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Exploring musical suites, this Friday (8/21, rebroadcast Saturday 8/22)
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A Tempo Saturday (8/22 at 7 pm) features a conversation with pianist, actor and playwright Hershey Felder, who has created a series of stage and film productions about the lives of great pianists and composers.
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We’re back at La Scala for this week’s Sunday Opera (8/16 3:00 p.m.) and their production of Claude Debussy’s “Pelleas et Melisande” which is based on a play by Maurice Maeterlinck with a symbolic story focusing on the doomed love of the title characters.
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Shakespeare seems to get credit for a great many things, but this time, he deserves it even if the quote is a bit “off.” We’re “Gilding the Lily” on this week’s Dress Circle (8/16 7:00 p.m.), well, we’ve amassed songs about beauty and its secrets, dressing to impress or excess, and a few make-up tips from a variety of musicals.
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The three-hour concert broadcast Monday (8/10 at 8 pm) features the saxophone quartet performing from its project exploring music banned by the Nazis - works by Jewish composers and American jazz.
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A Tempo (8/8) features a conversation with Tomás García, the new Assistant Conductor of the Princeton Symphony Orchestra, who will also lead the Symphony Orchestra ensemble of the Youth Orchestra of Central Jersey.
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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.)
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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.
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Mezzo Soprano Stephanie Blythe joins the orchestra for this performance of Mahler's Symphony No. 3 Monday (8/3) at 8 pm.
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Classic recordings on the 1950s budget Remington label, this Friday (7/31, rebroadcast Saturday 8/1)