Archive for February 24th, 2015

Feb. 24 2015

What a month! Drive recap

By Diana Ross | Posted in Membership, Staff Blogs, WBJC News | Comments Off on What a month! Drive recap

Wow what a crazy month this has been! Between snowstorms, we managed to have a complete fund drive (applause!) Last winter, we got snowed out, so we had to hold a do-over drive. We are happy to report that not onnly did we meet our total drive goal this time around, we exceeded it!   […]

Feb. 24 2015

A Strauss rarity

By Judith Krummeck | Posted in Host Blogs | Comments Off on A Strauss rarity

Richard Strauss’s Guntram is not to be confused with Saint Guntram, who was the king of Burgundy from 561 to 592. Rather, he was the young Strauss’s own concoction for his first opera, written very much under the influence of Wagner in 1894, and revised in 1940. Richard Strauss’s collaboration with the librettist Hugo von […]

Feb. 24 2015

Fret Fest

By Judith Krummeck | Posted in Host Blogs, Interviews | Comments Off on Fret Fest

Peabody is presenting its 6th annual Fret Festival. Guitarist and organizer, Zane Forshee, came to talk about it.                  

Feb. 24 2015

Tuesday 2/24/15 Chicago Symphony Orchestra

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11:00 PM All 6 Brandenburg Concertos with Nicholas Kraemer as conductor & harpsichordist!

Feb. 24 2015

Playlist: Feb/24/15

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10:31 PM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Piano Sonata No. 12 Key: FChristoph Eschenbach, pianoPhilips, 456763 9:55 PM Felix Mendelssohn — Symphony No. 5 Key: dOpus: 107Conductor: Sir Colin DavisEnsemble: Bavarian Radio SymphonyOrfeo, 132851 9:29 PM Charles-Marie Widor — Sonata No. 1 for piano & violin Opus: 50Janet Packer, violinOrin Grossman,pianoCentaur, 2475 9:25 PM Johannes Brahms […]

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