Archive for September, 2012
Gotta run!
I love running, but I don’t do a lot of races. Usually, I just pop out the door of our house, often accompanied by Jim, & make my way through various Baltimore neighborhoods. I’m not fast & probably never will be; burning calories & staying in shape are more important to me than winning medals. […]
9-17-12 Word On Wine Review! Viognier and Chablis!
Welcome French white wine lovers and well…just white wine lovers! We have two winners for you one from the Rhone and the other from Burgundy. 1)2011 White Cote Du Rhone Village from Domaine de Couron. $16. This was estate bottled and the names of the people responsible were right on the label. We can thank […]
Playlist: Sep/17/12
10:36 PM Camille Saint-Saens — Clarinet Sonata Opus: 167Martin Powell, clarinetStephen Robbings, pianoMusConcrtn, 1 10:33 PM Antonin Dvorak — Slavonic Dance No. 5 Key: b-Flat Opus: 72Conductor: Rafael KubelikEnsemble: Bavarian Radio SymphonyDG/Archiv, 457712 10:27 PM Antonin Dvorak — Slavonic Dance No. 4 Key: D-Flat Opus: 72Conductor: Rafael KubelikEnsemble: Bavarian Radio SymphonyDG/Archiv, 457712 9:49 PM Sergei […]
A gala event
Never mind Shakespeare’s play within a play in Hamlet, on Saturday night WBJC had a party within a party at the BSO’s Opening Gala. In a corner of the lavish tent adjacent to the Meyerhof, making a discreet rumpus, could be found Mark Malinowski wearing one of his signature bow ties and an unostentatious lapel […]
Playlist: Sep/16/12
8:14 PM Carl Goldmark — Rustic Wedding Symphony Key: E-Flat Opus: 26Conductor: Maurice AbravanelEnsemble: Utah Symphony OrchestraVanguard, 5002 8:00 PM Ernest Bloch — Baal Shem: Suite Conductor: David ZinmanEnsemble: Baltimore Symphony OrchestraJoshua Bell, violinLondon, 452851 6:13 PM Robert Schumann — Novelettes Opus: 21Michel Block,pianoProPiano, 224514 6:00 PM Pedro Jose Blanco — Secondo concerto per due […]
9-15-12 Face The Music Listings!
This week’s show is a repeat from last year but a great show nonetheless! Our panelists were David Donovan from Pratt Library Fine Arts and Kati Harrison from WBJC. We all loved everything except the Reicha quintet…which nobody liked! PLAY DATE: Sat, 09/15/2012 5:00 PM 612 Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet No. 1 in F […]
09/22/12 – Lucrezia Borgia – 1:00pm
San Francisco Opera Lucrezia Borgia by Gaetano Donizetti Libretto by Felice Romani Sung in Italian Approximate running time: 2 hours, 45 minutes including two intermissions Renée Fleming, “America’s most-loved and most-lauded opera singer” (The Times,London), returns to San Francisco Opera in the title role of this melodically rich bel canto masterpiece. A femme fatale renowned for her […]
Playlist: Sep/15/12
8:29 PM Richard Strauss — Four Last Songs Conductor: Kurt MasurEnsemble: Gewandhausorchester LeipzigJessye Norman, sopranoPhilips, 4758507 8:05 PM Gerald Finzi — Dies natalis Conductor: Matthew BestEnsemble: Corydon Orchestraand ChorusJohn Mark Ainsley, tenorHyperion, 66876 8:00 PM Richard Strauss — Wiegenlied Opus: 41Conductor: Kurt MasurEnsemble: Gewandhausorchester LeipzigJessye Norman, sopranoPhilips, 411052 7:51 PM Johann Strauss II — Gypsy […]
Playlist: Sep/14/12
11:05 PM Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov — Symphony No. 2 Key: f-Sharp Opus: 9Conductor: Lorin MaazelEnsemble: Pittsburgh Symphony OrchestraTelarc, 80131 10:49 PM Johann Sebastian Bach — Prelude & Fugue – “St. Anne” Key: E-Flat Speidel-Trenkner Piano DuoMD+G, 3301006 10:06 PM Jean Sibelius — Symphony No. 2 Key: DOpus: 43Conductor: George SzellEnsemble: Royal Concertgebouw OrchestraPhilips, 442727 9:57 PM […]
