Archive for March 10th, 2015
A Rossini Rarity
When Gioachino Rossini was 23 (in point of fact, since he was a leap year baby, he was 5¾), he became composer in residence at the Teatro di San Carlo opera house in Naples. At the end of his 7-year stint, in 1822, he left with nine new operas and his future wife. Isabella Colbran was one of a […]
Tuesday 3/10/15 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11:00 AM A Tribute to Lorin Maazel MUSICAL CONTENT: Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 Mahler: Symphony No. 2 Mozart: Concerto for Flute & Harp Mahler: Symphony No. 4 Tremaine: In the Park in Paree (Paul Tremaine and his Orchestra) Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun (Klemperer/L.A. Philharmonic) Wagner: Prize Song from Die Meistersinger von […]
Playlist: Mar/10/15
10:42 PM Alexander Gretschaninoff — Piano Trio No. 2 Key: GOpus: 128Ensemble: Moscow Rachmaninoff TrioHyperion, 67295 10:10 PM Franz Berwald — Symphony No. 3 Key: CConductor: Igor MarkevitchEnsemble: Berlin PhilharmonicDG/Archiv, 457705 9:58 PM Felix Mendelssohn — Hebrides Overture Key: bOpus: 26Conductor: Sir Alexander GibsonEnsemble: Scottish National OrchestraChandos, 6538 9:31 PM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Piano […]
