Archive for February 25th, 2016
A Modern Novelist Goes to the Opera
I’m always on the lookout for interesting reading material, so when I recently read a New Yorker review of Alexander Chee’s The Queen of the Night, my eyes got a bit wider. A novel that combines several of my passions – opera, history, jewelry, and fashion – sounded like exactly what I’d been seeking. Not many […]
Thursday 02/25/16 The Pittsburgh Symphony
11:00 PM Manfred Honeck, conductor Daniil Trifonov, piano MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 4 TRIFINOV: Piano Concerto TCHAIKOVSKY: Capriccio italien
Playlist: Feb/25/16
10:37 PM Frantisek Benda — Violin Concerto Key: DConductor: Milan LajcikEnsemble: Prague Chamber OrchestraGabriela Demeterova,violinSupraphon, 2 10:16 PM Johannes Brahms — Variations on a Theme by Haydn Key: B-Flat Opus: 56Conductor: Ferenc FricsayEnsemble: RIAS Symphony Orchestra,BerlinDG/Archiv, 445407 10:12 PM Richard Wagner — Die Meistersinger: Procession of Masters Conductor: Leopold StokowskiEnsemble: Royal Philharmonic OrchestraRCA/BMG, 62598 10:09 […]
