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 »
11:00 PM Manfred Honeck, conductor Chen Reiss, soprano Betsy Burleigh, Director: Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh Thomas Hampson, baritone DVORAK: Biblical Songs BRAHMS: A German Requiem Encore: Dvorak: Scherzo Capriccioso
11:00 PM Conductors, Riccardo Chailly & Herbert Blomstedt Alexander Kerr, violin STRAVINSKY – Violin Concerto Herbert Blomstedt BRAHMS – Symphony No. 4 Encore: Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 Finale
11:00 PM Emanuel Ax plays Beethoven Emperor Conductor, David Robertson Hindemith: Metamorphosis on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 73, Emperor (Emanuel Ax, piano) Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances, Op. 45 Beethoven: Consecration of the House, Op. 124
Today is April 15th – tax day, right? Well, yes. This year, it also happens to be the date of the Boston Marathon, and although Jim isn’t running, I’m sure he’s following the race online. Today is also the 10th anniversary of an event that we often refer to as The Great Splat. The following … Read More »
This past weekend, we lost a couple of great musicians. sir Colin Davis, longtime conductor of the London symphony orchestra (in fact, it’s longest-term music director) died at the age of 85, and Adolphe Herseth, long time principal trumpet for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and considered one of the finest trumpeters in America died at … Read More »
11:00 PM A retrospective of Philharmonic recordings of Spanish and Latin-American music. CONDUCTORS: Leonard Bernstein; José Serebrier; Pierre Boulez SOLOISTS: Sharon Isbin, guitar; Jan Deaetani, mezzo-soprano; Marilyn Horne, mezzo-soprano CHAVEZ: Sinfonia India (recorded 1961) PONCE: Concierto de sur (recorded 2004) FALLA: The Three-Cornered Hat (recorded 1975) FALLA: El Amor Brujo (recorded 1976)
This week Mary and I rave (I usually rave!) about wines from Cos vineyard in Sicily! We tasted the Pithos Bianco and the Pithos Rosso as well as the Maldafrica! Here is a good web site for people who speak English! http://www.wineanorak.com/italy/COS.htm Here is the COS website which is for our Italian speaking listeners! http://www.cosvittoria.it/ … Read More »
Have you ever wanted to just have Word on Wine on your phone or tablet without having to turn on your computer, hunt down our website, and navigate to the latest show? If you have an iPhone/Pad, Android smartphone or tablet, or the Kindle you have a choice of several free apps that can scan WBJC’s blog and … Read More »
Metropolitan Opera Die Walküre by Richard Wagner Libretto by Richard Wagner Sung in German Approximate running time: 5 hrs. 6 min., 2 intermissions. Robert Lepage’s landmark production of Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen is back for three complete cycles in spring 2013, on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the composer’s birth. Jay Hunter Morris reprises his … Read More »
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