Archive for May 18th, 2015
Is it Rosencrantz or is it Guildenstern?
I wish I could live inside Tom Stoppard’s mind for an hour. I’d love to know how he comes up with his intricate, cross-referenced plays. One of my favorite quotes of all time comes from an interview Stoppard did with The Paris Review, when the interviewer asked him about the pitfalls of writing. It is not […]
Monday 5/18/15 New York Philharmonic This Week
11:00 PM CONDUCTOR:Alan Gilbert SOLOISTS: 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 BRITTEN: Serenade for Tenor, Horn, and Strings BRITTEN: Spring Symphony Fill: Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun Ravel: Bolero
Playlist: May/18/15
10:45 PM Frederick Delius — In a Summer Garden Conductor: Andrew DavisEnsemble: BBC Symphony OrchestraTeldec, 90845 10:26 PM Richard Strauss — Burleske Key: dOpus: 11Conductor: Eugene OrmandyEnsemble: The Philadelphia OrchestraRudolf Serkin, pianoCBS/Sony, 47269 10:19 PM Richard Wagner — Die Walkure: Ride of the Valkyries Conductor: Fabio LuisiEnsemble: Zurich Opera House OrchestraPHR, 102 9:49 PM Alfredo […]