Archive for August 9th, 2012
8-9-12 Word On WIne Uncorked…Again!
This week I present my second chat with Leslie Grigsby of Winterthur Museum about their current exhibition Uncorked; Wine Objects and Tradition. This week we talk about a lead statue of Bacchus, temperance, and where and how to buy wine and beer in colonial America! If you’d like more information on Winterthur or the Uncorked […]
“Der fliegende Holländer”
In 1641, before the Dutch East India Company had set up a refreshment station at the southern tip of Africa—at the point that the cold currents of the Atlantic Ocean and the warm current of the Indian Ocean converge—a captain called van der Decken ran into a deadly storm at the Cape of Good Hope […]
Thursday 08/09/12 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Conductor: Manfred Honeck Pianist: Helene Grimaud TOWER: Stroke MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 23, K. 488 BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 2 Fill: Haydn: Symphony No. 59 in A Major “Fire”
Playlist: Aug/09/12
10:50 PM Carl Maria von Weber — Turandot: Suite Conductor: John GeorgiadisEnsemble: Queensland Philharmonic Orch.Naxos, 8550928 10:44 PM Johannes Brahms — Hungarian Dance No. 20 Key: eConductor: Yoav TalmiEnsemble: Orchestre symphonique deQuebecAnalekta, 3156 10:43 PM Johannes Brahms — Hungarian Dance No. 21 Key: eConductor: Yoav TalmiEnsemble: Orchestre symphonique deQuebecAnalekta, 3156 10:40 PM Johannes Brahms — […]