Archive for February, 2013

Feb. 24 2013

Winter Drive Recap

By Diana Ross | Posted in Membership, WBJC News | Comments Off on Winter Drive Recap

Thank you, thank you, thank you to each and every one of you who called in to renew their membership or became NEW members this drive. I know you heard the hosts saying over and over again, and it’s true: your financial support makes all the wonderful music you hear possible! All of us here at WBJC would […]

Feb. 24 2013

2-24-14 Word On Wine Review 2 Very Nice Rieslings!

By Jonathan Palevsky | Posted in Host Blogs, Word on Wine | Comments Off on 2-24-14 Word On Wine Review 2 Very Nice Rieslings!

This week I had the distinct pleasure of tasting two German Rieslings!  I liked both of them…it wasn’t hard. 1)2012 Monchof Estate Riesling.  $18.  This had a beautiful picture of Napoleon on the bottle and a very tasty wine inside.  Lots of nice fruit with good balancing acid.  MWAH! 2)2012 Schafer Frolich.  (Sorry I don’t […]

Feb. 24 2013

Playlist: Feb/24/13

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8:51 PM Colin Matthews — Pluto, the Renewer (to conclude Holst’s Conductor: Sir Simon RattleEnsemble: Berlin PhilharmonicAngel/EMI, 69690 8:00 PM Gustav Holst — The Planets Opus: 32Conductor: Sir Simon RattleEnsemble: Berlin PhilharmonicAngel/EMI, 69690 6:38 PM Alexander Glazunov — Piano Concerto No. 2 Key: BOpus: 100Conductor: Yuli TurovskyEnsemble: I Musici de MontrealMatthew Herskowitz, pianoChandos, 9622 6:21 […]

Feb. 23 2013

02-23-2013 Face The Music Listings!

By Jonathan Palevsky | Posted in Face the Music, Host Blogs | Comments Off on 02-23-2013 Face The Music Listings!

This week’s show features Peter Minkler Violist from the Baltimore Symphony, Kati Harrison from WBJC, and Jed Gaylin from the Hopkins Symphony.  I really enjoyed this show!  Hope you did too! PLAY DATE: Sat, 02/23/2013 5:00 PM            1832 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart       Piano Sonata No. 10 in C K   330        Avie       2209 SOLO Daniel-Ben Pienaar, piano […]

Feb. 23 2013

03/02/13 – Parsifal – NOON

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Metropolitan Opera Parsifal by Richard Wagner Libretto by Richard Wagner Sung in German Approximate running time:  5 hrs. 35 min., including 2 intermissions Director François Girard’s timeless new vision for Wagner’s final masterpiece explores the many facets of this mystical score, while designer Michael Levine (Eugene Onegin) creates a surreal landscape. Jonas Kaufmann stars in the title role […]

Feb. 23 2013

Playlist: Feb/23/13

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8:52 PM George Frederich Handel — Judas Maccabaeus: See, the Conquering Conductor: Charles FarncombeEnsemble: Handel Opera SocietyLondon, 466075 8:29 PM Gabriel Faure — La bonne Chanson (The good Song) Opus: 61Anne Sofie von Otter, altoBengt Forsberg, pianoAnd Friends (Instrumentalists)DG/Archiv, 447752 8:26 PM George Frederich Handel — Xerxes: Largo Conductor: Sir Charles MackerrasEnsemble: Scottish Chamber OrchestraBryn […]

Feb. 22 2013

Playlist: Feb/22/13

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11:51 PM Howard Hanson — Symphony No. 2 Conductor: Gerard SchwarzEnsemble: Seattle SymphonyNaxos, 559701 11:45 PM Jerry Bock — Fiddler on the Roof: If I Were a Rich Ensemble: Original Broadway CastZero Mostel, singerRCA/BMG, 7060 11:28 PM William Schuman — New England Triptych Conductor: Jose SerebrierEnsemble: Bournemouth Symphony OrchestraNaxos, 559083 11:10 PM William Billings — […]

Feb. 21 2013

Thursday 2/21/13 The Cleveland Orchestra

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11:00 PM Blossom Music Festival Jahja Ling, conductor Yuja Wang, piano RACHMANINOFF: Symphonic Dances, Op.45 PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C, Op. 26 RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Capriccio espagnole, Op. 34 Encore: Respighi: Church Windows

Feb. 21 2013

Playlist: Feb/21/13

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Feb. 20 2013

February Newsletter – read all about it!

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If you aren’t already subscribed, you can still read it in the Archive!   Click here for the February Newsletter – and Kati’s exclusive article!      

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