Archive for November 25th, 2012

Nov. 25 2012

Mass for troubled times

By Kati Harrison | Posted in Host Blogs, WBJC Choral Hour | Comments Off on Mass for troubled times

In his later years Franz Joseph Haydn personally enjoying great success and fame, but the world around him was in trouble.  In 1798 Haydn wrote Missa in Angustiis (“Mass for troubled times”) which may have been premiered the day Admiral Horatio Nelson defeated Napoleon  in the Battle of the Nile.  This late mass would gradually be called […]

Nov. 25 2012

Playlist: Nov/25/12

By WBJC | Posted in Playlists | Comments Off on Playlist: Nov/25/12

8:06 PM Richard Strauss — An Alpine Symphony Opus: 64Conductor: Herbert BlomstedtEnsemble: San Francisco SymphonyLondon, 421815 8:00 PM Johann Heinrich Schmelzer — Sonata a 5 per camera al giorno delle Conductor: Jeanne LamonEnsemble: TafelmusikCBS/Sony, 53963 6:30 PM Anton Garcia Abril — Piano Concerto Conductor: Enrique Garcia AsensioEnsemble: Orquesta Sinfonica De MadridGuillermo Gonzalez,pianoM Polo/HK, 8223849 6:00 […]

WBJC