Archive for October, 2012
Fall Drive 2012
We came, we saw, we raised $117,000! For the numbers geeks out there (yes Mr. Katz, I’m looking at you!): 1052 of you stood up to support the music you love 279 of you were NEW members! 62 of you pledged using the website The new Live Challenges were a success! Knowing that there was […]
The turning seasons
I love this time of year, when it looks as if an artist with a bright orange brush has gone around and touched the trees with splashes of autumnal color. It’s also the time of year when the arts companies unveil their new seasons with a wonderful sense of promise. The Shriver Hall Concert Series […]
Playlist: Oct/10/12
10:44 PM Franz Joseph Haydn — Horn Concerto No. 2 Key: DConductor: Vladislaw CzarneckiEnsemble: Southwest German Chamber OrchIfor James, hornEBS, 6052 10:05 PM Alexander Moyzes — Pohronie Dances, Suite for Large Orch. Opus: 43Conductor: Ondrej LenardEnsemble: Slovak Radio SO, BratislavaM Polo/HK, 223278 9:57 PM Sir Arthur Sullivan — The Mikado: Overture Conductor: J. Lynn ThompsonEnsemble: […]
Tuesday 10/09/12 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Conductor: Andrey Boreyko Weber: Overture to Euryanthe Strauss: Suite from Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme Zemlinsky: The Mermaid Tchaikovsky: Excerpts from Sleeping Beauty
Playlist: Oct/09/12
10:58 PM Philippe Gaubert — Vocalise en forme de Barcarolle Raymond Mase,trumpetDiana Mase,pianoSummit, 185 9:56 PM Christian Sinding — Symphony No. 3 Key: FOpus: 121Conductor: David PorcelijnEnsemble: N.German Radio Phil.(Hanover)CPO, 999596 9:15 PM Johannes Brahms — String Sextet No. 2 Key: GOpus: 36Erin Keefe, violinJorja Fleezanis, violinLily Francis, violaRalph Kirshbaum, celloDavid Finckel, celloMusic@Menl, 20103 9:14 […]
Eroica!
If you were one of the more than one thousand members who called during our fall fund drive, thank you, thank you for your financial support! I celebrated the end of the drive by going to hear Beethoven’s Erioica with the BSO on Saturday evening. Two debuts: the German violinist, Kolja Blacher, playing Schumann’s […]
Monday 10/08/12 New York Philharmonic This Week
11:00 PM Conductor: Alan Gilbert Adès: Polaris Mahler: Symphony No 9
Playlist: Oct/08/12
10:57 PM Sidney Lanier — Cradle Song Paula Robison, flute/piccoloKrista Bennion Feeney, violinCalvin Wiersma,violinJohn Feeney,double bassSamuel Sanders, pianoArabesque, 6679 10:37 PM Gaetano Donizetti — Les Martyrs: Ballet Music Conductor: Antonio de AlmeidaEnsemble: Philharmonia OrchestraPhilips, 442553 10:18 PM Mauro Giuliani — Rossiniana No.1 Opus: 119Ensemble: Quatour Arthur LeblancRoland Dyens, guitarAtma, 2397 10:07 PM Gioacchino Rossini — […]
THANK YOU VOLUNTEERS!
Our volunteers make things run so very smoothly during a pledge drive, and this one was no exception. We had many veteran volunteers and many new faces too! Thank you each and every one of you… Caroline Abbas Maria Barata Charlotte Beckenstein Michael Bodner Jackie Churches John and Donna Cookson Roy and Debbie Danz Ron […]
