8 am ET: Wigmore Hall presents Jonathan Plowright. The British pianist opens this concert with Busoni’s arrangement of Bach’s D minor
Chaconne which was performed by Busoni himself at the opening of the Hall almost 120 years ago. This is followed by the six pieces that make up Liszt’s
Consolations S172. The concert closes with Grieg’s
Holberg Suite Op. 40, originally written for piano before Grieg adapted it for string orchestra. Register, view here and on demand for 30 days. LIVE
1 pm ET: Wiener Staatsoper presents
Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci. Conductor: Marco Armiliato, director: Jean-Pierre Ponnelle. With Eva-Maria Westbroek, Brian Jagde, Ambrogio Maestri, Zoryana Kushpler, and Isabel Signoret; Roberto Alagna, Aleksandra Kurzak, Ambrogio Maestri, Andrea Giovannini, and Sergey Kaydalov. Production from November 2020. Register for free and view here.
7 pm ET: Lawrence Brownlee presents
The Sitdown with LB. The tenor’s Facebook Live series returns with an unfiltered and honest look inside the opera industry. This week: Management, featuring Matthew Horner (IMG Artists) and Alex Fletcher (Fletcher Artist Management). View here. LIVE 7:30 pm ET: Met Opera Streams presents Donizetti’s
Don Pasquale. Starring Beverly Sills, Alfredo Kraus, Håkan Hagegård, and Gabriel Bacquier, conducted by Nicola Rescigno. Production by John Dexter. From January 11, 1979. View here and for 24 hours.
7:30 pm ET: SalonEra presents
Jewish Diaspora. Recorder virtuoso Daphna Mor explores Sephardic song and Jewish liturgical poetry while viola da gamba player Elizabeth Weinfield highlights the contributions of 17th-century converso composer Leonora Duarte. Additional guests to be announced. View here.
Bean recruited artists to record with her at Apollo Theater in Harlem, N.Y. without an audience in the seats.
She sold out shows at the Apollo the last two years and didn t want to miss a chance this year to share the music. She said the pandemic has highlighted why the arts are important. I hope that people those of us who make art for a living and those who are patrons of the arts are that much more grateful, Bean said. It was our books and our movies and our live concerts . it was artistic content that got you through this pandemic.
Bean recruited artists to record with her at Apollo Theater in Harlem, N.Y. without an audience in the seats.
She sold out shows at the Apollo the last two years and didn t want to miss a chance this year to share the music. She said the pandemic has highlighted why the arts are important. I hope that people those of us who make art for a living and those who are patrons of the arts are that much more grateful, Bean said. It was our books and our movies and our live concerts . it was artistic content that got you through this pandemic.
12:00 AM
Les Miserables: School Edition - In nineteenth century France, Jean Valjean is released from years of unjust imprisonment, but finds nothing in store for him but mistrust and mistreatment. He breaks his parole in hopes of starting a new life, initiating a lifelong struggle for redemption as he is relentlessly pursued by police inspector Javert, who refuses to believe Valjean can change his ways. Finally, during the Paris student uprising of 1832, Javert must confront his ideals after Valjean spares his life and saves that of the student revolutionary who has captured the heart of Valjean s adopted daughter. Done in concert style. click here