WTJU

logo
☰
Skip to content
  • Home
  • Programs
    • Recent Shows
    • Search Playlists
    • Schedule (List)
    • Schedule (PDF)
    • Podcasts
    • PSAs
      • Jazz
      • Folk
      • Rock
      • Classical
        • Rock Marathon
          • Donate
          • Overview
          • Schedule (PDF)
          • Schedule (List)
          • Thank-You Gifts
  • Store
  • Get Involved
    • Get WTJU emails
    • Become a Volunteer
    • Camps & Education
    • Thank our sponsors
  • Support
    • Underwrite a Program
    • Donate a Vehicle
    • Planned Giving
  • About
    • Contacts
    • Station Information
    • Submit Music
    • Submit PSA/Events
    • Visiting

Donate

Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra

  • Eivind Groven Symphonies solidly Norwegian

    Jan 6th, 2021 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: CD Review, Classical music, contemporary classical music, Eivind Groven, Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra, Naxos, Orchestral music, Peter Szilway

    Norwegian composer Eivind Groven had a unique compositional voice. It was informed by his intimate knowledge of Norwegian folk music and folk instruments. Groven came from a family of folk musicians and was an accomplished Hardanger fiddle player. While similar to a violin, there are many differences. These differences form the basis of the music […]

  • Raphael Wallfisch shows affinity for Weinberg Cello Concerto

    Oct 15th, 2020 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: CD Review, Classical music, Concerto, contemporary classical music, CPO, Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra, Lukasz Borowicz, Mieczyslaw Weinberg, Raphael Wallfisch

    At first blush, it may seem like a recording of Mieczyslaw Weinberg’s music doesn’t belong in the Cello Concertos by Exiled Jewish Composers series. After all, wasn’t Weinberg a Soviet composer? He was, but he very much belongs in this series. Weinberg was born in Warsaw. His family moved to Russia, and after the Revolution, […]

  • Julius Rontgen Piano Concertos – originality in traditional forms

    Oct 6th, 2020 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: CD Review, Classical music, Concerto, contemporary classical music, CPO, Hermann Baumer, Julius Rontgen, Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra, Oliver Triendl

    In the Netherlands, Julius Röntgen is a cultural hero. But for the rest of the world, not so much. If you’re not familiar with Röntgen, this release is a good starting point. Röntgen was a piano virtuoso, whose playing at age 14 impressed Franz Liszt. Röntgen was friends with Brahms. Although he lived until 1932, […]

Affiliated with...
  • Air Studio: (434) 924-3959
  • Front Desk: (434) 924-0885
  • Website/Stream Help
  • 2244 Ivy Road
  • Charlottesville, VA 22903
Wordpress Login

Staff Entrance

About

  • About
  • Contacts
  • Station Information
  • Visiting
  • Submit PSA/Events
  • Archive
  • Schedule
    • WTJU Schedule
    • WXTJ Schedule
  • Calendar

More

  • Articles
    • General
    • Folk
    • Classical
    • Jazz
    • Rock
    • WXTJ
  • Get Involved
  • Hosts
Copyright 2022 by the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
Site by Vibethink
WTJU is owned and operated by the Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia.
The opinions expressed by announcers or guests on WTJU are not necessarily the opinions of WTJU or the University of Virginia.