Archive for May, 2014

May. 31 2014

6-2-14 Word On Wine Duck and Languedoc!

By Jonathan Palevsky | Posted in Host Blogs, Word on Wine | Comments Off on 6-2-14 Word On Wine Duck and Languedoc!

This week Mary reviewed 2 French Rosés both of which are favorites! 1)Domaine de la Mordoree Cotes Du Rhone Rosé.  You might know this wine by the duck on the label.  Trust the duck!  You can’t go wrong with the duck!  Inexpensive and usually snappy and good. 2)Domaine de Fontsainte Corbieres Gris de Gris Rose.  […]

May. 31 2014

5-31-14 Music In Maryland Pro Musica Rara!

By Jonathan Palevsky | Posted in Host Blogs, Music In Maryland | Comments Off on 5-31-14 Music In Maryland Pro Musica Rara!

This week we are featuring a compilation of performances featuring Pro Musica Rara from their famous SuperBach Sundays.  These pieces were taken from concerts on January 8, 2008, February 1, 2009 and January 9, 2011.  On the program tonight… Telemann: Concerto for Recorder and Flute in e minor.  Sarah Nichols, Flute and Gwyn Roberts, Recorder. […]

May. 31 2014

5-31-14 Face The Music Listings!

By Jonathan Palevsky | Posted in Face the Music, Host Blogs | Comments Off on 5-31-14 Face The Music Listings!

This week our panel was John Bowen (making his final FTM appearance as a Baltimore resident…We will miss you!)  from Emanuel Episcopal and Jed Gaylan from the Hopkins and Bay Atlantic Orchestras.  We really liked the Prokofiev, hated the Bizet and felt that Mr. Flores should stick to Offenbach, which he is brilliant at and […]

May. 31 2014

WBJC Choral Hour 6-01-14

By Kati Harrison | Posted in Host Blogs, WBJC Choral Hour | Comments Off on WBJC Choral Hour 6-01-14

8:00 Jean-Baptiste Lully            Benedictus       Naxos 554399 Herve Niquet Le Concert Spirituel 8:20 AM Sir Edward Elgar               Scenes from the Bavarian Highlands       Naxos 570541 Christopher Robinson Cambridge University Ch. Choir Iain Farrington, piano 8:46 AM Randall Thompson               Cantata. Feast of Praise        Bayer 1011 Robert Shewan Roberts Wesleyan Coll.Chorale

May. 31 2014

5/31/14 – Vocalise Rundown

By Kati Harrison | Posted in Host Blogs, Vocalise | Comments Off on 5/31/14 – Vocalise Rundown

8:00 PM Richard Strauss                Der Rosenkavalier: Trio from Act Three   DG/Archiv  449177 James Levine Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Renee Fleming, soprano Anne Sofie von Otter, alto Heidi Grant Murphy,soprano 8:06 PM Robert Schumann                Liederkreis Op. 24    Angel/EMI  449177 Ian Bostridge,tenor Julius Drake, piano 8:26 PM Benjamin Britten               Serenade for Tenor, Horn, Strn  […]

May. 31 2014

06/07/14 – Parsifal – 1:00pm

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Lyric Opera of Chicago PARSIFAL (in German) COMPOSER:   Richard Wagner Approx. Length:  4 hours 45 minutes The sacred and the profane vie for supremacy in Wagner’s final, revelatory masterpiece. An elite cadre of knights is charged with guarding the Holy Grail, but their power is lost when their king succumbs to the pleasures of the flesh. Can the […]

May. 31 2014

Playlist: May/31/14

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8:49 PM Felix Mendelssohn — O for the Wings of a Dove Conductor: Sir David WillcocksEnsemble: Choir of King’s College, CambrLondon, 6918 8:26 PM Benjamin Britten — Serenade for Tenor, Horn, Strn Opus: 31Conductor: Steuart BedfordEnsemble: Scottish Chamber OrchestraNeil Mackie, tenorBarry Tuckwell, hornAngel/EMI, 95579 8:06 PM Robert Schumann — Liederkreis Op. 24 Ian Bostridge,tenorJulius Drake, […]

May. 30 2014

5-30-15 Face The Music Listings

By Jonathan Palevsky | Posted in Face the Music, Host Blogs | Comments Off on 5-30-15 Face The Music Listings

This week we had a really nice show where we liked everything!  WOW!  Our panel was Dave Donovan From Pratt Library, Ed Goldstein from Peabody Ragtime Ensemble and Baltimore Jazz Orchestra and Julien Benichou from the Towson University Orchestra, The Mid-Atlantic Symphony and the Chesapeake Youth Symphony. Here are the listings…hope you enjoyed the show. […]

May. 30 2014

Playlist: May/30/14

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11:45 PM Franz Schubert — String Quartet No. 14 Key: dEnsemble: Alban Berg QuartetAngel/EMI, 47333 11:39 PM William Steffe — Battle Hymn of the Republic Conductor: Eugene OrmandyEnsemble: The Philadelphia OrchestraMormon Tabernacle ChoirCBS/Sony, 80317 11:36 PM Thomas Morley — Now is the month of maying Ensemble: Quink Vocal QuintetTelarc, 80328 11:07 PM Felix Mendelssohn — […]

May. 29 2014

Thursday 05/29/14 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

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11:00 PM Michael Francis, conductor; Christian Tetzlaff, violin MOZART: Symphony No. 40 DVORAK: Violin Concerto SMETANA: “Sarka,” No. 3 from Ma vlast JANACEK: Taras Bulba

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