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June • July • August Quarter Notes WCPE Radio, The Classical Station • Summer 2021 Something New at Noon An American Holiday WCPE’s 43rd Anniversary Cinema Classics Weekend
table of contents WCPE Daily Schedule Quarter Notes® Meet Your Host........................1 Weekdays WCPE’s member magazine From the Editor........................2 Vol. 43, no. 2 12:00 Sleepers, Awake with Sherman Wallace June Calendar...........................3 WCPE’s mission is to expand the community of classical midnight music lovers by sharing classical music with everyone, 5:30 a.m. Rise and Shine with Kristine Bellino everywhere, at any time. We entertain, educate, and July Calendar............................4 engage our audience with informative announcers, 10:00 a.m. Classical Café with Nick Robinson programs, and publications. We strive to make it easy to August Calendar.......................5 appreciate and enjoy Great Classical Music. 9:00 a.m.– Fridays: All-Request Friday Summer Highlights..................6 10:00 p.m. Editor: Christina Strobl Romano Designer: Deborah Cruz 1:00 p.m. As You Like It with Naomi Lambert and Printer: Chamblee Graphics Mondays This Quarter Joyce Kidd Meet Your Host: My Life in Music, Renaissance Fare........8 4:00 p.m. Allegro with Dick Storck WCPE Staff Monday Night at the Symphony.............9 Naomi Lambert 5:30 p.m. 5:30 waltz Deborah S. Proctor...........................General Manager & Chief Engineer How long have you been an announcer Opera House..........................10 7:00 p.m. Mondays through Wednesdays and Dean Baldwin........................ Business and Underwriting at WCPE, and what attracted you to The Fridays: Concert Hall with Andy Huber, Sundays This Quarter Kristine Bellino.......................Programming & Audience Classical Station? I started as a volunteer Warner Hall, Larry Hedlund, Bruce Development Director.; Host of Rise and Shine announcer in 2017. I have listened to the Great Sacred Music............................ 11 Matheny, Mark Schreiner, Christopher Bob Chapman.........Host of Thursday Night Opera House Scoville, and a variety of volunteer hosts Gregg Cockroft.................................... Facilities Engineer Classical Station since we moved here in Preview.............................................. 12 Thursdays: Thursday Night Opera House Adrienne DiFranco............ Accounting/Member Services 1998. I heard an on-air promo for announc- Wavelengths and with Bob Chapman Elizabeth Elliott...............................Production Director; er training and thought, that’s something I’d Peaceful Reflections........................13 Assistant Music Director* love to do! 8:00 p.m. Mondays: Monday Night at the Symphony John Graham.............................. Director of Engineering with Andy Huber and Mike Huber Program Listings.....................14 Tanja Greaves..... Thank-You Gift and Volunteer Director What is your favorite genre of music? Who 10:00 p.m. Music in the Night with Tony Waller, Haydn Jones...................................................Announcer are some of your favorite composers and Mike Huber, Bob Chapman, and a variety Rob Kennedy......................... Host of Great Sacred Music Lately We’ve Read and Digital Content Creator artists? I have pretty eclectic tastes. I grew The Eighth: Mahler and the of hosts Joyce Kidd......................................................Announcer up listening to classical music on BBC Radio World in 1910 Saturdays Naomi Lambert..............................................Announcer 3. I adore Bach and the baroque period. Dan McHugh....................Director of Member Services* By Stephen Johnson........................28 12:00 Sleepers, Awake with Haydn Jones I also enjoy Prokofiev, Franck, Gabrieli, Mary Moonen....................... Business and Underwriting midnight Britten, and Puccini. I am a fan of Dietrich Lately We’ve Heard Development Director; Traffic Manager 6:00 a.m. Weekend Classics with Lyle Adley-Warrick, Susan Nunn..........................................Member Services; Fischer-Dieskau and Kate Lindsey. Johannes Brahms Sonatas op. 120, Zwei Helen Halva, Peggy Powell, Joyce Kidd, Web Team Coordinator Gesänge op. 91, and Wiegenlied.........29 Do you have a background in music and a variety of volunteer hosts Stu Pattison..................................................Data Services Nick Robinson................................................Announcer performance? Yes, for many years I played 6:00 p.m. Saturday Evening Request Program with Christina Strobl Romano................... Publications Editor violin and piano; I sang in chapel choirs Classical Community..............30 Haydn Jones Dick Storck.......................Network Operations Director; and played in orchestras while studying Classical Events and Sundays Host of Allegro Sherman Wallace.......................... Host of Sleepers Awake at Oxford. While living in Hong Kong, Promotional Partners..............31 12:00 Sleepers, Awake William Woltz........................................ Music Director* I joined the Hong Kong Philharmonic midnight *This staff member is also an announcer. Chorus. A new symphony hall was opened What You're Saying................32 6:00 a.m. Weekend Classics with Chuck Till and a ©Copyright 1978–2021, WCPE Radio, Raleigh, NC. while we lived there. variety of hosts All rights reserved. All material published or dissemi- Donor Spotlight......................32 nated by WCPE, The Classical Station, except those Tell us about your travels. Have you seen 7:30 a.m. Sing for Joy with Bruce Benson owned or copyrighted by another entity, is copyrighted any performances around the world that 8:00 a.m. Great Sacred Music with Rob Kennedy by WCPE at the date of publication. stand out in your memory? On a student Allegro; As You Like It; Classical Cafe; Quarter Notes; Rise exchange to Germany, I used all my spend- 12:00 p.m.. Weekend Classics with Greysolynne Hyman, Bruce Huffine, Jay Pierson, and and Shine; Sleepers, Awake!; and WCPE are registered or ing money to buy a ticket to the Easter pending trademarks or service marks of WCPE. performance of the St Matthew Passion by volunteer hosts WCPE the Munich Bach Choir; it was an incredible 6:00 p.m. Preview with David Jeffrey Smith, Steve Thebes, and a variety of hosts P.O. Box 828 experience. I heard Jacqueline du Pré and On the cover: Wake Forest, NC 27588 9:00 p.m. Wavelengths with Ed Amend Daniel Barenboim perform at the Edinburgh 800-556-5178 J’Nai Bridges, featured on My Life Festival before du Pré stopped performing. 10:00 p.m. Peaceful Reflections with Ed Amend Membership: membership@theclassicalstation.org in Music (page 8). For several years, we had regular tickets at Editor: christina_romano@theclassicalstation.org Glyndebourne and Garsington for summer Photo by Scott Suchman/Wolf Trap Website: theclassicalstation.org opera performances. 1
from the editor june calendar A season of renewal 1 Tuesday 18 Friday All-Request Friday It’s been a long and challenging year and a Mikhail Glinka 1804 Eduard Tubin 1905 half, but there is a feeling of renewed hope Richard Goode 1943 19 Saturday in the air. With the onset of summer and of Frederica Von Stade 1945 Johann Stamitz 1717 the lush verdancy it brings, we welcome the 2 Wednesday 20 Sunday Father’s Day season with open hearts and grateful spirits. Edward Elgar 1857 And at WCPE, The Classical Station, we Jacques Offenbach 1819 3 Thursday Ingrid Haebler 1929 have lots of great music planned. 4 Friday All-Request Friday André Watts 1946 (75th birthday) Did you enjoy Primarily Piano this past Cecilia Bartoli 1966 (55th birthday) 21 Monday Summer begins spring? How about In the Gardens of Spain and Back to the Baroque weekends? You can 5 Saturday J.C.F. Bach 1732 always count on our programming team to Christina Strobl Romano Martha Argerich 1941 (80th birthday) Khatia Buniatishvili 1987 Editor 22 Tuesday plan delightful programming events. This 6 Sunday summer, we have Something New at Noon, Étienne-Nicolas Méhul 1763 Aram Khachaturian 1903 An American Holiday, and the ever-popular Lambert evaluates a recent Brahms CD fea- 23 Wednesday Cinema Classics Weekend, not to mention 7 Monday turing Antoine Tamestit, Cédric Tiberghien, our 43rd broadcasting anniversary! See pages Georg Szell 1897 Carl Reinecke 1824 and Matthias Goerne in her engaging review. 6 and 7 for more highlights. Philippe Entremont 1934 24 Thursday Because you are a part of our Great Classical Neeme Järvi 1937 Every issue, you can read what is planned Pierre Fournier 1906 Music family, you receive Quarter Notes, the Jaime Laredo 1941 (80th birthday) for the special programs that are unique to program guide and member magazine of 25 Friday All-Request Friday 8 Tuesday WCPE—My Life in Music, Renaissance WCPE, The Classical Station. We support 26 Saturday Fare, Thursday Night Opera House, Great WCPE in its mission to enhance apprecia- Tomaso Albinoni 1671 (350th anniversary of birth) Leopold Koželuh 1747 Sacred Music, and Preview, to name a few. tion and understanding of classical music by Claudio Abbado 1933 And, of course, keep an eye on the program Robert Schumann 1810 providing an engaging guide to the upcom- 27 Sunday listings, starting on page 14, to make sure Emanuel Ax 1949 ing season’s music programming. Know you catch your favorite pieces. someone who would enjoy a subscription? 9 Wednesday Samuel Sanders 1937 This issue, we offer you our impressions of Just give our Member Services department a Otto Nicolai 1810 28 Monday two recent releases. On page 28, R.C. Speck call at 919-556-5178 to set up a gift mem- Carl Nielsen 1865 Thomas Hampson 1955 gives his analysis of The Eighth: Mahler and bership. Keep your subscription going and Albéric Magnard 1865 29 Tuesday the World in 1910. We bid farewell to Mr. stay in touch on our Facebook pages and our 10 Thursday Leroy Anderson 1908 Speck, our longtime book reviewer, and website at TheClassicalStation.org. 11 Friday All-Request Friday Bernard Herrmann 1911 thank him for his years of contributions of Richard Strauss 1864 Anne-Sophie Mutter 1963 Lately We’ve Read columns, as this will be 12 Saturday 30 Wednesday his last review in Quarter Notes. On page Christina Strobl Romano 29, announcer and new contributor Naomi Editor of Quarter Notes 13 Sunday Jiří Benda 1722 Carlos Chávez 1899 Esa-Pekka Salonen 1958 Rafał Blechacz 1985 14 Monday U.S. Flag Day Lang Lang 1982 photo: Presidencia de la Nación Argentina 15 Tuesday Franz Danzi 1763 Edvard Grieg 1843 16 Wednesday David Popper 1843 Willi Boskovsky 1909 Sergiu Commissiona 1928 17 Thursday Martha Argerich Charles Gounod 1818 b. 1941 (80th birthday) Igor Stravinsky 1882 2 3
july calendar august calendar 1 Thursday Canada Day 15 Thursday 1 Sunday photo: J. Henry Fair 2 Friday All-Request Friday Julian Bream 1933 Hermann Baumann 1934 Christoph Willibald von Gluck 1714 16 Friday All-Request Friday Jordi Savall 1941 (80th birthday) Frederick Fennell 1914 Bella Davidovich 1928 2 Monday an american holiday 3 Saturday Bryden Thomson 1928 Arthur Bliss 1891 Leoš Janáček 1854 Pinchas Zukerman 1948 3 Tuesday Milan Munclinger 1923 17 Saturday 4 Wednesday Carlos Kleiber 1930 Dawn Upshaw 1960 William Schuman 1910 4 Sunday Independence Day 18 Sunday Simon Preston 1938 Sharon Isbin 5 Monday Julius Fučík 1872 Deborah Voigt 1960 b.1956 (65th birthday) János Starker 1924 Kurt Masur 1927 5 Thursday 6 Tuesday WCPE Radio 1978 (43rd broadcasting Ambroise Thomas 1811 anniversary) 18 Wednesday Vladimir Ashkenazy 1937 Vladimir Fedoseyev 1932 19 Monday Antonio Salieri 1750 7 Wednesday 6 Friday All-Request Friday Dmitri Kitayenko 1940 20 Tuesday 7 Saturday Gustav Mahler 1860 19 Thursday “cinema classics” Gian Carlo Menotti 1911 21 Wednesday Granville Bantock 1868 George Enescu 1881 weekend Michala Petri 1958 Isaac Stern 1920 Sharon Isbin 1956 (65th birthday) Gerard Schwarz 1947 8 Thursday Anton Kuerti 1938 8 Sunday 20 Friday All-Request Friday Percy Grainger 1882 22 Thursday Cécile Chaminade 1857 Josef Strauss 1827 Benjamin Grosvenor 1992 23 Friday All-Request Friday Josef Suk (violinist) 1929 Maxim Vengerov 1974 9 Friday All-Request Friday Franz Berwald 1796 9 Monday 21 Saturday Ottorino Respighi 1879 Leon Fleisher 1928 10 Tuesday Maria João Pires 1944 Janet Baker 1933 David Diamond 1915 Alexander Glazunov 1865 David Zinman 1936 (85th birthday) Susan Graham 1960 22 Sunday Marie-Claire Alain 1926 (95th 10 Saturday 24 Saturday anniversary of birth) Claude Debussy 1862 Henryk Wieniawski 1835 Adolphe Adam 1803 11 Wednesday 23 Monday Carl Orff 1895 Ernest Bloch 1880 Karina Canellakis 1981 Peter Serkin 1947 Raymond Leppard 1927 Jonas Kaufmann 1969 24 Tuesday 25 Sunday 12 Thursday 11 Sunday 25 Wednesday 26 Monday Heinrich von Biber 1644 Nicolai Gedda 1925 Maurice Greene 1696 Leonard Bernstein 1918 Herbert Blomstedt 1927 John Field 1782 13 Friday All-Request Friday 26 Thursday Women’s Equality Day 12 Monday 27 Tuesday John Ireland 1879 Wolfgang Sawallisch 1923 Anton Arensky 1861 Mauro Giuliani 1781 Louis Frémaux 1921 (100th anniversary Branford Marsalis 1960 George Butterworth 1885 Enrique Granados 1867 of birth) Van Cliburn 1934 27 Friday All-Request Friday 28 Wednesday Kathleen Battle 1948 Richard Stoltzman 1942 Eric Coates 1886 Riccardo Muti 1941 (80th birthday) 14 Saturday Rebecca Clarke 1886 13 Tuesday 29 Thursday Georges Prêtre 1924 28 Saturday 14 Wednesday Bastille Day 30 Friday All-Request Friday 15 Sunday Karl Böhm 1894 Gerald Finzi 1901 31 Saturday Samuel Coleridge-Taylor 1875 István Kertész 1929 Jacques Ibert 1890 29 Sunday 16 Monday 30 Monday WCPE derives its income from listener donations and Gabriel Pierné 1863 31 Tuesday grants from foundations and businesses. Donate by going to Yoel Levi 1950 Amilcare Ponchielli 1834 TheClassicalStation.org or calling 800.556.5178. 17 Tuesday Itzhak Perlman 1945 Ángel Romero 1946 (75th birthday) Kim Kashkashian 1952 4 5
summer highlights summer highlights By William Woltz Bastille Day Women’s Equality Day All-Request Fridays July 14 August 26 Saturday Evening Request Program Something New at Noon We celebrate France’s contribution to clas- Fanny Mendelssohn saw her earliest com- The Classical Station now gives you two Every day in June sical music, from baroque masters such as positions published under the name of her weekly opportunities to ask for your classical Don’t let anyone tell you that classical Rameau and Couperin through the lush brother, Felix. Clara Schumann supported music favorites. Every Friday is now an All- music is fading away, even in the 21st Romanticism of Berlioz and Saint-Saëns, to a large family through performing and teach- Request Friday, from 9:00 a.m. until 10:00 century. Each fresh generation of perform- Fauré, Debussy, Ravel, Satie, Poulenc, and ing after the death of her husband, Robert. p.m. And the Saturday Evening Request ers breathes new life into the works that more. Vive la musique! Ethel Smyth was jailed in England for sup- Program continues every Saturday from Mozart, Beethoven, and Liszt wrote by porting women’s suffrage. Join The Classical 6:00 p.m. until midnight. Submit your candlelight so many years ago. Every June WCPE’s 43rd Anniversary Station as we salute these pioneering women advance requests at TheClassicalStation.org, we celebrate the best in these new classi- July 18 in classical music and many more including or call WCPE at 919.556.0123. cal performances by rising stars as well as Each year brings new members into our some of today’s leading voices. established artists. We’ll hear pianist Khatia classical music family, and for this we are Buniatishvili, violinist Isabelle Faust, and grateful. It’s only because of your generous guitarist Yuri Liberzon, along with conduc- support that we’ve been able to share more photo: Marco Borggreve photo: Felix Broede tors Andris Nelsons and Yannick Nézet- than four decades of great music to an audi- Séguin. Join us for a new classical release at ence that now reaches around the world. noon every day this month. Whether you’ve been listening for just a few days or for 43 years, join us for a day full of An American Holiday your favorites as our way of saying “thanks!” July 2–5 Help us kick off our country’s birthday Cinema Classics Weekend celebration by asking for your favorite August 7–8 American composers and performers on The right music can make a scary scene our All-Request Friday. We’ll continue scarier, a funny scene funnier, and a touching to feature music of the U.S. through moment more poignant. Join us for one of the federal holiday on Monday, with our most popular theme weekends as we fea- lots of rousing and patriotic favorites on ture music from best-loved films, both classi- Independence Day! cal selections and music written especially for the silver screen. No ticket required! Andris Nelson Isabelle Faust photo: TashTish photo: Hans van der Woerd photo: Jon McCormack John Williams scores the film Raiders of the Lost Ark Sign up for Crescendo, WCPE’s e-newsletter, to receive weekly reminders about special programming, WCPE-sponsored community events, and exclusive giveaways! Yuri Liberzon Yannick Nézet-Séguin 6 7
mondays this quarter mondays this quarter My Life in Music showcases professional August musicians who share stories about their 2 Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra careers and their work. Interwoven with 9 Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra the conversations are musical selections 16 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra which illustrate their talking points. Join us on the first Monday of each month at 23 Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra 7:00 p.m. and again the following Sunday By William Woltz 30 San Francisco Symphony First Mondays at 7:00 p.m. at 5:00 p.m. This quarter, our guests are Mondays at 8:00 p.m. (eastern) Second Sundays at 5:00 p.m. composer Richard Danielpour, pianist There’s a lot to celebrate this summer on (All times eastern) Simone Dinnerstein, and mezzo-soprano photo: Jessica Griffin Monday Night at the Symphony. We’ll hear With host Rob Kennedy J’Nai Bridges. the London Symphony Orchestra on con- ductor Neeme Järvi’s 84th birthday and the Atlanta Symphony on Yoel Levi’s birthday. photo: Lisa Marie Mazzucco photo: Timothy Greenfield Sanders photo: Todd Rosenberg And the Boston Pops will provide a rous- ing conclusion to our “American Holiday” festivities on July 5. We spotlight the world’s best orchestras in classic performances from the WCPE music library every week on Monday Night at the Symphony. Don’t miss it! June 7 London Symphony Orchestra 14 Philadelphia Orchestra 21 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra 28 Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra July 5 Boston Pops Orchestra Richard Danielpour Simone Dinnerstein J’Nai Bridges 12 Suisse Romande Orchestra Composer Pianist Mezzo-Soprano 19 Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Philadelphia Orchestra June 6 July 5 August 1 26 French National Orchestra include tracks from a unique 2006 record- The program airs on Monday, July 12, at photo: Kasskara ing by the popular contemporary artist 7:00 p.m. and has a repeat broadcast on Sting. The album is entitled Songs from the Sunday, July 18, at 5:00 p.m. Labyrinth and features Sting playing the lute In August, Renaissance Fare highlights and singing. The program airs on Monday, the most famous French composer of the June 14, at 7:00 p.m. and has a repeat period, Josquin des Prez. He died exactly broadcast on Sunday, June 20, at 5:00 p.m. 500 years ago this month, August 27 1521. Second Mondays at 7:00 p.m. In July, Renaissance Fare will focus on one of He was so popular that he was generally Third Sundays at 5:00 p.m. the most popular composers from the Italian referred to only as “Josquin,” a 15th-cen- (All times eastern) Renaissance, Claudio Monteverdi. He is con- tury Elvis! He wrote motets, sacred music With host George Douglas sidered a transitional figure in the progression chansons, and ballads. The program airs on Renaissance Fare in June will feature vocal from the Renaissance into the baroque peri- Monday, August 9, at 7:00 p.m. and has a and instrumental music written by the od. We’ll hear music from L’Orfeo, considered repeat broadcast on Sunday, August 15, at Sting English composer John Dowland. We’ll to be the oldest opera still being performed. 5:00 p.m. 8 9
opera house sundays this quarter July 15 Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’Amore June 6 Nemorino (Alagna) loves Adina (Devia), Bach: BWV 20 who falls instead for the soldier Belcore Schubert: Mass in E-flat (Spagnoli); Nemorino tries a fake love June 13 potion sold by the charlatan Dr. Dulcamara Bach: BWV 2 (Praticò). (From the Ruocchio Archives.) Elgar: The Kingdom July 22 Verdi’s Nabucco June 20 Thursdays at 7:00 p.m. (eastern) Fenena (Obraztsova), daughter of King Bach: BWV 21 With host Bob Chapman Nabucco of Babylon (Manuguerra), is in love De Monte: Missa la Dolce Vista with Ismaele (Luchetti), the nephew of the June 3 Verdi’s Un Ballo in Maschera June 27 Antonio Salieri king of Jerusalem, while Fenena’s half-sister Riccardo (Peerce) is in love with Amelia Abigaille (Scotto) is also in love with him. Bach: BWV 185 (Milanov), wife of his best friend Renato Great Sacred Music July 29 Wagner’s Tannhäuser Beethoven: Mass in C (Merrill). Fortune teller Ulrica (M. Anderson) tells Riccardo he’ll be killed by Seduced by Venus (Baltsa), the knight July 4 the next man to shake his hand. Tannhäuser (Domingo) takes part in a Bach: BWV 88 Sundays at 8:00 a.m. (eastern) minstrel contest for the hand of Elisabeth Parker: Hora Novissima With host Rob Kennedy June 10 Johann Strauss’s Der Zigeunerbaron (Studer), the daughter of the landgrave Pig farmer Zsupán (Berry) wants Barinkay July 11 August 8 Hermann (Salminen). (Protschka) to marry daughter Arsena Bach: BWV 9 Bach: BWV 46 (Lindner), who prefers Ottokár (Finke), while August 5 Thomas’s Hamlet Beach: Grand Mass in C Des Prez: Missa L’Homme Armé Barinkay falls in love with Saffi (Várady). The Danish prince Hamlet (Hampson) reacts July 18 August 15 badly to the marriage of his mother Gertrude June 17 Gounod’s Mireille Bach: BWV 107 Bach: BWV 199 (Graves) to his uncle Claudius (Ramey), who Mireille (Freni) loves Vincent (Vanzo), but murdered Hamlet’s father to gain the throne. Biber: Requiem à 15 in A Major Salieri: La Passione di Gesù Cristo her father, Ramon (Bacquier), wants her The prince’s girlfriend Ophélie (J. Anderson) July 25 August 22 to marry Ourrias (Van Dam). (From the goes mad and drowns herself. Bach: BWV 178 Bach: BWV 137 Ruocchio Archives.) August 12 Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin Bach: St. John Passion Massenet: Ève June 24 Rossini’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia Sophisticated Onegin (Kang) rebuffs August 1 August 29 Jack-of-all-trades Figaro (Gobbi) skillfully country gal Tatyana (El-Khoury); jealous Bach: BWV 105 Bach: BWV 77 helps Count Almaviva (Alva) win the hand Lenski (Barry) is killed in a duel with Vierne: Messe Solennelle Honegger: Le Roi David of Rosina (Callas), the ward of old Bartolo Onegin, who has flirted with his fiancée (Ollendorff). Olga (Svede) in North Carolina Opera’s Floyd’s Susannah, Scearce’s Kitty Hawk, January 2016 performance. July 1 Davis’s Family Secrets August 19 Donizetti’s Don Pasquale In Susannah, an innocent woman (Studer) is Pasquale (Bruscantini) wants to marry to Great Sacred Music is made possible by our listeners and the following people and organizations: victimized by a small-minded rural commu- prevent nephew Ernesto (Winbergh) from nity. In Kitty Hawk, Wilbur (D. Schmidt) inheriting his estate. Malatesta (Nucci) sug- All Saints Anglican Church Dr. Alfred Goshaw James H. Lazenby and Orville (M. Morgan) Wright attempt to gests his sister Norina (Freni), who’s in love Raleigh, NC Chapel Hill, NC Fearrington Village, NC become the first to fly an aircraft. In Family with Ernesto. (From the Ruocchio Archives.) The Chapel of the Cross Dr. Jerry Grise William Marley Secrets, a singer (A.E. Moore) describes how Chapel Hill, NC Cary, NC Raleigh, NC secrets define us and our sense of place. Offenbach’s La Grande August 26 Duchesse de Gérolstein Dr. & Mrs. Harold Chapman Blaine Paxton Hall Dr. Thomas Nutt-Powell July 8 Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette Macon, GA Fearrington Village, NC Boston, MA A grand duchess (Valentini-Terrani) with an Frère Laurent (Van Dam) secretly marries eye for attractive young men promotes Private David Crabtree Rev. David Livingstone James William Raper Roméo (Alagna) and Juliette (Gheorghiu), Raleigh, NC Cary, NC Raleigh, NC Fritz (Allemano) to general, but he’s engaged despite their families’ opposition—with to Wanda (Di Censo) and has ideas of his own, First Presbyterian Church Carole Keeler Claude and Sarah Snow deadly results. forcing her to settle for Prince Paul (Plaza). Durham, NC Greensboro, NC Chapel Hill, NC Ethel Girvin Kirk of Kildare University Presbyterian Church Timberlake, NC Cary, NC Chapel Hill, NC Listen to Great Classical Music 24-7 by streaming at TheClassicalStation.org! If you or your organization would like to be a patron of Great Sacred Music, contact Rob Kennedy via e-mail or phone at 919-740-5180. 10 11
sundays this quarter sundays this quarter Preview! This quarter, our guests will include pianist century compositions with significant pieces Rachel Podger, conductor Richard Egarr, from the last century. and the Cavatina Duo. Join us this quarter as we feature works Sundays at 9:00 p.m. (eastern) by Grammy-winning American compos- Sundays at 6:00 p.m. (eastern) With host Ed Amend ers Richard Danielpour and Christopher With host David Jeffrey Smith Each week on Wavelengths, The Classical Theofanidis, as well as Kim Portnoy, By Rob Kennedy Station showcases the best music of con- Jonathan Leshnoff, Missy Mazzolli, and Every Sunday, The Classical Station presents temporary composers, offering a mix of 21st Ellen Taaffe Zwilich. Preview, a program featuring new classi- cal recording releases. From symphonies to vocal music, from ballet to chamber photo: Matthew Fried photo: Erica Abbey music, we sample new interpretations of familiar music, as well as newer music. A regular feature of Preview is an interview at approximately 7:00 p.m. We speak with performing musicians and composers from around the world. If you miss the inter- view on a Sunday evening, you will find our interviews on the Preview page on our Christopher Theofanidis Jonathan Leshnoff website at TheClassicalStation.org under the The Cavatina Duo Programs menu. photo: Marylene Mey photo: Bill Keefrey photo: Theresa Pewal photo: Marco Borggreve Missy Mazzoli Ellen Taaffe Zwilich Rachel Podger, Violinist Richard Egarr, Conductor Sundays at 10:00 p.m. (eastern) With host Ed Amend Did you know? Following Wavelengths, WCPE brings Listeners may view the playlist for the you two hours of music intended to help you unwind from the week that’s current day as well as previous week’s lists ending and prepare for the one ahead. at our website. Just click on “Daily Playlists” Peaceful Reflections is a thoughtful, under the Listen menu at our website at relaxing mix of orchestral, chamber, TheClassicalStation.org." choral, and organ works, a perfect way to end a Sunday evening. 12 13
program listings (june) program listings (june) June Featured Works 5 Saturday 8:00 p.m. Brahms: Piano Concerto no. 1 2:00 p.m. Beethoven: Piano Sonata no. 23 in F 8:00 a.m. Ravel: Sonatine in D Minor Minor (Appassionata) All programming is subject to change. For a complete list of a specific day’s music, go to 9:00 a.m. Mozart: Violin Concerto no. 2 in D 9:00 p.m. Schumann: Cello Concerto in A Minor 3:00 p.m. Bruch: Violin Concerto no. 1 in G Minor TheClassicalStation.org. 10:00 a.m. Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto no. 3 9 Wednesday 4:00 p.m. Fauré: Dolly Suite 1 Tuesday in D Minor 8:00 a.m. Nicolai: Overture to The Merry Wives 5:00 p.m. Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending 9:00 a.m. Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 25 in C 11:00 a.m. Dvořák: Serenade in D Minor for Winds of Windsor 13 Sunday 10:00 a.m. Glinka: Overture and Three Dances 12:00 p.m. Prokofiev: Scherzo from Violin 9:00 a.m. Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 20 7:00 a.m. Hancock: “Come Ye Lofty, Come from A Life for the Czar Concerto no. 1 in D in D Minor Ye Lowly” 12:00 p.m. Rimsky-Korsakov: Piano Concerto in 1:00 p.m. Metropolitan Opera 10:00 a.m. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no. 2 in F 9:00 a.m. Bach: Cantata 2 (Ach Gott, vom Himmel C-sharp Minor 5:00 p.m. Brahms: Variations on a Theme by 12:00 p.m. Tansman: Courtly Music after Robert sieh Darein) 2:00 p.m. Chopin: Barcarolle in F-sharp Haydn de Visée 10:00 a.m. Elgar: The Kingdom 3:00 p.m. Glinka: “Memory of a Summer Night 6 Sunday 2:00 p.m. Nicolai: Symphony no. 2 in D 12:00 p.m. R. Fariña: “Birmingham Sunday” in Madrid” 3:00 p.m. Nielsen: Symphony no. 2 7:00 a.m. Debussy: “En Bateau” from Petite Suite 1:00 p.m. Chávez: El Trópico 7:00 p.m. Glinka: “Jota Aragonaise” (The Four Temperaments) 9:00 a.m. Bach: Cantata 20 (O Ewigkeit, du 2:00 p.m. Brahms: Symphony no. 2 in D 8:00 p.m. Brahms: Horn Trio in E-flat Donnerwort) 7:00 p.m. Magnard: Overture for Orchestra 3:00 p.m. Haydn: Symphony no. 92 in G (Oxford) 9:00 p.m. Beethoven: Symphony no. 5 in C Minor 10:00 a.m. Schubert: Mass no. 6 in E-flat, D. 950 8:00 p.m. Nielsen: Symphony no. 4 (The Inextinguishable) 4:00 p.m. Dvořák: Slavonic Dances, op. 72 10:00 p.m. Dvořák: “O Silver Moon” from Rusalka 12:00 p.m. Strauss II: Sound Waves 9:00 p.m. C. Schumann: Piano Concerto 5:00 p.m. My Life in Music 2 Wednesday 1:00 p.m. Khachaturian: “Adagio of Spartacus in A Minor 14 Monday and Phrygia” from Spartacus 9:00 a.m. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no. 4 in G 10 Thursday 9:00 a.m. Boyer: “Celebration Overture” 2:00 p.m. Beethoven: Symphony no. 2 in D 10:00 a.m. Elgar: Enigma Variations 9:00 a.m. Weber: Clarinet Concerto no. 1 10:00 a.m. Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 17 in G 3:00 p.m. Khachaturian: Gayne 12:00 p.m. Schubert: “Ave Maria” in F Minor 12:00 p.m. Liszt: “Consolation no. 3” in D-flat 5:00 p.m. Bizet: Children’s Games 2:00 p.m. Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks 10:00 a.m. Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf 2:00 p.m. Elgar: Serenade for Strings in E Minor 3:00 p.m. Elgar: Cello Concerto in E Minor 7 Monday 12:00 p.m. Lyapunov: “Lullaby” from Twelve 3:00 p.m. Ravel: Mother Goose Suite 7:00 p.m. Respighi: Suite no. 2 from Ancient Airs 9:00 a.m. Mendelssohn: Incidental Music from Transcendental Études A Midsummer Night’s Dream 5:00 p.m. Sousa: “Riders for the Flag” and Dances 1:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien 10:00 a.m. Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto no. 4 7:00 p.m. Renaissance Fare 8:00 p.m. Elgar: Symphony no. 1 in A-flat 2:00 p.m. Telemann: Suite in D for Viola da in G Minor Gamba and Strings 8:00 p.m. Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme 9:00 p.m. Chopin: Piano Concerto no. 2 12:00 p.m. Golson: “Classical Dreams” of Paganini in F Minor 3:00 p.m. Dvořák: Serenade in E for Strings 1:00 p.m. Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D 6:00 p.m. Bach: Italian Concerto in F 3 Thursday 2:00 p.m. Delibes: Suite from Sylvia 7:00 p.m. Thursday Night Opera House 8:00 a.m. Chopin: Polonaise Fantasy in A-flat photo: Decca 3:00 p.m. Mozart: Piano Quartet no. 2 in E-flat 10:00 p.m. Bernstein: “Love Theme” from 9:00 a.m. Tchaikovsky: Suite from Swan Lake 7:00 p.m. My Life in Music On the Waterfront 10:00 a.m. Haydn: Symphony no. 96 in D (Miracle) 8:00 p.m. Rachmaninoff: Symphony no. 3 in A 11 Friday 12:00 p.m. Couperin: “The Mysterious Barricades” Minor 2:00 p.m. Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto no. 2 in 8:00 a.m. R. Strauss: Waltzes from 9:00 p.m. Ravel: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand Der Rosenkavalier G Minor 3:00 p.m. Mendelssohn: Symphony no. 3 in A 8 Tuesday 9:00 a.m. All-Request Friday Minor (Scottish) 9:00 a.m. Albinoni: Adagio in G Minor 10:00 p.m. R. Strauss: Metamorphosen for 6:00 p.m. Ravel: Rapsodie Espagnole 10:00 a.m. Schumann: Symphony no. 3 23 Solo Strings 7:00 p.m. Thursday Night Opera House in E-flat (Rhenish) 12 Saturday 10:00 p.m. Sibelius: “The Bard” 12:00 p.m. Rachmaninoff: Waltz from 9:00 a.m. Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A Symphonic Dances 4 Friday 10:00 a.m. Schubert: Symphony no. 8 in B Minor 2:00 p.m. Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 5 in (Unfinished) 8:00 a.m. Viardot-Garcia: “Les Filles de Cadix” E-flat (Emperor) 11:00 a.m. Handel: Suite in F from Water Music Cecilia Bartoli 9:00 a.m. All-Request Friday 3:00 p.m. Schumann: Symphony no. 4 in D Minor b. 1966 (55th birthday) 12:00 p.m. Haydn: String Quartet in C (Emperor) 10:00 p.m. Schubert: “La Pastorella” 7:00 p.m. Albinoni: Oboe Concerto in D Minor 14 15
program listings (june) program listings (june) 9:00 p.m. Gershwin: Porgy and Bess, a Symphonic 18 Friday 11:00 a.m. Delius: In a Summer Garden, photo: Christian Steiner Picture 8:00 a.m. Rossini: Overture to The Italian Girl a Rhapsody 15 Tuesday in Algiers 12:00 p.m. Beethoven: Violin Sonata no. 5 9:00 a.m. All-Request Friday in F (Spring) 9:00 a.m. Grieg: Suites 1 and 2 from Peer Gynt 10:00 p.m. Delius: “Late Swallows” 2:00 p.m. Vivaldi: Four Seasons 10:00 a.m. Danzi: Flute Concerto no. 2 in D Minor 3:00 p.m. Liszt: Mephisto Waltzes no. 1 12:00 p.m. Grieg: Holberg Suite 19 Saturday 7:00 p.m. Copland: Billy the Kid Ballet Suite 2:00 p.m. Mozart: Symphony no. 35 in D (Haffner) 9:00 a.m. J. Stamitz: Clarinet Concerto in B-flat 8:00 p.m. Mozart: Symphony no. 41 in C (Jupiter) 3:00 p.m. Mendelssohn: Symphony no. 5 10:00 a.m. Brahms: Serenade no. 2 in A (Reformation) 9:00 p.m. Dvořák: Symphony no. 8 in G 11:00 a.m. Mozart: Horn Concerto no. 1 in D 7:00 p.m. Sibelius: Presto for String Orchestra 12:00 p.m. Poulenc: Cello Sonata 22 Tuesday 8:00 p.m. Grieg: Piano Concerto in A Minor 2:00 p.m. Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 3 9:00 a.m. Beethoven: “Coriolan” Overture 9:00 p.m. Dvořák: Symphony no. 7 in D Minor in C Minor 10:00 a.m. Haydn: Symphony no. 94 in G (Surprise) 16 Wednesday 3:00 p.m. Bizet: L’Arlésienne Suite no. 2 12:00 p.m. Suppé: Overture to Poet and Peasant Jaime Laredo b. 1941 (80th birthday) 9:00 a.m. Popper: Im Walde 4:00 p.m. Schubert: Four Impromptus, D. 899 2:00 p.m. Vivaldi: Lute Concerto in D 10:00 a.m. Schumann: Violin Concerto in D Minor 5:00 p.m. Mahler: Adagietto from Symphony no. 3:00 p.m. Grieg: Symphonic Dances 5 in C-sharp Minor 10:00 p.m. Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of 12:00 p.m. Brahms: “Nightingale,” op. 97 no. 1 7:00 p.m. Méhul: Overture to Young Henry’s Hunt a Faun 2:00 p.m. Beethoven: Romance no. 2 in F 20 Sunday 8:00 p.m. Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin 25 Friday for Violin 7:00 a.m. Mozart: Piano Sonata no. 16 in C 9:00 p.m. Schubert: Symphony no. 5 in B-flat 8:00 a.m. Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue in D 3:00 p.m. Dvořák: Slavonic Rhapsody in D 9:00 a.m. Bach: Cantata 21 (Ich Hatte Viel 23 Wednesday Bekummernis) 9:00 a.m. All-Request Friday 5:30 p.m. Strauss II: Tales from the Vienna Woods 9:00 a.m. Dvořák: Czech Suite in D 10:00 a.m. De Monte: Missa la Dolce Vista 10:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: Four Romances from 7:00 p.m. Popper: “Hungarian Rhapsody” in D 10:00 a.m. Bach: Orchestral Suite no. 3 in D op. 6 8:00 p.m. Debussy: Nocturnes 12:00 p.m. Vivaldi: Concerto in G for Two Mandolins 12:00 p.m. Couperin: “The Nightingale in Love” 26 Saturday 9:00 p.m. Beethoven: Triple Concerto in C 2:00 p.m. Reinecke: Symphony in A 1:00 p.m. Offenbach: Gaité Parisienne 9:00 a.m. Mozart: Symphony no. 25 in G Minor 17 Thursday 3:00 p.m. Haydn: Symphony no. 45 in F-sharp 2:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto no. 1 10:00 a.m. Grieg: In Autumn 9:00 a.m. Bach: Orchestral Suite no. 2 in B Minor in B-flat Minor Minor (Farewell) 11:00 a.m. Koželuh: Symphony in G Minor 10:00 a.m. Gounod: Ballet Music from Faust 3:00 p.m. Chopin: Piano Concerto no. 2 7:00 p.m. Rimsky-Korsakov: Suite from The Golden Cockerel 12:00 p.m. Mozart: Piano Sonata no. 13 in B-flat 12:00 p.m. Bach: “Fuga” from Sonata no. 2 in F Minor 8:00 p.m. Beethoven: Symphony no. 8 in F 1:00 p.m. Bach: Concerto in D Minor for in A Minor 4:00 p.m. Offenbach: “Ballet of the Little Two Violins 1:00 p.m. Haydn: Symphony no. 101 in D (Clock) Snowflakes” 9:00 p.m. Rodrigo: Fantasia for a Gentleman 2:00 p.m. Saint-Saëns: Symphony no. 3 in C 2:00 p.m. Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite 5:00 p.m. Renaissance Fare 24 Thursday Minor (Organ) 3:00 p.m. Gounod: Symphony no. 2 in E-flat 21 Monday 8:00 a.m. Glinka: Overture to Russlan 3:00 p.m. Handel: Concerto Grosso in C from 5:00 p.m. Stravinsky: Scherzo Fantastique 9:00 a.m. J.C.F. Bach: Sonata in G for Violin, and Ludmilla Alexander’s Feast 7:00 p.m. Thursday Night Opera House Viola, and Piano 9:00 a.m. Haydn: Cello Concerto no. 2 in D 4:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 5 10:00 a.m. Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition 10:00 a.m. Mozart: Serenade no. 13 in G (Eine in E Minor 10:00 p.m. Gounod: Petite Symphony in B-flat for Winds Kleine Nachtmusik) 5:00 p.m. Respighi: The Pines of Rome 12:00 p.m. Bach: “Chaconne” from Partita no. 2 in 27 Sunday D Minor 7:00 a.m. Sarasate: “Caprice Basque” 2:00 p.m. Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto no. 1 in If you are a sustainer who gives a donation F-sharp Minor 9:00 a.m. Bach: Cantata 185 (Barmherziges Herze every month, please consider increasing der Ewigen Liebe) 3:00 p.m. Brahms: Double Concerto for Violin and your monthly gift by $1, $2, or even $5. Cello in A Minor 10:00 a.m. Beethoven: Mass in C, op. 86 A little change from you can make a big 5:00 p.m. Falla: “Miller’s Dance” from The Three- 12:00 p.m. Haydn: String Quartet in D, op. 76, no. 5 difference for the music you love. Cornered Hat 1:00 p.m. Sarasate: Carmen Fantasy 7:00 p.m. Thursday Night Opera House 2:00 p.m. Chopin: Krakowiak, Concert Rondo in F 16 17
program listings (june/july) program listings (july) 12:00 p.m. Bonds: “Troubled Water” 4 Sunday 12:00 p.m. Strauss II: Daydreams photo: Steve J. Sherman 2:00 p.m. Schumann: Piano Concerto in A Minor 7:00 a.m. Ward: “America the Beautiful” 2:00 p.m. Mozart: Quintet in E-flat for Piano 3:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 6 in B 9:00 a.m. Bach: Cantata 88 (Siehe, ich will Viel and Winds Minor (Pathétique) Fischer Aussenden) 3:00 p.m. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no. 6 7:00 p.m. Grieg: Three Orchestral Pieces from 10:00 a.m. Parker: Hora Novissima in B-flat Sigurd Jorsalfar 12:00 p.m. Hailstork: Three Spirituals 7:00 p.m. Handel: Recorder Sonata in D Minor 8:00 p.m. Mozart: Symphony no. 38 in D (Prague) 1:00 p.m. Dvořák: Symphony no. 9 in E Minor 8:00 p.m. Mahler: Symphony no. 1 in D (Titan) 9:00 p.m. Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto no. 2 (From the New World) 9:00 p.m. Menotti: Suite from Sebastian in C Minor 2:00 p.m. Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue 8 Thursday July Featured Works 3:00 p.m. Buck: “Festival Overture on ‘The Star- 8:00 a.m. Grainger: “Handel in the Strand” Spangled Banner’” André Watts All programming is subject to change. For a 9:00 a.m. Chopin: Piano Concerto no. 2 complete list of a specific day’s music, go to 4:00 p.m. Copland: Appalachian Spring in F Minor b. 1946 (75th birthday) TheClassicalStation.org. 5:00 p.m. Chadwick: Symphonic Sketches 10:00 a.m. Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D 1 Thursday 5 Monday 12:00 p.m. Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on 3:00 p.m. Holst: St. Paul’s Suite 8:00 a.m. Thompson: “Alleluia” “Greensleeves” 9:00 a.m. Beethoven: Symphony no. 7 in A 4:00 p.m. Brahms: Cello Sonata no. 2 in F 9:00 a.m. Gershwin: Porgy and Bess Fantasy for 2:00 p.m. Liszt: Venice and Naples 10:00 a.m. Haydn: Symphony no. 82 in C 5:00 p.m. Dvořák: Rusalka Fantasy (The Bear) Piano Trio 3:00 p.m. Grainger: A Lincolnshire Posy 28 Monday 11:00 a.m. Borodin: Symphony no. 3 in A Minor 10:00 a.m. Dvořák: String Quartet no. 12 in F 5:00 p.m. Grainger: “Children’s March (Over the 9:00 a.m. Saint-Saëns: “Havanaise” (unfinished) (American) Hills and Far Away)” 10:00 a.m. Suk: Fantastic Scherzo 12:00 p.m. Pärt: Spiegel im Spiegel 12:00 p.m. Sousa: “The Stars and Stripes Forever” 7:00 p.m. Thursday Night Opera House 12:00 p.m. Wagner: Prelude to Act 1 of Die 2:00 p.m. Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 22 in E-flat 2:00 p.m. O’Connor: Fanfare for the Volunteer 10:00 p.m. Franck: Prelude, Chorale, and Fugue Meistersinger von Nürnberg 3:00 p.m. Haydn: Cello Concerto no. 1 in C 3:00 p.m. Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite 9 Friday 2:00 p.m. Purcell: Suite from Abdelazar 5:00 p.m. Traditional: “Bright Morning Star” 5:00 p.m. Williams: “Summon the Heroes” 8:00 a.m. Rimsky-Korsakov: Overture to 3:00 p.m. Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 23 in A 7:00 p.m. Thursday Night Opera House 7:00 p.m. My Life in Music May Night 6:00 p.m. Copland: “Simple Gifts” from Old 10:00 p.m. Brahms: Eight Piano Pieces, op. 76 8:00 p.m. Gershwin: An American in Paris 9:00 a.m. All-Request Friday American Songs 9:00 p.m. Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf 10:00 p.m. Diamond: Kaddish for Cello 2 Friday 8:00 p.m. Elgar: Enigma Variations and Orchestra 8:00 a.m. Sousa: “The Liberty Bell” 10:00 p.m. Barber: “Sure on this Shining Night” 9:00 p.m. Brahms: Violin Concerto in D 10 Saturday 9:00 a.m. All-Request Friday 6 Tuesday 10:00 p.m. Bernstein: “A Simple Song” from Mass 9:00 a.m. Handel: Ballet from Il Pastor Fido 10:00 p.m. Gluck: “Dance of the Blessed Spirits” 9:00 a.m. Chopin: Piano Concerto no. 1 29 Tuesday from Orpheus and Eurydice in E Minor 10:00 a.m. Wieniawski: Violin Concerto no. 2 9:00 a.m. Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in D Minor 3 Saturday 10:00 a.m. Bizet: Symphony in C in E Minor 12:00 p.m. Orff: “O Fortuna” from Carmina Burana 8:00 a.m. Traditional: “Shenandoah” 12:00 p.m. Bach: “Sheep May Safely Graze” 10:00 a.m. Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet 1:00 p.m. Brahms: Symphony no. 3 in F Fantasy Overture 9:00 a.m. Price: Symphony no. 4 in D Minor 2:00 p.m. Schumann: Concert Piece in F for Four Horns and Orchestra 2:00 p.m. Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 4 in G 12:00 p.m. Still: “Song for the Lonely” 10:00 a.m. Copland: “An Outdoor Overture” 3:00 p.m. Beethoven: Symphony no. 6 3:00 p.m. Mendelssohn: Symphony no. 4 2:00 p.m. Anderson, Leroy: Piano Concerto in C 11:00 a.m. Grofé: Death Valley Suite in F (Pastoral) in A (Italian) 3:00 p.m. Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole 12:00 p.m. O’Connor: Americana Symphony 7:00 p.m. Coates: “Springtime in Angus” from 4:00 p.m. Bach: Violin Concerto no. 2 in E (Variations on Appalachia Waltz) The Three Elizabeths Suite 5:00 p.m. Anderson, Leroy: “Fiddle Faddle” 5:00 p.m. R. Strauss: Horn Concerto no. 1 in E-flat 1:00 p.m. Paine: Symphony no. 2 in A 8:00 p.m. Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto no. 3 7:00 p.m. Beethoven: Overture to Egmont 11 Sunday (In the Spring) in D Minor 8:00 p.m. Herrmann: Suite from Citizen Kane 7:00 a.m. Handel: Let Thy Hand be Strengthened 2:00 p.m. Still: Symphony no. 1 (Afro-American) 9:00 p.m. Brahms: Symphony no. 4 in E Minor 9:00 p.m. Fauré: Violin Sonata no. 1 in A 9:00 a.m. Bach: Cantata 9 (Es ist das Heil uns 3:00 p.m. Gershwin: Concerto in F 30 Wednesday 7 Wednesday Kommen Her) 4:00 p.m. Dvořák: American Suite 9:00 a.m. Vivaldi: Recorder Concerto in C 10:00 a.m. Beach: Grand Mass in E-flat 9:00 a.m. J. Benda: Symphony no. 12 in A 5:00 p.m. Williams: “Hymn to the Fallen” from 10:00 a.m. Mahler: Adagietto from Symphony no. 12:00 p.m. Haydn: Symphony no. 104 in D 10:00 a.m. Chopin: Polonaise in F-sharp Minor Saving Private Ryan 5 in C-sharp Minor (London) 18 19
program listings (july) program listings (july) 1:00 p.m. Weber: Clarinet Concerto no. 2 in E-flat 3:00 p.m. Fauré: Suite from Pelléas et Mélisande 10:00 a.m. Biber: Requiem à 15 in A photo: Priska Ketterer 2:00 p.m. Nielsen: Symphony no. 3 7:00 p.m. Ravel: Noble and Sentimental Waltzes 12:00 p.m. Brahms: Academic Festival Overture (Sinfonia Espansiva) 8:00 p.m. Bizet: L’Arlésienne Suite no. 1 1:00 p.m. Beethoven: Symphony no. 5 in C Minor 3:00 p.m. Sibelius: Symphony no. 2 in D 9:00 p.m. Poulenc: Concerto in D Minor for 2:00 p.m. Handel: Water Music 4:00 p.m. Bizet: “Au Fond du Temple Saint” from Two Pianos 3:00 p.m. Smetana: The Moldau Les Pêcheurs des Perles 10:00 p.m. Satie: Gnossiennes no. 1 4:00 p.m. Saint-Saëns: Symphony no. 3 in C 5:00 p.m. My Life in Music Minor (Organ) 15 Thursday 12 Monday 9:00 a.m. Dowland: Works for Lute 5:00 p.m. Renaissance Fare 9:00 a.m. Beethoven: Piano Sonata no. 8 in C 10:00 a.m. Tchaikovsky: Variations on a 19 Monday Minor (Pathétique) Rococo Theme 9:00 a.m. Dvořák: Symphony no. 5 in F 10:00 a.m. Arensky: Variations on a Theme 12:00 p.m. Weber: “Invitation to the Dance” of Tchaikovsky 10:00 a.m. Beethoven: Piano Sonata no. 14 in 1:00 p.m. Josef Strauss: “Music of the Spheres” C-sharp Minor (Moonlight) David Zinman 12:00 p.m. Butterworth: A Shropshire Lad b. 1936 (85th birthday) 2:00 p.m. Vaughan Williams: English Folk 12:00 p.m. Liadov: Polonaise in C 2:00 p.m. Bach: Orchestral Suite no. 1 in C Song Suite 2:00 p.m. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no. 3 in G 3:00 p.m. Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A 3:00 p.m. Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez 3:00 p.m. Brahms: Serenade no. 1 in D 22 Thursday 5:00 p.m. Chopin: Polonaise in A-flat (Heroic) 5:00 p.m. Sibelius: “Finlandia” 7:00 p.m. R. Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel’s 9:00 a.m. Mozart: Symphony no. 40 in G Minor 7:00 p.m. Renaissance Fare 7:00 p.m. Thursday Night Opera House Merry Pranks 10:00 a.m. Fauré: Suite from Masques et 8:00 p.m. Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade 10:00 p.m. Tárrega: “Capricho Arabe” 8:00 p.m. Respighi: Three Botticelli Pictures Bergamasques 9:00 p.m. Dukas: Symphony in C 9:00 p.m. Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto no. 1 in 11:00 a.m. Dvořák: Symphonic Variations 16 Friday 10:00 p.m. Debussy: Two Arabesques G Minor 12:00 p.m. Saint-Saëns: “The Swan” from Carnival 8:00 a.m. Beethoven: Bagatelle in A Minor 13 Tuesday (Für Elise) 10:00 p.m. Pierné: “Impromptu-Caprice” of the Animals 9:00 a.m. Bach: Orchestral Suite no. 4 in D 9:00 a.m. All-Request Friday 20 Tuesday 2:00 p.m. Schubert: Selections from Rosamunde 10:00 a.m. Schubert: Piano Quintet in A (Trout) 10:00 p.m. Mozart: String Quintet in G Minor 9:00 a.m. Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture 3:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: Suite from Sleeping Beauty 12:00 p.m. Ippolitov-Ivanov: “Procession of 17 Saturday 10:00 a.m. Mozart: Symphony no. 38 in D (Prague) the Sardar” 5:00 p.m. Ponchielli: “Dance of the Hours” 9:00 a.m. Mozart: Violin Concerto no. 5 12:00 p.m. Telemann: Trumpet Concerto no. 1 in D 2:00 p.m. Mozart: Symphony no. 29 in A 7:00 p.m. Thursday Night Opera House in A (Turkish) 2:00 p.m. Massenet: Ballet Music from Le Cid 3:00 p.m. Bruch: Scottish Fantasy for Violin 10:00 p.m. C.P.E. Bach: Trio Sonata in B Minor 10:00 a.m. Grieg: Old Norwegian Folksong with 3:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: String Sextet in D Minor and Orchestra Variations (Souvenir of Florence) 23 Friday 7:00 p.m. Weber: Concertino in E-flat for Clarinet 12:00 p.m. Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody no. 6 in D 7:00 p.m. Warlock: Capriol Suite 8:00 a.m. Berwald: “Play of the Elves” and Orchestra 1:00 p.m. Bach: Violin Concerto no. 1 in A Minor 8:00 p.m. Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 12 in A 9:00 a.m. All-Request Friday 8:00 p.m. Beethoven: Symphony no. 3 2:00 p.m. Franck: Symphonic Variations 9:00 p.m. Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto no. 3 in 10:00 p.m. Brahms: Piano Quintet in F Minor in E-flat (Eroica) 3:00 p.m. Dvořák: Slavonic Dances B Minor 9:00 p.m. Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique 24 Saturday 4:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 2 in C 21 Wednesday 9:00 a.m. Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 14 in E-flat 14 Wednesday Minor (Little Russian) 9:00 a.m. Brahms: Piano Quartet no. 2 in A 10:00 a.m. Adam: Suite from Giselle 9:00 a.m. Rameau: Suite from Les Fêtes d’Hébé 5:00 p.m. Canteloube: “Baïlèro (Shepherd Song)” 10:00 a.m. Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 3 12:00 p.m. Weber: Overture to Oberon 10:00 a.m. Berlioz: Harold in Italy from Songs of the Auvergne in C Minor 12:00 p.m. Debussy: “Clair de Lune” from 1:00 p.m. Beethoven: Piano Sonata no. 15 18 Sunday 12:00 p.m. Handel: Largo from Xerxes Suite Bergamasque in D (Pastoral) 7:00 a.m. Barber: “Agnus Dei” 2:00 p.m. Mozart: Violin Sonata in B-flat 1:00 p.m. Couperin: Royal Concert no. 3 2:00 p.m. Dvořák: Symphony no. 8 in G 9:00 a.m. Bach: Cantata 107 (Was willst du 3:00 p.m. Schumann: Humoreske 2:00 p.m. Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals 3:00 p.m. Adam: Overture to If I Were King Dich Betruben) 7:00 p.m. Rossini: Overture to William Tell 4:00 p.m. Bloch: Baal Shem Suite (Three Pictures 8:00 p.m. Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D of Hassidic Life) 9:00 p.m. Brahms: Piano Concerto no. 2 in B-flat 5:00 p.m. Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition Thank you for being a part of our Great Classical Music community. 20 21
program listings (july) program listings (july/august) 10:00 a.m. Giuliani: Guitar Concerto no. 1 in A 10:00 a.m. Mozart: Symphony no. 41 in C (Jupiter) 9:00 p.m. Ives: Symphony no. 2 photo: Jacques Philippet 12:00 p.m. Granados: “Flatteries” from Goyescas 12:00 p.m. Mendelssohn: Overture to A 10:00 p.m. Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme 2:00 p.m. R. Strauss: Suite from Der Midsummer Night’s Dream of Thomas Tallis Rosenkavalier 2:00 p.m. Brahms: Symphony no. 1 in C Minor 3 Tuesday 3:00 p.m. Granados: Poetic Waltzes 3:00 p.m. Gershwin: “Lullaby” for Strings 9:00 a.m. Mozart: Violin Concerto no. 3 in G 7:00 p.m. Grieg: Holberg Suite 4:00 p.m. Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 5 in 10:00 a.m. Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme 8:00 p.m. Giuliani: Guitar Concerto no. 3 in F E-flat (Emperor) of Paganini 9:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 5 5:00 p.m. Delibes: Suite from Coppélia 12:00 p.m. Glazunov: “Chant du Ménestrel” in E Minor 2:00 p.m. Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin August Featured Works 10:00 p.m. Granados: Romantic Scenes 3:00 p.m. Dvořák: Slavonic Dances, op. 72 All programming is subject to change. For a 28 Wednesday complete list of a specific day’s music, go to 5:30 p.m. Strauss II: “Accelerations” Jordi Savall b. 1941 (80th birthday) 9:00 a.m. Schumann: Symphony no. 1 TheClassicalStation.org. 7:00 p.m. Bach: Orchestral Suite no. 2 in B Minor in B-flat (Spring) 8:00 p.m. Debussy: “La Mer” 1 Sunday 10:00 a.m. Haydn: Symphony no. 100 9:00 p.m. Holst: The Planets 25 Sunday 7:00 a.m. Sainte-Colombe: “Fantaisie en in G (Military) Rondeau” from Suite in G Minor 7:00 a.m. Hildegard von Bingen: “Ave Generosa” 4 Wednesday 12:00 p.m. Rossini: Overture to The Siege 9:00 a.m. Bach: Cantata 105 (Herr, Gehe Nicht ins 9:00 a.m. Bach: Cantata 178 (Wo Gott der Herr of Corinth 9:00 a.m. Handel: Organ Concerto no. 13 in F Gericht mit Deinem Knecht) Nicht bei uns Halt) (The Cuckoo and the Nightingale) 2:00 p.m. Bizet: Children’s Games 10:00 a.m. Vierne: Messe Solennelle 10:00 a.m. Bach: St. John Passion 10:00 a.m. Brahms: Serenade no. 1 in D 3:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 3 12:00 p.m. Haydn: Concerto in E-flat for Two Horns 12:00 p.m. Haydn: Symphony no. 103 in E-flat in D (Polish) 12:00 p.m. Schuman: “Chester” from (Drum Roll) 1:00 p.m. Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks New England Triptych 7:00 p.m. Mozart: Overture to Don Giovanni 1:00 p.m. Respighi: The Fountains of Rome 2:00 p.m. Copland: Four Dance Episodes 2:00 p.m. Telemann: Paris Quartet no. 3 in A 8:00 p.m. Respighi: The Pines of Rome from Rodeo 2:00 p.m. Schubert: Sonatina in D 3:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 1 in G 9:00 p.m. Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending 3:00 p.m. Holst: First Suite in E-flat Minor (Winter Dreams) 3:00 p.m. Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain 29 Thursday 4:00 p.m. Price: Concerto in One Movement 6:00 p.m. Wagner: “Dich, Teure Halle” from 4:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 4 in F Minor 9:00 a.m. Fauré: Dolly Suite 5:00 p.m. R. Strauss: Horn Concerto no. 2 in E-flat Tannhäuser 5:00 p.m. Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 21 in C 10:00 a.m. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no. 1 in F 7:00 p.m. Delibes: Suite from La Source, ou Naila 2 Monday 12:00 p.m. Chopin: Barcarolle in F-sharp 8:00 p.m. Haydn: Symphony no. 101 in D (Clock) 26 Monday 9:00 a.m. Haydn: Symphony no. 85 in B-flat 1:00 p.m. Mozart: Piano Sonata no. 11 in A (The Queen) 9:00 p.m. Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances 9:00 a.m. Prokofiev: Symphony no. 1 in D (Classical) 2:00 p.m. Schubert: Symphony no. 8 in B Minor 10:00 a.m. Schubert: Fantasia in C 5 Thursday (Unfinished) (Wanderer Fantasy) 10:00 a.m. Field: Piano Sonata in C Minor 8:00 a.m. Thomas: Overture to Mignon 3:00 p.m. Liszt: Piano Concerto no. 1 in E-flat 12:00 p.m. Mendelssohn: Trumpet Overture 12:00 p.m. Beethoven: Consecration of the 9:00 a.m. Beethoven: Piano Trio in B-flat (Triangle) House Overture 1:00 p.m. Rimsky-Korsakov: Sadko (Archduke) 5:00 p.m. Elgar: Bavarian Dances 2:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings in C 2:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: Suite from Swan Lake 10:00 a.m. Glazunov: Symphony no. 1 in E 7:00 p.m. Thursday Night Opera House 3:00 p.m. Field: Piano Concerto no. 4 in E-flat 3:00 p.m. Bliss: Suite from Christopher Columbus 12:00 p.m. Weber: Overture to Der Freischütz 10:00 p.m. Vaughan Williams: Six Studies in 5:00 p.m. Bach: Air from Orchestral Suite no. 3 in 7:00 p.m. My Life in Music 2:00 p.m. Respighi: Rossiniana English Folk Song D, BWV 1068 (“Air on the G String”) 8:00 p.m. Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kijé Suite 3:00 p.m. Glinka: “Waltz-Fantasie” 7:00 p.m. Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody no. 5 30 Friday in E Minor 8:00 a.m. Borodin: “In the Steppes of 8:00 p.m. Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto no. 5 Central Asia” Do you have friends whose cities have in F (Egyptian) 9:00 a.m. All-Request Friday lost their classical music stations? 9:00 p.m. Lalo: Cello Concerto in D Minor 10:00 p.m. Grieg: Violin Sonata no. 1 in F 10:00 p.m. Field: Nocturne no. 14 in C 31 Saturday Tell them that they can stream Great Classical Music 24 hours a 27 Tuesday 8:00 a.m. Ravel: “Alborada del Gracioso” day at TheClassicalStation.org! 9:00 a.m. Telemann: Viola Concerto in G 9:00 a.m. Schumann: Scenes from Fairyland 22 23
program listings (august) program listings (august) 6:00 p.m. Thomas: Overture to Raymond 12:00 p.m. Mozart: Overture to The Magic Flute 9:00 a.m. All-Request Friday photo: Greg Kastelman 7:00 p.m. Thursday Night Opera House 2:00 p.m. Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique 10:00 p.m. Ireland: Concertino Pastorale 10:00 p.m. Dvořák: Serenade in D Minor for Winds 3:00 p.m. Mozart: Symphony no. 36 in C (Linz) 14 Saturday 6 Friday 7:00 p.m. Renaissance Fare 9:00 a.m. Strauss II: “The Blue Danube” 8:00 a.m. Williams: Theme from The Patriot 8:00 p.m. Beethoven: Symphony no. 7 in A 10:00 a.m. Haydn: Symphony no. 104 9:00 a.m. All-Request Friday 9:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 6 in B in D (London) Minor (Pathétique) 11:00 a.m. Grieg: Piano Concerto in A Minor 10:00 p.m. Horner: Field of Dreams 10:00 p.m. Fauré: Pavane 12:00 p.m. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no. 4 in G 7 Saturday 10 Tuesday 2:00 p.m. Dvořák: Symphony no. 7 in D Minor 8:00 a.m. Zimmer: Themes from Pirates of the Caribbean 9:00 a.m. Beethoven: Piano Sonata no. 21 3:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: “Waltz-Scherzo” in C (Waldstein) 4:00 p.m. Saint-Saëns: The Youth of Hercules 9:00 a.m. Morricone: “Buona Fortuna Jack” from The Mission 10:00 a.m. Glazunov: Symphony no. 1 in E 5:00 p.m. Schumann: Piano Quartet in E-flat 10:00 a.m. Goldsmith: Motion Pictures Medley 12:00 p.m. Handel: Organ Concerto in B-flat 15 Sunday 11:00 a.m. Korngold: Captain Blood Suite 2:00 p.m. Bizet: Carmen Suite no. 2 7:00 a.m. Coleridge-Taylor: Ballade in A Minor Ángel Romero 12:00 p.m. Shore: “Gollum’s Song” (from the film 3:00 p.m. Glazunov: Suite from Raymonda b. 1946 (75th birthday) 9:00 a.m. Bach: Cantata 199 (Mein Herze Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers) 6:00 p.m. Bach: Fugue in G Minor (“Little Fugue”) Schwimmt im Blut) 1:00 p.m. Tiomkin: Suite from The Alamo 7:00 p.m. Purcell: Suite from The Fairy Queen 10:00 a.m. Salieri: La Passione di Gesù Cristo 7:00 p.m. Dvořák: “Carnival Overture” 2:00 p.m. Johannsson: The Theory of 8:00 p.m. Glazunov: Symphony no. 5 in B-flat 12:00 p.m. Ibert: Suite Élisabéthaine 8:00 p.m. Giuliani: Guitar Concerto no. 1 in A Everything Suite 9:00 p.m. Brahms: Symphony no. 3 in F 1:00 p.m. Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 17 in G 9:00 p.m. Brahms: Symphony no. 2 in D 3:00 p.m. Williams: “Hymn to the Fallen” from Saving Private Ryan 11 Wednesday 2:00 p.m. Schumann: Symphony no. 2 in C 18 Wednesday 4:00 p.m. Bernstein, E.: Suite from To Kill 9:00 a.m. Haydn: Symphony no. 98 in B-flat 3:00 p.m. Coleridge-Taylor: Clarinet Quintet in 9:00 a.m. Salieri: Concerto in C for Flute a Mockingbird 10:00 a.m. Dvořák: Serenade in E for Strings F-sharp Minor and Oboe 5:00 p.m. Vivaldi: Lute Concerto in D 12:00 p.m. Farrenc: Overture no. 1 in E Minor 4:00 p.m. Ibert: Escales 10:00 a.m. Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 20 2:00 p.m. Grieg: Norwegian Dances 5:00 p.m. Renaissance Fare in D Minor 8 Sunday 3:00 p.m. Mozart: Symphony no. 25 in G Minor 16 Monday 12:00 p.m. Berlioz: “Reverie and Caprice” 7:00 a.m. Vivaldi: Stabat Mater, RV 621 7:00 p.m. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no. 2 in F 9:00 a.m. Mendelssohn: Calm Sea and 2:00 p.m. Weber: Clarinet Concerto no. 1 9:00 a.m. Bach: Cantata 46 (Schauet Doch Prosperous Voyage in F Minor und Sehet) 8:00 p.m. Schubert: Grand Duo in C 10:00 a.m. Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto no. 1 in 3:00 p.m. Liadov: Eight Russian Folk Songs 10:00 a.m. Josquin: Missa L’Homme Armé Sexti 9:00 p.m. Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 4 in G Toni B-flat Minor 7:00 p.m. Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue 12 Thursday 12:00 p.m. Pierné: Fantaisie-Ballet 12:00 p.m. G. Anderson: Three Waltzes for Five 8:00 p.m. Beethoven: Symphony no. 2 in D Browns (a Disney Movie Medley) 8:00 a.m. Bruch: Swedish Dances 2:00 p.m. Bach: Violin Concerto no. 2 in E 9:00 p.m. Wagner: Siegfried Idyll 1:00 p.m. Shore: Selections from The Hobbit: The 9:00 a.m. Biber: Sonata in A for Eight Trumpets 3:00 p.m. Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition and Orchestra 19 Thursday Battle of the Five Armies 7:00 p.m. Pierné: Viennoise 10:00 a.m. Rimsky-Korsakov: Suite from The 8:00 a.m. Enescu: Romanian Rhapsody no. 1 in A 2:00 p.m. John Powell: Selections from How to 8:00 p.m. Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto no. 2 in Train Your Dragon Golden Cockerel 9:00 a.m. Hummel: Trumpet Concerto G Minor 3:00 p.m. E. Bernstein: Theme from The 12:00 p.m. Greene: Overture no. 1 in D 10:00 a.m. Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals 9:00 p.m. Copland: Appalachian Spring Magnificent Seven 2:00 p.m. Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto no. 2 12:00 p.m. Chopin: Ballade no. 1 in G Minor in C Minor 17 Tuesday 4:00 p.m. Thomas Newman: “Any Other Name” 2:00 p.m. Brahms: Violin Concerto in D from American Beauty 3:00 p.m. Mendelssohn: Octet in E-flat 9:00 a.m. Giuliani: “Grand Overture” 3:00 p.m. Mozart: Symphony no. 38 in D (Prague) 5:00 p.m. My Life in Music 5:00 p.m. Beethoven: Leonore Overture no. 3 10:00 a.m. Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in E-flat 5:00 p.m. Handel: Suite in G from Water Music 9 Monday 7:00 p.m. Thursday Night Opera House 12:00 p.m. Borodin: Nocturne from String Quartet 7:00 p.m. Thursday Night Opera House no. 2 in D 9:00 a.m. Clementi: Symphony no. 3 in G 10:00 p.m. Biber: Violin Sonata no. 1 10:00 p.m. Janáček: Idyll for String Orchestra (The Great National) 2:00 p.m. Rodrigo: Concerto Madrigal for Two 13 Friday Guitars and Orchestra 20 Friday 10:00 a.m. Chopin: Piano Sonata no. 2 8:00 a.m. Berlioz: “Roman Carnival” Overture in B-flat Minor 3:00 p.m. Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol 8:00 a.m. Josef Strauss: “Palms of Peace” 24 25
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