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2-12-22 Music in Maryland: A Pot Pourri! Morgan State Choir, Virginia Symphony, Leon Fleisher and the BSO!
Two pieces in honor of Black History Month and Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto because the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra is performing it next week. PLAY DATE: Sat, 02/12/2022 6:00 PM 52074 Adolphus Hailstork Symphony No. 1 Naxos 559722 COND JoAnn Falletta ORCH Virginia Symphony 21:01 C 1 1-4 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6:22 PM 51514 Jose M.N. Garcia […]
Toccata listings for 2/13/22
On tonight’s program, a 4 way collaboration and a symphony for organ and orchestra. Thanks for listening, and enjoy! 6:00 PM 39149 Alexander Borodin Paraphrases (composed with Cui, Liadov, Brioso 105 SOLO Oleg Volkov,piano and Rimsky-Korsakov) SOLO Svetlana Volkova, piano 33:20 C 1 1-17 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6:33 PM 16704 Alexandre Guilmant Symphony No.1 for Organ […]
Providing Educational Opportunities to Incarcerated People in Maryland
People who have been in prison often face difficulty finding employment once they’re released. GPEP, or Goucher Prison Education partnership, is a division of Goucher College that seeks to provide incarcerated Marylanders with access to college courses and degree programs, which can help them find jobs after they’ve served their time. I recently spoke with […]
Junction Trio—comprising three visionary next-generation artists—at Shriver Concerts
Junction Trio is made up of Stefan Jackiw, violin; Conrad Tao, piano, and Jay Campbell, cello—each of them internationally recognized soloists in their own right. I spoke with Conrad Tao about the trio’s performance for Shriver Hall Concert Series.
Music From Movies 2-06-22
7:00 PM John Williams Jaws: Main Theme CBS/Sony 62788 COND John Williams ORCH London Symphony Orchestra 7:05 PM Alexandre Desplat The Painted Veil DG/Archiv 4776552 COND Alexandre Desplat ORCH Prague Symphony Orchestra SOLO Lang Lang, piano 7:45 PM John Williams Star Wars: Suite […]
Vocalise 2-05-22
8:00 PM Richard Strauss Die Schweigsame Frau: “Wie schön ist doch die Musik” DG/Archiv 471493 COND Christian Thielemann ORCH Orchestra of the German Opera, Berlin SOLO Thomas Quasthoff, bass-bariton 8:06 PM Carlos Guastavino La Rosa y El Sauce Angel/EMI 57591 SOLO Jubilant Sykes, Baritone SOLO Christopher Parkening, guitar 8:08 PM Juan de Anchieta Con Amores, […]
2-5-22 Face The Music Listings
This week we had three really fabulous performances. Our panel was Tuba player Ed Goldstein, WBJC’s Operations Director and weekend host Kati Harrison and Jed Gaylin conductor of the Bay Atlantic and Hopkins Orchestras. This was a really fun show. PLAY DATE: Sat, 02/05/2022 5:00 PM 609 Ludwig van Beethoven Leonore Overture No. 3 in […]
Booknotes’s new underwriter, Snug Books
Another jewel in the crown of indie bookstores in the Baltimore area opened up in Northeast Baltimore just last November. They are Booknotes underwriters, Snug Books, co-owned by Katie Beltz and Emanuel Figueroa, who are life partners as well as being business partners. It was a pleasure to talk to them about their vision.
2-5-22 Music In Maryland Jennifer Kloetzel & Beethoven!
This week I did a Zoom Interview with Jennifer Kloetzel about her latest Beethoven CD. She was super gracious and informative and most importantly grew up in Catonsville! It was a fun chat and a great reason to play lots of Beethoven’s great music for cello and piano!
Toccata listing for 2/6/22
Tonight, we feast on the great “Hammerklavier” sonata by Beethoven, and an Organ Concerto by Handel. Thanks for listening, and enjoy! 6:00 PM 653 Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-Flat Op 106 1948 SOLO Andras Schiff, piano “Hammerklavier” 42:08 C 1 7-10 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6:46 PM 3881 George Frederich Handel Organ Concerto […]
