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Kati Harrison

Kati Harrison

About Kati

Kati is WBJC's Operations Director and weekend host. Her full bio can be read here.

May. 12 2013

In our spare time…

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What do the announcers do when they’re not serving up delicious selections of music? Here I am, trying to get a horse to eat… fig newtons!   What do you do in your spare time? Related posts: Flying with Twyla Poulenc plays! Riding the Tour du Port

Apr. 25 2013

The Melodies of Brahms With Denyce Graves and no Hands!

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Conductor Piotr Gajewski talked with me about the National Philharmonic’s upcoming all Brahms concert with superstar mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves, 2 of the women Brahms loved and conducting without a score.                                                                        The National Philharmonic Chorale with Denyce Graves will perform Saturday and Sunday, May 4th and 5th.  Here’s the web address for more … Read More »

Apr. 12 2013

Vocalise 1-26-13

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8:00 PM 8:00 PM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Marriage of Figaro: “Dove sono i bei…” Conductor: James Levine Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Dame Kiri Te Kanawa,soprano DG/Archiv, 449229 8:04 PM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Exsultate, Jubilate (Motet) Conductor: Gyorgy Fischer Ensemble: Vienna Chamber Orchestra Cecilia Bartoli, mezzo-soprano London, 443452 8:19 PM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — … Read More »

Apr. 12 2013

Vocalise 1-31-13

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8:00 PM 8:12 PM Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari — Idillo Concertino for oboe & strings Conductor: Francesco La Vecchia Ensemble: Roma Sinfonietta Orchestra Andrea Tenaglia, oboe Naxos, 572921 8:37 PM Dmitri Shostakovich — 5 Days & 5 Nights: Suite Opus: 111 Conductor: James Judd Ensemble: Berlin Radio Symphony Orch. Capriccio, 10341 9:08 PM Franz Lehar — The … Read More »

Apr. 12 2013

Vocalise 2-2-13

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8:00 PM 8:00 PM Franz Schubert — Schwanengesang (Complete) Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, bar. Alfred Brendel, piano Philips, 411051 8:48 PM Johannes Brahms — German Requiem: Herr, lehre doch mich… Opus: 45 Conductor: Otto Klemperer Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, bar. Angel/EMI, 47238

Apr. 12 2013

Vocalise 2-16-13

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8:00 PM 8:00 PM Giuseppe Verdi — Il Trovatore: “Vedi, le fosche notturne” Conductor: Richard Bonynge Ensemble: National Philharmonic Orch. London Opera Chorus London, 443818 8:02 PM Giuseppe Verdi — La Traviata: “Pura siccome un angelo” Conductor: John Pritchard Ensemble: Orch. of Maggio Musicale Robert Merrill, baritone Joan Sutherland, soprano London, 443828 8:10 PM Giuseppe … Read More »

Apr. 12 2013

Vocalise 2-23-13

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8:00 PM 8:00 PM George Frederich Handel — Zadok the Priest Conductor: Simon Preston Ensemble: The English Concert Choir of Westminster Abbey DG/Archiv, 410030 8:05 PM Johannes Brahms — Neue Liebeslieder Walzer Opus: 65 Conductor: Robert Shaw Robert Shaw Festival Singers John Wustman, piano Norman Mackenzie, piano Telarc, 80326 8:26 PM George Frederich Handel — … Read More »

Apr. 12 2013

Vocalise 2-26-13

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8:00 PM 8:08 PM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Piano Concerto No. 27 Key: B-Flat Conductor: Mitsuko Uchida Ensemble: Cleveland Orchestra Mitsuko Uchida, piano London, 15498 8:40 PM Joseph Martin Kraus — Ballet Music for Gluck’s Armide Conductor: Petter Sundkvist Ensemble: Swedish Chamber Orchestra Naxos, 557498 8:41 PM Christof Ernst Friedrich Weyse — Symphony No.4 Key: … Read More »

Apr. 12 2013

Vocalise 3-02-13

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8:00 PM 8:00 PM Francis Poulenc — Ave Verum Corpus (1952) Conductor: John Rutter Ensemble: City of London Sinfonia Cambridge Singers Collegium, 108 8:03 PM Francis Poulenc — Les chemins de l’amour-Valse chantee Felicity Lott, soprano The Songmakers Almanac Hyperion, 66147 8:08 PM Ludwig van Beethoven — Adelaide Opus: 46 Jussi Bjoerling, tenor Harry Ebert, … Read More »

Apr. 12 2013

Vocalise 3-09-13

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8:00 PM 8:00 PM Traditional — O Waly, Waly Samuel Barber, piano Samuel Barber, tenor Bridge, 9156 8:02 PM Samuel Barber — Hermit Songs Leontyne Price, soprano Samuel Barber, piano CBS/Sony, 6089 8:19 PM Samuel Barber — Agnus Dei (choral – based on Adagio for Conductor: Robert Shaw Ensemble: Robert Shaw Festival Singers Arietha Lockhart, … Read More »

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