Archive for October, 2025
Toccata listings for 11/2/25
On tonight’s program, music by 2 Spanish composers of very different eras and a concerto by one of J.S. Bach’s sons. Thanks so much for listening, and enjoy! 6:01 PM 30419 Isaac Albeniz Piano Sonata No.5 Harm Mundi 987007 SOLO Albert Guinovart,piano 24:09 C 1 5-8 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6:27 PM 54699 Pablo Bruna Tiento on the […]
Playlist: Oct/31/25
11:37 PM Sir Edward Elgar — Enigma Variations Opus: 36Conductor: Daniel BarenboimCBS/Sony, 60789 11:31 PM Engelbert Humperdink — Hansel and Gretel: The Witches’ Ride Conductor: Rudolph KempeAngel/EMI, 68736 10:54 PM Philip Glass — Piano Concerto No. 2 Conductor: Ralf GothoniEnsemble: Northwest Chamber OrchestraPaul Barnes, pianoOMM, 302 10:02 PM Antonin Dvorak — The Spectre’s Bride Conductor: […]
Thursday 10/30/25 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM WILLIAMS: March from Superman SMETANA: “Dance of the Comedians” from The Bartered Bride OFFENBACH: Intermezzo and Barcarolle from The Tales of Hoffman LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C minor PUCCINI: “Intermezzo” from Suor Angelica Manfred Honeck, conductor
Playlist: Oct/30/25
10:06 PM Johannes Brahms — Piano Concerto No. 2 Key: B flat major Opus: 83Conductor: Leonard BernsteinEnsemble: Vienna Philharmonic OrchestraKrystian Zimerman, pianoDG/Archiv, 415359 9:52 PM Richard Wagner — Die Meistersinger: Prelude to Act I Conductor: Leonard BernsteinCBS/Sony, 47643 9:25 PM Joseph Haydn — String Quartet No. 65 Key: E flat major Opus: 76Naxos, 550315 9:03 […]
Poe haunts Theatre Project in ALONE
The words of Edgar Allan Poe resound again in Baltimore this Halloween, taking the stage at Baltimore Theatre Project October 31st – November 2nd in the form of the solo performance piece Alone: Tales from Edgar Allan Poe. The work is conceived, curated, and performed by Daniel Hall Kuhn, who also serves in the capacity […]
Wednesday 10/29/25 Los Angeles Philharmonic
11:00 PM Los Angeles Philharmonic Eun Sun Kim, conductor Alexandre Kantorow, piano Denis Bouriakov, flute David Rejano Cantero, trombone Matthew Howard, percussion Robert deMaine, cello Sergei Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 3 Nico Muhly Concerto Grosso (world premiere, LA Phil commission) Sergei Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Playlist: Oct/29/25
7:25 PM Antonin Dvorak — String Sextet Key: A major Opus: 48Ensemble: Fine Arts QuartetAnna Kreetta Gribajcevic, VlaJens Peter Maintz, CelloNaxos, 574205 6:54 PM Ludwig van Beethoven — Piano Concerto No. 2 Key: B flat major Opus: 19Conductor: Jan LisieckiEnsemble: Academy of St Martin in FieldsJan Lisiecki, pianoDG/Archiv, 4837637 6:31 PM Gaetano Donizetti — Don […]
Creating a soundscape for Ibsen’s Wild Duck
Henrik Ibsen’s rarely produced play The Wild Duck is on at the Klein Theatre of the Shakespeare Theatre Company in D.C. through mid-November. The soundscape—or incidental music—has been created by actor-musican Alexander Sovronsky, and I spoke with him by phone.
Tuesday 10/28/25 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Mikhail Glinka Overture to Ruslan and Ludmilla Fritz Reiner conductor Ludwig van Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b Beethoven Sir Georg Solti conductor Richard Strauss Waltzes from Der Rosenkavalier Fritz Reiner conductor Aaron Copland Suite from The Tender Land Fritz Reiner conductor Pietro Mascagni Intermezzo from Cavalleria rusticana Riccardo Muti conductor Gioachino Rossini Overture to William […]
Playlist: Oct/28/25
10:20 PM Karl Goldmark — Violin Concerto No.1 Key: A minor Opus: 28Conductor: James ConlonEnsemble: Gurzenich OrchestraSarah Chang,violinAngel/EMI, 56955 10:09 PM Johann Strauss II — An Artist’s Life: Waltz Opus: 316Conductor: Mariss JansonsDG/Archiv, 4775566 9:13 PM Franz Schubert — String Quintet Key: C major Opus: 163Ensemble: Emerson String QuartetMstislav Rostropovich, celloDG/Archiv, 431792 8:44 PM Howard […]
