Archive for December, 2019
Tuesday 12/31/19 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11pm Matthew Halls conducts Handel’s Messiah Handel: Messiah Parts I-III (Amanda Forsythe, soprano; Sasha Cooke, mezzo- soprano; Nicholas Phan, tenor; Joshua Hopkins, baritone; Chicago Symphony Chorus; Duain Wolfe, director)
Playlist: Dec/31/19
10:54 PM Franz Liszt — Weimars Volkslied No.1 Key: CLeslie Howard, pianoHyperion, 66995 10:38 PM George Gershwin — Rhapsody in Blue Conductor: Leonard BernsteinEnsemble: Los Angeles PhilharmonicLeonard Bernstein, pianoDG/Archiv, 4776352 10:17 PM Johann Sebastian Bach — Concerto for Flute, Violin & Harpsichord Key: aConductor: Andrew ParrotEnsemble: Boston Early Music FestivalChristopher Krueger,fluteDaniel Stepner,violinJohn Gibbons, harpsichordAngel/EMI, 54653 […]
Monday 12/30/19 New York Philharmonic
11:00 PM Bernstein and Solti conduct Thomson, Milhaud, and Mahler THOMSON: The Seine at Night Leonard Bernstein, conductor MILHAUD: Les Choéphores, Op.24 Vera Zorina, narrator Irene Jordan, soprano McHenry Boatwright, bass Virginia Babikian, soprano ScholaCantorum Leonard Bernstein, conductor MAHLER: Symphony No. 4 IrmgardSeefried, soprano Georg Solti, conductor
Playlist: Dec/30/19
10:58 PM John Dowland — The Frog Galliard Paul O’Dette,luteHarm Mundi, 907163 10:24 PM Dmitri Kabalevsky — Romeo and Juliet Opus: 55Conductor: Vasily JelvakovEnsemble: Moscow Symphony OrchestraNaxos, 8553411 9:54 PM Joseph Haydn — Symphony No. 82 Key: CConductor: Roy GoodmanEnsemble: Hanover BandHyperion, 66527 9:02 PM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Serenade No. 10 for winds Key: […]
Music From Movies 12-29-19
7:00 PM 7:00 PM Henry Mancini Charade from the movie “Charade” RCA/BMG 60393 COND Arthur Fiedler ORCH Boston Pops Orchestra ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7:04 PM Richard Robbins A Room With a View: Original Soundtrack Angel/EMI 28956 COND John Pritchard ORCH London Philharmonic Orchestra SOLO Dame Kiri Te Kanawa,soprano ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7:44 PM Georges Delerue Il Conformista DRG 32910 […]
Choral Hour 12-29-19
8:00 AM 8:00 AM Johann Sebastian Bach Cantata No. 65 Teldec 242571 COND Nikolaus Harnoncourt ORCH Concentus musicus Wien SOLO Tolzer Boy’s Choir SOLO Kurt Equiluz, tenor ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8:19 AM Witold Lutoslawski Polish Christmas Carols RCA/BMG 11561 COND David Zinman ORCH BBC Symphony Orchestra SOLO Philharmonia Chorus SOLO Julia Doyle, soprano ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8:51 AM Esteban […]
Playlist: Dec/29/19
8:36 PM Alexander Glazunov — Violin Concerto Key: aOpus: 82Conductor: Mstislav RostropovichEnsemble: National Sym Orch/Wash.,D.C.Anne-Sophie Mutter, violinErato, 75506 8:03 PM Joseph Bodin de Boismortier — Serenade No. 1 (Ist French Symphony) Opus: 39Conductor: Herve NiquetEnsemble: Le Concert SpirituelNaxos, 554295 7:58 PM Maurice Jarre — Is Paris Burning? (Music from the Film) Conductor: Paul BatemanEnsemble: City […]
12-28-19 Klezmer Special 33 With Henry Sapoznik
I have been doing the annual WBJC Klezmer show since 1986 on the Saturday evening that falls during Khanukah. I have always admired the work of Henry Sapoznik and wanted to interview him. Truthfully Klezmer music is not my field though I like it very much and have dabbled in it. (You might even […]
Playlist: Dec/28/19
6:22 PM Jose M.N. Garcia — Requiem Mass Conductor: Paul FreemanEnsemble: Helsinki PhilharmonicDoralene Davis, sopranoBetty Allen, mezzo sopranoWilliam Brown, tenorMatti Tuloisela, bassMorgan State College ChoirCBS/Sony, 62152 6:00 PM Maurice Ravel — Piano Concerto Key: GConductor: David ZinmanEnsemble: Baltimore Symphony OrchestraHelene Grimaud, pianoErato, 19571 5:58 PM Agustin Barrios (Mangore) — Danza Paraguaya No. 2 David Russell, […]
Toccata listings 12/29/19
On tonight’s program (the last Toccata of the decade!) an organ work by Bach and a “year” of music from Fanny Mendelssohn. Thanks for listening, and enjoy! 6:00 PM 17765 Johann Sebastian Bach Wie schon leuchtet der Morgenstern BWV Titanic 162 SOLO James Johnson, organ 4:00 C 1 12-12 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6:06 PM 34171 Fanny Mendelssohn […]
