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1 THURSDAY
12:00 A.M. Music Through the Night
8:30 Morning Café with Gene Schiller. Get the day going with a refreshing blend of music, The Writer’s Almanac, special features…and more music. Today’s theme: Scintillating Scherzos.
10:00 Morning Concert with Gene Schiller. WAGNER Overt. & Venusberg Music from Tannhauser; Sym. of the Air; Leopold Stokowski, cond.; S. WAGNER Concertino for Flute; Andrea Lieberknecht, flute; Rheinland-Pfalz Phil. Orch.; Werner Andreas Albert, cond.; BRAHMS Piano Conc. #2 in B-flat; Artur Rubinstein, piano; Boston Sym. Orch.; Charles Munch, cond.
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2:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin. The Big Five, Part 1: The Chicago Symphony Orchestra. We’ll reach back into the history, growth and development of one of one of America’s great musical institutions. We will touch on the composers, conductors, patrons, and musicians who all had a hand in making this orchestra a vital and thriving world treasure.
3:00 Masterworks Hour with Gene Schiller. ALKAN Etudes; Ronald Smith, piano; SCHUMANN Sym. #4 in d; Detroit Sym. Orch.; Paul Paray, cond.
6:06 Evening Concert with John Zak. SUK Scherzo Capriccioso; Czech Phil. Orch.; Charles Mackerras, cond.; POULENC Concert Champetre; Simon Preston, harpsichord; DELIBES Excerpts from Coppelia; Lyon Opera Orch.; Kent Nagano, cond.
8:00 New York Philharmonic MOZART The Magic Flute Overt.; SCHUBERT The Magic Harp Overt.; MAHLER Sym. #6, Tragic; Alan Gilbert, cond.
10:00 Music Through the Night
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8:30 Morning Café with Gene Schiller. Get the day going with a refreshing blend of music, The Writer’s Almanac, special features…and more music. Today’s theme: Classics of Chamber Music.
10:00 Morning Concert with Gene Schiller. LALO Namouna Suite; Detroit Sym. Orch.; Paul Paray, cond.; DOHNANYI Konzertstuck; Janos Starker, cello; Seattle Sym. Orch.; Gerard Schwarz, cond.; BANTOCK Fifine at the Fair; Royal Phil. Orch.; Vernon Handley, cond.
12:00 P.M. Performance Today
2:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin. The Big Five, Part 1: The Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
3:00 Masterworks Hour with Gene Schiller. CHERUBINI Medea Overt.; Academy of St. Martin; Neville Marriner, cond.; PAGANINI Violin Conc. #1 in D; Midori, violin; London Sym. Orch.; Leonard Slatkin, cond.
6:06 Evening Concert with John Zak. CRAS Legende; Henri Demarquette, cello; Luxembourg Phil. Orch.; Jean-Francois Antonioli, cond.; RACHMANINOFF Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano; Philharmonia Orch.; Bernard Haitink, cond.; SHOSTAKOVICH Sym. #9 in E; Vienna Phil. Orch.; Georg Solti, cond.
8:00 Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra BRAHMS Variations on a Theme by Haydn; CORIGLIANO The Red Violin: Chaconne; Frank Almond, violin; DVORAK Sym. #6 in d; Joshua Weilerstein, cond.
10:00 Music Through the Night
3 SATURDAY
12:00 A.M. Music Through the Night
5:00 Howard’s Day Off with Howard Dicus.
10:00 From the Top This week on tour, From the Top is presented by the Shubert Club and the Ordway Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. This show features an all-Minnesota cast of kids, featuring a young piano duo, an award-winning pianist, and a local choir.
11:00 Classical Guitar Alive! with Anthony Morris.
1:00 P.M. Metropolitan Opera PUCCINI Manon Lescaut. Anna Netrebko (Manon); Marcelo Alvarez (Des Grieux); Christopher Maltman (Lescaut); Brindley Sherratt (Geronte); Marco Armiliato, cond.
5:00 The Score with Edmund Lowe. Music to the Movies of Meryl Streep. From Hollywood’s A-List: Sophie’s Choice, Julie and Julia, The Hours and more.
6:00 A Prairie Home Companion with Chris Thile.
8:00 The Thistle & Shamrock with Fiona Ritchie. The Singing Kettle. As we enter the festive season, many parties, concerts and carol singing events are geared toward children for whom this time of year is especially magical. Fiona reaches back into the archives to remember her visit with children’s entertainers Cilla Fisher and Artie Trezise. For many years the duo performed as “The Singing Kettle” and their shows often evoked the playful traditions of pantomime, so popular in the UK at this time of year.
9:00 Fascinatin’ Rhythm with Michael Lasser. Three Decades of Ballard MacDonald – MacDonald moved successfully from Tin Pan Alley to Broadway to Hollywood, scattering hits along the way.
10:00 Millennium of Music with Robert Aubrey Davis. Italy Around 1600 – Secular Edition. The secular side of the early Baroque with music from Cremona, consort works by Carlo Farina, and the early songs about Orpheus that were so inspirational in the creation of the art form of the opera.
11:00 Music Through the Night
4 SUNDAY
12:00 A.M. Music Through the Night
5:00 Classical 24
8:00 With Heart & Voice with Peter Dubois. Advent 2. The Biblical readings for this Sunday include the familiar words from Isaiah. “A shoot shall come out from the stump of Jesse” as well as the familiar cry of John the Baptist, “Prepare the way of the Lord!” Music on With Heart and Voice will reflect both of these emphases. Join Peter DuBois for these Advent treasures.
9:00 Sunday Brunch with Gene Schiller. Enjoy three hours of your favorite music, as requested by the listeners of Hawaii Public Radio. To make your choice from our “musical brunch buffet” write to Sunday Brunch, Hawaii Public Radio, 738 Kaheka St., Honolulu, HI 96814. Or e-mail your request to us at: hprmusic@hawaiipublicradio.org (Subject: Sunday Brunch).
1:00 P.M. SymphonyCast TCHAIKOVSKY Selections from Swan Lake; STRAVINSKY Petrushka; New York Phil.; Alan Gilbert, cond.
3:00 Sunday Baroque. A celebration of beloved and appealing music from the baroque era (1600-1750) and the years leading up to it. Enjoy the tuneful and lively music of Bach, Vivaldi and Handel – and music by their talented contemporaries and predecessors – as part of the mix of familiar favorites and new surprises.
4:00 Harmonia with Angela Mariani. Strike Up the Band. November is football season, which means time for marching band. Wind bands have been tickling our ears for centuries, in war, on the athletic field, and in the concert hall.
5:00 Weekend Radio with Robert Conrad. A 1960 LP by Ernie Kovacs doing poems by Percy Dovetonsils, long thought lost, has been re-issued. We hear such poems as “Thoughts While falling from the Empire State Building,” “Some Pertinent Thoughts of Julius Caesar While being Assassinated,” and “Lament from a Germ’s Eye Viewpoint.” Also excerpts from Kovacs’ 1976 Columbia album, including “Tom Swift,” “Strangely Believe It,” and “Pierre Ragout.” Jan Snow looks forward to “Christmas Shopping.” This Week in the Media.
6:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center MOZART Grande Sestetto Concertante, K. 364; Erin Keefe, Jorja Fleezanis, violin; Paul Neubauer, Richard O’Neill, viola; Li-Wei Qin, Efe Baltacigil, cello; BRITTEN Cello Sonata in C; David Finckel, cello; Wu Han, piano
7:00 Singing and Other Sins with Gary Hickling. Martinu’s Birthday. We’ll enjoy his spirited folk-inspired songs as well as Martinu’s chamber music and solo sonatas.
8:00 New Sounds
9:00 The Early Muse with Ian Capps. Henry Purcell’s Chamber Music. Henry Purcell is today most often celebrated for his grand odes, semi-operas and powerful anthems. We explore his more intimate chamber music, including a sonata for violins, a suite for harpsichord, a reflective setting of a favorite poem, and a rich fantasia for consort of viols.
10:00 Music from the Hearts of Space. Take a journey through inner space with music that evokes the feeling of the cosmos.
11:00 Music Through the Night
5 MONDAY
12:00 A.M. Music Through the Night
8:30 Morning Café with Gene Schiller. Get the day going with a refreshing blend of music, The Writer’s Almanac, special features…and more music. Today’s theme: Mostly Baroque.
10:00 Morning Concert with Gene Schiller. STENHAMMAR Two Sentimental Romances; Henning Kraggerud, violin; Dala Sinfonietta; Bjarte Engeset, cond.; HARTY The Children of Lir; Heather Harper, soprano; Ulster Orch.; Bryden Thomson, cond.; MEDTNER Piano Quintet; Konstantin Scherbakov, piano; Ewald Danel, Milan Tedla, violins; Zuzana Bourova, viola; Jozef Podhoransky, cello;
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2:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin. Haydn and Mozart Quartets. Mozart’s six “Haydn” Quartets were dedicated and lovingly handed to Joseph Haydn, like a father entrusting his sons to a friend to protect and guide them. When Haydn first started composing for the string quartet, the first violinist was the star, actually standing in front of the other string players. Ninety-nine Haydn string quartets later, the form had evolved into four equal voices. Bill will share with us the brief time in history when Mozart and Haydn enjoyed each other’s company, playing and composing string quartets together.
3:00 Masterworks Hour with Gene Schiller. MILHAUD Suite Provencale; Toulouse Sym. Orch.; Michel Plasson, cond.; HONEGGER Sym. #2; Oslo Phil. Orch.; Mariss Jansons, cond.
6:06 Evening Concert with Craig DeSilva. GOUNOD Ballet music from Faust; Montreal Sym. Orch.; Charles Dutoit, cond.; FRANCK Psyche Suite; Berlin Radio Sym.; Vladimir Ashkenazy, cond.; BEACH Gaelic Sym.; Detroit Sym. Orch.; Neeme Jarvi, cond.
8:00 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra BERLIOZ Roman Carnival Overt.; MOZART Oboe Conc.; Cynthia Koledo DeAlmeida, oboe; MORRICONE Gabriel’s Oboe from The Mission; RESPIGHI Fountains of Rome; ROTA Sym. #3; Gianandrea Noseda, cond.
10:00 Music Through the Night
6 TUESDAY
12:00 A.M. Music Through the Night
8:30 Morning Café with Gene Schiller. Get the day going with a refreshing blend of music, The Writer’s Almanac, special features…and more music. Today’s theme: British Light Classics.
10:00 Morning Concert with Gene Schiller. VILLA-LOBOS Five Preludes; Pepe Romero, guitar; RHEINBERGER Nonet in F; Berlin Philharmonic Players; ROTT Sym. in E; Frankfurt Sym. Orch.; Paavo Jarvi, cond.
12:00 P.M. Performance Today
2:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin. Haydn and Mozart Quartets.
3:00 Masterworks Hour with Gene Schiller. BAX Tintagel; London Phil. Orch.; John Barbirolli, cond.; KLAMI Sea Pictures; Turku Phil. Orch.; Jorma Panula, cond.
6:06 Evening Concert with Craig DeSilva. BARBER Cello Sonata in b; Ralph Kirshbaum, cello; Ralph Vignoles, piano; WOLF-FERRARI Idillio-Concertino; Andrea Gullickson, oboe; Czech Phil. Chamber Orch.; Lucia Matos, cond.; TCHAIKOVSKY Serenade for Strings; London Chamber Orch.; Christopher Warren-Green, cond.
8:00 Collector’s Corner with Henry Fogel.
10:00 Music Through the Night
7 WEDNESDAY
12:00 A.M. Music Through the Night
8:30 Morning Café with Gene Schiller. Get the day going with a refreshing blend of music, The Writer’s Almanac, special features…and more music. Today’s theme: Birthdays & Anniversaries.
10:00 Morning Concert with Gene Schiller. STILL Incantation & Dance; Videmus; STILL Mother & Child; Danielle Belen, violin; Sphinx Chambe Orch.; STILL Miss Sally’s Party; Studio Orch.; Philip Brunelle, cond.; MEYEROWITZ Midrash Esther Sym; Berlin Sym. Orch.; Yoel Levi, cond.
12:00 P.M. Performance Today
2:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin. Haydn and Mozart Quartets.
3:00 Masterworks Hour with Gene Schiller. GOULD Interplay; Findlay Cockrell, piano; Albany Sym. Orch.; David Alan Miller, cond.; COPLAND Rodeo; Buffalo Phil. Orch.; JoAnn Falletta, cond.
6:06 Evening Concert with Craig De Silva. RAFF Cavatina; Yuko Nishino, violin; Philharmonia Orch.; Yondani Butt, cond.; BACH/WALTON The Wise Virgins Suite; Concert Arts Orch.; Robert Irving, cond.; BEETHOVEN Piano Conc. #1 in C; Cristina Ortiz, piano; Sinfonia of London; Richard Hickox, cond.
8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra BRITTEN Sinfonia da Requiem; R. STRAUSS Death and Transfiguration; ELGAR Enigma Variations; Donald Runnicles, cond.; DVORAK Violin Conc. in D; Christian Tetzlaff, violin; Esa-Pekka Salonen, cond.
10:00 Music Through the Night
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8:30 Morning Café with Gene Schiller. Get the day going with a refreshing blend of music, The Writer’s Almanac, special features…and more music. Today’s theme: Rare Dvorak.
10:00 Morning Concert with Gene Schiller. KALINNIKOV Tsar Boris Overt.; Scottish National Orch.; Neeme Jarvi, cond.; KABALEVSKY Cello Conc. #1 in g; Alexander Rudin, cello; Moscow Sym. Orch.; Igor Golovschin, cond.; MUSSORGSKY/RAVEL Pictures at an Exhibition; Chicago Sym. Orch.; Rafael Kubelik, cond.
12:00 P.M. Performance Today
2:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin. Haydn and Mozart Quartets.
3:00 Masterworks Hour with Gene Schiller. CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO Guitar Quintet; Kazuhito Yamashita, guitar; Tokyo Quartet; DVORAK Piano Trio in e, Dumky; Eroica Trio
6:06 Evening Concert with John Zak. SATIE (arr. Poulenc) Prelude & Gnossienne; French National Orch.; Charles Dutoit, cond.; MILHAUD Le Boeuf sur le toit; London Sym. Orch.; Antal Dorati, cond.; RAVEL String Quartet in F; Sequoia Quartet
8:00 New York Philharmonic The New York Philharmonic at 175.
10:00 Music Through the Night
9 FRIDAY
12:00 A.M. Music Through the Night
8:30 Morning Café with Gene Schiller. Get the day going with a refreshing blend of music, The Writer’s Almanac, special features…and more music. Today’s theme: The Fabulous Fifties.
10:00 Morning Concert with Gene Schiller. MAHLER Ruckert-Lieder; Janet Baker, mezzo-soprano; New Philharmonia Orch.; John Barbirolli, cond.; RODRIGO Concierto de Aranjuez; Alfonso Moreno, guitar; London Sym. Orch.; Enrique Batiz, cond.; ZEMLINSKY Sym. #2 in B-flat; Koln Phil. Orch.; James Conlon, cond.
12:00 P.M. Performance Today
2:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin. Haydn and Mozart Quartets.
3:00 Masterworks Hour with Gene Schiller. PIZZETTI Canti della Stagione Alta (Song of the High Season); Aldo Ciccolini, piano; Montpellier Sym. Orch.; Friedemann Layer, cond.
6:06 Evening Concert with Judy Anderson. GILLIS Tulsa; Sinfonia Varsovia; Ian Hobson, cond.; RESPIGHI Botticellian Tryptych; Academy of St. Martin; Neville Marriner, cond.; ROTA Piano Conc. in E, Piccolo Mondo Antico; Giorgia Tomassi, piano; La Scala Phil.; Riccardo Muti, cond.
8:00 Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra HAYDN Sym. #103 in E-flat, Drumroll; WALTON Henry V: A Shakespeare Scenario; Marcus Truchinski, narrator; Milwaukee Symphony Chorus; Milwaukee Children’s Choir; Edo de Waart, cond.
10:00 Music Through the Night
10 SATURDAY
12:00 A.M. Music Through the Night
5:00 Howard’s Day Off with Howard Dicus.
10:00 From the Top NPR’s From the Top with host Christopher O’Riley returns to the Chautauqua Institution for a summer show filled with amazing performances and inspiring performances from some of America’s best young classical musicians.
11:00 Classical Guitar Alive! with Anthony Morris.
1:00 P.M. Metropolitan Opera SAARIAHO L’Amour de Loin. Susanna Phillips (Clemence); Tamara Mumford (The Pilgrim); Eric Owens (Janfre Rudel); Susanna Malkki, cond.
5:00 The Score with Edmund Lowe. A Conversation with Mark Isham. We’ll talk with the composer of Crash, A River Runs Through It, The Accountant and more.
6:00 A Prairie Home Companion with Chris Thile.
8:00 The Thistle & Shamrock with Fiona Ritchie. Winter Gifts. Fiona has a sackful of new releases to share with you that may help you resolve your holiday shopping challenges.
9:00 Fascinatin’ Rhythm with Michael Lasser. Broadway Soliloquies – With Rodgers and Hammerstein’s new emphasis on character, soliloquies in song became central to telling the story in Broadway musicals.
10:00 Millennium of Music with Robert Aubrey Davis.
11:00 Music Through the Night
11 SUNDAY
12:00 A.M. Music Through the Night
5:00 Classical 24
8:00 With Heart & Voice with Peter Dubois. Advent 3. On this edition of With Heart and Voice, we’ll focus on Mary, Mother of Jesus, the visitation of the Angel Gabriel, and Mary’s response. Peter DuBois will share great choral and organ music from across the centuries.
9:00 Sunday Brunch with Gene Schiller. Enjoy three hours of your favorite music, as requested by the listeners of Hawaii Public Radio. To make your choice from our “musical brunch buffet” write to Sunday Brunch, Hawaii Public Radio, 738 Kaheka St., Honolulu, HI 96814. Or e-mail your request to us at: hprmusic@hawaiipublicradio.org (Subject: Sunday Brunch).
1:00 P.M. SymphonyCast GRIEG Holberg Suite; MOZART Clarinet Conc. in A; Martin Frost, clarinet; BEETHOVEN Sym. #1 in C; Saint Paul Chamber Orch.; Martin Frost, cond.
3:00 Sunday Baroque. A celebration of beloved and appealing music from the baroque era (1600-1750) and the years leading up to it. Enjoy the tuneful and lively music of Bach, Vivaldi and Handel – and music by their talented contemporaries and predecessors – as part of the mix of familiar favorites and new surprises.
4:00 Harmonia with Angela Mariani. Les Filles de Sainte Colombe. Angela talks with founding member Wendy Gillespie about the history and music of the viol ensemble Les Filles de Sainte Colombe.
5:00 Weekend Radio with Robert Conrad. Being on the Radio: Gary Owens’ “The Golden Voice Announcer’s School,” “The Classical Announcers Meet,” with Bob and Mel, “You Don’t Need Pictures on the Radio,” by National Lampoon, “Early Morning Radio” with Fred Allen and Tallulah Bankhead and some commercials: “Terminal House,” and “The Indiana Academy of the French Accent,” Richard Howland-Bolton warns about “Christmasarborical Maniacs.” This Week in the Media.
6:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center LIGETI Six Bagatelles; Tara Helen O’Connor, flute; Stephen Taylor, oboe; Romie de Guise-Langlois, clarinet; Peter Kolkay, bassoon; Radovan Vlatkovic, horn; BARTOK String Quartet #3; Orion Quartet; DOHNANYI Serenade in C; Arnaud Sussman, violin; Paul Neubauer, viola; Paul Watkins, cello; BARTOK Romanian Folk Dances; Daniel Hope, violin; CMS ensemble.
7:00 Singing and Other Sins with Gary Hickling. Emily Dickinson’s Birthday. More American songs have been set to the words of Dickinson than any other poet. We’ll hear some of them and especially note the single poems that have inspired more than one composer.
8:00 New Sounds
9:00 The Early Muse with Ian Capps. A Festival of Brass for the Season. Join us this week for a festival of brass for the Advent and Christmas seasons. Music by the Ministriles, the instrumental ensembles of Spanish cathedrals, and the grand motets, sonatas and canzons of Giovanni Gabrieli from the basilica of St. Mark’s in Venice.
10:00 Music from the Hearts of Space. Take a journey through inner space with music that evokes the feeling of the cosmos.
11:00 Music Through the Night
12 MONDAY
12:00 A.M. Music Through the Night
8:30 Morning Café with Gene Schiller. Get the day going with a refreshing blend of music, The Writer’s Almanac, special features…and more music. Today’s theme: Before Bach.
10:00 Morning Concert with Gene Schiller. RACHMANINOFF Trio Elegiaque #2 in D; Beaux Arts Trio; BARTOK Conc. for Orch.; New York Stadium Sym.; Leopold Stokowski, cond.
12:00 P.M. Performance Today
2:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin. A Little Night Music. As we approach the winter solstice, the nights grow longer and the moon becomes so bright that the sky seems to sparkle in its glow. Night sounds also become clear and close in the cold winter air. Composers love capturing these sound and reflecting them in their music. This week, in an homage to Jane Yolen’s Owl Moon, voices fade away into the musical dreams of a winter night.
3:00 Masterworks Hour with Gene Schiller. FAURE Masques et Bergamasques; Orpheus Chamber Orch.; BRUCH Conc. for Two Pianos; Katia & Marielle Labeque, pianos; Philharmonia Orch.; Semyon Bychkov, cond.
6:06 Evening Concert with Craig DeSilva. TCHAIKOVSKY Rococo Variations; Janos Starker, cello; London Sym. Orch.; Antal Dorati, cond.; JANACEK String Quartet #1, Kreutzer Sonata; Hagen Quartet; MIASKOVSKY Sym. #27 in c; U.S.S.R. Academic Sym. Orch.; Evgeny Svetlanov, cond.
8:00 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra SCHUMANN Konzerstuck in F for Four Horns & Orch.; BRAHMS Sym. #1 in c; BATES The Rise of Exotic Computing; Andres Orozco-Estrada, cond.
10:00 Music Through the Night
13 TUESDAY
12:00 A.M. Music Through the Night
8:30 Morning Café with Gene Schiller. Get the day going with a refreshing blend of music, The Writer’s Almanac, special features…and more music. Today’s theme: A Fine Pair.
10:00 Morning Concert with Gene Schiller. LISZT The Battle of the Huns; Berlin Phil. Orch.; Zubin Mehta, cond.; FRANCK Symphonic Variations; Artur Rubinstein, piano; Sym. of the Air; Alfred Wallenstein, cond.; DEBUSSY Images; Boston Sym. Orch.; Charles Munch, cond.
12:00 P.M. Performance Today
2:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin. A Little Night Music.
3:00 Masterworks Hour with Gene Schiller. SCARLATTI/TOMMASINI The Good-Humored Ladies; Concert Arts Orch.; Robert Irving, cond.; RESPIGHI Violin Sonata in b; Elmar Oliveira, violin; Robert Koenig, piano
6:06 Evening Concert with Craig DeSilva. GILLIS Twinkletoes; Sinfonia Varsovia; Ian Hobson, cond.; COPLAND Billy the Kid Suite; Philadelphia Orch.; Eugene Ormandy, cond.; HERRMANN Souvenirs de Voyage; Jeffrey C. Lerner, clarinet; Lyric Arts Quartet, Houston
8:00 Collector’s Corner with Henry Fogel.
10:00 Music Through the Night
14 WEDNESDAY
12:00 A.M. Music Through the Night
8:30 Morning Café with Gene Schiller. Get the day going with a refreshing blend of music, The Writer’s Almanac, special features…and more music. Today’s theme: 21st Century Classics.
10:00 Morning Concert with Gene Schiller. RESPIGHI Ancient Airs & Dances Suite #2; Los Angeles Chamber Orch.; Neville Marriner, cond.; FAURE Piano Trio in d; Gould Piano Trio; MOZART Sym. #39 in E-flat; Vienna Phil. Orch.; James Levine, cond.
12:00 P.M. Performance Today
2:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin. A Little Night Music.
3:00 Masterworks Hour with Gene Schiller. REVUELTAS Sensemaya; Sym. Orch.; Leopold Stokowski, cond.; FALLA El Amor Brujo; Leontyne Price, soprano; Chicago Sym. Orch.; Fritz Reiner, cond.
6:06 Evening Concert with Craig DeSilva. DEBUSSY Pour le piano; Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano; BERLIOZ Royal Hunt & Storm; Berlin Phil. Orch.; Herbert von Karajan, cond.; SIBELIUS Pelleas & Melisande Suite; Tapiola Sinfonietta; Tuomas Ollila, cond.
8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra WEBER The Ruler of the Spirits Overt.; SHOSTAKOVICH Violin Conc. #1 in a; James Ehnes, violin; BERLIOZ Symphonie Fantastique; Stephane Deneve, cond.; BERLIOZ Queen Mab Scherzo & Romeo at the Tomb of the Capulets from Romeo et Juliette; Mark Elder, cond.
10:00 Music Through the Night
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8:30 Morning Café with Gene Schiller. Get the day going with a refreshing blend of music, The Writer’s Almanac, special features…and more music. Today’s theme: Film Fanatic.
10:00 Morning Concert with Gene Schiller. ELGAR Cockaigne Overt.; Baltimore Sym. Orch.; David Zinman, cond.; PROKOFIEV Lt. Kije Suite; Chicago Sym. Orch.; Fritz Reiner, cond.; BEETHOVEN Sym. #5 in c; All-American Youth Orch.; Leopold Stokowski, cond.
12:00 P.M. Performance Today
2:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin. A Little Night Music.
3:00 Masterworks Hour with Gene Schiller. CHABRIER Gwendoline Overt.; Detroit Sym. Orch.; Paul Paray, cond.; MONTSALVATGE Concierto Breve; Alicia de Larrocha, piano; Royal Phil. Orch.; Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos, cond.
6:06 Evening Concert with Judy Anderson. MENDELSSOHN Calm Sea & Prosperous Voyage Overt.; Bamberg Sym. Orch.; Claus Peter Flor, cond.; KORNGOLD The Sea Hawk; London Sym. Orch.; Andre Previn, cond.; BEETHOVEN Sym. #4 in B-flat; Chicago Sym. Orch.; Georg Solti, cond.
8:00 New York Philharmonic WAGNER Prelude to Act 1 of Lohengrin; JULIA ADOLPHE Unearth, Release (Concerto for Viola & Orch.); Cynthia Phelps, viola; TCHAIKOVSKY Sym. #4; Jaap van Zweden, cond.
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8:30 Morning Café with Gene Schiller. Get the day going with a refreshing blend of music, The Writer’s Almanac, special features…and more music. Today’s theme: Flemish Rhapsodies.
10:00 Morning Concert with Gene Schiller. BARBER Music for a Scene from Shelly; Detroit Sym. Orch.; Neeme Jarvi, cond.; BARBER Piano Conc.; John Browning, piano; Cleveland Orch.; George Szell, cond.; PAINE Sym. #2, in the spring; Ulster Orch.; JoAnn Falletta, cond.
12:00 P.M. Performance Today
2:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin. A Little Night Music.
3:00 Masterworks Hour with Gene Schiller. SCRIABIN Piano Sonata #4; John Ogdon, piano; SHANKAR Sitar Conc.; Ravi Shankar, guitar; London Sym. Orch.; Andre Previn, cond.
6:06 Evening Concert with Judy Anderson. NIELSEN Saga-Drom; Royal Danish Sym. Orch.; Herbert Blomstedt, cond.; HAYDN Sym. #7 in G, le Soir; English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, cond.; MAHLER Nachtmusik from Sym. #7; Simon Bolivar Sym. Orch.; Gustavo Dudamel, cond.
8:00 Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra RAVEL Mother Goose Suite; FALLA Nights in the Gardens of Spain; Ingrid Fliter, piano; MENDELSSOHN Hebrides Overt.; DEBUSSY La Mer; Jun Markl, cond.
10:00 Music Through the Night
17 SATURDAY
12:00 A.M. Music Through the Night
5:00 Howard’s Day Off with Howard Dicus.
10:00 From the Top This week, From the Top brings you a special episode to catch up with some of our young musicians and find out where they are now!
11:00 Classical Guitar Alive! with Anthony Morris.
1:00 P.M. Metropolitan Opera R. STRAUSS Salome. Patricia Racette (Salome); Nancy Fabiola Herrera (Herodias); Zeljko Lucic (Jokanaan); Gerhard Siegel (Herod); Kang Wang (Narraboth); Johannes Debus, cond.
5:00 The Score with Edmund Lowe. A Carol of the Scrooges. “A Christmas Carol” told through the movies. We’ll hear music from the various film versions of the holiday classic, plus Edmund Lowe narrating excerpts from the original story by Dickens.
6:00 A Prairie Home Companion with Chris Thile.
8:00 The Thistle & Shamrock with Fiona Ritchie. Midwinter Music. Travel into the magical traditions of midwinter through some spellbinding music of the season.
9:00 Fascinatin’ Rhythm with Michael Lasser. Irving Berlin and “What’ll I Do?”- How Irving Berlin got to one of his greatest standards and where it took him next.
10:00 Millennium of Music with Robert Aubrey Davis.
11:00 Music Through the Night
18 SUNDAY
12:00 A.M. Music Through the Night
5:00 Classical 24
8:00 With Heart & Voice with Peter Dubois. Advent 4. We’ll look forward to the arrival of the Christ Child on this edition of With Heart and Voice, as Peter DuBois shares sacred and choral treasures of the season.
9:00 Sunday Brunch with Gene Schiller. Enjoy three hours of your favorite music, as requested by the listeners of Hawaii Public Radio. To make your choice from our “musical brunch buffet” write to Sunday Brunch, Hawaii Public Radio, 738 Kaheka St., Honolulu, HI 96814. Or e-mail your request to us at: hprmusic@hawaiipublicradio.org (Subject: Sunday Brunch).
1:00 P.M. SymphonyCast BACEWICA Conc. for Strings; HAYDN Sym. #82 in C, The Bear; CHOPIN Piano Conc. #2 in f; Christian Zacharias, piano; Saint Paul Chamber Orch.
3:00 Sunday Baroque. A celebration of beloved and appealing music from the baroque era (1600-1750) and the years leading up to it. Enjoy the tuneful and lively music of Bach, Vivaldi and Handel – and music by their talented contemporaries and predecessors – as part of the mix of familiar favorites and new surprises.
4:00 Harmonia with Angela Mariani. A Medieval Christmas. We explore the medieval chants, carols, and dances of Christmas, from the Mediterranean to the Alps.
5:00 Weekend Radio with Robert Conrad. Stuart McLean tells the story of “Christmas on the Road.” We examine some historical aspects of the telephone: “Edison’s Most Famous Invention,” Henry Morgan’s “Long Distance,” and Lily Tomlin’s “Alexander Graham Bell,” “Mr. Veedle,” and “Obscene Phone Call.” Also Nichols and May’s “The Telephone,” Jan C. Snow tells of “Ghosts of Christmas Past.” This Week in the Media.
6:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center RAVEL Sheherazade; Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano; Ransom Wilson, flute; Ken Noda, piano; RAVEL Sonata for Violin & Cello; Yura Lee, violin; Jacob Koranyi, cello; RAVEL La Valse (two pianos); Anne-Marie McDermott, Juho Pohjonen, piano
7:00 Singing and Other Sins with Gary Hickling. Heinrich Heine’s Birthday. Born 13 December 1797, Heine’s poems have inspired more art song (Lieder) than any other single poet! Robert Schumann’s most famous cycle, Dichterliebe, is to Heine’s words. We’ll hear some of that, as well as songs by Mendelssohn, Schubert and many others.
8:00 New Sounds
9:00 The Early Muse with Ian Capps. Arcangelo Corelli: Master Violinist – and More. Arcangelo Corelli was universally regarded as the finest violinist of his age and an influential composer for the early 18th century. We explore his sonatas for solo violin, ensemble music for both church and chamber and his most famous concerto grosso, the so-called Christmas Concerto.
10:00 Music from the Hearts of Space. Take a journey through inner space with music that evokes the feeling of the cosmos.
11:00 Music Through the Night
19 MONDAY
12:00 A.M. Music Through the Night
8:30 Morning Café with Gene Schiller. Get the day going with a refreshing blend of music, The Writer’s Almanac, special features…and more music. Today’s theme: Mostly Baroque.
10:00 Morning Concert with Gene Schiller. TCHEREPNIN The Enchanted Kingdom; Russian State Sym. Orch.; Mikhail Pletnev, cond.; IPPOLITOV-IVANOV Caucasian Sketches Suite #1; National Sym. Orch. of Ukraine; Arthur Fagen, cond.; BLISS Meditations on a Theme by John Blow; Bournemouth Sym. Orch.; David Lloyd-Jones, cond.
12:00 P.M. Performance Today
2:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin. TBA
3:00 Masterworks Hour with Gene Schiller. BEREZOWSKY Christmas Festival Overt.; Oslo Phil. Orch.; Arthur Bennett Lipkin, cond.; BARBER Die Natali; Royal Scottish National Orch.; Marin Alsop, cond.; HANSON Die Natali; Seattle Sym. Orch.; Gerard Schwarz, cond.
6:06 Evening Concert with Craig DeSilva. BOLCOM Graceful Ghost; Joshua Bell, violin; Jonathan Feldman, piano; MARTIN Petite Sym. Concertante; Sym. Orch.; Leopold Stokowski, cond.; BRAHMS Clarinet Quintet in b; Thea King, clarinet; Gabrieli Quartet
8:00 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra HAYDN Sym. #93; LISZT Piano Conc. #1 in E-flat; Daniil Trifonov, piano; TCHAIKOVSKY Sym. #4 in f; Manfred Honeck, cond.
10:00 Music Through the Night
20 TUESDAY
12:00 A.M. Music Through the Night
8:30 Morning Café with Gene Schiller. Get the day going with a refreshing blend of music, The Writer’s Almanac, special features…and more music. Today’s theme: The Sun Also Rises.
10:00 Morning Concert with Gene Schiller. CHAMINADE Concertino; James Galway, flute; Royal Phil. Orch.; Charles Dutoit, cond.; MELARTIN Lyric Suite #3, Belgian Impressions; Tampere Phil. Orch.; Leif Segerstam, cond.; SIBELIUS Sym. #2; Boston Sym. Orch.; Colin Davis, cond.
12:00 P.M. Performance Today
2:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin. TBA
3:00 Masterworks Hour with Gene Schiller. ELGAR Introduction & Allegro for Strings; Sinfonia of London; John Barbirolli, cond.; HELY-HUTCHINSON A Carol Sym.; Pro Arte Ensemble; Barry Rose, cond.
6:06 Evening Concert with Craig DeSilva. ROSSINI La Scala di Seta Overt.; Chicago Sym. Orch.; Fritz Reiner, cond.; WEBER Sym. #1 in C; London Classical Players; Roger Norrington, cond.; MOZART Piano Conc. #24 in c-sharp; Artur Rubinstein, piano; RCA Victor Sym. Orch.; Josef Krips, cond.
8:00 Collector’s Corner with Henry Fogel.
10:00 Music Through the Night
21 WEDNESDAY
12:00 A.M. Music Through the Night
8:30 Morning Café with Gene Schiller. Get the day going with a refreshing blend of music, The Writer’s Almanac, special features…and more music. Today’s theme: Novelties.
10:00 Morning Concert with Gene Schiller. QUILTER Children’s Overt.; Light Music Society Orch.; Vivian Dunn, cond.; BRUCH Salute to Christmas; Gabriele Schreckenbach, contralto; Berlin Radio Sym. Orch. & Chorus; Uwe Gronostay, cond.; RAFF Sym. #11 in a, Winter; Philharmonia Hungarica; Werner Andreas Albert, cond.
12:00 P.M. Performance Today
2:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin. TBA
3:00 Special! Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir The world-renowned Mormon Tabernacle Choir with touching arrangements of familiar carols, and lesser-known melodies that are fast becoming the new classics.
6:06 Evening Concert with Craig DeSilva. RAVEL Le Tombeau de Couperin; Orch. de Paris; Jean Martinon, cond.; CASTILLON Esquisses Symphoniques; Monte-Carlo Phil. Orch.; Georges Pretre, cond.; ROSSINI/RESPIGHI La Boutique Fantasque; Boston Pops Orch.; Arthur Fiedler, cond.
8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra TCHAIKOVSKY Excerpts from The Nutcracker; STRAVINSKY Petrushka (1911 version); SHOSTAKOVICH Sym. #11 (The Year 1905); Ingo Metzmacher, cond.
10:00 Music Through the Night
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8:30 Morning Café with Gene Schiller. Get the day going with a refreshing blend of music, The Writer’s Almanac, special features…and more music. Today’s theme: Winter Wonders.
10:00 Morning Concert with Gene Schiller. CRESTON Sym. #3, The Three Mysteries; Seattle Sym. Orch.; Gerard Schwarz, cond.; SEIDEL Oboe Conc.; Josef Shjebal, oboe; Czech Phil. Orch.; Karel Ancerl, cond.; Theodor Uppman with songs by Hageman, Davis, Dougherty, Guion & Kricka
12:00 P.M. Performance Today
2:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin. TBA
3:00 Special! Hollywood Holiday A one-hour retrospective of some of Hollywood’s most cherished –themed movies.
6:06 Evening Concert with Judy Anderson. SULLIVAN Overture di Ballo; Royal Liverpool Phil.; Charles Groves, cond.; PRAETORIUS Dances from Terpsichore; Collegium Terpsichore; Fritz Neumeyer, cond.; GLAZUNOV Excerpts from Raymonda; Scottish National Orch.; Neeme Jarvi, cond.
8:00 New York Philharmonic HANDEL Messiah. Celena Shafer, soprano; Nancy Maultsy, mezzo-soprano; Kurt Streit, tenor; Jonathan Lemalu, bass-baritone; Westminster Symphonic Choir; Alan Gilbert, cond.
10:00 Music Through the Night
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8:30 Morning Café with Gene Schiller. Get the day going with a refreshing blend of music, The Writer’s Almanac, special features…and more music. Today’s theme: Xmas Favorites.
10:00 Morning Concert with Gene Schiller. ARENSKY Suite #1 for 2 Pianos; Vassily Primakov & Nina Lavrova; RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Christmas Eve Suite; Orch. de la Suisse Romande; Ernest Ansermet, cond.; PEROSI The Nativity of Christ, Part 2; Polifonico Chorus of Milan; Angelicum Orch. of Milan; Carlo Felice Cillario, cond.
12:00 P.M. Performance Today
2:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin. TBA
3:00 Special! Advent Voices An opportunity to reflect, with gorgeous, contemplative music relating to the Advent season.
6:06 Evening Concert with Judy Anderson. CHOPIN Scherzo #4 in E-flat; Ivo Pogorelich, piano; MOZART Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat; Jascha Heifetz, violin; William Primrose, viola; RCA Victor Sym. Orch.; Izler Solomon, cond.; SPOHR Quintet in c; Nash Ensemble
8:00 Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra NIELSEN Sym. #5; BEETHOVEN Violin Conc. in D; Augustin Hadelich, violin; Edo de Waart, cond.
10:00 Music Through the Night
24 SATURDAY
12:00 A.M. Music Through the Night
5:00 Howard’s Day Off with Howard Dicus.
10:00 Special! A Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols The legendary Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols service of biblical readings and music, hosted by Michael Barone. Broadcast live from the King’s College in Cambridge, England.
1:00 P.M. Metropolitan Opera HUMPERDINCK Hansel und Gretel. Alice Coote (Hansel); Christine Schafer (Gretel); Rosalind Plowright (Gertrud); Alan Held (Peter); Philip Langridge (The Witch); Vladimir Jurowski, cond.
5:00 The Score with Edmund Lowe. New Beginning for the New Year. Resolutions are made, and just as easily fall by the wayside. We’ll hear from movies whose characters embrace change and new beginnings, including The Shawshank Redemption, Atonement and Ben Hur.
6:00 A Prairie Home Companion with Chris Thile.
8:00 The Thistle & Shamrock with Fiona Ritchie. A Festive Celtic Celebration. Join Fiona Ritchie and celebrate the season by unwrapping festive gifts of songs, dances and carols from traditions old and new.
9:00 Fascinatin’ Rhythm with Michael Lasser. Yip and Cole, An Unlikely Duo – Cole Porter and Yip Harburg, a man of the left, joined together in a skeptical view of life inseparable from their defining wit.
10:00 Millennium of Music with Robert Aubrey Davis.
11:00 Music Through the Night
25 SUNDAY
12:00 A.M. Music Through the Night
5:00 Classical 24
8:00 With Heart & Voice with Peter Dubois. A Listener Favorites Christmas Celebration. You told us your favorite Christmas carols and anthems, and Peter DuBois has another program devoted to listener favorites. Merry Christmas!
9:00 Special! The Rose Ensemble: Live in Concert: Christmas in Baroque Malta: A seasonal program of glorious music from Italy, preserved in the Cathedral archives on the Island of Malta, now being heard for the first time in hundreds of years.
10:00 Special! St. Olaf Christmas One of the nation’s most cherished holiday celebrations featuring the 500 student musicians in five choirs, and the St. Olaf Orchestra. Hosted by Alison Young.
1:00 P.M. SymphonyCast BACH Christmas Oratorio; Dresden Kreuzchor; Dresden Phil. Orch.; Roderich Kreile, cond.
3:00 Sunday Baroque. A celebration of beloved and appealing music from the baroque era (1600-1750) and the years leading up to it. Enjoy the tuneful and lively music of Bach, Vivaldi and Handel – and music by their talented contemporaries and predecessors – as part of the mix of familiar favorites and new surprises.
4:00 Harmonia with Angela Mariani. In Italia: A Renaissance Christmas from Naples, Venice, Milan, and Beyond. We bring you 16th century music from Italy. Join us for a special concert performance by the young voices and players of the Historical Performance Institute of the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music.
5:00 Weekend Radio with Robert Conrad. Christmas treats with Stuart McLean’s story “Dave on the Roof.” Also, variations on a theme with “Amateur Show Contestant,” the “Irish Christmas Countdown,” and “The Chickens are in the Chimes.” We visit Bob and Ray’s Christmas Party, and Percy Dovetonsils recites “The Night Before Christmas on New York’s Fashionable East Side.” Richard Howland-Bolton has a “Specially Christmassy Christmas Number.” This Week in the Media.
6:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center SMETANA Piano Trio in g; Juho Pohjonen, iano; Arnaud Sussman, violin; David Finckel, cello; BABDJANIAN Piano Trio in f-sharp; Gloria Chien, piano; Ani Kavafian, violin; Mihai Marica, cello
7:00 Singing and Other Sins with Gary Hickling. Early Festive Music of Europe and America. These may be carols, but they aren’t well-known ones.
8:00 New Sounds
9:00 The Early Muse with Ian Capps. Christmas in Naples. Seventeenth century Naples was renowned for its theatrical music shows of all sorts. This Christmas Day, the Early Muse features two delightful pastoral dramas for the Nativity by Cristoforo Caresana, a master of the genre in his own time, but hardly recognized today.
10:00 Music from the Hearts of Space. Take a journey through inner space with music that evokes the feeling of the cosmos.
11:00 Music Through the Night
26 MONDAY
12:00 A.M. Music Through the Night
8:30 Morning Café with Gene Schiller. Get the day going with a refreshing blend of music, The Writer’s Almanac, special features…and more music. Today’s theme: Pot Luck.
10:00 Morning Concert with Gene Schiller. DEBUSSY Printemps; French National Orch.; Jean Martinon, cond.; LOUIS GLASS Summer Life; Rheinland-Pfalz Phil. Orch.; David Raiskin, cond.; GLAZUNOV The Seasons; Minnesota Orch.; Edo de Waart, cond.
12:00 P.M. Performance Today
2:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin. Bach Christmas Oratorio. An exploration of the six cantatas performed in Leipzig’s St. Thomas and St. Nicholas churches in December 1734. These six Bach cantatas were written to correspond with the days of the Lutheran church year, and are collectively referred to as the “Christmas Oratorio.” We start the week with Cantata #1 (for the first day of Christmas) and we will end with Cantata #6 for Epiphany.
3:00 Masterworks Hour with Gene Schiller. HOVHANESS Mysterious Mountain; Sym. Orch.; Leopold Stokowski, cond.
6:06 Evening Concert with Judy Anderson. MOZART Don Giovanni Overt.; National Phil. Orch.; Leopold Stokowski, cond.; R. STRAUSS Don Juan; Chicago Sym. Orch.; Fritz Reiner, cond.; RODRIGO Fantasia para un Gentilhombre; Alfonso Moreno, guitar; Mexico State Sym. Orch.; Enrique Batiz, cond.
8:00 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra HAYDN The Creation; Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh; Manfred Honeck, cond.
10:00 Music Through the Night
27 TUESDAY
12:00 A.M. Music Through the Night
8:30 Morning Café with Gene Schiller. Get the day going with a refreshing blend of music, The Writer’s Almanac, special features…and more music. Today’s theme: More Quotes from Shakespeare.
10:00 Morning Concert with Gene Schiller. AKUTAGAWA Music for Sym. Orch.; Tokyo Metropolitan Sym. Orch.; Ryusuke Numajiri, cond.; THOMSON Cello Conc., Rider on the Plains; Emmanuel Feldman, cello; Nashville Sym. Orch.; Paul Gambill, cond.; COWEN Sym. #6 in E, Idyllic; Aarhus Sym. Orch.; Douglas Bostock, cond.
12:00 P.M. Performance Today
2:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin. TBA
3:00 Masterworks Hour with Gene Schiller. TURINA Piano Trio #2; Beaux Arts Trio; KHACHATURIAN Violin Conc. in d; Leonid Kogan, violin; Boston Sym. Orch.; Pierre Monteux, cond.
6:06 Evening Concert with John Zak. WAGNER Der Fliegende Hollander Overt.; Berlin Phil. Orch.; Seiji Ozawa, cond.; D’INDY Dipytch Mediterranean; Buffalo Phil. Orch.; JoAnn Falletta, cond.; RUBINSTEIN Sym. #2 in C, Ocean; State Sym. Orch.; Igor Goloschin, cond.
8:00 Collector’s Corner with Henry Fogel.
10:00 Music Through the Night
28 WEDNESDAY
12:00 A.M. Music Through the Night
8:30 Morning Café with Gene Schiller. Get the day going with a refreshing blend of music, The Writer’s Almanac, special features…and more music. Today’s theme: The Wonderful World of Vinyl.
10:00 Morning Concert with Gene Schiller. MARTINU Flute Sonata; James Galway, flute; Philip Moll, piano; DVORAK String Quartet in F, American; Emerson Quartet; MIASKOVSKY Violin Conc. in d; Vadim Repin, violin; Kirov Orch.; Valery Gergiev, cond.
12:00 P.M. Performance Today
2:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin. Bach Christmas Oratorio.
3:00 Masterworks Hour with Gene Schiller. PFITZNER Three Preludes from Palestrina; German Opera Orch.; Christian Thielemann, cond.; S. WAGNER Der Barenhauter Suite; Rheinland-Pfalz State Phil. Orch.; Werner Andreas Albert, cond.
6:06 Evening Concert with John Zak. BUSONI Divertimento; Aurele Nicolet, flute; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch.; Kurt Masur, cond.; DVORAK Serenade for Winds; Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center; BALAKIREV Tamara; Montreal Sym. Orch.; Kent Nagano, cond.
8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra HANDEL Messiah (Parts 1, 2, and III)
10:00 Music Through the Night
29 THURSDAY
12:00 A.M. Music Through the Night
8:30 Morning Café with Gene Schiller. Get the day going with a refreshing blend of music, The Writer’s Almanac, special features…and more music. Today’s theme: New Names, New Recordings.
10:00 Morning Concert with Gene Schiller. WOLF Italian Serenade; Orpheus Chamber Orch.; TAYLOR Through the Looking Glass; Seattle Sym. Orch.; Gerard Schwarz, cond.; BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata #9 in A, Kreutzer; Jascha Heifetz, violin; Benno Moiseiwitsch, piano
12:00 P.M. Performance Today
2:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin. Bach Christmas Oratorio.
3:00 Masterworks Hour with Gene Schiller. SIEGMEISTER Theater Set; Eastman-Rochester Orch.; Howard Hanson, cond.; GILLIS Encore Conc.; Ian Hobson, piano & cond.; Sinfonia Varsovia
6:06 Evening Concert with Judy Anderson. GRIFFES The White Peacock; Buffalo Phil. Orch.; JoAnn Falletta, cond.; BRAHMS Variations on a Theme by Haydn; Vienna Phil. Orch.; Leonard Bernstein, cond.; PROKOFIEV Excerpts from Cinderella; Royal Scottish National Orch.; Neeme Jarvi, cond.
10:00 Music Through the Night
30 FRIDAY12:00 A.M. Music Through the Night
8:30 Morning Café with Gene Schiller. Get the day going with a refreshing blend of music, The Writer’s Almanac, special features…and more music. Today’s theme: Thanks for the Memories.
10:00 Morning Concert with Gene Schiller. SMETANA The Bartered Bride Overt. & Dances; Berlin Phil. Orch.; James Levine, cond.; KABALEVSKY The Comedians; RCA Victor Sym. Orch.; Kiril Kondrashin, cond.; R. STRAUSS Ein Heldenleben; Chicago Sym. Orch.; Fritz Reiner, cond.
12:00 P.M. Performance Today
2:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin. Bach Christmas Oratorio.
3:00 Masterworks Hour with Gene Schiller. VAUGHAN WILLIAMS The Wasps Overt.; London Sym. Orch.; Andre Previn, cond.; VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Sym. #5 in D; Philharmonia Orch.; John Barbirolli, cond.
6:06 Evening Concert with Judy Anderson. MOZART Flute Quartet #1 in D; Carol Wincenc, flute; Emerson Quartet; BERNSTEIN (arr. Brohn) West Side Story Suite; Joshua Bell, violin; Philharmonia Orch.; David Zinman, cond.; DOHNANYI Suite in f-sharp; Royal Phil. Orch.; Malcolm Sargent, cond.
8:00 Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra TBA
10:00 Music Through the Night
31 SATURDAY
12:00 A.M. Music Through the Night
5:00 Howard’s Day Off with Howard Dicus.
10:00 From the Top From the Top returns to the Aspen Music Festival and School to celebrate the young musicians who gather there to study and perform during the summer. A pianist who’s just twelve years old performs the music of Robert Schumann, we’ll experience a deeply emotional double bass performance by a young man from Seattle, and we’ll hear about a wonderful outreach program called “Back to Bach,” founded by a 15-year-old cellist on the program.
11:00 Classical Guitar Alive! with Anthony Morris.
1:00 P.M. Metropolitan Opera ROSSINI L’Italiana in Algeri. Marianna Pizzolato (Isabella); Rene Barbera (Lindoro); Ildar Abdrazakov (Mustafa); Dwayne Croft (Haly); James Levine, cond.
5:00 The Score with Edmund Lowe.
6:00 A Prairie Home Companion with Chris Thile.
8:00 The Thistle & Shamrock with Fiona Ritchie. New Year’s Resolutions: Keep Music Live! From the pubs and clubs of home to international festival stages, some great live performances electrify this hour of music as we turn the page on yet another music-filled year.
9:00 Fascinatin’ Rhythm with Michael Lasser.
10:00 Millennium of Music with Robert Aubrey Davis.
11:00 Music Through the Night