Archive for May, 2024
Monday 5/06/24 New York Philharmonic
11:00 PM Conductor: Alan Gilbert Soloists: Alan Opie, baritone Melissa Parks, mezzo-soprano Keith Jameson, tenor Wilbur Pauley, bass Joshua Bloom, baritone Isabel Bayrakdarian, soprano Marie Lenormand, mezzo-soprano Serena Benedetti, soprano Kelley O’Connor, mezzo-soprano Emalie Savoy, soprano Devon Guthrie, soprano Lacey Benter, mezzo-soprano New York Choral Artists/ Joseph Flummerfelt, director Metropolitan Opera Children’s Chorus Leoš […]
Playlist: May/06/24
10:21 PM Sir Hubert Parry — Piano Concerto Key: F sharp major Conductor: Martyn BrabbinsEnsemble: BBC Scottish Symphony OrchestrPiers Lane, pianoHyperion, 66820 9:58 PM Luigi Boccherini — Guitar Quintet No. 4 Key: G major Ensemble: Artaria QuartetRichard Savino, guitarHarm Mundi, 3957026 9:18 PM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Symphony No. 38 Key: DConductor: Claudio AbbadoDG/Archiv, 4777598 […]
Music From Movies 5-05-24
7:00 PM John Addison Theme from “Tom Jones” RCA/BMG 60393 COND Arthur Fiedler ORCH Boston Pops Orchestra 7:05 PM Anthony Newley/ Leslie BricussWilly Wonka: Main Title MCA 37124 ORCH Studio Orchestra 7:07 PM Anthony Newley/ Leslie BricussWilly Wonka: Pure imagination MCA 37124 ORCH Studio Orchestra […]
Playlist: May/05/24
8:27 PM Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Serenade for Strings Key: C major Opus: 48Conductor: Andrew LittonVirgin, 90798 7:28 PM Alexandre Desplat — The Painted Veil Conductor: Alexandre DesplatEnsemble: Prague Symphony OrchestraLang Lang, pianoDG/Archiv, 4776552 7:13 PM Ennio Morricone — The Mission: Suite from the Film Conductor: Paul BatemanEnsemble: City of Prague PhilharmonicThe Crouch End Festival […]
Vocalise 5-04-24
8:00 PM George Frederich Handel Ariodante: “Il primo ardor Avie 2350 COND Jeannette Sorrell ORCH Apollo’s Fire SOLO Amanda Forsythe, soprano 8:05 PM Joaquin Rodrigo Cuatro Madrigales Amatorios: Coplillas Angel/EMI 56175 SOLO Placido Domingo, tenor SOLO Manuel Barrueco, guitar 8:06 PM Joaquin Rodrigo “Coplas del Pastor enamorado” Angel/EMI 56175 SOLO Placido Domingo, tenor SOLO Manuel […]
Playlist: May/04/24
8:12 PM Charles Gounod — St. Cecilia Mass Conductor: Georges PretreEnsemble: Radio France Philharmonic Orchand ChorusBarbara Hendricks, sopranoLaurence Dale, tenorJean-Philippe LaFont, baritoneAngel/EMI, 47094 8:06 PM Joaquin Rodrigo — “Coplas del Pastor enamorado” Placido Domingo, tenorManuel Barrueco, guitarAngel/EMI, 56175 8:05 PM Joaquin Rodrigo — Cuatro Madrigales Amatorios: Coplillas Placido Domingo, tenorManuel Barrueco, guitarAngel/EMI, 56175 8:00 PM […]
New on the Bookshelf at The Walters
Last June, The Walters Art Museum inaugurated a new exhibition space to introduce rare books and manuscripts added to the Walters permanent collection in recent years, many of which have never been on view. I invited Lynley Anne Herbert, the Robert and Nancy Hall Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts, into the BookNotes studio […]
Reimagining Shakespeare
We speak often on WBJC about the composers who were inspired by Shakespeare—from Mendelssohn and A Midsummer Night’s Dream to the 20th century version of Romeo and Juliet in the form of West Side Story. What is perhaps not as well known is how Shakespeare himself was inspired by other creatives. With a genius like […]
Toccata listings for 5/5/24
On tonight’s program, a harpsichord partita by a contemporary of J.S. Bach, and music for Bandoneon and orchestra. Thanks so much for listening, and enjoy! 6:01 PM 43474 Christoph Graupner Harpsichord Partita No. 7 in e GWV 107 Analekta 9116 SOLO Genevieve Soly, harpsichord 26:12 C 1 14-21 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6:31 PM 46781 Astor Piazzolla Five […]
Playlist: May/03/24
11:56 PM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — String Quartet No. 19 Key: C major London, 473963 10:33 PM Sergei Rachmaninoff — Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Opus: 43Conductor: Yannick Nezet-SeguinEnsemble: The Philadelphia OrchestraDaniil Trifonov, pianoDG/Archiv, 4794970 10:18 PM Aaron Copland — El Salon Mexico Conductor: Leonard BernsteinDG/Archiv, 6583 9:39 PM Isaac Albeniz — Suite Espanola […]