Let’s be clear: the wind ensemble of Telemann’s time was vastly different than the ones we have today. Clarinets, metal flutes, valved brass instruments, and percussion were later additions to the ensemble. The lineup of L’Orfeo Bläserensemble is one Telemann was familiar with: two oboe d’amore, two F horns, and bassoon. Lute and cembalo provide […]
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Ensemble Imaginaire performs Durante with light touch
This double-disc release features eight string concertos by Francesco Durante, plus one that’s never been recorded before. Durante was a major figure in the early 18th Century. His music helped define the Neopolitan Galante Style. It was clean, clear, and relatively free of ornamentation. For the most part, the concertos on this release follow the […]
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Jazz Fest comes to WTJU
Can’t make it down to New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (aka Jazz Fest) this year? Then have we got good news for you, as WTJU is partnering with our friends at WWOZ to broadcast portions of this year’s 50th anniversary celebration! Below is a schedule of when we will currently be broadcasting from the […]
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Join us! Intro to Podcasting Workshop on April 27
You’re intrigued by podcasts. You like good stories. You’ve been thinking it could be cool to produce a podcast. Teej.fm is WTJU’s community podcast network. Join us for this FREE event on Saturday, April 27 to learn more about getting started in podcasting. Caitlin Flay and Tanner Green, the hosts of “Chart Chat,” and Nathan […]
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Alexander Moyzes Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6 – Popular reissues
This third volume of Alexander Moyzes symphonies features two of his most popular symphonies. Symphony No. 5 was dedicated to Moyzes father. Mikuláš Moyzes (1872–1944) was an early pioneer in creating a national style of classical composition. Alexander Moyzes demonstrates his mastery of this concept with this work. The symphony uses elements of his father’s […]
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Lilly Bird Bechtel delves into SUN SiNG on WTJU, April 23
Lilly “Bird” Bechtel will stop by WTJU on Tuesday afternoon, April 23, around 12:30 to chat about the SUN SiNG benefit concert at Jefferson Theater on April 26. Rumor is she might even bring along her guitar and perform a few tunes. The SUN SiNG collective is working now to create a new No Pipeline […]
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Shelest and Järvi make the most of Rubinstein concertos
In the 19th Century Russia, one composer towered over the rest. It wasn’t Tchaikovsky, any member of the Might Five. It was Anton Rubinstein. Rubinstein was prolific, and one of the first to assimilate Western musical tradition into Russian composition. Rubinstein was a piano virtuoso (among other talents), and his five piano concertos were the […]
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UHHM Live on WTJU, April 19
Baltimore jazz trio UHHM will stop by WTJU on Friday morning, April 19, at 11 for an hour of live music and conversation.
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Ronn McFarlane – The Celtic Lute goes beyond tradition
By my count, Ronn McFarlane has recorded at least 14 albums of Celtic music, both as a soloist and as a member of the Baltimore Consort. Scottish tunes of the 17th Century were often transcribed for lute (and McFarlane’s recorded a good deal of it). This release presents McFarlane playing his own lute arrangements of […]