Archive for April, 2019
Playlist: Apr/20/19
8:05 PM Ernest Bloch — Sacred Service Conductor: Leonard BernsteinEnsemble: New York PhilharmonicRobert Merrill, baritoneand ChorusCBS/Sony, 47533 8:00 PM Ludwig van Beethoven — Mount of Olives: Hallelujah Opus: 85Conductor: Robert ShawEnsemble: Atlanta Symphony OrchestraAtlanta Symphony ChorusTelarc, 80119 7:43 PM George Frederich Handel — Israel in Egypt Conductor: Stephen CleoburyEnsemble: Brandenburg ConsortChoir Kings College, CambridgeSusan Gritton, […]
Toccata listings 4/21/19
Happy Easter! On tonight’s program, music from the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris by their famed organist, Louis Vierne, and a concerto by C.P.E. Bach played on a Tangent Piano. Thanks for listening, and enjoy! 6:00 PM 51402 Louis Vierne First Suite of Fantasy Pieces BNL 112742 SOLO Olivier Latry, organ 27:33 C […]
Playlist: Apr/19/19
10:32 PM Friedrich Kalkbrenner — Piano Concerto No.1 Key: dOpus: 61Conductor: Heribert BeisselEnsemble: Hamburg Symphony OrchestraHans Kann,pianoVox/MMG, 5064 10:14 PM Heinrich Schutz — Die sieben Worte Jesu Christi am Kreuz Ensemble: Les Saqueboutiers de ToulouseAgnes Mellon, sopranoDominique Visse, countertenorBruno Boterf, tenorAntoine Sicot, bassHarm Mundi, 901255 10:03 PM Francesco Salieri — Sinfonia “La Tempesta Di Mare” […]
Thursday 04/18/19 Deutsche Welle Festival Concerts
11:00 PM Locations: Augustusburg Castle, Brühl (1-3,6-8) Performed by: Concerto Köln Conductor: Markus Hoffmann (1-3,6-8) Soloists: Anna Torge, mandolin (2,5,7) Host: Rick Fulker MUSICAL CONTENT: Part One: (1) HAYDN: Symphony No. 34 in D Minor (17:26) (2) KAUSCHLITZ: Concerto in D Major for mandolin and strings (10:30) (3) HAYDN: Symphony No. 26 in D Minor […]
Playlist: Apr/18/19
10:49 PM Max Richter — Winter (recomposed) Conductor: Andre de RidderEnsemble: Konzerthaus Kammerorch. BerlinDaniel Hope, violinRaphael Alpermann, harpsichordDG/Archiv, 4792777 10:24 PM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Piano Concerto No. 23 Key: AConductor: Frans BruggenEnsemble: Salzburg Mozarteum OrchestraMaria Joao Pires, pianoDG/Archiv, 4776607 10:20 PM Francois Joseph Gossec — Gavotte Kyung Wha Chung, violinPhilip Moll, pianoLondon, 417289 9:55 […]
Wednesday 04/17/19 SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
11:00 PM CONDUCTOR: Michael Tilson Thomas SOLOIST: Gautier Capuçon, cello* Gnesin The Jewish Orchestra at the Ball of Nothingtown, Op. 41 Shostakovich Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major, Op. 107 Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74 “Pathétique”
Playlist: Apr/17/19
10:55 PM Ulysses Kay — Overture to Theater Set Conductor: Paul FreemanEnsemble: Chicago SinfoniettaCedille, 9000061 10:47 PM Franz Liszt — Sonetto No.123 Daniel Barenboim, pianoPhilips, 456721 10:23 PM Benjamin Godard — Violin Concerto No.1 Opus: 35Conductor: Kirk TrevorEnsemble: Slovak State Phil.(Kosice)Chloe Hanslip, violinNaxos, 570554 9:52 PM Ottorino Respighi — Church Windows Conductor: Keith ClarkEnsemble: Pacific […]
The world’s oldest paper
My publisher at Green Writers Press is floating the idea of printing Old New Worlds on hemp—and my instinctive response of “oo!” has quickly turned to Google. “Hemp hurds are favorable in comparison with those used with pulp wood.” – Jason L. Merrill, U.S. Department of Agriculture chief scientist in 1916 So what on earth is […]
Tuesday 04/16/19 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen and Cellist Yo-Yo Ma Beethoven: Overture to King Stephen, Op. 117 Lutosławski: Symphony No. 3 Salonen: Foreign Bodies Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major, Op. 107 (Yo-Yo Ma, cello) Janáček: Sinfonietta
Playlist: Apr/16/19
10:54 PM Max Richter — Mercy Hilary Hahn, violinCory Smythe, pianoDG/Archiv, 4798295 10:39 PM Anton Von Webern — Im Sommerwind Conductor: Pierre BoulezEnsemble: Berlin PhilharmonicDG/Archiv, 447099 10:25 PM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Serenade No. 6 Key: DEnsemble: Orpheus Chamber OrchestraDG/Archiv, 415669 10:17 PM Franz Lehar — The Merry Widow: Waltz (Ballsirenen Conductor: John Eliot GardinerEnsemble: […]
