Archive for December, 2012
Wednesday 12/12/12 Live! At The Concertgebouw
11:00 CONDUCTOR: Ludovic Morlot SOLOIST: Lynn Harrell, cello ORCHESTRA: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Messiaen : Les offrandes oubliées Dutilleux : Tout un monde lointain Franck : Symphony in D Minor Encore: Berlioz: Les Nuits d’Ete
‘Tis the Season
The season of Christmas cheer has definitely arrived! We started playing Christmas music on WBJC today, and productions of The Nutcracker and Handel’s Messiah are proliferating. Melinda O’Neal came in to talk about the Handel Choir’s performances of their namesake’s great work. The Handel Choir’s Messiah
Tuesday 12/11/12 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Semyon Bychkov conducts Mahler 3. Elliott Carter: Soundings (Daniel Barenboim, conductor) Maher: Symphony #3 in D Minor
Playlist: Dec/11/12
10:46 PM Francesco Maria Veracini — Overture No.4 Key: FConductor: Reinhardt GoebelEnsemble: Musica Antiqua KolnDG/Archiv, 439937 10:24 PM Traditional — Serenade of Carols For Small Orchestra Conductor: Morton GouldEnsemble: and his OrchestraCBS/Sony, 60800 10:14 PM Felix Mendelssohn — Hebrides Overture Key: bOpus: 26Conductor: Sir Andre PrevinEnsemble: London Symphony OrchestraAngel/EMI, 67775 9:47 PM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart […]
Monday 12/10/12 New York Philharmonic This Week
11:00 PM Conductor: Kurt Masur Soloists: Glenn Dicterow, violin; Alisa Weilerstein, cello Brahms: Double Concerto in A Minor Brahms: Symphony #2 in D Major
12-10-12 Word On Wine Review CDR and CDP!
This week Mary and I review two reds one Cotes Du Rhone and the other Cotes De Province! Both were super nice. 1)2010 Domaine de Couron Cotes Du Rhone. The standard blend of the standard wine…60% Grenache and 40% Syrah. A great example of CDR for all of $13…Why do they always cost $13 and […]
Playlist: Dec/10/12
10:50 PM Robert Schumann — Adagio and Allegro Opus: 70Jian Wang, celloCarol Rosenberger, pianoDelos, 3097 10:33 PM Edvard Grieg — Two Nordic Melodies Opus: 63Conductor: Bjarte EngesetEnsemble: Malmo Symphony OrchestraNaxos, 572403 10:25 PM Sir William Walton — Crown Imperial Conductor: Riccardo MutiEnsemble: Chicago Symphony BrassCSOResound, 9011101 9:42 PM Antonin Dvorak — Cello Concerto Key: bOpus: […]
WBJC, Musicians of Mercy and BCCC concert video
WBJC 91.5 FM, the Classical Music Voice of BCCC, and Musicians of Mercy put on a concert commemorating Maryland Manumission Day, which marked the end of slavery in the state. The concert, which took place Wednesday, Nov. 28 at the Fine Arts Theatre, featured a classical treatment of spirituals arranged by gifted Baltimore composer Benny […]
Playlist: Dec/09/12
6:25 PM Anton Rubinstein — Piano Concerto No. 3 Key: GOpus: 45Conductor: Robert StankovskyEnsemble: Slovak Philharmonic OrchestraJoseph Banowetz, pianoM Polo/HK, 223382 6:21 PM Johann Sebastian Bach — Chorale: Now Thank We All Our God Ted Davis, organSt. Bart’s, 1 6:00 PM Ludwig van Beethoven — Wellington’s Victory (Battle Symphony) Opus: 91Steven Beck, military pianoMonument, 40503 […]
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 […]