May.
07
2026
Thursday 5/07/26 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM GALBRAITH: Tormenta del Sur LISZT: Piano Concerto No. 2 Manfred Honeck, conductor; Alexandre Kantorow, piano
May.
06
2026
Austen’s EMMA in fine fettle at Everyman
E.M. Forester, Edith Wharton, Patricia Highsmith: these and other noteworthy social satirists have each enjoyed their flurries of renewed interest and adaptation onto stage and screen. But for consistency and longevity of both fervent fandom and successful renewal, few if any can rival the matchless Jane Austen. Maybe only Dickens and Shakespeare, in the English-speaking […]
May.
06
2026
Wednesday 5/06/26 SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
11:00 PM ORCHESTRA: San Francisco Symphony CONDUCTOR: Nicholas Collon SOLOIST: Conrad Tao, piano* Thomas Adès: Three-Piece Suite from Powder Her Face Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Opus 23* Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations, Opus 36
May.
05
2026
Tuesday 5/05/26 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Wolfgang Mozart Overture to The Marriage of Figaro, K. 492 Daniel Barenboim conductor Richard Wagner Prelude to Act I of Lohengrin Lowell Liebermann Flute Concerto No. 2, Op. 142 Claude Debussy Syrinx (Encore) Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson flute Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 4 in […]
May.
04
2026
Song of Sakuntula echoes anew with IN Series
With a story drawn from one of India’s most famous dramas, Kalidasa’s 5th century play Sakuntala–itself a dramatic retelling of a tale from the first book of Mahabharata–this new opera by IN Series Artistic Director Timothy Nelson pairs Western Baroque with Indian classical instruments to create an original “dance-opera” exploring themes of love, loss, and […]
May.
04
2026
Enoch Arden gets new life at Theatre Project
May 15-17 brings the world premiere of Enoch Arden at Baltimore Theatre Project, with an original transcription for string trio by Molly von Gutzeit from a Strauss original with text from Tennyson, spoken in this instance by WBJC’s own Judith Krummeck. Alfred, Lord Tennyson published the narrative poem Enoch Arden in 1864 during his tenure […]
May.
04
2026
Lyric Baltimore Hosts Washington National Opera’s West Side Story
The Washington National Opera presents a new production of Leonard Bernstein’s West Side Story at the Lyric Baltimore conducted by Marin Alsop. Running from May 8-10, this production is directed by Francesca Zambello who spoke about it with WBJC’s Kati Harrison. More information is available at washnatopera.org
May.
04
2026
Monday 5/04/26 New York Philharmonic
11:00 PM MAHLER Symphony No. 8 Lorin Maazel, conductor Christine Brewer, soprano Nancy Gustafson, soprano Jeanine De Bique, soprano Mary Phillips, mezzo-soprano Nancy Maultsby, mezzo-soprano Anthony Dean Griffey, tenor Wolfgang Schöne, bass Jason Grant, bass-baritone New York Choral Artists The Dessoff Choirs Brooklyn Youth Chorus
May.
03
2026
Music From Movies 05-03-26
7:00 PM Dave Grusin On Golden Pond, Main Theme Telarc 80243 COND Erich Kunzel Erik KUN zl ORCH Cincinnati Pops Orchestra SOLO William Tritt, piano 4:05 C 1 1-1 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7:06 PM 54202 Dave Grusin The Firm: Mitch and Abby OOI 2007 SOLO Dave Grusin, piano 2:22 C 1 3-3 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7:10 PM 34646 John […]
May.
01
2026
BookNotes celebrates the 30th anniversary of a groundbreaking memoir by Marion Winik
In 1996, Marion Winik published First Comes Love, a memoir about her marriage to a man who died of AIDS in 1994. Thirty years on, I invited Marion to look back on the trajectory of her memoir and her experience.
