Thursday, November 1
Day of the Dead, yes. Day of the Sleepy? Yup, that too.
How about some music to help shake off those post-Halloween chocolate hangovers. For the Day of the Dead, we've got assorted dead-connected pieces in the first hour. No Grateful Dead, though. We'll also hear from big names gracing Georgia stages this weekend - violinist Midori (in recital tonight in Athens and Friday in Atlanta) and harpist Yolanda Kondonassis (at Spivey Hall Sunday) - and other rep with concert connections. The New Zealand String Quartet offers a free concert Tuesday in Athens; we hear the Schumann quartet they've programmed. New Trinity Baroque sings Italian madrigals Sunday in Atlanta; we hear some Monteverdi madrigals.
Conductor Patricio Cobos tells us about next Tuesday's LaGrange Symphony concert and introduces Mendelssohn's Scottish Symphony. It's also a busy time for the Augusta Symphony, with a mini instrument petting zoo and open dress rehearsal Saturday morning and, that evening, a "European Tour" of attractive concert fare featuring clarinetist David Shifrin.
11 AM . . . 
- Ravel: Pavane for a Dead Princess. Saxology (ASV 2090)
- Korngold: The Dead City: Marietta's Song. Joseph Lin, Benjamin Loeb (Naxos 8.557067)
- Salzedo: Variations on a Theme in the Old Style. Yolanda Kondonassis (Telarc 80691)
- Janacek: From the House of the Dead, Prelude. Czech State Phil, Serebrier (Reference 75)
- Schumann: String Quartet No. 2 in F, Op. 41/2. Cherubini Quartet (EMI 50819)
- Lehar: The Merry Widow, Overture. Berlin Radio Sym, Jurowski (CPO 999 891)
- Monteverdi: Two madrigals. Delitiae Musicae, Longhini (Naxos 8.555312-13)
- Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1. Midori, Berlin Phil, Jansons (Sony 87740)
- Rameau: Piece de clavecin en concert No. 1. Trio Sonnerie (Virgin 61872)
- Mendelssohn: Scottish Symphony (Symphony No. 3). New Philharmonia Orch, Muti (EMI 81788)
- Salzedo: Chanson dans la nuit. Yolanda Kondonassis (Telarc 80691 again)
