Cellist Kaitlyn Raitz will stop by WTJU Thursday afternoon, October 28, to go track by track through her new instrumental album, Me, Myself, Myself, and I.  Kaitlyn recorded the album during the pandemic, and recorded all of the cello sections herself. Folk & Beyond airs Thursday afternoon from 4-7 (edt) at 91.1 FM, and streaming […]

Beverley Street String Band will pull into Offbeat Roadhouse Friday night, October 29, for a concert which will also be broadcast on WTJU. This is a free event, open to all. Masks are required for all attendees.  You can also listen to Offbeat Roadhouse on the radio (91.1 FM) or on-line, and even video stream it.  But concerts always […]

The Classics a Day team decided October was the month to feature octets. Granted, it is the tenth month of the year, but the word “detects” isn’t as alliterative. The mix of instruments that make up an octet varies. Some composers wrote for double string quartet, some for wind instruments, and some for a blend […]

Eduardas Balsys was a major musical figure in postwar Lithuania. He was one of the country’s foremost composers, Balsys was also an important educator. He was head of the composition department a the Conservatory of the Lithuanian SSR. As such, he shaped the next generation of Lithuanian composers. Balsys’ own style was shaped by politics. […]

This release, in part, shows the direct influence Paganini had on chamber music. The Quartetto Ascanio begins with music by Camillo Sivori, Paganini’s only known pupil. They continue with a quartet by Giovanni Serra, another teacher of Sivori. Also included is a quartet by Carlo Andrea Gambini. He was a fellow Genoese violinist and composer, […]

Volume two of Naxos’ Wranitzky series features all world premiere recordings. Of course, that’s not so hard to do. As popular as Paul Wranitzky was in 1800s Vienna, he remains all but unknown today. And that’s also why a release of never-heard-before recordings is so exciting. Wranitzky moved to Vienna from Moravia in the 1770s […]