Archive for March 12th, 2017

Mar. 12 2017

Music From Movies 3-12-17

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7:00 PM Richard Addinsell             Goodbye, Mr. Chips: Main Theme          M Polo/HK  8223732 COND Kenneth Alwyn ORCH BBC Concert Orchestra ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7:05 PM Gustav Mahler                 Symphony No.  6 in a “Tragic”           SanFranSym 1 COND Michael Tilson Thomas         Micheal  Tilson  Thomas ORCH San Francisco Symphony ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7:31 PM Richard Addinsell             Warsaw Concerto                         London     414348 COND Moshe Atzmon […]

Mar. 12 2017

04/22/17 – Eugene Onegin – 1pm

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Metropolitan Opera Eugene Onegin Composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Libretto by Konstantin Shilovsky sung in Russian ESTIMATED RUN TIME 3 HRS 38 MINS front page photo credit: Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera    Tchaikovsky’s setting of Pushkin’s timeless verse novel is presented on the Met stage in Deborah Warner’s moving production, starring Anna Netrebko as Tatiana and Mariusz […]

Mar. 12 2017

04/15/17 – Aida – 1pm

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Metropolitan Opera Aida Composed by Giuseppe Verdi Libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni sung in Italian ESTIMATED RUN TIME 3 HRS 45 MINS front page photo credit: Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera The Met’s monumental staging is a dazzling backdrop for the star-crossed love story set amid the clash of ancient empires. Three commanding sopranos—Liudmyla Monastyrska, Latonia Moore, and Krassimira […]

Mar. 12 2017

04/08/17 – Tristan und Isolde – 1pm

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Metropolitan Opera Tristan und Isolde Composed by Richard Wagner Libretto by the composer sung in German ESTIMATED RUN TIME 4 HRS 47 MINS front page photo credit: Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera Tristan und Isolde opens the Met season in a new production by Mariusz Treliński (the director responsible for the 2014–15 season’s double bill of Iolanta and Bluebeard’s […]

Mar. 12 2017

04-01-17 – Fidelio – 1pm

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Metropolitan Opera Fidelio Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven Libretto by Joseph Sonnleithner sung in German ESTIMATED RUN TIME 2 HRS 33 MINS front page photo credit: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera Beethoven’s only opera—an ode to freedom, justice, and the human spirit—returns to the Met with a fine cast. Adrianne Pieczonka is Leonore, who, disguised as Fidelio, courageously […]

Mar. 12 2017

03/25/17 – Idomeneo – 1pm

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Metropolitan Opera Idomeneo Composed by  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Libretto by Giambattista Varesco sung in Italian ESTIMATED RUN TIME 3 HRS 58 MINS front page photo credit: Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera “Here is the Met at its best. … [James] Levine conducts, drawing a refined and affecting performance from the great Met orchestra and chorus and an impressive cast” (New […]

Mar. 12 2017

Choral Hour 3-12-17

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8:00 AM Johann Sebastian Bach         Cantata No. 131: Aus der Tiefen rufe ich  Saint Davids 16 COND Douglas Buchanan ORCH Saint David’s Choir ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8:28 AM John Rutter                   The Falcon                              Collegium  114 COND John Rutter ORCH City of London Sinfonia SOLO John Scott, organ SOLO Cambridge Singers ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8:54 AM Nicolas Gombert               Magnificat secundi toni                 […]

Mar. 12 2017

Playlist: Mar/12/17

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8:48 PM Gerald Finzi — The Fall of the Leaf: Conductor: Richard HickoxEnsemble: Northern Sinfonia of EnglandAngel/EMI, 64721 8:13 PM Ludwig van Beethoven — Piano Concerto No. 4 Key: GOpus: 58Conductor: Kent NaganoEnsemble: Montreal Symphony OrchestraTill Fellner,pianoECM, 13975 7:41 PM Nino Rota — La Strada: Ballet Suite Conductor: Riccardo MutiEnsemble: La Scala Philharmonic OrchestrCBS/Sony, 66279 […]

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