Archive for June, 2023

Jun. 10 2023

6-10-23 Face The Music Listings!

By Jonathan Palevsky | Posted in Face the Music, Host Blogs | Comments Off on 6-10-23 Face The Music Listings!

This week our panel was Phil Greenfield from the American Record Guide  Ed Goldstein…Tuba player extraordinaire and amazing Bassoonist Bryan Young!    Here is our program hope you enjoyed the show! PLAY DATE: Sat, 06/10/2023 5:00 PM            29757 Ernest Bloch                  Three Jewish Poems                      Steinway   30049 COND Jun Markl ORCH Indianapolis Symphony Orch. 24:12    C  1 5-7 […]

Jun. 10 2023

Playlist: Jun/10/23

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8:34 PM Richard Strauss — Four Last Songs Conductor: Kurt MasurEnsemble: Gewandhausorchester LeipzigJessye Norman, sopranoPhilips, 4758507 8:06 PM Richard Strauss — Die Tagezeiten Reference, 67 8:00 PM Richard Rodgers — Carousel: You’ll never walk alone Conductor: Patrick SummersEnsemble: Orchestra of St. Luke’sRenee Fleming, sopranoLondon, 1024 7:18 PM Johannes Brahms — Symphony No. 4 Key: E […]

Jun. 09 2023

Jose Rivera’s SONNETS FOR AN OLD CENTURY at Spooky Action Theater

By Gavin Witt | Posted in Interviews, Staff Blogs, WBJC Programs | Comments Off on Jose Rivera’s SONNETS FOR AN OLD CENTURY at Spooky Action Theater

Washington’s highly regarded Spooky Action Theater, long a leader in innovative and creative programming, features two debuts to close its 2022-23 season: one is the first production selected and helmed by the company’s new artistic director, Elizabeth Dinkova; the other is the area premiere of a powerfully resonant play by one of the country’s leading […]

Jun. 09 2023

Toccata listings for 6/11/23

By Mark Malinowski | Posted in Host Blogs, Toccata | Comments Off on Toccata listings for 6/11/23

On tonight’s program, harpsichord music from the Netherlands, a Liszt arrangement of his symphonic music for two pianos, and an organ concerto by C.P.E. Bach.  Thanks so much for listening, and enjoy!   6:00 PM 44047 Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck Echo Fantasia in C Centaur 2747 SOLO Gavin Black,harpsichord 10:08 C 1 11-11 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6:12 PM […]

Jun. 09 2023

Playlist: Jun/09/23

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11:04 PM Gustav Mahler — Symphony No. 3 Key: D minor Conductor: Esa-Pekka SalonenEnsemble: Los Angeles PhilharmonicWomen’s Voices ofLos Angeles Master ChoralePaulist Boy ChoristersAnna Larsson, contraltoCBS/Sony, 60250 10:27 PM Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Piano Concerto No. 1 Key: B flat minor Opus: 23Conductor: Leonard BernsteinEnsemble: New York PhilharmonicPhilippe Entremont, pianoCBS/Sony, 61828 10:10 PM Jacques Ibert […]

Jun. 08 2023

6-17-23 Music in Maryland

By Jonathan Palevsky | Posted in Host Blogs, Music In Maryland | Comments Off on 6-17-23 Music in Maryland

I’m in Leipzig with the WBJC tour…here is some music by some of the many composers who have a presence in this amazingly musical part of Germany. PLAY DATE: Sat, 06/17/2023 6:00 PM 681 Leonard Bernstein Candide Overture London 452916 COND David Zinman David ZIHN mihn ORCH Baltimore Symphony Orchestra 4:19 C 1 1-1 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ […]

Jun. 08 2023

6-10-23 Music in Maryland

By Jonathan Palevsky | Posted in Host Blogs, Music In Maryland | Comments Off on 6-10-23 Music in Maryland

This week Isata Kanneh Mason is intown with the Baltimore Symphony.  Here are some of the pieces she is playing as well as what the BSO is doing. PLAY DATE: Sat, 06/17/2023 6:00 PM 5399 Clara Schumann Piano Concerto in a Op 7 London 4850020 COND Holly Mathieson ORCH Royal Liverpool Philharmonic O SOLO Isata […]

Jun. 08 2023

Thursday 6/08/23 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

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11:00 PM MAZZOLI: Sinfonia (for Orbiting Spheres) BRAHMS: Violin Concerto DVORAK: Symphony No. 9, “From the New World” Nathalie Stutzman, conductor; Daniel Lozakovich, violin

Jun. 08 2023

Playlist: Jun/08/23

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10:35 PM Carl Maria von Weber — Clarinet Concerto No. 2 Key: E flat major Opus: 74Conductor: Gerard SchwarzEnsemble: English Chamber OrchestraEmma Johnson, clarinetASV, 747 10:09 PM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — String Quartet No. 23 Key: FTeldec, 72480 10:00 PM Johann Strauss II — An Artist’s Life: Waltz Opus: 316Conductor: Leonard BernsteinCBS/Sony, 47627 9:46 PM […]

Jun. 07 2023

Wednesday 6/07/23 San Francisco Symphony

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11:00 PM CONDUCTOR:                        Esa-Pekka Salonen SOLOISTS:                              Leila Josefowicz*   Elizabeth Ogonek:                    Sleep & Unremembrance Stravinsky:                               Violin Concerto in D major* Stravinsky:                               Le Sacre du printemps (1947 revision)

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