Category: Music In Maryland

Tis the season and tis Messiah season!  I love Handel’s Messiah and I love playing the Beecham version of Messiah every year on WBJC!  I see no reason why this tradition shouldn’t continue.  So sit back and enjoy the fabulous Beecham Messiah recorded in 1959.

PLAY DATE: Sat, 12/14/2024
6:00 PM            114
George Frederich Handel       Messiah  HWV 56 (Complete)              RCA/BMG    61266
COND Sir Thomas Beecham
ORCH Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
SOLO Jon Vickers, tenor            Jon  Vickers
SOLO Giorgio Tozzi, bass
SOLO Monica Sinclair, Mezzo
SOLO Jennifer Vyvyan,soprano
SOLO and Chorus
144:17
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I had the pleasure of speaking with the new Music Director of the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra earlier in the week via Zoom.  We are all very excited about the new maestro and the new season!  His first concert is on 10/6 at Goucher College…more at TheBCO.org.

PLAY DATE: Sat, 09/14/2024
6:00 PM 3483
Johannes Brahms Piano Quartet No. 1 in g Op 25 Vox/MMG 9016
COND Sergiu Comissiona SAIR joo KOH miss ee oh nuh
ORCH Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
41:26 C 1 1-4
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6:42 PM 7773
Leonard Bernstein Serenade (after Plato’s “Symposium”) forCBS/Sony 60584
COND David Zinman David ZIHN mihn
ORCH Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
SOLO Hilary Hahn, violin
30:31 C 1 4-8
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7:14 PM 783
Johannes Brahms Piano Quintet in f Op 34 DG/Archiv 8718
ORCH Emerson String Quartet
SOLO Leon Fleisher, piano LEE-on FLY-sher
44:34 C 2 5-8
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It’s Dvorak’s Birthday on 9/8 so it’s a good excuse to play his music.  Also Yo Yo Ma is coming to town at the end of September so why not hear him with the BSO!

PLAY DATE: Sat, 09/07/2024
6:00 PM 1139
Antonin Dvorak Scherzo capriccioso Op 66 Naxos 8570995
COND Marin Alsop
ORCH Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
15:04 C 1 6-6
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6:16 PM 2985
Antonin Dvorak Piano Trio No. 4 in e Op 90 “Dumky” WarnerClas 61492
ORCH Beaux Arts Trio Bohz Arts Trio
35:47 C 1 5-10
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6:53 PM 1163
Antonin Dvorak Symphony No. 8 in G Op 88 Naxos 572112
COND Marin Alsop
ORCH Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
37:17 C 1 5-8
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7:31 PM 4153
Samuel Barber Cello Concerto Op 22 CBS/Sony 44900
COND David Zinman David ZIHN mihn
ORCH Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
SOLO Yo-Yo Ma, cello
26:58 C 1 1-3
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PLAY DATE: Sat, 08/31/2024
6:00 PM 520
Johann Sebastian Bach Prelude, fugue and allegro in E-Flat BWAngel/EMI 55315
SOLO Manuel Barrueco, guitar
12:37 C 1 5-7
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6:14 PM 4845
Aaron Copland Rodeo Argo 440639
COND David Zinman David ZIHN mihn
ORCH Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
25:36 C 1 1-4
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6:41 PM 4409
Aaron Copland Symphony No. 3 Everest 9040
COND Aaron Copland Aaron KOHP land
ORCH London Symphony Orchestra
40:11 C 1 7-10
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7:22 PM 3055
Aaron Copland Lincoln Portrait CBS/Sony 62401
COND Eugene Ormandy Eugene OR mihn dee
ORCH The Philadelphia Orchestra
SOLO Adlai Stevenson, narrator
15:16 C 1 13-13
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7:39 PM 2667
Heitor Villa-Lobos Guitar Concerto RCA/BMG 61604
COND Andre Previn AHN dray PREH vihn
ORCH London Symphony Orchestra
SOLO Julian Bream, guitar JOO lee ihn BREEM
18:14 C 1 1-3
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PLAY DATE: Sat, 08/24/2024
6:00 PM 1501
Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov Caucasian Sketches: Suite No. 1 Op 10 Telarc 80378
COND David Zinman David ZIHN mihn
ORCH Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
20:16 C 1 2-5
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6:21 PM 281
Johannes Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1 in d Op 15 CBS/Sony 459972
COND George Szell George Cell
ORCH Cleveland Orchestra
SOLO Leon Fleisher, piano LEE-on FLY-sher
46:51 C 5 1-3
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7:09 PM 4392
Ernest Bloch Schelomo: Hebraic Rhapsody for Cello andCBS/Sony 57961
COND David Zinman David ZIHN mihn
ORCH Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
SOLO Yo-Yo Ma, cello
23:29 C 1 8-8
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7:34 PM 3768
Heitor Villa-Lobos Suite Populaire Bresilienne Vox/MMG 3007
SOLO Manuel Barrueco, guitar
15:28 C 3 15-19
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7:51 PM 45266
Astor Piazzolla Tango Etude No. 2 Tonar 70715
SOLO Manuel Barrueco, guitar
7:35 C 1 9-9
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PLAY DATE: Sat, 08/17/2024
6:00 PM 4295
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto No. 7 in F K 242 “LodrCBS/Sony 435052
COND Leon Fleisher, conductor
ORCH Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
SOLO Leon Fleisher, piano LEE-on FLY-sher
SOLO Katherine Jacobson Fleisher
25:03 C 1 4-6
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6:26 PM 593
Bela Bartok Concerto for Orchestra SZ 116 Naxos 572486
COND Marin Alsop
ORCH Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
37:57 C 1 1-5
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7:05 PM 178
Camille Saint-Saens Piano Concerto No. 2 in g Op 22 Chesky Rec 50
COND Massimo Freccia
ORCH RCA Victor Orchestra
SOLO Earl Wild, piano
23:40 C 1 4-6
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7:30 PM 14097
Joaquin Turina Guitar Sonata Op 61 Philips 442150
SOLO Pepe Romero, guitar Pay Pay Roh MAIR oh
10:15 C 1 8-10
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7:41 PM 2620
Federico Moreno Torroba Sonatina in A Telarc 80451
SOLO David Russell, Guitar
11:38 C 1 1-3
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It’s the dog days of Summer and we have Romeo and Juliet by Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev featuring the Baltimore Symphony.

PLAY DATE: Sat, 08/03/2024
6:00 PM 206
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet: Fantasy Overture in b Telarc 80228
COND David Zinman David ZIHN mihn
ORCH Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
19:49 C 1 5-5
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6:20 PM 48018
Sergei Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet: Act 1 Op 64 Naxos 573534
COND Marin Alsop
ORCH Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
59:41 C 1 1-21
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7:21 PM 48019
Sergei Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet: Act 2 Op 64 Naxos 573534
COND Marin Alsop
ORCH Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
37:29 C 1 22-27
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This week we have a couple of great guitarists who are coming to Baltimore next season for the Baltimore Classical Guitar Society and we celebrate the birthday anniversary of Leon Fleisher which was on July 23.

PLAY DATE: Sat, 07/27/2024
6:00 PM 20244
Alexandre Tansman Cavatina Tonar 70901
SOLO Lukasz Kuropaczewski, guitar
16:01 C 1 5-9
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6:17 PM 170
Sergei Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Op 43 CBS/Sony 459972
COND George Szell George Cell
ORCH Cleveland Orchestra
SOLO Leon Fleisher, piano LEE-on FLY-sher
22:08 C 2 1-24
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6:41 PM 2144
Joaquin Rodrigo Concierto Para una Fiesta for Guitar & OTelarc 80459
COND Erich Kunzel Erik KUN zl
ORCH Naples Philharmonic Orchestra
SOLO David Russell, Guitar
29:37 C 1 8-10
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7:12 PM 3488
Franz Schubert Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-Flat D 960 Vanguard 1551
SOLO Leon Fleisher, piano LEE-on FLY-sher
43:30 C 1 7-10
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