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Toccata listings for 3/14/21
On tonight’s program, a monumental organ sonata from England, and a concerto by one of J.S. Bach’s sons. thanks for listening, and enjoy! 6:00 PM 43901 Sir Charles Villiers Stanford Sonata Eroica #2 Op 151 Pro Organo 7203 SOLO Eric Plutz, organ 28:12 C 1 4-6 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6:33 PM 52520 Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach […]
Music From Movies 03-07-21
7:00 PM Tetris (video game theme) Analekta 8734 COND Angele Dubeau ORCH La Pieta SOLO Angele Dubeau, violin 7:06 PM Georges Delerue: Jules and Jim: main title, Vacances, Catherine Et Jim Nonesuch 79405 COND Hugh Wolff ORCH London Sinfonietta 7:17 PM Rachel Portman: The Cider House Rules CBS/Sony 89031 […]
Vocalise 03/06/21
8:00 PM Kurt Weill: The Threepenny Opera: Mack the Knife Decca 159463 SOLO Lotte Lenya SOLO Marc Blitzstein, piano 8:02 PM Joseph Canteloube: Songs of the Auvergne: Series 1,4,5 London 444995 COND Sir Jeffrey Tate ORCH English Chamber Orchestra SOLO Dame Kiri Te Kanawa,soprano
3-6-21 Face The Music Listings.
A Pretty impressive show with some great repertoire. Canada’s Analekta lable shines. Our panel was author and pianist Kris Faatz, WBJC’s Operations Director and Weekend Host Kati Harrison and Jack Fishman Executive Director of the Baltimore Choral Arts Society and a bass player in his former life. PLAY DATE: Sat, 03/6/20215:00 PM 93 Frederic Chopin […]
3-6-21 Music in Maryland BSO & USMB!
That’s a lot of initials! I am playing three selections featuring the United States Marine Band and four with The Baltimore Symphony. Nice to have a piece by Jonathan Leshnoff we haven’t played before! PLAY DATE: Sat, 03/06/2021 6:00 PM 11891 Sir Edward Elgar Fantasia and Fugue (By Bach) in c Op 86 USMB […]
Booknotes and one of the driving forces behind Folger Shakespeare
Janet Alexander Griffin, who has shaped the vision and strategy for all of Folger’s cultural programming including theater performances, music concerts, poetry readings, talks, and other humanities programs, will retire on March 31st. It was my pleasure to reflect on her tenure of 44 years.
Toccata listings for 3/7/21
On tonight’s program, Bach on a pedal harpsichord, music for piano duo by one of the Scharwenka brothers, and music for piano and orchestra by a Finnish composer. Thanks for listening, and enjoy! 6:00 PM 4680 Johann Sebastian Bach Prelude & Fugue in G BWV 541 Augustana 1 SOLO Tom Robin Harris 7:02 C […]
The Fashions of the Opera
My husband and I are outliers in a number of ways, one of which is that we still dress up when we go to the theater or the opera. We’re both vintage enthusiasts as well and enjoy researching the proper attire for a particular era when we attend “period” (usually 1920’s) events. Well, […]
Music From Movies 02-28-21
Like the barn raising scene in “Witness,” you helped raise the funds to make the goal and end WBJC’s pledge drive early! Thank You! 7:00 PM Maurice Jarre Witness: Building the Barn Silva 1047 COND Paul Bateman ORCH City of Prague Philharmonic 7:06 PM Richard Rodgers Victory at Sea Suite Telarc […]
Toccata listings for 2/28/21
On tonight’s program, a Vivaldi concerto arranged for organ by J.S. Bach, and a piano concerto by Beethoven’s friend, Ferdinand Ries. Thanks to everyone who made a pladge of support for WBJC during our Winter Fundraiser, which ended early, thank you you! Thanks so much, and enjoy! 6:00 PM 5375 Johann Sebastian Bach Organ […]
