Archive for December, 2012
12/15/12 – Aida – 1:00pm
Metropolitan Opera Aida by Giuseppe Verdi Libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni Sung in Italian Approximate running time: 3 hrs. 36 min, including two intermissions The Met’s unforgettable production of Verdi’s ancient Egyptian drama stars Liudmyla Monastyrska as the enslaved Ethiopian princess caught in a love triangle with the heroic Radamès, played by Roberto Alagna, and the […]
12/08/12 – WBJC Klezmer Special – 9pm
Join Jonathan Palevsky for a musical celebration of Hanukkah with spirited klezmer works performed by contemporary ensembles. Wikipedia says: “klezmer is ‘a combination of Hebrew words: kli, meaning ‘a useful or prepared instrument, tool, or utensil’ and zemer, meaning ‘to make music’; leading to k’li zemer כְּלִי זֶמֶר, literally ‘vessels of song’ = ‘musical instrument’.” Klezmer music originated in Eastern Europe and is […]
Playlist: Dec/08/12
8:49 PM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Cosi fan Tutte: “Ah, guarda, sorella” Conductor: James LevineEnsemble: Metropolitan Opera OrchestraLeontyne Price, sopranoMarilyn Horne, mezzo-sopranoRCA/BMG, 24609 8:45 PM Pietro Mascagni — Cavalleria Rusticana: “Mamma, quel vino” Conductor: Marco ArmiliatoEnsemble: Prague PhilharmoniaJonas Kaufmann, tenorLondon, 10837 8:34 PM Giacomo Puccini — Madama Butterfly: Bimba dagli occhi Conductor: Gabriele SantiniEnsemble: Rome […]
WBJC Intern talks about her love of robotics
Meet Toni-Rose, our recent WBJC intern. Toni-Rose worked closely with Engineer Bob learning about radio engineering, and here she is talking about her intentions to move into the nanotech/biotech career fields after college: http://youtu.be/GvMFqJeVzK0 Go Toni go!!
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Playlist: Dec/07/12
11:34 PM Edvard Grieg — Piano Concerto Key: aOpus: 16Conductor: Mariss JansonsEnsemble: Berlin PhilharmonicLeif Ove Andsnes, pianoAngel/EMI, 57562 11:28 PM Georges Bizet — Pearl Fishers: “Au fond du temple saint” Conductor: Renato CelliniEnsemble: RCA Italiana Opera Orch & ChorJussi Bjoerling, tenorRobert Merrill, baritoneRCA/BMG, 7799 10:35 PM Jean Sibelius — Symphony No. 2 Key: DOpus: 43Conductor: […]
12/25/12 – Christmas with Baltimore Choral Arts – 2 pm
Get into the Christmas spirit with WBJC’s special broadcast of this year’s Christmas with Baltimore Choral Arts Concert. Tom Hall and Choral Arts ring in the Holidays from the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen for this popular and often sold out concert. The Full Chorus and Orchestra will perform classical holiday favorites and more!
12/25/12 – Music of the Baroque Christmas Special – 11pm
This annual concert presentation of brass and choral music will get you into the holiday spirit. You will journey through music of the 16th and 17th centuries with a couple of stops in the 21st century as well. Composers such as Michael Praetorius, Thomas Ravenscroft, Heinrich Schütz, Giovanni Gabrieli, Claudio Monteverdi and many others will […]
Anna Karenina, The Silver Linings Playbook
Anna Karenina Anna Karenina is the 26th filmed version of Tolstoy’s novel, originally written in serial form from 1873 to 1877. From 1911, audiences always like the married woman who loves a single man, becomes pregnant, leaves her marriage, has the child… and you know the rest. In one way or another, there have been […]
12/24/12 – St. Olaf Christmas Festival – 9 pm
The St. Olaf Christmas Festival is a service in song and word that has become one of the nation’s most cherished holiday celebrations. The festival includes hymns, carols, choral works, and orchestral selections celebrating the Nativity and featuring more than 500 student musicians who are members of five choirs and the St. Olaf Orchestra.
