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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 […]
Music From Movies 4-21-24
7:00 PM John Williams Jurassic Park: Suite Telarc 80342 COND Erich Kunzel ORCH Cincinnati Pops Orchestra 7:07 PM Yann Tiersen La Valse d’Amelie DG/Archiv 4797528 SOLO Lang Lang, piano 7:11 PM Victor Young The Quiet Man Silva 1118 COND Kenneth Alwyn ORCH Dublin Screen Orchestra 7:51 PM Bernard Herrmann North by Northwest: Suite Unicorn 2080 […]
Vocalise 4-20-24
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 […]
BookNotes Review April 2024
Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder Salmon Rushdie The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War Erik Larson The Backyard Bird Chronicles Amy Tan The Cemetery of Untold Stories Julia Alvarez Table for Two Amor Towles
Toccata listings for 4/21/24
On tonight’s program, clavichord music by C.P.E. Bach, organ music by Jehan Alain, and a piano concerto by Felix Draeseke. Thanks so much for listening, and enjoy! 6:01 PM 29809 Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Sonata No.4 in d WQ 50 Titanic 186 SOLO Bernard Brauchli, clavichord 16:22 C 1 2-4 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6:21 PM 14520 […]
Music From Movies 4-14-24
7:00 PM Vangelis The Year of Living Dangerously: L’Enfant Silva 1464 ORCH City of Prague Philharmonic SOLO Mark Ayres, synthesizer 7:07 PM Nino Rota Felini Suite Da Vinci 98 ORCH Italian Saxophone Quartet 7:36 PM Stephen Warbeck Shakespeare in Love (Score) CBS/Sony 63387 COND Nick […]
Vocalise 4-13-24
8:00 PM Giacomo Puccini La Boheme: “Si, mi chiamano Mimi” Angel/EMI 67782 COND Sir Charles Mackerras ORCH London Symphony Orchestra SOLO Montserrat Caballe, soprano 8:07 PM Gioacchino Rossini Messa di Milano Philips 446097 COND Sir Neville Marriner Sir Neville MAIR iner ORCH Academy of St Martin in Fields SOLO Nuccia Focile,soprano SOLO Susanne Mentzer, mezzo-soprano […]
Toccata listings for 4/14/24
On tonight’s program, music for piano duo, and organ work by an anonymous composer, and the Totentanz by Liszt. Thanks for listening, and enjoy! 6:01 PM 43750 Philipp Scharwenka Songs and Dance Melodies Op 54 KochSchwan 1575 ORCH Cologne Piano Duo 19:22 C 1 7-12 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6:23 PM 51021 Anonymous Batalha Famoza Titanic 157 […]
Music From Movies 4-07-24
7:00 PM Georges Delerue Day for Night: Chorale Nonesuch 79405 COND Hugh Wolff ORCH London Sinfonietta 7:04 PM Erik Satie 3 Gymnopedies London 6393 SOLO Pascal Roge, piano 7:14 PM Sir William Walton Henry V: Suite from the Olivier Film Harm Mundi 907070 COND James Judd ORCH Florida Philharmonic Orchestra 7:32 PM Patrick Doyle Henry […]
