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5-6-23 Face The Music Listings
This week we welcome back Phil Greenfield from The American Record Guide and our other distinguished panelists were Jed Gaylin from the Bay Atlantic and Hopkins Symphonies and WBJC’s own Kati Harrison. I decided we would have 4 great American Symphonies…and by God we did! PLAY DATE: Sat, 05/6/2023 5:00 PM 4409 Aaron Copland Symphony […]
Hadassah “Cell-A-Brates” Medical Research And Israel’s 75th Anniversary
On Sunday, May 21, Hadassah Greater Baltimore will present “Cell-A-Brate: Diamonds and Denim” at Baltimore Hebrew Congregation. I spoke with Jill Sapperstein, National Vice President of Hadassah, about the event and the fact that she’s being honored for her ongoing contributions to the organization.
5-6-23 Music in Maryland. Celebrating the birthdays of Brahms and Tchaikovsky plus the Great English Symphony!
May 7th is the birthday of Brahms and Tchaikovsky! We celebrate with some great vintage Baltimore Symphony recordings. Saturday is the coronation of king Charles III and I thought it would be nice to play the BSO’s epic recording of Elgar’s first. PLAY DATE: Sat, 05/06/2023 6:00 PM 3483 Johannes Brahms Piano Quartet No. […]
BookNotes experiences Your Brain on Art
The science of neuroaesthetics offers proof for how our brains and bodies transform when we participate in the arts Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross are co-authors of The New York Times Bestseller, Your Brain on Art: HOW THE ARTS TRANSFORM US. Here, Susan talks about the ways we can use arts creatively […]
Chevalier: Fact or Fiction?
The recent movie Chevalier tells the story of Joseph Boulogne, le Chevalier de Saint-Georges, a biracial composer, conductor, violin virtuoso, and athlete who lived c.1739-1799. Some sources state his birth year as 1745. My husband and I very much enjoyed the film when we saw it, but had some questions as bio-pics are notorious for […]
Celebrating Community Service
The Federation of Jewish Women’s Organizations of Maryland is having their 107th annual convention on Thursday, May 18 at Baltimore Hebrew Congregation. I recently spoke with co-chairs Nina Rosenzwog and Janet Livingston about the event, at which women from numerous organizations will be honored.
Pianist Sarah Cahill on The Future is Female Vol. 3
The “Future is Female” is a series of recordings celebrating women composers from the 17th century to the present conceived of and performed by pianist Sarah Cahill. The third installment, Vol. 3 has just launched! Sarah Cahill took some time to chat with me about this inspiring project and her latest recording in the […]
Music From Movies 4-30-22
7:00 PM Richard Strauss- Also Sprach Zarathustra: Opening Fanfare DG/Archiv 447441 COND Herbert von Karajan ORCH Berlin Philharmonic 7:03 PM John Williams- Star Wars medley for violin and orch, DG/Archiv 30629 COND John Williams ORCH Recording Artists Orch of L.A. SOLO Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin 7:22 PM Stanley Myers- Cavatina from “The Deer Hunter” […]
4-29-23 Music in Maryland: Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, Pro Musica Rara and BSO!
Tonight the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet is performing at Towson (BCGS.org) and tomorrow Pro Musica Rara is at the BMA (ProMusica Rara.org) Why not celebrate both! PLAY DATE: Sat, 04/29/2023 6:00 PM 51633 Clarice Assad Bluezilian Telarc 80686 ORCH Los Angeles Guitar Quartet 3:04 C 1 8-8 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6:08 PM 290 Manuel de Falla […]
4-29-23 Face The Music Listings.
This week our panel was pianist Lisa Weiss , conductor Jed Gaylin from the Bay Atlantic Symphony Orchestra and Hopkins Symphony and musicologist John Gingerich. We liked lots of stuff! Particularly the Bruckner. It’s a great show hope you enjoyed. PLAY DATE: Sat, 04/29/2023 5:00 PM 1647 Franz Liszt Transcendental Etude No. 11 in D-Flat […]
