Archive for January, 2023

Jan. 31 2023

Tuesday 1/31/23 Chicago Symphony Orchestra

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11:00 PM Music Director Riccardo Muti leads the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus—prepared by Duain Wolfe—in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, featuring Janai Brugger, Jennifer Johnson Cano, Issachah Savage, and Tareq Nazmi. The broadcast opens with choral works from the CSO Resound catalog by Verdi, including selections from Otello, Nabucco, Macbeth, and the Requiem.   Beethoven:                   Symphony […]

Jan. 31 2023

Playlist: Jan/31/23

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10:20 PM Dmitri Shostakovich — Violin Concerto No. 1 Key: A minor Opus: 77Conductor: Maxim ShostakovichEnsemble: London Symphony OrchestraNadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, vlnAngel/EMI, 54314 10:04 PM Maurice Ravel — Rapsodie Espagnole Conductor: Eduardo MataRCA/BMG, 4438 9:55 PM Philip Glass — Metamorphosis II Anne Akiko Meyers, violinAkira Eguchi, pianoAvie, 2386 9:31 PM Joaquin Rodrigo — Fantasia Para un […]

Jan. 30 2023

Monday 1/30/23 New York Philharmonic

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11:00 PM CONDUCTOR:             Jaap van Zweden SOLOISTS:                  Roomful of Teeth, vocal ensemble   DEBUSSY:                  Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun) CAROLINE SHAW:     Microfictions, Vol. 3 PRICE:                         Symphony No. 4

Jan. 30 2023

Pianist Claire Huangci Celebrates a Musical Milestone With the National Philharmonic

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Pianist Claire Huangci will join the National Philharmonic for a performance of Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. On this concert celebrating Sergei Rachmaninoff’s 150th birthday year, the National Philharmonic’s music director Piotr Gajewski will also lead the orchestra in the epic Symphony No. 2 for one performance on Friday, February 3, at […]

Jan. 30 2023

Playlist: Jan/30/23

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10:20 PM Amy Marcy Cheney Beach — Piano Concerto Key: C sharp minor Opus: 45Conductor: Paul GoodwinEnsemble: English Chamber OrchestraJoanne Polk, pianoArabesque, 6738 10:01 PM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Serenade Key: G major Conductor: Sir Neville MarrinerPhilips, 416386 9:29 PM Howard Hanson — Symphony No. 2 Conductor: Leonard SlatkinAngel/EMI, 64304 9:00 PM Ludwig van Beethoven […]

Jan. 29 2023

Music From Movies 1-29-22

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7:00 PM   7:00 PM 11097 John Addison Theme from “Tom Jones”  RCA/BMG 60393 COND Arthur Fiedler ORCH Boston Pops Orchestra   7:05 PM Anthony Newley/ Leslie BricussWilly Wonka: Main Title MCA 37124 ORCH Studio Orchestra 7:07 PM Anthony Newley/ Leslie BricussWilly Wonka: Pure imagination MCA 37124 ORCH Studio Orchestra 7:16 PM Ennio Morricone The […]

Jan. 29 2023

Playlist: Jan/29/23

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8:45 PM Benjamin Britten — Rejoice In the Lamb Opus: 30Conductor: Dale WarlandAmerChoral, 123 7:31 PM Alexandre Desplat — The Painted Veil Conductor: Alexandre DesplatEnsemble: Prague Symphony OrchestraLang Lang, pianoDG/Archiv, 4776552 7:27 PM Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Serenade for Strings Key: C major Opus: 48Conductor: Andrew LittonVirgin, 90798 7:16 PM Ennio Morricone — The Mission: […]

Jan. 28 2023

Vocalise 1-28-23

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8:00 PM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Marriage of Figaro: “Sull’aria…”  London 410150 COND Sir Georg Solti ORCH London Philharmonic Orchestra SOLO Dame Kiri Te Kanawa,soprano SOLO Lucia Popp, soprano 8:04 PM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Vesperae solennes de confessore K 339 Philips 5742 COND Sir Colin Davis ORCH London Symphony Orchestra SOLO and Chorus SOLO Dame Kiri […]

Jan. 28 2023

1-28-23 Face The Music Listings!

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This week we have the pleasure of an oldie but a goody.  We pay tribute to the late Dave Donovan a favorite FTM panelist who sadly left us in 2022. He was joined by Ernie Green from the Annapolis Chorale and Chamber Orchestra.  All three symphonies are in E flat and all three are in […]

Jan. 28 2023

Playlist: Jan/28/23

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11:54 PM Valerie Coleman — Umoja Ensemble: Imani WindsRolando Morales-Matos, perc.Koch Intl., 7661 7:38 PM Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov — Caucasian Sketches: Suite No. 1 Opus: 10Conductor: David ZinmanTelarc, 80378 7:15 PM Sergei Prokofiev — Violin Concerto No. 1 Key: D major Opus: 19Conductor: Mstislav RostropovichEnsemble: National Sym Orch/Wash.,D.C.Anne-Sophie Mutter, violinErato, 75506 6:41 PM Ludwig van Beethoven […]

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