Archive for June 14th, 2019
6-15-19 Music In Maryland Baltimore Chamber Orchestra’s New Concert Master!
This year the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra auditioned various candidates for Concert Master to replace Madeline Adkins. The winner was Audrey Wright the Assistant Principal Violin of the Baltimore Symphony. She performed Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 3 in a concert at Goucher College’s Kraushaar Auditorium on March 24, 2019. Also on the program was Carl Nielsen’s […]
07/13/19 – Andrea Chenier (Royal Opera) – 1pm
The Royal Opera House’s Andrea Chenier Giordano The poet Andrea Chénier attends a party at the Countess di Coigny’s mansion. He expresses outrage at the corruption in King Louis XVI’s government and the poverty of many Frenchmen. This moves the Countess’s daughter Maddalena, and inspires the footman and revolutionary-in-the-making Carlo Gérard to quit his servitude. […]
07/06/19 – Billy Budd (Royal Opera) – 1pm
The Royal Opera House’s Billy Budd Benjamin Britten Three new recruits join the warship HMS Indomitable, commanded by the scholarly Captain Vere. The first two are nothing special, but the third, young Billy Budd, is hailed by the Master at Arms John Claggart as a jewel – despite his occasional stammer. Billy settles in happily […]
06/29/19 – La forza del Destino (Royal Opera) – 1pm
The Royal Opera House’s La Forza del Destino Giuseppe Verdi The Marquis of Calatrava forbids his daughter Leonora to marry the South American nobleman Don Alvaro. The lovers attempt to elope, but the Marquis catches them. In the ensuing altercation, Alvaro accidentally kills the Marquis, who curses his daughter as he dies. Leonora and Alvaro […]
Toccata listings for 6/16/19
On tonight’s program, music for piano duos, with a Max Reger arrangement of music by J.S. Bach, and a concerto by Ralph Vaughan-Williams. Thanks for listening, and enjoy! 6:00 PM 249 Johann Sebastian Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F MD+G 3300635 SOLO Speidel-Trenkner Piano Duo 23:55 C 1 1-4 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6:29 PM 8968 […]
Playlist: Jun/14/19
11:50 PM Ralph Vaughan Williams — Symphony No. 7 Conductor: Bryden ThomsonEnsemble: London Symphony OrchestraLondon Symphony ChorusCatherine Bott, sopranoChandos, 9091 11:21 PM Louis Spohr — Notturno for Winds & Janissary Music Key: COpus: 34Ensemble: Consortium ClassicumOrfeo, 155871 11:06 PM Sergei Rachmaninoff — Three Russian Songs Conductor: Vladimir AshkenazyEnsemble: Royal Concertgebouw OrchestraConcertgebouw ChorusLondon, 414455 10:38 PM […]
