Archive for the ‘WBJC Programs’ Category
A Season Finale and a Farewell
This Sunday, April 28, Chamber Music by Candlelight will present the final concert of their 2012-13 season. Clarinetist and co-coordinator Eddie Palanker is retiring from the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra after playing in the group for 50 years; as such, he’ll also be stepping down from his position with this series. Over the years, I’ve had … Read More »
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 »
Playing Games During the Cold War
Dundalk Community Theatre is presenting Chess by Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus, and Tim Rice from April 26-May 5. I spoke with director John Amato about the production and the show’s connection to real-life events; you can click on the link below to listen to our chat. Related posts: Truth Is More Compelling Than Fiction March … Read More »
Wednesday 4/24/13 Live! At The Concertgebouw
11:00 PM Conductors: Wolfgan Sawallisch, Jerzy Semkow, Vladimir Ashkenazy Martinu: Symphony No. 6 Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 3
Tuesday 4/23/13 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Trevor Pinnock conducts two triple concertos Debussy: Marche Ecosaisse Beethoven: Concerto for Violin,Cello, and Piano in C Major, Op. 56 (Stefan Jackiw, violin; Paul Gomziakov, cello; Kristian Bezuidenhout, piano) Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 56 Scottish Mozart: Concerto for 3 Pianos in F Major, K. 242 (Trevor Pinnock, Kristian Bezuidenhout, … Read More »
Monday 4/22/13 New York Philharmonic This Week
11:00 PM CONDUCTOR: Alan Gilbert SOLOIST: Yefim Bronfman, piano PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No 2 RACHMANINOFF: Symphony No 2
04/27/13 – Giulio Cesare – 1PM
Metropolitan Opera Giulio Cesare by George Frideric Handel Libretto by Nicola Francesco Haym Sung in Italian Approximate running time: 4 hrs. 5 min., 2 intermissions. The opera that conquered London in Handel’s time comes to the Met in David McVicar’s inventive production—which triumphed at its Glyndebourne premiere in 2005. The Guardian praised McVicar’s “witty, sexy, and tragic post-colonial framing of … Read More »
Thursday 4/18/13 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Manfred Honeck, conductor Chen Reiss, soprano Betsy Burleigh, Director: Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh Thomas Hampson, baritone DVORAK: Biblical Songs BRAHMS: A German Requiem Encore: Dvorak: Scherzo Capriccioso
Wednesday 4/17/13 Live! At The Concertgebouw
11:00 PM Conductors, Riccardo Chailly & Herbert Blomstedt Alexander Kerr, violin STRAVINSKY – Violin Concerto Herbert Blomstedt BRAHMS – Symphony No. 4 Encore: Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 Finale
Tuesday 4/16/13 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Emanuel Ax plays Beethoven Emperor Conductor, David Robertson Hindemith: Metamorphosis on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 73, Emperor (Emanuel Ax, piano) Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances, Op. 45 Beethoven: Consecration of the House, Op. 124
