Archive for December, 2012
Playlist: Dec/21/12
11:51 PM Johann Sebastian Bach — Cantata No. 65, “Sie Werden aus Saba all Conductor: Nikolaus HarnoncourtEnsemble: Concentus musicus WienTolzer Boy’s ChoirKurt Equiluz, tenorTeldec, 242571 11:50 PM Alexander Scriabin — Prelude No. 10 Key: c-Sharp Opus: 11Konstantin Scherbakov, pianoNaxos, 550818 11:33 PM Franz Liszt — Symphonic Poem No.3: Les Preludes Conductor: Sir Georg SoltiEnsemble: London […]
Thursday 12/20/12 The Cleveland Orchestra
11:00 PM Mitsuko Uchida, conductor and piano MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 9, in Eb, “Jeunehomme” K. 271 MOZART: Serenade No. 11 in Eb for Winds, K. 375 MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C, K. 467 Encore: Copland: Our Town
Playlist: Dec/20/12
9:36 PM Adolph Adam — O Holy Night Conductor: Constantine CallinicosEnsemble: Unknown orchestra/ensembleMario Lanza, tenorand ChorusRCA/BMG, 6427 8:51 PM Ludwig van Beethoven — String Quartet No. 15 Key: aOpus: 132Ensemble: Takacs QuartetLondon, 470849 8:44 PM Kenneth Leighton — A Hymn of the Nativity Conductor: Hilary Davan WettonEnsemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestraand ChorusNaxos, 572102 8:15 PM Antonin […]
Fancy new things to click!
Hi folks! I hope you like the newest little addition to our blogs… embedded media player! When you want to listen to an interview or a Word on Wine, you can simply click the grey “play” box and the audio should play right in the very same window you are already seeing! You can still download these audio files […]
Nutcracker collaboration
The Baltimore Symphony (music), Baltimore School for the Arts (dancers), MICA (design), and the Modell Lyric (venue) are collaborating this weekend to present four performances of Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker. Drosselmeyer, danced with aplomb for many years by Curt Decker, came into the studio to talk about it. Nutcracker collaboration
Wednesday 12/19/12 Live! At The Concertgebouw
11:00 PM CONDUCTOR : Eivind Gullberg Jensen SOLOIST : Martin Fröst, clarinet ORCHESTRA : Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Rimski-Korsakov: Sadko, Symphonic Poem Borisova-Ollas: Golden Dances of Pharaohs Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2 Encore: Rimski-Korsakov: The Snow Maiden Suite
Playlist: Dec/19/12
9:48 PM Mily Balakirev — Russia Conductor: Evgeny SvetlanovEnsemble: USSR Symphony OrchestraMelodiya, 34166 9:16 PM Ludwig van Beethoven — Piano Sonata No. 32 Key: cOpus: 111Robert Taub, pianoHarm Mundi, 905190 9:10 PM John Rutter — Nativity Carol Conductor: John RutterEnsemble: City of London SinfoniaCambridge SingersCollegium, 106 8:41 PM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — String Quartet No. […]
Tuesday 12/18/12 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Conductor: Charles Dutoit Violinist: Gil Shaham Haydn: Symphony No 85 in B-Flat Major, La Reine Britten: The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra Walton: Violin Concerto (Gil Shaham, violin) Beethoven: Symphony No 7 in A Major, Op 92
Playlist: Dec/18/12
9:17 PM Ralph Vaughan Williams — Suite for Viola and Orchestra Conductor: Norman Del MarEnsemble: Bournemouth SinfoniettaFrederick Riddle, violaChandos, 9 8:51 PM Sergei Rachmaninoff — Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Opus: 43Conductor: Mariss JansonsEnsemble: Saint Petersburg PhilharmonicMikhail Rudy, pianoAngel/EMI, 54880 8:34 PM Silvius Leopold Weiss — Lute Suite Key: dEduardo Eguez, luteMA Recordi, 78 […]
A Different Kind Of Theme Tree
By some people’s standards, Jim and I don’t do a lot of decorating for Christmas. We’ve been in our house for eleven years and have yet to put holiday lights on the outside of the house, although we do hang a wreath on the front door. Inside, we have a few seasonal knick-knacks that we […]