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

Mar. 02 2024

3-2-24 Music in Maryland: Poulenc Trio, Jonathan Leshnoff, Amit Peled, Leon Fleisher and BSO!

By Jonathan Palevsky | Posted in Host Blogs, Music In Maryland | Comments Off on 3-2-24 Music in Maryland: Poulenc Trio, Jonathan Leshnoff, Amit Peled, Leon Fleisher and BSO!

I’m not sure what all these musicians have in common but they are all on Music in Maryland and this should make for a good show!   PLAY DATE: Sat, 03/02/2024, 6:00 PM 5603 Mikhail Glinka Piano Trio in d Trio “Pathetique” Marquis 14032 ORCH The Poulenc Trio 14:50 C 1 1-4 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6:16 PM […]

Feb. 24 2024

2-10-24 Face The Music Listings

By Jonathan Palevsky | Posted in Face the Music, Host Blogs | Comments Off on 2-10-24 Face The Music Listings

This week we had some really fine recordings.  The Finlandia with chorus was great as was pretty much everything else!  Our panel was the late Ed Goldstein former tuba player from the Annapolis Symphony and WBJC’s Kati Harrison.  I almost forgot…the Cuban music was fabulous! Here are the listings! PLAY DATE: Sat, 2/10/2024 5:00 PM […]

Feb. 23 2024

2-24-24 Music in Maryland: A Musical Thank You!

By Jonathan Palevsky | Posted in Host Blogs, Music In Maryland | Comments Off on 2-24-24 Music in Maryland: A Musical Thank You!

How fabulous are WBJC’s listeners…the answer is VERY!  Here is my musical thank you with some of my favorite recordings by local musicians…past and present. PLAY DATE: Sat, 02/24/2024 6:00 PM 6521 Jerome Kern All the Things You Are Bridge 9429 SOLO Leon Fleisher, piano LEE-on FLY-sher 4:50 C 1 9-9 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6:06 PM 1287 […]

Feb. 17 2024

2-17-2024 Music in Maryland. Sharon Isbin!

By Jonathan Palevsky | Posted in Host Blogs, Music In Maryland | Comments Off on 2-17-2024 Music in Maryland. Sharon Isbin!

This week we are paying tribute to guitarist Sharon Isbin who is coming to Baltimore on 2/24 for the Baltimore Classical Guitar Society.  http://bcgs.org Here is a link to the interview that I did with her on Zoom earlier in the week! PLAY DATE: Sat, 02/17/2024 6:08 PM 54307 Chris Brubeck Affinity: Concerto For Guitar […]

Feb. 17 2024

2/17/24 Face The Music Listings

By Jonathan Palevsky | Posted in Face the Music, Host Blogs | 2 Comments

Our panelists were the late Dave Donovan FTM Panelist Emeritus and Ernie Green from the Annapolis Chorale and Chamber Orchestra.  The Gilels was special and the Say was very fine…Finally what can one say about great vintage HVK. PLAY DATE: Sat, 2/17/2024 5:00 PM 22698 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Sonata No. 17 (or 18) in […]

Feb. 10 2024

2-10-24 Music in Maryland…A Quick Tribute To Leontyne Price and Seiji Ozawa plus the BSO Playing Gershwin that isn’t Rhapsody in Blue!

By Jonathan Palevsky | Posted in Host Blogs, Music In Maryland | Comments Off on 2-10-24 Music in Maryland…A Quick Tribute To Leontyne Price and Seiji Ozawa plus the BSO Playing Gershwin that isn’t Rhapsody in Blue!

Leontyne Price turned 97 today and though we paid tribute to her on the Opera Preview her recording of Samuel Barber’s Knoxville Summer of 1915 is stunning.  Also we are playing Gershwin’s Piano Concerto because everyone else is playing Rhapsody in Blue in honor of the centennial!  Finally a couple of Seiji Ozawa recordings in […]

Feb. 04 2024

2-4-2023 Face The Music Listings

By Jonathan Palevsky | Posted in Face the Music, Host Blogs | Comments Off on 2-4-2023 Face The Music Listings

This week our panel was made up of our own Operations Director & Weekend Host  Kati Harrison and Phil Greenfield from The American Record Guide.  We loved the Prokofiev…The rest was fine! Here are the listings…hope you enjoyed the show! PLAY DATE: Sat, 02/4/2023 5:00 PM            5532 Sergei Prokofiev              Piano Concerto No.  2 in g […]

Feb. 03 2024

2-3-24 Music in Maryland…Rhapsody in Blue Turns 100!

By Jonathan Palevsky | Posted in Host Blogs, Music In Maryland | Comments Off on 2-3-24 Music in Maryland…Rhapsody in Blue Turns 100!

This is the original pencil score of Rhapsody in blue which was created in January of 1924.  The orchestration was finished on February 4, 1924 and the first performance took place on February 12, 1924. Both Rachmaninov and Heifetz were there so I though it would be nice to celebrate them as well.  Heifetz also […]

Feb. 03 2024

2-3-24 Face The Music Listings!

By Jonathan Palevsky | Posted in Face the Music, Host Blogs | Comments Off on 2-3-24 Face The Music Listings!

It’s an all new show this week with Jed Gaylin from the Bay Atlantic Symphony Orchestra, Phil Greenfield from the American Record Guide and WBJC’s own Kati Harrison! I picked some selections from the enormous collection that Dave Donovan left us!  They were all winners! PLAY DATE: Sat, 02/03/2024 5:00 PM 201 Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky […]

Jan. 27 2024

1-27-24 Face The Music Listings. Happy Birthday Mozart

By Jonathan Palevsky | Posted in Face the Music, Host Blogs | Comments Off on 1-27-24 Face The Music Listings. Happy Birthday Mozart

This week we celebrate Mozart’s birthday (1.27/1756) with lots of his music in fabulous performances.  Our panel; pianist and author Kris Faatz, Dave Donovan FTM Panelist Emeritus and tuba player Ed Goldstein.  All the recordings were lovely…Everyone left with a smile on their face! PLAY DATE: Sat, 01/27/2024 5:00 PM 8180 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Marriage […]

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