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Judith is WBJC's afternoon host. Her full bio can be read here.

Mar. 15 2024

BookNotes Review March 2024

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  Until August Gabriel García Márquez After Annie Anna Quindlen H Is for Hope CLIMATE CHANGE FROM A TO Z Elizabeth Kolbert One Way Back: A Memoir Christine Blasey Ford  

Mar. 13 2024

Bruckner From the Archives to celebrate the composer’s bicentenary

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    SOMM Recordings is announcing Bruckner from the Archives, a major new, six-double-CD-volume series celebrating the 200th anniversary of Anton Bruckner’s birth in 1824. I spoke with audio restoration engineer, Lani Spahr.          

Mar. 03 2024

Mark Padmore and Mitsuko Uchida with Winterreise at Shriver

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      British tenor Mark Padmore partners with Japanese-British pianist Mitsuko Uchida for Franz Schubert’s monumental song cycle, Winterreise on the Shrive Hall Concert Series. It was my pleasure to speak with Mark about the performance.              

Mar. 01 2024

Ben Tanzer’s “Missing” on BookNotes

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        Author, podcaster, publicist, and teacher, Ben Tanzer, is out with his latest novel, The Missing, from 7.13 Books. It was my pleasure to catch up with Ben by phone from Chicago.            

Feb. 27 2024

Music at Evergreen closes out season with Viano Quartet

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    This Sunday at 2 pm, the Viano Quartet will give a performance in the Bakst Theatre at Evergreen Museum & Library, followed by a meet-and-greet reception with the artists. I spoke with the series’ Artistic Advisor, Genya Hopkins.     

Feb. 25 2024

The 48th annual Bach marathon at St. David’s

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    This year’s annual Bach Marathon at St. David’s church in Roland Park will include Bach’s monumental St. Matthew Passion. I spoke with the Director of Music Ministries, Douglas Buchanan.      

Feb. 16 2024

BookNotes Review February 2024

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    Medgar & Myrlie: Medgar Evers and the Love Story That Awakened America Joy-Ann Reid Normal Women: Nine Hundred Years of Making History Philippa Gregory Wandering Stars Tommy Orange Fourteen Days The Authors Guild, Margaret Atwood, Douglas Preston  

Feb. 02 2024

BookNotes marks Black History Month

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        The poet and speechwriter, Terry Edmonds, whose latest collection is Question Marks published by DARKLIGHT PUBLISHING, has had a life journey from the projects in Baltimore, to being chief speechwriter for President Bill Clinton, and beyond. I invited him to be my guest for this edition of BookNotes during Black History […]

Jan. 28 2024

A book about restoring wisdom in America’s schools

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      David Steiner is a Professor of Education at Johns Hopkins University with qualifications from Oxford and Harvard. He has published a book called A Nation At Thought: Restoring Wisdom in America’s Schools; it was my pleasure to speak with him about his thoughts.                  

Jan. 23 2024

Garrick Ohlsson returns to the Shriver Hall Concert Series

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    Garrick Ohlsson plays a recital of works by Beethoven, Ursula Mamlock, Schubert, and Chopin on Sunday, February 4th. It was my pleasure to speak with him by phone about his forthcoming performance.    

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