Archive for June, 2025
Theatre 51 brings real life to the stage in NOW TO ASHES
On July 13th at Friends Meeting Washington, and again on July 19th as part of the brand new District Fringe (both performances at 2pm), Theatre 51 brings vivid life to historical truth in a world premiere play, Now to Ashes, written by Sarah Pultz and Renae Erichsen. The two authors joined me to talk a […]
Monday 06/30/25 New York Philharmonic
11:00 PM BERNSTEIN: Overture to Candide SCHUMANN: Manfred Overture, Op. 115 J.S. BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, BWV […]
Playlist: Jun/30/25
10:21 PM Sir Arnold Bax — Symphony No. 6 Conductor: David Lloyd-JonesNaxos, 8557144 10:00 PM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Piano Sonata No. 8 Key: A minor Murray Perahia, pianoCBS/Sony, 48233 9:20 PM Dmitri Shostakovich — Violin Concerto No. 1 Key: A minor Opus: 77Conductor: Esa-Pekka SalonenEnsemble: Bavarian Radio SymphonyLisa Batiashvili, violinDG/Archiv, 15203 9:08 PM Johann […]
Music From Movies 6-29-25
7:00 PM 7:00 PM 27748 Bernard Herrmann Citizen Kane: Theme and Variations (BreaRCA/BMG 707 COND Charles Gerhardt Charles GAIR hardt ORCH National Philharmonic Orch. 3:26 C 1 3-3 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7:07 PM 6686 Bernard Herrmann Psycho: Suite CBS/Sony 62700 COND Esa-Pekka Salonen EH suh PEHK kuh SAL uh nehn ORCH Los Angeles Philharmonic Winds 17:42 C […]
Playlist: Jun/29/25
8:46 PM Frederic Chopin — Polonaise No. 7 Key: A flat major Opus: 61Vladimir Horowitz, pianoRCA/BMG, 7752 8:06 PM Bernard Herrmann — Obsession Conductor: Bernard Herrmann , 3904 7:57 PM Bernard Herrmann — Taxi Driver: Night Piece for Sax.& Orch. Conductor: Esa-Pekka SalonenCBS/Sony, 62700 7:45 PM Bernard Herrmann — Marnie: Suite from the Film Conductor: […]
Vocalise 6-28-25
8:00 PM Georges Bizet Pearl Fishers: “Au fond du temple saint”Teldec 73283 COND Carlo Rizzi ORCH Welsh National Opera Orchestra SOLO Jerry Hadley, tenor SOLO Thomas Hampson, baritone 7:34 C 1 5-5 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8:09 PM 43692 Aaron Copland Old American Songs Set no. 1 Teldec 77310 COND Hugh Wolff ORCH Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra SOLO […]
6-28-25 Face The Music Listings!
This week our panelists were FTM Panelist Emeritus Dave Donovan, musicologist and author John Gingerich, and pianist Eva Mengelkoch from Towson University. Of everything played on the show we liked the Cage the most! 🙂 Enjoy the listings! PLAY DATE: Sat, 06/28/2025 5:00 PM 49422 John Cage Three Dances For Prepared Pianos (1945) Naxos 559727 […]
Playlist: Jun/28/25
8:56 PM Richard Rodgers — Some enchanted evening Conductor: Paul DanielEnsemble: English Northern PhilharmoniaBryn Terfel, baritoneDG/Archiv, 453848 8:38 PM Gustav Mahler — Songs of a Wayfarer (Lieder eines Conductor: Rafael KubelikEnsemble: Bavarian Radio SymphonyDietrich Fischer-Dieskau, bar.DG/Archiv, 415191 8:23 PM Aaron Copland — Old American Songs Set No. 2 William Warfield, baritoneAaron Copland,pianoCBS/Sony, 60899 8:09 PM […]
Playlist: Jun/27/25
11:16 PM Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Symphony No. 4 Key: F minor Opus: 36Conductor: Semyon BychkovLondon, 4834942 10:52 PM Benjamin Britten — Serenade for Tenor, Horn, Strn Opus: 31Conductor: William BoughtonEnsemble: English String OrchestraJerry Hadley, tenorAnthony Halstead, hornNimbus, 1751 10:21 PM Luigi Cherubini — String Quartet No. 2 (1829) Key: C major CPO, 999949 10:12 […]
Thursday 06/26/25 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM MACMILLAN: Her tears fell with the dews at even SCHUBERT: “Unfinished” Symphony No. 8 MOZART: Requiem: Manfred Honeck, conductor; Jeanine de Bique, soprano; Catriona Morison, mezzo-soprano; Ben Bliss, tenor; Tareq Nazmi, bass; F. Murray Abraham, speaker; Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh
