Archive for the ‘WBJC Programs’ Category
Tuesday 12/24/24 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Blomstedt Conducts Dvorak 8 This week, Herbert Blomstedt leads Dvořák’s Symphony No. 8 and Cello Concerto, featuring Romanian cellist Andrei Ioniţă. Plus, hear the 1959 RCA recordings of Respighi’s Fountains of Rome and Johann Strauss, Jr.’s Thunder and Lightning Polka, led by Fritz Reiner. Antonín Dvořák Cello Concerto in B Minor, […]
Monday 12/23/24 New York Philharmonic
11:00 PM Conductor: Alan Gilbert Soloists: Alexander Romanovsky, piano Sergei Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini for Piano and Orchestra Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Act II from the Nutcracker
Music From Movies 12-22-24
7:00 PM 49913 Albert Hague You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch Mercury 1966 ORCH Studio Orchestra 3:00 C 1 1-1 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7:03 PM 50814 Danny Elfman Nightmare Before Christmas: Overture Disney 1 ORCH Studio Orchestra 1:48 C 1 1-1 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7:04 PM 50815 Danny Elfman Nightmare Before Christmas: What’s This?Disney 1 ORCH Studio Orchestra SOLO […]
Vocalise 12-21-24
8:00 PM 50823 John David Born on a New Day Collegium 133 COND John Rutter John Rutter as in “shutter” ORCH London Philharmonic Orchestra SOLO Cambridge Singers Cambridge Singers 2:43 C 1 11-11 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8:04 PM 6557 Traditional This Christmastide Philips 420180 SOLO Jessye Norman, soprano JEH see NOR man 5:16 C 1 10-10 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ […]
Toccata listings for 12/22/24
On tonight’s program, a piano arrangement of The Nutcracker, Chorale preludes for the Christmas Season, and a modern concerto in an ancient style. thanks for listening, and have a Merry Christmas! 6:01 PM 2917 Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker: Suite Op 71 Melodiya 25181 SOLO Mikhail Pletnev, piano 16:32 C 1 1-7 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6:21 […]
Thursday 12/19/24 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM NIELSEN: Symphony No. 1 HUMMEL: Trumpet Concerto GRIEG: Suite from Peer Gynt Arild Remmereit, conductor; George Vosburgh, trumpet
How Shakespeare Invented the Villain
All The Devils Are Here: How Shakespeare Invented the Villain is an award-winning one-man show written and performed by Patrick Page. It’s at the Shakespeare Theatre Company until December 29th, and I spoke to Patrick Page by phone from D.C.
Wednesday 12/18/24 European Broadcasting Union!
11:00 PM In Switzerland with Mäkelä and Andsnes A journey to Switzerland with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra begins with the lush Hebrides Overture by Felix Mendelssohn. Then Leif Ove Andsnes tackles Grieg’s famous Piano Concerto before the program concludes with Schumann’s Symphony No. 2. The fast-rising Finnish conductor Klaus Mäkelä conducts. ORCHESTRA Lucerne Festival […]
Tuesday 12/17/24 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Reiner Rarities This broadcast celebrates the CSO’s sixth music director Fritz Reiner! Starting out the broadcast is Kabalevsky’s Colas Breugnon Overture, followed by Haydn’s Symphony No. 88. Next on the program are Weinberger’s Polka and Fugue from Schwanda the Bagpiper and Liebermann’s Concerto for Jazz Band and Orchestra. Concluding the broadcast, Lisa Della […]
Monday 12/16/24 New York Philharmonic
11:00 PM Handel: Messiah Ton Koopman, conductor Sunhae Im, soprano Andreas Scholl, countertenor Jörg Dürmüller, tenor Detlef Roth, baritone Westminster Symphonic Choir, chorus Joe Miller, director
