Classical MusicClassical Music Playlist, July 15, 2024Leonard Bernstein premiered his Chichester Psalms on July 15th, 1965. Composed on a commission from the Chichester Cathedral in England, the work is an uplifting prayer for peace with texts of Psalms sung in Hebrew. It's today's Midday Masterpiece.
Insight With Vicki GonzalezSacramento Master Singers Director Ralph Hughes And Ken MedemaMay 9, 2016Dr. Ralph Hughes and Ken Medema join Insight to talk about their collaboration on a triptych based on the poems of three Sacramentans, and how it came to be.
Insight With Vicki GonzalezA Conversation Ahead Of From The Top's Live Mondavi Center PerformanceMay 6, 2016We’ll listen back to an excerpt from interviews with From the Top host Christopher O'Riley and Roger Xia, an eighth grader from Davis who was a feature performer in a special live recording of From the Top.
'Behold': Moondog With A French TwistApril 22, 2016With his long beard, homemade horned helmet, flowing cloak and spear, he was known as the Viking of Sixth Avenue. He was born Louis Thomas Hardin in Marysville, Kan. in 1916 and later called himself Moondog.
Babyland Suite: A Father's Symphonic TributeApril 22, 2016 | Steve MilneThis weekend, two Sacramento sisters born in the 1930s will finally get to hear a live performance of a symphonic work written for them by their father. The Central Valley Youth Symphony will be playing the "Babyland Suite" by composer David Burnam.
Composer Chris Brubeck Honors Conductor Peter Jaffe With New WorkApril 8, 2016Peter Jaffe is celebrating his 20th year as conductor and musical director of the Stockton Symphony. Instead of getting a gold watch, his board gave him the gift of music courtesy of composer Chris Brubeck.
Opera And Jazz Mingle In 'Charlie Parker's Yardbird'April 4, 2016The show explores the life of the jazz saxophonist, with Lawrence Brownlee in the title role. It opens this weekend at the Apollo Theater in New York — a stage where Parker played.
Young Musicians Blossom In Baltimore's OrchKids ProgramApril 4, 2016The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra celebrated its 100th birthday earlier this year. In a performance of Ravel's Boléro, the orchestra presented a few members of a new generation of players eager to take the music into a new century.
It's Not Rocket Science For Classical Guitarist Sharon IsbinApril 1, 2016Sharon Isbin is the first female classical guitarist to win a Grammy. But as a little girl, before her music career took off, she had high hopes of launching something else.
New Research Reveals Rachmaninoff's Secret CareerApril 1, 2016After his First Symphony flopped, the Russian composer made ends meet with a short-lived and little-known career in vaudeville and the circus.
The Show-Stopping Singing Of Javier CamarenaMarch 28, 2016The Mexican tenor has, for the third time, commanded such a tremendous response from the Metropolitan Opera audience that an encore had to be sung during a production.