WED.

DECEMBER 1 Franz Xaver Richter (1709) / Giuseppe Sarti (1729) / Agathe Backer-Grondahl (1847) / Dorothy James (1901) / Gordon Crosse (1937)

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» Adventures of a Tune «» The popular tune "Greensleeves" has appeared in countless shapes and forms over many years since its inception. Today’s program samples some steps in that rise to fame.

6 pm

Chopin: Piano Concerto #1 in E Minor, op. 11

7 pm

Elgar: Cello Concerto in E Minor, op. 85

8 pm

Arnold: The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (film score)

9 pm

Franck: The Accursed Huntsman (symphonic poem); Richter: Concerto for Trumpet and Strings in D Major; Hindemith: Mathis der Maler (Symphony)

10 pm

MacDowell: Piano Concerto #2 in D Minor, op. 23; Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, op. 71 (complete)

THU.

DECEMBER 2 Henry Thacker Burleigh (1866) / Sir John Barbirolli (1899) / Adolph Green (1915) / Maria Callas (1923) / Jörg Demus (1928)

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» Periodically Speaking «» A program examining virtuosity in the Romantic period.

6 pm

Massenet: Suite for Orchestra #4 "Scènes Pittoresques"; Méhul: Symphony #1 in G Minor

7 pm

Offenbach (arr. Rosenthal): Gaîté Parisienne; Copland: Appalachian Spring (Variations on "’Tis the Gift to be Simple")

8 pm

Rachmaninoff (arr. Kogosowski): Concerto Elégiaque for Piano and Orchestra in D Minor, op. 9b; Mendelssohn: Hear My Prayer

9 pm

GOOD FOLK «» New Folk «» Suzzy & Maggie Roche: Why the Long Face; Fairport Convention: Over the Next Hill; Bill Staines: Journey Home; Ojos de Brujo; Eric Hansen: A Lover’s Lullaby; Riders in the Sky Present Davy Crockett; Evalyn Parry: Unreasonable; Mark Peckham: Flash; Margot Leverett & the Klezmer Mountain Boys

11 pm

NEW MUSIC GALLERY «» Jamie Bonk: My World; Steve Hancoff: The Single Petal of a Rose; Johannes Linstead: Mediterranea

FRI.

DECEMBER 3 Nicolo Amati (1596) / Padre Antonio Soler (1729) / Anton Webern (1883) / Nino Rota (1911) / Irving Fine (1914) / Phyllis Curtin (1922)

10 am

Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, op. 20 (Act 1)

11 am

Grieg: Holberg Suite, op. 40

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» Air-Lift «» Music designed to uplift and exhilarate the listener.

6 pm

Vaughan Williams: Norfolk Rhapsody #1

7 pm

Strauss: An Alpine Symphony, op. 64

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: Mame

11 pm

MIXED BAG «» Just Jazz

SAT.

DECEMBER 4 Christoph Loeffelholz von Colberg (1572) / André Campra (1660) / Johann Friedrich Burgmüller (1806) / Sir Hamilton Harty (1879) / Yvonne Minton (1938)

9 am

Mozart: Piano Concerto #19 in F Major, K. 459

10 am

Delius: Paris: Song of a Great City

11 am

Raff: Symphony #6 in D Minor, op. 189

SUN.

DECEMBER 5 Francesco Geminiani (1687) / José Carreras (1946)

3 pm

BEHIND THE NOTES «» featuring the New Haven Symphony Orchestra and Jung-Ho Pak, Music Director

4 pm

THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC LIVE! «» David Robertson, conductor; Emanuel Ax, piano «» Prokofiev: Symphony #1 in D Major, op. 25 "Classical"; Chopin: Piano Concerto #2 in F Minor, op. 21; Ligeti: Concert românesc; Mendelssohn: Symphony #4 in A Major, op. 90 "Italian"

9 pm

GREAT PIANISTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY with Mike Shakinovsky «» Clifford Curzon «» Music of Schubert and Brahms

MON.

DECEMBER 6 Ira Gershwin (1896) / Dave Brubeck (1920) / Nikolaus Harnoncourt (1929) / Henryk-Mikolaj Górecki (1933)

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» Occasional Pieces «» Music selected by composers to "fit the occasion".

7 pm

Mario Lanza and Friends

8 pm

Monday Evening Piano Concerto

9 pm

Chadwick: Symphonic Sketches (#2 "Noël"); Menotti: Amahl and the Night Visitors

10 pm

Schubert: The Shepherd on the Rock, D. 965 (op. 129); Ravel: L’Enfant et les Sortilèges

11 pm

Berlioz: Quartetto e Coro dei Maggi (for Chorus and Orchestra); Britten: St Nicolas (A Cantata), op. 42

TUE.

DECEMBER 7 Bernardo Pasquini (1637) / Teodoro Cottrau (1827) / Hermann Goetz (1840) / Pietro Mascagni (1863) / Rudolf Friml (1879) / Ernst Toch (1887) / Richard Franko Goldman (1910) / Krystian Zimerman (1956)

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» Notable Conversions «» Scores which musically express such elements as height, weight, and distance.

6 pm

Fry: Santa Claus (A Christmas Symphony)

7 pm

Dvorak: Legends, op. 59 (for Orchestra)

8 pm

EVENING AT THE OPERA «» Chaikovski: Eugene Onegin

WED.

DECEMBER 8 Johann Christoph Bach (1642) / Fantisek Dusek (1731) / Jean Sibelius (1865) / Manuel Ponce (1882) / Bohuslav Martinu (1890) / James Galway (1939)

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» Chanukkah «» A celebration of the Festival of Lights with appropriate music.

6 pm

Bach: Christmas Oratorio, S. 248 (excerpts)

7 pm

Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel (complete)

8 pm

Tiomkin: It’s a Wonderful Life (film score)

9 pm

Anderson (arr.): A Christmas Festival; Bach: Concerto for 2 Harpsichords and Strings in C Minor, S. 1060; Bizet: L’Arlésienne (incidental music) (Suites #1 & #2)

10 pm

traditional (arr. Ellis): Seven English Christmas Songs; Haydn: Mass in E-flat Major, Hob. XXII:4 Ín Honorem Beatissimae Virginis Mariae

11 pm

Schubert: "Ave Maria", D. 839 (op. 52/#6); Milhaud: Pacem in Terris

THU.

DECEMBER 9 Emil Waldteufel (1837) / Joaquín Turina (1882) / Conchita Supervia (1895) / Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (1915) / Alan Ridout (1934) / Tatiana Troyanos (1938) / Joshua Bell (1967)

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» Notes on Pianism «» An illustrated look at various aspects of the art of the piano from introspection to the display of virtuosity.

6 pm

L. Mozart: Divertimento in F Major ("Musical Sleigh Ride"); Respighi: Trittico Botticelliano

7 pm

Davis: A Christmas Carol; Beethonven: Wellington’s Victory, op. 91

8 pm

Tchaikovsky: Suite for Orchestra #3 in G Major, op. 55; Mozart: Exsultate, jubilate, K. 165

9 pm

GOOD FOLK «» A Woman’s Voice «» Cosy Sheridan: The Pomegranate Seed; Women of Africa; A Woman’s Voice; Eliza Gilkyson: Land of Milk and Honey; Kim Robertson: Treasures of the Celtic Harp

11 pm

NEW MUSIC GALLERY «» Jim Wilson: My First Christmas with You; Christmas Traditions; Craig Linder: December Snow; Mannheim Steamroller: Christmas Celebration

FRI.

DECEMBER 10 Errico Petrella (1813) / César Franck (1822) / Theodor Kirchner (1823) / Paul Dessau (1894) / Olivier Messiaen (1908) / Morton Gould (1913) / Yuri Temirkanov (1938) / Sarah Chang (1980)

10 am

Beethoven: Piano Concerto #5 in E-flat Major, op. 73 "Emperor"

11 am

Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, op. 20 (Act 2)

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» Behind the Scenes II «» By popular request, a new set of hilarious happenings that go on backstage in the field of music-making.

6 pm

Offenbach: La Belle Hélène (Overture)

7 pm

Saint-Saëns: The Carnival of the Animals

8 pm

Charismatic Concerto

9 pm

MIXED BAG «» Classical Music Hour «» Tchaikovsky: The Snow Queen (narrated by Natalia Makarova)

10 pm

MIXED BAG (Broadway and Film Scores) «» Mystery Voice Quiz; Rodgers & Hammerstein: Cinderella

11 pm

Just Jazz

SAT.

DECEMBER 11 Manuel Cardoso (1566) / Charles Wesley (1757) / Hector Berlioz (1803) / Eugene Thayer (1838) / Giacomo Lauri-Volpi (1892) / Elliott Carter (1908) / James McCracken (1926)

9 am

Haydn: String Quartet in B-flat Major, Hob. III:23 (op. 9/#5)

10 am

Anderson: Piano Concerto in C Major

11 am

Berlioz: Grande symphonie funèbre et triomphale, op. 15

SUN.

DECEMBER 12 Lodovico Giustini (1685) / Kurt Atterberg (1887) / Frank Sinatra (1915) / Frank Ahrold (1931)

3 pm

THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC LIVE! «» David Robertson, conductor; Christian Tetzlaff, violin «» Bartók: Violin Concerto #2; Reich: Triple Quartet (New York premiere); Beethoven: Symphony #8 in F Major, op. 93

9 pm

GREAT PIANISTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY with Mike Shakinovsky «» Emil Gilels «» Music of Moszkowski, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Liszt, Bach/Liszt and Levitzki

MON.

DECEMBER 13 Thomas Walter (1696) / Josef Lhévinne (1874) / Samuel Dushkin (1891) / Jonel Perlea (1900) / Carlos Montoya (1903)

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» Classified Information «» Today’s program points up the invaluable work done cataloguers of compositions of the masters: Köchel for Mozart, Schmieder for Bach, Longo for Scarlatti, Deutsch for Schubert, and others.

7 pm

Mario Lanza and Friends

8 pm

Monday Evening Piano Concerto

9 pm

Handel: Gideon

11 pm

Handel: Founding Hospital Anthem

TUE.

DECEMBER 14 Dobri Christoph (1875) / Manolis Kalomiris (1883) / Charles Seeger (1886) / Spike Jones (1911) / Rosalyn Tureck (1914) / Richard Cassilly (1927) / Ron Nelson (1929) / Christopher Parkening (1947)

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

Beethoven: Symphony #9 in D Minor, op. 125 "Choral"

7 pm

Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra, op. 33; Arensky: Variations on a Theme of Tchaikovsky, op. 35a

8 pm

EVENING AT THE OPERA «» Singers from the Friuli-Venezia Giulia Region of Italy (guest: Pio Bonvicini)

WED.

DECEMBER 15 Christoph Demantius (1567) / Michel Richard Delalande (1657) / Ida Haendel (1924) / Raina Kabaivanska (1934)

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» Beethoven’s Time «» The first of two programs honoring Beethoven’s birthday looks at the musical circumstances of his time.

6 pm

Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, op. 20 (excerpts)

7 pm

Bach: Christmas Oratorio, S. 248 (excerpts)

8 pm

a classic film score

9 pm

May (arr.): Holiday Cheer; holiday selections by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir; Delius: "Sleigh Ride"; holiday selections by the Vienna Choir Boys

10 pm

three spirituals ("Behold that Star"; "Mary Had a Baby"; "Sweet Li’l Jesus"); holiday selections by the Canadian Brass; Finzi: In Terra Pax (cantata); Handel: Messiah (excerpts)

THU.

DECEMBER 16 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770) / François Boieldieu (1775) / Zoltán Kodály (1882) / Sir Noel Coward (1899) / Thea King (1925) / Rodion Shchedrin (1932) / Trevor Pinnock (1946)

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» Beethoven in Three Flats «» A sampling of the many compositions written by Beethoven in his favorite keys, and a look at the psychological reasons.

6 pm

L. Mozart (form. attr. Haydn): Cassation in G Major (Toy Symphony); Beethoven: Music for a Knightly Ballet, WoO 1

7 pm

Mockridge: Miracle on 34th Street (film score) (Suite); Saint-Saëns: Christmas Oratorio, op. 12

8 pm

Tiomkin: It’s a Wonderful Life (film score) (Suite); selections from Angel Voices, a sacred vocal collection for Christmas sung by the Western Wind

9 pm

GOOD FOLK «» Impressionists «» American Impressionist Songwriters I, II; Memorial Day; Utah Phillips & Mark Ross: Loafer’s Glory; Mark Nelson: Autumn

11 pm

NEW MUSIC GALLERY «» Celtic Yule; Best of Celtic Christmas; Patricia Spero: Celtic Christmas Harp

FRI.

DECEMBER 17 Domenico Cimarosa (1749) / Arthur Fiedler (1894)

10 am

Beethoven: Piano Sonata #21 in C Major, op. 53 "Waldstein" ? 11 am «» Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, op. 20 (Act 3)

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» Rare and Well Done «» A program featuring seldom heard compositions performed in an outstanding manner.

6 pm

Ireland: A London Overture

7 pm

Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf, op. 67 (with "mystery" narrator)

8 pm

Charismatic Concerto

9 pm

MIXED BAG «» Classical Music Hour «» Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (with narration); Gallico: The Snow Goose (with narration)

10 pm

MIXED BAG (Broadway and Film Scores) «» Mystery Voice Quiz; Rodgers & Hammerstein: The Sound of Music

11 pm

Just Jazz

SAT.

DECEMBER 18 Philipp Dulichius (1562) / Edward MacDowell (1860) / Lionel Monckton (1861)

9 am

Rimsky-Korsakov: Christmas Eve (Suite)

10 am

MacDowell: Suite for Orchestra #2, op. 48 "Indian"

11 am

Fry: Santa Claus (A Christmas Symphony)

SUN.

DECEMBER 19 Louis Nicolas Clérambault (1676) / George Frederick Bristow (1825) / Bronislaw Hubermann (1882) / Fritz Reiner (1888) / Edith Piaf (1915)

3 pm

THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC LIVE! «»«»«» Sir Colin Davis, conductor; Hilary Hahn, violin «» Sibelius: En Saga, op. 9; Janacek: Taras Bulba (Rhapsody for Orchestra); Elgar: Violin Concerto in B Minor, op. 61

9 pm

GREAT PIANISTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY with Mike Shakinovsky «» Sviatoslav Richter «» Music of Rachmaninoff, Liszt, Chopin, Schumann and Beethoven

MON.

DECEMBER 20 Henry Hadley (1871) / Vagn Holmboe (1909) / John Harbison (1938)

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» Switzerland Calling «» Karl Haas looks at a holiday trip to Switzerland.

7 pm

Mario Lanza and Friends

8 pm

Monday Evening Piano Concerto

9 pm

Tallis: Missa "Puer natus est nobis"

10 pm

Davis: A Christmas Carol (Suite)

11 pm

Rosenberg: The Holy Night

TUE.

DECEMBER 21 Zdenek Fibich (1850) / Leroy Robertson (1896) / Julius Chajes (1910) / Michael Tilson Thomas (1944) / András Schiff (1953)

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» The Spirit of the Season «» A goodly helping of the compositons which express the Christmas spirit in an inspiring way.

6 pm

Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, op. 71 (Suite); L. Mozart (form. attr. Haydn): Cassation in G Major (Toy Symphony); Rimsky-Korsakov: Christmas Eve (Suite)

8 pm

EVENING AT THE OPERA «» The Years of Fine Met Sopranos, 1960-1962

WED.

DECEMBER 22 Karl Friedrich Abel (1723) / Giovanni Bottesini (1821) / Franz Schmidt (1874) / Edgar Varèse (1883) / André Kostelanetz (1901) / Felix Slatkin (1915)

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» Halleujah «» The meaning of this exclamation found in the Scriptures and its many applications in music.

6 pm

Arnold: Commonwealth Christmas Overture

7 pm

Menotti: Amahl and the Night Visitors

8 pm

Addinsell: A Christmas Carol (film score)

9 pm

Monteverdi (arr. Frackenpohl): Christmas Vespers (for Brass); holiday selections by the Cambridge Singers; Taylor: Through the Looking Glass (Five Pictures from Lewis Carroll), op. 12

10 pm

Corelli: Concerto Gross in G Minor, op. 6/#8 "Fatto per la notte di Natale"; Mozart: Exsultate, jubilate, K. 165; Britten: A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28; Vaughan Williams: Hodie (A Christmas Cantata)

THU.

DECEMBER 23 Tomás Torrejón y Velasco (1644) / Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (1689) / Jean-Noël Hamal (1709) / Edouard de Reszke (1853) / Giacomo Puccini (1858) / Claudio Scimone (1934)

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» A Christmas Quilt «» A combination of various compositions celebrating the Christmas spirit.

6 pm

Addinsell: A Christmas Carol (film score) (Suite); selections for the Christmas season from Hymns, Psalms and Spiritual Songs at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church

7 pm

Rimsky-Korsakov: Christmas Eve (Suite); holiday selections with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir

8 pm

Fry: Santa Claus (A Christmas Symphony); selections from Christmas at Blackburn Cathedral

9 pm

GOOD FOLK «» A Christmas Gathering «» Christmas Around the World; Enya: Silent Night; Tommy Sands: To Shorten the Winter; Christine Lavin: The Runaway Christmas Tree; Wonderland; Harvey Reid: The Heart of the Minstrel on Christmas Day

11 pm

NEW MUSIC GALLERY «» Peter Kater: Xmas Ecstasy; Paul Carrol Binkley: Do You Hear What I Hear; Rick Seaton: Ivory Angels; Kitaro: Peace on Earth

FRI.

DECEMBER 24 Peter Cornelius (1824) / Enrique Fernandez Arbós (1863) / Charles Wakefield Cadman (1881) / Lucrezia Bori (1887) / Franz Waxman (1906) / Zara Nelsova (1918) / Claude Frank (1925)

10 am

Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, op. 20 (Act 4)

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» The Story of the Bells «» Karl Haas presents his annual Christmas Eve program of bell sounds from around the world.

SAT.

DECEMBER 25 Orlando Gibbons (1583) / José Jiménez (1601) / Giuseppe de Luca (1876) / Gladys Swarthout (1904) / Cab Calloway (1907) / Noël Lee (1924)

10 am

CHRISTMAS MORNING WITH DELPHINE MARCUS «» Delphine’s annual 3-hour program of holiday music and stories

3 pm

THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC LIVE! «» Alan Gilbert, conductor; Celina Shafer, soprano; Nancy Maultsby, mezzo-soprano; Kurt Streit, tenor; Jonathan Lemalu, bass-baritone; The Westminster Symphonic Choir «» Handel: Messiah

SUN.

DECEMBER 26 Johann Georg Pisendel (1687) / Victor Hely-Hutchinson (1901) / Earle Brown (1926) / Teresa Kubiak (1937) / Adriana Maliponte (1942) / Antonio Molina (1948) / André-Michel Schub (1952)

9 pm

GREAT PIANISTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY with Mike Shakinovsky «» Ignacy Jan Paderewski «» Music of Paderewski, Liszt, Schumann, Schubert and Beethoven

MON.

DECEMBER 27 Bernard van Dieren (1884) / Marlene Dietrich (1901) / Oscar Levant (1906)

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» It’s a Small World «» A special program for children, showing their influence on some of the world’s great music.

7 pm

Mario Lanza and Friends

8 pm

Monday Evening Piano Concerto

9 pm

Britten: A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28

10 pm

Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F Major

11 pm

Saint-Saëns: Christmas Oratorio, op. 12

TUE.

DECEMBER 28 Johann Krieger (1651) / Johann Christian Cannabich (1731) / Roger Sessions (1896) / Earl "Fatha" Hines (1905)

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» Diversionary Tactics «» A program featuring some important examples of compositions entitled, "divertimento".

6 pm

Liszt: Piano Concerto #1 in E-flat Major

7 pm

Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, op. 14

8 pm

EVENING AT THE OPERA «» Nelson Eddy & His American Baritone Contemporaries (guest: Jack Dipisa)

WED.

DECEMBER 29 Pablo Casals (1876) / Peggy Glanville-Hicks (1912) / Roman Vlad (1919)

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» Musical Palette «» A discussion with illustrations of colors as they apply to musical composition.

6 pm

Strauss, Jr.: Die Fledermaus

9 pm

Rossini: The Thieving Magpie (Overture); Vaughan Williams: Concerto for Bass Tuba and Orchestra in F Minor; Debussy: La Boîte à joujoux

10 pm

Thomson: Symphony on a Hymn Tune; Mozart: Piano Concerto #20 in D Minor, K. 466

11 pm

Williams: The Five Sacred Trees (Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra); Britten: A Boy was Born, op. 3

THU.

DECEMBER 30 William Croft (1678) / André Messager (1853) / Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904) / Paul Bowles (1910) / Sir David Willcocks (1919) / Paul Stookey (1937) / Jeff Lynne (1947)

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» The Long and Short of It «» An array of compositions with dotted rhythms which prompt an exhilarating response.

6 pm

Rutter: What Sweeter Music; Britten: A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28

7 pm

Teixeira: Te Deum

8 pm

Herbert: Babes in Toyland (medley); Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols

9 pm

GOOD FOLK «» Riverdance «» Bill Whelan: Riverdance; De Dannan: Hibernian Rhapsody; Sisters I: Folksong

11 pm

NEW MUSIC GALLERY «» Alan Kogosowski: Midnight in the Garden; Brian Crain: Sienna

FRI.

DECEMBER 31 Ernest John Moeran (1894) / Silvestre Revueltas (1899) / Nathan Milstein (1904) / Jule Styne (1905) / Jaap Schröder (1925) / Odetta (1930)

10 am

Smetana: The Bartered Bride (Overture; Polka; Furiant; "Dance of the Comedians"); Smetana: Má Vlast (#2 "The Moldau")

11 am

Saint-Saens: Piano Concerto #4 in C Minor, op. 44

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» Ring In the New «» A program in anticipation of the arrival of the New Year.