Archive for February 14th, 2013
Thursday 2/14/13 The Cleveland Orchestra
11:00 PM Blossom Music Festival Franz Welser-Möst, conductor WAGNER: Rienzi Overture (Severance Hall – 02/20/10) WAGNER: Tristan and Isolde: Prelude and Love-Death (Severance Hall – 10/30/10) BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 9 in d (Blossom Music Center – 07/10/11)
Jazz Great Trumpeter Donald Byrd Dies at 80
I was saddened Monday to learn of the death of jazz trumpeter Donald Byrd at the age of 80. He was an all time jazz great by any standards. I became an avid Byrd listener a decade ago when I discovered the treasure trove of hard bop jazz recordings made by the […]
Playlist: Feb/14/13
10:56 PM Fritz Kreisler — Liebesfreud Elmar Oliveira, violinRobert Koenig,pianoArtek, 72 10:43 PM Johann Strauss II — Where the Lemon Trees Blossom (Waltz) Opus: 364Conductor: Willi BoskovskyEnsemble: Vienna Symphony OrchestraLondon, 4780226 10:28 PM Bedrich Smetana — Ma Vlast: Tabor Conductor: Vaclav NeumannEnsemble: Czech Philharmonic OrchestraSupraphon, 111958 9:51 PM Joachim Raff — Symphony No.2 Key: COpus: […]