Archive for December, 2022
Vocalise 12-17-22
8:00 PM Anonymous Noel Nouvelet (15th Cent.French Carol) Philips 454640 COND David Robertson SOLO Jessye Norman, soprano SOLO Saint Thomas Choir SOLO Riverside Choir SOLO Saint Barnabas Choir SOLO Harry Huff,organ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8:03 PM Ed Henderson Milagros de Navidad Miracles of ChristmaSoundset 1005 COND Jon Washburn ORCH Phoenix Bach Choir ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8:22 PM William Ferris […]
December BookNotes Review
The Jeffersonians: The Visionary Presidencies of Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe Kevin Gutzman The Tudors in Love: Passion and Politics in the Age of England’s Most Famous Dynasty Sarah Gristwood Stella Maris Cormac McCarthy A Book of Days Patti Smith
Playlist: Dec/17/22
8:22 PM William Ferris — Snowcarols Conductor: Paul FrenchEnsemble: Composer Festival OrchestraWilliam Ferris ChoraleAnd various soloistsPaul Nicholson, organCedille, 9000101 8:03 PM Ed Henderson — Milagros de Navidad Conductor: Jon WashburnSoundset, 1005 8:00 PM Anonymous — Noel Nouvelet (15th Cent.French Carol) Conductor: David RobertsonJessye Norman, sopranoSaint Thomas ChoirRiverside ChoirSaint Barnabas ChoirHarry Huff,organPhilips, 454640 4:15 PM Richard […]
Toccata listings for 12/18/22
On tonight’s program, “The Nutcracker” for piano, organ music by Bach that may or may not have been intended for the Christmas holidays, and a piano concerto by a contemporary of Schubert. Thanks so much for listening, and enjoy! 6:00 PM 2917 Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker: Suite Op 71 Melodiya 25181 SOLO Mikhail Pletnev, […]
Playlist: Dec/16/22
9:56 PM Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck — Hodie Christus natus est BCAS, 110988 9:51 PM Carrie Mallonee — The Carolers at My Door BCAS, 110988 9:43 PM Franz Biebl — Ave Maria BCAS, 110988 9:38 PM Grant McLachlan — Come Colours Rise Conductor: Tom HallGothic Rec, 49277 9:32 PM Hector Berlioz — The Flight into Egypt: […]
Thursday 12/15/22 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Capriccio espagnol SHOSTAKOVICH: Cello Concerto No. 1 TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 1, “Winter Dreams” Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor; Maximilian Hornung, cello
Playlist: Dec/15/22
9:19 PM Traditional — O Come, O Come, Emmanuel Conductor: Richard CondieCBS/Sony, 87769 9:06 PM Archangelo Corelli — Concerto Grosso No. 5 Key: B flat major Opus: 6Conductor: Roy GoodmanEnsemble: Brandenburg ConsortRoy Goodman, violinHyperion, 22011 8:59 PM Ron Nelson — Lauds (Praise High Day) Conductor: Jerry JunkinReference, 76 8:28 PM Ludwig van Beethoven — String […]
Wednesday 12/14/22 Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM CONDUCTOR: Ken-David Masur SOLOIST: Awadgin Pratt, piano* Strauss: Metamorphosen, TrV 290 Montgomery: Rounds for Piano and String Orchestra* Mendelssohn: Overture to Die Heimkehr aus der Fremde, Op. 89 (Son & Stranger) Schumann: Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120 (1841 version)
Playlist: Dec/14/22
9:48 PM Gustav Holst — The Perfect Fool Ballet Music Opus: 39Conductor: Andre PrevinAngel/EMI, 66934 9:36 PM Stephen Paulus — Three Nativity Carols Conductor: Earl RiversEnsemble: Vocal Arts Ens. of CincinnatiMark Ostoich, oboeElizabeth Motter, harpPro Organo, 7194 9:07 PM Robert Schumann — Piano Quartet Key: E flat major Opus: 47Emanuel Ax, pianoIsaac Stern, violinJaime Laredo, […]
Tuesday 12/13/22 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Blomstedt & Chamayou Herbert Blomstedt returns to the CSO podium for Brahms’s Second Symphony, following Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23, featuring soloist Bertrand Chamayou. The program concludes with Seiji Ozawa, the Ravinia Festival’s first music director, leading Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring from a 1968 RCA recording. Mozart: Piano Concerto No. […]
