Archive for March, 2014
Monday 3/24/14 New York Philharmonic This Week
11:00 PM Alan Gilbert, conductor SOLOIST: Philip Myers, horn; Kate Royal, soprano; Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano; Anthony Dean Griffey, tenor (Spring Symphony); Michael Slattery, tenor (Serenade); New York Choral Artists, Joseph Flummerfelt, director; Brooklyn Youth Chorus, Dianne Berkun, director Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn, and Strings Britten: Spring Symphony
Playlist: Mar/24/14
10:48 PM Johann Pachelbel — Suite for strings & continuo Key: B-Flat Conductor: Jean-Francois PailliardEnsemble: Paillard Chamber OrchestraRCA/BMG, 5468 10:33 PM Carl Czerny — Andante e Polacca for Horn and Piano Hermann Baumann, hornLeonard Hokanson, pianoPhilips, 416816 10:11 PM Dmitri Shostakovich — Piano Concerto No. 1 Key: cOpus: 35Conductor: Yuri TemirkanovEnsemble: Saint Petersburg PhilharmonicDenis Matsuev, […]
The Dresser at Everyman
The Dresser is intriguing on so many levels. First of all, I was personally intrigued to learn that playwright, Ronald Harwood, was born in my hometown, Cape Town. He moved to the U.K. to pursue a career in the theatre, and The Dresser was based on his own experience working in that capacity for the […]
WBJC Choral Hour 3-23-14
8:00 AM Ludwig van Beethoven — Mass Key: C Opus: 86 Conductor: Matthew Best Ensemble: Corydon Orchestra Janice Watson, soprano Jean Rigby,mezzo-soprano John Mark Ainsley, tenor Gwynne Howell, bass and Chorus Hyperion, 66830 Sir Peter Maxwell Davies — Seven Songs Home Conductor: Sir Peter Maxwell Davies Ensemble: The Choir of St. Mary’s Unicorn, 9070
Playlist: Mar/23/14
8:46 PM Georg Philipp Telemann — Two Chalumeaux Concerto Key: dConductor: Simon StandageEnsemble: Collegium Musicum 90Colin Lawson,chalumeauMicheal Harris,chalumeauChandos, 593 8:00 PM Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov — Scheherazade Opus: 35Conductor: Valery GergievEnsemble: Kirov OrchestraSergei Levitin, violinPhilips, 470840 6:35 PM Bela Bartok — Rhapsody for Piano and Orch. Opus: 1Conductor: Vasil KazandzhievEnsemble: Sofia Philharmonic OrchestraAnton Dikov, pianoAVM, 3025 6:16 […]
03/29/14 – La Sonnambula – 1:00pm
Metropolitan Opera La Sonnambula by Vincenzo Bellini Libretto by Felice Romani Sung in Italian Approximate running time 2 hrs. 45 min. 1 intermission. Diana Damrau stars as Amina opposite bel canto specialist Javier Camarena as Elvino in Mary Zimmerman’s intriguing staging of Bellini’s sweet love story, with its unforgettable sleepwalking aria for the heroine. Marco Armiliato conducts. […]
3/22/14 – Bachalise Rundown
8:00 PM Get ready to Swingle with J.S. Bach! There’s also profound and moving music by “The Boss” on tonight’s Vocalise. Johann Sebastian Bach: 1st movement from the Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Virgin 61472 ORCH Swingle Singers 8:02 PM Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 29: Wir danken Gott BWV 29 Teldec 835034 COND […]
Playlist: Mar/22/14
8:49 PM Johann Sebastian Bach — Mass in b: “Dona nobis pacem” Conductor: Robert ShawEnsemble: Atlanta Symphony OrchestraAtlanta Symphony ChorusTelarc, 80119 8:40 PM Johann Sebastian Bach — Motet: Furchte dich nicht… Conductor: Rene JacobsEnsemble: Akademie fur Alte Musik BerlinRIAS Chamber ChorusHarm Mundi, 901589 8:26 PM Johann Sebastian Bach — Violin Partita No. 2: Chaconne Key: […]
3-22-14 Music in Maryland…Concert Artists of Baltimore
This week we take you back to a stellar event that took place on May 5, 2012 at the Patricia and Art Modell Performing Arts Center at the Lyric Opera House. Edward Polochick conducted a massive cast that was made up of Concert Artists of Baltimore and the Peabody Orchestra and Chorus! On the Program […]
3-21-14 Word On Wine Do It Yourself Wine Tasting!
Why wait around for someone else to host a wine tasting when you can do it yourself! Mary and I did our own informal thing a few weeks ago and it went fabulously well. You can be as informal or as structured as you like! Either way it makes for a great party. We offer […]
