Renaissance Soul & Classics Ensemble will both pull into Offbeat Roadhouse Friday night, January 31, from 8-9 for a concert which will also be broadcast on WTJU.Sure you could listen to Offbeat Roadhouse on the radio (91.1 FM) or on-line, and even video stream it, but concerts always sound better with you as part of the studio audience.  Offbeat Roadhouse takes place each Friday […]

The Classics a Day team noted that the new year is comprised of two twenties — double digits. So the theme for January 2020 is to post other examples of double digits found in classical music. Prolific composers are a good place to start. But I found a few surprises among composers with very small […]

Have you heard? WTJU runs the Virginia Audio Collective, a collection of more than a dozen podcasts from Charlottesville and around Virginia. These homegrown podcasts are produced by people like you. Formerly known as Teej.fm, the Virginia Audio Collective is all about public access, support for new voices in Virginia, and connecting listeners with exceptional […]

Tune in Thursday morning, January 23, for an Academy Award Film Scores extravaganza during Classical Sunrise.  Host Ken Nail will share some of his favorite film scores from this year’s Oscars nominees.  Classical Sunrise is heard weekdays from 6-9 am on WTJU (91.1 FM and streaming at wtju.net/player).

Herbert Howells is best known for his large scale choral works. But as this release demonstrates, his chamber music is equally beautiful and well-crafted. The Dante Quartet deliver sympathetic readings of Howell’s String Quartet No. 3 and Lady Audrey’s Suite. The Gould Trio, joined by pianist Benjamin Frith, performs the Piano Quartet in A minor […]

Boris Lyatoshynsky was a Ukranian who spent a large part of his career working in Soviet Russia. It’s an important distinction. Soviet composers had to write music that followed political guidelines. In the case of Lyatoshynsky’s 1951 Third Symphony, it meant rewriting the finale. The programmatic symphony was a reaction to the horrors of the […]