Sunday 12/14/2025
Furniture Music 
"Furniture Music" is a style of composition and performance developed by Erik Satie in 1917. By incorporating repetitive motifs and sustained notation, Furniture Music was intended to be a subtle,… More"Furniture Music" is a style of composition and performance developed by Erik Satie in 1917. By incorporating repetitive motifs and sustained notation, Furniture Music was intended to be a subtle, almost subliminal type of music that could mix with the ambient sounds of the listener's everyday environment--serving as functional background music rather than a fulcrum for thoughts and emotions.Poppynogood will explore the genre as well as some of the works it inspired. We will begin with selections from Erik Satie and his contemporaries, and then explore the sonic evidence of its influences in the works of post-war avant garde composers like John Cage, to present day ambient composers such as Brian Eno and in contemporary electronic music (including Muzak). Less
Hosted by Poppynogood Sunday | 12/14/2025 | 9:45 pm-
"Trois Gymnopédies"
{Erik Satie}
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Aldo Ciccolini -
Piano Music Of Erik Satie, Vol. 1 [Capitol Records: 1970]
Notes: Composed between 1888 and 1898. - "5ème Gnossienne 1889" {Erik Satie} - Satsuki Shibano - Wave Notation 3: Erik Satie 1984 [WRWTFWW Records: 2023]
- "2ème Gnossienne 1890" {Erik Satie} - Satsuki Shibano - Wave Notation 3: Erik Satie 1984 [WRWTFWW Records: 2023]
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"Vexations"
{Erik Satie}
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Electric Satie -
Gymnopedie '99 [ROUX: 1998]
Notes: Undated composition (presumably composed between 1893-94), this short piece was envisioned by Satie to be played continuously 840 times. - "Nocturne No. 5" {Erik Satie} - Carl Schwarz - Silent Horizons [Beatclap: 2025]
- "In a Landscape (1948)" {John Cage} - Stephen Drury - In a Landscape: Piano Music of John Cage [Catalyst: 1994]
- "Blink" {Hiroshi Yoshimura} - Hiroshi Yoshimura - Music for Nine Post Cards [Empire of Signs: 2017]
- "1/1 - Edit" {Brian Eno} - Brian Eno and musicians - Eno: Soft Edges [UMC (Universal Music Catalogue): 2024]
- "Duoon" {alva noto and Ryuichi Sakamoto} - alva noto and Ryuichi Sakamoto - Vrioon [NOTON: 2002]
Handel's Messiah
What would the final evening of the Classical Marathon be without Handel's Messiah?
Hosted by Andrew Morgan Sunday | 12/14/2025 | 7:00 pm- "Messiah, HWV 56" {George Frideric HANDEL} - Auger, von Otter, Chance, Crook, Tomlinson, The English Concert Choir, The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock (director) - Handel: Messiah [Archiv ]
Sunday Opera Matinee: Artaserse
Baroque opera takes center stage with Leonardo Vinci’s florid setting of Artaserse, libretto by the 18th Century’s most prolific librettist, Pietro Metastasio. It is Vinci’s last and finest opera. You… MoreBaroque opera takes center stage with Leonardo Vinci’s florid setting of Artaserse, libretto by the 18th Century’s most prolific librettist, Pietro Metastasio. It is Vinci’s last and finest opera. You are sure to enjoy all the vocal fireworks when you join our own opera stars for this special Marathon edition of the Sunday Opera Matinee. Support WTJU and opera in our community with a generous pledge of financial support. Less
Hosted by Brendan O'Donnell Sunday | 12/14/2025 | 3:00 pm-
"Artaserse"
{Leonardo VINCI}
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Jaroussky, Cencic, Fagioli; Concerto Köln, Diego Fasolis, conductor -
[Erato: 1730 / 2011]
Notes: First performed at Rome's Teatro delle Dame in 1730 Leonardo Vinci, composer Pietro Metastasis, librettist Phillipe Jaroussky as Artaserse Franco Fagioli as Arbace Max Emanuel Cencic as Mandane Valer Barna-Sabadus as Semira Yuriy Mynenko as Megabize Daniel Behle (tenor) as Artabano Concerto Köln Coro della Radiotelevisione svizzera Diego Fasolis, conductor
Arvo Pärt at 90
Each year, Estonian composer Arvo Pärt is either the #1 or #2 most-performed living composer in the world (trading off with John Williams). But he remains elusive to many. Pärt's… MoreEach year, Estonian composer Arvo Pärt is either the #1 or #2 most-performed living composer in the world (trading off with John Williams). But he remains elusive to many. Pärt's music is often still and seemingly timeless; radically simplified and radiating an intense spirituality. Michael Stipe famously described it as both “a house on fire and an infinite calm.” We'll survey 6 decades of Pärt's music, from his most famous pieces to lesser-known but no less deeply affecting works. Less
Hosted by Brian Simalchik Sunday | 12/14/2025 | 1:00 pm- "Vater unser" {Arvo PART} - Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir; Tallin Chamber Orchestra; Tonu Kaljuste, conductor - Arvo Part: Tractus [ECM: 2023]
- "Tabula Rasa, I. Ludus" {Arvo PART} - Gidon Kremer & Tatiana Gridenko, violins; Alfred Schnittke, prepared piano; Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra; Saulus Sondeckis, conductor - Arvo Part: Tabula Rasa [ECM: 1984]
- "Tabula Rasa, II. Silentium" {Arvo PART} - Gidon Kremer & Tatiana Gridenko, violins; Alfred Schnittke, prepared piano; Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra; Saulus Sondeckis, conductor - Arvo Part: Tabula Rasa [ECM: 1984]
- "The Beatitudes" {Arvo PART} - Choir of King's College, Cambridge; Davide Goode, organ; Stephen Cleobury, director - Part: Silentium, Fratres, Magnificat & Missa syllabica [Warner Classics: 2004]
- "Spiegel im Spiegel" {Arvo PART} - Alexander Malter, cello; Dietmar Schwalke, piano - Alina [ECM: 1999]
- "Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten" {Arvo PART} - Stuttgart State Orchestra; Dennis Russell Davies, conductor - Arvo Part: Tabula Rasa [ECM: 1984]
- "De Profundis" {Arvo PART} - Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir; Christopher Bowers-Broadbent, organ; Tonu Kaljuste, director - Arvo Part: Beatus [Warner Classics: 1997]
- "My Heart's in the Highlands" {Arvo PART} - David James, countertenor; Christopher Bowers-Broadbent, organ - Triodion [Hyperion: 2003]
- "Summa" {Arvo PART} - Chilingirian Quartet - Tavener: Thunder Entered Her, The Last Sleep of the Virgin, The Hidden Treasure [Warner Classics: 2009]
- "Seven Magnificat-Antiphons" {Arvo PART} - Vox Clamantis; Jaan-Eik Tulve, director - Arvo Part: And I heard a voice [ECM: 2025]
- "Fratres" {Arvo PART} - Gidon Kremer, violin; Keith Jarrett, piano - Arvo Part: Musica Selecta - A Sequence by Manfred Eicher [ECM: 2015]
Ladino, Latino
Ladino Latino music was created by the inquisition. Ladino, also known as Judeo-Spanish , is a Romance language that developed among Sephardic Jews in the Iberian Peninsula (modern-day Spain and… MoreLadino Latino music was created by the inquisition. Ladino, also known as Judeo-Spanish , is a Romance language that developed among Sephardic Jews in the Iberian Peninsula (modern-day Spain and Portugal). It emerged as a distinct language after the expulsion of Jews from Spain and Portugal in 1492, when they carried their language, a form of medieval Spanish, with them to new communities. Over time, Ladino incorporated elements of Hebrew, Aramaic, and languages spoken in the regions where Sephardic Jews settled, such as Turkish, Greek, and Arabic. Less
Hosted by Liesbeth Laws Sunday | 12/14/2025 | 11:00 am- "Shma Israel" {Pavel LEVIN} - Pavel Levin - The Soul of the Jewish Violin, Vol. 4 [Hataklit: Hataklit]
- "Bloch: No. 1 Prayer from "Jewish Life"" {Ernest BLOCH} - Ernest Bloch, Edgar Moreau, Pierre-Yves Hodique - Play - Works for Cello and Piano [Warner Classics International: Warner Classics International]
- "Méditation Hébraïque" {Ernest BLOCH} - Ernest Bloch, Sol Gabetta, Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Candida Thompson - Prayer [Sony Classical: Sony Classical]
- "Ligeti: Romanian Concerto: I. Andantino" {Gyorgy LIGETI} - György Ligeti, Jonathan Nott, Berliner Philharmoniker - Ligeti : Project Vol.2 - Lontano, Atmosphères, Apparitions, San Francisco Polyphony & Concert Românesc [Warner Classics International: Warner Classics International]
- "Ligeti: Romanian Concerto: II. Allegro vivace" {Gyorgy LIGETI} - György Ligeti, Jonathan Nott, Berliner Philharmoniker - Ligeti : Project Vol.2 - Lontano, Atmosphères, Apparitions, San Francisco Polyphony & Concert Românesc [Warner Classics International: Warner Classics International]
- "Ligeti: Romanian Concerto: III. Adagio, ma non troppo" {Gyorgy LIGETI} - György Ligeti, Jonathan Nott, Berliner Philharmoniker - Ligeti : Project Vol.2 - Lontano, Atmosphères, Apparitions, San Francisco Polyphony & Concert Românesc [Warner Classics International: Warner Classics International]
- "Ligeti: Romanian Concerto: IV. Molto vivace" {Gyorgy LIGETI} - György Ligeti, Jonathan Nott, Berliner Philharmoniker - Ligeti : Project Vol.2 - Lontano, Atmosphères, Apparitions, San Francisco Polyphony & Concert Românesc [Warner Classics International: Warner Classics International]
- "Klezmer Dance No. 2" {Goran FROST} - Göran Fröst, Martin Fröst, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra - Roots [Sony Classical: Sony Classical]
- "Sephardic Medley" - Trio - The New York Cantors [Daniel Hart Media: Daniel Hart Media]
- "Sephardic Elegy" {TRADITIONAL} - Traditional, Massel Klezmorim - Massel Klezmorim: Jewish Travels - A Historical Voyage in Music and Song [ARC: ARC]
- "Avre tu puerta serrada" {TRADITIONAL} - Traditional, Massel Klezmorim - Massel Klezmorim: Jewish Travels - A Historical Voyage in Music and Song [ARC: ARC]
- "Hora" {Peter-Wolfgang FISCHER} - Peter-Wolfgang Fischer, Massel Klezmorim - Massel Klezmorim: Jewish Travels - A Historical Voyage in Music and Song [ARC: ARC]
- "Ir me kero, Madre, a Yerushalayim (Arr. Jeannette Sorrell)" {TRADITIONAL} - Traditional, Jeffrey Strauss, Nell Snaidas, Karim Sulayman, Jeannette Sorrell - Sephardic Journey [AVIE Records: AVIE Records]
- "Una Noche Al Lunar" {Flory JGODA} - Flory Jagoda - Memories Of Sarajevo [Altaras Recordings: Altaras Recordings]
- "La Kapara" {Flory JGODA} - Flory Jagoda - Kantikas Di Mi Nona (Songs of My Grandmother) [Altaras Recordings: Altaras Recordings]
- "La Tore" {Flory JGODA} - Flory Jagoda - Kantikas Di Mi Nona (Songs of My Grandmother) [Altaras Recordings: Altaras Recordings]
- "Ken Kere Tomar Konsejo?" {Flory JGODA} - Flory Jagoda - Memories Of Sarajevo [Altaras Recordings: Altaras Recordings]
- "Sephardic Ladino song" {Lana ROSS} - Lana Ross - Fantasy on Music Themes of Sephardic, Hasidic, Ladino, Klezmer, Jewish Folk Songs and Dances for Classical guitar [Andrei Krylov: Andrei Krylov]
- "Castilian Ladino song" {Lana ROSS} - Lana Ross - Fantasy on Music Themes of Sephardic, Hasidic, Ladino, Klezmer, Jewish Folk Songs and Dances for Classical guitar [Andrei Krylov: Andrei Krylov]
- "Kol Nidrei" - Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra with Mischa Maisly on cello - Mischa Maisky in Verbier [DGG: Max BRUCH]
What Would Ralph Do?
Dedicated to the memory of Ralph Graves “Radio Star,” who never knowingly played a work more than once in his tenure at WTJU – a plethora of music you’ve probably… MoreDedicated to the memory of Ralph Graves “Radio Star,” who never knowingly played a work more than once in his tenure at WTJU – a plethora of music you’ve probably never heard before! Ralph was always one to pull the musical rabbit out of his hat, dusting off works that just surprised and delighted the listener. Less
Hosted by Paula O'Buckley Sunday | 12/14/2025 | 9:00 am- "Christmas Day in da' Mornin'" {ANONYMOUS} - The Baltimore Consort - Bright Day Star [Dorian: 1994]
- "Concert Waltzes, Op. 31 (Version for 4 Cellos)" {FITZENHAGEN, Wilhelm Karl Friedrich} - The London Mozart Players - Petits Fours: Cello Quartets [Cello Classics: 2002]
- "Duo for Violin and Viola No. 2 in E-flat major (Book 1)" {PLEYEL, Ignaz} - Katja Grüttner, Violin, Christian Goosses, viola - Ignaz Pleyel: Duos for Violin and Viola [Musicaphon: 2025]
- "4 Klavierskizzen, Op. 35" {PALMGREN, Selim} - Jouni Somero, piano - Palmgren: Complete Piano Works, Vol. 6 [Grand Piano: 2023]
- "Festival Overture" {ZÁDOR, Eugene} - Budapest Symphony Orchestra MAV - Mariusz Smolij - Zádor: Dance Symphony [Naxos: 2015]
- "Jiskry z popele (Sparks from Ashes) Op. 5" {KÁPRALOVÁ, Vítezslava} - Nicky Spence, tenor/Dylan Perez, piano - Sparks from Ashes [Chandos: 2025]
- "Bassoon Concerto No. 2 in F major, Mvt 1: Allegro moderato" {ROSETTI, Antonio} - Eckart Hübner, bassoon/German Chamber Academy Neuss - Rosetti: Bassoon Concertos [cpo: 2003]
- "Concerto for Coloratura & Orchestra, Op. 82" {GLIÈRE, Reinhold} - Edita Gruberová, soprano/Radio Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart - Kurt Peter Eichhorn - The Art of Coloratura [Orfeo: 2016]
- "Suite in G minor for 2 violins and piano, Op. 71, Mvts 3 and 4, Lento assai and Molto vivace" {MOSZKOWSKI, Mortiz} - Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman, violins/Samuel Sanders, piano - Perlman & Zukerman play music for two violins [Warner Classics: 2015]
- "Intermezzo concertante, Op. 171" {HOLMBOE, Vagn} - Jens Bjørn-Larsen, tuba/Aalborg Symphony Orchestra - Owain Arwel Hughes - Holmboe: Brass Concertos [BIS: 1996]
Early Christmas Music Part II
Part Two of these Early Music Christmas programs will feature Christmas music from the Baroque period of Classical music. Characterized by its bright, ornamented style, this period has produced some… MorePart Two of these Early Music Christmas programs will feature Christmas music from the Baroque period of Classical music. Characterized by its bright, ornamented style, this period has produced some of the most familiar and beloved music for the Christmas season. You can expect to hear favorite excerpts from Handel’s Messiah, along with familiar carols and hymns from Bach, Praetorius, Charpentier, Gabrieli, and more. Less
Hosted by Sandy Snyder Sunday | 12/14/2025 | 7:00 am- "Canite Tuba (sound the trumpet)" {Augustine Bassano (fl. 1550’s - 1602)} - His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts, Gentlemen of the Chappell, Peter Bassano - Bassano; Gabrieli; Monteverdi: Venice Preserved [Decca (UMO): 1990]
- "Noëls pour les instruments, H. 534: Joseph est bien marié ("Joseph is well married”)" {Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704)} - Boston Camerata, Joel Cohen - A Baroque Christmas [Nonesuch: 2005]
- "Noëls pour les instruments, H. 534: Or nous dites Marie (“Tell us, Mary”)" {Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704)} - Boston Camerata, Joel Cohen - A Baroque Christmas [Nonesuch: 2005]
- "Noëls pour les instruments, H. 534: Une jeune pucelle (A young maid)" {Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704)} - Boston Camerata, Joel Cohen - A Baroque Christmas [Nonesuch: 2005]
- "Ein kind ist uns geboren (A Child is Born to us)" {Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672)} - Folger Consort - Sing Heigh, Ho! Unto the Green Holly! [Bard Records: 2009]
- "Puer Natus in Bethlehem (A Boy is born in Bethlehem)" {Samuel Scheidt (1587-1654)} - Winchester College Chapel Choir, Howard Ionascu - A Winter's Night [Signum Records: 2020]
- "Cantata "Gloria in excelsis Deo", BWV 191: I. Coro: Gloria In excelsis Deo" {Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)} - Johann Sebastian Bach, Latvian Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra - Bach Cantata BWV 191 [Best Buy Classical: 2012]
- "Hodie Christus natus est (Motet in 8 parts for two choirs)" {Giovanni Gabrieli (1557-1612)} - E. Power Biggs, Vittorio Negri, Gregg Smith Singers, The Texas Boys Choir, Richard Levitt, The Edward Tarr Brass Ensemble - The Glory of Gabrieli [Great Performances] [Sony Classical: 1968]
- "O magnum mysterium (Motet in 8 parts for two choirs) ("O great mystery”)" {Giovanni Gabrieli (1557-1612)} - E. Power Biggs, Vittorio Negri, Gregg Smith Singers, The Texas Boys Choir, Richard Levitt, The Edward Tarr Brass Ensemble - The Glory of Gabrieli [Great Performances] [Sony Classical: 1968]
- "Geistliche Chormusik, Op. 11: "Das Wort ward Fleisch", SWV 385 (The word became flesh)" {Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672)} - The Academy Of Ancient Music Chorus, Academy of Ancient Music, Paul Goodwin - A Festive Baroque Christmas [harmonia mundi: 1997]
- "Non so qual più m'ingombra: II. Aria. Che sara? Chi'a me lo dice? ("I don't know which weighs me down more: II. Air (or Aria/Song). What will be? Who tells me that?”)" {Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725)} - Emma Kirkby, London Baroque, Charles Medlam - Christmas Music - Scarlatti, A. / Corelli, A. / Pachelbel, J. / Bach, J.S. [BIS: 2000]
- "O di Betlemme, altera poverta ventu: I. Sinfonia (O noble and fortunate poverty of Bethlehem)" {Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725)} - Maya Boog, Cologne Chamber Orchestra, Helmut Müller-Brühl - Roman Christmas: Italian Concertos and Cantatas [Naxos: 1999]
- "Geistliche Chormusik (Sacred Choral Music), Op. 11: "Der Engel sprach zu den Hirten", SWV 395 (The angel said to the shepherds)" {Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672)} - The Academy Of Ancient Music Chorus, Academy of Ancient Music, Paul Goodwin - A Festive Baroque Christmas [harmonia mundi: 1997]
- "Musae Sioniae, Theils 5 & 9: Nos. 99, 213 & 214, Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme ("Sleepers, Awake! A Voice Is Calling”)" {Michael Praetorius (1571-1621)} - SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart, Marcus Creed - In dulci jubilo [SWRmusic: 2021]
- "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140: Chorale. Zion hort die Wachter singen (Arr. For trumpet and organ)" {Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)} - John Roderick MacDonald, trumpet; Martin Stephan, organ - Festliche Musik Fur Trompete Und Orgel (Festive Music for Trumpet and Organ) [Naxos: 2003]
- "Quem pastores laudavere ("He whom the shepherds praised”)" {Michael Praetorius (1571-1621)} - Choir of King's College, Cambridge - Essential Christmas Carols from King’s [Warner Classics: 2022]
- "Angelus ad pastores ait (Motet in 12 parts for two choirs) ("The angel said to the shepherds”)" {Giovanni Gabrieli (1557-1612)} - E. Power Biggs, Vittorio Negri, Gregg Smith Singers, The Texas Boys Choir, Richard Levitt, The Edward Tarr Brass Ensemble - The Glory of Gabrieli [Great Performances] [Sony Classical: 1968]
- "Messiah - Part 1: "There Were Shepherds...Glory To God In The Highest"" {George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)} - Judith Nelson, soprano; Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford, Simon Preston; Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood - Handel: Messiah [Decca Music Group Ltd.: 1980]
- "Messiah / Part 1: "Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter Of Zion"" {George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)} - Judith Nelson, soprano; Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford, Simon Preston; Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood - Handel: Messiah [Decca Music Group Ltd.: 1980]
- "Messiah / Part 1: "Then Shall The Eyes Of The Blind ... He Shall Feed His Flock"" {George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)} - Judith Nelson, soprano; Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford, Simon Preston; Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood - Handel: Messiah [Decca Music Group Ltd.: 1980]
- "Musae Sioniae, Theils 6 & 9: Nos. 78, 208, 209, 79 & 211, Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern" {Michael Praetorius (1571-1621)} - SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart, Marcus Creed - In dulci jubilo [SWR Classic: 2021]
- "O Jesulein süß, O Jesulein mild, BWV 493 ("O sweet little Jesus, O gentle little Jesus”)" {Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)} - The Cambridge Singers, John Rutter - Christmas Night: Carols of the Nativity (Remastered 2020) [Collegium: 2020]
- "Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (“Lo, how a rose ere blooming”)" {Michael Praetorius (1571-1621)} - Three Notch'd Road - Shepherd's Star [Three Notch'd Road: 2014]
- "Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (“Lo, how a rose ere blooming”)" {Michael Praetorius (1571-1621)} - His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts - The Twelve Days of Christmas [sfz music: 2007]
- "Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (“Lo, how a rose ere blooming”)" {Michael Praetorius (1571-1621)} - SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart, Marcus Creed - In dulci jubilo [SWRmusic: 2021]
- "The Old Year Now Away Is Fled (Greensleeves)" {English traditional} - Custer LaRue, Baltimore Consort - Bright Day Star [Sono Luminus: 1994]
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