Archive for February, 2020
Thursday 2/27/20 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 3 RESPIGHI: The Pines of Rome RESPIGHI: The Fountains of Rome Juraj Valcuha, conductor; Lukas Vondracek, piano Fill: “La Befana” from Ottorino Respighi’s Roman Festivals; Lorin Maazel, conductor; selection from Benjamin Britten’s Phantasy Quartet, Op. 2; Kelsey Blumenthal, violin; Deanna Badizadegan, viola; Will Chow, cello; Max Blair, oboe; Juraj […]
Playlist: Feb/27/20
10:59 PM Franz Liszt — Album-Leaf: “Ah, vous dirai-je, maman” Leslie Howard, pianoHyperion, 67415 10:50 PM Michael Abels — Global Warming Conductor: Paul FreemanEnsemble: Chicago SinfoniettaCedille, 66 10:12 PM Ludwig van Beethoven — Violin Sonata No. 9 Key: aOpus: 47Martha Argerich, pianoGidon Kremer, violinDG/Archiv, 447054 10:00 PM Giuseppe Verdi — Aida: Grand March from Act […]
A Norwegian sibling duo for Music in the Valley
The Coucheron Siblings, violinist David Coucheron and pianist Julie Coucheron, present a program of music by their Norwegian compatriots, along with Beethoven and Massenet, for Music in the Valley at St. John’s Episcopal Church, Western Run Parish. Here is the series’ Artistic Director, Benjamin Buchanan.
Wednesday 02/26/20 Carnegie Hall Live
11:00 PM Budapest Festival Orchestra Iván Fischer, Music Director and Conductor Márta Sebestyén, Vocalist Ildikó Komlósi, Mezzo-Soprano Krisztián Cser, Bass Program: Bartók: Romanian Folk Dances Trad. Hungarian Peasant Songs —”The ballad of Borbála Angoli” —”Fade, my rose” —”Come this way, come my way” —”I went up the plum tree” —”Little girl from Komárom” —”The cricket in […]
Playlist: Feb/26/20
10:19 PM Johannes Brahms — Symphony No. 3 Key: FOpus: 90Conductor: Sir Colin DavisEnsemble: Bavarian Radio SymphonyRCA/BMG, 60118 9:57 PM Frank Bridge — The Sea Conductor: Benjamin BrittenEnsemble: English Chamber OrchestraBBC, 8007 9:00 PM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Serenade No. 7 Key: DConductor: Sir Neville MarrinerEnsemble: Academy of St Martin in FieldsIona Brown, violinPhilips, 416154 […]
Tuesday 2/25/20 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Riccardo Muti conducts Beethoven and Gershwin Vivaldi: Piccolo Concerto in C Major, RV 444 (Jennifer Gunn, piccolo) Benshoof: Concerto in Three Movements for Piccolo and Orchestra (Jennifer Gunn, piccolo) Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36 Stephenson: Bass Trombone Concerto (World premiere) (Charles Vernon, trombone) […]
Playlist: Feb/25/20
10:06 PM Hector Berlioz — Symphonie Fantastique Opus: 14Conductor: Pierre BoulezEnsemble: Cleveland OrchestraDG/Archiv, 453432 10:00 PM J. Rosamond Johnson — Nobody Knows the Trouble I See Rachel Barton Pine, violinMatthew Hagle, pianoCedille, 97 9:40 PM Dorothy Howell — Piano Concerto Key: dConductor: Toby PurserEnsemble: Orion Symphony OrchestraValentina Seferinova, pianoLyrita, 2139 9:13 PM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart […]
Monday 2/24/20 New York Philharmonic
11:00 PM Bernstein and Masur conduct Shostakovich SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 6, Op. 54 Leonard Bernstein, conductor SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 102 Helen Huang, piano Kurt Masur, conductor SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 14, Op. 135 Teresa Kubiak, soprano Issser Bushkin, bass Leonard Bernstein, conductor
Playlist: Feb/24/20
10:07 PM Johannes Brahms — Piano Quartet No. 2 Key: AOpus: 26Emanuel Ax, pianoIsaac Stern, violinJaime Laredo, violaYo-Yo Ma, celloCBS/Sony, 64520 10:01 PM Arrigo Boito — Mefistofele: Prelude To The Prologue Conductor: Riccardo ChaillyEnsemble: La Scala Philharmonic OrchestrLondon, 4831148 9:52 PM Johann Strauss II — Vienna Blood Opus: 354Conductor: Willi BoskovskyEnsemble: Vienna Symphony OrchestraLondon, 4780227 […]
Music From Movies 2-23-20
7:00 PM Benjamin Britten Playful Pizzicato Abkco 88922 COND Benjamin Britten ORCH English Chamber Orchestra 7:04 PM Alexandre Desplat The Heroic Weather-Conditions 1-3 Abkco 88922 ORCH Studio Orchestra 7:14 PM Alexandre Desplat Heroic Weather-Conditions 4-6 Abkco 88922 ORCH Studio Orchestra 7:20 PM Elmer Bernstein To Kill a Mockingbird: Theme Denon 75288 COND Elmer Bernstein ORCH […]
