Archive for the ‘WBJC Programs’ Category
Toccata listings for 7/5/26
In honor of our nation’s 250th, Tonight’s program will be an All-American Toccata, featuring music by Charles Ives, Edward MacDowell, and Earl Wild. Thanks so much for listening, and enjoy! 6:01 PM 1504 Charles Ives Variations on “America” Reference 113 SOLO Mary Preston, organ 8:43 C 1 8-8 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6:11 PM 4897 Edward MacDowell […]
The Art of Living History on BookNotes
In celebration of America’s 250th anniversary, my guest on BookNotes this month is the historical novelist and preservationist Sharon Virts, whose six-part saga Fields of Honor, set during the first half of the 1800s, is grounded in historical fact.
Thursday 7/02/26 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM BRUCKNER: Locus Iste MOUSSA: Adgilis Deda – Hymn for Orchestra BRUCKNER: Ave Maria BRUCKNER: Adagio from String Quintet in F major BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9 Manfred Honeck, conductor; Martina Russomanno, soprano; Evgenia Asanova, mezzo-soprano; Seungwoo Simon Yang, tenor; Vladyslav Buialski, bass-baritone; Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh
Wednesday 7/01/26 SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
11:00 PM ORCHESTRA: San Francisco Symphony CONDUCTOR: Esa-Pekka Salonen Richard Strauss: Don Juan, Opus 20 Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 7 in C major, Opus 105 Gabriella Smith: Rewilding Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks, Opus 28
Tuesday 6/30/26 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Aram Khachaturian Symphony No. 3 in C Major Leopold Stokowski, conductor John Williams Suite from Memoirs of a Geisha for Cello and Orchestra John Williams, conductor; Yo-Yo Ma, cello Zoltán Kodály Dances of Galánta Neeme Järvi, conductor César Franck Symphony in D Minor Pierre Monteux, conductor
Monday 6/29/26 New York Philharmonic
11:00 PM VERDI Missa da Requiem Alan Gilbert, conductor Angela Meade, soprano Lilli Paasikivi, mezzo-soprano Russell Thomas, tenor Eric Owens, bass-baritone New York Choral Artists (Joseph Flummerfelt, director)
Toccata listings for 6/28/26
On tonight’s program, Glen Gould as harpsichordist, Virgil Fox with Marcel Dupre, and a Dramatic Fantasy for piano and orchestra. Thanks for listening, and enjoy! 6:01 PM 5518 George Frederich Handel Harpsichord Suite No.3 in d HWV 428 CBS/Sony 52590 SOLO Glenn Gould,harpsichord (Book 1) 17:01 C 1 9-19 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6:21 PM 1121 Marcel Dupre […]
Thursday 6/25/26 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM TRIANO: Joy KORNGOLD: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 PERKINISON: Louisiana Blues Strut for Solo Violin SUPPE: Overture to Light Cavalry STRAUSS: Woman’s Heart, Polka-Mazurka, Op. 166 STRAUSS: Forward!, Polka schnell, Op. 127 STRAUSS: Sport Polka, Op. 170 STRAUSS: Without a Care!, Polka Schnell, Op. 271 Manfred Honeck, conductor; Randall Goosby, […]
Wednesday 6/24/26 SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
11:00 PM ORCHESTRA: San Francisco Symphony CONDUCTOR: Esa-Pekka Salonen SOLOIST: Isabelle Faust, violin* Magnus Lindberg: Chorale Alban Berg: Violin Concerto* Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird
Tuesday 6/23/26 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Benjamin Britten The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34 Seiji Ozawa conductor Jessie Montgomery Banner Rautavaara Cantus Arcticus Carl Orff Carmina burana Joélle Harvey soprano Reginald Mobley countertenor Hugh Russell baritone Chicago Symphony Chorus Jenny Wong guest director Uniting […]
