May.
08
2013
Wednesday 5/08/13 Live! At The Concertgebouw
11:00 PM Mariss Jansons SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 9 SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 10 Shostakovich: From Jewish Folk Poetry, Op. 79
WBJC Programming
May.
07
2013
Tuesday 5/07/13 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Pianist Yefim Bronfman and guest conductor Cristian Macelaru Debussy: Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun Bartok: Piano Concerto No 2 (Yefim Bronfman, piano) Bartok: Divertimento for String Orchestra Stravinsky: Song of the Nightingale Haydn: Symphony No. 6, Le Matin
May.
06
2013
Monday 5/06/13 New York Philharmonic This Week
11:00 PM CONDUCTOR: Alan Gilbert SOLOIST: Joshua Bell, violin ROUSE: Prospero’s Rooms (World premiere, New York Philharmonic commission) BERNSTEIN: Serenade after Plato’s Symposium IVES: Symphony No 4
May.
04
2013
5/11/13 – Gotterdammerung – NOON
Metropolitan Opera Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner Libretto by Richard Wagner Sung in German Approximate running time: 5 hrs. 31 min., 2 intermissions. Robert Lepage’s landmark production of Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen is back for three complete cycles in spring 2013, on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the composer’s birth. The Ring‘s cataclysmic finale stars Deborah Voigt and Katarina … Read More »
May.
02
2013
Thursday 5/02/13 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Juraj Valcuha, conductor Dame Evelyn Glennie, percussion RAVEL: Suite from Mother Goose STUCKY: Spirit Voices RACHMANINOFF: Symphonic Dances
May.
01
2013
Wednesday 5/01/13 Live! At The Concertgebouw
11:00 PM Stéphane Denève, conductor Susan Gritton, soprano Kate Aldrich, mezzo soprano Yann Beuron, tenor Laurent Naouri, baritone Vincent Le Texier, bass Netherlands Radio Choir MARTIN – Golgotha
Apr.
30
2013
Tuesday 4/30/13 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Salonen conducts Sibelius Sibelius: Pohjola’s Daughter Sibelius: Symphony No. 7 in C Major, Op. 105 Lutoslawski: Cello Concerto (Yo-Yo Ma, cello) Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 2 in D Major: I and III (Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Ton Koopman, conductor)
Apr.
29
2013
Monday 4/29/13 New York Philharmonic This Week
11:00 PM Conductor: David Robertson Soloist: Pierre Laurent-Aimard, piano Messiaen: “The Forgotten Offerings” Tristan Murail: Piano Concerti, “The Disenchantment of the World” Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1 in f-minor
Apr.
27
2013
5/04/13 – Dialogues des Carmelites – 1:00PM
Metropolitan Opera Dialogues des Carmélites by Francis Poulenc Libretto by Francis Poulenc, after Georges Bernanos Sung in French Approximate running time: 3 hrs. 2 min., 1 intermission. In one of the Met’s greatest productions, Poulenc’s masterpiece makes a rare return to the repertory with a fine cast led by Patricia Racette, Felicity Palmer, and Isabel Leonard. Louis Langrée conducts … Read More »
Apr.
25
2013
Thursday 4/25/13 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Manfred Honeck, conductor Noah Bendix-Balgley, violin Leif Ove Andsnes, piano BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 1 NICOLAI: Overture to The Merry Wives of Windsor STRAUSS, JR.: Csardas from Ritter Pasman STRAUSS, JR.: Artist’s Life Waltzes DE SARASATE: Gypsy Airs for Violin and Orchestra KREISLER: Love’s Joy for Violin and Orchestra STRAUSS: Cheerful Fortitude Polka … Read More »
