Archive for October 23rd, 2017
12/02/17 – Met Opera Returns with Verdi’s requiem @ 1pm!
Metropolitan Opera GIUSEPPE VERDI Requiem For the first time since 2008, James Levine conducts a special series of concerts of Verdi’s great mass, written in memory of Italian poet Alessandro Manzoni. The company has assembled a quartet of extraordinary soloists to join the incomparable Met Orchestra and Chorus: Krassimira Stoyanova, Ekaterina Semenchuk, Aleksandrs Antonenko, […]
Who’s that new guy?
If you’ve tuned in lately to a non-symphony or Met broadcast and you’ve heard a voice you didn’t recognize, it is likely that you heard me. I’m John T.K. Scherch, the new guy, the freshman, or whichever other nickname(s) my colleagues or our dear listeners decide to give me. I also understand I’m the first […]
Fall Pledge Drive wrap-up
What an AMAZING pledge drive! Thanks you YOU, we overshot our goal! Thank you each and every one of you who called in your pledge of support for classical music. Whether you were new, renewing or making an additional gift, know that you helped keep Maryland’s Classical Music Station hale and hearty. We are off […]
A new music director for Baltimore Choral Arts
A new era begins for the Baltimore Choral Arts Society when Music Director, Anthony Blake Clark opens his inaugural season on Saturday, October 28. It was a pleasure to meet him and talk about it.
Monday 10/23/17 New York Philharmonic This Week
11:00 PM MAHLER: Des Knaben Wunderhorn Christa Ludwig, mezzo-soprano Walter Berry, baritone Leonard Bernstein, conductor MAHLER: Symphony No. 4 Irmgard Seefried, soprano (Sir) Georg Solti, conductor
Playlist: Oct/23/17
10:44 PM Luigi Boccherini — Symphony No.13 Key: COpus: 37Conductor: Johannes GoritzkiEnsemble: German Chamber Academy, NeussCPO, 999176 10:36 PM Camille Saint-Saens — Romance Key: D-Flat Opus: 37Richard Stoltzman, clarinetNancy Allen, harpRCA/BMG, 60198 10:11 PM Antonin Dvorak — Czech Suite Opus: 39Conductor: Jose SerebrierEnsemble: Bournemouth Symphony OrchestraWarnerClas, 66656 10:07 PM Ede Poldini — Dancing Doll Andres […]
