Archive for February 16th, 2019
2-16-19 Music in Maryland. Parker Quartet.
This week we are airing a Candlelight Concert from October of 2017 that commemorated the centennial of the Soviet Revolution. The Parker Quartet performed Stravinsky’s Concertino and 3 Pieces for String Quartet, Prokofiev’s 2nd Quartet and Shostakovich’s Third. To fill I used Marin Alsop’s recording of Prokofiev’s Sixth Symphony (a masterpiece we rarely hear) which […]
Vocalise – 02/16/19
8:00 PM 8:00 PM Giuseppe Verdi Un Ballo in Maschera: Zitti…L’incanto CBS/Sony 91002 COND Dimitri Mitropoulos ORCH Metropolitan Opera Orchestra SOLO Marian Anderson, contralto SOLO and Chorus ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8:03 PM Giacomo Puccini Manon Lescaut: “Tu,tu amore? Tu?” DG/Archiv 449229 ORCH Metropolitan Opera Orchestra SOLO Montserrat Caballe, soprano SOLO Placido Domingo, tenor ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8:11 PM Jacques […]
Playlist: Feb/16/19
8:52 PM Traditional — Deep River Marian Anderson, contraltounknown pianistNimbus, 7882 8:45 PM Gioacchino Rossini — Barber of Seville: “Una voce poco fa” Conductor: Richard BonyngeEnsemble: Welsh National Opera OrchestraJoan Sutherland, sopranoLondon, 417253 8:17 PM Robert Schumann — A woman’s love and life Opus: 42Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, mezzoJulius Drake, pianoBBC, 24 8:11 PM Jacques Offenbach […]
