Author Jeffrey Greene will stop by WTJU Thursday afternoon, April 7, during Folk & Beyond to discuss his latest book, Masters of Tonewood: The Hidden Art of Fine Stringed-Instrument Making, out now on University of Virginia Press. Folk & Beyond airs Thursday afternoon from 4-7 (edt) at 91.1 FM and streaming at wtju.net. The wood used […]
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Classical Interviews – Sacred Music of Monticello concert, March 6
WTJU’s Chelsea Holt spoke with David McCormick, artistic director at the Early Music Access Project, about its upcoming concert, “Sacred Music of Monticello,” as well as some of the underlying philosophies driving his art and research. The concert, offered in person and online by Early Music Access Project at Charlottesville’s historic Christ Episcopal Church, features […]
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Classical Interviews – Matt Boehler and VHO’s “Fat Pig”
WTJU’s Paige Waterhouse spoke with Victory Hall Opera’s Matt Boehler about their new work, “Fat Pig.” When Tom begins dating Helen, a confident plus-sized woman, he faces the taunts and judgment of his peers. In Helen, we finally see an operatic character, written specifically for a fat performer, telling of an experience that is all […]
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25 years on the throne: “King of Instruments” celebrates anniversary
The booming introduction to “The King of Instruments” show on WTJU leaves little doubt why the organ holds that nickname. The music starts with a soft breath of sound and builds toward a thunderous crescendo. By the time it gives way to Michael Latsko’s warm welcome, one can only wonder what possibly could come next. […]
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WTJU launches Charlottesville Classical – new 24/7 Classical Music service
Tags: Classical, Classical musicCharlottesville Classical is a new service, providing a 24/7 stream of the best of WTJU Classical. Listen here: Your browser does not support the audio tag. Classical music can rightly be described many ways: It’s calming music. It’s intellectually interesting music. It’s timeless and beautiful. It’s contemporary and adventurous. Here at Charlottesville Classical, it’s all […]
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Celebrating 60 years: Special Shows June 2-11
From June 2 through June 11, we’ll have a variety of special shows to celebrate 60 years of WTJU, including some hosted by WTJU alumni. You can check out the full schedule below. For all things 60th anniversary related, check out our overview page. June 2 – Friday Jazz at 100 Alum-Hosted Jazz Show: Left […]
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Forward-looking quartets by CPE Bach
According to one contemporary, CPE Bach’s quartets for clavier, flute, and viola were “whimsical, with crazy leaps, clownish modulations and often childish turns, together with the affectation of profound scholarship, all very finely teased out.” Wellll yes and no. Carl Philip Emmanual Bach wrote these quartets shortly before his death in 1788. They came at […]
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Discovering the Classical String Trio
As the Vivaldi Project points out in the liner notes for this release, string trios from the classical era are woefully under-represented in the performing and recording repertoire. It’s not because instrumental grouping’s unusual — there were hundreds of string trios written between 1750 and 1827 (the approximate dates of the classical era). And, as […]
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Mozart: Music for Harpsichord Four Hands – an unusual choice
This is a somewhat curious album. Not because of the repertoire — recordings of Mozart’s 4-hand keyboard works aren’t that rare. Some of the works represented here have over 40 different recorded versions currently available. No, what makes this collection unusual is the instrument itself. Most of the recordings of this music are done with […]