Archive for April, 2020

Apr. 23 2020

Playlist: Apr/23/20

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10:20 PM Ernest Chausson — Concert for violin, piano & quartet Key: DOpus: 21Ensemble: Chilingirian QuartetPascal Devoyon, pianoPhilippe Graffin, violinHyperion, 66907 10:06 PM Felix Mendelssohn — A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Overture Opus: 21Conductor: Andre PrevinEnsemble: London Symphony OrchestraAngel/EMI, 67775 9:45 PM Charles Gounod — Petite Symphonie Key: B-Flat Opus: 90Conductor: Christopher HogwoodEnsemble: Saint Paul Chamber […]

Apr. 22 2020

Jonathan Palevsky Serenades Us and His Furry Companions.

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Jonathan loves playing these three pieces by the Irish Harper, Turlough O’Carolan. Hope you enjoy them as well!

Apr. 22 2020

Wednesday 04/22/20 CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER/SANTA FE CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL

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11:00 PM Debussy                       Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune (Prelude to the Afternoon of aFaun) for Ensemble Daniel Phillips, Ida Kavafian, Violin; Richard O’Neill, Viola; DaneJohansen, Cello; Kurt Muroki, Contrabass; Sooyun Kim, Flute;Stephen Taylor, Oboe; Jose Franch-Ballester, Clarinet; Anne-MarieMcDermott, Piano; Kenneth Cooper, Harmonium; Mark Holloway,Chinese cymbal   Ravel                           Chansons madécasses for Voice, Flute, Cello, […]

Apr. 22 2020

COVID-19 insight from an expert

By Judith Krummeck | Posted in Host Blogs, Interviews | Comments Off on COVID-19 insight from an expert

My first ever Zoom interview! During this time of coronavirus uncertainly, it was a privilege to be able to call upon emergency physician, former Health Commissioner for the City of Baltimore, and current public health professor at George Washington University, Dr. Leana Wen.  

Apr. 22 2020

Playlist: Apr/22/20

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10:21 PM Jean Sibelius — Symphony No. 1 Key: eOpus: 39Conductor: Jukka-Pekka SarasteEnsemble: Finnish Radio Symphony OrchRCA/BMG, 7765 10:01 PM Johann Sebastian Bach — Violin Concerto No. 2 Key: EConductor: Lord Yehudi MenuhinEnsemble: Bath Festival Chamber Orch.Lord Yehudi Menuhin, violinAngel/EMI, 83334 9:25 PM Dmitri Shostakovich — Hamlet: Selections Opus: 116Conductor: Leonid GrinEnsemble: Berlin Radio Symphony […]

Apr. 21 2020

Tuesday 4/21/20 Chicago Symphony Orchestra

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11:00 PM Kirill Karabits and Sunwook Kim   Prokofiev:                   Overture on Hebrew Themes, Op. 34b Mendelssohn:              Piano Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 25 (Sunwook Kim, piano) Mendelssohn:              Capriccio brillant in B Minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 22 Beethoven:                  Adagio cantabile (second movement) from Piano Sonata No. 8 in […]

Apr. 21 2020

Playlist: Apr/21/20

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10:11 PM Igor Stravinsky — The Firebird Conductor: Kent NaganoEnsemble: London Symphony OrchestraVirgin, 45032 9:59 PM Antonio Vivaldi — Sonata for 2 violins & opt. continuo Key: GEnsemble: The Purcell QuartetChandos, 502 9:22 PM Richard Strauss — Also Sprach Zarathustra Opus: 30Conductor: Herbert von KarajanEnsemble: Berlin PhilharmonicDG/Archiv, 410959 9:02 PM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Piano […]

Apr. 20 2020

Monday 4/20/20 New York Philharmonic

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11:00 PM Bloch, Ben-Haim, and Babi Yar   BLOCH:                      Concerto Grosso No. 1 (recorded 1948) (Charles Munch, conductor; Walter Hendl, piano)   BEN-HAIM:                Sweet Psalmist of Israel (recorded 1959) (Leonard Bernstein, conductor; Sylvia Marlowe, harpsichord; Christina Savrache, harp)   SHOSTAKOVICH:      Symphony No. 13, “Babi Yar” (recorded 1993) (Kurt Masur, conductor; Sergei Leiferkus, baritone; Men of […]

Apr. 20 2020

Playlist: Apr/20/20

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10:31 PM Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov — The Golden Cockerel: Suite Conductor: Efrem KurtzEnsemble: Philharmonia OrchestraAngel/EMI, 67729 9:59 PM Nikolai Miaskovsky — Piano Sonata No.1 Key: dOpus: 6Endre Hegedus, pianoM Polo/HK, 8223469 9:02 PM Hector Berlioz — Symphonie Fantastique Opus: 14Conductor: Sir Colin DavisEnsemble: Royal Concertgebouw OrchestraPhilips, 4757558 8:40 PM Sir Edward Elgar — In The South […]

Apr. 19 2020

A New Normal

By Jonathan Palevsky | Posted in Host Blogs, WBJC News | 2 Comments

Four months ago, we started planning our Spring On-air Drive for May 6 to 9. But with the COVID-19 pandemic, business-as-usual is a thing of the past. We cannot put volunteers, staff, and food donors at risk to help us in our fundraising efforts. We have to do something we have never tried before. So instead […]

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