Day: September 29, 2024

7-9 p.m. EDT
2300-0100 UTC/GMT
WDCE, University of Richmond
90.1 FM
http://wdce.org

Chopin: “Rondo à la krakowiak” in F major, Op. 14
Jan Lisiecki, piano
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester/Krzysztof Urbański
(Deutsche Grammophon)

Alice Mary Smith: Andante for clarinet & orchestra
Angela Malsbury, clarinet
London Mozart Players/Howard Shelley
(Chandos)

Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Piano Concerto in B minor
Stephen Hough, piano
English Chamber Orchestra/Bryden Thomson
(Chandos)

Rossini: “La scala di seta” (“The Silken Ladder”) Overture
Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Claudio Abbado
(Deutsche Grammophon)

Mendelssohn: Double Concerto in D minor
Isabelle Faust, violin
Kristian Bezuidenhout, fortepiano
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra/Gottfried von der Goltz
(Harmonia Mundi)

Glinka: “Symphony on 2 Russian Themes”
BBC Philharmonic/Vassily Sinaisky
(Chandos)

The musicians’ strike at Washington’s National Symphony Orchestra ended less than four hours after it began on Sept. 26, with the musicians and the Kennedy Center, which houses the orchestra and controls many of its administrative functions, settling on a contract raising the musicians’ salaries and improving benefits such as healthcare and parental leave.

Under the new 18-month contract, musicians’ pay will rise to nearly $172,000 by 2026.

The contract “will provide all parties time to come together to settle a longer-term agreement that demonstrates our respect for their artistic contributions and maintains the orchestra’s competitiveness in the field,” the Kennedy Center said in a statement.

The NSO’s season-opening gala, set for Sept. 28 but canceled when the strike was called, went on with the show.

The Washington Post’s Michael Andor Brodeur reports on the settlement:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/2024/09/27/national-symphony-orchestra-strike-kennedy-center/