Archive for January, 2018
1-20-18 Music in Maryland
A bit of everything this evening! BSO Music Director Marin Alsop conducting two orchestras other than the BSO in Bartok and Prokofiev. Sounds nice! It was time to revisit the very fine live recording of Mahler 6 with David Zinman and the BSO and add a small twist. When Zinman recorded the work it had […]
Toccata listings 1/21/18
On tonight’s program, poetry for the piano (not Chopin), a major organ sonata, and a suite for 2 pianos and orchestra. Thanks for listening, and enjoy! 6:00 PM 49355 Alexander von Zemlinsky Fantasy on poems of Richard Dehmel Steinway 300032 SOLO Stanislav Khristenko, piano 12:06 C 1 5-8 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6:15 PM 48784 Josef Rheinberger […]
Playlist: Jan/19/18
10:24 PM Sir Edward Elgar — Piano Quintet Key: aOpus: 84Ensemble: The Maggini QuartetPeter Donohoe, pianoNaxos, 553737 10:20 PM Hector Berlioz — Benvenuto Cellini: Sextet & Pope’s Aria Conductor: John NelsonEnsemble: French National OrchestraRenaud Delaigue, bassGregory Kunde, tenorPatrizia Ciofi, sopranoJoyce di Donato, sopranoAnd various soloistsVirgin, 45706 10:04 PM Wilhelm Friedemann Bach — Harpsichord Concerto Key: […]
Thursday 01/18/18 The Cleveland Orchestra
11:00 PM Christina Jihee Nam, 14, of West Chester, Ohio Qing Yu Chen, 17, of New York, New York Johan Dalene, 16, of Norrköping, Sweden TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35 PROKOFIEV: Violin Concerto No. 2 in g, Op. 63 TCHAIKOVKSY: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35
Playlist: Jan/18/18
10:58 PM Heinrich [Ignaz Franz] Biber — Duet No.13 for Two Trumpets Key: aCrispin Steele-Perkins,trumpetJohn Thiessen,trumpetCBS/Sony, 53365 10:31 PM Henry Cowell — Concerto Grosso Conductor: Richard Auldon ClarkEnsemble: Manhattan Chamber OrchestraKoch Intl., 7282 10:00 PM Roy Harris — Symphony No. 9 Conductor: Theodore KucharEnsemble: National S.O. of UkraineNaxos, 8559050 9:48 PM Nicolo Paganini — Variations […]
02/24/17-La Bohème-1pm
METROPOLITAN OPERA GIACOMO PUCCINI La Bohème The world’s most popular opera returns in Franco Zeffirelli’s classic production, with a series of exciting casts. Angel Blue, Anita Hartig, and Sonya Yoncheva (left) share the role of the fragile Mimì, with Dmytro Popov, Russell Thomas, and Michael Fabiano alternating as the poet Rodolfo. Alexander Soddy and Marco […]
02/17/18-Parsifal- NOON
METROPOLITAN OPERA RICHARD WAGNER Parsifal Met Music Director Designate Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Wagner’s transcendental score, in François Girard’s remarkable production, a mystical theatrical journey. Tenor Klaus Florian Vogt, renowned across Europe, returns to the Met following his appearances in the 2016–17 season as Florestan in Fidelio. Evelyn Herlitzius is Kundry, and Peter Mattei and René Pape […]
02/10/18-L’Elisir d’Amore-1pm
METROPOLITAN OPERA GAETANO DONIZETTI L’Elisir d’Amore Pretty Yende debuts a new role at the Met with her first Adina opposite Matthew Polenzani, who enthralled Met audiences as Nemorino in 2013 with his ravishing “Una furtiva lagrima.” Bartlett Sher’s production is charming, with deft comedic timing, but also emotionally revealing. Domingo Hindoyan conducts. SUNG IN ITALIAN ESTIMATED […]
02/03/18-Il Trovatore-1pm
METROPOLITAN OPERA GIUSEPPE VERDI Il Trovatore Sir David McVicar’s exhilarating production of Verdi’s thrilling depiction of life on the edge features Maria Agresta as the noble heroine, Leonora, Yonghoon Lee as the troubadour who loves her, Quinn Kelsey as his rival, and Anita Rachvelishvili as the Gypsy Azucena, whose bloodthirsty curse propels the story. Marco […]
Music in Art
Last July, I posted a piece with the subject heading, “The Impressionist Painter with a Flair for Music,” about the friendship between the French painter, Frédéric Bazille, and the musician and art patron, Edmond Maître, and how they bonded over their shared love of music. Since then, I’ve been thinking quite a bit […]
