Archive for March 12th, 2017
Music From Movies 3-12-17
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 […]
04/22/17 – Eugene Onegin – 1pm
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 […]
04/15/17 – Aida – 1pm
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 […]
04/08/17 – Tristan und Isolde – 1pm
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 […]
04-01-17 – Fidelio – 1pm
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 […]
03/25/17 – Idomeneo – 1pm
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 […]
Choral Hour 3-12-17
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 […]
Playlist: Mar/12/17
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 […]