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Apr. 08 2025

Tuesday 4/08/25 Chicago Symphony Orchestra

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11:00 PM Gioachino Rossini        Overture to The Barber of Seville Sir Georg Solti conductor   Augusta Read Thomas      Brio   Robert Schumann         Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54   Frédéric Chopin               Waltz in A-flat Major, Op. 42 (encore) Kirill Gerstein piano   Richard Strauss            Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40 Karina […]

Apr. 07 2025

Love and drama amongst… kitchen utensils?

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Imagine that you’re a composer working in the 1920’s and you’re asked to write a curtain-raiser for a ballet troupe. Would the idea of having dancers portray various kitchen implements embroiled in messy romantic situations worthy of Shakespeare or grand opera occur to you? Well, that’s the scenario Jarmila Kroschlova, director of Prague’s Ballet Company, […]

Apr. 07 2025

Monday 04/07/25 New York Philharmonic

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11:00 PM BEETHOVEN:                       Symphony No. 1   BRUCKNER:                         Symphony No. 7 Kurt Masur, conductor  

Apr. 05 2025

4-5-25 Face The Music Listings!

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This week our panel was Phil Greenfield from The American Record Guide, Ernie Green from The Annapolis Chorale and WBJC’s own Kati Harrison.  We celebrated Rachmaninoff’s Birthday which was on April 1 and had a fabulous time.  Here are the listings! Enjoy! Play Report PLAY DATE: Sat, 04/5/2025 5:00 PM 169 Sergei Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto […]

Apr. 04 2025

BookNotes eavesdrops on the art of collaboration in chamber music

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  Annie Fullard, Director of Chamber Music at Peabody Conservatory and founding member of the Cavani String Quartet, along with Dorianne Cotter-Lockard, who is on the faculty at Saybrook University and consults in the areas of team collaboration and music education, have published a book called The Art of Collaboration: Chamber Music Rehearsal Techniques and Team Building, […]

Apr. 04 2025

The Four W’s: Guest blog post by Douglas Blackstone

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I’m always happy to hear the Strauss Oboe Concerto on WBJC, as it’s a wonderful piece, one of Richard Strauss’ best works, classical in form and free of the operatic dissonance that characterized his later works. It’s also a pleasure to hear the Philadelphia Orchestra recording with Richard Woodhams as soloist. Richard (Dick) Woodhams was […]

Apr. 04 2025

Shorten the Spring Drive!

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WBJC’s final fundraiser of Fiscal Year 25 happens in May and now is your chance to shorten the drive! If we can raise $60,000 before May 13th, we will drop a whole day from the drive! Instead of 4 days of pitching, you will reclaim a day of the music you love. And who doesn’t […]

Apr. 04 2025

Toccata listings for 4/6/25

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On tonight’s program, a major organ work by Franck, C.P.E Bach with a sad good bye, and a concerto for pedal piano.  thanks for listening, and enjoy!   6:01 PM 10854 Cesar Franck Grande Piece Symphonique Op 17 Telarc 80234 SOLO Michael Murray, organ 26:26 C 2 2-2 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6:32 PM 29810 Carl Philipp Emanuel […]

Apr. 03 2025

Thursday 04/03/25 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

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11:00 PM ESMAIL: RE-Member FAURE: Cantique de Jean Racine BRAHMS: Schicksalslied HAILSTORK: Lachrymosa FAURE: Requiem Manfred Honeck, conductor; Jeanine DeBique, soprano; Joshua Hopkins, baritone; Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh

Apr. 02 2025

Wednesday 04/02/25 The Cleveland Orchestra

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11:00 PM CONDUCTOR:            Franz Welser-Möst   Ernst Krenek:               Kleine Symphonie Op 58   Gustav Mahler:             Adagio from Symphony No. 10 (arr. Ernst Krenek)   Béla Bartók:                 String Quartet No. 3 for String Orchestra (arr. Konopka)   Béla Bartók:                 Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin Op 19  

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