| FRI. | MARCH 1 Jeremiah Ingalls (1764) / Frédéric Chopin (1810) / Dimitri Mitropoulos (1896) / Glenn Miller (1904) / Kurt Adler (1907) / Lucine Amara (1927) / Harry Belafonte (1927) / Leo Brouwer (1939) |
10 am |
Liszt: Années de pèlerinage (2nd Year: Italy) |
11 am |
Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier (Waltzes) |
5 pm |
KARL HAAS «»«»«» Chopinesque «» On the composer's birthday, a look at the distinctive way Chopin shaped many facets of his piano music. |
6 pm |
Massenet: Le Cid (Ballet Music) |
7 pm |
Elgar: The Starlight Express (incidental music), op. 78 |
8 pm |
Charismatic Concerto |
9 pm |
MIXED BAG «»«»«» Classical Music Theme: Classical Music Quiz |
10 pm |
MIXED BAG «»«»«» Broadway and Film Scores «» Mystery Voice Quiz; Herman: Hello, Dolly! |
11 pm |
MIXED BAG «»«»«» Just Jazz |
| SAT. | MARCH 2 Bedrich Smetana (1824) / Kurt Weill (1900) / Marc Blitzstein (1905) / Simon Estes (1938) |
9 am |
Tchaikovsky: Suite for Orchrestra #2 in C Major, op. 53 |
10 am |
Smetana: String Quartet #1 in E Minor "From My Life" |
11 am |
Weill: Symphony #1 |
noon |
H. Huber: Serenade for Orchestra in E Major, op. 86 "Summernights" |
1 pm |
F. Kiel: Quintet for Piano and Strings #1 in A Major, op. 75 |
2 pm |
Tournemire: Symphony #3 in D Minor, op. 43 "Moscou" |
| SUN. | MARCH 3 Gustav Strube (1867) / Henry J. Wood (1869) / Federico Moreno Tórroba (1891) / Frank Wigglesworth (1918) / Florence Quivar (1944) |
3 pm |
THE DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA «»«»«» Emmanuel Krivine, conductor «» Dukas: "The Sorcerer's Apprentice"; Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin; Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, op. 14 |
| MON. | MARCH 4 Antonio Vivaldi (1678) / Carlos Surinach (1915) / Samuel Adler (1928) / Bernard Haitink (1929) / Mario Davidovsky (1934) |
9 am |
Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 Violins in A Major, R. 552 (P. 222) |
10 am |
Grainger: In a Nutshell (Suite for Piano) |
11 am |
Meyerbeer (arr. Lambert): Les Patineurs |
noon |
Mendelssohn: "The Hebrides" ("Fingal's Cave") (concert overture), op. 26 |
1 pm |
Weber: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in B-flat Major, op. 34 (J. 182) |
2 pm |
Chopin: Sonata for Cello and Piano in G Minor, op. 65 |
3 pm |
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (Prelude to Act 1 and "Liebestod") |
4 pm |
Kuhlau: Sonata for Flute and Piano in G Major, op. 83/#1 |
5 pm |
KARL HAAS «»«»«» Sinfonia Concertante «» A look at an age-old institution: the concerto for multiple instruments. |
6 pm |
Alfvén: A Legend of the Skerries, op. 20; Hoover: Double Concerto for 2 Violins and String Orchestra, op. 40; Williams: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (film score) ("The Quidditch Match") |
7 pm |
Beethoven: Piano Sonata #7 in D Major, op. 10/#3; Paisiello: Piano Concerto #7 in A Major; MacDowell: Two Fantasiestücke for Piano, op. 17 |
8 pm |
Offenbach: La Grande Duchess de Gérolstein (Overture); Parry: Symphony #4 in E Minor |
9 pm |
Debussy: Jeux (Poème dansé); Vivaldi: L'Estro Armonico, op. 3 (Concerto for 4 Guitars in B Minor, R. 580); Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings in C Major, op. 48 |
10 pm |
Fauré (orch. Rabaud): Dolly Suite, op. 56; Beach: Piano Concerto in C-sharp Minor, op. 45 |
11 pm |
Britten: Ballad of Heroes, op. 14; Brahms: Symphony #3 in F Major, op. 90 |
| TUE. | MARCH 5 Francesco Gasparini (1668) / William Shield (1748) / Arthur Foote (1853) / Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887) / Barry Tuckwell (1931) / Eugene Fodor (1950) |
5 pm |
KARL HAAS «»«»«» The 'Ianas' Have It «» How composers use the suffix "iana" in the titles of compositions written in homage to another composer (such as "Paganiniana" and "Rossiniana"). |
6 pm |
Grieg: Peer Gynt (incidental music), op. 23 (Suite #2, op. 55) |
7 pm |
Borodin: Symphony #3 in A Minor |
8 pm |
EVENING AT THE OPERA «»«»«» Present at the Creation: Singers Who Created Operatic Roles |
| WED. | MARCH 6 Oscar Straus (1870) / Kiril Kondrashin (1914) / Julius Rudel (1921) / Sarah Caldwell (1924) / Norman Treigle (1927) / Lorin Maazel (1930) / Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (1944) |
5 pm |
KARL HAAS «»«»«» The Story of the Concerto «» The latest in the series of monthly programs devoted to the evolution of the concerto. |
6 pm |
Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit |
7 pm |
Vaughan Williams: Symphony #2 "A London Symphony" |
8 pm |
Robbins: The Remains of the Day (film score) |
9 pm |
Auber: Fra Diavolo (Overture); Mozart: Exsultate, jubilate (motet), K. 165; Prokofiev: Symphony #7 in C-sharp Minor, op. 131 |
10 pm |
C. Schumann: 6 Lieder, op. 13; Dvorak: Cello Concerto in B Minor, op. 104 |
11 pm |
Bach: Passacaglia and Fugue for Organ in C Minor, S. 582; Sibelius: Symphony #1 in E Minor, op. 39 |
| THU. | MARCH 7 Tommaso Antonio Vitali (1663) / Victor Massé (1822) / Maurice Ravel (1875) / Robert Erickson (1917) |
5 pm |
KARL HAAS «»«»«» Inside Ravel «» On the composer's birthday, a view of the private life of Maurice Ravel as exemplified in his compositions. |
7 pm |
Mario Lanza and Friends |
8 pm |
Thursday Evening Piano Concerto |
9 pm |
GOOD FOLK «»«»«» New Folk «» Maura O'Connell: Walls and Windows; Salas: Edge of Silence; J.P. Jones: Salvation Street; Dervish: Decade; David Lewis: For Now; Jones Family: Unquiet; Ginny Hawker: Letters from My Father; Sandy Ross: September 11th; Amanda Hill: Come Home |
11 pm |
NEW MUSIC GALLERY «»«»«» Emerald Isle; Kim Robertson: Dance to Your Shadow; Will Millar & Paul Horn: Journey of the Celts |
| FRI. | MARCH 8 Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714) / Franco Alfano (1876) / Alan Hovhaness (1911) / Barthold Kuijken (1949) |
10 am |
Aubert: Concert de Symphonies (for Violins, Flutes and Oboes) (Suite #5 in F Major, op. 12) |
11 am |
Massenet: Piano Concerto in E-flat Major |
5 pm |
KARL HAAS «»«»«» Subtle Hints «» A look at how the great masters have used subtle quotes of familiar tunes in their compositions. |
6 pm |
Arnold: 12 English Dances, opp. 27 & 33 |
7 pm |
Hovhaness: The Rubaiyat, op. 282 (for Narrator, Accordion and Orchestra) |
8 pm |
Charismatic Concerto |
9 pm |
MIXED BAG «»«»«» Classical Music Theme: The Children's Hour |
10 pm |
MIXED BAG «»«»«» Broadway and Film Scores «» Mystery Voice Quiz; Willson: The Music Man |
11 pm |
MIXED BAG «»«»«» Just Jazz |
| SAT. | MARCH 9 Friedrich Schwindl (1737) / Martin Shaw (1875) / Samuel Barber (1910) / Thomas Schippers (1930) |
9 am |
Myslivecek: Cello Concerto in C Major |
10 am |
Liszt: Piano Sonata in B Minor |
11 am |
Barber: Symphony #1, op. 9 |
noon |
Bowen: Preludes for Piano, op. 102 (#1-#8) |
1 pm |
C. Kreutzer: Grand Septet for Winds and Strings in E-flat Major, op. 62 |
2 pm |
Dance music of 17th century Spain |
| SUN. | MARCH 10 Dudley Buck (1839) / Pablo de Sarasate (1844) / Arthur Honegger (1892) / "Bix" Beiderbecke (1902) |
3 pm |
THE DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA «»«»«» Jerzy Semkow, conductor; Donald Baker, oboe; Theodore Oien, clarinet; Robert Williams, bassoon; Karl Pituch, horn «» Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante for Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon and Horn in E-flat Major, K. 297b (K. Anh. 9); Beethoven: Symphony #3 in E-flat Major, op. 55 "Eroica" |
| MON. | MARCH 11 Anthony Philip Heinrich (1781) / William Wallace (1812) / Antonio Bazzini (1818) / Carl Ruggles (1876) / Henry Cowell (1897) / Howard Mitchell (1911) / Xavier Montsalvatge (1912) |
9 am |
Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances (Suite #2) |
10 am |
Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances, op. 45 |
11 am |
Beethoven: Piano Sonata #8 in C Minor, op. 13 "Pathétique" |
noon |
Liszt (after Mozart): Réminiscences de "Don Juan" (Fantasia for Piano on Themes from Don Giovanni) |
1 pm |
Brahms: Sonata for Violin and Piano #2 in A Major, op. 100 |
2 pm |
Enescu: Suite for Orchestra #2 in C Major, op. 20 |
3 pm |
Lalo: Cello Concerto in D Minor |
4 pm |
Schubert: String Quartet #6 in D Major, D. 74 |
5 pm |
KARL HAAS «»«»«» Allegro ma non troppo «» It's tempo marking meaning "fast but not too fast", and today's program tries to solve some of the interpretive meanings of this ambiguous direction. |
6 pm |
Fernström: Wind Quintet, op. 59; Bax: Fantasy Sonata for Viola and Harp; Coulthard: The Bird of Dawning Singeth All Night Long |
7 pm |
MacDowell: Piano Sonata #4 in E Minor, op. 59 "Keltic"; C. Schumann: Piano Trio in G Minor, op. 17 |
8 pm |
MacCunn: The Land of the Mountain and the Flood (concert overture), op. 8; N. Gade: Symphony #2 in E Major, op. 10; Horner: Braveheart (film score) ("The Battle of Stirling") |
9 pm |
Cowell: Hymn and Fuguing Tune #10 (for Oboe and Strings) |
10 pm |
Duruflé: Requiem, op. 9 |
11 pm |
Ruggles: "Sun-treader" |
| TUE. | MARCH 12 Thomas Arne (1710) / Edmund Eysler (1874) / Hans Knappertsbusch (1888) / Philip Jones (1928) / Ralph Shapey (1921) / Liza Minnelli (1946) |
5 pm |
KARL HAAS «»«»«» Name the Composer «» The monthly mystery composer quiz, challenging you to identify a composer through his music, ranging from the unfamiliar to the well-known. |
6 pm |
Spohr: Symphony #7 in C Major, op. 121 "Earthly and Divine in Human Life" |
7 pm |
Sibelius: Symphony #3 in C Major, op. 52 |
8 pm |
EVENING AT THE OPERA «»«»«» Operatic Politics: The Met & Covent Garden |
| WED. | MARCH 13 Michel Blavet (1700) / Isfrid Kayser (1712) / Josef Reicha (1752) / Hugo Wolf (1860) / Enrico Toselli (1883) / Fritz Busch (1890) / Rosalind Elias (1931) |
5 pm |
KARL HAAS «»«»«» That's the Ticket «» Another in a series of musical travelogues, this one taking us to sunny Spain. |
6 pm |
Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina (Prelude to Act 1) |
7 pm |
Mackenzie: Piano Concerto, op. 55 "Scottish" |
8 pm |
Newman: Beau Geste (film score) |
9 pm |
Rossini: L'Inganno Felice (Overture); Zwilich: Flute Concerto; Tchaikovsky: Symphony #2 in C Minor, op. 17 "Little Russian" |
10 pm |
Wolf: Italian Serenade in G Major; Mozart: Piano Concerto #23 in A Major, K. 488; Kodály: "Peacock" Variations |
11 pm |
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé (complete) |
| THU. | MARCH 14 Georg Philipp Telemann (1681) / Josef Antonín Stépán (1726) / Johann Strauss, Sr. (1804) / Wintter Watts (1884) / Witold Rudzinski (1913) |
5 pm |
KARL HAAS «»«»«» Shake a Leg «» The third in a series of programs exploring music written for (and against!) the dance. |
7 pm |
Mario Lanza and Friends |
8 pm |
Thursday Evening Piano Concerto |
9 pm |
GOOD FOLK «»«»«» Traditions «» Nomos: Set You Free; Patrick Street: Made in Cork; Saw Doctors: Sing a Powerful Song; Best of Joe & Antoinette McKenna; Shannon: Celtic Classics II; Sult: Spirit of the Music; Her Infinite Variety–Celtic Women in Music and Song; Women of the World–Celtic II; Heart of the Celts–Songs of Love; Eileen Ivers: So Far |
11 pm |
NEW MUSIC GALLERY «»«»«» Phil Coulter: Late of Shadows |
| FRI. | MARCH 15 Eduard Strauss (1835) / Karl Davidov (1838) / Johan Halvorsen (1864) / Colin McPhee (1901) / Harry James (1916) / Ben Johnston (1926) / Nicolas Flagello (1928) |
10 am |
Mozart: Piano Concerto #21 in C Major, K. 467 |
11 am |
Gottschalk (arr. H. Kay): Cakewalk |
5 pm |
KARL HAAS «»«»«» A St. Patrick's Day Parade «» In anticipation of St. Patrick's Day Sunday, a program replete with Irish song and dance. |
6 pm |
Dohnányi: Variations on a Nursery Song for Piano and Orchestra, op. 25 |
7 pm |
Verdi: Requiem (in Memory of Alessandro Manzoni) |
8 pm |
Charismatic Concerto |
9 pm |
MIXED BAG «»«»«» Classical Music Theme: That's Dancing! |
10 pm |
MIXED BAG «»«»«» Broadway and Film Scores «» Mystery Voice Quiz; "Together with Music"–Coward & Martin |
11 pm |
MIXED BAG «»«»«» Just Jazz |
| SAT. | MARCH 16 Herbert Hughes (1882) / Christa Ludwig (1928) / Roger Norrington (1934) / Teresa Berganza (1935) / David Del Tredici (1937) |
9 am |
Haydn: String Quartet in B-flat Major, Hob. III:78 (op. 76/#4) |
10 am |
Brahms: Piano Concerto #1 in D Minor, op. 15 |
11 am |
Parry: Symphony #2 in F Major "The Cambridge" |
noon |
G. Williams: Penillion (for Orchestra) |
1 pm |
Poulenc: music for piano ("Badinage"; Intermezzo #3 in A-flat Major; Adagietto from Les Biches; Valse-Improvisation on the Name of Bach) |
2 pm |
Rautavaara: Symphony #8 ("The Journey") |
| SUN. | MARCH 17 Joseph Rheinberger (1839) / Alfred Newman (1901) / Brian Boydell (1917) / Stephen Dodgson (1924) |
3 pm |
THE DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA «»«»«» Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor; Marc André Hamlin, piano; Jena Laurendeau, ondes Martenot «» Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (Prelude to Act 1 and "Liebestod"); Messiaen: Turangalîla Symphony |
| MON. | MARCH 18 Johann Christoph Vogel (1756) / Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844) / Gian-Francesco Malipiero (1882) / John Macurdy (1929) |
9 am |
Rimsky-Korsakov: Sinfonietta on Russian Themes, op. 31 |
10 am |
Mozart: Bassoon Concerto in B-flat Major, K. 191 |
11 am |
Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements |
noon |
Molter: Concerto for Trumpet and Strings #2 in D Major, MWV IV:13 |
1 pm |
Mozart: Divertimento in B-flat Major, K. 287 |
2 pm |
Fauré: Fantaisie for Piano and Orchestra in G Major, op. 111 |
3 pm |
Haydn: Symphony #7 in C Major "Le Midi" |
4 pm |
Leclair: Trio Sonata for Violin, Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord in D Minor, op. 4 |
5 pm |
KARL HAAS «»«»«» Spring Fever «» A salute to the long-awaited spring season, offering appropriate compositions of various seasonal phases and the feelings they express. |
6 pm |
Svendsen: Two Icelandic Melodies, op. 30 (for Strings); Svendsen: Two Swedish Folk Melodies, op. 27 (for Strings); Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D Minor, op. 47; Mozart: The Abduction from the Seraglio, K. 384 (Overture) |
7 pm |
Beethoven: Piano Sonata #8 in C Minor, op. 13 "Pathétique"; Mozart: Rondo for Piano and Orchestra in A Major, K. 386; Beach: Ballad for Piano in D-flat Major; Rossini: Sins of Old Age (Book 9/#3 "La Savoie Aimante") |
8 pm |
Mahler: Symphony #4 in G Major |
9 pm |
Rimsky-Korsakov: Symphony #1, op. 1 (revised version in E Minor) |
10 pm |
Wagner: Wesendonck-Lieder (for Soprano and Orchestra) |
11 pm |
Finzi: Cello Concerto in A Minor, op. 40 |
| TUE. | MARCH 19 Charles Joseph van Helmont (1715) / Max Reger (1873) / Normand Lockwood (1906) / Dinu Lipatti (1917) |
5 pm |
KARL HAAS «»«»«» Shelved Schubert «» The prolificacy of Schubert has prevented some of his compositions from being generally known; today's program attempts to remedy that situation. |
6 pm |
Tchaikovsky: Suite for Orchestra #3 in G Major, op. 55 |
7 pm |
Balakirev: Symphony #1 in C Major |
8 pm |
EVENING AT THE OPERA «»«»«» You Slay Me: Operatic Deaths |
| WED. | MARCH 20 Beniamino Gigli (1890) / Lauritz Melchior (1890) / Sviatoslav Richter (1915) / Bernd Alois Zimmermann (1918) |
5 pm |
KARL HAAS «»«»«» Self-Contained Dependence «» A discussion with illustrations of the concept of movements used in large-scale compositions. |
6 pm |
Shostakovich: Symphony #9 in E-flat Major, op. 70 |
7 pm |
Tan Dun: Symphony 1997 |
8 pm |
Easdale: The Red Shoes (film score) |
9 pm |
Roussel: "Pour une Fête de Printemps", op. 22; Chopin (after Mozart): Variations on "Là ci darem la mano" from Don Giovanni for Piano and Orchestra in B-flat Major, op. 2; Copland: Appalachian Spring (Suite) |
10 pm |
Mozart: Serenade in D Major, K. 239 "Serenata Notturna"; Britten: Spring Symphony, op. 44 |
11 pm |
D. Scarlatti (arr. Tommasini): The Good-Humored Ladies; Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring |
| THU. | MARCH 21 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685) / Andrew Law (1749) / Modest Mussorgsky (1839) / Paul Tortelier (1914) / Arthur Grumiaux (1921) / Joseph Silverstein (1932) |
5 pm |
KARL HAAS «»«»«» J.S. Bach Revisited «» An imaginary birthday party in honor of Johann Sebastian Bach, returning to Earth over three centuries after his birth (and you're invited!). |
7 pm |
Mario Lanza and Friends |
8 pm |
Thursday Evening Piano Concerto |
9 pm |
GOOD FOLK «»«»«» Center Stage «» Salamander Crossing: Henry Street; Fred Small: Only Love; Sharon Shannon & Friends: The Diamond Mountain Sessions; Grace Griffith: Minstrel Song |
11 pm |
NEW MUSIC GALLERY «»«»«» Al Gromer Khan: Sufi; v/a: Noua Românie; Pat Thomi: Pyramids; Gary Stroutsos: Pacific Moon |
| FRI. | MARCH 22 Stephen Sondheim (1930) / Andrew Lloyd Webber (1948) |
10 am |
Chopin: Sonata for Cello and Piano in G Minor, op. 65 |
11 am |
Elgar: Violin Concerto in B Minor, op. 61 |
5 pm |
KARL HAAS «»«»«» Investigating Musical Invective «» An interesting excursion into music criticism through reviews of the first performances of various masterworks. |
6 pm |
Beethoven: Coriolan Overture, op. 62 |
7 pm |
Mahler: Symphony #8 in E-flat Major "Symphony of a Thousand" |
8 pm |
Charismatic Concerto |
9 pm |
MIXED BAG «»«»«» Classical Music Theme: Transported |
10 pm |
MIXED BAG «»«»«» Broadway and Film Scores «» Mystery Voice Quiz; An Evening with Lotte Lenya |
11 pm |
MIXED BAG «»«»«» Just Jazz |
| SAT. | MARCH 23 Léon Minkus (1826) / Eugène Gigout (1844) / Franz Schreker (1878) / Anthony van Hoboken (1887) / Ferenc Vecsey (1893) / Régine Crespin (1927) |
9 am |
Handel: Organ Concerto #3 in G Minor, op. 4/#3 |
10 am |
Grieg: From Holberg's Time (Suite for String Orchestra), op. 40 |
11 am |
Schumann: Symphony #3 in E-flat Major, op. 97 "Rhenish" |
noon |
A. Wilder: Sonata for Horn and Piano #2 |
1 pm |
various: La Pellegrina (music for the wedding of Ferdinand de Medici and Christine de Lorraine, Princess of France; Florence, 1589) |
2 pm |
Atterberg: Symphony #3, op. 10 "West Coast Pictures" |
| SUN. | MARCH 24 John Antes (1740) / Maria Malibran (1808) / Byron Janis (1928) / Benjamin Luxon (1937) |
3 pm |
THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC «»«»«» Sir Colin Davis, conductor; Sheryl Staples, violin; Cynthia Phelps, viola «» Schubert: Symphony #5 in B-flat Major, D. 485; Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra in E-flat Major, K. 364; Haydn: Symphony #92 in G Major "Oxford" |
| MON. | MARCH 25 Johann Adolf Hasse (1699) / François-Joseph Fétis (1784) / Arturo Toscanini (1867) / Béla Bartók (1881) / Hayden Wood (1882) / Aretha Franklin (1942) / Elton John (1947) |
9 am |
Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin, op. 19 (Suite) |
10 am |
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream (incidental music), opp. 21 & 61 |
11 am |
Quantz: Flute Concerto in G Major |
noon |
Cherubini: Concert Overture |
1 pm |
N. Gade: Symphony #4 in B-flat Major, op. 20 |
2 pm |
Beethoven: Concerto for Violin, Cello, Piano and Orchestra in C Major, op. 56 |
3 pm |
Medtner: Piano Concerto #3 in E Minor, op. 60 "Ballade" |
4 pm |
Mozart: Minuets, K. 461 |
5 pm |
KARL HAAS «»«»«» Saved by the Belle «» The message of redemption through female constancy, as found in the fields of opera, song, and incidental music. |
6 pm |
Weber: Trio for Flute, Cello and Piano in G Minor, op. 63 (J. 259); Schumann: String Quartet #1 in A Minor, op. 41/#1 |
7 pm |
Siegmeister: Piano Sonata #1 "American Sonata"; Mendelssohn-Hensel: Piano Trio in D Minor, op. 11 |
8 pm |
Suk: A Summer's Tale (symphonic poem), op. 29 |
9 pm |
Bach: St. Matthew Passion, S. 244 |
| TUE. | MARCH 26 Wilhelm Backhaus (1884) / William Baines (1899) / Pierre Boulez (1925) / Diana Ross (1944) |
5 pm |
KARL HAAS «»«»«» Can Instruments Sing? «» Today's program explores the elements of singing, and how it can be produced with various instruments. |
6 pm |
Berlioz: Harold in Italy (Symphony for Viola and Orchestra), op. 16 |
7 pm |
Copland: The Tender Land (Suite) |
8 pm |
EVENING AT THE OPERA «»«»«» Offenbach: The Tales of Hoffmann |
| WED. | MARCH 27 Johann Ernst Eberlin (1702) / Ruperto Chapi y Lorente (1851) / Vincent d'Indy (1851) / Ferde Grofé (1892) / Sarah Vaughan (1924) / Mstislav Rostropovich (1927) |
5 pm |
KARL HAAS «»«»«» Pizzicato on the Side «» A peek at the effect of pizzicato in musical composition, either in a central role or in a supporting way. |
6 pm |
Raff: Abends Rhapsodie (Idyll for Orchestra) |
7 pm |
Strauss: Symphonia Domestica, op. 53 |
8 pm |
Auric: La Belle et la Bête (film score) |
9 pm |
Liszt: Symphonic Poem #6 "Mazeppa"; d'Indy: Symphony on a French Mountain Air for Piano and Orchestra, op. 25; Grofé: Mississippi Suite |
10 pm |
Wagner: Tannhäuser (Overture and "Venusberg-Bacchanale"); Shostakovich: Cello Concerto #2, op. 126 |
11 pm |
Bach: Suite for Orchestra #2 in B Minor, S. 1067; Beach: Symphony in E Minor, op. 32 "Gaelic" |
| THU. | MARCH 28 Willem Mengelberg (1871) / Paul Whiteman (1890) / Rudolf Serkin (1903) / Samuel Ramey (1942) |
5 pm |
KARL HAAS «»«»«» Musical Locomotion «» A sampling of the various ways in which musical ideas can move from their inception to climactic heights. |
7 pm |
Mario Lanza and Friends |
8 pm |
Thursday Evening Piano Concerto |
9 pm |
GOOD FOLK «»«»«» Tribute to Christine Lavin «» Big League Babe 1, 2; Christine Lavin: Attainable Love; Compass; Please Don't Make Me Too Happy; Shining My Flashlight on the Moon; Narada Guitar |
11 pm |
NEW MUSIC GALLERY «»«»«» Eric Wollo: Wind Journey; Ken Yang: Meet the Sky |
| FRI. | MARCH 29 Sir William Walton (1902) / Pearl Bailey (1918) / Richard Rodney Bennett (1936) |
10 am |
Mozart: Piano Concerto #24 in C Minor, K. 491 |
11 am |
Offenbach (arr. Rosenthal): Gaîté Parisienne |
5 pm |
KARL HAAS «»«»«» Good Friday «» Music in the spirit of the day, and of the Easter holiday season. |
6 pm |
Delius: Sea Drift |
7 pm |
Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini for Piano and Orchestra, op. 43 |
8 pm |
Charismatic Concerto |
9 pm |
MIXED BAG «»«»«» Classical Music Theme: Elmer Bernstein and his Music |
10 pm |
MIXED BAG «»«»«» Broadway and Film Scores «» Mystery Voice Quiz; Lerner & Loewe: Brigadoon (film score) |
11 pm |
MIXED BAG «»«»«» Just Jazz |
| SAT. | MARCH 30 John Stafford Smith (1750) / Sergei Vassilenko (1872) / Milko Kelemen (1924) / Eric Clapton (1945) |
9 am |
Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra, op. 33 |
10 am |
Debussy: La Mer |
11 am |
Raff: Symphony #8 in A Major, op. 205 "Frühlingsklänge" |
noon |
Carwithen: Suffolk Suite |
1 pm |
Lajtha: Quintet for Harp and Strings #2, op. 46 |
| SUN. | MARCH 31 Marin Marais (1656) / Franz Joseph Haydn (1732) / Joseph Kuffner (1776) / Sergei Diaghilev (1872) / Clemens Krauss (1893) |
3 pm |
THE DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA «»«»«» Neeme Järvi, conductor; Leif Ove Andsnes, piano «» Weber: Der Freischütz (Overture); Schumann: Piano Concerto in A Minor, op. 54; Chopin (tr. Liszt): Polish Songs, op. 17 (#12 "My Friend") (for Piano); Campbell: Symphony (world premiere); Chadwick: Symphonic Sketches (#1 "Jubilee") |