Archive for the ‘Face the Music’ Category
12-29-12 Face The Music Listings
This week we liked most things especially the Berg and the Brahms. Panelists included Charles Ellis from the PG Philharmonic and John Bowen from Emanuel Episcopal. Hope you enjoyed the show. PLAY DATE: Sat, 12/29/2012 5:00 PM 3213 Alban Berg Piano Sonata in b Op 1 DG/Archiv 15154 SOLO Helene Grimaud, piano 11:37 C … Read More »
12-08-12 Face The Music Listings!
This week we had two winners and two well…not so much. We loved the Beethoven and the Bartok…the Mahler seemed flat and everyone hated the Waxman…Haifetz still rules the piece…oh well. Our panelists, John Bowen from Emanuel Episcopal, Charles Ellis from the Prince Georges Philharmonic and Dave Donovan from Pratt Library Fine Arts. Here’s … Read More »
12-01-12 Face The Music Listings!
This week we listened to some Mozart some Schumann and some Finzi. Our panelists were John Bowen from Emanuel Episcopal and Jed Gaylin from the Hopkins Symphony and the Bay Atlantic Orchestra…we loved the Mozart Piano Concerto and the Finzi…the rest not so much! Enjoy the listings…comments always welcome! 5:00 PM 21325 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart … Read More »
11-24-12 Face The Music Listings!
This week our panel consisted of two members of the Hopkins Symphony Nicolene Wilson, General Manager and Jed Gaylin, Music Director. We liked the Ives, loved the Stravinsky, both the piece and the performance, put up with the Verdi and enjoyed Byron Janis…but not the Russian orchestra that joined him on the Liszt! Here are … Read More »
11-17-12 Face The Music Listings!
This week our panelists were David Donovan from Pratt library Fine Arts, John Bowen from Emanuel Episcopal and WBJC’s Operations Director Kati Harrison. We loved the Bach, didn’t care for the Beethoven…hated the Brahms…German Requiem with piano 4 hands…Yuck! The Stravinsky we all adored…so in the immortal words of Meatloaf…2 out of 4 ain’t bad. … Read More »
11-10-12 Face The Music Listings!
This week our panel consisted of Dave Donovan from Fine Arts at Pratt Library, Jed Gaylin from the Hopkins Symphony and Ed Goldstein from the Peabody Ragtime Orchestra. The complete winner this week was the Wagner! Here’s the listings! PLAY DATE: Sat, 11/10/2012 5:00 PM 77 Johann Sebastian Bach Toccata & Fugue in d … Read More »
11-03-12 Face The Music Listings!
This week’s panel was made up of Music Historian Susan Weiss from Peabody and Tenor John Weber from Washington Opera. We loved everything except the Goldberg Variations! Oh well you can’t win em all! In the immortal words of Meatloaf…3 out of 4 ain’t bad. Here’s the listings… PLAY DATE: Sat, 11/03/2012 5:00 PM 11798 … Read More »
10-27-12 Face The Music Listings!
Go Baltimore Symphony and Marin Alsop on your really nice Mahler disc! Ditto to Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique with the Lyons Orchestra under Leonard Slatkin both on Naxos and both fabulous! We didn’t care for the Prokofiev…we mostly liked the Shostakovich! Our Panel: Kati Harrison from WBJC, Charles Ellis from the PG Philharmonic and Dave Donovan … Read More »
10-20-12 Face The Music Listings!
This week’s panelists were Dave Donovan from Pratt Library, John Bowen from Emmanuel Episcopal and Jed Gayland from Hopkins Symphony. The Mozart we weren’t wild about…we loved the Vaughan Williams…The Liszt wasn’t piggish enough for this crowd and the Tchaikovsky didn’t please! Hope you enjoyed the show…we did. 5:00 PM 127 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart … Read More »
10-13-12 Face the Music Listings!
Our panelists this week Jed Gaylin from the Hopkins Symphony and Kati Harrison from WBJC. We like everything except the Lang Lang! PLAY DATE: Sat, 10/13/2012 5:00 PM 6141 George Frederich Handel Zadok the Priest Avie 2270 COND Jeannette Sorrell ORCH Apollo’s Fire SOLO and Chorus 5:12 C 1 9-10 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5:08 PM 932 … Read More »
