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Not what the composer had in mind
Saturday, September 1st, 2012, 5-6 pm Franz Schubert (1797–1828). Wanderer Fantasy (1822), orch. Franz Liszt. Philip Thomson, piano, Hungarian State Orchestra, Kerry Stratton. Hungaroton 31525, Tr 2,...
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Elena Smith and Her Graduation Recital
Elena Smith, finishing 12th grade and entering Temple University in the fall as a student of Jeffrey Solow, gave a recital May 31st to celebrate her graduation. She is home-schooled, so this served in...
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The First Three Things I Learn from Bach
[First published in the Broad Street Review, 14 Dec 2013, as “The power of embarrassment (and other lessons from J.S. Bach).”] It’s not the “What’re you lookin’ at?” look, no, no. See, he’s smiling....
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Bach Old and New
Discoveries from the Fleisher Collection, Saturday October 4th at 5 pm Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), arr. Mahler. Suite from the Orchestral Works of Bach. Riccardo Chailly, Royal Concertgebouw...
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The Taste of Bach and Harpsichords
Discoveries from the Fleisher Collection, Saturday November 1st, 2014 at 5 pm Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). Concerto for Flute, Violin, Harpsichord in A minor, BWV 1044. Andrew Manze, violin...
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Bach Secular and Sacred
On Discoveries from the Fleisher Collection, Saturday, December 6th, 5-6 pm. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht, BWV 211, “Coffee Cantata” (c.1735) Bach: Herz und Mund...
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Three More Things I Learn from Bach
[First published 27 September 2016 in the Broad Street Review. Edited and reprinted here by permission.] A while back I considered three things I learned from Bach. I’ve wanted to add to them ever...
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Reformation and Mendelssohn and Bach
Detail of the door of the Castle Church, Wittenburg Anniversaries bump into each other on this Discoveries from the Fleisher Collection, Saturday at 5 pm on WRTI. It’s Year 500 of the beginning of the...
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