Archive for September 2nd, 2017

Sep. 02 2017

Vocalise – 9/02/17

By Kati Harrison | Posted in Host Blogs, Vocalise | Comments Off on 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 […]

Sep. 02 2017

Victorian poetry from faraway places on Booknotes

By Judith Krummeck | Posted in Booknotes, Host Blogs | Comments Off on 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.    

Sep. 02 2017

Playlist: Sep/02/17

By WBJC | Posted in Playlists | Comments Off on 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, […]

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