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Choose Healthy Life
Debra Fraser-Howze is widely recognized for her global leadership to communities of color regarding teenage pregnancy, social welfare, and HIV and AIDS. She is also the Founder and President of Choose Healthy Life. This is the extended interview I did with Ms. Fraser-Howze about why and how she founded Choose Healthy Life.
Vocalise 2-19-22
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 […]
2-19-22 Face The Music Listings!
This week mes petits amis our panel featured the return of Phil Green of the American Record Guide…Welcome Back, Author and Pianist Kris Faatz and Jack Fishman, Executive Director of Baltimore Choral Arts and a bass player in his former life! PLAY DATE: Sat, 02/19/2022 5:00 PM 135 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 39 in […]
Toccata listings for 2/20/22
On tonight’s program, music for organ, harpsichord and piano, and a special guest as well! Thanks for listening, and enjoy! 6:00 PM 21592 Camille Saint-Saens Fantasie in E-Flat Arsis 122 SOLO William Aylesworth, organ 6:25 C 1 9-9 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6:13 PM 35477 Dietrich Buxtehude Variations on “More Palatino” BUX 247 PGM 105 SOLO Gavin […]
An African American classic at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company
When A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry had its debut in 1959, it was the first play written by a Black woman to be produced on Broadway. In 1983, Frank Rich, writing in The New York Times, said A Raisin in the Sun “changed American theater forever.” I spoke with actor and Chesapeake Shakespeare Company’s Associate […]
Poetry for Valentine’s Day
Maryland poet, Sylvia Dianne Beverly, had been dubbed “the love poet,” and it seemed fitting to invite her to share some of her words on Valentine’s Day.
Music From Movies 2-13-22
7:00 PM Nino Rota Romeo and Juliet: Love Theme Telarc 80168 COND Erich Kunzel ORCH Cincinnati Pops Orchestra 7:41 PM Joseph Canteloube Songs of the Auvergne: Bailero Virgin 90714 COND Yan Pascal Tortelier ORCH English Chamber Orchestra SOLO Arleen Auger, soprano […]
Vocalise 2-12-22
8:00 PM Giacomo Puccini Madama Butterfly: “Un Bel Di” RCA/BMG 68883 COND Oliviero de Fabritis ORCH Rome Opera Orchestra SOLO Leontyne Price, soprano 8:06 PM George Frederich Handel Semele: “Where’er You Walk” DG/Archiv 453480 COND Sir Charles Mackerras S ORCH Scottish Chamber Orchestra SOLO Bryn Terfel, baritone 8:12 PM Giuseppe Verdi Il Trovatore: “D’amor sull’ […]
2-12-22 Face The Music Listings!
This week our panel was WBJC’s Kati Harrison, FTM Panelist Emeritus Dave Donovan and Phil Greenfield from The American Record Guide. For some reason we liked most everything on this show. Buy any of these with your eyes closed! Play Report PLAY DATE: Sat, 02/12/2022 5:00 PM 2643 Ralph Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending DG/Archiv […]
02-19-22 Music in Maryland: Annapolis Symphony Orchestra!
This week the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra is featured on Music in Maryland with a concert that was recorded May 8 & 9, 2015 at the Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts in Annapolis. On the Program: Schumann: Manfred Overture Lieberson: Neruda Songs. Kelley O’Connor, Mezzo Soprano Sibelius: Symphony No. 5
