Hoot and Holler, aka Amy Alvey and Mark Kilianski, returns to the WTJU studios this Friday afternoon, August 26, around 5 (edt) for a visit to Sunset Road. Later that night you can catch them at the Blue Moon Diner (details).
This release is the first volume of a Daniel-François-Esprit Auber recording series. When finished, it will include all of Auber’s overtures. And that includes 31 opéras-comiques, seven opéras, three drames lyriques and seven other stage works. Auber is mostly known for Fra Diavolo. The comic opera was an international hit when it premiered and is still performed today. But with over 40 […]
A huge, perfectly circular rock suddenly appears in a small city. What’s it doing there? What should we do with it? Can we make a buck on it? Why are people freaking out? Why aren’t more people freaking out? Follow along through 10 episodes of The Perfectly Circular Rock, a new fiction podcast full of […]
Share the joy of WTJU Classical – December 9 – 15 We need your help to raise $40,000 and keep WTJU going strong! Diverse and wide-ranging as they are, the wonderful classical music pieces you enjoy on WTJU have common themes that echo through each performance. Themes that celebrate excellence and creativity… evoke the deepest emotions… and […]
Bohemian composer Leopold Kozeluch wrote about thirty symphonies. Even though this is volume three, there’s still quite a ways to go. The Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice continue their traversal with Mark Stilec, the conductor. The ensemble performs with lightness and energy, enhancing the classic elegance of Kozeluch’s music. In general, I’d characterize these works […]
Ewelina Nowicka is a composer as well as a violinist. I think it’s that additional talent that makes this recording special. Nowicka and pianist Milena Antoniewicz perform three early postwar works by Mieczyslaw Weinberg. Weinberg was one of the composers endangered by the Zhdanov Doctrine (along with his good friend Dmitri Shostakovich). He managed to […]
New Jazz Adds – 11/19/2019 Karrin Allyson Sextet – Shoulder To Shoulder Centennial Tribute To Women’s Suffrage (eOne): It’s time for another reminder about inequality in the land of the free and the Karrin Allyson Sextet is a terrific way to start. The group features Karrin Allyson (vocals), Ingrid Jensen (trumpet), Mindi Abair (alto sax), […]
