Archive for March, 2018
Playlist: Mar/31/18
8:53 PM Johann Sebastian Bach — Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring Conductor: John Eliot GardinerEnsemble: English Baroque SoloistsMonteverdi ChoirDG/Archiv, 439146 8:00 PM Johann Sebastian Bach — Mass in b: parts 2,3,4 Conductor: Philippe HerrewegheEnsemble: Collegium VocaleJohannette Zomer, sopranoVeronique Gens, sopranoChristoph Pregardien, tenorPeter Kooy, bassHanno Muller-Brachmann, baritoHarm Mundi, 901614 5:45 PM Camille Saint-Saens — Symphony No. […]
Playlist: Mar/30/18
11:38 PM Frederic Chopin — Cello Sonata Key: gOpus: 65Martha Argerich, pianoMstislav Rostropovich, celloDG/Archiv, 4794647 11:01 PM Aram Khachaturian — Piano Concerto Conductor: Serge KoussevitzkyEnsemble: Boston Symphony OrchestraWilliam Kapell, pianoRCA/BMG, 60921 10:56 PM Felix Mendelssohn — Song Without Words Key: f-Sharp Opus: 30Irina Mejoueva, pianoDenon, 18039 10:53 PM William Byrd — Haec dies Conductor: John […]
Willy’s take on Madrid/Barcelona
I just returned from my first WBJC music tour – this one to Madrid and Barcelona. Although I wasn’t the only first timer, there were many in our group of 25 who had taken several trips and were glowing about all of them (hearing YoYo Ma playing Bach in Berlin was one of the tops). […]
Thursday 03/29/18 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM BEETHOVEN: Overture to Egmont BRUCH: Violin Concerto No. 1 SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 5 Kryzysztof Urbanski, conductor; Ray Chen, violin
Bard to the bone with Othello
The Baltimore Shakespeare Factory is presenting Shakespeare’s tragedy Othello during the month of April. This is their annual original pronunciation production. Troy Jennings is playing the title role.
Playlist: Mar/29/18
10:58 PM Germaine Tailleferre — Pastorale Emily Beynon, fluteAndrew West, pianoHyperion, 67204 10:17 PM Sir William Walton — The Quest ( complete ballet) Conductor: David Lloyd-JonesEnsemble: English Northern PhilharmoniaNaxos, 8555868 10:04 PM Clara Schumann — Variations on a theme by Robert Schumann Opus: 20Susanne Grutzmann, pianoHanssler, 7065 9:24 PM Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Symphony No. […]
Wednesday 03/28/18 San Francisco Symphony
11:00 PM CONDUCTOR: Michael Tilson Thomas SOLOISTS: Yuja Wang, piano/ Mark Inouye, trumpet* Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor, Opus 35* Stravinsky Le Chant du Rossignol Stravinsky The Firebird Suite [1919 revision]
Playlist: Mar/28/18
10:59 PM Alexander T. Grechaninov — Meditation Opus: 14Ensemble: The Bekova SistersChandos, 9364 10:27 PM Jennifer Higdon — City Scape Conductor: Robert SpanoEnsemble: Atlanta Symphony OrchestraTelarc, 80620 9:59 PM Joseph Haydn — Symphony No.101 Key: DConductor: Claudio AbbadoEnsemble: Chamber Orchestra of EuropeDG/Archiv, 4778117 9:37 PM Heitor Villa-Lobos — String Quartet No.2 Ensemble: Cuarteto LatinoamericanoDorian, 93179 […]
Tuesday 03/27/18 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Riccardo Muti and Anne-Sophie Mutter Penderecki: The Awakening of Jacob Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35 (Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin) Schumann: Symphony No. 2 in C Major, Op. 61 Ravel: Bolero
Playlist: Mar/27/18
10:57 PM Manuel Ponce — Arulladora Mexicana Leslie Enlow, guitarCarlo Pezzimenti,guitarASV, 1053 10:18 PM Amy Marcy Cheney Beach — Piano Concerto Key: c-Sharp Opus: 45Conductor: Paul GoodwinEnsemble: English Chamber OrchestraJoanne Polk, pianoArabesque, 6738 10:05 PM Modest Moussorgsky — A Night on Bald Mountain Conductor: Kent NaganoEnsemble: Montreal Symphony OrchestraLondon, 4830396 9:39 PM Johann Christian Bach […]