Category: Music In Maryland

This week we are paying tribute to guitarist Sharon Isbin who is coming to Baltimore on 2/24 for the Baltimore Classical Guitar Society.  http://bcgs.org

Here is a link to the interview that I did with her on Zoom earlier in the week!

PLAY DATE: Sat, 02/17/2024
6:08 PM 54307
Chris Brubeck Affinity: Concerto For Guitar and OrchesZoho 202005
COND Elizabeth Schulze
ORCH Maryland Symphony Orchestra
SOLO Sharon Isbin, guitar
16:08 C 1 1-1
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6:25 PM 16612
Leo Brouwer El Decameron Negro Zoho 202005
SOLO Sharon Isbin, guitar
14:05 C 1 2-4
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6:40 PM 3559
Manuel Ponce Concierto del Sur WarnerClas 60296
COND Jose Serebrier
ORCH New York Philharmonic
SOLO Sharon Isbin, guitar
25:45 C 1 7-9
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7:07 PM 512
Johann Sebastian Bach Lute Suite No. 2 in c BWV 997 Virgin 90717
SOLO Sharon Isbin, guitar
22:12 C 1 19-23
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7:31 PM 7724
Sir William Walton Five Bagatelles for Guitar Virgin 45024
SOLO Sharon Isbin, guitar
13:54 C 1 1-5
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7:46 PM 417
Johann Sebastian Bach Violin Concerto No. 1 in a BWV 1041 WarnerClas 45312
COND Howard Griffiths
ORCH Zurich Chamber Orchestra
SOLO Sharon Isbin, guitar
13:47 C 1 4-6
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Leontyne Price turned 97 today and though we paid tribute to her on the Opera Preview her recording of Samuel Barber’s Knoxville Summer of 1915 is stunning.  Also we are playing Gershwin’s Piano Concerto because everyone else is playing Rhapsody in Blue in honor of the centennial!  Finally a couple of Seiji Ozawa recordings in tribute to his many decades of great music making.  He passed earlier in the week…he was 88.

6:00 PM 48468
Gabriel Faure Apres un Reve (After a Dream) Op 7/1 DG/Archiv 439152
COND Seiji Ozawa SAY gee Oh ZOW uh
ORCH Boston Symphony Orchestra
SOLO Jules Eskin, cello
3:16 C 1 11-11
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6:04 PM 6062
Samuel Barber Knoxville:Summer of 1915 RCA/BMG 68153
COND Thomas Schippers Thomas Shippers like it looks
ORCH New Philharmonia Orchestra
SOLO Leontyne Price, soprano LAY ahn teen Price
16:18 C 8 1-1
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6:21 PM 1290
George Gershwin Piano Concerto in F Erato 19571
COND David Zinman David ZIHN mihn
ORCH Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
SOLO Helene Grimaud, piano
32:38 C 1 1-3
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6:55 PM 159
Carl Orff Carmina Burana RCA/BMG 63590
COND Seiji Ozawa SAY gee Oh ZOW uh
ORCH Boston Symphony Orchestra
SOLO New England ConservatoryChorus
SOLO and Children’s Chorus
SOLO Evelyn Mandac, soprano
SOLO Stanley Kolk, tenor
SOLO Sherrill Milnes, baritone SHEHR ihl MILHNZ
63:05 C 1 1-25
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This is the original pencil score of Rhapsody in blue which was created in January of 1924.  The orchestration was finished on February 4, 1924 and the first performance took place on February 12, 1924.

Both Rachmaninov and Heifetz were there so I though it would be nice to celebrate them as well.  Heifetz also was born on February 2 so he would have just turned 23!

 

6:00 PM 106
George Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue London 14091
COND Marin Alsop
ORCH Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
SOLO Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano TEE-bow-day
16:51 C 1 1-1
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6:18 PM 288
Max Bruch Scottish Fantasy Op 46 RCA/BMG 6214
COND Sir Malcolm Sargent Malcolm SAR jehnt
ORCH New Symphony Orch. of London
SOLO Jascha Heifetz, violin YAH shuh HIGH fihts
25:40 C 1 4-7
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6:45 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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7:06 PM 172
Sergei Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2 in e Op 27 BSOrch 2
COND Yuri Temirkanov Yuri Tyeh meer KAH nawf
ORCH Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
51:43 C 1 1-4
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Why not pick five of my favorite Mozart pieces with some of my favorite performers…some of whom are local…Mozart turns 268 today!

PLAY DATE: Sat, 01/27/2024
6:00 PM 3590
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Divertimento No. 3 in F K 138 SalzburDenon 75597
COND Emmanuel Krivine
ORCH Sinfonia Varsovia
13:00 C 1 11-13
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6:14 PM 4310
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Trio No. 3 (“Kegelstatt”) in E-FlaHarm Mundi 901384
ORCH Ensemble Walter Boeykens
20:00 C 1 5-7
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6:35 PM 222
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 38 in D K 504 “Prague” Philips 412995
COND Sir Neville Marriner Sir Neville MAIR iner
ORCH Academy of St Martin in Fields
29:17 C 5 7-9
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7:05 PM 3609
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Sonata No. 5 in G K 283 Angel/EMI 49368
SOLO Manuel Barrueco, guitar
21:28 C 1 2-4
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7:28 PM 1771
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto No. 25 in C K 503 CBS/Sony 459972
COND George Szell George Cell
ORCH Cleveland Orchestra
SOLO Leon Fleisher, piano LEE-on FLY-sher
30:07 C 7 4-6
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This week we have the pleasure of presenting a combination concert featuring the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra.  On the program Berlioz: Love Music from Romeo and Juliet.  Brahms Violin Concerto with violinist Noah Bendix-Balgley and the Hary Janos Suite by Zoltan Kodally.  To fill we enjoyed guitarist Manuel Barrueco playing 6 Tango Etudes by Astor Piazzolla.

 

September 8 was the birthday of these two fine composers and I am delighted to present their music on Music in Maryland.  Last week over a falafel lunch on bucolic Reisterstown Road I discovered that Jonathan Leshnoff and I share a birthday!  Some great music from 2 great composers.

6:00 PM 51493
Jonathan Leshnoff Starburst 2010 Naxos 559809
COND Giancarlo Guerrero
ORCH The Nashville Symphony
7:58 C 1 6-6
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6:09 PM 102
Antonin Dvorak Symphony No. 9 in e Op 95 “From the NewLSO 777
COND Jonathon Heyward
ORCH London Symphony Orchestra
43:20 C 1 1-4
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6:54 PM 51492
Jonathan Leshnoff Guitar Concerto 2013 Naxos 559809
COND Giancarlo Guerrero
ORCH The Nashville Symphony
SOLO Jason Vieaux,guitar
25:04 C 1 3-5
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7:20 PM 2807
Antonin Dvorak Violin Sonatina in G Op 100 Analekta 3191
SOLO James Ehnes, violin
SOLO Eduard Laurel, piano
18:49 C 1 7-10
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7:41 PM 51792
Jonathan Leshnoff Double Concerto for Clarinet and BassoonReference 738
COND Manfred Honeck
ORCH Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
SOLO Michael Rusinek, clarinet
SOLO Nancy Goeres, bassoon
17:21 C 1 5-7

Some great American music to celebrate the holiday weekend!

PLAY DATE: Sat, 09/02/2023
6:00 PM 589
Samuel Barber School for Scandal Overture Op 5 Argo 436288
COND David Zinman David ZIHN mihn
ORCH Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
8:17 C 1 2-2
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6:09 PM 51642
Florence Price Violin Concerto No. 2 Cedille 214
COND Jonathon Heyward
ORCH Royal Scottish National Orches
SOLO Rachel Barton Pine, violin
14:42 C 1 8-8
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6:25 PM 7244
Howard Hanson Symphony No. 1 in e “Nordic” Delos 3073
COND Gerard Schwarz Gerard SHWARTS
ORCH Seattle Symphony
29:19 C 1 1-3
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6:56 PM 52055
Anna Clyne Dance for Cello and Orchestra Avie 2419
COND Marin Alsop
ORCH London Philharmonic Orchestra
SOLO Inbal Segev, cello
25:02 C 1 1-5
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7:23 PM 43265
Michael Torke Ecstatic Orange Argo 115431
COND David Zinman David ZIHN mihn
ORCH Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
11:00 C 1 3-3
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7:35 PM 587
Samuel Barber Violin Concerto Op 14 Naxos 8559044
COND Marin Alsop
ORCH Royal Scottish National Orches
SOLO James Buswell,violin
23:02 C 1 1-3
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Over the years the BSO has done lots and lots of Leonard Bernstein!  We celebrate his 105th birthday!

6:00 PM 681
Leonard Bernstein Candide Overture London 452916
COND David Zinman David ZIHN mihn
ORCH Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
4:19 C 1 1-1
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6:05 PM 11372
Leonard Bernstein Fancy Free Ballet London 452916
COND David Zinman David ZIHN mihn
ORCH Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
27:47 C 1 12-20
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6:35 PM 3874
Leonard Bernstein West Side Story: Symphonic Dances London 452916
COND David Zinman David ZIHN mihn
ORCH Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
22:17 C 1 2-10
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6:58 PM 1765
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto No. 17 in G K 453 CBS/Sony 60734
ORCH Columbia Symphony Orchestra
SOLO Leonard Bernstein, piano
33:09 C 1 4-6
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7:33 PM 11631
Leonard Bernstein Symphony No. 1 (“Jeremiah”, 1942) Naxos 559790
COND Marin Alsop
ORCH Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
SOLO Jennifer Johnson Cano, mezzo
24:14 C 1 1-3
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A Little Andres Watts, some BSO, some Manuel Barrueco and some nice Concert Artists of Baltimore recordings make for perfect Summer listening!

6:00 PM 123
Franz Liszt Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat S 124Telarc 80429
COND Andrew Litton
ORCH Dallas Symphony Orchestra
SOLO Andre Watts, piano AHN dray Wahts
18:22 C 1 4-7
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6:19 PM 1069
David Diamond Rounds for String Orchestra Sonora 22597
COND Edward Polochick
ORCH Concert Artists of Baltimore
14:06 C 1 12-14
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6:34 PM 2689
Antonio Vivaldi Lute Concerto in D RV 93 Koch Intl. 7597
COND Victor Pablo Perez
ORCH Orquesta Sinfonica de Galicia
SOLO Manuel Barrueco, guitar
9:57 C 1 2-4
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6:45 PM 640
Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 13 in E-Flat Op 27 No.Angel/EMI 86086
SOLO Andre Watts, piano AHN dray Wahts
17:37 C 1 1-4
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7:04 PM 13807
Gian Carlo Menotti Sebastian Ballet Suite Sonora 22585
COND Edward Polochick
ORCH Concert Artists of Baltimore
24:22 C 1 1-7
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7:29 PM 234
Felix Mendelssohn Symphony No. 4 in A Op 90 “Italian” Vox/MMG 9041
COND Sergiu Comissiona SAIR joo KOH miss ee oh nuh
ORCH Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
28:49 C 1 1-4
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6:00 PM 775
Johannes Brahms Four Piano Pieces Op 119 Angel/EMI 49094
SOLO Andre Watts, piano AHN dray Wahts
16:57 C 1 9-12
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6:17 PM 242
Antonin Dvorak Symphony No. 7 in d Op 70 Naxos 572112
COND Marin Alsop
ORCH Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
37:04 C 1 1-4
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6:56 PM 4825
Ludwig van Beethoven 32 Variations on an Original Theme in c Philips 456985
SOLO Andre Watts, piano AHN dray Wahts
11:39 C 2 14-14
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7:08 PM 88
Johannes Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Op 83 CBS/Sony 47539
COND Leonard Bernstein Leonard BURN stine
ORCH New York Philharmonic
SOLO Andre Watts, piano AHN dray Wahts
50:40 C 1 1-4
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