Lunchtime Classics

Winners of the 17th annual MacCauley Chamber Music Competition performed on Classical 90.5’s Lunchtime Classics. The IMAJE Trio ( Mandi Roberts, Michael Cowan and Jecorey Arthur) performed “Trio Per Uno” by N.J. Zivkovic.

Lunchtime Classics: MacCauley Chamber Music Competition

The 17th Annual 2012 Macauley Chamber Music Competition was held Saturday, March 3th at Comstock Concert Hall at the University of Louisville School of Music. The winners will appear on Classical 90.5 Wednesday at noon.

Renown Organist Visits Louisville

Concert organist Nathan J. Laube is bringing is prodigious talents to Louisville’s Christ Church United Methodist Sunday, March 4. His playing, creative programming, and gracious demeanor have thrilled audiences and presenters across the United States and in Europe, and have earned high praise from critics and peers alike. A native of Chicago, Mr. Laube began a graduate degree program in 2011 at the Musikhochschule in Stuttgart Germany as a student of Ludger Lohmann. Christ Church United Methodist is located at 4614 Brownsboro Road. Mr. Laube performs Sunday, March 4, 2012 at 7:00 pm.

Lunchtime Classics Rebroadcast

Lunchtime Classics is a rebroadcast this Wednesday at noon. Live recitals will resume next week as we welcome the Concentus String Quartet (February 29).

From the Top

Saturdays at 12 pm and Sundays at 3 pm, From the Top showcases the nation’s most exceptional pre-college age classical musicians. Hosted by Christopher O’Riley.

Lunchtime Classics

It’s a celebration of the music of Franz Liszt on the next Lunchtime Classics. Students of Vernon Cherix, spanning the age range from elementary through high school, will perform. Wednesday, February 15, at noon.

Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic

The Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Gustavo Dudamel music director, is broadcast every Sunday evening at 6 pm on Classical 90.5. See the program schedule.

Los Angeles Philharmonic Schedule

Every Sunday at 6 pm on Classical 90.5

January 8
CONDUCTOR: Gustavo Dudamel
SOLOIST: Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano; Cynthia Millar, ondes martenot

Messiaen: Turangalîla-symphonie

January 15
CONDUCTOR: Pablo Heras-Casado
SOLOIST: Peter Serkin, piano

Debussy: Jeux Stravinsky: Concerto for Piano and Winds
Takemitsu: riverrun
Stravinsky: Firebird Suite

January 22
CONDUCTOR: Esa-Pekka Salonen
SOLOIST: Bryn Terfel, bass-baritone

Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes by Weber
Wagner: Selected scenes

January 29
CONDUCTOR: Gustavo Dudamel
SOLOIST: Kelley O’Connor, mezzo-soprano

Adams: Slonimsky’s Earbox
Bernstein: Symphony No 1, Jeremiah
Beethoven: Symphony No 7

February 5
CONDUCTOR: Gustavo Dudamel

Mahler: Symphony No 9

February 12
CONDUCTOR: Leonard Slatkin
SOLOISTS: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra

Gershwin: An American in Paris
Marsalis: Swing Symphony (LA Philharmonic commission)

February 19
CONDUCTOR: Gustavo Dudamel

Webern: Five Pieces for Orchestra
Bruckner: Symphony No 7

February 26
CONDUCTOR: Gustavo Dudamel
SOLOIST: Martha Argerich, piano

Shostakovich: Jazz Suite No 1
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 1
Shostakovich: Symphony No 9

March 4
CONDUCTOR: Thomas Adès

Adès: New work for orchestra ( LA Philharmonic Commission)
Messiaen: Éclairs sur l’au-delà

March 11
CONDUCTOR: Gustavo Dudamel
SOLOISTS: Leila Josefowicz, violin; Christine Schäfer, soprano; Matthias Goerne, baritone; Los Angeles Master Chorale

Steven Mackey: Beautiful Passing
Brahms: A German Requiem

March 18
CONDUCTOR: Gustavo Dudamel
SOLOISTS: Glorious Percussion, percussion ensemble

Brahms: Tragic Overture
Gubaidulina: Glorious Percussion (US premiere)
Brahms: Symphony No 2

March 25
CONDUCTOR: Gustavo Dudamel
SOLOISTS: Renaud Capucon, violin; Gautier Capucon, cello

Brahms: Double Concerto
Brahms: Symphony No 4

Lunchtime Classics

Fourteen-year-old Spencer Sharp was Classical 90.5’s 2011 Young Artist Competition winner. He returned in February to perform on Lunchtime Classics. Enjoy his performance of Vivaldi and Vieutemps with Lynette Sharp at the Steinway.