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Vocalise 3-30-24
8:00 PM Tonight its all about the Seasons! Johann Strauss II Voices of Spring DG/Archiv 419616 COND Herbert von Karajan ORCH Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra SOLO Kathleen Battle, soprano 8:10 PM Hector Berlioz Les Nuits d’Ete (Summer Nights) Op 7 PBO 1 COND Nicholas McGegan ORCH Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra SOLO Lorraine Hunt, soprano 8:43 […]
Toccata listings for 3/31/24
On tonight’s program, a harpsichord work by a contemporary of Bach, and a different arrangement of “Pictures at an Exhibition.” Thanks for listening, and enjoy! 6:00 PM 43204 Christoph Graupner Harpsichord Partita in c GWV 150 Analekta 3181 SOLO Genevieve Soly, harpsichord 21:55 C 1 1-12 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6:25 PM 156 Modest Moussorgsky Pictures at […]
Music From Movies 3-24-24
7:00 PM Ari Pulkkinen Angry Birds Theme Analekta 8734 COND Angele Dubeau ORCH La Pieta SOLO Angele Dubeau, violin 7:05 PM Michael Nyman “The Piano” Concerto (based on the Film)Angel/EMI 57022 ORCH The Ahn Trio 7:10 PM Michael Nyman Drowning by Numbers Suite London 436820 ORCH Micheal Nyman Band & Orchestra 7:23 PM […]
Vocalise 3-23-24
8:00 PM Franz Schubert An Sylvia Op 106 D 891 No. 4Nimbus 7842 SOLO Jussi Bjoerling, tenor SOLO Harry Ebert, pinao 8:06 PM Johann Sebastian Bach Violin Partita No. 2: Chaconne in d BWV ECM 461895 ORCH Hilliard Ensemble (vocal) SOLO Christoph Poppen, violin 8:21 PM Leonard Bernstein West Side Story: Maria DG/Archiv 457199 COND […]
Toccata listings for 3/24/24
On tonight’s program, a sonata for 2 pianos by local composer Mark Maarder, Virgil Fox plays Bach, and a piano concerto by Swedish composer Franz Berwald. Thanks for listening, and enjoy! 6:00 PM 50903 Mark Maarder Sonata for two Pianos No Label 111 SOLO Ani Sulkhanishvili, Piano SOLO Nia Sulkhanishvili, Piano 19:30 C 1 […]
Music From Movies 3-17-24
7:00 PM Alfred Newman 20th Century Fox Fanfare Telarc 80168 COND Erich Kunzel ORCH Cincinnati Pops Orchestra 7:02 PM Alfred Newman All About Eve: suite M Polo/HK 223750 COND William T. Stromberg ORCH Moscow Symphony Orchestra 7:08 PM Bill Whelan Dancing at Lughnasa CBS/Sony 60585 COND Alan Smale ORCH Irish Film Orchestra 7:41 PM Howard […]
Vocalise 3-16-24
8:00 PM Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Sadko: Song of India London 4788305 COND Cornelius Meister ORCH ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orch SOLO Aida Garifullina, soprano ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8:05 PM Reynaldo Hahn Venezia – Songs in the Venetian Dialect Hyperion 66112 SOLO Anthony Rolfe Johnson, tenor SOLO Graham Johnson, piano ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8:23 PM Antonio Vivaldi Orlando Furioso: ‘Sol da […]
3-16-24 Face The Music Listings!
This week we liked the Schumann and loved the Mendelssohn and Dvorak! The Bach Not so much…well not at all! Our panelists were Dave Donovan from Pratt Library Fine Arts and John Bowen from Emanuel Episcopal. Here are the listings! PLAY DATE: Sat, 03/16/2024 5:00 PM 183 Robert Schumann Symphony No. 1 in B-Flat Op […]
BookNotes Review March 2024
Until August Gabriel García Márquez After Annie Anna Quindlen H Is for Hope CLIMATE CHANGE FROM A TO Z Elizabeth Kolbert One Way Back: A Memoir Christine Blasey Ford
Toccata listings for 3/17/24
On tonight’s program, J.S. Bach on a pedal Harpsichord, Ballet Music for piano duo by Tailleferre, and a concerto by local composer Karen Amrhein. Thanks for listening, and enjoy! Happy St. Patrick’s Day! 6:00 PM 513 Johann Sebastian Bach Passacaglia and Fugue in c BWV 582 Augustana 1 SOLO Tom Robin Harris 11:37 C […]
