Archive for April, 2024
Toccata listings for 4/28/24
On tonight’s program, two works written for the pedal piano–one played on the pedal piano, the other on the organ, plus a piano concerto by an American composer. Thanks so much for listening, and enjoy! 6:01 PM 47966 Robert Schumann Fugue on B-A-C-H for pedal piano in B-Fl ArsProd 38011 SOLO Martin Schmeding, pedal […]
Playlist: Apr/26/24
11:53 PM Claudio Monteverdi — Combat de Tancrede et Clorinde Conductor: Anthony RooleyVirgin, 91158 11:00 PM Johannes Brahms — Piano Concerto No. 1 Key: D minor Opus: 15Conductor: Gustavo DudamelEnsemble: Staatskapelle BerlinDaniel Barenboim, pianoDG/Archiv, 4794899 10:56 PM Erik Satie — Gymnopedie No. 1 Conductor: Lawrence FosterErato, 88103 10:47 PM Felix Mendelssohn — Andante & Rondo […]
CINDY OF ARC jousts with the patriarchy at Theatre Project
I had the pleasure of chatting all the way across the Atlantic with writer/performer/creator Cynthia Kaplan about her new play Cindy of Arc, coming to Baltimore Theatre Project May 2nd-4th after a raucously successful stop at Intiman Theatre in Seattle. The journey of this piece has been a lengthy and arguably convoluted one, from extremely topical […]
Thursday 4/25/24 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM PUCCINI (arr. Honeck/Ille): Symphonic Suite from Turandot SCHUBERT: “The Great” Symphony Manfred Honeck, conductor
Playlist: Apr/25/24
10:39 PM Johann Sebastian Bach — Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 Key: G major Conductor: Hans-Martin LindeAngel/EMI, 63434 10:28 PM Franz Liszt — Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 Key: C sharp minor Ignaz Friedman, pianoPhilips, 456784 10:05 PM Antonin Dvorak — The Wood Dove Opus: 110Conductor: Sir Simon RattleAngel/EMI, 58019 9:36 PM Johannes Brahms — Piano Sonata […]
Wednesday 4/24/24 SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
11:00 PM CONDUCTOR: Esa-Pekka Salonen SOLOIST: Yuja Wang, piano* Carl Nielsen: Helios Overture Magnus Lindberg: Piano Concerto No. 3* (World Premiere) Béla Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
Playlist: Apr/24/24
10:09 PM Joseph Joachim — Violin Concerto No. 2 Key: D minor Opus: 11Conductor: Carlos KalmarEnsemble: Chicago Symphony OrchestraRachel Barton Pine, violinCedille, 68 10:03 PM Frederic Chopin — Waltz No. 5 Key: A flat major Opus: 42Ruth Slenczynska, pianoDG/Archiv, 4841302 9:27 PM Ludwig van Beethoven — Symphony No. 4 Key: B flat major Opus: 60Conductor: […]
Tuesday 4/23/24 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Conductor: Anna Rakitina Soloist: Alisa Weilerstein, cello* Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien, Op. 45 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Roccoco Theme for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 33* Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Pezzo capriccioso, Op. 62* Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Suite from The Nutcracker, Op. 71a
Playlist: Apr/23/24
10:34 PM Carl Maria von Weber — Clarinet Concerto No. 2 Key: E flat major Opus: 74Conductor: Gerard SchwarzEnsemble: English Chamber OrchestraEmma Johnson, clarinetASV, 747 10:20 PM Pablo Sarasate — Fantasy on Themes from the Magic Flute Gil Shaham, violinAkira Eguchi, pianoDG/Archiv, 447640 9:35 PM Sergei Prokofiev — Symphony No. 5 Key: B flat major […]
Monday 4/22/24 New York Philharmonic
11:00 PM Conductor: Alan Gilbert Soloist: Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin* Sebastien Currier: Time Machines* Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 5
