Archive for March 23rd, 2013
3-23-13 Face The Music Listings!
This week we review some Bach in honor of his birthday…a really nice recording of the Bartok Concerto For Strings Percussion and Celesta, Bruckner’s 7th makes and appearance and a Shostakovich Symphony you don’t often hear. Our panelists…John Bowen from Emanuel Episcopal, Dave Donovan from Pratt Library Fine Arts, Kati Harrison from WBJC. PLAY DATE: … Read More »
03/30/13 – La Traviata – 1:00pm
Metropolitan Opera La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave Sung in Italian Approximate running time: 2 hrs. 37 min, one intermission. Soprano Diana Damrau tackles Verdi’s eternal heroine for the first time anywhere in Willy Decker’s inspiring production. Plácido Domingo expands his repertoire to sing the baritone role of Germont, Violetta’s tormentor. Tenor … Read More »
Playlist: Mar/23/13
8:50 PM Richard Strauss — Befreit Opus: 39Conductor: Richard StampEnsemble: Academy of LondonGundula Janowitz, sopranoVirgin, 90794 8:03 PM Gioacchino Rossini — Soirees Musicales June Anderson, sopranoRaul Gimenez, tenorKathryn Bouleyn, sopranoAlessandro Corbelli, baritoneNina Walker, pianoNimbus, 5132 8:00 PM Christoph Willibald Gluck — Orfeo ed Eurydice: Deh placatevi Conductor: Pierre MonteuxEnsemble: Rome Opera Orchestraand ChorusRise Stevens, mezzo-sopranoRCA/BMG, … Read More »
