Archive for the ‘Music In Maryland’ Category
5-18-24 Music in Maryland! Some BSO and Some Brian Ganz!
6:00 PM 183 Robert Schumann Symphony No. 1 in B-Flat Op 38 “SpringTelarc 80230 COND David Zinman David ZIHN mihn ORCH Baltimore Symphony Orchestra 31:45 C 1 1-4 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6:33 PM 5910 Frederic Chopin Preludes Op 28 Maestoso 3008 SOLO Brian Ganz,piano 45:17 C 1 1-24 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7:20 PM 242 Antonin Dvorak Symphony No. 7 […]
5-11-24 Music in Maryland Four Great Pieces that don’t have much to do with Mother’s Day!
The title says it all! 6:00 PM 43265 Michael Torke Ecstatic Orange Argo 115431 COND David Zinman David ZIHN mihn ORCH Baltimore Symphony Orchestra 11:00 C 1 3-3 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6:12 PM 64 Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Op 73 “CBS/Sony 459972 COND George Szell George Cell ORCH Cleveland Orchestra SOLO Leon […]
3-2-24 Music in Maryland: Poulenc Trio, Jonathan Leshnoff, Amit Peled, Leon Fleisher and BSO!
I’m not sure what all these musicians have in common but they are all on Music in Maryland and this should make for a good show! PLAY DATE: Sat, 03/02/2024, 6:00 PM 5603 Mikhail Glinka Piano Trio in d Trio “Pathetique” Marquis 14032 ORCH The Poulenc Trio 14:50 C 1 1-4 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6:16 PM […]
2-24-24 Music in Maryland: A Musical Thank You!
How fabulous are WBJC’s listeners…the answer is VERY! Here is my musical thank you with some of my favorite recordings by local musicians…past and present. PLAY DATE: Sat, 02/24/2024 6:00 PM 6521 Jerome Kern All the Things You Are Bridge 9429 SOLO Leon Fleisher, piano LEE-on FLY-sher 4:50 C 1 9-9 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6:06 PM 1287 […]
2-17-2024 Music in Maryland. Sharon Isbin!
This week we are paying tribute to guitarist Sharon Isbin who is coming to Baltimore on 2/24 for the Baltimore Classical Guitar Society. http://bcgs.org Here is a link to the interview that I did with her on Zoom earlier in the week! PLAY DATE: Sat, 02/17/2024 6:08 PM 54307 Chris Brubeck Affinity: Concerto For Guitar […]
2-10-24 Music in Maryland…A Quick Tribute To Leontyne Price and Seiji Ozawa plus the BSO Playing Gershwin that isn’t Rhapsody in Blue!
Leontyne Price turned 97 today and though we paid tribute to her on the Opera Preview her recording of Samuel Barber’s Knoxville Summer of 1915 is stunning. Also we are playing Gershwin’s Piano Concerto because everyone else is playing Rhapsody in Blue in honor of the centennial! Finally a couple of Seiji Ozawa recordings in […]
2-3-24 Music in Maryland…Rhapsody in Blue Turns 100!
This is the original pencil score of Rhapsody in blue which was created in January of 1924. The orchestration was finished on February 4, 1924 and the first performance took place on February 12, 1924. Both Rachmaninov and Heifetz were there so I though it would be nice to celebrate them as well. Heifetz also […]
1-27-24 Music In Maryland…Mozart Mania!
Why not pick five of my favorite Mozart pieces with some of my favorite performers…some of whom are local…Mozart turns 268 today! PLAY DATE: Sat, 01/27/2024 6:00 PM 3590 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Divertimento No. 3 in F K 138 SalzburDenon 75597 COND Emmanuel Krivine ORCH Sinfonia Varsovia 13:00 C 1 11-13 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6:14 PM 4310 […]
12-3-2022 Music In Maryland: Annapolis Symphony!
This week we have the pleasure of presenting a combination concert featuring the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra. On the program Berlioz: Love Music from Romeo and Juliet. Brahms Violin Concerto with violinist Noah Bendix-Balgley and the Hary Janos Suite by Zoltan Kodally. To fill we enjoyed guitarist Manuel Barrueco playing 6 Tango Etudes by Astor Piazzolla. […]
9-9-23 Music in Maryland…Birthday Boys Antonin Dvorak and Jonathan Leshnoff!
September 8 was the birthday of these two fine composers and I am delighted to present their music on Music in Maryland. Last week over a falafel lunch on bucolic Reisterstown Road I discovered that Jonathan Leshnoff and I share a birthday! Some great music from 2 great composers. 6:00 PM 51493 Jonathan Leshnoff Starburst […]
