Archive for March 2nd, 2020
Art and Music in Chicago
Once again, I thought of you as I strolled around an art museum looking at paintings that touched on music. The Renoir oil on canvas, Woman at the Piano, needs no explanation. For the Degas pastel, Ballet at the Paris Opéra, I may need to direct your attention to the bottom […]
04/11/20- Tosca- 1pm
The Metropolitan Opera Tosca GIACOMO PUCCINI ESTIMATED RUN TIME: 3 HRS, 2 intermissions SUNG IN ITALIAN photo credit: / Met Opera Soprano Anna Netrebko, whom the New York Times hailed as “magnificent” when she made her role debut as Tosca in 2018, returns as Puccini’s explosive diva, back by popular demand. Tenors Najmiddin Mavlyanov and Brian Jagde […]
Monday 3/02/20 New York Philharmonic
11:00 PM Great Conductors perform Kodaly, Rouse, Tchaikovsky, and Wagner KODALY: Háry János: Suite Kurt Masur, conductor ROUSE: Trombone Concerto Joseph Alessi, trombone Leonard Slatkin, conductor TCHAIKOVSKY: Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32 Leonard Bernstein, conductor WAGNER: Tannhäuser: Overture and Venusberg Music Zubin Mehta, conductor
Playlist: Mar/02/20
10:58 PM Tielmann Susato — Ronde Ensemble: Philadelphia Renaissance WindsNewport, 85527 10:29 PM Jean Sibelius — “Swanwhite” Suite Opus: 54Conductor: Leif SegerstamEnsemble: Turku Philharmonic OrchestraNaxos, 573341 9:59 PM Alexander Borodin — String Quartet No. 2 Key: DEnsemble: Cleveland QuartetTelarc, 80178 9:47 PM Johann Strauss II — Tales from the Vienna Woods Opus: 325Conductor: Erich KunzelEnsemble: […]