Category Archives: Music

What’s on VOX Saturday

Posted on July 29, 2005 by sogalitno

XM Satellite Radio – VOX Big Ticket Friday (noon eastern, repeats Saturday at 6 pm) Medieval Hungary and the attempt to ward off German oppression (and one of the earliest request ever on VOX!), Ferenc Erkel’s Bank Ban; plus   Emil … Continue reading →

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Neglected Proms – notes on Alsop

Posted on July 28, 2005 by sogalitno

With the opening performances from Bayreuth this week, my attention has been diverted – tomorrow is the last Live Opening Night of this season – PARSIFAL (that controversial production from last year).  So after Friday I will be able to … Continue reading →

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BBC Proms – Opera & Music for Voices

Posted on July 14, 2005 by sogalitno

It’s a spectacular year for Opera and music for voices, making great use of the huge spaces of the Royal Albert Hall. Opening the season is centenary composer Tippett’s powerful oratorio A Child of Our Time.  Other choral highlights include … Continue reading →

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Today’s Listening

Posted on July 13, 2005 by sogalitno

   BBC Radio 3 8 am EDT   Cheltenham International Festival of Music 2005  The artists-in-residence of the Cheltenham International Festival of Music 2005. Introduced by Tommy Pearson.  Beethoven: Piano Trio in E flat, Op 1, No 1; Piano Trio in … Continue reading →

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Interesting Webcasts coming up:

Posted on July 12, 2005 by sogalitno

KING-FM, The Seattle Chamber Music Society’s Summer Festival. Broadcasting all performances from the Festival.  Started last week thru July 29th (still plenty left to hear).    Series is on Monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings at 8 pm PDT BBC Proms … Continue reading →

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What I’m Listening to today…

Posted on July 12, 2005 by sogalitno

11 am EDT (Radio 3) Voices
My Kind of Song – Iain Burnside talks to conductor Jeffrey Tate about his favourite singers, including Janet Baker, Peter Pears, Eartha Kitt and Charles Trenet.
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Concerts in the Park (NYC)

Posted on July 10, 2005 by sogalitno

Forget about terrorists and bombs and hurricanes … for a few hours anyway andgrab a blanket and food and friends and get thee to a park. NY Philharmonic Concerts in the Parks

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Midgette on Tindall

Posted on July 6, 2005 by sogalitno

Link: Behind the Curtain, Classical Music Shows It Has Serious Flaws – New York Times. Ms. Midgette (who wrote the Breslin/Pavarotti bio "The King and I") talks about the similarities between herself and Blair Tindall.  Ms. Tindall, a professional Oboist, … Continue reading →

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iPod and iPodcasting

Posted on July 2, 2005 by sogalitno

I bought an iPod last spring and have been enjoying it on my daily subway rides from Brooklyn into midtown Manhattan to slave in a law firm’s IT department.  [what crimes am i paying for for this?] I record tons … Continue reading →

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taming the beast

Posted on October 13, 2004 by sogalitno

working in the network admin support group of the is department of a large law firm, by the end of some days – and today is one – i am often wrung out. exhausted from the constant barrage of support … Continue reading →

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