Archive for December, 2009

Some very different music of Spain on WFMT this afternoon…first was Lalo’s Symphonie Espagnole, here with Arthur Grumiaux… Then the 16th century’s Tomas de Victoria…enjoy.

Sid Caesar and Nanette Fabray have it out…to Beethoven.

Beethoven has been the subject of many fascinating literary and dramatic projects – including this – recently discussed in the New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/04/arts/music/04quartets.html

I asked our friend from the Chicago Tribune to share some of his favorite Beethoven with us…thanks John! John von Rhein’s “desert island” list of top 10 Beethoven audio recordings: 1. Nine Symphonies. Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique/John Eliot Gardiner (DG Arkiv). 2. Five Piano Concertos. Richard Goode, piano; Budapest Festival Orchestra/Ivan Fischer (Nonesuch). 3. Violin more…

Dame Myra Hess Schroeder Ed Harris A Beethoven Premiere http://archives.chicagotribune.com/2009/feb/27/entertainment/chi-0227-beethoven-premierefeb27 Beethoven’s Heiligenstadt Testament For my brothers Carl and [Johann] Beethoven.Oh you men who think or say that I am malevolent, stubborn, or misanthropic, how greatly do you wrong me. You do not know the secret cause which makes me seem that way to you. From more…

What could be more fun than George Lucas, John Williams and musicians of the Royal Philharmonic? All came together last night for Star Wars in Concert at the UC. If you’ve watched our sister station WTTW 11 recently, you may know that the show is in the midst of a national tour…and travels to Europe more…