Conductor Piotr Gajewski talked with me about the National Philharmonic’s upcoming all Brahms concert with superstar mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves, 2 of the women Brahms loved and conducting without a score. The National Philharmonic Chorale with Denyce Graves will perform Saturday and Sunday, May 4th and 5th. Here’s the web address for more … Read More »
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 »
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 »
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One member writes in suggesting we visit Sherwood Gardens in the Guilford neighborhood of Baltimore. Taking a quick tour of their website, I found the tulips breathtaking! Their peak bloom is THIS WEEK folks! Have any of you visited Sherwood Gardens recently? I think I might make a thermos of tea, grab my spinning wheel and … Read More »
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 »
11:00 PM Conductors: Wolfgan Sawallisch, Jerzy Semkow, Vladimir Ashkenazy Martinu: Symphony No. 6 Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 3
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 »
11:00 PM CONDUCTOR: Alan Gilbert SOLOIST: Yefim Bronfman, piano PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No 2 RACHMANINOFF: Symphony No 2
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 »
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