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10-28-23 Face The Music Listings!
This week we had a great panel. The Bassoon Duo of Bryan Young from the Poulenc Trio and Dave Donovan from Pratt Library Fine Arts. Also on the panel Jose Luis Novo from The Annapolis Symphony. Great job by everyone with some fine music and performances. PLAY DATE: Sat, 10/28/2023 5:00 PM 60 Ludwig van […]
Simone Dinnerstein & Awadagin Pratt Sharing One Piano
Washington Performing Arts presents pianists Simone Dinnerstein and Awadagin Pratt in a piano 4-hands concert at the Kennedy Center on Monday, October 30 at 7:30 PM. Simone Dinnerstein spoke with WBJC’s Kati Harrison about a few of the pieces on the program such as piano 4-hands arrangements of Beethoven’s challenging Symphony No. 6 “Pastoral,” Schubert’s […]
BookNotes Review October 2023
Let Us Descend Jesmyn Ward Mary and the Birth of Frankenstein Anne Eekhout Translated by Laura Watkinson The Exchange John Grisham Worthy Jada Pinkett Smith Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon Michael Lewis
10-21-23 Face The Music Listings!
This week’s show has three new recordings and one vintage classic. Our panel was tuba player Ed Goldstein from Peabody ragtime ensemble, Dave Donovan FTM Panelist Emeritus and Phil Greenfield from the American Record Guide. The Mozart we weren’t crazy about but everything else was amazing. PLAY DATE: Sat, 10/21/2023 5:00 PM 2962 Johann Sebastian […]
Toccata listings for 10/22/23
On tonight’s program, organ music by Brahms, Beethoven’s Battle Symphony “Wellington’s Victory” on a Military Piano, and a harpsichord concerto by J.S. Bach’s oldest son, Wilhelm Freidemann. thanks for listening, and enjoy! 6:00 PM 49639 Johannes Brahms Chorale Prelude and Fugue in a Naxos 8550824 SOLO Robert Parkins, organ 8:53 C 1 14-14 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ […]
Music From Movies 10-15-23
7:00 PM Alfred Newman- How The West Was Won Telarc 80141 COND Erich Kunzel ORCH Cincinnati Pops Orchestra 7:09 PM Elmer Bernstein- My Left Foot: Theme Denon 75288 COND Elmer Bernstein ORCH Royal Philharmonic Pops Orch. 7:18 PM Frederic Chopin- Prelude No. 4 in e Op 28 London 466357 SOLO Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano 7:20 PM […]
Vocalise 10-14-23
8:00 PM Sir Edward Elgar- Nimrod-Lux Aeterna London 88053 ORCH Voces 8 8:05 PM Morten Lauridsen- Lux aeterna Hyperion 67449 COND Stephen Layton ORCH Britten Sinfonia SOLO Polyphony 8:17 PM Jules Massenet- Thais: Meditation London 13372 COND Andrew Litton ORCH Royal Philharmonic Orchestra SOLO Joshua Bell, violin 8:33 PM George Frederich Handel- Eternal source of […]
Toccata listings for 10/15/23
First of all, many many thanks for the support during our recently completed Falls fundraiser. Thanks for the financial support, and thanks also for the may kind words you expressed. It means a lot. Thank you! On tonight’s program, A concerto by Vivaldi arranged for organ by Bach, and overture for piano by Alkan, and […]
Angela Hewitt opens Shriver Concerts with Bach’s Goldberg Variations
The 2023-2024 season of Shriver Hall Concert Series opens with Angela Hewitt, “the preeminent Bach pianist of our time” (The Guardian), playing Bach’s Goldberg Variations. I spoke with her via Zoom in London.
Music From Movies 10-08-23
7:00 PM Bruce Broughton- Themes from Silverado Telarc 80141 COND Erich Kunzel ORCH Cincinnati Pops Orchestra 7:06 PM Richard Wagner- Gotterdammerung: Siegfried’s Funeral Music Angel/EMI 68616 COND Klaus Tennstedt ORCH Berlin Philharmonic 7:17 PM Ennio Morricone- Days of Heaven Paramount 3122 COND Ennio Morricone ORCH Studio Orchestra […]
