Archive for December, 2024

Dec. 15 2024

Playlist: Dec/15/24

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8:35 PM Robert Schumann — Cello Concerto Key: A minor Opus: 129Conductor: Claudio CruzEnsemble: Royal Northern SinfoniaAntonio Meneses, celloAvie, 2373 8:26 PM Traditional — Festive Cheer Teldec, 46443 8:24 PM Traditional — Gabriel’s Message Teldec, 46443 8:19 PM Traditional — Quem pastores laudavere Teldec, 46443 8:00 PM Ernest Tomlinson — English Folk Dances: Suite No.2 […]

Dec. 14 2024

12-14-24 Music in Maryland takes a Messiah Break!

By Jonathan Palevsky | Posted in Host Blogs, Music In Maryland | 1 Comment

Tis the season and tis Messiah season!  I love Handel’s Messiah and I love playing the Beecham version of Messiah every year on WBJC!  I see no reason why this tradition shouldn’t continue.  So sit back and enjoy the fabulous Beecham Messiah recorded in 1959. PLAY DATE: Sat, 12/14/2024 6:00 PM            114 George Frederich Handel       […]

Dec. 14 2024

12-24-24 Face The Music Listings!

By Jonathan Palevsky | Posted in Face the Music, Host Blogs | Comments Off on 12-24-24 Face The Music Listings!

This week composer/pianist John Bowen visits us from Chicago and we pay tribute to  tuba player the late Ed Goldstein who adds his usual magic as we re-run an oldie but a goodie for the holidays! PLAY DATE: Sat, 12/14/2024 5:00 PM 9398 Johann Sebastian Bach Nun Freut Euch, Liebern Christen, G’MeinDG/Archiv 4835022 SOLO Vikingur […]

Dec. 14 2024

Playlist: Dec/14/24

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8:23 PM Camille Saint-Saens — Christmas Oratorio Opus: 12Conductor: Martin FlamigEnsemble: Dresden Philharmonicand ChorusAnd various soloistsCapriccio, 10216 8:07 PM Ariel Ramirez — Navidad Nuestra Conductor: Robert De CormierAlbany, 746 8:00 PM Traditional — O Come, O Come, Emmanuel Jessye Norman, sopranoPhilips, 420180 6:00 PM George Frederich Handel — Messiah Conductor: Sir Thomas BeechamEnsemble: Royal Philharmonic […]

Dec. 13 2024

Toccata listings for 12/15/25

By Mark Malinowski | Posted in Host Blogs, Toccata | Comments Off on Toccata listings for 12/15/25

On tonight’s program, some holiday harpsichord music, and an Italian piano concerto.  thanks for listening, and enjoy!   6:01 PM 50135 Edwin McLean, arranger A Baroque Christmas Alienor 1207 SOLO Elaine Funaro, harpsichord 20:26 C 1 4-14 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6:24 PM 21081 Giuseppe Martucci Piano Concerto No. 1 in d Naxos 570931 COND Francesco La Vecchia […]

Dec. 13 2024

Playlist: Dec/13/24

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11:57 PM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Symphony No. 38 Key: DConductor: Sir Neville MarrinerPhilips, 438332 11:43 PM Johann Strauss II — A Night in Venice: ‘Komm’ in die gondel Conductor: Fried WalterEnsemble: Berlin Symphony OrchestraFritz Wunderlich, tenorLisa Otto, sopranoRudolf Schock, tenorAngel/EMI, 62993 11:28 PM Johann Sebastian Bach — Italian Concerto Key: F major Rosalyn Tureck, […]

Dec. 12 2024

Thursday 12/12/24 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

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11:00 PM MARTINU: Thunderbolt P-47 PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No. 3 MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition   Petr Popelka, conductor; Yulianna Avdeeva, piano

Dec. 12 2024

Playlist: Dec/12/24

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9:23 PM Antonin Dvorak — Violin Concerto Key: A minor Opus: 53Conductor: Daniel BarenboimEnsemble: London Philharmonic OrchestraItzhak Perlman, violinAngel/EMI, 83185 9:14 PM Leroy Anderson — A Christmas Festival Conductor: Frederick FennellMercury, 434376 9:06 PM Frederic Chopin — Waltz No. 7 Key: C sharp minor Opus: 64Ruth Slenczynska, piano , 1016 8:24 PM Ludwig van Beethoven […]

Dec. 11 2024

Holiday chills & thrills at Everyman

By Gavin Witt | Posted in Interviews, Staff Blogs, WBJC Programs | Comments Off on Holiday chills & thrills at Everyman

As a savory option to contrast the barrage of typical holiday sweets, Baltimore’s Everyman Theatre is presenting another in their ongoing tradition of murder mysteries to liven up our winter playgoing. This time, it’s a classic locked-room whodunit by the Queen of Crime herself, Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None–as originally adapted for the […]

Dec. 11 2024

Wednesday 12/11/24 European Broadcasting Union!

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11:00 PM Tchaikovsky in Berlin: Stravinsky, Bartók, and Tchaikovsky Maria Dueñas shines in Béla Bartók’s darkly beautiful Violin Concerto No. 2 with conductor Elim Chan. The Berlin Radio Symphony rounds out the program with works by Igor Stravinsky and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.   ORCHESTRA              Berlin Radio Symphony CONDUCTOR             Elim Chan SOLOIST                     Maria Dueñas, violin […]

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