Archive for February, 2022
Playlist: Feb/16/22
10:19 PM Cesar Franck — Symphony Key: D minor Conductor: Michel PlassonAngel/EMI, 63889 10:00 PM John Corigliano — The Red Violin-Chaconne for Violin & Conductor: Esa-Pekka SalonenEnsemble: Philharmonia OrchestraJoshua Bell, violinCBS/Sony, 63010 9:31 PM Johannes Brahms — Horn Trio Key: E flat major Opus: 40Richard King, hornAmy Lee, violinOrli Shaham,pianoAlbany, 1325 9:00 PM Jean Sibelius […]
An African American classic at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company
When A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry had its debut in 1959, it was the first play written by a Black woman to be produced on Broadway. In 1983, Frank Rich, writing in The New York Times, said A Raisin in the Sun “changed American theater forever.” I spoke with actor and Chesapeake Shakespeare Company’s Associate […]
Tuesday 02/15/22 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Muti Conducts Shostakovich 6 Mendelssohn: Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Overture, Op. 27 Rands: DREAM for Orchestra Liszt: Mazeppa, Symphonic Poem No. 6 Schoenberg: Transfigured Night, Op. 4 Shostakovich: Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 54
Playlist: Feb/15/22
10:10 PM Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Sleeping Beauty: Act 3 Opus: 66Conductor: Mikhail PletnevDG/Archiv, 457634 9:52 PM Ernest Chausson — Poeme for Violin & Orchestra Opus: 25Conductor: Daniel HardingEnsemble: London Symphony OrchestraNicola Benedetti, violinDG/Archiv, 6154 9:11 PM Franz Schubert — Piano Quintet Key: A major Opus: 114Conductor: Members of theEnsemble: Guarneri QuartetEmanuel Ax, pianoJulius Levine, […]
Poetry for Valentine’s Day
Maryland poet, Sylvia Dianne Beverly, had been dubbed “the love poet,” and it seemed fitting to invite her to share some of her words on Valentine’s Day.
Monday 02/14/22 New York Philharmonic
11:00 PM Aspects of Love PROKOFIEV: Romeo at Juliette’s Tomb from Romeo and Juliet Lorin Maazel, conductor BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 4, “Romantic,” Movement IV Alan Gilbert, conductor MASSENET: Pourquoi me reveiller? Luciano Pavarotti, tenor; Leone Magiera, conductor SCRIABIN: Symphony No. 4, Op. 54, “Poem of Ecstasy” Dimitri […]
Playlist: Feb/14/22
10:18 PM Sergei Taneyev — Piano Quartet Key: E major Opus: 20Dorian, 93215 10:12 PM Johann Sebastian Bach — Sheep May Safely Graze Conductor: Eugene OrmandyCBS/Sony, 65952 9:39 PM Edgar Bainton — Concerto Fantasia Conductor: Paul DanielEnsemble: BBC Philharmonic OrchestraMargaret Fingerhut, pianoChandos, 10460 8:54 PM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Serenade No.9 Key: D major Conductor: […]
Music From Movies 2-13-22
7:00 PM Nino Rota Romeo and Juliet: Love Theme Telarc 80168 COND Erich Kunzel ORCH Cincinnati Pops Orchestra 7:41 PM Joseph Canteloube Songs of the Auvergne: Bailero Virgin 90714 COND Yan Pascal Tortelier ORCH English Chamber Orchestra SOLO Arleen Auger, soprano […]
Playlist: Feb/13/22
8:42 PM Claude Debussy — Children’s Corner Conductor: Yan Pascal TortelierChandos, 8756 8:00 PM Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky — The Seasons: Complete Opus: 37Mikhail Pletnev, pianoVirgin, 45042 7:56 PM Mark Knopfler — The Princess Bride: Main Titles Conductor: Erich KunzelTelarc, 80342 7:48 PM Alex North — Unchained Melody Conductor: Erich KunzelTelarc, 80243 7:41 PM Joseph Canteloube […]
Vocalise 2-12-22
8:00 PM Giacomo Puccini Madama Butterfly: “Un Bel Di” RCA/BMG 68883 COND Oliviero de Fabritis ORCH Rome Opera Orchestra SOLO Leontyne Price, soprano 8:06 PM George Frederich Handel Semele: “Where’er You Walk” DG/Archiv 453480 COND Sir Charles Mackerras S ORCH Scottish Chamber Orchestra SOLO Bryn Terfel, baritone 8:12 PM Giuseppe Verdi Il Trovatore: “D’amor sull’ […]
