Archive for February, 2016
LISTENER’S CHOICE, EMAIL ONLY REQUEST SHOW, FRIDAY, MARCH 4TH
Friday, March 4th, WBJC will present our first email only request show. Send your requests to our brand new email address: ListenersChoice@wbjc.com. As usual, we will accept one request for one selection from each listener, and will broadcast your requests between 8PM and 1AM. Because the March 4th show will be pre-recorded, all requests […]
Playlist: Feb/26/16
11:55 PM Heinrich Isaac — Resurrexi et adhuc tecum sum Conductor: Peter PhilipsEnsemble: The Tallis ScholarsGimell, 23 11:49 PM Heinrich Isaac — Regina caeli laetare Conductor: Peter PhilipsEnsemble: The Tallis ScholarsGimell, 23 11:41 PM Frederic Chopin — Waltz No. 3 Key: aOpus: 34Daniel Barenboim, pianoDG/Archiv, 15384 11:12 PM Ned Rorem — Eleven Studies for Eleven […]
A Modern Novelist Goes to the Opera
I’m always on the lookout for interesting reading material, so when I recently read a New Yorker review of Alexander Chee’s The Queen of the Night, my eyes got a bit wider. A novel that combines several of my passions – opera, history, jewelry, and fashion – sounded like exactly what I’d been seeking. Not many […]
Thursday 02/25/16 The Pittsburgh Symphony
11:00 PM Manfred Honeck, conductor Daniil Trifonov, piano MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 4 TRIFINOV: Piano Concerto TCHAIKOVSKY: Capriccio italien
Playlist: Feb/25/16
10:37 PM Frantisek Benda — Violin Concerto Key: DConductor: Milan LajcikEnsemble: Prague Chamber OrchestraGabriela Demeterova,violinSupraphon, 2 10:16 PM Johannes Brahms — Variations on a Theme by Haydn Key: B-Flat Opus: 56Conductor: Ferenc FricsayEnsemble: RIAS Symphony Orchestra,BerlinDG/Archiv, 445407 10:12 PM Richard Wagner — Die Meistersinger: Procession of Masters Conductor: Leopold StokowskiEnsemble: Royal Philharmonic OrchestraRCA/BMG, 62598 10:09 […]
Wednesday 2/24/15 MILWAUKEE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
11:00 PM Conductor: Edo de Waart Barber: Essay No. 2 for Orchestra, Op.17 Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op.99; Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances, Op. 45 Wagner: Siegried Idyll
The true art of conservation
Having been a conservator at The Walters Art Museum since 1999, Julie Lauffenburger has recently been appointed Director of of Conservation and Technical Research at the museum. It was a pleasure to speak with her about it.
Playlist: Feb/24/16
10:57 PM Erik Satie — Passacaille Jean-Yves Thibaudet, pianoLondon, 473620 10:08 PM Erich Wolfgang Korngold — Sinfonietta Key: BOpus: 5Conductor: Werner Andreas AlbertEnsemble: North West German PhilharmonicCPO, 999037 9:53 PM Camille Saint-Saens — Samson and Delilah: Grand Fantasy Conductor: Geoffrey SimonEnsemble: London Philharmonic OrchestraCala, 1016 9:48 PM Gabriel Faure — Apres un Reve (After a […]
Tuesday 2/23/16 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM CONDUCTOR: Esa-Pekka Salonen SOLOIST: Christian Tetzlaff, violin Janáček: Overture to From the House of the Dead Dvořák: Violin Concerto in A Salonen: Nyx Janáček: Sinfonietta Dvořák: The Golden Spinning Wheel (Sir Mark Elder, conductor)
Playlist: Feb/23/16
10:50 PM Joachim Raff — Concert Overture Key: FOpus: 123Conductor: Urs SchneiderEnsemble: Slovak State Phil.(Kosice)M Polo/HK, 8223506 10:06 PM Antonin Dvorak — String Quartet No. 13 Key: GOpus: 106Ensemble: Pacifica QuartetCedille, 9000059 9:47 PM Carl Maria von Weber — Concertino for Horn Key: eOpus: 45Conductor: Sir Neville MarrinerEnsemble: Academy of St Martin in FieldsBarry Tuckwell, […]
