Archive 4

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Sunday, March 11

3 to 5 pm

New York Philharmonic

PROGRAM:

Rossini: Stabat Mater

Mahler: Symphony No. 4 in G Major

CONDUCTORS: Thomas Schippers; Leonard Bernstein

SOLOISTS: Martina Arroyo, soprano; Beverly Wolff, mezzo-soprano; Tito del Bianco, tenor; Justino Diaz, bass; Camerata Singers, Abraham Kaplan, director; Reri Grist, soprano

NY Phil website

Sunday, February 19

3 to 5 pm

Rossen Milanov conducts works by Mozart and Schubert

PROGRAM:

Mozart: Requiem Mass in D minor

Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia

Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in B minor

More Information about Symphony in C

Join us from 3 to 6 pm for a rarely heard Verdi opera: Oberto, Conte di San Bonifacio.Verdi's first opera is a classic love triangle set in 13th-century Italy, where family rivalries and blood feuds inspired Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Cast includes Michelle Johnson, Margaret Mezzacappa, Viktor Antipenko, and Scott Conner. You can listen on WRTI and experience the opera live on Jan. 31st at the Haverford School.

Sunday, October 30

3 to 5 pm

Join us for A Keyboard Conversation with Jeffrey Siegel. This month's theme is "A Beethoven Bonanza," which ?navigates through the famous composer's myriad moods in a program including the moving and rarely performed Sonata No. 3 in C Major, his tragic and fiery Sonata Pathtique and transcendent Sonata No. 30 in E Major.

You'll also hear a recital featuring the Kimmel Center's Fred J. Copper Memorial Organ.

Sunday, October 23

3 to 5 pm


Rossen Milanov, conductor

Roberto Diaz, viola

This broadcast includes Liszt's Mephisto Waltz and Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique, which will dazzle you with a combination of sheer power and lyrical virtuosity. You'll also hear Ricardo Lorenz's Canciones de Jara for viola and orchestra, with viola soloist Roberto Diaz.

Sunday, March 13

3 to 6 pm

The Academy of Vocal Arts presents three centuries of sacred vocal music, from Baroque to Gospel and beyond. The broadcast features selections from Haydn's Die Schopfung (The Creation), as well as works by Bach, Purcell, Handel, Vivaldi, Mozart, Beethoven, Rossini, Faure, Dvorak, and others. The AVA soloists are joined by the 100-voice New Jersey MasterChorale. David Antony Lofton conducts the AVA Opera Orchestra.

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Sunday, February 13

3 to 5 pm

SOLOISTS:

Marcantonio Barone, piano

Clancy Newman, cello

Benjamin Beilman violin

PROGRAM:

Brahms: Piano Quartet in G minor

Brahms: Cello Sonata in F Major

Clara Schumann: Three Romances

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About Astral Artists' Concert Season

Sunday, January 30

3 to 6 pm


PUCCINI: Suor Angelica

Academy of Vocal Arts

AVA Opera Orchestra

Christofer Macatsoris, conductor

PUCCINI: Il tabarro

Soloists:

Robert Merrill, Renata Tebaldi, Mario del Monaco, Renato Ercolani, and Lucia Danieli

Orchestra e coro del Maggio Musicale

Lamberto Gardelli, conductor