Archive for April, 2023

Apr. 26 2023

Bruce Nelson talks HARVEY at Everyman Theatre

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Local legend and longtime Everyman Theatre company member Bruce Nelson joined me to share his thoughts on playing the iconic role of Elwood Dowd in Mary Chase’s beloved, Pulitzer Prize-winning 1945 comedy, Harvey. Made famous by the film starring Jimmy Stewart, and featuring an invisible (possibly imaginary) anthropomorphic rabbit, the play offers slapstick and hijinks a-plenty […]

Apr. 26 2023

Wednesday 4/26/23 San Francisco Symphony

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11:00 PM CONDUCTOR:                        Esa-Pekka Salonen SOLOISTS:                              Pekka Kuusisto, violin*   Beethoven:                               Leonore Overture No. 2, Opus 72 Bryce Dessner:                         Violin Concerto* Schubert:                                 Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, D. 485  

Apr. 26 2023

Playlist: Apr/26/23

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10:24 PM Franz Schubert — Rosamunde: Incidental Music to the Play Conductor: George SzellPhilips, 442727 10:03 PM Ferdinando Carulli — Grand Duo Concertante Key: A major Opus: 65Leopoldo Saracino,guitarMassimo Palumbo, pianoNuova Era, 7190 9:20 PM Sergei Rachmaninoff — Symphony No. 3 Key: A minor Opus: 44Conductor: Vladimir AshkenazyLondon, 410231 9:06 PM Johann Sebastian Bach — […]

Apr. 25 2023

Tuesday 4/25/23 Chicago Symphony Orchestra

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11:00 PM Christian Thielemann returns to the CSO podium to conduct Bruckner’s Eighth Symphony. The broadcast also includes Wagner’s Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde, led by Daniel Barenboim, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s ninth music director from 1991 until 2006.   Bruckner:                     Symphony No. 8 in C Minor (1890 version) Christian Thielemann, conductor   […]

Apr. 25 2023

Playlist: Apr/25/23

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10:15 PM Johannes Brahms — Symphony No. 1 Key: C minor Opus: 68Conductor: Sir Roger NorringtonAngel/EMI, 54286 10:06 PM Joseph Haydn — Lo Speziale: Overture to the drama Key: G major Conductor: Kevin MallonNaxos, 8572130 9:36 PM Dmitri Shostakovich — Cello Concerto No. 1 Key: E flat major Opus: 107Conductor: Vasily PetrenkoEnsemble: Oslo Philharmonic OrchestraTruls […]

Apr. 24 2023

Monday 4/24/23 New York Philharmonic

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11:00 PM CONDUCTOR:            Lorin Maazel   RAVEL:                       L’enfant et les sortileges / Cat Duet BEETHOVEN:             Symphony No. 5, I. Allegro con brio MAAZEL:                    The Giving Tree KODALY:                   Dances of Galanta TRADITIONAL:          Arirang PUCCINI:                    Tosca / Te Deum  

Apr. 24 2023

Playlist: Apr/24/23

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10:24 PM Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Violin Concerto Key: D major Opus: 35Conductor: Giuseppe SinopoliEnsemble: Philharmonia OrchestraGil Shaham, violinDG/Archiv, 437540 10:08 PM Mauro Giuliani — Rossiniana No.3 Opus: 121Julian Bream, guitarRCA/BMG, 61593 9:37 PM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Symphony No. 38 Key: DConductor: Sir Neville MarrinerPhilips, 412995 9:13 PM Maurice Ravel — Gaspard de la […]

Apr. 23 2023

Music From Movies 4-23-22

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7:00 PM John Williams Raiders of the Lost Ark: March Silva 5006 COND Paul Bateman ORCH City of Prague Philharmonic       7:07 PM Nino Rota Felini Suite Da Vinci 98 ORCH Italian Saxophone Quartet       7:19 PM Stephen Warbeck Shakespeare in Love (Score) CBS/Sony 63387 COND Nick Ingman ORCH Studio Orchestra […]

Apr. 23 2023

Playlist: Apr/23/23

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8:31 PM Sergei Prokofiev — Cinderella: Suite No.3 Opus: 109Conductor: Neeme JarviChandos, 8939 8:15 PM Marin Marais — Alcione: Suite No.1 Conductor: Jordi SavallAstree, 8525 7:19 PM Stephen Warbeck — Shakespeare in Love (Score) Conductor: Nick IngmanEnsemble: Studio OrchestraCatherine Bott, sopranoCBS/Sony, 63387 7:07 PM Nino Rota — Felini Suite , 98 7:00 PM John Williams […]

Apr. 22 2023

Vocalise 4-22-23

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8:00 PM George Frederich Handel- Rodelinda: Mio Caro bene DG/Archiv 4853569 COND Patrick Summers ORCH Metropolitan Opera Orchestra SOLO Renee Fleming, soprano 8:06 PM Vincenzo Bellini- Il Pirata: “…Col sorriso d’innocenza” DG/Archiv 4853569 COND Bruno Campanella ORCH Metropolitan Opera Orchestra SOLO Renee Fleming, soprano 8:12 PM Dmitri Shostakovich- From Jewish Folk Poetry Op 79 London […]

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