.  The Vivaldi is from a new Bridge CD entitled Vivaldi: Venetian Dreams.  The Mussorgsky is from a Pentatone Classics recording that has Pictures At An Exhibition as its main piece (we all didn’t care for it!).  The […]

Sep. 01 2012

09/08/12 – Heart of a Soldier – 1:00pm

By WBJC Programming | Posted in Operafest | Comments Off on 09/08/12 – Heart of a Soldier – 1:00pm

San Francisco Opera Heart of a Soldier by Christopher Theofanidis Libretto by Donna Di Novelli Approximate Running Time: 1 hour, 53 minutes including one intermission In English   To commemorate the 10th anniversary of the devastating terrorist attacks, San Francisco Opera presents the world premiere of Heart of a Soldier, which tells the dramatic story […]

Sep. 01 2012

Playlist: Sep/01/12

By WBJC | Posted in Playlists | Comments Off on Playlist: Sep/01/12

8:48 PM Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky — 1812 Overture Key: G-Flat Opus: 49Conductor: Neeme JarviEnsemble: Gothenburg Symphony OrchestraDG/Archiv, 429984 8:11 PM Dmitri Shostakovich — The Song of the Forests Ensemble: Moscow PhilharmonicMoscow Boys’ CappellaIvan Petrov, bassRussian di, 11048 8:08 PM Giuseppe Verdi — Il Trovatore: “Vedi, le fosche notturne” Conductor: Robert ShawEnsemble: Atlanta Symphony OrchestraAtlanta Symphony […]

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