Fridays at 2pm

Highlights from the world class live music taking place around the WMHT-FM listening region

10/3: ​Smetena: From My Life. TON – The Orchestra Now; Leon Botstein, conductor. Recorded at Bard College’s Fisher Center for the Arts in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. (TON Concerts)

10/10: ​Franck: Piano Quintet in F Minor. Alexander Shtarkman, piano; Xiao-Dong Wang & Grace Park, vioins; Helena Baillie, viola; Yehuda Hanani, cello. Recorded at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. (Close Encounters with Music)

10/17: ​Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in D Minor. Daniel Hope, violin; Zurich Chamber Orchestra. Recorded at the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall in Troy, New York. (Troy Chromatic Concerts)

10/24​: Beethoven: Piano Sonata 23 in F Minor, Op.57, “Appasionata.” Emanuel Ax, piano. Recorded at the Union College Memorial Chapel in Schenectady, New York. (Capital Region Classical)

10/31: Bach: Orchestral Suite 3 in D, BWV.1068. Windham Festival Chamber Orchestra; Robert Manno, conductor. Recorded at the Orpheum Performing Arts Center in Tannersville, New York. (Catskill Mountain Foundation)