Archive for September, 2018
Wednesday 09/26/18 MILWAUKEE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
11:00 PM CONDUCTOR: Cristian Măcelaru BERNSTEIN Overture to Candide Anna CLYNE Masquerade Jake HEGGIE Suite from Moby Dick BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7 in A major, Opus 92
Tuesday 09/25/18 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Riccardo Muti conducts Higdon and Britten Stravinsky: Scherzo fantastique, Op. 3 Higdon: Low Brass Concerto (Jay Friedman, trombone; Michael Mulcahy, trombone; Charles Vernon, bass trombone; Gene Pokorny, tuba) Chausson: Poem of Love and the Sea, Op. 19 (Clémentine Margaine, mezzo-soprano) Britten: Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes, Op. 33a Bartók: Music for Strings, […]
Playlist: Sep/25/18
10:56 PM Franz Liszt — Die Forelle (The Trout – Schubert song) Varda Nishry, pianoLondon, 4758081 10:18 PM Dmitri Shostakovich — Violin Concerto No. 1 Key: aOpus: 77Conductor: Dimitri MitropoulosEnsemble: New York PhilharmonicDavid Oistrakh, violinCBS/Sony, 63327 10:00 PM Claude Debussy — Suite Bergamasque Jean-Yves Thibaudet, pianoLondon, 460247 9:37 PM Alan Hovhaness — Symphony No.6 Opus: […]
10/20/18 – Moby Dick – 1pm
LA Opera On Air Moby Dick BY JAKE HEGGIE AND GENE SCHEER Three hours, including one intermission SUNG IN ENGLISH front-page photo credit: Cory Weaver / San Francisco Opera OVERVIEW “Call it a success… A whale tale with staying power” – Los Angeles Times “Theatrically stunning… epic in scale. A vibrant, compelling piece of musical theater” – […]
10/13/18 – Gianni Schicchi/Pagliacci @1pm
LA Opera On Air Gianni Schicchi/Pagliacci BY GIACOMO PUCCINI/RUGGERO LEONCAVALLO SUNG IN ITALIAN frontpage photo credit: Craig T. Mathew OVERVIEW Two legendary directors combine forces for a sensational season-opener. First, Plácido Domingo stars as Gianni Schicchi in Woody Allen’s riotous staging of Puccini’s comic masterpiece, conducted by Grant Gershon. When greedy relatives descend upon their […]
10/06/18 – Norma – 1PM
LA Opera On Air Norma BY VINCENZO BELLINI SUNG IN ITALIAN front-page photo credit: Ken Howard OVERVIEW “Stunning… An exceptionally strong cast” – Los Angeles Times “Angela Meade is astounding… a formidable achievement” – The New Yorker “Angela Meade and Jamie Barton [in Norma]… are a duo that every opera lover should hear” – The New […]
Monday 09/24/18 New York Philharmonic This Week
11:00 PM CONDUCTOR: Jaap van Zweden SOLOISTS: Cynthia Phelps, viola WAGNER: Prelude to Act 1, Lohengrin JULIA ADOLPHE: Unearth, Release (Concerto for Viola & Orchestra) TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 4
Playlist: Sep/24/18
10:57 PM Francis Poulenc — Sarabande for solo guitar Craig Ogden,guitarHyperion, 67255 10:38 PM Cesar Cui — Suite No. 3 “In Modo Populari” Opus: 43Conductor: Kenneth SchermerhornEnsemble: Hong Kong Philharmonic Orch.M Polo/HK, 8220308 10:27 PM Darius Milhaud — Quatre Visage for viola & piano Opus: 238Kenneth Martinson, violaChristopher Taylor, pianoCentaur, 2479 10:01 PM Richard Strauss […]
Music From Movies 9-23-18
Though it was never used in the film, tonight I am delighted to bring you the original soundtrack for 2001: A Space Odyssey by Alex North! There will also be a few other iconic pieces which were used in the film 50 years ago this year. 7:00 PM Richard Strauss Also Sprach Zarathustra: Opening Fanfare […]
