Archive for January, 2014
2-2-14 Toccata listings
This week on “Toccata,” a setting of “A Mighty Fortress” and a sonata that features a song in the second movment–something unique in piano literature. Here are the listings: PLAY DATE: Sun, 02/02/2014 6:00 PM 47642 Franz Tunder Ein Feste Burg ist unser Gott CPO 777370 SOLO Friedhelm Flamme 12:19 C 1 6-6 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6:16 […]
Playlist: Jan/31/14
11:35 PM Ludwig van Beethoven — Symphony No. 5 Key: cOpus: 67Conductor: John Eliot GardinerEnsemble: Orch Revolutionnaire et RomantSoliDeoGlo, 717 11:01 PM Camille Saint-Saens — Cello Sonata No. 2 Opus: 123Steven Isserlis, celloPascal Devoyon, pianoRCA/BMG, 63518 10:52 PM Karel Husa — Music for Prague 1968 Conductor: Karel HusaEnsemble: Temple University Wind Symph.Albany, 271 10:29 PM […]
Skiing or:
How I am Learning to Stop Worrying and Love Like Gravity When it comes to skiing, there’s a difference between what you think it’s going to be like, what it’s really like, and what you tell your friends it was like. ~Author Unknown Never, ever in my whole entire life did I imagine that one […]
01-30-14 Word On Wine – ORANGE!
Wine isn’t ORANGE (if it is you are in trouble) But Winter is a great time for various orange liquors! Mary and I sampled a number of these popular options including Gran Marnier, Cointreau and one from France you probably haven’t heard of. WBJC Word On Wine 021612
Thursday 01/30/14 Cleveland Orchestra
11:00 PM Ton Koopman, conductor Paul Yancich, timpani REBEL: “Les elements” Overture FISCHER: Symphony with Eight Obbligato Timpani MOZART: Symphony No. 17 in G,, K 129 HAYDN: Symphony No. 45 in f, “Farewell”
Playlist: Jan/30/14
10:18 PM Edvard Grieg — String Quartet No. 1 Key: gOpus: 27Ensemble: The Shanghai QuartetDelos, 3153 9:46 PM Robert Schumann — Symphony No. 1 Key: B-Flat Opus: 38Conductor: Herbert von KarajanEnsemble: Berlin PhilharmonicDG/Archiv, 447408 9:38 PM Franz von Suppe — Light Cavalry Overture Conductor: Josef Leo GruberEnsemble: Vienna State Opera OrchestraReader’s, 170 8:50 PM E. […]
Wednesday 01/29/14 Deutsche Welle Festival
11:00 PM CONDUCTOR: Howard Griffiths ORCHESTRA: National Youth Orchestra of Germany SOLOISTS: Murat Coskun, frame drum; Derya Türkan, kemençe Manuel de Falla (1876-1946) El amor Brujo (Love, the Magician) Maurice Ohana (1913-1992) Livre des Prodiges (Book of Marvels) Murat Coskun (1972-) Improvisation on the Frame Drum Ahmed Adnan Saygun (1907-1991) Ayin Raksi (Ritual Dance), Op. 57 […]
Playlist: Jan/29/14
10:51 PM Frederick Delius — Dance Rhapsody No. 2 Conductor: Richard HickoxEnsemble: Bournemouth Symphony OrchestraChandos, 9355 10:16 PM Jean Sibelius — String Quartet Key: dOpus: 56Ensemble: Daedalus QuartetBridge, 9202 9:42 PM Ludwig van Beethoven — Symphony No. 4 Key: B-Flat Opus: 60Conductor: Claudio AbbadoEnsemble: Berlin PhilharmonicDG/Archiv, 469002 9:36 PM Antonin Dvorak — Slavonic Dance No. […]
Tuesday 01/28/14 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Semyon Bychkov, conductor Kirill Gerstein, piano Katia & Marielle Labèque, duo-pianists Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No 2 in G Minor, Op 16 Walton: Symphony No 1 in B-Flat Minor Poulenc: Concerto for 2 Pianos Williams: Excerpt from soundtrack to Lincoln
Playlist: Jan/28/14
10:51 PM Claude Debussy — Premiere Rhapsodie for Clarinet & Conductor: Geoffrey SimonEnsemble: Philharmonia OrchestraJames Campbell, clarinetCala, 1001 10:38 PM Emile Waldteufel — Les Patineurs Opus: 183Conductor: Neeme JarviEnsemble: Gothenburg Symphony OrchestraDG/Archiv, 469376 10:21 PM Dmitri Kabalevsky — Violin Concerto Key: COpus: 48Conductor: Dmitri KabalevskyEnsemble: State Symphony Orch. of RussiaDavid Oistrakh, violinVanguard, 1025 9:50 PM […]