Archive for November, 2012
Monday 11/12/12 New York Philharmonic This Week
11:00 PM Conductor: Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos Soloist: Augustin Hadelich, violin Lalo: Symphonie espagnole Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique Encore: Stravinsky: The Firebird suite
Playlist: Nov/12/12
10:54 PM Antonio Vivaldi — Concerto for Strings Key: dConductor: Jose Luis GarciaEnsemble: English Chamber OrchestraCBS/Sony, 63284 10:34 PM Reynaldo Hahn — Le Bal de Beatrice d’Este Conductor: Ronald CorpEnsemble: New London OrchestraHyperion, 66347 10:03 PM Amy Marcy Cheney Beach — Violin Sonata Key: aOpus: 34Sarah Johnson,violinPeter Kairoff,pianoAlbany, 150 9:53 PM Robert Schumann — Hermann […]
Oliver Stone’s Untold History
Oliver Stone is no stranger to controversy. His trilogy of Vietnam war films, Platoon, Born on the Fourth of July and Heaven & Earth; his take on the Kennedy assignation in JFK; the violence of Natural Born Killers; his “greed is good” indictment in Wall Street, his portrayal of Turkish people in Midnight Express, and […]
Veterans Day
In honor of Veterans Day, I’ll have music of different moods by American composers beginning with Aaron Copland’s Simple Gifts and ending with Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings in the choral arrangement. In between those small treasures, there will be performances of music by Morten Lauridsen and Eric Whitacre.
Playlist: Nov/11/12
8:16 PM Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Symphony No. 1 Key: gOpus: 13Conductor: Evgeny SvetlanovEnsemble: USSR Symphony OrchestraMelodiya, 34163 8:00 PM Nino Rota — The Leopard: film score Conductor: Riccardo MutiEnsemble: La Scala Philharmonic OrchestrCBS/Sony, 66279 6:35 PM Bernhard Stavenhagen — Piano Concerto Key: bOpus: 4Conductor: Jorg FaerberEnsemble: Berlin Symphony OrchestraRoland Keller, pianoVox/MMG, 5067 6:15 PM […]
11/17/12 – The Rape of Lucretia – 1:00pm
Houston Grand Opera The Rape of Lucretia by Benjamin Britten Libretto by Ronald Duncan Sung in English Approximate running time: 1 hour 56 minutes, including two intermissions The writings of historians Livy and Dionysius of Halicarnassus tell the story of Lucretia, a Roman officer’s wife whose very purity inflamed the lust of Prince Tarquinius of Rome […]
11-10-12 Face The Music Listings!
This week our panel consisted of Dave Donovan from Fine Arts at Pratt Library, Jed Gaylin from the Hopkins Symphony and Ed Goldstein from the Peabody Ragtime Orchestra. The complete winner this week was the Wagner! Here’s the listings! PLAY DATE: Sat, 11/10/2012 5:00 PM 77 Johann Sebastian Bach Toccata & Fugue in d […]
Playlist: Nov/10/12
8:42 PM Hector Berlioz — Leilo: Miranda Conductor: Michael Tilson ThomasEnsemble: San Francisco Symphonyand ChorusRCA/BMG, 68930 8:13 PM Robert Schumann — Dichterliebe Opus: 48Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, bar.Vladimir Horowitz, pianoCBS/Sony, 46743 8:00 PM Antonio Vivaldi — Credo Key: eConductor: Carlo Maria GiuliniEnsemble: Berlin PhilharmonicChamber Choir Ernst SenffSharon Sweet, sopranoCBS/Sony, 46491 7:47 PM Camille Saint-Saens — “Africa” Fantasie […]
Playlist: Nov/09/12
11:24 PM Gilbert & Sullivan — H.M.S. Pinafore (Selections) Conductor: Mark ElderEnsemble: Rochester PhilharmonicAnd various soloistsPro Arte, 480 11:00 PM John Adams — On the Transmigration of Souls Conductor: Robert SpanoEnsemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestraand ChorusTelarc, 80673 10:27 PM Ludwig van Beethoven — Symphony No. 2 Key: DOpus: 36Conductor: Mikhail PletnevEnsemble: Russian National OrchestraDG/Archiv, 4776412 9:57 […]
11-8-12 Word On WIne Acidity!
This week Mary and I continue our quest to become better wine tasters! We talk about my favorite topic, which is acidity! As a white wine lover nothing makes a great wine greater than the nice balance of fruit and acidity. This week we use citrus and dilute it with water to examine varying degrees […]
