Thursday 1/26/23 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 2 DEBUSSY: The Sunken Cathedral SCRIABIN: The Poem of Ecstasy Markus Stenz, conductor; Behzod Abduraimov, piano
11:00 PM RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 2 DEBUSSY: The Sunken Cathedral SCRIABIN: The Poem of Ecstasy Markus Stenz, conductor; Behzod Abduraimov, piano
Ian Gallanar, Founding Artistic Director of the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company, has received the 2023 Sandra and Sidney Berger Award from the international Shakespeare Theatre Association. Ian has philanthropic plans about putting the award to good use, and he came in to talk to me about them.
11:00 PM ORCHESTRA: Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra CONDUCTOR: Ariane Matiakh SOLOIST: Pekka Kuusisto, violin Koechlin: Vers la voûte étoilée Dessner: Violin Concerto Traditional: Finnish Traditional Song Bach: Sarabande in D minor Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F, op. 68 (‘Pastoral’)
Neighborly disputes over property lines are as old as time. From February 2-26, GALA Hispanic Theatre in DC is presenting Jardin Salvaje, or Native Gardens, written and adapted by Karen Zacarias. I recently spoke with Ms. Zacarias and director Rebecca Aparicio about the production and how the show is about the clash of both generations […]
11:00 PM Mahler: Blumine Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37 Jeremy Denk, piano Brahms/Schoenberg: Piano Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 25
11:00 PM CONDUCTOR: Bernard Labadie SOLOISTS: Isabelle Faust, violin BACH, J.S.: Orchestral Suite No. 4, BOWV 1069 BACH, J.S.: Violin Concerto in E major, BWV 1042 BACH, J.S.: Sinfonia from Cantata No. 42, Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbats (Then the Same Sabbath at evening) BACH, J.S.: Violin Concerto in A […]
7:00 PM Georges Delerue Day for Night: Chorale Nonesuch 79405 COND Hugh Wolff ORCH London Sinfonietta 7:04 PM Nino Rota main theme from the film “8 1/2” CBS/Sony 63359 COND Riccardo Muti ORCH La Scala Philharmonic Orchestr 7:11 PM […]
This week our panel was made up of the late Dave Donovan our FTM Panelist Emeritus, Phil Greenfield from the American Record Guide and Ernie Green from the Annapolis Chorale and Chamber Orchestra. WE LOVED EVERYTHING! Here are the listings…all winners! PLAY DATE: Sat, 1/21/2023 5:00 PM 49726 Leo Brouwer Triptico (1958) Naxos 573336 ORCH […]
This week we are presenting a concert with the Annapolis Symphony from March 27 & 28 of 2015. I was there and it was fabulous. Thanks to everyone at the ASO for making this possible. Elgar: The Sanguine Fan Prokofiev: Violin Concerto # 2 with Vadim Gluzman Shostakovich: Symphony # 9 Encore…Bartok: Romanian Folk Dances. […]
8:00 PM Jacques Offenbach Tales of Hoffman: Barcarolle RCA/BMG 60818 COND Anton Guadagno ORCH New Philharmonia Orchestra SOLO Montserrat Caballe, soprano SOLO Shirley Verrett, mezzo-soprano 8:06 PM Henri Duparc Chanson triste Chandos 8735 COND Yan Pascal Tortelier ORCH Ulster Orchestra SOLO Bernadette Greevy, contralto 8:09 PM Henri Duparc Le Manoir de Rosemonde Chandos 8735 COND […]