Posts Tagged ‘Marin Alsop’
Thursday 10/11/12 The Cleveland Orchestra
11:00 PM Marin Alsop, conductor Joela Jones, organ Peter Otto, violin BARBER: Symphony No. 1, Op. 9 BERNSTEIN: Serenade (after Plato’s “Symposium”) SAINT-SAËNS: Symphony No. 3 in c, Op. 78, “Organ Symphony” Encore: Delius: Irmelin Prelude Related posts: Tuesday 11/06/12 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
I Coulda Been a Contender… The BSO Goes to the Movies
You may recognize the opening title of this blog from one of history’s most famous film scenes starring Marlon Brando as Terry Malloy in On The Waterfront. The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra will perform Leonard Bernstein’s score to On The Waterfront accompanying the film during the new season. This morning the BSO held a press conference … Read More »
Delicious Terror
My mother’s favorite recording of Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana is the 1960 performance with Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra. She fancies tenor Rudolf Petrak’s roasting swan. As a five year old this album cover elicited delicious terror in me and so did the music! As it played, I studied the cover shivering at the … Read More »
