Archive for the ‘WBJC Programs’ Category
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 […]
CINDY OF ARC jousts with the patriarchy at Theatre Project
I had the pleasure of chatting all the way across the Atlantic with writer/performer/creator Cynthia Kaplan about her new play Cindy of Arc, coming to Baltimore Theatre Project May 2nd-4th after a raucously successful stop at Intiman Theatre in Seattle. The journey of this piece has been a lengthy and arguably convoluted one, from extremely topical […]
Thursday 4/25/24 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM PUCCINI (arr. Honeck/Ille): Symphonic Suite from Turandot SCHUBERT: “The Great” Symphony Manfred Honeck, conductor
Wednesday 4/24/24 SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
11:00 PM CONDUCTOR: Esa-Pekka Salonen SOLOIST: Yuja Wang, piano* Carl Nielsen: Helios Overture Magnus Lindberg: Piano Concerto No. 3* (World Premiere) Béla Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
Tuesday 4/23/24 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Conductor: Anna Rakitina Soloist: Alisa Weilerstein, cello* Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien, Op. 45 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Roccoco Theme for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 33* Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Pezzo capriccioso, Op. 62* Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Suite from The Nutcracker, Op. 71a
Monday 4/22/24 New York Philharmonic
11:00 PM Conductor: Alan Gilbert Soloist: Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin* Sebastien Currier: Time Machines* Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 5
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 […]
