Archive for April 1st, 2012
Apr.
01
2012
Breathing the same air
It was a first for me. I have never before been to the opera when a singer gave an encore of an aria in the middle of the performance. I guess it depends on the opera, and an opera buffa certainly lends itself to it more than, say, Wagner’s Ring Cycle! Well, if you were […]
Apr.
01
2012
Playlist: Apr/01/12
8:25 PM E. J. Moeran — Violin Concerto Conductor: Vernon HandleyEnsemble: Ulster OrchestraLydia Mordkovitch, violinChandos, 7078 8:00 PM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Piano Concerto No. 14 Key: E-Flat Conductor: Theodore GuschlbauerEnsemble: Gulbenkian Cham Orch of LisbonMaria Joao Pires, pianoErato, 45654 6:30 PM Sergei Rachmaninoff — Morceaux de Salon Opus: 10Ian Hobson, pianoArabesque, 6685 6:12 PM […]
