Archive for October 8th, 2014
Should corporate sponsors butt out of opera?
It seems a conflict of interest is keeping one of the most beloved works in the operatic repertoire off the stage at West Australia Opera, at least for the next couple of seasons. Before you click on the following link from Limelight, please note that I have my own biases in this case: I’m a […]
Wednesday 10/08/14 San Francisco Symphony
11:00 PM CONDUCTOR: Vasily Petrenko SOLOIST: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano Arvo Pärt: Fratres Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 3 in E major Respighi: Fountains of Rome (Fontane di Roma) Respighi: Pines of Rome (Pini di Roma) Encore: Shostakovich: Symphony No. 9 in E-Flat Major, Op. 70 (Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor)
Playlist: Oct/08/14
10:40 PM Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Eugene Onegin: Polonaise Opus: 24Conductor: Seiji OzawaEnsemble: Philharmonia OrchestraAngel/EMI, 65145 10:20 PM Edward MacDowell — Sonata No. 4 Opus: 59James Barbagallo,pianoNaxos, 559019 10:10 PM Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov — May Night overture Conductor: Gerard SchwarzEnsemble: Seattle SymphonyNaxos, 572788 9:40 PM Alexander Borodin — Petite Suite Conductor: Neeme JarviEnsemble: Gothenburg Symphony OrchestraDG/Archiv, […]