Archive for November 24th, 2012
11-24-12 Face The Music Listings!
This week our panel consisted of two members of the Hopkins Symphony Nicolene Wilson, General Manager and Jed Gaylin, Music Director. We liked the Ives, loved the Stravinsky, both the piece and the performance, put up with the Verdi and enjoyed Byron Janis…but not the Russian orchestra that joined him on the Liszt! Here are […]
12/01/12 – The Flying Dutchman – 1:00pm
Bayreuth Festival The Flying Dutchman by Richard Wagner Sung in German Approximate running time: 3 hours The ultimate blend of action, music, scene and dramatic expression was Richard Wagner’s goal in his “total work of art.” Deutsche Welle brings you another performance from the Festspielhaus, which Wagner designed explicitly for his music dramas. This year the festival, […]
Almost All American
Tonight’s Vocalise is as American as an apple pie on Thanksgiving, almost! American composers Barber, Joplin and Copland will make appearances on the program. However, I’ll also have “Goin’ Home” based on the slow movement of Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9 “From the New World” written in the U.S.A. and the bawdy “Watkins Ale” with The […]
Playlist: Nov/24/12
8:30 PM Aaron Copland — Old American Songs Conductor: Andrew LittonEnsemble: London Symphony OrchestraJubilant Sykes, BaritoneArioso, 11 8:28 PM Scott Joplin — Maple Leaf Rag Ensemble: The David Dusing SingersNewport, 60059 8:11 PM Samuel Barber — Knoxville:Summer of 1915 Conductor: Yoel LeviEnsemble: Atlanta Symphony OrchestraSylvia McNair, sopranoTelarc, 80250 8:06 PM Jay Welch — Goin’ Home […]
