Archive for March, 2020
Music From Movies 3-22-20
7:00 PM Leonard Bernstein West Side Story: Somewhere CBS/Sony 48211 COND John Green ORCH Studio Orchestra SOLO Marni Nixon, soprano SOLO Jim Bryant 7:03 PM James Horner Apollo 13 selections MCA 11241 COND James Horner ORCH Studio Orchestra 7:39 PM Doreen Carwithen East Anglian Holiday Chandos 7266 COND Gavin Sutherland ORCH BBC Concert Orchestra 7:55 […]
Toccata listings 3/22/20
On tonight’s program, a partita by the great Italian keyboard composer, Giralomo Frescobaldi, an organ suite from 20th century France, and Marlboro musicians with canons by J.S. Bach. Thanks for listening, and enjoy! 6:00 PM 15091 Girolamo Frescobaldi Partite 14 sopra l’Aria di Romanesca Dorian 90124 SOLO Girolamo Frescobaldi 12:37 C 1 5-5 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6:15 […]
Choral Hour 3-22-20
8:00 AM 8:00 AM Johann Sebastian Bach Motet: Jesu meine Freude BWV 227 Jesus,St. Davids 16 COND Douglas Buchanan ORCH Saint David’s Choir ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8:25 AM Sir Edward Elgar The Music Makers Op 69 Teldec 92374 COND Sir Andrew Davis ORCH BBC Symphony Orchestra SOLO BBC Symphony Chorus SOLO Jean Rigby,mezzo-soprano
Playlist: Mar/22/20
8:49 PM Cecile Chaminade — Concertino Opus: 107Conductor: Charles DutoitEnsemble: Royal Philharmonic OrchestraSir James Galway, fluteRCA/BMG, 63438 8:05 PM Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky — The Seasons: Complete Opus: 37Conductor: Constantine OrbelianEnsemble: Moscow Chamber OrchestraDelos, 3255 7:58 PM Leonard Bernstein — Tonight Conductor: John GreenEnsemble: Studio OrchestraJim BryantMarni Nixon, sopranoCBS/Sony, 48211 7:55 PM Leonard Bernstein — I […]
3-21-20 Face The Music Listings!
This week we review some Bach in honor of his birthday…a really nice recording of the Bartok Concerto For Strings Percussion and Celesta, Bruckner’s 7th makes an appearance and a Shostakovich Symphony you don’t often hear. Our panelists…composer and stage director John Bowen, FTM Panelist Emeritus Dave Donovan, and WBJC’s own Weekend Host Kati Harrison. […]
Vocalise 3/21/20
8:00 PM 8:00 PM Johann Sebastian Bach Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring BWV 147 DG/Archiv 439146 COND John Eliot Gardiner ORCH English Baroque Soloists SOLO Monteverdi Choir 8:02 PM Johann Sebastian Bach Mass in b: parts 2,3,4 Harm Mundi 901614 COND Philippe Herreweghe ORCH Collegium Vocale SOLO Johannette Zomer, soprano SOLO Veronique Gens, soprano SOLO […]
Playlist: Mar/21/20
8:02 PM Johann Sebastian Bach — Mass in b: parts 2,3,4 Conductor: Philippe HerrewegheEnsemble: Collegium VocaleJohannette Zomer, sopranoVeronique Gens, sopranoChristoph Pregardien, tenorPeter Kooy, bassHanno Muller-Brachmann, baritoHarm Mundi, 901614 8:00 PM Johann Sebastian Bach — Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring Conductor: John Eliot GardinerEnsemble: English Baroque SoloistsMonteverdi ChoirDG/Archiv, 439146 7:10 PM Gustav Holst — The Planets […]
3-21-20 Music In Maryland…What We Would Have Heard!
It’s Bach’s observed birthday so we have lutenist Ronn Mcfarlane and a nice Brandenburg recording from La Belle Province. The BSO was to play Mendelssohn but that is sadly cancelled…they did do a nice recording back in the day with Sergiu Comissiona. The BSO is scheduled to perform Holst’s Planets in late April…keep your fingers […]
Playlist: Mar/20/20
10:36 PM Sir Arnold Bax — Spring Fire, Symphony Conductor: Vernon HandleyEnsemble: Royal Philharmonic OrchestraChandos, 10155 10:19 PM Johann Sebastian Bach — Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 Key: GSpeidel-Trenkner Piano DuoMD+G, 3300635 10:05 PM Giuseppe Verdi — Hymn of the Nations Ensemble: Philharmonia OrchestraPhilharmonia ChorusLuciano Pavarotti, tenorLondon, 448700 9:48 PM Johannes Brahms — Neue Liebeslieder Walzer […]
Thursday 3/19/20 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM KHACHATURIAN: Concerto-Rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra STRAUSS: Waltzes and Polkas Manfred Honeck, conductor; Narek Hakhnazaryan, cello uctor; Andres Franco, conductor; Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh; Pittsburgh Symphony Brass
