Michael Christie Jukebox #11

Michael Christie Jukebox #11

Apr 24, 2020 | All Posts, Michael Christie's Jukebox

In this installment: Ricky Ian Gordon, OBIE and Stephen Sondheim Award winning song and opera composer joins Michael for a fascinating Jukebox Playlist. Hindemith: Piano Sonata No. 3, 4th movement Weill/Brecht: Mahagonny “Benares Song” Henze: Fantasia for...
Don’t forget The Met

Don’t forget The Met

Apr 22, 2020 | All Posts

New York’s Metropolitan Opera is still streaming past performances from its library, a different opera every night. Don’t miss Tocsca, the thriller from legendary Italian songsmith Giacomo Puccini. Watch it on The Metropolitan Opera’s website...
Anton Eberl: the ‘Beethoven’ that might have been

Anton Eberl: the ‘Beethoven’ that might have been

Apr 22, 2020 | All Posts

You know the masters who make up the canon of standard orchestral works. There’s Mozart, Haydn, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Schubert, Chopin, Beethoven, and many more: household names in classical music, and for good reason. Their music stands the test of time. But if...
Michael Christie Jukebox #11

Michael Christie Jukebox #10

Apr 21, 2020 | All Posts, Michael Christie's Jukebox

In this installment: On this Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, Michael highlights magnificent works from composers who died in the brutal Nazi concentration camps. Many of these are the composers’ final works before their passing. This is only a small...
Michael Christie Jukebox #11

Michael Christie Jukebox #9

Apr 20, 2020 | All Posts, Michael Christie's Jukebox

In this installment: The number 9 is known as the number of universal love, eternity and faith. Many artists’ ninth works represented the height of their musical output.  Dolly Parton: 9 to 5 Philip Glass: Piano Etude No. 9 Dvorak: Sym. 9, 2nd movement Kalevi...