Archive for August, 2016
Wednesday 8-31-16 San Francisco Symphony
11:00 PM Conductor: Esa-Pekka Salonen Adams Radial Play Mozart Sinfonia concertante in E-flat majorfor Violin and Viola, K.364 Bartok Concerto for Orchestra Debussy Nocturnes
Playlist: Aug/31/16
10:58 PM Emmanuel Chabrier — Petite Valse Georges Rabol,pianoNaxos, 8553009 10:38 PM Sergei Prokofiev — Violin Concerto No. 1 Key: DOpus: 19Conductor: Gennady RozhdestvenskyEnsemble: BBC Symphony OrchestraItzhak Perlman, violinAngel/EMI, 83188 10:21 PM Johann Sebastian Bach — Toccata Key: DGlenn Gould, pianoCBS/Sony, 42269 10:13 PM Giuseppe Verdi — Nabucco: Overture Conductor: Riccardo MutiEnsemble: La Scala Philharmonic […]
Tuesday 8/30/16 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM CONDUCTOR: Semyon Bychkov Renaud Capuçon, violin Glanert: Brahms-Fantasie Brahms: Violin Concerto Brahms: Symphony No. 1 Barber: Overture to The School for Scandal (Leonard Slatkin, conductor)
Playlist: Aug/30/16
10:22 PM Robert Schumann — Piano Trio No.2 Key: FOpus: 80Ensemble: Vienna Brahms TrioNaxos, 8553836 10:15 PM Johann Strauss II — Voices of Spring Opus: 410Conductor: Lorin MaazelEnsemble: Vienna Philharmonic OrchestraDG/Archiv, 469376 10:04 PM Johann Sebastian Bach — Flute Sonata Key: E-Flat Janet See, fluteDavitt Moroney, harpsichordMary Springfels, vla da gambaHarm Mundi, 907025 9:26 PM […]
This Year’s Odyssey is Epic!
The Odyssey Program at Johns Hopkins is offering an abundance of courses and lectures ranging from history, the arts, music and medicine. Douglas Blackstone, Director of Odyssey, shared a few highlights and information with me about the programs. http://www.Odyssey.jhu.edu
Monday 08/29/16 New York Philharmonic This Week
11:00 PM CONDUCTOR: Alan Gilbert SOLOISTS: Anthony McGill, clarinet RAVEL: Valses nobles et sentimentales NIELSEN: Clarinet Concerto TCHAIKOVSKY: Selections from Swan Lake
Playlist: Aug/29/16
10:26 PM Jean Sibelius — Symphony No. 4 Key: aOpus: 63Conductor: Vladimir AshkenazyEnsemble: Philharmonia OrchestraLondon, 400056 10:22 PM Frederic Chopin — Impromptu No. 2 Key: F-Sharp Opus: 36Maurizio Pollini, pianoDG/Archiv, 1193902 10:12 PM Antonio Vivaldi — Summer Key: gOpus: 8Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in FieldsJoshua Bell, violinJohn Constable, harpsichordCBS/Sony, 8869711 9:45 PM Wolfgang Amadeus […]
8-29-16 Word On Wine White Bordeaux and CDR! Both around $13!
This week Mary and I reviewed a white and a red which are very solid and great for the last days of Summer…that would be the next month or so! 1)2014 Chateau Les Jourdis. White Bordeaux. Made by Bernard Magrez. $14. This had a dull nose but was great on the pallet. We really […]
Music From Movies 8-28-16
Join Jonathan for another stellar Music from Movies! Nino Rota Prova d’Orchestra (Orchestra Rehearsal) CBS/Sony 63359 COND Riccardo Muti ORCH La Scala Philharmonic Orchestr ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7:10 PM Dmitri Shostakovich 5 Days & 5 Nights: Suite Op 111 Capriccio 10341 COND James Judd ORCH Berlin Radio Symphony Orch. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7:40 PM Franz Waxman Rebecca: Selections M […]
Choral Hour 8-28-16
Today on the Choral Hour we’ll hear a piece written by Mozart that is perfect for just about any Sunday. 8:00 AM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Vesperae de Dominica in C K 321 Naxos 554158 COND Patrick Peire ORCH Collegium Inst. Brugense SOLO Capella Brugensis SOLO Greta de Reyghere, soprano SOLO Marijke van Arnhem, alto SOLO […]