THU.

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

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» In a Festive Mood «» The festive month of December is ushered in with music of an especially celebratory mood.

6 pm

Gershwin: "Dayful of Song"; Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain (for Piano and Orchestra)

7 pm

Tchaikovsky: Symphony #5 in E Minor, op. 64; Debussy: "L’Isle Joyeuse" (for Piano)

8 pm

Ravel: Shéhérazade (Concert Overture); Orff: Carmina Burana (Suite)

9 pm

GOOD FOLK «» New Folk «» Richie Havens: Grace of the Sun; Kate Campbell: Blues and Lamentations; Ray Bonneville: Roll It Down; Michael Jerome Brown & The Twin Rivers String Band; The Kennedys: Half a Million Miles; Tim O’Brien: Fiddler’s Green; Karen Mal: Dark-Eyed Sailor; Valerie Smith & Liberty Pike: That’s What Love Can Do

11 pm

NEW MUSIC GALLERY «» Patrick O’Hearn: Slow Time; Suzanne Ciani: Silver Ship

FRI.

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

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» Amati Started it All «» The birthday of Amati, the great violin maker, brings to mind artists who play instruments made by him or his students.

SAT.

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

9 am

Mozart: Piano Concerto #18 in B-flat Major, K. 456

10 am

Brahms: Serenade #1 in D Major, op. 11

11 am

Sibelius: Symphony #3 in C Major, op. 52

noon

Enescu: Roumanian Rhapsody #1 in A Major, op. 11/#1; Dvorak: Symphony #3 in D Minor, op. 13

1 pm

Berlioz: Béatrice et Bénédict (Overture); Beethoven: Piano Concerto #1 in C Major, op. 15; Sondheim: Into the Woods (Suite)

2 pm

Bizet: L’Arlésienne (Incidental Music) (Suite #1); Haydn: String Quartet in D Minor, Hob. III;76 (op. 76/#2) ("Fifths"); Delibes: Sylvia (Suite)

3 pm

Léhar: The Merry Widow ("Siren of the Ball")

6 pm

ONE GREAT SONG «» Watch What Happens «» Recordings by Jimmy Raney, Vince Guaraldi, Michel Legrand, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis/Tommy Flanagan, Sergio Mendes, and Wes Montgomery

SUN.

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

2 pm

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

3 pm

THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC «» David Robertson, conductor; Gil Shaham, violin; Thomas Stacy, English horn «» Dukas: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice; Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D Minor, op. 47; Sibelius: Legends from the Kalevala, op. 22 (#2 "The Swan of Tuonela"); Stravinsky: The Firebird (Suite) (1919 version)

MON.

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

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» Fragmentary Evidence «» Many famous masters left only fragments of major compositions; today’s program resurrects some of them in their original form, or in versions finished by other composers.

6:55 pm

Mario Lanza and Friends

7 pm

Monday Evening Piano Concerto

8 pm

GREAT PIANISTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY with Mike Shakinovsky «» Vladimir Ashkenazy «» Music of Tchaikovsky, Borodin, Rachmaninoff and Brahms.

9 pm

Berlioz: King Lear (Concert Overture), op. 4; C. Stamitz: Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra in D Major; Respighi: Botticelli Triptych

10 pm

Dvorak: The Water Goblin (Symphonic Poem), op. 107; Ginastera: Piano Concerto #2, op. 39

11 pm

Bach: Cantata #208 ("Hunting" Cantata) ("Sheep May Safely Graze") (for Brass and Organ); Britten: St Nicolas (A Cantata), op. 42

TUE.

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

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» The Drama of Repetition «» An examination of the dramatic effect created by repeated notes and phrases.

6 pm

Dvorak: Legends, op. 59 (for Orchestra)

7 pm

Fry: Santa Claus (A Christmas Symphony)

8 pm

EVENING AT THE OPERA «» Arias, Cabalettas, and Rareities (with guest Jesús López)

WED.

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 «» Sudden Shift «» Today’s program illustrates sudden changes in mood and melody in the midst of large-scale compositions.

9 pm

Ives (orch. Schuman): Variations on "America"; Bruch: In Memoriam (Adagio for Violin and Orchestra), op. 65 Doyle: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Film Score) (Original Soundtrack) (excerpts)

10 pm

Stravinsky (after J.S. Bach): Choral Variations on "Vom Himmel hoch da komm’ ich her" (S. 769); Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E Minor, op. 64; Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana

THU.

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 «» Musical Locomotion «» A sampling of various ways to move musical ideas from their inception to climactic heights.

6 pm

Bach: Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue in D Minor, S. 903; Dvorak: American Suite in A Major (for Orchestra, op. 98b)

7 pm

Hummel: Piano Concerto #3 in B Minor, op. 89; Ireland: A London Overture

8 pm

Scriabin: Symphony #2 in C Minor, op. 29; Strauss: Serenade for Winds in E-flat Major, op. 7

9 pm

GOOD FOLK «» Reflections «» Kate Wolf: Gold in California (1975-1985 Retrospective); Patrick Ball: Secret Isles

11 pm

NEW MUSIC GALLERY «» John White: White Christmas; Silver, Wood & Ivory: Christmas, Trim the Tree; David Nevue: Emmanuel; A Windham Hill Christmas

FRI.

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 «» Thematic Frugality «» Today’s program looks at how some great masterpieces are built with great economy of thematic material.

SAT.

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)

9 am

Albinoni: Concerto a 5 in C Major, op. 7/#5 (for 2 Oboes and Strings)

10 am

Strauss: Sonata for Violin and Piano in E-flat Major, op. 18

11 am

Franck: Symphony in D Minor

noon

Rheinberger: Organ Concerto #1 in F Major, op. 137

1 pm

Massenet: Suite for Orchestra #5 "Scènes Napolitaines"; Mozart: Piano Concerto #22 in E-flat Major, K. 482

2 pm

Beethoven: Symphony #7 in A Major, op. 92; Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in E-flat Major, Hob. VIIe:1

3 pm

Pachelbel: Canon in D Major; Mendelssohn: Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage (Concert Overture), op. 27; Chabrier: España (Spanish Rhapsody)

6 pm

ONE GREAT SONG «» We’ll Be Together Again «» Recordings by Frankie Laine, McCoy Tyner, Johnson/Winding, Ammons/Stitt, Dianne Reeves, Benny Carter, and Stan Kenton

SUN.

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

3 pm

THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC «» Lorin Maazel, conductor; Jan Vogler, cello «» Matthews: Berceuse for Dresden (U.S. premiere); Schumann: Cello Concerto in A Minor, op. 129; Dvorak: Symphony #9 in E Minor, op. 95 "From the New World"

MON.

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

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» The Story of the Sonata «» Another chapter in the development of the musical form called "sonata".

6:55 pm

Mario Lanza and Friends

7 pm

Monday Evening Piano Concerto

8 pm

GREAT PIANISTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY with Mike Shakinovsky «» Alfred Brendel «» Music of Schubert, Liszt, Beethoven, Mozart and Weber.

9 pm

Handel: Acis and Galatea

11 pm

Handel: Te Deum in D Major ("Dettingen" Te Deum)

TUE.

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

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» Name the Composer «» The monthly mystery composer quiz, challenging you to identify a composer by listening to that composer’s music, ranging from the unfamiliar to the better known.

6 pm

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

7 pm

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

8 pm

EVENING AT THE OPERA «» Verdi: La Forza del Destino

WED.

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 «» Air-Lift «» Another program of music of a particularly inspirational or uplifting nature.

9 pm

Mozart: German Dances, K. 605 (#3 "Sleigh Ride"); Delius: Three Small Tone Poems (#2 "Sleigh Ride"); Anderson: "Sleigh Ride"; holiday selections by the Vienna Choir Boys and by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir; Anderson/Courage (arr.): A Christmas Festival

10 pm

Burt: A Christmas Greeting; Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel ("Sandman’s Song", "Children’s Prayer" and "Angels Pantomime"); Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, op. 71 (complete)

THU.

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

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» That Favorite Key: Beethoven «» On the first of two Beethoven birthday programs, Karl Haas illustrates with piano and recordings Beethoven’s preoccupation with the key of C Minor.

6 pm

Hanson: Fantasy Variations on a Theme of Youth (for Piano and String Orchestra); Glazunov: Scènes de Ballet, op. 52; Finzi: In Terra Pax (Cantata), op. 39

7 pm

Bruckner: Symphony #9 in D Minor

8 pm

Gallico: The Snow Goose (with narration)

9 pm

GOOD FOLK «» Archives «» Folkways—The Original Vision; Classic Old-Time Music

11 pm

NEW MUSIC GALLERY «» Lorie Line: Most Wonderful Time of the Year; Bruce Abbott & the North Star Ensemble: Mistletoe Sax; Janice Becker: The Holly and the Ivy; Eric Tingstad & Nancy Rumbel: Peace on Earth

FRI.

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 «» Ludwig the Great «» Beethoven’s birthday is celebrated with some of his most memorable works.

SAT.

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

9 am

Cimarosa: Oboe Concerto in C Major

10 am

Respighi (after Rossini): La Boutique Fantasque

11 am

Beethoven: Symphony #6 in F Major, op. 68 "Pastorale"

noon

Bach: Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord in A Major, S. 1015; Bassett: Variations for Orchestra

1 pm

Schubert: Symphony #9 in C Major, D. 944 ("The Great")

2 pm

Paganini: Violin Concerto #4 in D Minor; Anderson: Irish Suite

3 pm

Turina: Piano Trio #1, op. 35

6 pm

ONE GREAT SONG «» Time After Time « » Recordings by Duke Pearson, Abbey Lincoln, George Shearing, Milt Jackson, and Herbie Mann

SUN.

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

3 pm

THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC «» Iván Fischer, conductor; Leonidas Kavakos, violin «» Bartók: Roumanian Folk Dances; Dutilleux: L’Arbre des songes (New York Philharmonic premiere); Rachmaninoff: Symphony #2 in E Minor, op. 27

MON.

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

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» So Be It «» The first in a group of five Christmas programs featuring various musical settings of "Amen" and "Hallelujah".

6:55 pm

Mario Lanza and Friends

7 pm

Monday Evening Piano Concerto

8 pm

GREAT PIANISTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY with Mike Shakinovsky «» Benno Moiseiwitsch «» Music of Chopin, Schumann, Henselt, Liszt, Mendelssohn and Rachmaninoff.

9 pm

Respighi: Lauda per la Natività del Signore

10 pm

Vaughan Williams: Hodie (A Christmas Cantata)

11 pm

Charpentier: Messe de Minuit pour Noël

TUE.

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

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» Presents Worth Unwrapping «» A basket of unusual compositions for the celebration of the season.

6 pm

Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (Suite #1, op. 71a)

7 pm

L. Mozart (form. attr. Haydn): Cassation in G Major (Toy Symphony)

8 pm

EVENING AT THE OPERA «» Great Gallic Singers

WED.

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

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» A Christmas Quilt «» Today’s program combines various compositions to celebrate the Christmas spirit.

9 pm

Chadwick: Symphonic Sketch #2 "Noël"; Menotti: Amahl and the Night Visitors

10 pm

Vivaldi: The Four Seasons (#4 Concerto for Violin in F Minor, R. 297 "Winter"); holiday selections by the Cambridge Singers and by the Canadian Brass; Handel: Messiah (excerpts)

THU.

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 «» Carols International «» Christmas is honored with carols of many nations.

6 pm

Selections for the Christmas season from Hymns, Psalms and Spiritual Songs from St. Paul’s Episcopal Church; Manfredini: Concerto Grosso in C Major, op. 3/#12 ("Christmas"); Anderson (arr.): A Christmas Festival

7 pm

Davis: A Christmas Carol (Ballet Suite); holiday selections by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir

8 pm

Mozart: Exsultate, jubilate (Motet), K. 165; Tiomkin: It’s a Wonderful Life (Film Score) (Suite)

9 pm

GOOD FOLK «» Christmas Joy «» Robin & Linda Williams: The First Christmas Gift; Blind Boys of Alabama: Go Tell It on the Mountain; Kathy Mattea: Joy for Christmas Day; A Skaggs Family Christmas; Dan Fogelberg: The First Christmas Morning; Magpie: Last Month of the Year; A Folk Song Christmas; Kim Robertson: Christmas Lullaby; Southern Rail: Bluegrass Christmas Medley

11 pm

NEW MUSIC GALLERY «» Mannheim Steamroller: Christmas Extraordinaire; Craig Chaquico: Holiday; Jeff Johnson & Brian Dunning: Stars in the Morning East; Bill Leslie: Christmas in Carolina; Tony Sundate: A Christmas Journey

FRI.

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 «» The Story of the Bells «» The annual program of bell sounds from all around the world.

SAT.

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)

9 am

Corelli: Concerto Grosso in G Minor, op. 6/#8 ("Christmas")

10 am

Finzi: In Terra Pax (Cantata), op. 39

11 am

Schubert: Symphony #9 in C Major, D. 944 ("The Great")

noon

Britten: A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28; L. Mozart (form. attr. Haydn): Cassation in G Major (Toy Symphony)

1 pm

Rimsky-Korsakov: Christmas Eve (Suite); Addinsell: A Christmas Carol (Film Score) (Suite)

2 pm

Herbert: Babes in Toyland (Medley); Saint-Saëns: Christmas Oratorio, op. 12

3 pm

Mockridge: Miracle on 34th Street (Film Score) (Suite)

9 pm

CAROLS OF NINE CENTURIES «» with Clint MacGowan

SUN.

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

3 pm

THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC «» Richard Hickox, conductor; Christine Brandes, soprano; Sara Mingardo, contralto; Mark Tucker, tenor; John Relyea, bass-baritone; The Westminster Choir (Andre Megill, director) «» Handel: Messiah

MON.

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)

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» Chanukah «» Today’s program celebrates the Festival of Lights with appropriate music.

6:55 pm

Mario Lanza and Friends

7 pm

Monday Evening Piano Concerto

8 pm

GREAT PIANISTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY with Mike Shakinovsky «» Vladimir dePachmann «» Music of Chopin, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Raff and Henselt.

9 pm

Bach: Christmas Oratorio, S. 248

TUE.

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

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» Oh, I Know This… «» A quiz challenging you to identify well-known pieces.

6 pm

Massenet: Suite for Orchestra #3 "Scènes Dramatiques"; Khachaturian: Masquerade (Suite)

7 pm

Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, op. 14

8 pm

EVENING AT THE OPERA «» The German Baritone

WED.

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

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» Kids’ Stuff «» A program of works written by famous masters in their early youth.

9 pm

Nielsen: Maskarade (Overture); Tippett: Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli (for Strings); Schumann: Symphony #4 in D Minor, op. 120

10 pm

Liszt: Symphonic Poem #7 "Festklänge"; Berlioz: L’Enfance du Christ, op. 25

THU.

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

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» Three-Quarters on Parade «» A look at the many dance-like compositions written in ¾ time.

6 pm

Bach: French Suite #6 in E Major, S. 817; Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols

7 pm

Selections from Angel Voices (A Sacred Vocal Collection for Christmas by The Western Wind)

8 pm

Selections from Christmastide at Blackburn Cathedral; Selections from On Yoolis Night (Medieval Carols and Motets)

9 pm

GOOD FOLK «» Center Stage «» Connie Dover: Border of Heaven; Eric Anderson: You Can’t Relive the Past; David Roth: Irreconcilable Similarities; Natalie MacMaster: My Roots are Showing

11 pm

NEW MUSIC GALLERY «» Jessie Allen Cooper: Pacific Lounge; R. Carlos Nakai & Keola Beamer: Our Beloved Land; Terry Oldfield: De Profundis/Out of the Depths

FRI.

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 «» A Musical Toast «» A program in anticipation of the arrival of the New Year in both a retrospective and forward-looking manner.

SAT.

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

9 am

Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra in E-flat Major, K. 364

10 am

Wild: Variations on an American Theme for Piano and Orchestra ("Doo Dah" Variations); Beethoven: Symphony #9 in D Minor, op. 125 "Choral"

noon

Beethoven: Symphony #1 in C Major, op. 21; Grainger: Country Gardens (for Orchestra)

1 pm

Wagner: Siegfried-Idyll; Schieferdecker: Musikalische Concerte (Suite #1 in A Minor)

2 pm

Teixeira: Te Deum

3 pm

Milhaud: Duo Concertant for Clarinet and Piano, op. 351

6 pm

ONE GREAT SONG «» Moonlight in Vermont «» Recordings by Johnny Smith, Margaret Whiting, Earl Hines, Sonny Stitt, Jane Monheit, Ahmad Jamal, and Maceo Parker