Archive for July, 2019
7-27-19 Face The Music Listings!
This week our panel was Phil Greenfield from The American Record Guide, Ed Goldstein tuba player from the Annapolis Symphony and Jed Gaylin from the Hopkins Symphony and Bay Atlantic Orchestra. We had lots of disagreement and good discussion. Here are the listings…hope you enjoyed the show. PLAY DATE: Sat, 07/29/2019 5:00 PM 129 Wolfgang […]
Thursday 07/25/19 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM MOZART: Horn Concerto No. 4 HOLST: The Planets John Storgaards, conductor; William Caballero, horn; Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh; Matthew Mehaffey, director
Playlist: Jul/25/19
10:44 PM William Grant Still — Ennanga Ensemble: VidemusNew World, 80399 10:28 PM Enrique Granados — Piano Quintet Key: gEnsemble: Ensemble VariableCPO, 999609 10:08 PM Mikhail Glinka — A Life for the Tsar: Ballet Music Conductor: Efrem KurtzEnsemble: Philharmonia OrchestraAngel/EMI, 67729 9:32 PM Sergei Rachmaninoff — Piano Concerto No. 3 Key: dOpus: 30Conductor: Jascha HorensteinEnsemble: […]
Wednesday 07/24/19 LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC
11:00 PM CONDUCTOR: Zubin Mehta SOLOIST: Yefim Bronfman, piano Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15 Chopin: Étude Op. 10, No. 3 in E Major “Tristesse” Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68
Playlist: Jul/24/19
10:49 PM Luigi Dallapiccola — Sonata Canonica “Capricci de Niccolo Mariaclara Monetti, pianoASV, 1034 10:41 PM Johan Halvorsen — Air Norvegien Opus: 7Conductor: Adrian LeaperEnsemble: Slovak Radio SO, BratislavaDong-suk Kang,violinNaxos, 550329 10:29 PM Ralph Vaughan Williams — Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1 Key: eConductor: Sir Neville MarrinerEnsemble: Academy of St Martin in FieldsPhilips, 442427 10:07 PM […]
Tuesday 07/23/19 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Manfred Honeck Conducts Respighi and Tchaikovsky Respighi: Fountains of Rome Respighi: Concerto Gregoriano (Robert Chen, violin) Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 (Pathétique) Dvořák: Carnival Overture, Op. 92
8-5-19 Word on Wine. Nagler and Fess Parker!
I was at Gertrude’s with friends recently and ordered the Schumann Nagler Riesling. As a classical music fan, I liked the fact that it had the name Schumann on it and the nail (or nagel auf Deutsch) on the label was charming. I liked the wine enough to call my local wine merchant and […]
8-1-19 Word On Wine. How to Summerfy Your Cocktails!
Lawn Mower Cocktails indeed! Food and Wine for August 2019 has a nice article on how to ‘Summerfy’ your cocktails and some nice cocktail recipes. Mary and I reflect on this idea. BTW mowing the grass in flip flops and drinking is super dangerous, stupid and not recommended!
Playlist: Jul/23/19
10:45 PM Johann Sebastian Bach — Partita for Solo Flute Key: aSir James Galway, fluteRCA/BMG, 68182 9:57 PM Sergei Taneyev — Concert Suite for Violin and Orchestra Opus: 28Conductor: Neeme JarviEnsemble: Royal Scottish National OrchesLydia Mordkovitch, violinChandos, 10491 9:48 PM Johann Strauss II — Roses from the South Opus: 388Ensemble: Linos-EnsembleCapriccio, 5004 9:19 PM Wolfgang […]
Monday 07/22/19 New York Philharmonic
11:00 PM SHOSTAKOVICH/ BARSHAI: Chamber Symphony Jaap van Zweden, conductor BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3, “Eroica” Jaap van Zweden, conductor