After the Metropolitan Opera broadcast of Donizetti's Maria Stuarda:

Joyce DiDonato talks about her early years as a singer and her “Drama Queens” CD, which we sample.

Giuseppe Orlandini: “Da torbida procella” from Berenice
Johann Adolf Hasse: “Morte col fiero aspdtto” from Anthony and Cleopatra
   Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano
   Il Complesso Barocco
      Alan Curtis
   Virgin 265425

Cassidy Smith talks about the Metropolitan Opera National Council District and Regional Auditions next weekend. 

On tomorrow's Colorado Spotlight:

Sphere Ensemble
Artistic director Beth Rosbach talks about their Friday concert. They have recorded in our Performance Studio. 

Leoš Janáček: “Moderato” (1st movement) from Suite for Strings
   Sphere Ensemble
   CPR Performance Studio: recorded 2/23/12
   Produced by Martin Skavish

Sphere Ensemble

CU Boulder College of Music
Woodwind Faculty Members perform Tuesday. We hear some of them in concert and in our Performance Studio.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Flute Concerto No. 1 in G major, K.313
   Christina Jennings, flute
   Pro Musica Colorado Chamber Orchestra
      Cynthia Katsarelis, conductor
   recorded 5/5/12

Katrina Wreede: How a Mosquito Operates
   Colorado Chamber Players
      Daniel Silver, clarinet
      Paul Primus, violin
      Scott Higgins, vibraphone
      Nan Shannon, piano
   CPR Performance Studio: recorded 2/27/08
   Produced by Martin Skavish

University of Colorado at Boulder Music 

Front Range Chamber Players
The group performs Tuesday in Fort Collins. We hear some of its members in concert and in our Performance Studio.

Antonín Dvořák: “Allegro moderato, grazioso” (3rd movement)
from Piano Quartet No. 2 in E flat major Op. 87 
   Mendelssohn Trio
      Ron Francois, violin
      Barbara Thiem, cello
      Theodor Lichtmann, piano
   Margaret Miller, viola
   CPR Performance Studio: recorded 3/30/12
   Produced by Martin Skavish 

Franz Josef Haydn: String Quartet in G major, Op. 77 No. 1 (Lobkowitz)
   Erik Peterson, Margaret Gutierrez, violins
   Phillip Stevens, viola
   John Sant’Ambrogio, cello
   recorded 11/28/10 

Front Range Chamber Players

Boulder Valley Suzuki Teachers Association
Valery Lloyd-Watts gives a recital Sunday. We sample her “Music for a Better Brain” CD.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonata in A minor, K. 310
Ludwig van Beethoven: Bagatelle No. 5 in G major, Op. 126
   Valery Lloyd-Watts, piano
   More Than Music 102

Boulder Valley Suzuki Teachers Association