Archive for December, 2023
Thursday 12/21/23 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM BENDIX-BALGLEY: Fidl-Fantazye: A Klezmer Concerto VIVALDI: Concerto for Violin and Cello in B-flat major, R. 547 STRAUSS: Family Waltzes & Polkas Manfred Honeck, conductor; Noah Bendix-Balgley, violin; Anne Martindale Williams, cello
Playlist: Dec/21/23
8:46 PM Giuseppe Torelli — Concerto Grosso No. 6 Key: G minor Opus: 8Conductor: Herbert von KarajanDG/Archiv, 419413 8:22 PM Charles Ives — Symphony No. 3 Conductor: Michael Tilson ThomasCBS/Sony, 37823 8:05 PM Johann Sebastian Bach — French Suite No. 6 Key: E major Andras Schiff, pianoLondon, 433313 8:01 PM Leroy Anderson — Sleigh Ride […]
Wednesday 12/20/23 Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM CONDUCTOR: Ken-David Masur SOLOIST: Aaron Diehl Trio* Milwaukee Symphony Women’s Chorus** William Grant Still: Symphony No. 2, “Song of a New Race” Mary-Lou Williams: Zodiac Suite* Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32**
Playlist: Dec/20/23
9:31 PM Johann Sebastian Bach — Harpsichord Concerto No.1 Key: D minor Conductor: Leonard BernsteinEnsemble: Columbia Symphony OrchestraGlenn Gould, pianoCBS/Sony, 60211 9:22 PM Gordon Langford — A Christmas Fantasy Conductor: Brian KayEnsemble: Sellers Engineering BandHuddersfield Choral SocietyChandos, 4530 9:14 PM Frederic Chopin — Waltz No. 3 Key: A minor Opus: 34Garrick Ohlsson, pianoArabesque, 6669 8:50 […]
Is it Hanukah, Chanukah or Khanukah Whichever it is the programs are finally posted!
First let me thank everyone for inspiring me to do this by pledging at WBJC.com. I wanted to say thank you and this is what came to me at 3 in the morning! I also want to thank Cantor Gideon Zelermyer of the Shaar Hashomayim in Montreal who helped this project with some great suggestions! […]
Tuesday 12/19/23 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM This broadcast celebrate the CSO’s sixth music director Fritz Reiner! Dmitri Kabalevsky Colas Breugnon Overture 1959 (RCA) Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 88 in G Major 1960 (RCA) Jaromír Weinberger Polka and Fugue from Schwanda the Bagpiper 1956 (RCA) Rolf Liebermann Concerto for Jazz Band and […]
Playlist: Dec/19/23
9:50 PM Traditional — The First Noel Conductor: Richard WestenburgDG/Archiv, 445766 9:36 PM William Boyce — Symphony No. 8 Key: D minor Conductor: Ross PopleArte Nova, 34032 9:11 PM Joseph Haydn — Cello Concerto No. 2 Key: D major Opus: 101Conductor: Sir Roger NorringtonEnsemble: Chamber Orchestra of EuropeSteven Isserlis, celloRCA/BMG, 68578 8:59 PM Henry Doktorski […]
Monday 12/18/23 New York Philharmonic
11:00 PM CONDUCTOR: Leonard Slatkin, Lorin Maazel SOLOISTS: Robert Langevin, flute Aaron COPLAND: El Salón México Christopher ROUSE: Flute Concerto Maurice RAVEL: Gaspard de la nuit Maurice RAVEL: Boléro Claude DEBUSSY: Ibéria
Playlist: Dec/18/23
9:49 PM Adolph Adam — O Holy Night Conductor: Richard WestenburgEnsemble: RCA Victor SingersWilliam Whitehead,organ,bellsRCA/BMG, 61910 9:29 PM Carl Nielsen — Flute Concerto Conductor: Esa-Pekka SalonenEnsemble: Swedish Radio Symphony OrchestPer Flemstrom,fluteCBS/Sony, 53276 9:20 PM Frederic Chopin — Polonaise No. 6 Key: A flat major Opus: 53Artur Rubinstein, pianoRCA/BMG, 61160 9:06 PM Leroy Anderson — Suite […]
BookNotes Review December 2023
Absolution Alice McDermott Homicide: The Graphic Novel Part II David Simon Illustrated by Philippe Squarzoni Becoming Ella Fitzgerald: The Jazz Singer Who Transformed American Song Judith Tick Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning Liz Cheney
