Archive for the ‘WBJC Programs’ Category
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
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
5-4-13 Word On Wine Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc!
How cool is it to discover new things. It is for me! I had never had Chateauneuf-du-pape whites before and the two we tasted were really nice! Not cheap…but special. 1)2011 Les Cailloux! 80% Rousanne, 10% Clarette, 10% Grenache Blanc. $44. OK it ain’t cheap but Lucien and Andre Brunel don’t work for nothing! Check … Read More »
05/05/13 – Toccata Rundown
PLAY DATE: Sun, 05/05/2013 6:00 PM 48231 Girolamo Frescobaldi Toccata Sesta (Secondo Libro) MSR 1334 SOLO SooHwang Choi, organ 5:51 C 1 1-1 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6:05 PM 14294 Girolamo Frescobaldi Toccata quarta (Secondo Libro) MSR 1334 SOLO SooHwang Choi, organ 5:35 C 1 2-2 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6:15 PM 21216 Johannes Brahms Souvenir de la Russie Op 151 … Read More »
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 »
5-2-13 Word On Wine “Tasting Vs. Drinking”
Have you ever tried to convince a colleague or a friend that wine tasting was work. Let me tell you it’s an uphill battle! Most people think that when you taste wine you’re just sitting back and knocking em down! OK I’ll admit that wine tasting isn’t like building a box girder bridge, but in … Read More »
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
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
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)
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
