Archive for July, 2012
To Rome with Love, Prometheus, Savages
Woody Allen’s To Rome with Love measures up to most of his output since “Crimes and Misdemeanors.” It is romantically sweet with a few real laughs and quickly forgotten. As usual, a great cast including Alec Baldwin, Roberto Benigni, Penelope Cruz, Judy Davis, Jesse Eisenberg and Ellen Page read lines that sound like Allen playing all the parts, another […]
7-14-12 Face The Music Listings!
Here are the recordings used on Face The Music on 7-14-12. You can find previous shows by just searching the regular listings for the time they aired. 5:00 PM 1741 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Ave Verum Corpus K 618 Coro 16093 COND Harry Christophers ORCH Handel & Haydn Society 2:41 C 1 1-1 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ […]
Playlist: Jul/14/12
8:42 PM Joseph Canteloube — Songs of the Auvergne: Series 3 Conductor: Pierre de la RocheEnsemble: and the OrchestraNetania Davrath,sopranoVanguard, 38 8:28 PM Francis Poulenc — Tel jour telle nuit Felicity Lott, sopranoThe Songmakers AlmanacHyperion, 66147 8:09 PM Maurice Ravel — Sheherazade Conductor: Libor PesekEnsemble: Philharmonia OrchestraArleen Auger, sopranoVirgin, 59235 8:00 PM Hector Berlioz — […]
Playlist: Jul/13/12
11:46 PM Frederick Delius — Florida Suite Conductor: David Lloyd-JonesEnsemble: English Northern PhilharmoniaNaxos, 8553535 11:14 PM Franz Schubert — Piano Sonata No. 19 Key: cMitsuko Uchida, pianoPhilips, 456579 11:08 PM Dmitri S. Bortnyansky — Hymn of the Cherubim Conductor: Vladislav ChernushenkoEnsemble: Leningrad Glinka… ChoirHeartSpace, 11092 10:36 PM Cornelis Dopper — Symphony No. 6 ‘Amsterdam’ Conductor: […]
7-12-12 Word On Wine Best Summer Cocktail of 2012?
This week Mary and I revel in the discovery of Perucchi Vermouth! First off, this vermouth is from Spain rather than Italy. Second it is more of an aperitif than a blender for martinis. Third it’s only $20 a bottle. Fourth it’s only 15% alcohol. Fifth it’s unbelievably refreshing with some soda or just about […]
Mozart in Wool
For those of you who’ve come in to volunteer during a fundraiser, it’s probably no big secret that I’m a Fiber Addict. That is to say: I love yarn and yarn related activities. I usually have my knitting with me back in Volunteer Central, but I also spin yarn on a spinning wheel, weave cloth […]
Thursday 07/12/12 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Conductor: Andris Nelsons Pianist: Jonathan Biss TAKEMITSU: Requiem BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 2 RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade Fill: Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5
Playlist: Jul/12/12
10:41 PM Giovanni Paisiello — Mandolin Concerto Key: E-Flat Conductor: Claudio ScimoneEnsemble: I Solisti VenetiUgo Orlandi, mandolinErato, 88165 10:11 PM George Frederich Handel — Water Music Suite No. 1 Key: FEnsemble: Orpheus Chamber OrchestraDG/Archiv, 435390 10:07 PM Felix Mendelssohn — Song Without Words Key: AOpus: 62Andras Schiff, pianoLondon, 4780107 9:14 PM Vitezslav Novak — Nikotina […]
Wednesday 07/11/12 Live! At The Concertgebouw
11:00 PM Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda Violinist: Vadim Repin RESPIGHI: Fontane di Roma PROKOFIEV: Violin Concerto No. 2 RACHMANINOV: Symphony No. 1 Fill: Rachmaninov: Trio No. 1 g Elegiac
Playlist: Jul/11/12
10:39 PM Darius Milhaud — Le Boeuf sur le Toit (The Bull on the Conductor: Yoav TalmiEnsemble: Orchestre symphonique deQuebecJames Ehnes, violinAnalekta, 3151 10:20 PM Edward MacDowell — Sonata No. 4 Opus: 59James Barbagallo,pianoNaxos, 559019 10:10 PM Giuseppe Verdi — Aida: Dances Conductor: Jose SerebrierEnsemble: Bournemouth Symphony OrchestraNaxos, 572818 9:57 PM Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov — Overture […]
