Archive for September 20th, 2019
9-30-19 Word on Wine Pecorino and Rocim Amphora
Our first wine was made from a grape called Pecorino and was entitled Citano. I had some fabulous Pecorino at a fine Italian Cafe in Montreal called Cafe Dante…on Via Dante…This wine pairs beautifully with great Italian food…which they serve. Our second wine was from Portugal and was made in a very traditional style…in clay […]
9-26-19 Word On Wine Pocket Wine Guide!
Who cares about Nouveau Beaujolais day…I love the day when Hugh Johnson’s pocket wine book shows up at the station. Mr. Johnson is a fabulous writer who seems to have lots of fun writing about wine. Other than being a little large to fit in my pocket it’s fabulous. I’ve never met the man but […]
9-23-19 Word On Wine Greek Orange Wine and Federstahl!
Our two wines this week were the Paleokerisio Ioannina orange sparkling wine and the Federstahl Muller Thurgau from Germany. Both were very interesting and worth pursuing.
9-19-19 Word On Wine Organic, Biodynamic and Natural!
It’s no surprise that people are confused about the terms Organic, Biodynamic and Natural. Mary and I have a brief discussion about these three interesting approaches to wine making!
9-21-19 Music In Maryland Listings Potpourri!
Some nice things this week…Eva Mengelkoch is a very talented pianist on faculty at Towson University and we haven’t played her recordings on Music in Maryland yet! My bad, let’s fix it! The Baltimore Chamber Orchestra is performing the Barber Violin Concerto Sunday 9/22, why not hear Joshua Bell’s fine recording with the BSO. Sharon […]
Vocalise 9/21/19
8:00 PM 8:00 PM Giuseppe Verdi Nabucco: Va, pensiero Angel/EMI 49828 COND Riccardo Muti ORCH Philharmonia Orchestra SOLO Ambrosian Opera Chorus ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8:05 PM Dan Forrest Requiem for the Living Hinshaw 1 COND Welborn Young, conductor ORCH Bel Canto Company SOLO Donovan Elliott, boy soprano SOLO Lindsey McConville Gallagher, SOLO Jeremy Whitener, tenor ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8:44 […]
Playlist: Sep/20/19
11:22 PM Josef Suk — A Summer’s Tale: A Musical Poem Opus: 29Conductor: Sir Charles MackerrasEnsemble: Czech Philharmonic OrchestraLondon, 466443 11:08 PM Hector Berlioz — Damnation of Faust: Orchestral Conductor: David ZinmanEnsemble: Baltimore Symphony OrchestraTelarc, 80164 10:54 PM Andre Mathieu — Concertino No. 2 Opus: 13Conductor: Matthias BamertEnsemble: London Mozart PlayersAlain Lefevre,pianoAnalekta, 9283 10:35 PM […]
