Archive for February, 2019
Playlist: Feb/17/19
8:29 PM Antonin Dvorak — The Golden Spinning Wheel Opus: 109Conductor: Neeme JarviEnsemble: Scottish National OrchestraChandos, 8501 8:06 PM Astor Piazzolla — Histoire du Tango Manuel Barrueco, guitarEmmanuel Pahud,fluteAngel/EMI, 56578 7:59 PM James Horner — Cocoon: Main Theme Conductor: Erich KunzelEnsemble: Cincinnati Pops OrchestraTelarc, 80146 7:23 PM Stephen Endelman — The Englishman Who Went Up […]
2-16-19 Music in Maryland. Parker Quartet.
This week we are airing a Candlelight Concert from October of 2017 that commemorated the centennial of the Soviet Revolution. The Parker Quartet performed Stravinsky’s Concertino and 3 Pieces for String Quartet, Prokofiev’s 2nd Quartet and Shostakovich’s Third. To fill I used Marin Alsop’s recording of Prokofiev’s Sixth Symphony (a masterpiece we rarely hear) which […]
Vocalise – 02/16/19
8:00 PM 8:00 PM Giuseppe Verdi Un Ballo in Maschera: Zitti…L’incanto CBS/Sony 91002 COND Dimitri Mitropoulos ORCH Metropolitan Opera Orchestra SOLO Marian Anderson, contralto SOLO and Chorus ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8:03 PM Giacomo Puccini Manon Lescaut: “Tu,tu amore? Tu?” DG/Archiv 449229 ORCH Metropolitan Opera Orchestra SOLO Montserrat Caballe, soprano SOLO Placido Domingo, tenor ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8:11 PM Jacques […]
Playlist: Feb/16/19
8:52 PM Traditional — Deep River Marian Anderson, contraltounknown pianistNimbus, 7882 8:45 PM Gioacchino Rossini — Barber of Seville: “Una voce poco fa” Conductor: Richard BonyngeEnsemble: Welsh National Opera OrchestraJoan Sutherland, sopranoLondon, 417253 8:17 PM Robert Schumann — A woman’s love and life Opus: 42Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, mezzoJulius Drake, pianoBBC, 24 8:11 PM Jacques Offenbach […]
The Art of Fugue and more for Odyssey this spring
The spring semester of the Odyssey program at John Hopkins University offers Bach, opera, theater and more. Here is the program Director, Douglas Blackstone.
04/13/19 – Siegfried – NOON
The Metropolitan Opera Richard Wagner Siegfried ESTIMATED RUN TIME: 5 HRS, 6 MINS, 2 intermissions SUNG IN GERMAN photo credit: Richard Termine / Met Opera Orphaned at birth, Siegfried learns his true identity and fulfills his destiny to become Brünnhilde’s savior and lover. Tenors Stefan Vinke and Andreas Schager sing the heroic title character. Christine […]
04/06/19 – Tosca – 1pm
The Metropolitan Opera Giacomo Puccini Tosca ESTIMATED RUN TIME: 2 HRS 53 MINS, 2 intermissions SUNG IN ITALIAN photo credit: Marty Sohl / Met Opera Met favorite Sondra Radvanovsky and rising star Jennifer Rowley share the title role of the volatile diva at the heart of Puccini’s operatic thriller. Joseph Calleja brings his stylish tenor to […]
03/30/19 – Die Walküre – 12:30pm
The Metropolitan Opera Richard Wagner Die Walküre ESTIMATED RUN TIME: 4 HRS 55 MINS, 2 intermissions SUNG IN GERMAN photo credit: Karen Almond / Met Opera In what is expected to be a Wagnerian event for the ages, soprano Christine Goerke plays Brünnhilde, Wotan’s willful warrior daughter, who loses her immortality in opera’s most famous act […]
03/23/19 – Samson et Dalila – 1pm
The Metropolitan Opera CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS Samson et Dalila ESTIMATED RUN TIME: 3 HRS 20 MINS, 2 intermissions SUNG IN FRENCH photo credit: Ken Howard / Met Opera When mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanča and tenor Roberto Alagna joined forces for a new production of Carmen at the Met, the results were electrifying. Now this star duo reunites […]
03/16/19 – Falstaff – 1pm
The Metropolitan Opera GIUSEPPE VERDI Falstaff ESTIMATED RUN TIME: 2 HRS, 36 MINS, 1 intermission SUNG IN ITALIAN photo credit: Karen Almond / Met Opera Baritone Ambrogio Maestri brings his larger-than-life portrayal of the title role back for the first time since his Met role debut in the 2013 – 14 season. Robert Carsen’s insightful production—which […]
