Archive for September 2nd, 2017
Vocalise – 9/02/17
Happy Labor Day Weekend! 8:00 PM Hammerstein & Kern Ol’ Man River CBS/Sony 63223 COND Emanuel Balaban ORCH Columbia Concert Orchestra SOLO Paul Robeson, bass-baritone ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8:04 PM Giuseppe Verdi Il Trovatore: “Anvil Chorus” London 466075 COND Sir Georg Solti ORCH Chicago Symphony Orchestra SOLO and Chorus ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8:08 PM George Gershwin Nice Work If […]
Victorian poetry from faraway places on Booknotes
In his new book, due for release by Johns Hopkins University Press later this year, Jason Rudy suggests that the poetry of Victorian-era Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and Canada was vitally engaged in the social and political work of settlement in those countries.
Playlist: Sep/02/17
8:53 PM Traditional — Song of the Volga Boatmen Conductor: Stanley BlackEnsemble: London Festival Orchestraand ChorusLondon, 452492 8:12 PM Sir Edward Elgar — The Music Makers Opus: 69Conductor: Sir Andrew DavisEnsemble: BBC Symphony OrchestraBBC Symphony ChorusJean Rigby,mezzo-sopranoTeldec, 92374 8:08 PM George Gershwin — Nice Work If You Can Get It Joan Morris, mezzo-sopranoWilliam Bolcom, pianoNonesuch, […]