Archive for April, 2026
Thursday 4/30/26 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM TCHAIKOVSKY: Polonaise from Eugene Onegin SIMON: Four Black American Dances, No. 1 – “Ring Shout” KHACHATURIAN: Love Scene and “Dance of the Pirates” from Spartacus CILEA: “io son l’umile ancella” from Adriana Lecouvreur LEONCAVALLO: “Musette svaria sulla bocca viva” from La Boheme PUCCINI: “O mio babbino caro” from Gianni Schicchi TRIANO: amazon […]
Playlist: Apr/30/26
9:56 PM Sergei Rachmaninoff — Symphony No. 2 Key: E minor Opus: 27Conductor: David ZinmanTelarc, 80312 9:41 PM Ellen Taaffe Zwilich — Prologue & Variations Conductor: John NelsonNew World, 336 9:21 PM Johann Sebastian Bach — French Suite No. 4 Key: E flat major Angela Hewitt, pianoHyperion, 67121 9:10 PM Gioacchino Rossini — The Turk […]
All of Austen in one bite at Manor Mill Playhouse
Wildly popular with audiences from its very first, immediately sold-out run in Philadelphia in 2019, The Complete Works of Jane Austen, Abridged has gone on to become a favorite staple of regional theaters of all sizes and shapes across America, delighting audiences everywhere. Now that wave of enjoyment washes up at Manor Mill Playhouse for […]
Marie Taglioni: The Revolutionary Sylphide
Marie Taglioni was practically fated to be an artist. Born in Stockholm, Sweden in 1804 to Italian choreographer Fillipo Taglioni and Swedish ballet dancer Sophie Karsten, she came from a family that included other dancers and choreographers as well as at least one opera singer. The family moved to Vienna when Marie was very young […]
Wednesday 4/29/26 SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
11:00 PM ORCHESTRA: San Francisco Symphony CONDUCTOR: Esa-Pekka Salonen SOLOIST: Rainer Eudeikis, cello* Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F major, Opus 68, Pastoral Esa-Pekka Salonen: Cello Concerto* Claude Debussy: La Mer
Playlist: Apr/29/26
10:19 PM Antonin Dvorak — Piano Concerto Key: G minor Opus: 33Conductor: Theodore GuschlbauerEnsemble: Strasbourg Philharmonic OrchClaire Desert, pianoVirgin, 391346 10:05 PM John Mackey — Aurora Awakes Conductor: Eugene Corporon , 996 9:37 PM Joseph Haydn — String Quartet No. 27 Key: D major Opus: 20Naxos, 550702 8:41 PM Gustav Holst — The Planets Opus: […]
Avila Home Care shares the power of music with senior citizens
Avila Music Makers offers a concert series of internationally acclaimed classical and jazz musicians to Senior Living Communities in the Baltimore-Annapolis areas. I invited Gretchen Maneval, Director of External Affairs at Avila Home Care, to tell me more. For more information about Avila Home Care and its Avila Music Makers programming, […]
Tuesday 4/28/26 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Antonín Dvořák Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104 Svante Henryson Black Run from Colors in D Suite for Solo Cello (Encore) Andrei Ioniță cello Antonín Dvořák Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88 Herbert Blomstedt conductor Ottorino Respighi Fountains of Rome Johann Strauss, Jr. […]
Playlist: Apr/28/26
10:16 PM Max Bruch — Violin Concerto No. 3 Key: D minor Opus: 58Conductor: Richard HickoxEnsemble: London Symphony OrchestraLydia Mordkovitch, violinChandos, 9784 10:02 PM Fernando Sor — Variations on “Marlborough Goes to War” Opus: 28Manuel Barrueco, guitarTonar, 61201 9:46 PM Michael Daugherty — Bells for Stokowski Conductor: Jerry JunkinReference, 104 9:21 PM Johann Sebastian Bach […]
Monday 4/27/26 New York Philharmonic
11:00 PM Jaap van Zweden, conductor STRAVINSKY Rite of Spring DEBUSSY La Mer BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7
