Archive for May, 2020

May. 31 2020

WBJC OPERAFEST presents: Metropolitan Opera Radio Encore Series 2020

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Metropolitan Opera Radio UPCOMING ENCORE BROADCASTS – 1PM SATURDAYS Timings are approximate. May 23, 2020 – Verdi: Rigoletto (performance from 12/7/13) Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Sonya Yoncheva, Matthew Polenzani, conducted by Pablo Heras-Casado app. 2 hrs. 30 min. May 30, 2020 – Verdi: Requiem (performance from 3/28/64) – in memory of Rosalind Elias Leontyne Price, Rosalind Elias, […]

May. 31 2020

Music From Movies 5-31-20

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7:00 PM Jim Parker Foyle’s War: Main Theme Harkit 1 ORCH Studio Orchestra 7:03 PM John Williams Harry Potter: Hedwig’s theme DG/Archiv 30629 COND John Williams ORCH Recording Artists Orch of L.A. SOLO Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin 7:11 PM Jerome Moross The Big Country: Music from the Film Silva 1048 COND Tony Bremner ORCH Philharmonia Orchestra

May. 31 2020

Toccata listings for 5/31/20

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On tonight’s program, a work for 2 pianos and 8 hands, an organ work by a contemporary of Beethoven, and music by “The London Bach” before he went to London.  Thanks for listening, and enjoy!   6:00 PM 32512 Ignaz Moscheles Les Contrastes: Grand Duo (for 2 Pianos/8 hands) Haus Musik 1984 ORCH American Piano […]

May. 31 2020

Choral Hour 5-31-20

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8:00 AM 8:00 AM Joseph Haydn Harmony Mass Philips 470297 COND John Eliot Gardiner ORCH English Baroque Soloists SOLO Monteverdi Choir SOLO Joanne Lunn, soprano SOLO Sara Mingardo, contralto SOLO Topi Lehtipuu, tenor SOLO Brindley Sherratt, bass ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8:44 AM Maurice Ravel Piano Concerto in G London 4789394 ORCH I Fagiolini ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8:54 AM Claudio […]

May. 31 2020

Playlist: May/31/20

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TIME COMPOSER TITLE CONDUCTOR ENSEMBLE SOLOIST 1 SOLOIST 2 SOLOIST 3 SOLOIST 4 SOLOIST 5 RECORD LABEL SPINE NUMBER 7:00:00 Georges Bizet Symphony No.1 Jesus Lopez-Cobos Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Telarc 80224 7:32:00 Victor Herbert Cello Concerto No. 1 Sir Neville Marriner Academy of St Martin in Fields Lynn Harrell, cello London 417672 8:00:00 Joseph Haydn […]

May. 30 2020

Vocalise 5/30/20

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8:00 PM Giacomo Puccini Tosca: “Vissi D’Arte” Angel/EMI 67782 COND Sir Charles Mackerras ORCH London Symphony Orchestra SOLO Montserrat Caballe, soprano ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8:04 PM Ludwig van Beethoven Choral Fantasy for Piano, Chorus & Orch.Philips 438005 COND Kurt Masur ORCH Gewandhausorchester Leipzig SOLO Menahem Pressler,piano SOLO and Chorus ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8:23 PM Ernest Chausson Poeme de l’Amour […]

May. 30 2020

Playlist: May/30/20

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8:53 PM Morten Lauridsen — So they Say from “Les Chansons des Conductor: Jeffrey HuntEnsemble: St. Charles SingersMSR, 1660 8:23 PM Ernest Chausson — Poeme de l’Amour et de la Mer Opus: 19Conductor: Riccardo MutiEnsemble: The Philadelphia OrchestraWaltraud Meier, mezzoAngel/EMI, 55120 8:04 PM Ludwig van Beethoven — Choral Fantasy for Piano, Chorus & Orch. Key: […]

May. 29 2020

Playlist: May/29/20

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10:01 PM Gustav Mahler — Symphony No. 7 Key: eConductor: Pierre BoulezEnsemble: Cleveland OrchestraDG/Archiv, 447756 9:42 PM Morten Lauridsen — Les Chansons des Roses Conductor: Nicol MattEnsemble: Chamber Choir of EuropeMorten Lauridsen, pianoHanssler, 98272 9:10 PM Domenico Scarlatti — 15 Sonatas John Browning, pianoNimbus, 2544 9:06 PM Giacomo Puccini — Tosca: “E Lucevan le stelle” […]

May. 28 2020

Thursday 5/28/20 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

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11:00 PM ELGAR: Cockaigne Overture SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto RAVEL: Daphnis et Chloe – Suites No. 1 and 2 Vasily Petrenko, conductor; Ray Chen, violin

May. 28 2020

Playlist: May/28/20

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10:55 PM Gyorgy Ligeti — Six Bagatelles Ensemble: Ensemble Wien-BerlinCBS/Sony, 48052 10:23 PM Edouard Lalo — Symphonie Espagnole for Violin & Orch. Key: dOpus: 21Conductor: Jesus Lopez-CobosEnsemble: Royal Philharmonic OrchestraAnne Akiko Meyers, violinRCA/BMG, 60942 10:06 PM Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco — Sonata “Hommage a Boccherini” Opus: 77Meng Su, GuitarTonar, 60701 9:28 PM Ludwig van Beethoven — Symphony […]

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