Archive for February, 2014
Playlist: Feb/24/14
10:57 PM Sergei Rachmaninoff — Prelude No. 6 Key: E-Flat Opus: 23Vladimir Ashkenazy, pianoLondon, 4758238 10:44 PM Henri Rabaud — Divertissement on Russian Themes Conductor: Pierre DervauxEnsemble: Orch. Phil. des Pays de LoireAngel/EMI, 65619 10:06 PM Ludwig van Beethoven — String Quartet No. 14 Key: c-Sharp Opus: 131Ensemble: Takacs QuartetLondon, 470849 9:36 PM Wolfgang Amadeus […]
Sublime Shaham
There are not many violinists, I think, who could pull off standing alone on a bare stage playing solo Bach, but Gil Shaham is certainly one of them. There are so many layers – simply remembering that volume of music; the technical facility to master the music; the ear to achieve that true intonation; a […]
2/23/14 – Toccata Rundown
6:36 PM Dana Suesse — Concerto in Three Rhythms Conductor: Richard Rosenberg Ensemble: Hot Springs Music Festival Michael Gurt, piano Naxos, 559647 6:18 PM Wilhelm Friedemann Bach — Hrpschrd Sonata Key: F Andreas Staier, harpsichord Robert Hill, harpsichord DG/Archiv, 419256 6:00 PM Leos Janacek — Sonata 1.X.1905 Thomas Hlawatsch,piano Naxos, 8553586
Playlist: Feb/23/14
6:36 PM Dana Suesse — Concerto in Three Rhythms Conductor: Richard RosenbergEnsemble: Hot Springs Music FestivalMichael Gurt, pianoNaxos, 559647 6:18 PM Wilhelm Friedemann Bach — Hrpschrd Sonata Key: FAndreas Staier, harpsichordRobert Hill, harpsichordDG/Archiv, 419256 6:00 PM Leos Janacek — Sonata 1.X.1905 Thomas Hlawatsch,pianoNaxos, 8553586 5:54 PM Virgil Thomson — Family Portrait Conductor: Christopher LarkinEnsemble: London […]
2-22-14 Music In Maryland Our First Show!
For ages our General Manager has been interested in reviving the ancient Music In Maryland series. For ages I have put him off. Finally there was no avoiding it. Thanks to a generous grant from the Paul M. Angell Family Foundation and the Maryland State Arts Council Music in Maryland is back! Our first concert […]
03/01/14 – Prince Igor – 1:00pm
Metropolitan Opera Prince Igor by Alexander Borodin Libretto by Alexander Borodin Sung in Russian Approximate running time 4 hrs. 15 min. with 2 intermissions. Borodin’s defining Russian epic, famous for its Polovtsian Dances, comes to the Met for the first time in nearly 100 years. Dmitri Tcherniakov’s new production is a brilliant psychological journey through the mind […]
WBJC Choral Hour 2-23-14
8:00 AM Happy Birthday Handel! George Frederich Handel: Dixit Dominus Avie 2270 COND Jeannette Sorrell ORCH Apollo’s Fire SOLO and Chorus 8:36 AM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Coronation Mass: Complete in C K 317 London 4758057 COND Peter Schreier ORCH Staatskapelle Dresden SOLO Leipzig Radio Chorus SOLO Edith Mathis, soprano SOLO Jadwiga Rappe,alto SOLO Hans-Peter Blochwitz, […]
2/22/14 Vocalise Rundown
8:00 PM Leo Delibes: Lakme: Flower Duet London 19033 COND Sebastian Lang-Lessing ORCH Philharmonia Orchestra SOLO Renee Fleming, soprano SOLO Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano 8:03 PM Modest Moussorgsky: Boris Godunov: Selections Cala 535 ORCH San Francisco Symphony SOLO San Francisco Opera Chorus SOLO Nicola Rossi-Lemeni, bass 8:55 PM Traditional: (Russian folk song) Philips 456399 COND Nikolai […]
Playlist: Feb/22/14
8:55 PM Traditional — Ach vi sini (Russian folk song) Conductor: Nikolai KornievEnsemble: Saint Petersburg Chamber ChoirDmitri Hvorostovsky, baritonePhilips, 456399 8:03 PM Modest Moussorgsky — Boris Godunov: Selections Conductor: Leopold StokowskiEnsemble: San Francisco SymphonySan Francisco Opera ChorusNicola Rossi-Lemeni, bassCala, 535 8:00 PM Leo Delibes — Lakme: Flower Duet Conductor: Sebastian Lang-LessingEnsemble: Philharmonia OrchestraRenee Fleming, sopranoSusan […]
Baltimore City Community College Board of Trustees meeting
The next Baltimore City Community College Board of Trustees meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, February 25th, 2014, in the Business and Continuing Education Division’s Corporate Training Room on BCCC’s Baltimore Harbor Campus, 710 E. Lombard Street. WBJC will be included on the Agenda for the Finance Committee meeting, which will begin at 3 p.m. There is […]