Archive for January 1st, 2017

Jan. 01 2017

01/28/17 – Il Barbiere di Siviglia – 1PM

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Metropolitan Opera Il Barbiere di Siviglia Composed by Gioachino Rossini Libretto by Cesare Sterbini Sung in Italian ESTIMATED RUN TIME 3 HRS 4 MINS front page photo credit: Ken Howard/ Met Opera World premiere: Teatro Argentina, Rome, 1816. Rossini’s perfectly honed treasure survived a famously disastrous opening night (caused by factions and local politics more than any reaction to […]

Jan. 01 2017

01/21/17 – Romeo et Juliette – 1PM

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Metropolitan Opera Roméo et Juliette Composed by Charles Gounod Libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré Sung in French ESTIMATED RUN TIME 2 HRS 56 MINS front page photo credit: Ken Howard/ Met Opera World premiere: Théâtre Lyrique, Paris, 1867. Perhaps the most enduringly successful of the many operatic settings of the world’s consummate love story, Roméo et […]

Jan. 01 2017

01/14/17 – La Boheme – 1PM

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Metropolitan Opera La Bohème Composed by Giacomo Puccini Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa Sung in Italian ESTIMATED RUN TIME 2 HRS 58 MINS front page photo credit: Marty Sohl/ Met Opera World premiere: Teatro Regio, Turin, 1896. Met company premiere: Los Angeles (on tour), November 9, 1900. La Bohème, the passionate, timeless, and indelible story of love among […]

Jan. 01 2017

Music From Movies 1-1-17

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7:00 PM Mark Knopfler                 The Princess Bride: Main Titles         Telarc     80342 COND Erich Kunzel ORCH Cincinnati Pops Orchestra ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7:04 PM Howard Shore                  Lord of the Rings: Return of the King selections   Reprise 48521 COND Howard Shore ORCH Studio Orchestra SOLO Sir James Galway, flute SOLO Renee Fleming, soprano SOLO Annie Lennox, soprano ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7:27 […]

Jan. 01 2017

Choral Hour 1-1-17

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Happy New Year!  On the first choral hour of 2017 you’ll hear music by Bach and Strauss.  Also, Jonathan Palevsky will be chatting with T. Herbert Dimmock about Bach In Baltimore’s New Year’s Day Baroque Celebration taking place this afternoon.   8:00 AM Johann Sebastian Bach         Cantata No. 29: (We thank you, God, we thank […]

Jan. 01 2017

Playlist: Jan/01/17

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8:28 PM Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Serenade for Strings Key: COpus: 48Conductor: Vladimir AshkenazyEnsemble: Saint Petersburg PhilharmonicLondon, 4758355 7:48 PM Jerry Goldsmith — First Knight: Original Soundtrack Conductor: Jerry GoldsmithEnsemble: Studio OrchestraEpic, 67270 7:37 PM Richard Wagner — Gotterdammerung: Conductor: Klaus TennstedtEnsemble: Berlin PhilharmonicAngel/EMI, 86248 7:27 PM Richard Wagner — Gotterdammerung: Conductor: Klaus TennstedtEnsemble: Berlin […]

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