The Morning Show 6-10a Monday – Friday
Dr. Dave’s Drive Time Elixir 3-7p Monday – Friday
WRCJ’s Program Director, Dr. Dave Wagner, is a lifelong Detroiter and well-known as an organist, pianist and music educator. He brings his vast musical knowledge and wry sense of humor to our morning airwaves with traffic and weather updates and his famous 7:15a “Sousalarm.” He returns weekday afternoons to ease your drive home with a mix of lighter classics and orchestrated popular tunes.
Hi! I listen while I work so excuse me if you discussed this yesterday!!
You played a Bernard Hermann soundtrack yesterday to a John Houseman movie – it had a huge viola d’amour solo. I looked up the movie and found that the artist on the movie soundtrack was a violist named Virginia Majewsky. Apparently the day she went to play this recording, she discovered that her instrument was broken and she had to borrow one from someone else. Bernard Hermann was so impressed with her, he tried to get her own film credit. When he was told that was not possible, he insisted that she share his.
Amazing career she had! I am shocked that I had never heard of her before. Many of her male counterparts are quite famous (Primrose, Heifetz, Piatagorsky).
Thanks for getting me started on this discovery!
That’s very interesting Cathy, if that’s not already in our program notes, we should add it. Thanks for listening!
I wish Duke Ellington had recorded Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata. I think he’d have done an interesting version.
Hi, we haven’t heard a version of that by Duke but yes that would be very interesting!
Hi Dave and Peter, great show again today. About 8:40am some interesting (rap?) song was played, with Vivaldi fragments, by somebody named Peter S… (could not get his name although it was mentioned twice), could not find it in the playlist either. I would appreciate some help tracing it, that song made my day. Thank you
Hello listener, that was by P.D.Q. Bach aka Peter Schickele: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDgaLjgczrc
Dave-
What is playing now 7:25 am 12/3. A violin piece. After sous alarm. I think Swedish folk songs?
Just love it!
My whole family loves WRCJ. Thanks for your sense of humor, that is not at the expense of others, Just witty and upbeat. And great music choices.
Just so you know, it was our Ann Arbor high schooler that was in the Choir that hooked us on WRCJ over 8 years ago and we have been donating since.
Have a great day.
Hi Linda, thank you for the support and our thanks to your high schooler for suggesting us! Here’s that piece you mention:
Svendsen, Johan: Two Swedish Folktunes (for string orchestra), Op. 27
Järvi, Neeme
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
BIS:347
Hi Dr. Dave, love the show. Can you tell me what the name of the Veracini piece was that played 12/1/20 between 4:00-5:00pm?
Yes, that was Francesco Maria Veracini’s “Ouverture” (Suite) No. 5 in B flat performed by the Musica Antiqua Cologne under Reinhard Goebel.
what is the cello interlude that is played at the conclusion of your afternoonshow?
Hello Donald, Dr. Dave’s closing music is J.S. Bach’s Solo Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major (BWV 1009) – Bourrees performed by Charles Curtis on the tableau from the album “An Imaginary Dance”. You can take a look at that cd here: http://www.amazon.com/Bach-Imaginary-Dance-Charles-Curtis/dp/B004TB6G3Q