Judith Krummeck

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writer | broadcaster | immigrant

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The Opposite of Cruelty on BookNotes

2 weeks ago | wbjc.com | Judith Krummeck

The Opposite of Cruelty on BookNotes By | Posted in Booknotes, Host Blogs | Comments Off on The Opposite of Cruelty on BookNotes The Opposite of Cruelty, newly released by Blair Publishing, is the second poetry collection from Steven Leyva. It was an enormous pleasure to catch up with an old MFA alum. http://www.wbjc.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/BOOKNOTES-Leyva.mp3Tags:Booknotes, Steven Leyva, The Opposite of Cruelty
A dream role at Chesapeake Shakespeare

3 weeks ago | wbjc.com | Judith Krummeck

A dream role at Chesapeake Shakespeare By | Posted in Host Blogs, Interviews | Comments Off on A dream role at Chesapeake Shakespeare The Chesapeake Shakespeare Company’s production of the classic Friedrich Schiller play, Mary Stuart, is being presented in a new adaptation by Peter Oswald. Playing the role of Elizabeth I is the company’s Producing Executive Director, Lesley Malin.
BookNotes eavesdrops on the art of collaboration in chamber music

1 month ago | wbjc.com | Judith Krummeck

BookNotes eavesdrops on the art of collaboration in chamber music By | Posted in Booknotes, Host Blogs | Comments Off on BookNotes eavesdrops on the art of collaboration in chamber music Annie Fullard, Director of Chamber Music at Peabody Conservatory and founding member of the Cavani String Quartet, along with Dorianne Cotter-Lockard, who is on the faculty at Saybrook University and consults in the areas of team collaboration and music education, have published a book called The Art of...
Leif Ove Andsnes returns to Baltimore after 25 years

1 month ago | wbjc.com | Judith Krummeck

Leif Ove Andsnes returns to Baltimore after 25 years By | Posted in Host Blogs, Interviews | Comments Off on Leif Ove Andsnes returns to Baltimore after 25 years The Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes returns to Baltimore for a Shriver Hall Concert Series recital this Sunday. His program features sonatas by two of his compatriots, Edvard Grieg and Geirr Tveitt, along with the cycle of 24 Preludes by Frédéric Chopin. It was my pleasure to talk to him by phone.
St. David’s 49th Annual Baltimore Bach Marathon

2 months ago | wbjc.com | Judith Krummeck

St. David’s 49th Annual Baltimore Bach Marathon By | Posted in Host Blogs, Interviews | Comments Off on St. David’s 49th Annual Baltimore Bach Marathon This year’s Bach Marathon features selections of organ music, the Well-Tempered Clavier Vol. 1, and the cantata Christ lag in Todesbanden. I spoke with Director of Music Ministries and pianist, Douglas Buchanan.
Heyward pays tribute to Ellington

2 months ago | wbjc.com | Judith Krummeck

Heyward pays tribute to Ellington By | Posted in Host Blogs, Interviews | Comments Off on Heyward pays tribute to Ellington In a one-off program at the Meyerhoff on Saturday, March 15 at 8:00 PM, BSO Music Director Jonathon HeywardÂ celebrates Duke Ellington‘s philosophy of music “beyond category,” intermingling America’s greatest native art form with classical symphonic traditions. It was a pleasure to speak with Jonathon by phone.
Hiram Larew’s This Much Very on BookNotes

2 months ago | wbjc.com | Judith Krummeck

Hiram Larew’s This Much Very on BookNotes By | Posted in Booknotes, Host Blogs | Comments Off on Hiram Larew’s This Much Very on BookNotes Hiram Larew, who generously underwrites BookNotes through his Cynipid Fund, is out with his seventh poetry collection, This Much Very, published by Alien Buddha Press. I spoke with Hiram by phone. http://www.wbjc.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/BOOKNOTES-This-Much-Very.mp3Tags:Booknotes, Hiram Larew, This Very Much
Ian Bostridge sings Shakespeare and Donne

2 months ago | wbjc.com | Judith Krummeck

Ian Bostridge sings Shakespeare and Donne By | Posted in Host Blogs, Interviews | Comments Off on Ian Bostridge sings Shakespeare and Donne Tenor Ian Bostridge and his longtime collaborator, the pianist Julius Drake, are presenting a Jacobean-era recital for the Shriver Hall Concert Series on Sunday, March 9. It was my pleasure to speak to Ian by phone.
Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony and Augustin Hadelich

2 months ago | wbjc.com | Judith Krummeck

Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony and Augustin Hadelich By | Posted in Host Blogs, Interviews | Comments Off on Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony and Augustin Hadelich BSO Music Director Jonathon Heyward collaborates with Augustin Hadelich for Alban Berg’s Violin Concerto in a program that also includes Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony and Bohuslav Martinů’s Memorial to Lidice, which quotes from Beethoven’s great work. It was a pleasure to speak with Jonathon by phone.
Maurice Ravel, 150

2 months ago | wbjc.com | Judith Krummeck

Maurice Ravel, 150 By | Posted in Host Blogs | Comments Off on Maurice Ravel, 150 One of the things in which I take great pride—and for which I can take no credit—is that I share my birthday with that most refined and enigmatic of French composers, Maurice Ravel. This month, we celebrate the 150th anniversary of his birth on March 7, 1875. Some quick and random facts: Maurice Ravel was slender and small—just five feet—with an unusually large head.