Archive for January, 2013
1-31-13 Word On Wine Superbowl!
Yikes! Who would have thought that the Ravens would actually get here this year! There are so many nice things about this year’s game…Ray’s last NFL game…Harbaugh Bowl (AGAIN!) etc…More importantly how are you proposing to mark this great event! Mary couldn’t care less…but I watch every game with a group of classical music fanatics. […]
Thursday 1/31/13 The Cleveland Orchestra
11:00 PM Vienna Musikverein Franz Welser-Möst, conductor Malin Hartelius, soprano Julia Lezhneva, soprano Martin Mitterrutzner, tenor Ruben Drole, baritone Friends of Music Chorus STRAUSS, R.: Metamorphosen, A Study for 23 Solo Strings MOZART: Mass in c, K. 417a Encore: Kodaly: “Psalmus Hungarica”
Playlist: Jan/31/13
10:55 PM Franz Schreker — Valse lente for orchestra Conductor: Georg TintnerEnsemble: Symphony Nova ScotiaCBC(RCI), 5167 10:47 PM Johannes Brahms — Hungarian Dance No. 8 Key: aConductor: Marin AlsopEnsemble: London Philharmonic OrchestraNaxos, 570233 10:19 PM Johann Strauss II — Graduation Ball Conductor: Antal DoratiEnsemble: Minneapolis Symphony OrchestraMercury, 434365 9:39 PM Anton Rubinstein — Quintet for […]
My Purple Pride Is Showing
Okay, I don’t usually follow football. Hope I didn’t cost WBJC any listeners with that admission – I know many of you are passionate sports fans! I am, however, very proud of the Baltimore Ravens for making it to the Super Bowl this year. With that in mind, my husband, Jim, and I joined a […]
Wednesday 1/30/13 Live! At The Concertgebouw
11:00 PM Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Philippe Herreweghe, conductor Miah Persson, soprano MOZART: Symphony No. 36 KV 425 ‘Linzer’ MOZART: Aria ‘Un moto di gioia’ KV 579 MOZART: Ruhe sanft mein holdes Leben from Zaide KV 344 MOZART : ‘Misera, dove son? – Ah, non son…’ KV 369 MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 3 ‘Scottish’ Encore: Mozart: The […]
Playlist: Jan/30/13
10:54 PM Colin Brumby — Paean Conductor: Patrick ThomasEnsemble: Sydney Symphony OrchestraABC Classc, 442374 10:12 PM Ludwig van Beethoven — Triple Concerto Key: COpus: 56Conductor: Herbert von KarajanEnsemble: Berlin PhilharmonicAnne-Sophie Mutter, violinYo-Yo Ma, celloMark Zeltser, pianoDG/Archiv, 457861 9:28 PM Nikolay Tcherepnin — Le Pavillon d’Armide (Fantastic Ballet) Conductor: Henry ShekEnsemble: Moscow Symphony OrchestraM Polo/HK, 8223779 […]
Initiated
My first brush with John Waters was when I was reading up about Baltimore in the USA Rough Guide prior to moving here in 1998, and came across his quote: I would never want to live anywhere but Baltimore. You can look far and wide, but you’ll never discover a stranger city with such extreme […]
Tuesday 1/29/13 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Vasily Petrenko makes his CSO debut. Elgar: Cockaigne Overture Barber: Violin Concerto, Op 14 (Robert Chen, violin) Shostakovich: Symphony No 10 in E Minor, Op 53 Bach: Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 582 (CSO Brass)
Playlist: Jan/29/13
10:47 PM Johann Strauss II — Voices of Spring Opus: 410Conductor: Willi BoskovskyEnsemble: Vienna Philharmonic OrchestraLondon, 4780224 10:24 PM Nicolo Paganini — Quartet for String Trio and Guitar Key: aOpus: 4Ensemble: Mozart String TrioAnthea Gifford, guitarDenon, 9069 10:09 PM George Frederich Handel — Concerto No.1 Key: B-Flat Conductor: Jeanne LamonEnsemble: TafelmusikCBS/Sony, 63073 9:47 PM Wolfgang […]
Conversation with a Listener. Brahms vs. Wagner
By WBJC | Posted in Host Blogs | 1 Comment
Last week I received a series of emails from a listener inquiring about the difference between Brahms and Wagner. I thought it would be interesting to share these postings with you. The listener will remain anonymous out […]