Archive for June, 2013

Jun. 15 2013

06/15/13 – Vocalise Rundown

By Kati Harrison | Posted in Host Blogs, Vocalise | Comments Off on 06/15/13 – Vocalise Rundown

PLAY DATE: Sat, 06/15/2013          8:00 PM            37128           Joaquin Rodrigo               “Coplas del Pastor enamorado”           Angel/EMI  56175 SOLO Placido Domingo, tenor SOLO Manuel Barrueco, guitar 3:47   C  1 8-8         8:03 PM            4388           Giuseppe Verdi                Requiem                                 CBS/Sony   47639 COND Leonard Bernstein             Leonard  BURN stine ORCH London Symphony Orchestra SOLO London Symphony Chorus SOLO […]

Jun. 15 2013

06/22/13 – Die Meistersinger – 1:00pm

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Lyric Opera of Chicago Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg by Richard Wagner sung in German SACHS – James Morris STOLZING – Johan Botha EVA – Amanda Majeski BECKMESSER – Bo Skovhus DAVID – David Portillo MAGDALENE – Jamie Barton POGNER – Dimitry Ivashchenko* KOTHNER – Darren Jeffery* Also Featuring Evan Boyer, David Cangelosi, David Govertsen, John Irvin, Joseph Hu*, Andrea Silvestrelli, Joel Sorensen*, Daniel Sutin Conductor – […]

Jun. 15 2013

Engineer Bob’s Radio Gallery 2

By WBJC Programming | Posted in Staff Blogs | 2 Comments

GE “Atomic 440” Radio  From the “Atomic” design style of the 1950’s. I saw one of these radios in an old photo of WBJC’s transmitter site (actual picture!), so I had to have one!   This GE “Atomic 440” radio has seven tubes and a selenium rectifier. There is a phono input on the back.   I […]

Jun. 15 2013

6-15-13 FTM Listings

By Jonathan Palevsky | Posted in Face the Music, Host Blogs | Comments Off on 6-15-13 FTM Listings

This week our panel consisted of Tom Hall of the Baltimore Choral Arts Society and John Bowen of Emanuel Episcopal.  It was a fun show and we liked most things except the Rossini which we disagreed on. 5:00 PM            11201 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart       String Quartet No. 18 in A K   464  Naxos      8550540 ORCH Eder […]

Jun. 15 2013

6-13-13 Word On Wine…Beer Tasting Part 2…Malt!

By Jonathan Palevsky | Posted in Host Blogs, Word on Wine | Comments Off on 6-13-13 Word On Wine…Beer Tasting Part 2…Malt!

If you listened to our show last week we talked about hops.  If you aren’t a fan of the zippyness of hops you might be a fan of the sweetness of malt.  I know I am and I think MZ is too.  Check out the show and decide if malted beers are for you. Beer […]

Jun. 15 2013

Playlist: Jun/15/13

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8:56 PM Joaquin Rodrigo — “Adela” Placido Domingo, tenorManuel Barrueco, guitarAngel/EMI, 56175 8:03 PM Giuseppe Verdi — Requiem Conductor: Leonard BernsteinEnsemble: London Symphony OrchestraLondon Symphony ChorusMartina Arroyo, sopranoJosephine Veasey, mezzo-sopranPlacido Domingo, tenorRuggero Raimondi, bassCBS/Sony, 47639 8:00 PM Joaquin Rodrigo — “Coplas del Pastor enamorado” Placido Domingo, tenorManuel Barrueco, guitarAngel/EMI, 56175 7:10 PM Edvard Grieg — […]

Jun. 14 2013

Wild Horses can’t Stop me from Celebrating Lang Lang’s Birthday!

By Kati Harrison | Posted in Host Blogs | Comments Off on Wild Horses can’t Stop me from Celebrating Lang Lang’s Birthday!

This morning I played a recording of Lang Lang performing a Haydn piano sonata, and I couldn’t resist adding “Horses” from that same recording.  It features Lang Lang and his father, Lang Guo-ren on the erhu.  I will never forget, and it seems like yesterday, their encore of “Horses” at a Shriver Hall concert back […]

Jun. 14 2013

Playlist: Jun/14/13

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11:32 PM Franz Schubert — Piano Sonata No. 21 Key: B-Flat Mitsuko Uchida, pianoPhilips, 456572 11:06 PM Igor Stravinsky — The Rakes Progress: Selections Conductor: Riccardo ChaillyEnsemble: London SinfoniettaPhilip Langridge, tenorCathryn Pope, sopranoSamuel Ramey, bassSarah Walker, mezzo-sopranoLondon, 411644 10:48 PM Franz Liszt — Reminiscences de Don Juan Marc-Andre Hamelin, pianoHyperion, 66874 10:20 PM Samuel Barber […]

Jun. 13 2013

Thursday 6/13/13 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

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11:00 PM André Previn, conductor George Vosburgh, trumpet William Cabellero, horn Craig Knox, tuba HAYDN: Symphony No. 102 PREVIN: Triple Concerto MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 4, “Italian”  

Jun. 13 2013

Playlist: Jun/13/13

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10:49 PM Julius Fucik — Marinarella Overture Opus: 215Conductor: Vaclav NeumannEnsemble: Czech Philharmonic OrchestraOrfeo, 147861 10:25 PM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Flute Quartet No. 3 Key: CEnsemble: Trio SonnerieClaire Guimond, fluteemc, 7754 9:59 PM Wilhelm Peterson-Berger — Tornrossagan (The Story of the Sleeping Conductor: Michail JurowskyEnsemble: Norrkoping Symphony OrchestraCPO, 999669 9:50 PM Gioacchino Rossini — […]

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