Archive for May, 2014
05/31/14 – Madama Butterfly – 1:00pm
Lyric Opera of Chicago MADAMA BUTTERFLY (in Italian) by Giacomo Puccini Libretto by: Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica, after the short story by John Luther Long and the play by David Belasco Sung in Italian, Approx. Length: 3 hours Puccini’s heartbreaking tragedy comes to Lyric in a breathtakingly beautiful production. Family, fortune, and honor—the geisha Cio-Cio-San forsakes them all for […]
5/24/14 – Vocalise Rundown
8:00 PM Thank You! Thank You! Thank You, for supporting vocal music and Vocalise during WBJC’s Fund Drive last Saturday! Gabriel Faure Apres un Reve CBS/Sony 39208 Dame Kiri Te Kanawa,soprano Richard Amner, piano 8:03 PM Karl Jenkins In These Stones Horizons Sing Angel/EMI 57966 COND Karl Jenkins West Kazakhstan Philharmonic Bryn […]
Playlist: May/24/14
8:36 PM Modest Moussorgsky — Songs and Dances of Death Conductor: Yuri TemirkanovEnsemble: Saint Petersburg PhilharmonicDmitri Hvorostovsky, baritoneWarnerClas, 62050 8:19 PM Gustav Mahler — Ruckert Lieder Conductor: Leonard BernsteinEnsemble: New York PhilharmonicJennie Tourel, mezzo-sopranoCBS/Sony, 47576 8:03 PM Karl Jenkins — In These Stones Horizons Sing Conductor: Karl JenkinsEnsemble: West Kazakhstan PhilharmonicBryn Terfel, baritoneSerendipity ChorusCardiff ChoirAngel/EMI, […]
5-24-14 Music In Maryland
6:00 PM This week I’m filling in for JP with a Concert that took place last September featuring Peabody alumni and faculty artists in the music of Piazzolla & Schubert. Enjoy! Astor Piazzolla The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires Arr. for violin, bassoon and piano by Nancy Roldán in 2013 Primavera Porteña (Spring) 1970 Verano […]
Playlist: May/23/14
11:21 PM Jean Sibelius — Symphony No. 2 Key: DOpus: 43Conductor: Yoel LeviEnsemble: Cleveland OrchestraTelarc, 80095 10:48 PM Ludwig van Beethoven — String Quartet No. 9 Key: COpus: 59Ensemble: Takacs QuartetLondon, 470847 10:44 PM Leroy Anderson — Belle of the Ball Conductor: Leonard SlatkinEnsemble: BBC Concert OrchestraNaxos, 559313 10:33 PM Antonio Vivaldi — Gloria Key: […]
Thursday 05/22/14 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Conductor, Leonard Slatkin Pianist, Emanuel Ax Sergei Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 5 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 25 Mason Bates’ B-Sides; Encore: Felix Slatkin’s Carmen’s Hoe-Down
Playlist: May/22/14
10:52 PM Francesco Geminiani — Concerto Grosso No. 3 Key: eOpus: 3Conductor: Jaroslav KrcekEnsemble: Capella IstropolitanaNaxos, 553019 10:34 PM Karol Kurpinski — Clarinet Concerto Key: B-Flat Conductor: Zenon ChwedczukEnsemble: Bydgoszcz PhilharmonicLudwik Kurkiewicz,clarinetOlympia, 325 10:24 PM Leos Janacek — Moravian Dances Conductor: Antoni WitEnsemble: Warsaw PhilharmonicNaxos, 572695 10:00 PM Johannes Brahms — Violin Sonata No. 3 […]
Wednesday 05/21/14 Deutsche Welle Festival Concerts
11:00 PM Academy for Early Music Berlin Auryn Quartet Mozart: Serenade No. 13 in G Major for strings, K. 525 (Eine Kleine Nachtmusik) Janacek: Concertino for piano, two violins, viola,clarinet, horn and bassoon Benda: Violin concerto in A Major Boccherini: Quintet in C Major, op. 30, No. 6: 7th movement Veress: Sonatina for oboe, clarinet […]
5/27/14 – Baltimore City Community College Board of Trustees meeting
The next Baltimore City Community College Board of Trustees meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, May 27th, 2014, in the Mini-Conference Room on the main Liberty Heights Campus, located at 2901 Liberty Heights Avenue in Baltimore. WBJC will be included on the Agenda for the Finance Committee meeting, which will begin at 3 p.m. There is […]
Spring Drive 2014 recap!
What a fantastic pledge drive!! We did better than anticipated and are just so happy to see the outpouring of support of WBJC and classical music. Thank you to every one of you who called in or pledged online. Members really do make up nearly 70% of our operating costs. We couldn’t do that […]
