Christoph Eschenbach (L) – Tzimon Barto (R) – in the service of Brahms this week. Over to NHK Hall in Tokyko for a performance by the NHK Symphony, guest conducted by Christoph Eschenbach and featuring Tzimon Barto, piano. Two works this week, both by Brahms – beginning with the 2nd
Back to some domestic history this week. A concert from the 1978-1979 season of the Boston Symphony, led by Music Director Seiji Ozawa and recorded on February 14, 1978. Two works are featured: Frank Martin – Concerto for Seven wind instruments, tympani, percussion and string orchestra and Mahler’s Symphony Number
Bohuslav Martinu – One of the profoundly new voices in 20th Century Music. The music of Bohuslav Martinu this weekend, as performed by The Lucerne Trio and the Festival Strings Of Lucerne conducted by Rudolf Baugartner in this 1963 performance of Concerto for String Trio and String Orchestra – recorded
Back over to Switzerland this week for short work by Swiss composer Jean Binet. His Petite Concert for Clarinet and Orchestra with Hans Rudolf Stalder, clarinet and the Bern Chamber Orchestra led by Hermann Müller in a broadcast recorded March 13, 1962. After studying in Geneva and obtaining the Diploma
Something I haven’t featured since I started Past Daily; one of the legendary Lunchtime Concerts from BBC Radio 3. This one is a recital featuring cellist Steven Isserlis and pianist Kirill Gerstein in an all Russian program – It was broadcast live on June 20, 2009. In case you were
An abbreviated concert from the PBS series “Evening At Symphony” featuring the Boston Symphony led by Seiji Ozawa and featuring Itzhak Perlman, violin solo – recorded on February 2, 1978. Featured are two works: Stravinsky’s Violin Concerto (With Perlman as solo) and Brahms Symphony Number 3. In 1970, Seiji Ozawa
Back to Switzerland this weekend for a concert performance of the Violin Concerto by Robert Oubossier as played by Hansheinz Schneeberger, violin and the Basel Chamber Orchestra conducted by Paul Sacher. The performance was recorded in Basel Switzerland on June 13, 1954. Robert Oboussier began his music studies in Heidelberg and Mannheim . From
Georges Pretre – Orchestre de Paris – Poulenc – Ravel – May 5, 2011 – Radio France Musique – Georges Pretre conducts Orchestre de Paris in music by Francis Poulenc and Maurice Ravel in a concert from May 5, 2011 and recorded by Radio France Musique. It was a sad
Back to Switzerland this for the music of Robert Blum as performed by The Beromünster Radio Orchestra conducted by Robert Blum – the recording was made at Radio Zurich on December 10, 1951. The featured work is Blum’s Die Erzählung des letzen Hirten composed in 1951 of which this is
