Archive for February, 2015
What a month! Drive recap
Wow what a crazy month this has been! Between snowstorms, we managed to have a complete fund drive (applause!) Last winter, we got snowed out, so we had to hold a do-over drive. We are happy to report that not onnly did we meet our total drive goal this time around, we exceeded it! […]
A Strauss rarity
Richard Strauss’s Guntram is not to be confused with Saint Guntram, who was the king of Burgundy from 561 to 592. Rather, he was the young Strauss’s own concoction for his first opera, written very much under the influence of Wagner in 1894, and revised in 1940. Richard Strauss’s collaboration with the librettist Hugo von […]
Fret Fest
Peabody is presenting its 6th annual Fret Festival. Guitarist and organizer, Zane Forshee, came to talk about it.
Tuesday 2/24/15 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM All 6 Brandenburg Concertos with Nicholas Kraemer as conductor & harpsichordist!
Playlist: Feb/24/15
10:31 PM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Piano Sonata No. 12 Key: FChristoph Eschenbach, pianoPhilips, 456763 9:55 PM Felix Mendelssohn — Symphony No. 5 Key: dOpus: 107Conductor: Sir Colin DavisEnsemble: Bavarian Radio SymphonyOrfeo, 132851 9:29 PM Charles-Marie Widor — Sonata No. 1 for piano & violin Opus: 50Janet Packer, violinOrin Grossman,pianoCentaur, 2475 9:25 PM Johannes Brahms […]
Monday 2/23/15 New York Philharmonic This Week
11:00 PM Conductor: Kurt Masur Brahms: Symphony No.3 Brahms: Symphony No.4 Beethoven: Symphony No.1
Playlist: Feb/23/15
10:47 PM Edward MacDowell — Six Idylls after Goethe Opus: 28James Barbagallo,pianoNaxos, 559011 10:13 PM Johann Sebastian Bach — Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 Key: DConductor: Helmut RillingEnsemble: Oregon Bach Festival OrchestraHanssler, 94615 10:08 PM Johannes Brahms — Hungarian Dance No. 6 Key: DConductor: Nikolaus HarnoncourtEnsemble: Vienna Philharmonic OrchestraDG/Archiv, 474250 9:23 PM Antonin Dvorak — Symphony […]
The Merchant with Folger
Henry Clay Folger (amongst his claims to fame, he was the nephew of the founder of Folgers Coffee) was born in New York City, in 1857, and he made his career there as president and chairman of Standard Oil of New York. On the side, he and his wife, Emily, became avid collectors of Shakespeareana […]
2-22-15 Toccata
PLAY DATE: Sun, 02/22/2015 6:00 PM 29863 Philip Hayes Piano Concerto No.4 in A Hyperion 66700 COND Paul Nicholson ORCH The Parley of Instruments SOLO Paul Nicholson, fortepiano 12:50 C 1 15-17 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6:16 PM 653 Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-Flat Op 106 “HVox/MMG 5500 SOLO Mieczyslaw Horszowski, Piano 43:26 C […]
WBJC Choral Hour 2-22-15
8:00 AM Arvo Part — Te Deum Conductor: Tonu Kaljuste Ensemble: Tallinn Chamber Orchestra Estonian Phil.Chamber Choir ECM, 439162 8:30 AM George Frederich Handel — O praise the Lord with one consent Ensemble: The Sixteen Chandos, 505 8:55 AM John Rutter — Distant Land (dedicated to Nelson Mandela) Conductor: Craig Jessop Ensemble: Mormon […]
