Archive for January, 2018
Monday 01/22/18 New York Philharmonic This Week
11:00 PM Kurt Masur Conducts Beethoven and Bruckner BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21 BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 7 in E major (1881–83, rev. 1885; ed. R. Haas, 1944)
Playlist: Jan/22/18
10:55 PM Thomas Tomkins — Pavan Key: aEnsemble: Rose Consort of ViolsTimothy Roberts, organNaxos, 8550602 10:13 PM Joaquin Rodrigo — Soleriana Conductor: Enrique BatizEnsemble: Mexican State Symphony Orch.Angel/EMI, 65901 10:00 PM Henri Dutilleux — Oboe Sonata Nicholas Daniel, oboeJulius Drake, pianoVirgin, 61495 9:25 PM Alexander Glazunov — Symphony No. 4 Key: E-Flat Opus: 48Conductor: Alexander […]
Music From Movies 1-21-18
7:00 PM 7:00 PM Elmer Bernstein My Left Foot: Theme Denon 75288 COND Elmer Bernstein ORCH Royal Philharmonic Pops Orch. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7:08 PM Richard Einhorn Voices of Light CBS/Sony 62006 COND Steven Mercurio ORCH Netherlands Radio Philharmonic SOLO Netherlands Radio Chorus SOLO Anonymous 4 SOLO Susan Narucki, soprano SOLO Carrie Pronk, alto SOLO Henk van […]
Choral Hour 1-21-18
8:00 AM 8:02 AM Gerald Finzi Seven partsongs Op 17 Chandos 8936 COND Paul Spicer SOLO The Finzi Singers ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8:22 AM Anton Bruckner Mass in d Hyperion 66650 COND Matthew Best ORCH Corydon Singers SOLO Joan Rodgers, soprano SOLO Keith Lewis, tenor SOLO Alastair Miles, bass
Playlist: Jan/21/18
8:25 PM Mark O’Connor — Americana Symphony Conductor: Marin AlsopEnsemble: Baltimore Symphony OrchestraOMAC, 12 8:18 PM Frederic Chopin — Prelude No. 15 Key: D-Flat Opus: 28Jean-Yves Thibaudet, pianoLondon, 466357 7:08 PM Richard Einhorn — Voices of Light Conductor: Steven MercurioEnsemble: Netherlands Radio PhilharmonicNetherlands Radio ChorusAnonymous 4Susan Narucki, sopranoCarrie Pronk, altoHenk van Heijinsbergen, bassCBS/Sony, 62006 7:00 […]
Vocalise – 1/20/18
8:00 PM 8:00 PM Giacomo Puccini: La Boheme: “Che gelida manina” Erato 45797 COND James Conlon ORCH National Orchestra of France SOLO Jose Carreras, tenor ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8:06 PM Franz Schubert: Gefrorne Tranen (No. 3 of Die Winterreise) CBS/Sony 48237 SOLO Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau,bar SOLO Murray Perahia, piano ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8:08 PM Franz Schubert: Erstarrung (No. […]
Playlist: Jan/20/18
8:56 PM Richard Strauss — Zueignung Opus: 10Thomas Hampson, baritoneWolfram Rieger, pianoDG/Archiv, 4792943 8:55 PM Richard Strauss — Winternacht Opus: 15Thomas Hampson, baritoneWolfram Rieger, pianoDG/Archiv, 4792943 8:18 PM John Rutter — Mass of the Children Conductor: John RutterEnsemble: City of London SinfoniaCambridge SingersCollegium, 129 8:15 PM Franz Schubert — Der sturmische Morgen (No. 18 of […]
Opera Goes to the Theater
These days, it’s not at all uncommon for symphony orchestras or even opera companies to present musical theater works. However, the reverse – doing an opera – is a daring move for a theater company! Earlier this week, I spoke with Music Director Ben Shaver about Stillpointe Theatre’s current production of Leonard Bernstein’s “Trouble in […]
2-3-18 Music In Maryland…Celebrating Stephen Hough!
This weekend Stephen Hough returns to Baltimore to play some Mendelssohn. It’s a good excuse to play some of his recordings. Actually Stephen Hough like Mendelssohn has amazing talents in a wide variety of disciplines…We have interesting repertoire…the mostly forgotten Hummel b minor concerto and also the premiere recording of the Scharwenka fourth concerto. A […]
1-27-18 Music In Maryland Mozart Mania!
W. A. Mozart was born on this very day in 1756 and we are thrilled to celebrate him for most of the day! Wonderful for weddings fabulous for funerals there isn’t a part of our lives that Mozart’s music doesn’t fit into and enhance. We have fabulous local artists to play these amazing pieces…Hillary Hahn, […]
