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

Mar. 06 2025

Ian Bostridge sings Shakespeare and Donne

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    Tenor Ian Bostridge and his longtime collaborator, the pianist Julius Drake, are presenting a Jacobean-era recital for the Shriver Hall Concert Series on Sunday, March 9. It was my pleasure to speak to Ian by phone.  

Mar. 04 2025

Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony and Augustin Hadelich

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    BSO Music Director Jonathon Heyward collaborates with Augustin Hadelich for Alban Berg’s Violin Concerto in a program that also includes Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony and Bohuslav Martinů’s Memorial to Lidice, which quotes from Beethoven’s great work. It was a pleasure to speak with Jonathon by phone.    

Feb. 28 2025

Maurice Ravel, 150

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  One of the things in which I take great pride—and for which I can take no credit—is that I share my birthday with that most refined and enigmatic of French composers, Maurice Ravel. This month, we celebrate the 150th anniversary of his birth on March 7, 1875.   Some quick and random facts: Maurice […]

Feb. 24 2025

Mahler’s Fourth Symphony with Heyward

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    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s Music Director Jonathon Heyward conducts Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 featuring soprano Julia Bullock in the finale. Heyward and Bullock also collaborate on Jessie Montgomery’s Five Freedom Songs. It was a pleasure to speak with Jonathon by phone about the program.  

Feb. 07 2025

Wrangling the Doubt Monster on BookNotes

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        Amy L. Bernstein—novelist, journalist, speechwriter, playwright, poet, and writing coach—has written a book about that insidious feeling that plagues all creatives: Doubt. I talked to her about wrangling the monster.    

Jan. 08 2025

Part II of the current Shriver Hall concert season

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    The good news about the Shriver Hall Concert Series is that we still have much to look forward to in the current season! Executive Director Catherine Cochran came in to talk to me about what is still to come.  

Jan. 03 2025

Faraway Tables on BookNotes

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            Fiction and travel writer Eric D. Goodman is out with his first poetry collection: Faraway Tables. He’s my first guest on BookNotes for 2025.                  

Dec. 18 2024

How Shakespeare Invented the Villain

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  All The Devils Are Here: How Shakespeare Invented the Villain is an award-winning one-man show written and performed by Patrick Page. It’s at the Shakespeare Theatre Company until December 29th, and I spoke to Patrick Page by phone from D.C.        

Dec. 10 2024

Tom Stoppard’s Leopoldstadt at Shakespeare Theatre

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  Tom Stoppard’s deeply personal play Leopoldstadt is on at the Shakespeare Theatre Company in D.C. until December 29th. I spoke with the director Carey Perloff from her home in San Francisco.        

Dec. 06 2024

Emotion as Industry on BookNotes

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        Tracy Dimond is following up the publication of four chapbooks of poetry with her first full-length poetry collection, Emotion Industry. She’s my guest on BookNotes this month.                

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