"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Subscribing works wonders!Become a Patron! – Erich Leinsdorf – The Chicago Symphony – Harris and Dvorak – March 28, 1981 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Even though I am missing the opening work on this concert (the Barber Symphony…
– Roy Harris – Fantasy – The ABC Radio Symphony – Conducted by Roy Harris – October, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Roy Harris was one of the true original and most inventive composers of that period from…
New York Philharmonic – Leonard Bernstein, Conductor – June 22, 1976 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – More history this week, with a concert from the New York Philharmonic featuring the legendary Leonard Bernstein at the podium – from a…
The Boston Symphony In Rehearsal – Charles Munch, conductor – Michele Auclair, violin – January 27, 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Continuing the series of Boston Symphony rehearsal recordings with a broadcast from January 27, 1951 featuring The…
Rudof Serkin, Piano – Boston Symphony – Seiji Ozawa, Cond. Sept, 25, 1980 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Normally, I don’t post half concerts or portions of concerts for the Mid-Week feature. And I almost didn’t post this one,…
Over to Paris this week for a classic concert from 1976 featuring the French National Orchestra conducted by Leonard Bernstein with Mstislav Rostropovich, cello. The concert was re-broadcast in 1984 as a celebration of the FNO’s then-upcoming tour of the…
Boston Symphony In Rehearsal – Leonard Bernstein, guest Conductor – December 20, 1948 Back to The Boston Symphony in rehearsal. This week it’s Leonard Bernstein, filling in for an ailing Serge Koussevitsky in a performance of the 7th Symphony by…
Boston Symphony In Rehearsal With Serge Koussevitsky, Conductor – January 10, 1949 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection This weekend it’s The Boston Symphony in rehearsal from January 10, 1949, featuring Music Director Serge Koussevitsky leading the orchestra in rehearsals of…
Americana of the hybrid variety this weekend. It’s hard to pin down exactly what genre Morton Gould could be best associated with. As someone who was considered a gifted American composer of some serious works, Gould was also widely regarded…
Henri Barraud – Sonata For Violin and Piano – Arthur Garami, Violin – Charles Reiner, Piano – CBC Canada Radio Session – 1955 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Completing the Radio session a few weeks ago that also featured…