From Hamburg, Alan Gilbert leads the Elbphilharmonie Orchestra in works by Richard Strauss, Prokofiev, and Stravinsky, as well as Saint-Saëns' Violin Concert No. 3 with soloist Joshua Bell. (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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An eclectic mix of piano works, this Friday (5/8, rebroadcast Saturday 5/9)
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We’re turning to two of Richard Strauss’ lesser-known one-act operas on this week’s Sunday Opera (5/10 3:00 p.m.): “Daphne” and “Feuersnot” (“The Need for Fire” or “Lack of Fire”). -
With his various writing partners, Richard Rodgers composed over 40 musicals, and many of those shows contained ballets – some more than one, and on this week’s Dress Circle (5/10 7:00 p.m.) we’re going to look at two ballets from musicals Rodgers wrote with Lorenz Hart as well as a ballet he wrote to be performed by the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo at the Metropolitan Opera House.
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: Not By Piazzolla - Music of Jose Libertella.
Philadelphia-based Tempesta di Mare presents a performance entitled Stolen: Handel, Keiser and the Case of the Pilfered Suitcase.
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 and Next: In Memorium - Pianist Michael Harrison.
The Piano Matters - Encore Broadcast Sunday at Noon
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