Listener favorites on WTJU come in many styles from a century of jazz recordings. This year’s WTJU Jazz Marathon promises an exploration of tremendous one-of-a-kind jazz recordings. Join WTJU this year’s Jazz Marathon, September 24-30 — our annual musical scavenger hunt for the lost and found favorites of jazz! DONATE TODAY! Special kick-off event: JOEL HARRISON Concert. On […]
Programming
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I Heard a Voice from Heaven as the Voice of a Great Thunder: Motets of Giacomo Carissimi
Disembodied voices — seemingly from heaven, or elsewhere — feature prominently in the old annals of sacred life. Hungarian Cardinal Peter Pazmany tells us in his 1609 The Life of St. Ignatius of Loyola that an assassin, armed with a sword, stood at Ignatius’ door ready to strike when a mysterious voice called out “What […]
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Il Trittico and The One-Act Dilemma
The One-Act Problem Opera companies face a dilemma when presented with a one-act work. The fixed costs of a production are not much less than a standard two- or three-act work, so ticket prices remain the same. Yet the audience is receiving less than a full evening’s entertainment. So with the exception of Wagner’s Der […]
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Novitas Nativitas
Last night I hosted WTJU’s contemporary classical music show “Novitas.” The contrast of the very old Latin word meaning “new” as the title for a new music show wasn’t lost on me — especially as I was doing a Christmas Adam show.* While we tend to thing of Christmas carols as being timeless, they’re mostly a […]
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Just a Few Friends Observes the Week of Remembrance
This week¹s show of Just a Few Friends observes the Week of Remembrance, which runs from the Sunday before Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom Hashoah) through the following Sunday, this year falling on April 19. We will observe the Week of Remembrance with music rooted in the culture of the people who were systematically killed during the Holocaust. In particular, […]
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Deborah Murray’s finale on Classical Sunrise
This Sunday, please remember to tune in to Classical Sunrise, 6-9 am, here on WTJU-Charlottesville. After 15 years, Deborah Murray is bowing out as host of the program, and this will be her last show. Deborah has been an outstanding station volunteer, not only hosting a program, but also serving as Classical Department Director. She […]
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Introducing Federico Cilliberto
Tags: Classical music, ProgrammingMany of us have already had the pleasure of meeting Dr. Federico Cilliberto, and we are delighted to welcome him to WTJU’s Classical Department. He has already done his first show – on Sunday evening, November 2. Federico hails from Florence, Italy, and holds both Italian and US citizenship. He is a professor in UVA’s […]
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Our New Classical Schedule
Tags: Classical music, ProgrammingWe’re delighted to announce WTJU’s new schedule for classical music. Most of your favorite shows remain unchanged, but we have a few new goodies for you. Novitas has replaced The Listening Room as our Wednesday evening show devoted to 20th and 21st Century music. John Delehanty, who has a great deal of knowledge about modern […]
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2014-15 Orchestra Season by the Numbers
The Baltimore Symphony’s blog released an amazing infographic by Rachel Upton and Ricky O’Bannon that quantifies the 2014-15 season for 21 major symphony orchestras. It’s well-worth exploring. It shows a little more diversity than one may assume — almost 10% of the music performed was written after 2000. That’s pretty significant, though 1886 remains the […]