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04/05/15 Toccata
6:18 PM Max Reger — Concerto for Piano and Orchestra Opus: 114 Conductor: Ulf Schirmer Ensemble: Munich Radio Orchestra Michael Korstick, piano CPO, 777373 6:00 PM Johann Sebastian Bach — Toccata & Fugue Key: d Michael Murray, organ Telarc, 80286
03/29/15 Toccata
6:34 PM Alexandre Guilmant — Symphony No.1 for Organ and Orchestra Key: d Opus: 42 Conductor: Stewart Kershaw Ensemble: Auburn Symphony Orchestra David Di Fiore,organ Ambassador, 1019 6:00 PM Anton Rubinstein — Sonata for Piano Four-Hands Key: D Opus: 89 Dana Muller, piano Gary Steigerwalt, piano Centaur, 2390
03/22/15 Toccata
6:36 PM Minuetta Kessler — Alberta Concerto Conductor: Robert Black Ensemble: Slovak Radio SO, Bratislava Helena Vesterman, piano MMC, 2009 6:10 PM Charles Tomlinson Griffes — Four Roman Sketches Opus: 7 Sylvia Parker, piano Centaur, 2811 6:00 PM Johannes Brahms — Prelude and Fugue Key: a Robert Parkins, organ Naxos, 8550824
Gratitude
November is a month where we are reminded to be thankful for all that we have in our lives. What are you grateful for? Post below and share with us and your fellow WBJC members!
Your Spring Thing!
One member writes in suggesting we visit Sherwood Gardens in the Guilford neighborhood of Baltimore. Taking a quick tour of their website, I found the tulips breathtaking! Their peak bloom is THIS WEEK folks! Have any of you visited Sherwood Gardens recently? I think I might make a thermos of tea, grab my spinning wheel and […]
Your First Time…. Cuatro!
We love hearing from long-time members, but I’ll bet there are a few new ones from our recent drive out there who have some great ‘first time’ stories! If you’ve just discovered the WBJC Newsletter, we asked our readers in April to write in about their earliest musical experience and how it affected the music […]
Your first time… installment #3!
Today’s stories are beautiful reminders of how deeply intertwined family and music can be in our lives. Does anyone out there take the time to pay it forward? I think a future write-in topic should be stories about how we influence the younger generations with our love of music. 🙂 Member Patrick Kelly of […]
Your first time…. part 2!
What fun! I personally have enjoyed hearing from listeners about what helped shape their musical tastes and it got me thinking of my own story. I was a fortunate child to grow up in such a culturally rich area. My first elementary school field trip was to see the Baltimore Symphony and they performed music […]
Your first time…
In our April newsletter, we asked readers to write in about their earliest musical experience. Everyone at the station is thoroughly enjoying your stories! We’ll be posting a few at a time over the next few weeks, so keep checking back. Member John Fay of Wheaton, MD writes: I can’t remember when good music […]
