Archive for June, 2015

Jun. 21 2015

06/21/15 Toccata

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  6:23 PM Ottorino Respighi — Piano Concerto in Modo Misolidio Conductor: Howard Griffiths Ensemble: Slovak Radio SO, Bratislava Konstantin Scherbakov, piano Naxos, 553366 6:00 PM Johann Ludwig Krebs — Harpsichord Concerto Key: A Bernard Brauchli, piano/organ Esteban Elizonndo, organ Titanic, 185  

Jun. 21 2015

WBJC Choral Hour 6-21-15

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8:00 AM John Rutter                   Mass of the Children                    Collegium  129 COND John Rutter ORCH City of London Sinfonia SOLO Cambridge Singers             Cambridge  Singers ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8:38 AM Henry Purcell                 Ode on St. Cecilia’s Day (1692)  Z   328Naxos      553444 COND Robert Glenton ORCH Orchestra of the Golden Age SOLO and Chorus ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8:57 AM Morten Lauridsen              So […]

Jun. 21 2015

Playlist: Jun/21/15

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8:45 PM Ludwig van Beethoven — 12 Variations on “See, the conquering Adrian Brendel, celloAlfred Brendel, pianoPhilips, 3958 8:00 PM Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Symphony No. 3 Key: DOpus: 29Conductor: Evgeny SvetlanovEnsemble: USSR Symphony OrchestraMelodiya, 34163 6:23 PM Ottorino Respighi — Piano Concerto in Modo Misolidio Conductor: Howard GriffithsEnsemble: Slovak Radio SO, BratislavaKonstantin Scherbakov, pianoNaxos, […]

Jun. 20 2015

6-20-15 Face The Music Listings

By Jonathan Palevsky | Posted in Face the Music, Host Blogs | Comments Off on 6-20-15 Face The Music Listings

This week our panel was made up of Phil Greenfield of the American Record Guide, Bassoonist Bryan Young of the Poulenc Trio and Charles Ellis , Music Director of the Prince George’s Philharmonic.  We really liked the Shostakovich and had more or less positive feelings about everything else.  It was a fun show…I hope you […]

Jun. 20 2015

6/20/15 – Vocalise Rundown

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8:00 PM Jacques Offenbach             Tales of Hoffmann: Doll Song      DG/Archiv  471766 COND Julius Rudel ORCH London Symphony Orchestra SOLO Beverly Sills, soprano SOLO John Alldis Choir ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8:05 PM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart       Requiem Mass in d K   626               Telarc     80128 COND Robert Shaw ORCH Atlanta Symphony Orchestra SOLO Atlanta Symphony Chorus SOLO Arleen Auger, soprano […]

Jun. 20 2015

Playlist: Jun/20/15

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8:05 PM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Requiem Mass Key: dConductor: Robert ShawEnsemble: Atlanta Symphony OrchestraAtlanta Symphony ChorusArleen Auger, sopranoDelores Ziegler, mezzo-sopJerry Hadley, tenorTom Krause, bassTelarc, 80128 8:00 PM Jacques Offenbach — Tales of Hoffmann: Doll Song Conductor: Julius RudelEnsemble: London Symphony OrchestraBeverly Sills, sopranoJohn Alldis ChoirDG/Archiv, 471766 7:47 PM J. Vincent Russo — Variations on […]

Jun. 19 2015

Got Signal/reception issues?

By Diana Ross | Posted in Staff Blogs, WBJC News | Comments Off on Got Signal/reception issues?

We’ve gotten some calls about reduced signal around the area, and Engineer Bob said it’s due to Tropospheric Ducting.  “Huh??” I replied. from uk.sci.weather: “The speed of a radio wave in the atmosphere is determined by the dielectric property of the air. This property depends on the pressure, tempertaure and humidity of the air. In general […]

Jun. 19 2015

Playlist: Jun/19/15

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11:08 PM Arnold Schoenberg — Three Pieces by J.S. Bach (arr. for Conductor: Robert CraftEnsemble: Philharmonia OrchestraKoch Intl., 7463 10:50 PM Ludwig van Beethoven — Wellington’s Victory (Battle Symphony) Opus: 91Steven Beck, military pianoMonument, 40503 10:19 PM Igor Stravinsky — Symphony Key: CConductor: Sir Alexander GibsonEnsemble: Royal Scottish National OrchesChandos, 6577 9:52 PM Ernst von […]

Jun. 18 2015

Thursday 06/18/15 The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

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11:00 PM Donald Runnicles, conductor; Stephen Hough, piano GALBRAITH: Euphonic Blues MENDELSSOHN: Piano Concerto No. 1 WAGNER: Orchestral Highlights from Der Ring des Nibelungen

Jun. 18 2015

Playlist: Jun/18/15

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10:56 PM Leonard Bernstein — Mass: Simple Song Phil Snedecor, trumpetPaul Skevington, organSummit, 494 10:16 PM Antonin Dvorak — Symphony No. 4 Key: dOpus: 13Conductor: Istvan KerteszEnsemble: London Symphony OrchestraLondon, 430046 9:36 PM Franz Schubert — Piano Trio No. 1 Key: B-Flat Opus: 99Eugene Istomin, pianoIsaac Stern, violinLeonard Rose, celloCBS/Sony, 89936 9:00 PM Robert Schumann […]

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