Archive for April, 2023
Tuesday 4/04/23 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM This week, Edo de Waart leads the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in John Adams’s The Chairman Dances and Dvořák’s Eighth Symphony, along with Leila Josefowicz in Stravinsky’s Violin Concerto. The broadcast concludes with Brahms’s Double Concerto, featuring Isaac Stern and Yo-Yo Ma under the baton of Claudio Abbado. Adams: The Chairman Dances […]
Playlist: Apr/04/23
10:09 PM Ralph Vaughan Williams — Symphony No. 2 Conductor: Sir Andrew DavisTeldec, 90858 10:00 PM Ludwig van Beethoven — Zur Namensfeier Overture Key: C major Opus: 115Conductor: Herbert von KarajanDG/Archiv, 427256 9:51 PM Frederic Chopin — Nocturne No. 17 Key: B major Opus: 62Maria Joao Pires, pianoDG/Archiv, 4777483 9:23 PM Felix Mendelssohn — Violin […]
Monday 4/03/23 New York Philharmonic
11:00 PM CONDUCTOR: Masaaki Suzuki SOLOISTS: Sherezade Panthaki, soprano Reginald Mobley, countertenor Leif Auruhn Solén, tenor Jonathon Adams, baritone Handel and Haydn Society Chorus; Harry Christophers, artistic director HANDEL: Messiah
Playlist: Apr/03/23
10:06 PM Sir Edward Elgar — Symphony No. 2 Key: E flat major Opus: 63Conductor: Sir Georg SoltiLondon, 443856 9:58 PM Franz von Suppe — Jolly Robbers Overture Conductor: Zubin MehtaCBS/Sony, 44932 9:36 PM Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco — Guitar Concerto No. 1 Key: D major Opus: 99Conductor: Nicholas WardEnsemble: Northern Chamber OrchestraNorbert Kraft, guitarNaxos, 8550729 9:07 […]
Music From Movies 4-02-22
7:00 PM Elmer Bernstein The Great Escape: Theme Denon 75288 COND Elmer Bernstein ORCH Royal Philharmonic Pops Orch. 7:07 PM Elmer Bernstein Hollywood and the Stars Denon 75288 COND Elmer Bernstein ORCH Royal Philharmonic Pops Orch. 7:11 PM Elmer Bernstein The Age Of Innocence: Theme […]
WBJC’s Spring “Buy Back a Day” campaign is live!
5/9 UPDATE: You did it!! You have shortened the drive by two days, leaving only two days of a short and sweet pledge drive. Thursday 5/11 and Friday 5/12 we will be reaching out to those who have never become members to help get our active member count up. UPDATE: We are so close […]
A Good Friday offering from Music at St. David’s
For Good Friday, Music at St. David’s is presenting a program that draws on medieval imagery and symbolism. Douglas Buchanan, Director of Music Ministries, came in to talk about it.
Playlist: Apr/02/23
8:29 PM Camille Saint-Saens — Violin Concerto No. 3 Key: B minor Opus: 61Conductor: Zubin MehtaEnsemble: Israel Philharmonic OrchestraJulian Rachlin, ViolinCBS/Sony, 48373 7:31 PM Elmer Bernstein — The Magnificent Seven: Conductor: James SedaresKoch Intl., 7222 7:21 PM Elmer Bernstein — To Kill a Mockingbird: Theme Conductor: Elmer BernsteinDenon, 75288 7:15 PM Elmer Bernstein — The […]
Vocalise 4-01-23
8:00 PM Joseph Haydn Te Deum in C HOB 23 Philips 470286 COND John Eliot Gardiner ORCH English Baroque Soloists SOLO Monteverdi Choir 8:10 PM Sergei Rachmaninoff The Bells Op 35 Choral Sym. on EA Poe COND Mariss Jansons ORCH Bavarian Radio Symphony SOLO Tatiana Pavlovskaya, soprano SOLO Oleg Dolgov, tenor SOLO Alexey Markov, baritone […]
4-1-23 Music in Maryland. Happy Birthday Sergei Rachmaninoff
On this day we celebrate the 150th birthday of Sergei Rachmaninoff. The Baltimore Symphony did some excellent recordings of his music with David Zinman back in the day. The Symphonic Dances is particularly spectacular…and there is nothing wrong with Leon Fleisher playing the Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini with George Szell and the Cleveland […]