Monthly Archives: October 2007

This video is an introduction to a recording of the complete Bach cello suites transcribed and performed by harpist Victoria Drake. Selections from the new recording air tonight around 9:20. Learn and hear more at welltempered.com.

What’s not to love? Energy, dedication, integrity, elan. Anne-Marie McDermott performs Beethoven with The Charlotte Symphony Orchestra this weekend. Saturday morning, around 11:30, Ted Weiner will air from her recording of Bach’s English Suite No. 2. This video shows her … Continue reading →

Here’s video of rising star, pianist Martin Helmchen, performing the second movement from his new recording of the very concerto (Mozart’s No. 24) you heard in The Mozart Cafe this afternoon on WDAV: More video of Martin Helmchen is available … Continue reading →

Stringfever, a different sort of quartet. Four musicians, one (electric) instrument:

A NASA astronaut will be taking some music with her into space next month. And no, it’s not on an iPod. Stephanie Wilson, a lifelong fan of the Boston Symphony, approached music director James Levine about the idea of taking … Continue reading →

Here’s a sneak preview of tenor Gaston Rivero who plays Romeo in Opera Carolina’s production of Gounod’s Romeo and Juliette October 18, 20 and 21: L’Amour, L’Amour! Ah! Lève-toi soleil! From Roméo et Juliette by Charles Gounod Recorded at the … Continue reading →

From the BBC Proms broadcast of the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra, a wonderful, humorous interview with conductor Gustavo Dudamel about working with the orchestra and his own musical career.