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Vocalise 3-04-23
8:00 PM Antonio Vivaldi Ottone in villa: ‘Leggi almeno tiranna ‘ London 4834475 COND Jean-Christophe Spinosi ORCH Ensemble Matheus SOLO Cecilia Bartoli, mezzo-soprano 8:07 PM Antonio Vivaldi Gloria in D RV 589 DG/Archiv 437834 COND Trevor Pinnock ORCH The English Concert SOLO English Concert Choir 8:39 PM Antonio Vivaldi Orlando Furioso: ‘Sol da te mio […]
3-4-23 Music in Maryland Robert DiLutis, The Mellifera String Quartet and Amit Peled!
We have the pleasure of two Quintets (Brahms and Verhey) performed by clarinetist Robert DiLutis and the Mellifera String Quartet and also Cellist Amit Peled and the Peabody Cello Gang play a new arrangement of the sixth cello suite by Bach for four cellos! Also Amit Peled was kind enough to do a quick zoom […]
3-4-23 Face The Music Listings
It’s an all new show this week with two panelists from the Baltimore Choral Arts Society; Executive Director Jack Fishman and Music Director Anthony Blake Clark. WBJC Operations Announcer and Weekend Host Kati Harrison was super kind to join us! We loved the Ravel, Part and Dvorak…Jury is still deliberating on the Kodaly. PLAY […]
BookNotes reconnects with Passager
“I see this issue as a mending, turning trauma and pain into art . . . It is the process of creating that heals us.” Christine Lincoln, Guest Editor It’s been almost seven years since BookNotes caught up with Passager the local, independent literary press dedicated to older writers. So, I invited Founding […]
Toccata listings for 3/5/23
Two works are featured on tonight’s program. One of the greatest piano works of all time, the “Diabelli” Variations by Beethoven, and an Organ Concerto by Handel. Thanks for listening, and enjoy! 6:00 PM 16087 Ludwig van Beethoven 33 variations on a Waltz by Diabelli Harm Mundi 1905127 SOLO Friedrich Gulda, piano 44:25 C 1 […]
I’ll do the thinin’ around here!
I’ll do the thinin’ around here! Do you remember that great line from Hanna-Barberra’s “Quick Draw McGraw?” Well, the idea of who’s doing the thinking has over the past few years taken on a new significance with the development of Artificial Intelligence, hereafter referred to as AI. AI isn’t new. The idea […]
Music From Movies 2-26-22
7:00 PM John Williams Saving Private Ryan: Hymn Silva 1098 COND Paul Bateman ORCH City of Prague Philharmonic SOLO The Crouch End Festival Chorus 7:07 PM Henry Mancini “The Thorn Birds” Theme Denon 2320 COND Henry Mancini ORCH Royal Philharmonic Pops Orch. SOLO Henry Mancini, piano 7:09 PM Henry Mancini Arrival at the Vatican from […]
Vocalise 2-25-23
8:00 PM Antonin Dvorak Symphony No. 9 in e Op 95 : Largo Vanguard 72020 SOLO Paul Robeson, bass-baritone SOLO Alan Booth, piano 8:06 PM Leonard Bernstein Mass: Selections Part 1 Naxos 559622 COND Marin Alsop ORCH Baltimore Symphony Orchestra SOLO Morgan State University Choir SOLO Peabody Children’s Chorus SOLO Jubilant Sykes, Baritone 8:20 PM […]
2-25-23 Face The Music Listings!
This week we had all new either reissues or brand new recordings. Our panel was author/pianist Kris Faatz, Ernie Green from the Annapolis Chorale and Chamber Orchestra and the late Dave Donovan our FTM Panelist Emeritus. We liked pretty much everything, especially the Debussy! PLAY DATE: Sat, 02/25/2023 5:00 PM 57 Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony […]
2-25-23 Music in Maryland. Dover Quartet @ Shriver and Angela Hewitt @ Candlelight!
Tomorrow @ 530 (Sunday 2/26/23) the Dover Quartet are performing at Shriver Hall and Angela Hewitt is coming to Columbia’s Candlelight Concert Series on April 1. Some nice performances by both on Music in Maryland! PLAY DATE: Sat, 02/25/2023 6:00 PM 7724 Sir William Walton Five Bagatelles for Guitar Tonar 60701 SOLO Meng Su, Guitar […]
