Archive for April 15th, 2013
Humpty Dumpty is an Ultra-Runner
Today is April 15th – tax day, right? Well, yes. This year, it also happens to be the date of the Boston Marathon, and although Jim isn’t running, I’m sure he’s following the race online. Today is also the 10th anniversary of an event that we often refer to as The Great Splat. The following […]
Birthdays
This past weekend, we lost a couple of great musicians. sir Colin Davis, longtime conductor of the London symphony orchestra (in fact, it’s longest-term music director) died at the age of 85, and Adolphe Herseth, long time principal trumpet for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and considered one of the finest trumpeters in America died at […]
Monday 4/15/13 New York Philharmonic This Week
11:00 PM A retrospective of Philharmonic recordings of Spanish and Latin-American music. CONDUCTORS: Leonard Bernstein; José Serebrier; Pierre Boulez SOLOISTS: Sharon Isbin, guitar; Jan Deaetani, mezzo-soprano; Marilyn Horne, mezzo-soprano CHAVEZ: Sinfonia India (recorded 1961) PONCE: Concierto de sur (recorded 2004) FALLA: The Three-Cornered Hat (recorded 1975) FALLA: El Amor Brujo (recorded 1976)
Playlist: Apr/15/13
10:52 PM Johann Adolf Hasse — Sinfonia Key: DConductor: Reinhardt GoebelEnsemble: Musica Antiqua KolnDG/Archiv, 4776730 10:20 PM Henry Hadley — Salome (Symphonic Peom) Opus: 55Conductor: Karl KruegerEnsemble: Royal Philharmonic OrchestraBridge, 9124 10:13 PM Sir Arthur Sullivan — Sorcerer: Overture Conductor: Alexander FarisEnsemble: Scottish Chamber OrchestraNimbus, 5066 9:39 PM Ludwig van Beethoven — Piano Concerto No. […]