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Jan. 07 2022

Newsletter article by Douglas Blackstone

By Judith Krummeck | Posted in Member Blogs | Comments Off on Newsletter article by Douglas Blackstone

Conductors Good & Bad, or at all? By Douglas Blackstone When I was an active member of a symphony orchestra, I often got the question: “What does the conductor really do?” This was asked with the notion that it was difficult for the average concert attendee and listener to quantify a conductor’s actual contribution to […]

Apr. 05 2019

Notary Public Training

By Mark Malinowski | Posted in Interviews, Member Blogs | Comments Off on Notary Public Training

I recently spoke with Michol Bobb, with the Notary Public Training Network.

Mar. 29 2018

Willy’s take on Madrid/Barcelona

By Wilmina Sydnor | Posted in Member Blogs, WBJC News | 4 Comments

I just returned from my first WBJC music tour – this one to Madrid and Barcelona. Although I wasn’t the only first timer, there were many in our group of 25 who had taken several trips and were glowing about all of them (hearing YoYo Ma playing Bach in Berlin was one of the tops). […]

Sep. 20 2017

St. Louis Concert

By Mark Malinowski | Posted in Interviews, Member Blogs | Comments Off on St. Louis Concert

Oct. 04 2015

10/04/15 Toccata

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6:00 PM 35191 Alexander Glazunov Four Preludes and Fugues Op 101 Hyperion 66855 SOLO Stephen Coombs, piano 37:02 C 1 3-10 _____________

Sep. 27 2015

09/27/15 Toccata

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  6:45 PM Johann Christian Bach — Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 Key: B-Flat Opus: 1 Conductor: Anthony Halstead Ensemble: Hanover Band Anthony Halstead, harpsichord CPO, 999299 6:00 PM Johannes Brahms — Sonata for two pianos Opus: 34 Valery Afanassiev, piano Vadim Suchanov,piano Denon, 78976  

Sep. 20 2015

09/20/15 Toccata

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  6:30 PM Camille Saint-Saens — Piano Concerto No. 1 Key: D Opus: 17 Conductor: Louis de Froment Ensemble: Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg Gabriel Tacchino, piano Vox/MMG, 3028 6:15 PM Charles Tomlinson Griffes — Sonata Key: F Garah Landes, piano Koch Intl., 7045 6:00 PM Giulio Regondi — Remembrance Douglas Rogers,concertina Bridge, 9055  

Sep. 13 2015

09/13/15 Toccata

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  6:34 PM Leo Sowerby — Festival Music Conductor: John Welsh Ensemble: The Fairfield Orchestra David Mulbury,organ M Polo/HK, 8223725 6:00 PM Sigismond Thalberg — Grande Sonate Key: c Opus: 56 Ian Hominick,piano Titanic, 227  

Sep. 06 2015

09/06/15 Toccata

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  6:17 PM Florent Schmitt — Symphonie Concertante for Orch. & Piano Opus: 82 Conductor: David Robertson Ensemble: Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orch Huseyin Sermet, piano Valois, 4687 6:00 PM Edvard Grieg — Holberg Suite Opus: 40 Ksenija Sidorova, Accordion Champs Hil, 55  

Aug. 31 2015

08/31/15 Toccata

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  6:38 PM Jean Francaix — Harpsichord Concerto Conductor: Kevin Mallon Ensemble: West Side Chamber Orchestra Christopher D. Lewis, Harpsich Naxos, 573146 6:00 PM Carl Maria von Weber — Piano Sonata No. 2 Key: A-Flat Opus: 39 Garrick Ohlsson, piano Arabesque, 6584  

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