Archive for September, 2012
9-13-12 Baltimore Concert Opera Cosi Fan Tutte!
It’s always a pleasure when Mozart’s Cosi Fan Tutte comes to town. I think this is the ideal opera for concert performance. Imagine the perfect score grafted onto the silliest plot and there it is! Earlier this week I had the pleasure of speaking with Natalie Conte who will be singing the role of Fiordiligi […]
9-13-12 BSO Gala 2012!
Earlier this week I had the pleasure of speaking with Baltimore Symphony Music Director Marin Alsop about the upcoming gala which takes place on Saturday 9/15. We talked about their amazing guest soloist Rene Flemming and the Orchids. This year’s gala looks like a really interesting event. Check out the interview by clicking below. […]
9-13-12. Word On Wine Monthly Trivia Quiz!
Yes indeed it’s that time again! Quiz master Mary Zajac will ask humble me the three questions so I can cross the Bridge of Death! (not really) We talk about Bordeaux blends, the true meaning of sec and just what is an oaked Chardonnay! Check out the show and see how you do by clicking […]
Thursday 09/13/12 The Cleveland Orchestra
11:00 PM Conductor: Franz Welser-Möst, conductor STRAVINSKY: Concerto in D for String Orchestra STRAVINSKY: Agon, Ballet for Twelve Dancers TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 4 in f, Op. 36 Encore: Wagner: “Die Meistersinger” Prelude Debussy: Jeux
Playlist: Sep/13/12
10:54 PM Lucas Ruiz de Ribayaz — Folias Conductor: Andrew Lawrence-KingEnsemble: The Harp ConsortRCA/BMG, 77340 10:51 PM Lucas Ruiz de Ribayaz — Preludio o Capricho Arpeado Conductor: Andrew Lawrence-KingEnsemble: The Harp ConsortRCA/BMG, 77340 10:47 PM Lucas Ruiz de Ribayaz — Chaconas y Marionas Conductor: Andrew Lawrence-KingEnsemble: The Harp ConsortRCA/BMG, 77340 10:00 PM Dmitri Shostakovich — […]
What’s the difference between an amateur and a professional?
A paycheck. Okay, that may not work as a joke, but it’s food for thought for all of us who love creating art of any kind. Some may think I’m oversimplifying in making such a statement, & perhaps I am, but please allow me to explain. The arts are in crisis these days. Over the […]
Wednesday 09/12/12 Live! At The Concertgebouw
11:00 PM CONDUCTOR: Pierre Boulez ORCHESTRA: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Webern: Six Orchestral Pieces, Op. 6 Mahler: Symphony No. 7 Encore: Hendrik Andriessen: Mirior de Peine Alphons Diepenbrock: Hymn for Violin and Orchestra
Playlist: Sep/12/12
10:44 PM Alexander Glazunov — Stenka Razin Key: bOpus: 13Conductor: Evgeny SvetlanovEnsemble: USSR Symphony OrchestraMelodiya, 34166 9:59 PM Ludwig van Beethoven — Piano Sonata No. 29 Key: B-Flat Opus: 106Mitsuko Uchida, pianoPhilips, 9419 9:45 PM Inocente Carreno — Margaritena Conductor: Maximiano ValdezEnsemble: Bolivar Symph.Orch./VenezuelaDorian, 90227 9:09 PM Robert Schumann — Symphony No. 3 Key: E-Flat […]
Bodies in Motion
Created in 1958, Alvin Ailey’s American Dance Theatre has performed around the world & been recognized as a vital American “Cultural Ambassador to the World” by U. S. resolution. Founded in 1974 as the Alvin Ailey Repertory Ensemble, Ailey II is comprised of the most promising scholarship students of The Ailey School. Many Ailey II […]
Tuesday 09/11/12 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Conductor: Riccardo Muti Paganini: Violin Concerto No 1 in D Major, Op 6 (Robert Chen, violin) Bruckner: Symphony No 6 in A Major Mozart: Symphony No 25 in G Minor, K 183
