Guitarist Stephane Wrembel will drop by WTJU Friday afternoon, February 5, at 4 (est) to do a track by track of his new album, The Django Experiment VI. Tune in at 91.1 FM, streaming at wtju.net, or by asking your smart speaker to “Play WTJU.”
This is the second Christopher Gunning release from Signum Classics. And like the first, it’s a collection of beautifully-crafted music with first-rate performances. Gunning composes of both film and the concert hall. The skills needed for the former benefit his work in the latter. Gunning’s Violin Concerto was inspired by a hiking trip in Wales. […]
The Classics a Day team has celebrated Black composers before. This time around, I tried to avoid duplication with previous posts. It was easy to do. There is a lot of classical music by persons of color, both in the past as well as the present. A lot. Here are my posts for the fourth […]
Jeff Picker will stop by WTJU Thursday afternoon, March 4, at 4:30 (est) to go track by track through his album, With the Bass in MindWTJU, during Folk & Beyond. You can listen at 91.1 FM, streaming at wtju.net, or by asking your smart speaker to “Play WTJU.”
Some of my classical music friends are convinced that the art form died in the 1920s — and Schoenberg killed it. Contemporary music is uniformly academic, difficult to perform, and even harder to listen to. Airat Ichmouratov is but one of several contemporary composers who refute those stereotypes time and again. Ichmouratov is a true […]
In a way, I suppose, this release was the next logical step. Pianist Ronald Brautigam and the Kölner Akademie have already recorded the complete piano concertos of Mozart, Beethoven, and Mendelssohn. Presenting those of Carl Maria von Weber helps fill out that timeline. Von Weber was a younger contemporary of Ludwig van Beethoven, and his music […]
Principal Timpanist and Percussionist of the Charlottesville Symphony, I-Jen Fang, spoke with WTJU about how they got started, playing Bach pieces on marimba, and how social distancing has affected their life. For more on I-Jen Fang, visit:cvillesymphony.org/i-jen-fang For more on the Charlottesville Symphony, visit:cvillesymphony.org These interviews air as part of WTJU’s Classical Sunrise, weekday mornings […]
In response to best practices put forth by the CDC and other health officials, the WTJU offices will be closed to the public for the time being. The station will continue to broadcast both on 91.1 FM and online. You can continue to reach out to us via email at wtju@virginia.edu or by phone at 434-924-0885.
