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Jonathan is WBJC's Program Director and host of many WBJC programs. His full bio can be read here.

Nov. 18 2022

11-19-22 Music in Maryland…Nothing Fancy!

By Jonathan Palevsky | Posted in Host Blogs, Music In Maryland | Comments Off on 11-19-22 Music in Maryland…Nothing Fancy!

This week we have nothing fancy but some great music.  The Baltimore Symphony is playing Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique and pianist Stewart Goodyear is playing Ravel Piano Concerto for the Left Hand.  We played the Ravel a little while ago so we substituted the Leroy Anderson!  We threw in the Prokofiev for good measure with Marin […]

Oct. 29 2022

10-30-21 Pro Musica Rara: Poe and the Diabolical Baroque and We’ll Always Have Paris!

By Jonathan Palevsky | Posted in Host Blogs, Music In Maryland | Comments Off on 10-30-21 Pro Musica Rara: Poe and the Diabolical Baroque and We’ll Always Have Paris!

Well boys and girls it’s two days before Halloween and we are broadcasting a concert featuring scary baroque and baroque like music.  On the program tonight…   Bertali: Chiacona Marais: The Gallbladder Operation…very scary! Froberger: Tombeau on the death of Mr. Blancheroche Whear: The Cask of Amontillado Before that we are presenting selections from a […]

Oct. 29 2022

11-5-2022 Music in Maryland Marin Alsop returns to Baltimore!

By Jonathan Palevsky | Posted in Host Blogs, Music In Maryland | Comments Off on 11-5-2022 Music in Maryland Marin Alsop returns to Baltimore!

On 11/10 & 11 Marin Alsop returns to Baltimore to conduct Beethoven’s 5th symphony and Shostakovich’s 1st Violin Concerto with soloist Augustin Hadelich.  I picked some of my favorite performances.  Also composer Manolo Sanlucar passed earlier this year so we played his Medea Suite featuring guitarist Manuel Barrueco. 6:00 PM 48941 Manolo Sanlucar Medea: Suite […]

Oct. 29 2022

11-5-2022 Face The Music Listings

By Jonathan Palevsky | Posted in Face the Music, Host Blogs | Comments Off on 11-5-2022 Face The Music Listings

This week it was all vocal as I had Jim Harp from Maryland Opera and Blake Clark (Music Director)  and Jack Fishman (Executive Director)  from Baltimore Choral Arts.  2 pieces of choral music and 2 operatic selections…we had fun! 5:00 PM 1579 Ruggiero Leoncavallo Pagliacci: Prologo “Si puo? Si puo?” LWF 59279 COND Frieder Weissmann […]

Oct. 28 2022

10-29-22 Face the Music Listings!

By Jonathan Palevsky | Posted in Face the Music, Host Blogs | Comments Off on 10-29-22 Face the Music Listings!

This week we had a truly amazing show with fantastic commentary and performances.  A show like this doesn’t come around often.  Our panel was WBJC’s Kati Harrison, Phil Greenfield from The American Record Guide and Jed Gaylin from the Bay Atlantic Orchestra and Hopkins Symphony. PLAY DATE: Sat, 10/29/2022 5:00 PM 299 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart […]

Oct. 22 2022

10-22-2022 Music in Maryland: Marc Andre Hamelin @ Candlelight Concert Society in Columbia 10-29!

By Jonathan Palevsky | Posted in Host Blogs, Music In Maryland | Comments Off on 10-22-2022 Music in Maryland: Marc Andre Hamelin @ Candlelight Concert Society in Columbia 10-29!

Pianist Marc Andre Hamelin will be in Columbia on 10/29 and I had the pleasure of interviewing him on Zoom! Here’s what else was on the program! 6:16 PM 2334 Robert Schumann Fantasia in C Op 17 Hyperion 67166 SOLO Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano Am-la(ng) 32:51 C 1 1-3 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6:50 PM 242 Antonin Dvorak Symphony […]

Oct. 22 2022

10-22-2022 Face The Music Listings!

By Jonathan Palevsky | Posted in Face the Music, Host Blogs | Comments Off on 10-22-2022 Face The Music Listings!

This week our panel was WBJC’s Operations Director/Weekend Host Kati Harrison, Bryan Young, Bassoonist from the Poulenc Trio and Pianist Lisa Weiss.  An interesting show…particularly the Mozart! PLAY DATE: Sat, 10/22/2022 5:00 PM 2086 Maurice Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin Pentatone 5186204 COND Seiji Ozawa SAY gee Oh ZOW uh ORCH Boston Symphony Orchestra 17:00 […]

Oct. 08 2022

10-8-2022 Music in Maryland Brentano Quartet!

By Jonathan Palevsky | Posted in Host Blogs, Music In Maryland | Comments Off on 10-8-2022 Music in Maryland Brentano Quartet!

Sunday 10/9 @ 4 The Brentano Quartet will be performing for the Candlelight Concert Society in Columbia.  https://candlelightconcerts.org/ I thought it would be nice to hear their Schubert Cello Quintet and threw in some Baltimore Symphony and Leon Fleisher for good measure. 6:01 PM 1832 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Sonata No. 10 in C K […]

Oct. 08 2022

10-8-2022 Face The Music Listings!

By Jonathan Palevsky | Posted in Face the Music, Host Blogs | Comments Off on 10-8-2022 Face The Music Listings!

This week our panel was Phil Greenfield from the American Record Guide and WBJC’s Kati Harrison.  It was a really nice show with some excellent recordings! PLAY DATE: Sat, 10/08/2022 5:00 PM 831 Ernest Chausson Poeme for Violin & Orchestra Op 25 DG/Archiv 4860462 COND Yannick Nezet-Seguin Jah-NEEK Nay-zay-Say-ga(n) ORCH The Philadelphia Orchestra SOLO Lisa […]

Oct. 07 2022

10-7-2022 Mozart and the amazing Clarinet Quintet Podcast for 31 in 31 fans!

By Jonathan Palevsky | Posted in Host Blogs | Comments Off on 10-7-2022 Mozart and the amazing Clarinet Quintet Podcast for 31 in 31 fans!

Greetings WBJC listeners and especially fans of 31 in 31! Many people have asked of we will post 31 in 31 on line so they can listen to it.  The answer is I will get to it shortly so no worries…In the meantime until I do here is a podcast all about Mozart’s amazing Clarinet […]

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