Archive for August, 2012

Aug. 31 2012

Scene while stopped at a traffic light

By Mark Malinowski | Posted in Host Blogs | 1 Comment

Just across Liberty Road, the hawk is circling– her wings hardly moving; the tips adjusting while the hunter dips and rises, riding the currents of air created by the sun, the breeze, and the exhaust of the passing cars.   Beneath the hawk, on the other side of Liberty Road is a church with a […]

Aug. 31 2012

Playlist: Aug/31/12

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10:52 PM Johann Sebastian Bach — Kommst du nun,Jesu, fom Himmel Werner Jacob, organAngel/EMI, 509393 10:46 PM Johann Sebastian Bach — Ach bleib’ bei us,Herr Jesu Werner Jacob, organAngel/EMI, 509393 10:42 PM Johann Sebastian Bach — Meine Seele erhebet den Herren Werner Jacob, organAngel/EMI, 509393 10:37 PM Johann Sebastian Bach — Wer nur den lieben […]

Aug. 30 2012

8-30-12 Word On Wine 3 Ways of the Wine List!

By Jonathan Palevsky | Posted in Host Blogs, Word on Wine | Comments Off on 8-30-12 Word On Wine 3 Ways of the Wine List!

I usually order wine by the glass because I like whites and my partner prefers reds.  Glasses usually run between $6 and $12 and we typically have two a piece over the course of a long meal.  Considering that you are spending $40 or so on wine you might want to know who chose these […]

Aug. 30 2012

Thursday 08/30/12 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

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11:00 PM Conductor: Manfred Honeck Pianist: Emanuel Ax BRAUNFELS: Fantastic Appearances of a Theme by Hector Berlioz BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 4 BRAHMS: Symphony No. 4 Fill: Schubert: Impromptu in Ab, D 935

Aug. 30 2012

Playlist: Aug/30/12

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10:30 PM Felix Mendelssohn — String Quartet No. 2 Key: aOpus: 13Ensemble: Eroica QuartetHarm Mundi, 907245 9:42 PM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Serenade No. 10 for winds Key: B-Flat Conductor: Pierre BoulezEnsemble: Ensemble IntercontemporainLondon, 4780316 8:57 PM Johannes Brahms — Symphony No. 2 Key: DOpus: 73Conductor: Christoph von DohnanyiEnsemble: Cleveland OrchestraTeldec, 844005 8:46 PM Christian […]

Aug. 29 2012

Small world

By Judith Krummeck | Posted in Host Blogs | 2 Comments

You may have noticed that we quite frequently air performances by the French conductor, Marc Minkowski, on WBJC. He founded the group, Musicians of the Louvre, in the 1980s and  has recorded quite a substantial amount of French music with them—mostly Baroque, but also composers like Offenbach, Bizet and Berlioz.  Well, I’ve discovered that he […]

Aug. 29 2012

Wednesday 08/29/12 Live! At The Concertgebouw

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11:00 PM CONDUCTOR: Antonio Pappano SOLOIST: Leonidas Kavakos, violin ORCHESTRA: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Verdi: Overture to “La forza del destino” Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto, Op. 35 Borodin:  Symphony No. 2

Aug. 29 2012

Playlist: Aug/29/12

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10:35 PM Claude Debussy — String Quartet Key: gOpus: 10Ensemble: Cleveland QuartetTelarc, 80111 9:43 PM Sergei Rachmaninoff — Symphony No. 2 Key: eOpus: 27Conductor: Yuri TemirkanovEnsemble: Baltimore Symphony OrchestraBSOrch, 2 9:14 PM Ludwig van Beethoven — String Quartet No. 6 Key: B-Flat Opus: 18Ensemble: New Budapest String QuartetHyperion, 66402 8:43 PM Georges Bizet — Symphony […]

Aug. 28 2012

Tuesday 08/28/12 Chicago Symphony Orchestra

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11:00 PM Conductor: Trevor Pinnock Debussy: Marche écossaise Beethoven: Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Piano in C Major, Op 56 (Stefan Jackiw, violin; Paul Gomziakov, cello; Kristian Bezuidenhout, piano) Mendelssohn: Symphony No 3 in A Minor, Op 56, Scottish Mozart: Concerto for Three Pianos in F Major, K 242 (Trevor Pinnock, Kristian Bezuidenhout, Benjamin Hochman, […]

Aug. 28 2012

Playlist: Aug/28/12

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11:00 PM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Piano Concerto No. 7 Key: FConductor: Sir John BarbirolliEnsemble: New York PhilharmonicJosef Lhevinne, pianoRosina Lhevinne, pianoNYPO, 9705 11:00 PM Felix Mendelssohn — Symphony No. 3 Key: aOpus: 56Conductor: John LubbockEnsemble: Orch of St. John’s, LondonASV, 6004 11:00 PM Ludwig van Beethoven — Triple Concerto Key: COpus: 56Conductor: Herbert von […]

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