SAT. |
OCTOBER 1Alessandro Stradella (1644) / Henry Clay Work (1832) / Paul Dukas (1865) / Vladimir Horowitz (1904) / Margaret Hillis (1921) |
9 am |
Paganini: Violin Concerto #1 in D Major, op. 6 |
10 am |
Scriabin: Piano Sonata #5 in F-sharp Major, op. 53 |
11 am |
Dukas: Symphony in C Major |
noon |
Bach: Cantata #147 "Herz und Mund un Tat und Leben" ("Jeus, Joy of Man’s Desiring"); Mendelssohn: Symphony for Strings #5 in B-flat Major; Offenbach (arr. Rosenthal): Gaîté Parisienne |
1 pm |
Giuliani: Guitar Concerto #1 in A Major, op. 30; Schubert: Symphony #5 in D Major, D. 485 |
2 pm |
Khachaturian: Gayne (Suite #3); Loewe: Brigadoon (Suite); Beethoven: Piano Sonata #8 in C Minor, op. 13 "Pathétique" |
3 pm |
A. Ramirez: Misa Criolla; Rossini: William Tell (Overture) |
6 pm |
ONE GREAT SONG «» April in Paris «» Recordings by Erroll Garner, Charlie Parker, Sarah Vaughan, Count Basie, Coleman Hawkins, and Wynton Marsalis |
SUN. |
OCTOBER 2 Jeremiah Dencke (1725) / Gunnar Wennerberg (1817) / Henri Fevrier (1875) / Beng Johansson (1914) / Douglas Lilbum (1915) / Kenneth Leighton (1929) / Peter Frankl (1935) |
2 pm |
BEHIND THE NOTES «» featuring the New Haven Symphony Orchestra and Jung-Ho Pak, Music Director |
3 pm |
WORLD ORCHESTRA FOR PEACE «» Valery Gerghiev, conductor «» Rossini: William Tell (Overture); Debussy: Prélude à l’Après-midi d’un faune; Salonen: new work (BBC commission; world premiere); Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Prelude to Act 1); Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade (symphonic suite), op. 35 |
MON. |
OCTOBER 3 Stanislaw Skrowaczewski (1923) / Steve Reich (1936) / Ruggero Raimondi (1941) |
5 pm |
KARL HAAS «» Forest Magic «» The change of foliage calls for this session of music inspired by forests. |
6:55 pm |
Mario Lanza and Friends |
7 pm |
Monday Evening Piano Concerto |
8 pm |
GREAT PIANISTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY with Mike Shakinovsky «» Alexis Weissenberg «» Music of Scarlatti, Chopin, Czerny, Rachmaninoff, and Stravinsky |
9 pm |
Shostakovich: October (symphonic poem), op. 131; Bach: Concerto for 2 Violins and Strings in D Minor, S. 1043; Schubert: Symphony #1 in D Major, D. 82 |
10 pm |
Rodrigo: Concierto Andaluz (for 4 Guitars and Orchestra); Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle |
TUE. |
OCTOBER 4 Jean-Louis Duport (1749) / Alain Lombard (1940) / John Aler (1949) / Francisco Araiza (1950) |
5 pm |
KARL HAAS «» Notes on the Old Testament «» In honor of the Jewish New Year’s day, compositions based on Old Testament subjects. |
6 pm |
Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kijé (film score) (Suite, op. 60); Tchaikovsky: Symphony #6 in B Minor, op .74 "Pathétique" |
8 pm |
EVENING AT THE OPERA «» Basso Franco Ventriglia and His Colleagues |
WED. |
OCTOBER 5 Giuseppe Gazzaniga (1743) / Halfdan Cleve (1879) / Ken Noda (1962) |
5 pm |
KARL HAAS «» Story of the Concerto «» The series examining the history of the concerto concentrates today on Mozart. |
9 pm |
Gottschalk: Symphony #2 "A Montevideo" (RO 257); Bruch: Kol Nidrei (Adagio on Hebrew Melodies for Cello and Orchestra), op. 47; Saint-Saëns: Symphony #1 in E-flat Major, op. 2 |
10 pm |
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin (Lensky’s Aria); Beethoven: Piano Sonata #29 in B-flat Major, op. 106 "Hammerklavier" |
11 pm |
Rossini: Sonata for Strings #2 in A Major; Copland: Symphony #3 |
THU. |
OCTOBER 6 Johann Decker (1598) / Jenny Lind (1820) / Karol Szymanowski (1882) / Maria Jeritza (1887) / Richard Dyer-Bennett (1913) / Paul Badura-Skoda (1927) |
5 pm |
KARL HAAS «» Cons and Pros «» The Italian word con is often used to modify tempo and interpretive indications in music scores (in phrases such as con brio, con amore, and con spirito). Today’s program explains the meaning of these designations. |
6 pm |
Haydn: Symphony #76 in E-flat Major; Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto #1 in D Major, op. 17 |
7 pm |
Addinsell: The Greengage Summer (film score) (Suite); Carpenter: Adventures in a Perambulator |
8 pm |
Sibelius (arr. Beecham): The Tempest (incidental music), op. 109; Respighi: Botticelli Triptych |
9 pm |
GOOD FOLK «» New Folk «» Tracy Grammer: Flower of Avalon; Gordon Bok: Apples in the Basket; The Cantrells: The Heart Wants What It Wants; Terrence Martin: Lost Hills; Blue Highwaymen: Marbletown; Will Danforth: Grey Dawn Breaking; Kirsty McGee: Frost; Naomi Sommers: Flying Through; Bryan Sutton: Bluegrass Guitar |
11 pm |
NEW MUSIC GALLERY «» Peter Sterling: Harp Dreams; Kevin Kern: Imagination’s Light |
FRI. |
OCTOBER 7 William Billings (1746) / Wilhelm Molique (1802) / Gertrude Clarke Whittall (1867) / Alfred Wallenstein (1898) / Shura Cherkassky (1911) / Yaltah Menuhin (1922) / Charles Dutoit (1936) / Yo-Yo Ma (1955) |
10 am |
Schubert: Symphony #3 in D Major, D. 200 |
11 am |
Dvorak: The Golden Spinning Wheel (symphonic poem), op. 109 |
5 pm |
KARL HAAS «» That’s the Ticket «» The series of musical travelogues stops today in Italy to sample some of its musical treats. |
SAT. |
OCTOBER 8 Heinrich Schütz (1585) / Louis Vierne (1870) / Toru Takemitsu (1930) |
9 am |
Dvorak: Serenade for Strings in E Major, op. 22 |
10 am |
Mozart: Piano Concerto #17 in G Major, K. 453 |
11 am |
Tchaikovsky: Symphony #3 in D Major, op. 29 "Polish" |
noon |
Mendelssohn: St Paul, op. 36 ("Rise Up, Arise"); Vaughan Williams: In the Fen Country (Symphonic Impression); Bizet: Symphony in C Major; Dvorák: Slavonic Dance in F Major, op. 46/#4 |
1 pm |
Brahms: Serenade #1 in D Major, op. 11; Mendelssohn: The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave) (concert overture), op. 26 |
2 pm |
Beethoven: Mass in C Major, op. 86; Reznicek: Donna Diana (Overture) |
3 pm |
Schumann: Piano Concerto in A Minor, op. 54 |
6 pm |
ONE GREAT SONG «» Come Rain or Come Shine «» Recordings by the Modern Jazz Quartet, Marlene Dietrich, Art Blakey, Ray Charles, and Wes Montgomery |
SUN |
OCTOBER 9 Johann Wilhelm Hertel (1727) / Pierre Gaveaux (1760) / Camille Saint-Saëns (1835) / John Lennon (1940) |
3 pm |
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC «» Lorin Maazel, conductor; Evgeny Kissin, pinao «» Beethoven: Piano Concerto #5 in E-flat Major, op. 73 "Emperor"; Strauss: Don Juan, op. 20; Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier (Suite) |
MON. |
OCTOBER 10 Giuseppe Verdi (1813) / Vernon Duke (1903) / Paul Creston (1906) / Evgeny Kissin (1971) |
5 pm |
KARL HAAS «» Concerted Saint-Saëns «» Today’s program examines the music for solo instruments and orchestra by the French master Camille Saint-Saëns. |
6:55 pm |
Mario Lanza and Friends |
7 pm |
Monday Evening Piano Concerto |
8 pm |
GREAT PIANISTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY with Mike Shakinovsky «» Cipa & Misha Dichter «» Four-hand piano music of Mozart |
9 pm |
Verdi: String Quartet in E Minor |
10 pm |
Chopin: Piano Concerto #2 in F Minor, op. 21 |
11 pm |
Verdi: Four Sacred Pieces |
TUE. |
OCTOBER 11 Simon Sechter (1788) / Fernando de Lucia (1860) / Xaver Leroux (1863) / Robert Nathaniel Dett (1882) / Fritz Stiedry (1883) / Jerome Robbins (1918) |
5 pm |
KARL HAAS «» Name the Composer «» The monthly mystery composer quiz, challenging you to identify a composer by listening to his music. |
6 pm |
Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D Major, op. 61; Reinecke: Symphony #1 in A Major, op. 79 |
8 pm |
EVENING AT THE OPERA «» Ponchielli: La Gioconda |
WED. |
OCTOBER 12 Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713) / Arthur Nikisch (1855) / Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872) / Luciano Pavarotti (1935) |
5 pm |
KARL HAAS «» Yom Kippur «» The holiest day of the Jewish calendar is commemorated with compositions for the occasion from the synagogue. |
9 pm |
Tchaikovsky: The Voyevoda (symphonic ballad), op. 78; Haydn: Concerto for Violin and Strings in C Major, Hob. VIIa:1; Debussy: La Mer |
10 pm |
Barber: Souvenirs, op. 28 (for Piano 4-Hands); Luciano Pavarotti in aria and song |
11 pm |
Vaughan Williams (orch. Jacob): Variations for Orchestra; Bernstein: Symphony #3 "Kaddish" (original 1963 version) |
THU. |
OCTOBER 13 Anselm Hüttenbrenner (1794) / Gösta Nystroem (1890) / Hugo Weisgall (1912) / Paul Simon (1941) |
5 pm |
KARL HAAS «» Hands Across the Sea «» Compositions inspired by ocean travel. |
6 pm |
Liszt: Piano Sonata in B Minor; Janácek: In the Mists (4 Pieces for Piano) |
7 pm |
Mahler: Symphony #6 in A Minor ("Tragic") |
8 pm |
Bax: Tintagel (Symphonic Poem); Kabalevsky: Violin Concerto in C Major, op. 48 |
9 pm |
GOOD FOLK «» All Things Celtic «» various artists: Celtic Woman; Téada |
11 pm |
NEW MUSIC GALLERY «» Lesley Spencer: Postcards from Spain; Stuart Mitchell: Seven Wonders—Suite for Orchestra |
FRI. |
OCTOBER 14 Alexander Zemlinsky (1871) / Maurice Martenot (1898) / Gary Graffman (1928) |
10 am |
Beethoven: Piano Sonata #8 in C Minor, op. 13 "Pathétique"; Chadwick: Symphony #2 in B-flat Major |
5 pm |
KARL HAAS «» Democracy in Action «» An examination of the musical and acoustical necessities of equal co-existence in music. |
SAT. |
OCTOBER 15 Samuel Adams Holyoke (1762) / Bernhard Henrik Crusell (1775) / Thomas Hastings (1784) / Friedrich Nietzsche (1844) / Arcady Dubensky (1890) / Dag Wirén (1905) / Karl Richter (1926) |
9 am |
Barber: Overture to The School for Scandal, op. 5 |
10 am |
Bath: Cornish Rhapsody (for Piano and Orchestra) |
11 am |
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture, op. 80 |
noon |
Saint-Saëns: Danse macabre, op. 40 (song version) |
1 pm |
Addinsell: Dangerous Moonlight (film score) (Warsaw Concerto for Piano and Orchestra) |
2 pm |
Schubert: "Ave Maria", D. 839 (op. 52/#6) (for Strings) |
3 pm |
Mozart: 6 German Dances, K. 571 |
6 pm |
ONE GREAT SONG «» I Remember You «» Recordings by Horace Silver, Tal Farlow, Frank Ifield, Bobby Jaspar, and Cannonball Adderley |
SUN. |
OCTOBER 16 Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679) / Pierre van Maldere (1729) / Albert Franz Doppler (1821) / Carlos Pedrell (1878) / Henry Lewis (1932) |
3 pm |
LUCIANO PAVAROTTI «» A 70th birthday tribute to the legendary tenor, featuring a new, rare and exclusive in-depth interview, recollections and observations of his performances from Renée Fleming, Marilyn Horne and others, and recordings spanning his career. |
MON. |
OCTOBER 17 Giovanni Matteo Mario (1810) / Herbert Howells (1892) / Stephen Kovacevich (1940) |
5 pm |
KARL HAAS «» It’s a Small World «» Music from all around the world. |
6:55 pm |
Mario Lanza and Friends |
7 pm |
Monday Evening Piano Concerto |
8 pm |
GREAT PIANISTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY with Mike Shakinovsky «» Early Pianists «» Recordings of performances by Busoni, Leschetizky, Scharwenka, Carreño, Grunfeld, and Ganz |
9 pm |
Beethoven: Piano Concerto #4 in G Major, op. 58 |
10 pm |
Howells: Hymnus Paradisi; Bruckner: Symphony #4 in E-flat Major "Romantic" |
TUE. |
OCTOBER 18 Baldassare Galuppi (1706) / Ettore Pinelli (1843) / Miguel Llobet (1875) / Lotte Lenya (1898) / Shin’ichi Suzuki (1898) / Chuck Berry (1926) / Wynton Marsalis (1961) |
5 pm |
KARL HAAS «» Catch Phrases «» Musical phrases that are both easy to listen to and good enough to remember. |
6 pm |
Paganini: Violin Concerto #1 in D Major, op. 6; Schubert: Symphony #8 in B Minor, D. 759 "Unfinished" |
8 pm |
EVENING AT THE OPERA «» Operatic Highlights |
WED. |
OCTOBER 19 Vittorio Giannini (1903) / Karl-Birger Blomdahl (1916) / Emil Gilels (1916) / Benita Valente (1939) |
5 pm |
KARL HAAS «» Romantic Piano «» Karl Haas performs several compositions of an especially romantic nature. |
9 pm |
Mozart: Don Giovanni (Overture); Poulenc: Concert Champêtre (for Harpsichord and Orchestra); Ippolitov-Ivanov: Caucasian Sketches (Set #2, op. 42 "Iveria") |
10 pm |
Corelli: Concerto Grosso in D Major, op. 6/#1; Prokofiev: Piano Concerto #3 in C Major, op. 26; Beethoven: Symphony #9 in D Minor, op. 125 "Choral" |
THU. |
OCTOBER 20 Charles Ives (1874) / Rodolfo Halffter (1900) / Robert Craft (1923) / William Albright (1944) / Thomas Pasatieri (1945) / Ivo Pogorelich (1952) |
5 pm |
KARL HAAS «» Song and Dance «» Karl Haas performs piano works of an especially song-like or dance-like nature. |
6 pm |
Puccini: Symphonic Prelude in A Major |
7 pm |
Hanson: Serenade for Flute, Harp and Strings, op. 35 |
8 pm |
Rossini: Otello (Overture) |
9 pm |
GOOD FOLK «» Troubadours «» Troubadours of the Folk Era I; The Essential John Fahey; Bob Dylan’s Greatest Hits; Byrds’ Greatest Hits; Best of Peter, Paul and Mary |
11 pm |
NEW MUSIC GALLERY «» Michael Hoppé & Tim Wheater: The Lover—The Love Poetry of Carl Sandburg; Silver, Wood and Ivory: Wander In |
FRI. |
OCTOBER 21 Joseph Canteloube (1879) / Alexander Schneider (1908) / Sir Georg Solti (1912) / Malcolm Arnold (1921) / Shulamit Ran (1949) |
10 am |
Berlioz: Harold in Italy (Symphony for Viola and Orchestra), op. 16; Copland: Appalachian Spring (Suite) |
5 pm |
KARL HAAS «» To Top It Off «» Today’s program delves into the history of the encore, including some prime examples. |
SAT. |
OCTOBER 22 William of Aquitaine (1071) / Vincenzo Manfredini (1737) / Franz Liszt (1811) / Karl Muck (1859) / Giovanni Martinelli (1885) / Paul Zukofsky (1943) |
9 am |
Nelson: Savannah River Holiday (Overture for Orchestra) |
10 am |
Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana (Intermezzo) |
11 am |
Gershwin: Cuban Overture |
noon |
Mendelssohn: Overture for Wind Instruments, op. 24 |
1 pm |
Bizet: Jeux d’enfants (Suite for Orchestra), op. 22 |
2 pm |
Suppé: Light Cavalry (Overture) |
3 pm |
Bernstein: Peter Pan (incidental music) (excerpts) |
6 pm |
ONE GREAT SONG «» There Will Never Be Another You «» Recordings by Gerry Mulligan, Joe Williams, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Jimmy Raney, Lenny Tristano, Chris Montez, and Buddy Collette |
SUN. |
OCTOBER 23 Albert Lortzing (1801) / Jean Absil (1893) / Miriam Gideon (1906) / Ned Rorem (1923) / Manos Hadzidakis (1925) |
3 pm |
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC «» Lorin Maazel, conductor; Lang Lang, piano «» Chopin: Piano Concerto #1 in E Minor, op. 11; Mahler: Symphony #1 in D Major ("The Titan") |
MON. |
OCTOBER 24 Ferdinand von Hiller (1811) / Imre Kálmán (1882) / Tito Gobbi (1915) / Luciano Berio (1925) / George Crumb (1929) / Sofia Gubaidulina (1931) |
5 pm |
KARL HAAS «» Passing the Time of Day «» Music written about various time portions of the day. |
6:55 pm |
Mario Lanza and Friends |
7 pm |
Monday Evening Piano Concerto |
8 pm |
GREAT PIANISTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY with Mike Shakinovsky «» André Previn «» Music of Poulenc, Mozart, Gershwin, and Shostakovich |
9 pm |
Handel: Saul (HWV 53) |
TUE. |
OCTOBER 25 Thomas Weelkes (1576) / Johann Strauss II (1825) / Georges Bizet (1838) / Alexander Gretchaninov (1864) / Peter Lieberson (1946) / Ransom Wilson (1951) |
5 pm |
KARL HAAS «» Waltzing Through History «» The birthday of Johann Strauss II prompts this historical look at the development of the waltz. |
6 pm |
Sibelius: Symphony #2 in D Major, op. 43; Berlioz: Harold in Italy (Symphony for Viola and Orchestra), op. 16 |
8 pm |
EVENING AT THE OPERA «» Remembering Renata Tebaldi (Part 2) (soprano Lynn Strow, guest) |
WED. |
OCTOBER 26 Hans Buchner (1483) / Domenico Scarlatti (1685) / Johan Helmich Roman (1694) |
5 pm |
KARL HAAS «» Autobiographical Notes «» Examinations of musical compositions which offer glimpses at secret details into the lives of their composers, details which text-based biographical sources may not reveal. |
9 pm |
Thomas: Mignon (Overture); Bartók: Viola Concerto; D. Scarlatti: Sonata in E Major, K. 380 (L. 23); D. Scarlatti (arr. Tommasini): The Good-Humored Ladies |
10 pm |
Chadwick: Symphonic Sketch #3 "Hobgoblin"; Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini for Piano and Orchestra, op. 43; Mahler: Totenfeier (symphonic poem) |
11 pm |
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, op. 14 |
THU. |
OCTOBER 27 Niccolò Paganini (1782) / Conlon Nancarrow (1912) / Dominick Argento (1927) |
5 pm |
KARL HAAS «» The "Ianas" Have It «» How composers use the suffix "iana" in titles of compositions which pay tribute to masters of the past (such as Paganiniana or Rossiniana) |
6 pm |
Fauré: Sonata for Violin and Piano #1 in A Major, op. 13; Weber: Der Freischütz (Overture) |
7 pm |
Liszt: Symphonic Poem #10 "Hamlet"; Scriabin: The Poem of Ecstasy, op. 54 |
8 pm |
Milhaud: Suite française, op. 248; Beethoven: Symphony #5 in C Minor, op. 67 (for Organ) |
9 pm |
GOOD FOLK «» Concert «» Belafonte at Carnegie Hall—The Complete Concert; No Strings Attached: Blue Roses |
11 pm |
NEW MUSIC GALLERY «» Oscar Reynolds: River of Light; Ron Murray & Vuelo: Romanza; Carl Weingarten: Local Journeys |
FRI. |
OCTOBER 28 Howard Hanson (1896) / Cleo Lane |
10 am |
Beethoven: Piano Sonata #23 in F Minor, op. 57 "Appassionata"; Elgar: Sonata for Violin and Piano in E Minor, op. 82 |
5 pm |
KARL HAAS «» Some Social Aspects of Music «» An installment in a series of programs exploring the evolution of the social history of music. |
SAT. |
OCTOBER 29 Janiele Amfitheatrof (1901) / Jon Vickers (1926) |
9 am |
Vivaldi: La Cetra, op. 9 (#2 Concerto for Violin in A Major, R. 345) |
10 am |
Dvorak: Piano Concerto in G Minor, op. 33 |
11 am |
Beethoven: Symphony #7 in A Major, op. 92 |
noon |
Brahms: Violin Concerto in D Major, op. 77; Loewe: Paint Your Wagon (Suite) |
1 pm |
Elgar: Enigma Variations, op. 36; Dvorák: Czech Suite, op. 39 |
2 pm |
Bruckner: Symphony #4 in E-flat Major "Romantic" |
3 pm |
Schubert: The Shepherd on the Rock, D. 965 (op. 129); Beethoven: King Stephan (incidental music), op. 117 (Overture) |
6 pm |
ONE GREAT SONG «» Flamingo «» Recordings by Dave Brubeck, Duke Ellington, Stan Getz, Oscar Peterson, Don Byas, and Earl Bostic |
SUN. |
OCTOBER 30 Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge (1864) / Ezra Pound (1885) / Peter Warlock (1894) / Armin Kaufmann (1902) / Franz Brüggen (1934) / René Jacobs (1946) |
3 pm |
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC «» Charles Dutoit, conductor; Sarah Chang, violin «» Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales; Dvorak: Violin Concerto in A Minor, op. 53; Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, op. 64 (excerpts) |
MON. |
OCTOBER 31 Robert Radecke (1830) / Louise Talma (1906) / David Lumsdaine (1931) |
5 pm |
KARL HAAS «» Spooky Notes «» In the spirit of Halloween, music from instrumental and operatic sources guaranteed to haunt you. |
6:55 pm |
Mario Lanza and Friends |
7 pm |
Monday Evening Piano Concerto |
8 pm |
GREAT PIANISTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY with Mike Shakinovsky «» Ivo Pogorelich «» Music of Chopin, Mussorgsky, Schumann, and Mozart |
9 pm |
Beethoven: Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano #4 in D Major, op. 70/#1 "Ghost" |
10 pm |
Britten: The Turn of the Screw |