Archive for August, 2014
8-23-14 Music In Maryland Tine Thing Helseth At Shriver Hall!
This week Music in Maryland presents a recital featuring trumpeter Tine Thing Helseth and pianist Bretton Brown. The concert was recorded at Shriver Hall on April 6, 2014 as part of the prestigious Shriver Hall Concert series. Program Tveitt: Welcome With Honor. Bull: Perpetual Motion Busoni: Three Bach Chorales Enescu: Legende Hindemith: Trumpet Sonata […]
08/30/14 – Mefistofele – (SF Opera begins) 1:00pm
San Francisco Opera OPERA: Mefistofele (in Italian) COMPOSER: Arrigo Boito The season kicks off with Boito’s resplendent retelling of Goethe’s Faust, a monumental work of “choral grandeur and melodic richness” (The New York Times) in one of the most impressive productions ever seen at the War Memorial Opera House. The cast includes Ramón Vargas, a tenor […]
8/23/14 – Vocalise Rundown
8:00 PM Once again JP will be filling in for me and playing some of his favorite vocal music. Enjoy! Reynaldo Hahn — Venezia – Songs in the Venetian Dialect Anthony Rolfe Johnson, tenor Hyperion, 66112 8:18 PM Henri Duparc — L’invitation au Voyage Felicity Lott, soprano Graham Johnson, piano Harm Mundi, 901219 […]
Playlist: Aug/23/14
8:48 PM Johannes Brahms — Zigeunerlieder Opus: 103Monica Groop, mezzo-sopranoAlexei Lubimov, pianoOndine, 896 8:44 PM Francis Poulenc — Les chemins de l’amour-Valse chantee Felicity Lott, sopranoThe Songmakers AlmanacHyperion, 66147 8:29 PM Francis Poulenc — Tel jour telle nuit Felicity Lott, sopranoThe Songmakers AlmanacHyperion, 66147 8:23 PM Henri Duparc — La Vie anterieure Felicity Lott, sopranoGraham […]
Playlist: Aug/22/14
8:00 PM Vitezslav Novak — Lady Godiva Overture Opus: 41Conductor: Libor PesekEnsemble: BBC Philharmonic OrchestraChandos, 9821 7:17 PM Jacques Offenbach — Gaite Parisienne Conductor: Erich KunzelEnsemble: Cincinnati Pops OrchestraTelarc, 80294 7:02 PM Samuel Wesley — Symphony No. 3 Key: AConductor: Matthias BamertEnsemble: London Mozart PlayersChandos, 9823 6:43 PM Franz Schubert — Four Polonaises Opus: 75Yaara […]
8-21-14 Word On Wine…Everything You’ve Always Wanted To Know About Austrian Wine!
This week it is my distinct pleasure to talk about Austrian wines with Klaus Wittauer. Mr Wittauer comes to us from Select Wines Inc. an importer of Austrian wines in Chantilly VA. Austrian wines are of high quality and still relatively unknown in the USA. They have great price/quality ratio and frankly, to my pallet […]
Thursday 08/21/14 The Cleveland Orchestra
11:00 PM Marek Janowski, conductor Matthew Polenzani, tenor Richard King, horn FAURÉ “Pelléas and Mélisande” Suite BRITTEN Serenade for Tenor, Horn, and Strings FRANCK Symphony in D minor
Playlist: Aug/21/14
10:50 PM Charles Auguste de Beriot — Scene de Ballet Opus: 100Conductor: Lawrence FosterEnsemble: Julliard OrchestraItzhak Perlman, violinAngel/EMI, 56750 10:37 PM Benjamin Godard — Suite for Flute Opus: 116Paula Robison, flute/piccoloSamuel Sanders, pianoVanguard, 8089 10:28 PM Franz Lehar — Divine Spouses: Overture Conductor: Michail JurowskyEnsemble: Berlin Radio Symphony Orch.CPO, 999891 9:52 PM Ludwig van Beethoven […]
Coming to America
I am so excited to be invited by LitMore to be part of this! Alan Marcus and I will read from our work and discuss the experience of immigrating to the U.S. Alan is a geographer who has focused his research on Brazil and Brazilian migration processes. His […]
Wednesday 08/20/14 Los Angeles Philharmonic
11:00 PM CONDUCTOR: John Adams SOLOIST: Cameron Carpenter, organ Gordon: Sunshine of Your Love Riley: At the Royal Majestic Adams: Naïve and Sentimental Music