Archive for November, 2016
Choral Hour 11-27-16
8:00 AM Johann Sebastian Bach Magnificat in D BWV 243 Chandos 518 COND Richard Hickox ORCH Collegium Musicum 90 SOLO Emma Kirkby, soprano SOLO Tessa Bonner, soprano SOLO Michael Chance, countertenor SOLO John Mark Ainsley, tenor SOLO Stephen Varcoe, baritone ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8:27 AM Benjamin Britten Hymn to St. Cecilia Op 27 for unaccompaDG/Archiv 453433 COND […]
Playlist: Nov/27/16
8:48 PM Georg Philipp Telemann — Quartet No.1 Key: DEnsemble: European Baroque SoloistsDenon, 9613 8:07 PM Sergei Rachmaninoff — Piano Concerto No. 3 Key: dOpus: 30Conductor: Vasily PetrenkoEnsemble: Royal Liverpool PhilharmonicSimon Trpceski, pianoAvie, 2192 7:40 PM Ennio Morricone — Sergio Leone Western Film Suite Conductor: Paul BatemanEnsemble: City of Prague PhilharmonicJill Washington,sopranoAnna Thomas,sopranoSilva, 1057 7:29 […]
11-26-16 Music In Maryland Violin Extravaganza!
This week Music in Maryland pays tribute to BSO Concert Master Jonathan Carney and also International Superstar violinist Hilary Hahn, who happens to come from Baltimore! Some really nice performances, hope you enjoy the show. PLAY DATE: Sat, 11/26/2016 6:00 PM 1542 Fritz Kreisler Caprice viennois Op 2 RPM 29130 SOLO Jonathan Carney, Violin SOLO […]
Vocalise – 11/26/16
Tonight’s Vocalise will contain a hodgepodge of hilarious to profound vocal arrangements! 8:00 PM Sir Arthur Sullivan The Gondoliers: Take a Pair of SparklingRCA/BMG 61885 SOLO The King’s Singers 8:03 PM Maurice Ravel Piano Concerto in G London 4789394 ORCH I Fagiolini 8:12 PM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 40 in g K 550 […]
Playlist: Nov/26/16
8:49 PM Sir Arthur Sullivan — The Mikado: A More Humane Mikado The King’s SingersRCA/BMG, 61885 8:47 PM Sir Arthur Sullivan — The Mikado: Here’s a Howdy Do The King’s SingersRCA/BMG, 61885 8:43 PM Sir Arthur Sullivan — Pirates of Penzance: With Cat-like Tread The King’s SingersRCA/BMG, 61885 8:40 PM Sir Arthur Sullivan — Pirates […]
The Center Stage renaissance
The historic building that houses Center Stage has been undergoing a massive renovation, and they are now poised to begin unveiling the changes in a series of openings. Artistic Director Kwame Kwei-Armah OBE,came in to WBJC to give us a preview.
Playlist: Nov/25/16
11:23 PM Antonin Dvorak — Cello Concerto Key: bOpus: 104Conductor: Jiri BelohlavekEnsemble: Czech Philharmonic OrchestraAlisa Weilerstein, celloLondon, 19765 11:13 PM Johann Strauss II — On the Beautiful Blue Danube: Waltz Opus: 314Conductor: Robert StolzEnsemble: Vienna Symphony OrchestraRCA/BMG, 60774 10:47 PM Francis Poulenc — Gloria for soprano, chorus, & orchestra Conductor: John RutterEnsemble: City of London […]
11-24-16 Word On Wine Post Thanksgiving!
Just some ideas of what to drink after Thanksgiving when you just want to sit and be quiet! Kati and I celebrated Thanksgiving on Monday as we are both on the air Thursday. We had 15 people over (enormous for us and our house!) and Mary and her lovely husband Kevin were among them. We […]
Hallelujah! The BSO is Recording Messiah!
The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and Concert Artists of Baltimore Symphonic Chorale are presenting their annual performances of Handel’s Messiah December 2-4, with concerts at both the Meyerhoff and Strathmore. Maestro Edward Polochick has conducted Messiah with the BSO since 1982, and I’ve had the privilege and pleasure of singing it with him many times since […]
Thursday 11/24/16 The Cleveland Orchestra
11:00 PM Franz Welser-Möst, conductor Julia Fischer, violin BRAHMS: “Academic Festival” Overture, Op. 80 BRAHMS: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77 BRAHMS: Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98 Wagner: Tannhaeuser Overture
