Posts Tagged ‘Tchaikovsky’

Feb. 11 2013

The Finnish Connection

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If ever proof was needed that musicians perform the music of their native countries with special insight, the Finnish conductor, Hannu Lintu, provided that proof with Sibelius’s 2nd Symphony this weekend. Also on the BSO program were Tchaikovsky’s Francesca da Rimini and Liszt’s Piano Concerto with soloist Stephen Hough (the reserve of the English pianist […]

Oct. 02 2012

Top 5

By Judith Krummeck | Posted in Host Blogs | 3 Comments

WBJC’s web maestra, Diana Ross, has suggested that we blog about a Top 5 list of some kind, so here I go with my top 5 favorite instruments: Cello, because it sounds so luscious and sonorous. It has its limitations, to be sure—the cellists can’t stand for the National Anthem at the opening of the […]

Sep. 03 2012

Monday 09/03/12 New York Philharmonic This Week

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11:00 PM Conductor: Alan Gilbert Violinist: Glenn Dicterow Dvorak: Carnival Overture Bartok: Violin Concerto No 1 Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 4 Fill: Tchaikovsky: Selections from the Nutcracker Tchaik0vsky: Polonaise from Eugene Onegin

Jul. 30 2012

Monday 07/30/12 New York Philharmonic This Week

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11:00 PM Conductor: Bramwell Tovey Soloist: Kirill Gerstein, piano Tchaikovsky: Festival Coronation March Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No 2 Tchaikovsky: Excerpts from act 4 of Swan Lake Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture

Jun. 14 2012

Thursday 06/14/12 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

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11:00 PM conductor: Manfred Honeck violinist: Serge Zimmermann TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 5 Fill: Tchaikovsky: March and Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from “The Nutcracker” Tchaikovksy: January from “The Seasons”

May. 07 2012

Monday 05/07/12 New York Philharmonic This Week

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11:00 PM Conductor: Christoph von Dohnanyi Violinist: Frank Peter Zimmermann Schnittke: (K)ein Sommernachtstraum Dvořák: Violin Concerto Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 6, Pathétique Fill: Schumann: Symphony No. 4

Apr. 05 2012

Thursday 04/05/12 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

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11:00 PM Conductor: Ludovic Morlot Violinist: Sarah Chang Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh WEBER: Overture to Oberon TOWER: Sequoia RAVEL: Suite No. 2 from Daphnis et Chloe Fill: Buxtehude: Chaconne Ibert: Escales Tchaikovsky: “Souvenir de Florence”      

Feb. 15 2012

Wednesday 02/15/12 Live! At The Concertgebouw

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11:00 PM   Conductor: Yannick Nézet-Séguin Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra Rijnmond, Rivierenland & Waterland Boys Choirs Program: Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (Complete Ballet in two acts!)  

Nov. 10 2011

Wednesday 11/10/11 Cleveland Orchestra

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Christoph von Dohnányi, conductor Richard King, horn WIDMANN: Concert Overture Con Brio MOZART: Horn Concerto No. 2 in Eb, K. 417 TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 6 in b, Op. 74 “Pathetique”

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