Archive for September, 2012

Sep. 30 2012

Playlist: Sep/30/12

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8:00 PM Franz Schubert — Octet for Strings and Winds Key: FOpus: 166Ensemble: Consortium ClassicumDieter Klocker, clarinetCPO, 999744 6:22 PM Joseph Marx — Piano Concerto, Romantic Conductor: Osmo VanskaEnsemble: BBC Scottish Symphony OrchestrMarc-Andre Hamelin, pianoHyperion, 66990 6:00 PM Jean-Henry d’Anglebert — Harpsichord Suite No. 2 Key: gScott Ross, harpsichord/organErato, 45007 5:47 PM Federico Mompou — […]

Sep. 29 2012

9-29-12 Face The Music Listings!

By Jonathan Palevsky | Posted in Face the Music, Host Blogs | Comments Off on 9-29-12 Face The Music Listings!

Here are listings for this week’s Face The Music.  Panelists were John Bowen from Emanuel Episcopal Church, John Weber from Washington Opera and Peabody, and Dave Donovan From Pratt Fine Arts.  We hated the Chopin, loved the Mozart Sinfonia Concertante and the concert arias…The Finzi received mixed reviews. PLAY DATE: Sat, 09/29/2012 5:00 PM            884 […]

Sep. 29 2012

Playlist: Sep/29/12

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8:18 PM Leonard Bernstein — Symphony No. 3 (“Kaddish”) Conductor: Leonard BernsteinEnsemble: Israel Philharmonic OrchestraMontserrat Caballe, sopranoVienna Choir BoysMichael Wager, speakerDG/Archiv, 463462 8:00 PM Gerald Finzi — Let Us Garlands Bring Conductor: Martyn BrabbinsEnsemble: BBC Scottish Symphony OrchestrChristopher Maltman, baritoneHyperion, 67065 7:03 PM Gustav Mahler — Symphony No. 4 Key: GConductor: Fritz ReinerEnsemble: Chicago Symphony […]

Sep. 28 2012

Premium substitution

By Diana Ross | Posted in Membership, WBJC News | Comments Off on Premium substitution

Unfortunately we are unable to get more than a handful of the Tea and Coffee sets listed at the $365 pledge level on the premium list in the latest mailings.  The “Coffee” portion has been substituted with “Christmas Cookies,” featuring music from the Nutcracker Ballet. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused!

Sep. 28 2012

Another one bites the dust

By Diana Ross | Posted in Staff Blogs | 2 Comments

It’s always a shocking and sad thing when we lose yet another classical station, and it reminds me how lucky we are here in Baltimore! From the Portland Press Herald: Classical radio network WBACH’s southern Maine station will go off the air next week. The station — WBQW, heard in the Portland area on 104.7 FM — […]

Sep. 28 2012

Playlist: Sep/28/12

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11:54 PM Antonio Vivaldi — Summer Key: gOpus: 8Ensemble: Musicians @ MenloAni Kavafian, violinMusic@Menl, 20101 11:12 PM Leo Delibes — Sylvia: Suite Conductor: Martin WestEnsemble: San Francisco Ballet OrchestraReference, 125 10:40 PM Cesar Franck — Violin Sonata Key: ADavid Oistrakh, violinSviatoslav Richter,pianoCh du Mond, 278885 10:35 PM Giacomo Puccini — Madama Butterfly: “Un Bel Di” […]

Sep. 27 2012

Thursday 09/27/12 The Cleveland Orchestra

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11:00 PM Conductor: Ton Koopman, soprano: Teresa Wakim BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F, BWV 1046 BACH:  Cantata No. 202, “Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten” “Wedding Cantata” BACH:  Sinfonia from Cantata No. 209 BACH:  Sinfonia from Cantata No. 42 BACH: Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D, BWV 1068

Sep. 27 2012

It Was a Good Summer

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  Does anyone ever get over the feelings of our childhood, when as school children we anticipated the arrival of our summer vacation with heart palpitating impatience, and greeted the inevitable return to classes in September with both wistful resistance and the thrill of new beginnings. As Joni Mitchell said in her song “Urge for Going”, […]

Sep. 27 2012

Playlist: Sep/27/12

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10:52 PM Francois-Adrien Boieldieu — The Caliph of Baghdad Overture Conductor: Kurt RedelEnsemble: Munich Radio OrchestraPierre Ver, 786104 10:17 PM Ludwig van Beethoven — String Quartet No. 1 Key: FOpus: 18Ensemble: Quatuor VeghAuvidis, 4871 10:10 PM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Abduction from the Seraglio: Overture Conductor: Moshe AtzmonEnsemble: Basler Sinfonie OrchestraEurodisc, 69168 9:51 PM Leopold […]

Sep. 26 2012

Bernstein, Beethoven, and… Soccer?

By Dyana Neal | Posted in Host Blogs, Interviews, WBJC Programs | Comments Off on Bernstein, Beethoven, and… Soccer?

The Columbia Orchestra’s 35th season opens on Saturday, October 6th at the Jim Rouse Theater. The program includes Bernstein’s Symphony #1, “Jeremiah”, & Beethoven’s Symphony #8 as well as Enrico Chapela’s inguesu.  Earlier this week, I met with The Columbia Orchestra’s Music Director, Maestro Jason Love, to talk about the concert. Columbia Orchestra 10-06-12 Concert […]

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