Archive for January, 2023
1-28-23 Music in Maryland…Some nice pieces for the New Year!
Just a few of my favorite BSO recordings, a bit of Leon Fleisher, some Manuel Barrueco and we also feature the National Symphony with Rostropovich and Anne Sophie Mutter! Nice stuff! 6:00 PM 3061 Zoltan Kodaly Hary Janos: Suite Op 35 Vox/MMG 9006 COND Sergiu Comissiona SAIR joo KOH miss ee oh nuh ORCH Baltimore […]
Brahms, Strauss, and Simon in Columbia
The Columbia Orchestra’s next concert is on Saturday, February 4. I got a pleasant surprise when I spoke with Music Director Jason Love about the program – the details are in our interview!
Toccata listings for 1/29/23
On tonight’s program, Grieg on the accordion, Bach for piano duo, and a concerto for the Pedal Piano. Thanks so much for listening, and enjoy! 6:00 PM 1354 Edvard Grieg Holberg Suite Op 40 Champs Hil 55 SOLO Ksenija Sidorova, Accordion 17:56 C 1 10-14 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6:20 PM 529 Johann Sebastian Bach Brandenburg Concerto […]
Playlist: Jan/27/23
11:46 PM Karl Jenkins — Requiem Conductor: Karl JenkinsEnsemble: West Kazakhstan PhilharmonicSerendipity ChorusCardiff ChoirAngel/EMI, 57966 11:28 PM Arnold Rosner — Gematria Opus: 93Conductor: David Amos , 368 11:05 PM Marc-Antoine Charpentier — Te Deum Conductor: Ivor BoltonTeldec, 12465 10:32 PM Isaac Albeniz — Suite Espanola Opus: 47Manuel Barrueco, guitarAngel/EMI, 54382 10:05 PM Arrigo Boito — […]
1-26-2023 A Tale of Schumann and Chou Chou.
Recently I did a podcast for the Candlelight Concert Society on Robert Schumann’s masterpiece Kreisleriana. The piece is inspired by E. T. A. Hoffmann’s writings about his fictional alter ego the Kapellmeister Johannes Kreisler. The work is also influenced by Hoffmann’s writings about the tomcat Murr, with whom and by […]
Thursday 1/26/23 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 2 DEBUSSY: The Sunken Cathedral SCRIABIN: The Poem of Ecstasy Markus Stenz, conductor; Behzod Abduraimov, piano
International Shakespeare Theatre Association honors CSC founder
Ian Gallanar, Founding Artistic Director of the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company, has received the 2023 Sandra and Sidney Berger Award from the international Shakespeare Theatre Association. Ian has philanthropic plans about putting the award to good use, and he came in to talk to me about them.
Playlist: Jan/26/23
10:17 PM Antonin Dvorak — Cello Concerto Key: B minor Opus: 104Conductor: Mariss JansonsEnsemble: Oslo Philharmonic OrchestraTruls Mork, celloVirgin, 59325 10:01 PM Joseph Haydn — Piano Sonata No. 34 Key: D major Emanuel Ax, pianoCBS/Sony, 89363 9:54 PM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Cosi Fan Tutte: Overture Conductor: Sir Neville MarrinerAngel/EMI, 47014 9:42 PM Fernando Sor […]
Wednesday 1/25/23 European Broadcasting Union Series
11:00 PM ORCHESTRA: Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra CONDUCTOR: Ariane Matiakh SOLOIST: Pekka Kuusisto, violin Koechlin: Vers la voûte étoilée Dessner: Violin Concerto Traditional: Finnish Traditional Song Bach: Sarabande in D minor Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F, op. 68 (‘Pastoral’)
Playlist: Jan/25/23
10:34 PM Johannes Brahms — Clarinet Sonata No. 1 Key: F minor Catalog No.: 1 Opus: 120David Shifrin, clarinetCarol Rosenberger, pianoDelos, 3025 10:01 PM Robert Schumann — Symphony No. 3 Key: E flat major Opus: 97Conductor: David ZinmanTelarc, 80182 9:39 PM Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel — String Quartet Key: E flat major Virgin, 464546 9:26 PM […]
