Archive for November, 2012
November Newsletter!
Check out this month’s newsletter with Judith Krummeck’s article: www.wbjc.com/about-us/wbjc-newsletter-archive/ The holiday programming schedule will be included in the December newsletter, so make sure you’ve signed up to receive it. For those of you who don’t like clutter in your inbox, the newsletter are posted in the archive here on the website a few days […]
Thursday 11/15/12 The Cleveland Orchestra
11:00 PM Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano and conductor (Schoenberg and Mozart) Tito Muñoz, conductor (Stravinsky) The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus SCHOENBERG: Three Piano Pieces, Op. 11 (for solo piano) MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 18 in Bb, K. 456 STRAVINSKY: Symphonies of Wind Instruments (original version, 1920) STRAVINSKY: Symphony of Psalms (1948 revision) Encore: Ravel: Rhapsodie Espagnole
Playlist: Nov/15/12
11:00 PM Igor Stravinsky — Symphony of Psalms Conductor: Andrew DavisEnsemble: BBC Symphony Orchestraand ChorusBBC, 299 11:00 PM Igor Stravinsky — Symphonies of Wind Instruments Conductor: Franz Welser-MostEnsemble: London Philharmonic OrchestraAngel/EMI, 55030 11:00 PM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Piano Concerto No. 18 Key: B-Flat Conductor: Jeffrey TateEnsemble: English Chamber OrchestraMitsuko Uchida, pianoPhilips, 422348 11:00 PM […]
The indefatigable Valery Gergiev
I came across this interview http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/story/2012/11/12/f-valery-gergiev.html?cmp=rss that CBC news conducted with Valery Gergiev when he was in Canada to give a performance with the Mariinsky Theatre Stradivarius Ensemble. With his indefatigable work ethic, juggling several full-time and guest conducting jobs, he has become the face of Russian classical music. So much so, that Russian officials are using […]
Prize winner debuts with the BSO
The young Russian pianist, Denis Koshukhin (who now makes his home in Belgium), is making his debut with the Baltimore Symphony this weekend, playing the Piano Concerto No. 2 by Brahms. It’s a work he loves and he speaks poetically about it here… Russian pianist, Denis Koshukhin
Wednesday 11/14/12 Live! At The Concertgebouw
11:00 PM CONDUCTOR: Mariss Jansons SOLOIST: Lief Ove Andsnes, piano ORCHESTRA: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 83 Wagner: Vorspiel und Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier Suite, Op. 59
Playlist: Nov/14/12
10:55 PM Franz Liszt — Oh! Quand je dors Timofei Dokshitser,trumpetSergei Solodovnik,pianoMelodiya, 1000035 10:33 PM Ralph Vaughan Williams — English Folk Song Suite Conductor: Arthur FiedlerEnsemble: Boston Pops OrchestraLondon, 430212 10:30 PM Aaron Copland — Sentimental Melody Joan Singer Spicknall, pianoEroica, 3144 10:29 PM Aaron Copland — The Young Pioneers Joan Singer Spicknall, pianoEroica, 3144 […]
The Completely Fictional–Utterly True–Final Strange Tale of Edgar Allan Poe
Bruce Nelson, who was recently named Best Actor by City Paper, is currently playing Poe at CENTERSTAGE. He brought his mellifluous voice into the WBJC studios to talk to me about it. Bruce Nelson as Poe
Tuesday 11/13/12 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Bernard Haitink conducts Brahms. Haydn: Symphony No 101 in D Major, Clock Brahms: Concerto for Violin and Cello in A Minor, Op 102 (Renaud Capuçon, violin; Gautier Capuçon, cello) Brahms: Symphony No 1 in C Minor, Op 68
Playlist: Nov/13/12
10:48 PM Gustav Holst — The Perfect Fool Ballet Music Opus: 39Conductor: Sir Andre PrevinEnsemble: London Symphony OrchestraAngel/EMI, 66934 10:30 PM Johann Sebastian Bach — Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 Key: FConductor: Matthias MauteEnsemble: Ensemble CapriceAnalekta, 9996 9:58 PM Friedrich Kalkbrenner — Grand Septet Opus: 132Ensemble: Consortium ClassicumClaudius Tanski, pianoMD+G, 3010808 9:49 PM Hector Berlioz — […]
