| 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. Todays 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 Lovers 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: LEnfant 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: Its 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: LArlésienne (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: Wellingtons 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 Womans Voice «» Cosy Sheridan: The Pomegranate Seed; Women of Africa; A Womans 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 «» Todays 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 «» Beethovens Time «» The first of two programs honoring Beethovens 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 Lil 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: Its 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: Loafers 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. Pauls 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 «» Delphines 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 «» Its a Small World «» A special program for children, showing their influence on some of the worlds 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. |