Archive for May, 2013
Playlist: May/26/13
8:25 PM Sergei Rachmaninoff — Cello Sonata Key: gOpus: 19Steven Isserlis, celloStephen Hough, pianoHyperion, 67376 8:00 PM Franz Joseph Haydn — Symphony No. 45 Key: f-Sharp Conductor: Barry WordsworthEnsemble: Capella IstropolitanaNaxos, 55038 6:38 PM Heitor Villa-Lobos — Piano Concerto No. 5 Conductor: Heitor Villa-LobosEnsemble: French National Radio SymphonyFelicia Blumenthal, pianoAngel/EMI, 67229 6:22 PM Heinrich Scheidemann […]
06/01/13 – Don Pasquale – 1:00pm
Lyric Opera of Chicago Don Pasquale by Gaetano Donizetti Sung in Italian DON PASQUALE – Ildebrando D’Arcangelo NORINA – Marlis Petersen ERNESTO – René Barbera MALATESTA – Corey Crider Also Featuring Bernard Holcomb Conductor – Stephen Lord Director – Sir Thomas Allen Designer – Jean-Pierre Ponnelle Chorus Master – Martin Wright (Photo credits: Dan Rest)
Playlist: May/25/13
8:40 PM Roger Quilter — Seven Elizabethan Lyrics Opus: 12Thomas Allen, baritoneGeoffrey Parsons, pianoVirgin, 91105 8:08 PM Joseph Canteloube — New Songs of the Auvergne Conductor: Pierre de la RocheEnsemble: and the OrchestraNetania Davrath,sopranoVanguard, 38 8:05 PM Douglas Moore — Gold is a fine thing; Ballad of Baby Doe Conductor: Emerson BuckleyEnsemble: New York City […]
Who’s that dapper fellow?
Mark Malinowski made a guest appearance along with the WBJC Travelling Booth at the Lyric’s Friday night performance of Rigoletto! What a dapper fellow! Want to know where the booth will be appearing next? Sign up for the WBJC newsletter and stay in the know! .
Playlist: May/24/13
11:26 PM Johann Nepomuk Hummel — Piano Concerto Key: aOpus: 85Conductor: Bryden ThomsonEnsemble: English Chamber OrchestraStephen Hough, pianoChandos, 8507 11:09 PM Ralph Vaughan Williams — The Lark Ascending Conductor: Sir Colin DavisEnsemble: London Symphony OrchestraHilary Hahn, violinDG/Archiv, 3026 11:05 PM Aram Khachaturian — Toccata (1932) Ruth Laredo,pianoESS.A.Y, 1026 10:48 PM Igor Stravinsky — Symphony of […]
5-23-13 Word On Wine Champagne Philippe Gonet
Every one in a while things go your way. When I was asked to interview Chantal Gonet from Champagne Philipe Gonet how could I say no! Who wouldn’t want to taste some excellent boutique champagne and talk with someone whose family has been in the business since 1830!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Mind Boggling. We discussed how things have […]
The book was better… or was it?
Recently, I’ve shared a couple of film-related posts on social media, expecting them to get a comment or two. Both had to do with film adaptations of well-known novels and have incited spirited discussions, not surprising, I guess, given that many of my friends are quite passionate about both art forms. At the heart of […]
Carlos’s Favorites!
In the following interview, conductor Carlos Kalmar talks about a phenomenal, newish work and about gathering together his favorite music from Prokofiev’s Ballet, Romeo and Juliet, aka Carlos’s Favorites. Maestro Kalmar also talks about why he loves American orchestras like the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra which he will conduct this Thursday through Saturday. Also on the program, […]
Thursday 5/16/13 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Mariss Jansons, conductor MOZART: Symphony No 41 in C Major “Jupiter” STRAUSS: “Dance of the Seven Veils” from Salome SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 8 in B minor “Unfinished” BARTOK: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
This week on “Toccata.”
I hope you can join me for “Toccata,” this Sunday. In addition to music for 2 Pianos by Adolf Busch, and a Magnificat for organ by Scheidemann, I’ll feature a 1955 recording of Heitor Villa-Lobos conducting The French National Radio Orchestra with Pianist Felicia Blumental in his Piano Concerto No. 5. He dedicated the work […]
