Posted on · In this series, Classical 91.7's music librarian Chris Hathaway reviews new additions to our ever-growing CD library. This month, Chris reviews Bruno Walter's Symphony No. 1 as recorded by Leon Botstein and the North German Radio Orchestra, and a new release of the works of Lorenzo Palomo.
Posted on · This podcast features excerpts from the February 2009 concert, Brentano String Quartet: Poetry and Music, Immigrants and Exiles. The performers are the Brentano String Quartet; baritone Leon Williams and pianists Sarah Rothenberg and Rodney Waters. > more detailed information on this piece > view all Da Camera/KUHF podcasts
Posted on · In this series, Classical 91.7's music librarian Chris Hathaway reviews new additions to our ever-growing CD library. This month, Chris reviews a newly remastered release by George Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra performing Haydn's Symphonies Nos. 93-98, and a new release of Karel Paukert performing organ works by J.S. Bach.
Posted on · This concert podcast features two works from Da Camera's January 2009 concert, Songs of the Earth. The artists participating in these January 2009 performances were soprano Susanne Mentzer, Min Xiao-Fen, pipa; Wang Guowei, erhu and a Da Camera Chamber Orchestra conducted by Gregory Vajda. Click on Read More for a complete list of the artists. > click for more information on this piece > view all Da Camera/KUHF podcasts
Posted on · In this series, Classical 91.7's music librarian Chris Hathaway reviews new additions to our ever-growing CD library. This month, Chris reviews a new release by the Hans Graf and the Houston Symphony, featuring works by Zemlinsky and Berg.
Posted on · This podcast- the fourth in our partnership with Houston's Da Camera- features Olivier Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time, performed by the outstanding ensemble of David Shifrin, clarinet; Vera Beths, violin, Desmond Hoebig, cello and Sarah Rothenberg, piano. > click for more information on this piece > view all Da Camera/KUHF podcasts
Posted on · In this series, Classical 91.7's music librarian Chris Hathaway reviews new additions to our ever-growing CD library. This month, Chris reviews two new releases by pianist/conductor Leon Fleisher, featuring the music Mozart and Hindemith.
Posted on · This podcast- the third in our partnership with Houston's Da Camera- features Mozart's Horn Quintet in E Flat Major, K. 407, performed by William VerMeulen, horn; Curtis Macomber, violin; Toby Appel and Wayne Brooks, violas and Norman Fischer, cello. The performance was part of 2006's MozartNOW Festival, celebrating the 250th anniversary of the great composer's birth. Click here for more information on this piece.
Posted on · In this series, Classical 91.7's music librarian Chris Hathaway reviews new additions to our ever-growing CD library. This month, Chris reviews three new releases by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, all under the direction of James Levine.
Posted on · This podcast features Brahms's Quintet for Piano and Strings in F minor, Opus 34, performed by pianist and Da Camera Artistic Director Sarah Rothenberg and the Brentano String Quartet. The concert took place in October, 2006 and was made possible in part by support from Continental Airlines, the official airline of Da Camera of Houston. Click here for more detailed information on this piece.
Posted on · In this series, Classical 91.7's music librarian Chris Hathaway reviews new additions to our ever-growing CD library. This month, Chris reviews Berlioz's "Symphonie Fantastique," as performed by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, under the direction of Sir Simon Rattle.
Posted on · The beginning of the new Houston Symphony broadcast season on Classical 91.7 in September will mark the 25th anniversary of the first Houston Symphony concert broadcast on Houston Public Radio. That debut occurred on KUHF 88.7FM, in September 1986 (long before the 2011 acquisition of 91.7FM as a full-time classical station). The relationship was born […]
Posted on · In this series, Classical 91.7's music librarian Chris Hathaway reviews new additions to our ever-growing CD library. This month, Chris reviews Tomás Bretón's Andalusian Scenes, as performed by the Orquestra de la Comunidad de Madrid, under the direction of Miguel Roa.
Posted on · This podcast features Mozart's Quintet for clarinet and strings in A Major, K. 581, performed by the outstanding ensemble of David Shifrin, clarinet; Vera Beths, violin; John Marcus, violin; James Dunham, viola and Desmond Hoebig, cello. The performance was part of the concert After Einstein: Music and the Relativity of Time, which concluded Da Camera 2007/2008 season. Click here for more information on this piece.
Posted on · In this series, Classical 91.7's music librarian Chris Hathaway reviews new additions to our ever-growing CD library. This month, Chris reviews Cyril Scott's Symphony No. 1 in G, as recorded by Martyn Brabbins and the BBC Philharmonic.