Posts Tagged ‘Haydn’
Mass for troubled times
In his later years Franz Joseph Haydn personally enjoying great success and fame, but the world around him was in trouble. In 1798 Haydn wrote Missa in Angustiis (“Mass for troubled times”) which may have been premiered the day Admiral Horatio Nelson defeated Napoleon in the Battle of the Nile. This late mass would gradually be called … Read More »
Affairs Of Notes – And Words, Too!
This coming Sunday, November 18th, Pro Musica Rara will present Love Letters from the Eighteenth Century at Towson University’s Center for the Arts. PMR’s Artistic Director Allen Whear did painstaking research into the correspondence and personal lives of some Enlightenment-era notables for this program; you can listen to our interview by clicking on the link … Read More »
Those viola jokes…
What is the longest viola joke? Harold in Italy. Okay, this one is quite funny, but for the most part I just don’t get the plethora of viola jokes. I mean, I get them, but I don’t understand why violas are the butt of the dumb blonde jokes of the music world. The viola has … Read More »
Tuesday 05/29/12 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Conductors: Trevor Pinnock and Harry Bicket Cellist: Paul Gomziakov Fauré: Masques et Bergamasques Haydn: Overture to L’Isola Disabitata Haydn: Cello Concerto in C Major Mozart: Symphony No 40 in G Minor, K 550 Rameau: Suite from Les Boréades Related posts: Tuesday 12/06/11 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Monday 12/12/11 New York Philharmonic This Week Tuesday … Read More »
Tuesday 05/22/12 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Conductor: Riccardo Muti Violinist: Pinchas Zukerman Brahms: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op 77 Brahms: Symphony No 2 in D Major, Op 73 Haydn: Symphony No 89 in F Major Related posts: Tuesday 03/27/12 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Wednesday 11/09/11 Live! At The Concertgebouw Wednesday 08/22/12 Live! At The Concertgebouw
Thursday 05/17/12 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Conductor: Arild Remmereit Violinist: Viviane Hagner MOZART: Symphony No. 40 HAYDN: Violin Concerto No. 1 SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 5 Related posts: Thursday 12/01/11 Cleveland Orchestra Tuesday 12/06/11 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Monday 12/12/11 New York Philharmonic This Week
Monday 04/16/12 New York Philharmonic This Week
11:00 PM Conductor: Alan Gilbert Mezzo-soprano: Anne Sofie von Otter Haydn: Symphony No 88 Schubert: “Die Forelle” (orch. Britten) (1817) Schubert: “Gretchen am Spinnrade” (orch. Reger)(1814) Schubert: “Du bist die Ruh” (orch. Webern) (1823) Schubert: “An Silvia” (orch. Anonymous) (1826) Schubert: “Nacht und Traume” (orch. Webern) (1822) Schubert: “Erlkonig” (orch. Berlioz) (1815) Ravel: Mother Goose … Read More »
Tuesday 03/27/12 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Conductor: Riccardo Muti CSO Chorus Smirnov: Space Odyssey (World Premiere) Haydn: Symphony No 89 in F Major Schubert: Symphony No 3 in D Major, D 200 Orff: Carmina Burana Related posts: Tuesday 05/22/12 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday 05/17/12 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Tuesday 09/11/12 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
It Runs in the Family
There are quite a few performers in Jim’s extended family. He’s one of eight kids, all of whom were exposed to music & theater when they were growing up, & many of our nieces & nephews are very talented in those areas. One of them, Laura Whittenberger, is attempting – with considerable success thus far! … Read More »
Monday 12/12/11 New York Philharmonic This Week
Conductor: Bernard Haitink Haydn: Symphony No. 96, Miracle Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 Related posts: Tuesday 12/06/11 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Wednesday 03/14/12 Live! At The Concertgebouw Tuesday 05/22/12 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
