Archive for May 8th, 2012
Blossoming Civility – and Creativity, Too!
If you tuned in to WBJC between 10am-3pm last Friday, May 4th, you may have noticed that Jonathan was filling in for me. As mentioned in my previous blog post, I’d been asked to take part in the opening ceremonies of FlowerMart 2012. I rode the bus to Mount Vernon late in the morning & […]
All about the music
Sometimes, when you go to hear a concert it is the performer who is the star of the show. Take someone like the phenomenal Lang Lang, for example, with his high tech performances that have him approaching the keyboard almost as if it is a computer console. It is riveting and exciting and, almost no […]
Tuesday 05/08/12 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Conductor: Ludovic Morlot Violinist: CSO Concertmaster Robert Chen Martinů: The Frescoes of Piero della Francesca Debussy: La Mer Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op 35 Mozart: Piano Concerto No 21 in C Major, K 467 (Jonathan Biss, piano)
Your first time… installment #3!
Today’s stories are beautiful reminders of how deeply intertwined family and music can be in our lives. Does anyone out there take the time to pay it forward? I think a future write-in topic should be stories about how we influence the younger generations with our love of music. 🙂 Member Patrick Kelly of […]
Playlist: May/08/12
10:55 PM Percy Aldridge Grainger — My Robin is to the Greenwood Gone Conductor: Richard HickoxEnsemble: City of London SinfoniaChandos, 9554 10:23 PM Georg Philipp Telemann — Darmstadt Overture (Suite) Key: fConductor: Nikolaus HarnoncourtEnsemble: Concentus musicus WienTeldec, 93772 10:06 PM Johann Stamitz — Orchestral Trio Key: EOpus: 5Conductor: Donald ArmstrongEnsemble: New Zealand Chamber OrchestraNaxos, 8553194 […]
