Archive for January 6th, 2018
1-6-18 Face The Music Listings
This week we had three violin concertos and three people! Our panel was Jed Gaylin from Hopkins Symphony and Bay Atlantic Orchestra, Ed Goldstein from Peabody Ragtime Ensemble and Annapolis Symphony and Moi! Three Violin Concertos including a gorgeous recording of Beethoven’s! PLAY DATE: Sat, 01/06/2018 5:00 PM 71 Ludwig van Beethoven Violin Concerto in […]
Vocalise – 1/06/18
8:00 PM I invite you to enjoy this birthday celebration (a day early) of pieces by Francis Poulenc who was born in the posh part of Paris on January 7th 1899. 8:00 PM Leo Delibes Lakme: Flower Duet London 19033 COND Sebastian Lang-Lessing ORCH Philharmonia Orchestra SOLO Renee Fleming, soprano SOLO Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ […]
01/27/18 – Tosca – 1pm
METROPOLITAN OPERA GIACOMO PUCCINI Tosca Sir David McVicar’s “smashing new production” is “a grand triumph” (Huffington Post), featuring an exciting cast led by soprano Sonya Yoncheva in the title role of the fiery diva and Vittorio Grigolo as her passionate lover, Cavaradossi. The pair are “youthful, ardent, and innocent … their duets electric, their kisses […]
01/20/18 – Thais – 1pm
JULES MASSENET Thaïs Ailyn Pérez is the alluring courtesan and Gerald Finley is the holy man who tries to resist her powers of seduction in Massenet’s tale of sensuality versus spirituality. Emmanuel Villaume conducts. SUNG IN FRENCH ESTIMATED RUN TIME: 3 HRS 16 MINS photo credit: Chris Lee/Metropolitan Opera CAST CONDUCTOR Emmanuel Villaume THAÏS Ailyn Pérez NICIAS Jean-François Borras ATHANAËL Gerald […]
1-6-18 Music In Maryland Bernard Labadie!
What’s Bernard Labadie doing on Music in Maryland! Good and fair question! He’s conducting the BSO this weekend in an all Mozart program and I thought it would be a good occasion to play some of his great baroque recordings. Here’s an interview I did with him earlier in the week…he’s pretty brilliant! Here are […]
Booknotes looks ahead to good reads for 2018
In the New Year we can look forward to new books by local writers, and some hidden gems. Here is Ann Berlin from The Ivy Bookshop with some guidelines. Laura Lipman’s Sunburn Sujata Massey’s Widows of Malabar Dan Fesperman’s Safe Houses Hotel Silence by Audur Ava Olafsdottir
Playlist: Jan/06/18
8:50 PM Jacques Offenbach — Tales of Hoffmann: Doll Song Conductor: Julius RudelEnsemble: London Symphony OrchestraBeverly Sills, sopranoJohn Alldis ChoirDG/Archiv, 471766 8:17 PM Francis Poulenc — Stabat Mater Conductor: Michel PiquemalEnsemble: Orchestre de la CiteVittoria Regional ChoirDanielle Borst, sopranoNaxos, 8553176 8:03 PM Francis Poulenc — Tel jour telle nuit Felicity Lott, sopranoThe Songmakers AlmanacHyperion, 66147 […]