Thursday, February 26, 2009

Friday March 6, 2009

In memory of CSO assistant principal bassist Ken Harper, who died February 21.
Antonin Dvořák: String Quintet in G major, Op.77 32:54
Colorado Chamber Players
Paul Primus, David Waldman, violins; Barbara Hamilton-Primus, viola; Katharine Knight, cello; Kenneth Harper, double bass
(3/7/07)
Mores (arr. Ken Harper): Tanguera
Denver Young Artists Orchestra
Adam Flatt, conductor 7:21
Buenos Aires 6/16/07
Eduardo Rovira: A Evaristo Carriego (arr. Harper) 4:04
Julian Plaza: Danzarin (arr. Harper) 3:54
Astor Piazzolla: Milonga del Angel 6:47
Extasis (Evan Orman, bandoneon; Ken Harper, bass, arranger; Mike Tilley, piano; Claude Sim, violin)
KVOD Performance Studio 051507 MS

Thursday March 5, 2009

Charley talks with this week's CSO soloists, concertmaster YuMi Hwang Williams and principal violist Basil Vendryes.
Wolfgang Mozart: “Adagio—Allegro” (1st movement) from Duo in B flat major, K.424
YuMi Hwang Williams, violin; Basil Vendryes, viola
KVOD Performance Studio 030309
Colorado Symphony Orchestra

Jeffrey Kahane, conductor; Alisa Weilerstein, cello
Osvaldo Golijov: Azul (1/16-17/09)
Wolfgang Mozart: “Andante” (2nd movement) from Sinfonia Concertante in E flat Major, K.364
YuMi Hwang Williams, violin; Basil Vendryes, viola; Colorado Symphony Orchestra/ Marin Alsop
CSO on CPR 1999-2000 Track 4 10:59
Also, Charley talks with Boulder Chamber Orchestra music director Bahman Saless about their concert tomorrow.

Wednesday March 4, 2009

Colorado Music Festival Orchestra
Michael Christie, conductor; Jennifer Koh, violin
Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D major, Op.61 45:28 ((7/6/08)
Also, Charley talks with Thornton Community Band clarinetist Megan Tidd and conductor David Kish about their upcoming concert. Also, Charley anticipates the next Colorado Choir concert.
Jester Hairston: Elijah Rock
Colorado Choir/ Randolph F. Jones
Pro Organo 2235 Track 2:24
Charley talks with Ars Nova Singers artistic director Thomas Edward Morgan about their next concerts.
William Bolcom: “Amor” from Cabaret Songs
Tara U'Ren, mezzo-soprano; Brian du Fresne, piano
KVOD Performance Studio 013109 JP

Tuesday March 3, 2009

National Repertory Orchestra
Carl Topilow, conductor; Andrea Belding, Darby Bedell, Joshua Modney, Noah Luft-Weissberg, violins; Charles Tyler, cello
Felix Mendelssohn: Fingal's Cave Overture, Op.26 10:39
Peter Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme in A major, Op.33 18:34
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto Grosso in B minor for Four Violins and Cello, Opus 3 No. 10 from L'Estro armonico (RV 580) 9:31 (7/9/08)
Also, Charley talks with Boulder Chamber Orchestra music director Bahman Saless about their concert on Friday.
Frédéric Chopin: Etude in A minor, Op.25 No. 11 (Winter Wind) & Etude in C minor, Op.25 No. 12 (Ocean Waves)
David Korevaar, piano 6:56
KVOD Performance Studio 062408 MS
Charley talks with Jerome Fleg of the Antero Winds.
Astor Piazzolla: Milonga sin Palabras
Antero Winds (Cobus Du Toit, flute; Sarah Mellander, oboe; Jerome Fleg, clarinet; Megan Garrison, horn; Kaori Uno, bassoon) 4:33
KVOD Performance Studio 103108 MS

Monday March 2, 2009

Colorado College Summer Music Festival
Festival Orchestra
Scott Yoo, conductor
Antonín Dvořák: Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70 (7/4/07) 38:24
Also, Charley anticipates the next faculty recital at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Sergei Rachmaninoff: 1st movement from Cello Sonata in G minor, Op.19
Judith Glyde, cello, Robert Spillman, piano
University of Colorado at Boulder Faculty Recital (9/14/04) 10:34 (from CU 9)
Charley talks with Thornton Community Band conductor David Kish and Ars Nova Singers conductor Edward Morgan about their upcoming concerts.

Saturday February 28, 2009

7:00pm Johann Sebastian Bach: Two-Violin Concerto in D minor, BWV 1043 16:22
Anthea Kreston, solo violin; Chee-Yun, solo violin; Henry Gronnier, violin; Timothy Fain, violin; Thomas Diener, viola; Eric Gaenslen, cello; Peter Lloyd, double bass; Kathleen McIntosh, harpsichord
Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival (7/29/03)
Mendelssohn: “Scherzo: Allegro leggerissimo” (3rd movement) & “Presto” (4th movement) from Octet in E flat major, Op.20
Anthea Kreston, Chee-Yun,Adda Kridler, Miguel Perez-Espejo Cardenas, violins; Roberto Diaz, Emily Rome, violas; James Wilson, Jason Duckles, cellos 10:21
Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival (8/3/03)
7:30pm Live broadcast from Boettcher Concert Hall of the Colorado Symphony Orchestra
Jeffrey Kahane, conductor; Chee-Yun, violin
Igor Stravinsky: Fireworks, Opus 4
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Vocalise, Opus 34 No. 14
Peter Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings in C major, Opus 48
Sergei Prokofiev: The Love for Three Oranges Suite, Opus 33a
Sergei Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Opus 63

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Friday February 27, 2009

Colorado College Summer Music Festival
Festival Orchestra
Scott Yoo, conductor; Stewart Rose, horn
Wolfgang Mozart: Symphony No. 35 in D Major, K.385 (Haffner) (7/4/07) 19:55
Richard Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major, Op. 11
(7/4/07) 16:00
Also, anticipating their shows Monday at the Butterfly Pavilion, Charley talks with Colorado Chamber Players artistic director Barbara Hamilton Primus.
Hollis Taylor: Excerpt from “Samba Beach Flies” from The Crawl Ball
Colorado Chamber Players (Paul Primus & David Waldman, violins; Barbara Hamilton-Primus, viola; Jeffrey Watson, cello)
KVOD Performance Studio 050707 MS
Charley talks with violinist Chee-Yun and cellist Alisa Weilerstein.
George Frideric Handel: Passacaglia from Harpsichord Suite No. 7 in G minor, HWV 432 (Arr. Johan Halvorsen)
violinist Chee-Yun and cellist Alisa Weilerstein.
KVOD Performance Studio NCA 6:30

Thursday February 26, 2009

Charley talks with The Playground's Conrad Kehn about their collaboration with the Denver Bach Society tomorrow.
Dominick Argento: "Johann Sebastian Bach" from Letters from Composers
The Playground (Megan Buness, mezzo-soprano; Jonathan Leathwood, guitar)
KVOD Performance Studio 022309 JP
Colorado Music Festival Orchestra
Michael Christie, conductor
Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Op.35 48:15 (6/27/08)
Also, Charley talks with Front Range Chamber Players artistic director David Brussell about their concert Sunday, and with Musica Sacra Chamber Orchestra conductor Catherine Sailor about their concerts this weekend.

Wednesday February 25, 2009

Strings Music Festival
Claude Debussy (arr. Heifetz): “The Girl with the Flaxen Hair from Preludes, Book I
Arnaud Sussmann, violin; Katherine Collier, piano (7/9/08) 3:06
Maurice Ravel: String Quartet in F major
Arnaud Sussmann, Irina Muresanu, violins; Yizhak Schotten, viola; David Requiro, cello (7/9/08) 28:23

Tuesday February 24, 2009

National Repertory Orchestra
Carl Topilow, conductor & clarinet
Russell Peck: Thus Spake the Clarinet 9:15
Michael Daugherty: “Oh Lois” & “Red Cape Tango” from Metropolis Symphony 18:03
Aaron Copland: El Salon Mexico 11:25 (7/2/08)
Also, Charley anticipates Emily Levin's appearance on the CSO-DYAO side-by-side concert this Sunday.
Marcel Tournier: “Allegrement” (1st movement from Sonatine, Op.30
Emily Levin, harp
KVOD Performance Studio 5:31 022707 MS
Paquito D’Rivera: “Alborada,” “Song” & “Venezuelan Waltz” from Aires Tropicales
(Marina Piccinini, flute; Matthew Dine, oboe; Jon Manasse, clarinet; Michael Kroth, bassoon; R.J. Kelley, horn) Colorado College Summer Music Festival (6/29/01)

Monday February 23, 2009

Charley talks with music director Catherin Sailor about the Musica Sacra Chamber Orchestra's next concert.
Musica Sacra Chamber Orchestra
Catherine Sailor, conductor
Ralph Vaughan Williams: English Folk Song Suite
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op.36 (9/23/05)
Also, Charley anticipates Marina Piccinini's recital in Aspen on Wednesday.
Wolfgang Mozart: 1st movement from Flute Quartet in C Major, K. 285b 8:23
Colorado College Summer Music Festival [Marina Piccinini, flute; Steven Copes, violin; Virginia Barron, viola; David Ying, cello (6/22/05)]

Thursday, February 5, 2009

Friday February 20, 2009

Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado
Frank Nowell & Cynthia Miller Freivogel, co-leaders
Tamara Meredith, flute; Debra Nagy, oboe & oboe d’amore; Cynthia Miller Freivogel, violin; Tekla Cunningham, violin & viola d’amore; Stacey Brady, violin; Kathleen Leidig, violin
Georg Philipp Telemann: Concerto in E major for flute, oboe d’amore, viola d’amore, strings and continuo 17:14
Georg Philipp Telemann: Four-Violin Concerto in G major 6:18
Johann Sebastian Bach: Oboe-Violin Concerto in C minor, BWV 1060 13:17
Charley anticipates the Baroque Chamber Orchestra's concert performance of Purcell's Dido and Aeneas this weekend.
Georg Philipp Telemann: “Gigue” (4th movement) from Violin Sonata No. 2 in D major 2:05
Antonio Bertali: Ciaconna 8:31
Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado (Frank Nowell, harpsichord; Cynthia Miller Freivogel, violin)
KVOD Performance Studio 7/14/06, 11/06/07

Thursday February 19, 2009

Colorado Symphony Orchestra
Jeffrey Kahane, conductor
Luis Jorge González: “Pasión incesante” from Tangos de una pasion
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F major, Opus 93 (1/16-17/09)
Georges Bizet: Cavatina, “Comme autrefois dans la nuit sombre” from Act II of The Pearl Fishers
Opera Colorado [Heidi Stober, soprano; Damien Francoeur-Krzyzek, piano; Jessie Oliver, page turner]
KVOD Performance Studio 013109
Johann Sebastian Bach: “Sarabande,” “Minuet I & II,” and “Gigue” from Solo Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008
Richard Slavich, cello;
RGS 002 7-9 11:09

Wednesday February 18, 2009

Charley talks with Brandi Numedahl of the Colorado Music Alliance.
Colorado Music Festival

Festival Orchestra
Michael Christie, conductor; Simon Trpceski, piano
Dimitrije Buzarovsky: Overture, Op.54 10:32
Sergei Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op.26 34:28 (7/27/07)
Georges Bizet: Duet, “Au fond du temple saint” from Act I of The Pearl Fishers
Opera Colorado [Brian Mulligan, baritone (Zurga), Sean Panikkar, tenor (Nadir); Damien Francoeur-Krzyzek, piano; Jessie Oliver, page turner]
KVOD Performance Studio 013109

Tuesday February 17, 2009

Charley talks with Brandi Numedahl of the Colorado Music Alliance.

Friends of Chamber Music

Emanuel Ax, piano
Robert Schumann: Papillons, Op.2 13:19
Robert Schumann: Fantasy in C major, Op.17 29:46
Frédéric Chopin: Waltz in A minor, Op.34, No. 2 4:51 (3/13/07)

Monday February 16, 2009

Friends of Chamber Music
Spoleto Festival USA Chamber Music Ensemble (Wendy Chen, Charles Wadsworth, pianos; Todd Palmer, clarinet; Chee Yun, violin; Andres Diaz, cello)
Igor Stravinsky: A Soldier’s Tale 15:38
Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op.66 23:50
Steven Prutsman: I’ve Got Rhythm…Not 7:50