It was a busy summer for the Classics a Day team. In June, we marked African-American Music Appreciation Month. In July we celebrated national holidays in the U.S. and  Canada. So that just left August to have a summer theme. For my part, I chose to choose anything except Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons.” In the process, […]

Tune in to Wild Women and Friends, September 5th, at 11 am for an live concert by the Blues Trio M.S.G. M.S.G. Acoustic Blues Trio can raise the roof with some old fashioned house party tunes and then make you weep with their blues ballads! M.S.G. is a roots-infused, Piedmont-steeped, yet thoroughly up-to-date group of […]

This release contrasts two symphonies written by Johann Nepomuk David. Symphony No. 2 Op. 20 was completed in 1938, right before World War II. Symphony No. 4 Op. 39 dates from 1948 — immediately after the war. David’s style was an absorbant sponge that soaked up many influences: Anton Bruckner, Johannes Brahms, Joseph Marx, Arnold […]

The John Jorgenson Band (J2B2) will stop by WTJU Thursday afternoon, August 29, at 4 for a live session on the performance stage, and you are invited to be part of the studio audience!  You can catch their full concert later that evening at The Front Porch.  If you can’t make it to WTJU that […]

I enjoyed the previous Navona release of works by John Robertson. This recording features the same composer, same conductor, and the same orchestra, so I anticipated a similar experience. I was disappointed. The first disappointment was the sound of the orchestra. The ensemble sounded very thin. To my ears, the violins had a slight nasal […]

I’ve always loved the music of Harry Partch. These new recordings by Bridge Records do a tremendous service to the world of music. Hearing the Partch ensemble perform with copies of Partch’s original hand-made instruments. That’s important because it means these instruments can really be played, not handled like irreplaceable museum pieces. And the Partch […]