Archive for February, 2021
2021 Winter Drive – wrap up!
Thank you to each and every one of you who pledged both during the on-air Quiet Drive and with the pre-drive mailing. This was a resounding success and we even managed to end the drive a day early! Thanks to all of you, WBJC continues to be on-track for making our budget for FY21. On-air […]
Music From Movies 02-28-21
Like the barn raising scene in “Witness,” you helped raise the funds to make the goal and end WBJC’s pledge drive early! Thank You! 7:00 PM Maurice Jarre Witness: Building the Barn Silva 1047 COND Paul Bateman ORCH City of Prague Philharmonic 7:06 PM Richard Rodgers Victory at Sea Suite Telarc […]
Toccata listings for 2/28/21
On tonight’s program, a Vivaldi concerto arranged for organ by J.S. Bach, and a piano concerto by Beethoven’s friend, Ferdinand Ries. Thanks to everyone who made a pladge of support for WBJC during our Winter Fundraiser, which ended early, thank you you! Thanks so much, and enjoy! 6:00 PM 5375 Johann Sebastian Bach Organ […]
Playlist: Feb/28/21
8:17 PM Jean Sibelius — Symphony No. 1 Key: eOpus: 39Conductor: Lorin MaazelEnsemble: Pittsburgh Symphony OrchestraCBS/Sony, 52566 8:13 PM Sir Edward Elgar — Nimrod Martin Jones, pianoNimbus, 5232 8:09 PM Percy Aldridge Grainger — dowland- Now, O now, I needs must part Martin Jones, pianoNimbus, 5232 7:41 PM David Raksin — Forever Amber suite Conductor: […]
Vocalise 02/27/21
8:00 PM Thank you for showing love and financial support for vocal music at wbjc.com! George Frederich Handel Messiah – Hallelujah Chorus RCA/BMG 61286 COND Sir Thomas Beecham ORCH Royal Philharmonic Orchestra SOLO and Chorus 8:04 PM George Frederich Handel: Messiah: The Trumpet Shall Sound CBS/Sony 48172 COND Eugene Ormandy Eugene OR mihn dee […]
Playlist: Feb/27/21
8:35 PM Aaron Copland — Old American Songs William Warfield, baritoneAaron Copland,pianoCBS/Sony, 60899 8:19 PM Giacomo Puccini — Madama Butterfly: “Un Bel Di” Conductor: Oliviero de FabritisEnsemble: Rome Opera OrchestraLeontyne Price, sopranoRCA/BMG, 68883 8:13 PM Charles Gounod — St. Cecilia Mass: Sanctus Conductor: Georges PretreEnsemble: Radio France Philharmonic Orchand ChorusLaurence Dale, tenorAngel/EMI, 47094 8:06 PM […]
Playlist: Feb/26/21
11:55 PM Johann Nepomuk Hummel — German Dances for the Redoutensaal Ensemble: Vienna Waltz EnsembleDenwa, 102 11:35 PM Franz Xavier Mozart — Violin Sonata No. 1 Key: B-Flat Opus: 7Lukasz Blaszczyk, violinAnna Liszewska, pianoNo Label, 1317 11:27 PM Gabriel Faure — Pavane Opus: 50Conductor: Seiji OzawaEnsemble: Boston Symphony OrchestraTanglewood Festival ChorusDG/Archiv, 445770 11:24 PM Camille […]
Thursday 02/25/21 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
11:00 Manfred Honeck, conductor Prokofiev: Classical Symphony No. 1 Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty Suite Sir James MacMillam: Veni, Veni Emmanuel, Percussionist Colin Currie
Playlist: Feb/25/21
10:42 PM Johann Sebastian Bach — French Suite No. 1 Key: dAngela Hewitt, pianoHyperion, 67121 10:09 PM Samuel Coleridge-Taylor — Violin Concerto Key: gOpus: 80Conductor: Michael HankinsonEnsemble: Johannesburg PhilharmonicPhilippe Graffin, violinAvie, 44 9:59 PM Astor Piazzolla — Fuga y Misterio Ensemble: Imani WindsKoch Intl., 7661 9:40 PM Robert Schumann — Symphony Key: gConductor: John Eliot […]
Wednesday 02/24/21 LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC
11:00 PM CONDUCTOR: Lionel Bringuier SOLOIST: Hélène Grimaud, piano Gershwin: Cuban Overture Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Major Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales Gershwin: An American in Paris
