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MANY years ago, on the “old” station, you once played the Jeremy Brett “Sherlock Holmes” brilliant violin tracks by Patrick Gowers. The theme was played at Jeremy Brett’s funeral in London at his passing by Gowers’ daughter. Are those tracks even still around.? Would anyone else be interested in hearing them again?
Remarkable music for “just” a TV show?
Hello Kathy, it appears that cd didn’t make it over to us. We have some of the recordings from WQRS but not everything. But it would be nice to hear again. Maybe they can be found on the internet?
You just played a version of “Willow Weep for Me” (about 7:45 pm on 01/02/2020) that was so beautifully simple. Who’s rendition was that?
Hello Heidi, that was by Nellie McKay from her album “Sister Orchid”. Thanks for listening.
Where can I find out about equipment necessary to listen to your HD station?
Hello Jack, any HD radio should do. We used to have an HD radio as one of our thank you gifts but it was discontinued. Do you generally receive a decent signal? Sometimes if an HD radio can’t pick up a good HD signal it defaults back to analog which would be unfortunate. Radios that are HD compatible display this symbol: https://images.app.goo.gl/4tHXnY7RoCd4LwDW6
OK. I get a fine signal on my dtsuner with a dipole antenna, so I guess I do not need to look any further into HD.
Ok, whatever works for you. Thanks for listening!
Hello. I was hoping to get the name of a jazz song played on Tuesday, the 10th of December 2019. It was one of the first songs after classical music had ended, so within the first 15 minutes. The singer was a woman and its lyrics were about Detroit: “Detroit is doin’ just fine” and “Detroit is goin’ fast.” I am almost certain those are verbatim, but I could be wrong. Shazam and Siri could not identify it and I could not bring up the song on Google when I searched for it either. Please help!
Much Appreciated,
Patrick D.
Hello Patrick, that was Alma Smith doing “Movin’ Along” from her album “Dreamin'”.
Hi
What was playing today around 12:34-12:36ish?
Sounded like a mix between sufjan stevens and elliott smith. singe male vocals but doubled.
Was beautiful.
TIA
Hello Erin, around that time we played a selection from the opera La finta semplice by Mozart. It’s from a big cd set on the L’Oiseau-Lyre label, spine number 452496. It featured the Academy of Ancient Music conducted by Christopher Hogwood.
What was playing 11/8 at about 8:10 am right after the news break? Awesome and invigorating! Thank you!
Hello Jake, looks like it was Slavonic Dance In A Flat Op46 #3 by Dvorak performed by the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and conducted by Rafael Kubelik.
Dear Worker B,
What version of Willow Weep for Me, was playing on 11/14/19 at approximately 7:14.
Thanks so much for your time!
Hello Diane, “Willow Weep For Me” was by Houston Person from the album “I’m Just A Lucky So And So”.
October 10 around 8am..fantastic scherzo from a concerto played by Yuja Wang. Didn’t catch the composer. Can someone help me out? Thanks
Hello Greg, yes that was Henry Litolff’s “Concerto Ssymphonique” No. 4: Scherzo (for piano and orchestra).
Great tune was on at (about) 9:10 pm Thursday October 1st. What was it?
Hello Don, here are the songs from around that time:
9:00
Blue Waters
ARTIST:Kenny Barron
ALBUM:Concentric Circles
LABEL:Blue Note
9:05
Yama
ARTIST:Jay Thomas With The Oliver Groenewald Newtet
ALBUM:I Always Knew
LABEL:Origin
9:13
Delirium
ARTIST:Harold Land
ALBUM:Harold In The Land Of Jazz
LABEL:Contemporary
Hello,
My friend and I loved the piano concerto that was playing around 1:00-1:45 p.m. on Sunday, September 22. It appeared to be from the Romantic period and have 4 or 5 movements with orchestra. What was the name of it please? Thanks.
Hello Naomi, We didn’t see a piano concerto with an orchestra but we had a piano concerto piece and an orchestra piece. Have a look:
1:01 PM
Concertino for Horn: Polacca
Composer: Carl Maria von Weber
Conductor: Kurt Masur
Orchestra/Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Soloists: Hermann Baumann – horn
Philips 412237
01:06 PM
Intermezzo No. 2
Composer: Johannes Brahms
Soloists: Stewart Goodyear – piano
Dorian 92220
01:12 PM
Airs ecossais (Scottish Airs)
Composer: Pablo de Sarasate
Conductor: Alexander Platt
Orchestra/Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Soloists: Rachel Barton Pine – violin
Cedille 83
01:22 PM
String Quartet No. 6
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Orchestra/Ensemble: Jerusalem Quartet
Harmonia Mundi 902207
01:49 PM
L’assedio di Corinto (Siege of Corinth): Overture
Composer: Gioacchino Rossini
Conductor: Neville Marriner
Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Philips 434016
Thanks for sharing the schedule. Keep posting more.
Thank you so much for the great music! I was listening last night at 2:25 and there was a very killin piece on Dee Alexander’s segment with Alto, Trombone, Guitar, Organ, Bass and Drums. I believe the bass player was Clark Summers but I may be wrong. I was wondering where I could find that track, I fell in love with it and would love to study it more. Thanks again, appreciate all you do for Classical and Jazz music here in Detroit!
Hello Joseph, thanks for listening! That was “By a Thread” by Clark Sommers from his album of the same name on the Ears and Eyes Records label.
Hello, I was listening this Friday morning 23AUG2019 at 7:40 to a piece “originally for piano, transcribed for guitar”. Can you please reply with the song/artist? Thanks!
Hello Philip, that sounds like “Majorca” composed by Isaac Albeniz (transcribed for guitar). It was from an album called CBS Masterworks Dinner Classics – A Taste Of Spain. It was performed by John Williams.
Hello I was listening to something called Yaktchi but I can’t find it anywhere. What’s the song or artist? It was a southern jazz song. At 5:20pm. Thank you!
Hello Scott, that was the group Uakti (pronounced “wah-ke-chee”) performing a piece by Philip Glass called “Rio Negro” from a cd called Aguas Da Amazonia.
Hey there!
I heard a piece this evening and I didn’t catch the name or artist. It was around 7:04 pm and sounded like live jazz. The performer said, “This is how I think Bach would do it” Followed by, “This is how I think Ray Charles would do it”. Could you help me out with the title and artist?
Thanks so much, I love this station!
Hello Gabrielle, that was Billy Preston’s Summertime. Thank you for listening!
I listen mornings and evenings. And in the daytime too. I have been missing C Sharp a lot. When will we hear her again?
-Lyn in Rochester
Hello Lyn, she has other obligations that keep her pretty busy but we try to have her substitute host whenever possible. She will be back. Thanks for listening all the time!
Hello,
Don’t know if I’m in the right area here, but I heard some great jazz from about 8:00 pm to 8:30 pm Thursday June 13. Can’t seem to locate the playlist. Can you help?
Hello Don, yes that wasn’t our usual programming. We had a technical glitch so while our engineer worked on it, our skeleton crew played a few things manually. They didn’t write down the track names unfortunately… Normally though you can find our weeknight jazz playlist here: https://radionetwork.wfmt.com/programs/jazz-network/#gallery-image/0
While listening the your station on May 25th i heard a fantastic song that I have been unable to figure out what it is. It was played at 9:09pm on May 25, 2019. I am hoping someone can look back and tell me the name of the song and the artist. Please and thank you in advance.
Hello Greg, we had another listener ask about that one as well. Around that time was “Groovin’ High” by the Keith Jarrett Trio from the album “Whisper Not Live in Paris 1999”.
Hello
You guys played a piece by Dmitri Shostakovich this week, I believe it was either Wednesday or Thursday. I didn’t get a chance to write down the name of the piece. Could you let me know what it was?
Hello Aaron, on Wednesday at 4:40pm we played Dmitri Shostakovich’s “The Second Waltz” (arranged by Andre Rieu) with Johann Strauss Orchestra and Andre Rieu on a DECCA disc, spine number: B0027355. On Thursday at 3:44pm we played his Symphony No. 10 in e, Op. 93 (2nd movement) with Bernard Haitink and the London Philharmonic Orchestra on a DECCA disc: 4757413. If you want to look at some other days, they are here: https://www.wrcjfm.org/playlists-calendar/
The best show is Lynn Warfull’s Saturday Cinema. Saturday mornings are usually brunch for us and we enjoy that hour. We enjoy the Saturday line up but have to give the edge to her. Today was the top 12 film scores of the American Film Industry. We missed the beginning of the show. Is there a way to see the recap of the list she played? Thanks!
Hello Patricia, thank you, that does seem to be a popular segment. The Saturday C24 list can be found here: https://www.classical24.org/
but we also copied down the 11am-12pm list for you here:
11:01 AM
The Adventures of Robin Hood: Romance
Composer: Erich Korngold
Conductor: Stephane Deneve
Orchestra/Ensemble: Brussels Philharmonic
Soloists: Renaud Capucon – violin
Erato 33936
11:07 AM
Vertigo: Prelude and Scene d’Amour
Composer: Bernard Herrmann
Conductor: John Mauceri
Orchestra/Ensemble: Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
Philips 442425
11:17 AM
High Noon: Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling
Composer: Dimitri Tiomkin
Conductor: Erich Kunzel
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Soloists: Frankie Laine – vocals
Telarc 80141
11:20 AM
The Magnificent Seven
Composer: Elmer Bernstein
Conductor: Elmer Bernstein
Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Pops
Denon 75288
11:27 AM
Laura
Composer: David Raksin
Conductor: John Williams
Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Pops Orchestra
Sony 53380
11:34 AM
Jaws: Main Theme
Composer: John Williams
Conductor: John Williams
Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Pops Orchestra
Philips 420178
11:38 AM
The Godfather: Love Theme
Composer: Nino Rota
Conductor: Stephane Deneve
Orchestra/Ensemble: Brussels Philharmonic
Soloists: Renaud Capucon – violin
Erato 33936
11:42 AM
Psycho: Prelude and The City
Composer: Bernard Herrmann
Conductor: Joel McNeely
Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Scottish Orchestra
Varese Sarabande 66225
11:47 AM
Lawrence of Arabia: Main Theme
Composer: Maurice Jarre
Conductor: Erich Kunzel
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Telarc 80168
11:50 AM
Gone with the Wind: Tara Theme
Composer: Max Steiner
Conductor: John Williams
Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Pops Orchestra
Philips 411037
11:52 AM
Star Wars: Main Theme
Composer: John Williams
Conductor: John Williams
Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
Sony 51333
You are amazing. Thank you so much
The Jeremy pelt was the artist i was looking for! Thank you again
Thanks Nic, you’re amazing too!
What was playing today may 21 at 9:30pm? I heard a dope track I gotta get the name of 🙂
Hello Dave, nice picture! Here are the songs from around then:
9:24pm 05/21/2019 Jazz with John Hill
Low Brow
ARTIST:Paul Tynan
ALBUM:quARTet
LABEL:Origin
9:33
Brake’s Sake
ARTIST:Monk’estra
ALBUM:Vol. 2
LABEL:Mack Avenue
9:40
Soul Perspective
ARTIST:Joey DeFrancesco
ALBUM:In The Key Of The Universe
LABEL:Mack Avenue
There was a song played tonight 5-21-19 between 9 and 9:10PM that was jazz with a female vocalist. I didn’t get lyrics in time to search up the song and was wondering if you could tell me what was played during that time.
Thank you
Yes we can, here you are Emmerson:
9:00pm 05/21/2019 Jazz with John Hill
Blue Lester
ARTIST:Peter Drew
ALBUM:And What’s More
LABEL:Independent
9:05
You’re Not The Only Oyster In The Stew
ARTIST:Catherine Russell
ALBUM:Alone Together
LABEL:Dot Time
9:09
Basic Urge
ARTIST:The Ellis Marsalis Quintet
ALBUM:Plays The Music Of Ellis Marsalis
LABEL:ELM Records
9:16
Recorda Me – Remember Me
ARTIST:Bobby Hutcherson
ALBUM:Vibe Wise
LABEL:32 Jazz
On 5/20 at 8:50 pm what were you playing. Also, thanks for showing us Tierney Sutton the other day. Beautiful voice
Hello Nic, here are the songs from around that time:
8:46pm 05/20/2019 Jazz with John Hill
Pt. 5 Epilogue (The Rodinn Ste.)
ARTIST:Jeremey Pelt
ALBUM:Jeremy Pelt The Artist
LABEL:HighNote
8:50
Eboness
ARTIST:Yusef Lateef
ALBUM:The Diverse Yusef Lateef
LABEL:Rhino
8:55
Lucky In Love
ARTIST:Sarah Vaughan
ALBUM:Live At Mr. Kelly’s
LABEL:Emarcy
You are amazing. Thank you so much