Midday Music with Haley Taylor
Weekdays 10am to 2pm
Tune in weekdays at 10 a.m. to hear Haley share the greats in classical music. At noon, relax with Bach’s Lunch, a work by J. S. Bach. At 1 p.m., discover the composer and his music in Midday Mozart. She then rounds out the afternoon with an eclectic repertoire of inspiring classical sounds.
Playlists
Sharon
October 8, 202420:32:58Great music!!!!
WorkerB
October 9, 202407:06:48Thank you Sharon!
Bill Sturm
October 2, 202417:15:19The Brahms Piano Concerto #1 featuring Helene Grimaud on piano sounded excellent today!!!
WorkerB
October 2, 202418:02:12Thanks Bill! Well, she is very talented.
Bill S
September 12, 202416:46:40Tchaikovsky 2 sure sounds great today! It was an excellent idea to play that one, thanks…
William Sturm
July 26, 202402:03:24Uplifting story… I was sitting at a metro Detroit intersection with my car windows down this week listening to Bach’s Lunch. Next thing I know, the person in the next car over was calling over to me. They wanted to know what station I was listening to and that they liked classical music. I told them 90.9 FM and Bach’s Lunch and they switched their station and thanked me. Hopefully, we have a new long term listener!
WorkerB
July 26, 202414:07:51Wow, thanks for spreading the word! Yes, hopefully a happy new member of the 90.9 WRCJ family.
lucy couture
July 15, 202416:07:53Lovely Bach for today. Midday Music with Peter Whorf
Trk 1-3 J.S.Bach
Prelude, Fugue and Allegro in E flat
Merci !
WorkerB
July 16, 202415:52:53Thank you Lucy, it’s nice to hear you enjoyed it!
William Sturm
April 26, 202420:01:23Another great Bach piece today around 12:30 featuring the piano or maybe a Clavichord. Can you tell me what it was?
WorkerB
April 28, 202406:09:49Hi William, that would either have been the first movement of the Brandenburg Concerto #2 performed by the English Chamber Orchestra with Ian Watson on harpsichord under the direction of Anthony Newman or
the Partita #1, BWV 825 performed by Charles Owen on piano.
William Sturm
April 22, 202416:35:23That Bach violin sonata was beautiful today. What was the piece called and who was the violinist? Thanks!
WorkerB
April 23, 202404:39:56Hi, that was Violin Concerto No.1 In a BWV1041: II. Andante performed by Joshua Bell on violin with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields.
William Sturm
April 10, 202416:57:40Midday music was awesome today with Bach’s Violin Concerto at noon followed by Tchaikovsky’s 5th. Can’t get much better than that… Thanks!
WorkerB
April 10, 202420:10:55Thank you Bill. Fortunately we have lots of good stuff to choose from!
Paul DesJardins
March 30, 202413:25:20What orchestra performed “Venus” from The Planets on Friday? I also would like to know the name of the piece which followed that.
Thanks,
Paul
WorkerB
April 2, 202414:59:59Hi Paul, Venus was performed by the BBC Philharmonic under the direction of Sir Andrew Davis. The piece after that was “Three Japanese Pictures” by Billy Mayerl.
Thor Sigurdson
March 19, 202416:39:39Who is playing this Schubert quintet?
WorkerB
March 19, 202418:13:19Hi Thor, that was the Alban Berg Quartett with Heinrich Schiff on cello performing Schubert’s Quintet in C. We have it on an EMI disc, spine number 7243 5 66942 2 4.
Cathy F
November 20, 202315:48:17Liking this Tchaikovsky Suite, I don;t know if I have heard this before. It is a nice change from Marche Slav!
Phil Jackson (not the basket ball coach :)
November 13, 202316:51:34Hi WRCJ,
Your new website looks great. However, for the past few days the display has shown “Arrival of the Queen of Sheba” by Handel as being played, continuously. This is also shown when we view what’s playing on our car’s radio. The actual music played, and announcers, all sound AOK.
WorkerB
November 14, 202306:04:58Hi Phil, sorry about that, we are in the process of replacing the music database computer in the main studio which may have caused problems with the title display. We are working on it right now.
Elissa Bluth
September 12, 202301:46:30You played something I think on that day that was supposed to be a modern piece using instruments from brandenberg concerto it was from around 1911. I thought it was sibelius but I can’t find it, any clue?
WorkerB
September 12, 202302:39:55Hi Elissa, we did play a piece by Sibelius on Midday Music Monday. It was The Tempest: Suite No. 2, Op. 109, No. 3. Was that the one you were looking for?
Gayle Turner
July 26, 202316:33:32I have spent too much time looking for I thing on your playlist and I cannot find it. I think it was July 18 (could have been the 17th or 19th) around 2pm, a piece by Franz Schubert. He is my love and I really want to know what was played. Thanks! Gayle
WorkerB
July 27, 202312:14:45Hi Gayle, a little before that on the 18th we played Schubert’s “Symphony No 8 in b, D 759 “Unfinished”: I Allegro moderato”. Was it that one?
Cathy Franklin
July 17, 202314:27:48Oh man, thanks for the Gorecki. Haven’t heard it in quite awhile. So lovely.
WorkerB
July 17, 202316:06:22You’re welcome Cathy. We try to sprinkle in some lesser known gems too.
David Williams
May 19, 202318:15:38Hearing for the 1st time from Perrysburg Ohio sounds great
WorkerB
May 20, 202301:38:30Thank you for joining us David!
William Sturm
May 11, 202317:17:32The Symphony No. 1 “Afro-American” by William Grant Still sounded really great today. I don’t recall hearing it before… Thanks!
WorkerB
May 11, 202317:42:57Sure, we were happy to play it!
Maria Cserhalmi
April 3, 202317:24:16My composers are Beethoven and Rachmaninof for the competition.
WorkerB
April 3, 202318:02:13Thank you Maria!
Wesley Smith
March 25, 202300:36:04What was the “Concertata” by a German Composer, played today between 3pm – 5pm?
WorkerB
March 25, 202306:04:57Hello Wesley, that was Concertante Music composed by Boris Blacher and performed by the German Symphony Orchestra, Berlin.
Christine
March 14, 202315:38:56March 14th at 11:30 ish, what was playing before Harp Concerto Op4 #6 in B flat (Handel)? Or was that the same music that was playing at 11:37?
WorkerB
March 16, 202307:49:58Hi Christine, here are the pieces from around that time:
11:20:39a Valse de concert, S430
Liszt, Franz
Howard, Leslie, piano
11:30:43a Harp Concerto in B Flat, Op. 4, No. 6 (HWV 294)
Handel, George Frideric
Holliger, Ursula, harp
Trevor Pinnock & English Concert
11:44:54a “Free and Easy”: Concert Suite from “Blues Opera” (orchestrated by Samuel Matlowsky)
Arlen, Harold
John Mauceri & Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
Heather
March 6, 202315:32:17I LOVE Mozart Symphony #40! My daughter played this with Detroit Metropolitan Youth Symphony some years ago and it is still a favorite memory. It was amazing to hear young musicians play this so well! Thanks for playing it. It made my day!
WorkerB
March 6, 202319:20:31That’s nice to hear, thank you Heather. We play it gladly!
Anne Laurance
February 20, 202316:22:40Where is Dave Wagner?
WorkerB
February 21, 202318:23:02His vacation is almost over. He will return on Wednesday.
Michael Hyde
February 7, 202318:58:18Greetings from New England! Peter played today (7-Feb-2023) Seigfried’s Funeral March. For me, the film connection with this music will always be the death of King Arthur in 1981’s Excalibur. (Which also introduced me to O Fortuna! Great memories.)
WorkerB
February 13, 202318:29:02Thank you for listening from New England! Yes there was some good music in that film.
Joey Sims
February 7, 202317:25:27great new webpage!
WorkerB
February 13, 202318:27:04Thank you Joey!
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