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Mark is WBJC's morning host. His full bio can be read here.

Aug. 12 2013

Back in the Saddle

By Mark Malinowski | Posted in Host Blogs | 2 Comments

After being without the bike for a week, while it was in the shop for some spoke repair, it was good to back on 2 wheels again for the ride in to work.  It is really surprising how much I missed it.  It is a funny thing how something can become so much a part […]

Aug. 11 2013

08/11/13 – Toccata Rundown

By Mark Malinowski | Posted in Host Blogs, Toccata | Comments Off on 08/11/13 – Toccata Rundown

6:00 PM           Ferdinand Ries                Sonata in f Op 26                       Naxos      572204 SOLO Susan Kagan, piano 6:34 PM           Vaclav Trojan                 Fairy Tales–Concerto for Accordion     Champs Hil 55 COND Clark Rundell ORCH BBC National Orch. of Wales SOLO Ksenija Sidorova, Accordion

Aug. 04 2013

08/04/13 – Toccata Rundown

By Mark Malinowski | Posted in Host Blogs, Toccata | Comments Off on 08/04/13 – Toccata Rundown

6:00 PM 17743 Antonio Soler Concerto No. 2 in a Pro Organo 7049 SOLO Quentin Faulkner,organ SOLO Mary Murrell Faulkner,organ 6:14 PM 26546 Alexander Glazunov Piano Sonata No.1 in b-Flat Op 74 Hyperion 66833 SOLO Stephen Coombs, piano 6:37 PM 37985 Michael Easton Concerto on Australian Themes Naxos 554368 COND Brett Kelly ORCH State Orchestra […]

Jul. 28 2013

07/28/13 Toccata Rundown

By Mark Malinowski | Posted in Host Blogs, Toccata | Comments Off on 07/28/13 Toccata Rundown

         6:00 PM Dietrich Buxtehude            Passacaglia in d BUX 161                Titanic    207 SOLO Bernard Lagace, organ        6:10 PM Camille Saint-Saens           Six Etudes for the Left Hand  Op 135    CBS/Sony   48081 SOLO Leon Fleisher, piano        6:28 PM Bohuslav Martinu              Piano Concerto No.3                     Supraphon  1929 COND Karel Ancerl ORCH Czech Philharmonic Orchestra  Check  Philharmonic […]

Jul. 26 2013

Awareness

By Mark Malinowski | Posted in Host Blogs | 9 Comments

In an earlier missive, I mentioned how riding a bike gives one a new perspective on one’s surroundings.   Well, I’ve been commuting to work here at WBJC from my home in Catonsville for a few weeks now, and I have to say that my perspective on several things has changed since I started. For one […]

Jul. 21 2013

07/21/13 Toccata Rundown

By Mark Malinowski | Posted in Host Blogs, Toccata | Comments Off on 07/21/13 Toccata Rundown

6:00 PM            22273           Bernardo Storace              Passacaglia                             Angel/EMI  54319 SOLO Bob van Asperen, harpsichord 7:02 6:10 PM            48562           Karen Amrhein                 Dance Card                              HappyLemon 2 SOLO Lura Johnson, Piano 20:15 6:30 PM            33522           Franz Xaver Scharwenka        Piano Concerto No.1 in b-Flat  Op 32    Elan       82266 COND Erich Leinsdorf               Erik  LINES dorf ORCH Boston Symphony […]

Jul. 14 2013

07/14/13 – Toccata Rundown

By Mark Malinowski | Posted in Host Blogs, Toccata | Comments Off on 07/14/13 – Toccata Rundown

6:00 PM            1 Ludwig van Beethoven          Symphony No.  5 in c Op 67              Naxos      8550457 SOLO Konstantin Scherbakov, piano 34:40    C  1 5-8 6:40 PM            36496 Johann Christian Bach         Harpsichord Concerto in B flat major    CPO        999393 COND Anthony Halstead ORCH Hanover Band SOLO Anthony Halstead, harpsichord 19:11    C  1 4-6

Jul. 07 2013

This week on “Toccata.” 7/07/13

By Mark Malinowski | Posted in Host Blogs, Toccata | Comments Off on This week on “Toccata.” 7/07/13

I hope you can join me this Sunday at 6 on WBJC for “Toccata.”  We’ll hear a fine performance of the Organ sonata No. 1 by Felix Mendelssohn, who was a virtuoso organist and wrote quite a bit of very fine music for the King of Instruments.  then we’ll Brahms’ Sonata for 2 Pianos.  It’s […]

Jul. 04 2013

Learning the terrain

By Mark Malinowski | Posted in Host Blogs | 8 Comments

I have recently started riding my bike to work.  Not every day.  I try to do it most days, but if it’s raining, or if I have errands to run after work, then I take a pass.  Really the hardest part is getting up a half hour earlier.   A half hour may not sound like […]

Jun. 30 2013

06/30/13 – Toccata Rundown

By Mark Malinowski | Posted in Staff Blogs, Toccata | Comments Off on 06/30/13 – Toccata Rundown

6:00 PM Dietrich Buxtehude Praeludium in C WV  137 SOLO Claudia Dumschat, organ 5:04 Pro Organo 7198 6:09 PM Ludwig van Beethoven Wellington’s Victory (Battle Symphony) SOLO Steven Beck, military piano 17:01 Monument   40503 6:27 PM Miklos Rozsa Piano Concerto  Op 31 COND Laszlo Kovacs ORCH North Hungarian Symphony Orch. SOLO Danielli Laval,piano 29:53 Valois     […]

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