Yuja Wang brings her dramatic flair and interpretive finesse to two piano concertos: Maurice Ravel’s Piano Concerto for the Left Hand and Einojuhani Rautavaara’s post-modern Piano Concerto No. 1. Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts Debussy’s Images, a work that outlines a vivid realm of ancient dances, sun-splashed Spanish ballads, and intoxicating orchestral colors. (Part of the WFMT Orchestra Series)
Enjoy great music programming all weekend long: From the Top Saturdays at noon, Classical Guitar Alive Saturdays at 5 pm, With Heart and Voice Sundays at 1 pm, and Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Sundays at 8 pm.
Robert Aubry Davis explores the sources and mainstreams of European music for the thousand years before the birth of Bach. Tune in Fridays at 10 pm and Mondays at noon.
Upcoming and Noteworthy - For Your Listening Pleasure This Weekend
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Recent piano releases, this Friday (8/7, rebroadcast Saturday 8/8)
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It’s off to Barcelona and the Gran Teatre del Liceu and a recent production of Gaetano Donizetti’s “Elixir of Love” on this week’s Sunday Opera (8/9 3:00 p.m.) -
People want a great many things, and we’re back to some songs that showcase that on this week’s Dress Circle (8/9 7:00 p.m.). However, these “I want” songs are in disguise as the “want” doesn’t appear in the title.
Join George Marriner Maull, Artistic Director of The Discovery Orchestra, for a delightful exploration into the musical details of a new selection on the 2nd and 4th Saturday of every month at 7:30 pm. This week: The Deeper Side of Brahms.
The Orchestra Now, led by Bard College President Leon Botstein, performs Mahler's Third Symphony.
Enjoy conversations with and performances by classical musicians of local, national and international fame Thursdays at 3 pm and Saturdays at 4 pm on Cadenza - winner of the 2014 ASCAP Deems Taylor/Virgil Thomson Awards. This week: Conductor and Music Educator Suzi Digby.
The Piano Matters with David Dubal - Encore Broadcast Sunday at Noon
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