Jack Moore

AVA Opera Theater And A Verdi Favorite! May 5th At 3 PM

Jack Moore — Sat, 04 May 2013 21:29:56 +0000

Join us on Sunday at 3 pm as Philadelphia's Academy of Vocal Arts (AVA) presents Giuseppe Verdi’s Un ballo in maschera. Drama takes center stage in this opera of political intrigue, based on a true historical event: the assassination of King Gustav III of Sweden. The king falls in love with the wife of his best friend and most trusted advisor. A love triangle turns deadly as jealousy leads to conspiracy, murder, and betrayal at a masked ball. Sunday, May 5, 3 to 6 pm.

The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia And A Program Of Freedom: April 21, 4:30 PM

Jack Moore — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:58:25 +0000

Ignat Solzhenitsyn, The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia's conductor laureate, is on the podium for this month's broadcast. Maestro Solzhenitsyn has devised a program with a connection to the idea of freedom that he explains as follows:

Good Friday on WRTI: Bach's St. Matthew Passion

Jack Moore — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 20:35:07 +0000

Listen to our annual broadcast of Johann Sebastian Bach's St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 on Good Friday, March 29th, a few minutes after 12 noon.

The recording features Karl Richter conducting the Munich Bach Orchestra, Munich Bach Choir, and Regensburg Cathedral Choir. Edith Mathis (Soprano), Dame Janet Baker (Mezzo Soprano), Peter Schreier (Tenor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone), and Matti Salminen (Bass).

Happy Easter from WRTI!

Easter Sunday With The Philadelphia Youth Orchestra: March 31, 4 PM on ENCORE!

Jack Moore — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 17:41:12 +0000

Join us Easter Sunday, March 31, 4 to 6 pm, for a glorious concert by the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra. The program features cellist Gloria dePasquale, guest soloist, in a performance of Haydn's Cello Concerto in C Major.

Also in the concert, which was recorded in Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center this past February, is Dvorak's brilliant Carnival Overture, and Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 4, "Romantic." Music Director Louis Scaglione conducts. More about the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra.

Keeping Score: 13 Days When Music Changed Forever, March 24 at 4 PM

Jack Moore — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 21:51:07 +0000

It was April 7, 18o5: Beethoven turned the music world on its ear at the premiere of what - up until that time - was the longest, most complicated symphonic work ever composed. His 3rd symphony, the Eroica, changed our idea of what music could express.

Instead of classical form and rarified beauty, the symphony laid out the full range of human feelings and emotions. The first public performance of Beethoven's Eroica is the theme for this Sunday's show. March 24, 4 to 5 pm.

Mendelssohn and Schumann: Symphony in C on ENCORE!

Jack Moore — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 13:18:48 +0000

WRTI presents Symphony in C under the baton of Music Director Rossen Milanov on March 17th at 4 pm. Written when Mendelssohn was only 17, his Midsummer Night's Dream Overture was the first "concert overture" - a work not intended to introduce a dramatic presentation, but to represent, complete in itself, a literary work, or story, or place.

WRTI Honoring Women Composers in March

Jack Moore — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 19:43:06 +0000

It wasn't until the last third of the 20th century that women took their place in serious music, a field historically dominated by men. Felix Mendelssohn's sister Fanny composed quite a bit of music, but it was only heard in private settings since it wasn't considered "proper" for a woman to compose.

Keeping Score: 13 Days When Music Changed Forever on ENCORE!

Jack Moore — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 14:02:21 +0000

It's August 8, 1803, and Parisian Piano Maker Sebastien Erard Gives One of His Sturdy New Creations to Beethoven - a new piano! With this instrument, the composer was able to set aside his forte piano and write more expressive and emotional music, beginning with the Waldstein Sonata.

The New York Philharmonic: Sibelius and Brahms on ENCORE!

Jack Moore — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 20:27:45 +0000

Lorin Maazel returns to conduct the New York Philharmonic in a program featuring pianist Yefim Bronfman. Maazel, NY Philharmonic Music Director from 2002 to 2009, leads a performance of the Sibelius Symphony No. 2. With Bronfman, we'll hear the Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1. Sunday, Feb. 17 3 to 5 pm.

Program:

Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2

Eschenbach and Zukerman in New York City on ENCORE!

Jack Moore — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 15:22:46 +0000

Christoph Eschenbach conducts the New York Philharmonic, joined by violinist Pinchas Zukerman, for a performance of the Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1. We'll also hear Bruckner's Symphony No. 6. Join us!

Sunday, February 10, 3 to 5 pm.