Archive for June 3rd, 2019
The earl in question in William Byrd’s “Earl of Oxford March”
Ever wondered about the provenance of the famous Earl of Oxford’s March by the Elizabethan composer, William Byrd? He wrote it for the 17th Earl of Oxford, Edward de Vere, about whom I got some inside information when I visited my ailing sister in England last month. Evidently, the research bug hasn’t left me since […]
Monday 06/03/19 New York Philharmonic
11:00 PM Gergiev conducts Stravinsky’s Renard and L’Histoire du soldat STRAVINSKY: Renard Alexander Timchenko, tenor; Dmitry Voropaev, tenor; Ilya Bannik, bass; Andrei Serov, bass‐baritone; Robert Langevin, flute and piccolo; Sherry Sylar, oboe; Thomas Stacy, English horn; Pascual Martinez Forteza, clarinet and E‐flat clarinet; Kim Laskowski, bassoon; Philip Myers, R. Allen Spanjer, horn; Matthew […]
Playlist: Jun/03/19
10:51 PM Marjory Kennedy-Fraser — Songs of the Hebrides (Scotland) Paul Galbraith, guitarDelos, 3236 10:13 PM Aram Khachaturian — Violin Concerto Key: dConductor: Neeme JarviEnsemble: Scottish National OrchestraLydia Mordkovitch, violinChandos, 8918 10:08 PM Johann Sebastian Bach — Sheep May Safely Graze Conductor: Sir Neville MarrinerEnsemble: Academy of St Martin in FieldsAngel/EMI, 62502 9:50 PM Christoph […]
