Archive for August, 2013
Wednesday 8/14/13 Live! At The Concertgebouw
11:00 PM Giovanni Antonini Giovanni Sollima, cello BACH – Orchestral Suite No. 1 HAYDN – Cello Concerto in D major MOZART – Symphony No. 38 ‘Prague’ Mendelssohn- Concerto for Piano, Violin and Strings in D minor
Playlist: Aug/14/13
10:27 PM Sergei Rachmaninoff — Cello Sonata Key: gOpus: 19Janos Starker, celloShigeo Neriki, pianoRCA/BMG, 60598 10:09 PM Ludwig van Beethoven — Choral Fantasy for Piano, Chorus & Orch. Key: cOpus: 80Conductor: Andrew DavisEnsemble: Toronto Symphony OrchestraAnton Kuerti, pianoToronto Mendelsohn ChoirCBC(RCI), 5155 9:19 PM Franz Schubert — String Quartet No. 15 Key: GOpus: 161Ensemble: Takacs QuartetLondon, […]
Tuesday 8/13/13 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Riccardo Muti conducts Beethoven and Schubert. Vivaldi: Concerto for Strings in A Major, R 158 Mozart: Symphony No 38 in D Major, K 504, Prague Beethoven: Symphony No 4 in B-Flat Major, Op 60 Schubert: Symphony No 3 in D Major, D 200 Williams: People’s House and Father and Son
Playlist: Aug/13/13
10:46 PM Richard Wagner — Parsifal: Prelude to Act I Conductor: Jeffrey TateEnsemble: Bavarian Radio SymphonyAngel/EMI, 49196 10:11 PM John Adams — Harmonium Conductor: Robert ShawEnsemble: Atlanta Symphony OrchestraTelarc, 80365 9:40 PM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Flute & Harp Concerto Key: CConductor: Lord Yehudi MenuhinEnsemble: English Chamber OrchestraSamuel Coles, fluteNaoko Yoshino, HarpVirgin, 91504 9:08 PM […]
Hooray for new food!
No, I don’t mean fashion-conscious dishes with ingredient lists that read like some sort of perverse culinary nightmare. (A few months ago, I read a review of a recently-revamped restaurant whose new menu includes fried oysters with a strawberry jam dipping sauce. Shudder!) Creativity in the kitchen is all well and good, and every recipe […]
Revisiting Sugarman
Just after I returned from Africa last August, my writing professor at UB (Marion Winik, whose interview I posted here last week) sent me an email asking me if I had seen the film, “Searching for Sugar Man,” because of its strong South African connection. As I wrote in a blog back then, as soon […]
Back in the Saddle
After being without the bike for a week, while it was in the shop for some spoke repair, it was good to back on 2 wheels again for the ride in to work. It is really surprising how much I missed it. It is a funny thing how something can become so much a part […]
Monday 8/12/13 New York Philharmonic This Week
11:00 PM Conductor: Alan Gilbert Lunsqui: Fibres, Yarn and Wire Gruber: Frankenstein! Carter: Two Controversies & A Conversation Jarrell: Nachlese Vb: Liederzyklus Boulez: …explosante-fixe…
Playlist: Aug/12/13
10:30 PM Frantisek Krommer — Concerto for 2 Clarinets Key: E-Flat Opus: 35Conductor: Kalman BerkesEnsemble: Nicolaus Esterhazy SinfoniaKalman Berkes, clarinetKaori Tsutsui,clarinetNaxos, 8553178 9:42 PM Johannes Brahms — Serenade No. 1 Key: DOpus: 11Conductor: Kurt MasurEnsemble: Gewandhausorchester LeipzigPentatone, 5186188 9:23 PM Franz Joseph Haydn — Horn Concerto No. 1 Key: DEnsemble: L’ArchibudelliAb Koster,natural hornCBS/Sony, 68253 8:58 […]
08/11/13 – Toccata Rundown
6:00 PM Ferdinand Ries Sonata in f Op 26 Naxos 572204 SOLO Susan Kagan, piano 6:34 PM Vaclav Trojan Fairy Tales–Concerto for Accordion Champs Hil 55 COND Clark Rundell ORCH BBC National Orch. of Wales SOLO Ksenija Sidorova, Accordion
