SAT.

APRIL  1  Ferruccio Busoni (1866) / Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873)

9 am

Wesley: Symphony in D Major (1784)

10 am

Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme of Corelli for Piano, op. 42

11 am

Rachmaninoff: Symphony #2 in E Minor, op. 27

noon

Kabalevsky: The Comedians;  Massenet: Esclarmonde (Suite);  Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol, op. 34

1 pm

Beethoven: Symphony #3 in E-flat Major, op. 55 “Eroica”;  Mendelssohn: Overture for Wind Instruments, op. 24

2 pm

Mozart: Piano Concerto #20 in D Minor, K. 466;  Rodgers: Carousel (Waltz)

3 pm

Süssmayr: Das Namenfest (Cantata)

6 pm

ONE GREAT SONG «» The Way You Look Tonight «» Recordings by Fred Astaire, Bryan Ferry, Don Stiernberg/John Carlini, Errol Garner, Thelonious Monk/Sonny Rollins, Madeleine Peyrout, and Blue Mitchell

SUN.

APRIL  2  Simon Peter (1743) / Franz Lachner (1803) / Kurt Herbert Adler (1905) / Girolamo Arrigo (1930)

3 pm

THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC «» Xian Zhang, conductor; Ingolf Turban, violin «» Rossini: L’Italiana in Algeri (Overture);  Paganini: Violin Concerto in E-flat Major;  Tchaikovsky: Symphony #5 in E Minor, op. 64

MON.

APRIL  3  Johann Valentin Rathgeber (1682) / Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895) / George Barati (1913) / Sixten Ehrling (1918) / Garrick Ohlsson (1948) / Mikhail Rudy (1953)

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» The Art of Orchestration «» A demonstration with examples by some of the most famous orchestrators in history.

6:55 pm

Mario Lanza and Friends

7 pm

Monday Evening Piano Concerto

8 pm

GREAT PIANISTS OF THE 20^TH CENTURY with Mike Shakinvosky «» Artur Rubinstein «» Music of Chopin, Brahms, Schumann, Poulenc, and Mozart

9 pm

Ravel: Rapsodie Espagnole;  Mozart: Horn Concerto #3 in E-flat Major, K. 447;  Hindemith: Mathis der Maler (Symphony)

10 pm

Shostakovich: String Quartet #11 in F Minor, op. 122;  Chopin: Piano Concerto #1 in E Minor, op. 11

11 pm

Haydn: Symphony #84 in E-flat Major;  Delius: Requiem

TUE.

APRIL  4  Stephen Storace (1763) / Charles Jerome Hopkins (1836) / Hans Richter (1843) / Pierre Monteux (1875) / Jósef Szulc (1875) / Mary Carlisle Howe (1882) / Eugène Bozza (1905) / Elmer Bernstein (1922)

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» The Spohr Era «» The accomplishments of Louis Spohr as composer, violinist, and conductor.

6 pm

Bruch: Symphony #1 in E-flat Major, op. 28

7 pm

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

8 pm

EVENING AT THE OPERA «» Opera’s Messages

WED.

APRIL  5  Louis Spohr (1784) / Albert Roussel (1869) / Herbert von Karajan (1908) / Goddard Lieberson (1911)

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» In a Rhetorical Mode «» Today’s program explores the use of exclamation and rhetorical statements in the music of various masters.

9 pm

Dvorak: The Hussite Song (Concert Overture), op. 67;  Spohr: Variations on a Theme from Alruna for Clarinet and Orchestra;  Roussel: Bacchus et Ariane, op. 43

10 pm

Korngold: The Prince and the Pauper (film score) (Suite);  Paderewski: Piano Concerto in A Minor, op. 17

11 pm

Mozart: Mitridate, Re di Ponto, K. 87 (“Già dagli occhi”);  Tchaikovsky: Symphony #3 in D Major, op. 29 “Polish”

THU.

APRIL  6  Johann Kuhnau (1660) / Alessandro Rolla (1757) / Friedrich Volkmann (1815) / Carlos Salzedo (1885) / Andrew Imbrie (1921) / Edison Denisov (1929) / André Previn (1929)

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» The Spider’s Feast «» A look at the southern Italian legend of the poisonous spider’s bite which prompted the creation of the fast dance called tarantella.

6 pm

Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D Major, op. 35;  Roussel: Serenade for Flute, Violin, Viola, Cello and Harp, op. 30

7 pm

Burgmüller: La Péri

8 pm

Beethoven: Leonore Prohaska (Incidental Music), WoO 96;  Mozart: Sonata for Violin and Piano in A Major, K. 526

9 pm

GOOD FOLK «» New Folk «» Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys: Dominos;  Cindy Mangsen: Cat Tales;  Jamie Byrd: Garden of Days;  Pat Surface: The Long Goodbye;  Louis Ledford: Reverie;  Janet Bates and Instruments of Change: The Colours Will Come Back;  Moro: Morosongs;  Mutual Admiration Society

11 pm

NEW MUSIC GALLERY «» Brent Gunter: Andalucia;  Buzz Turner: Finally Home;  Sonny Linn: Slack Key Guitar

FRI.

APRIL  7  Eduardo Toldrá (1895) / Robert Casadesus (1899) / Ravi Shankar (1920)

10 am

Mozart: Symphony #40 in G Minor, K. 550

11 am

Bruch: Scottish Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra, op. 46

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» Ad Libitum «» A discussion of this instruction to performers by composers telling them to play a certain passage “at liberty”, focusing on just how much liberty the performer should be allowed to take.

SAT.

APRIL  8  Giuseppe Tartini (1692) / Sir Adrian Boult (1889) / Josef Krips (1902) / Franco Corelli (1921) / Walter Berry (1929) / John Reardon (1930)

9 am

Beethoven: Concerto for Violin, Cello, Piano and Orchestra in C Major, op. 56

10 am

Debussy: La Mer

11 am

Raff: Symphony #2 in C Major, op. 140

noon

Haydn: Symphony #100 in G Major “Military”;  Gershwin: An American in Paris;  Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending (Romance for Violin and Orchestra)

1 pm

Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé (complete)

2 pm

Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Incidental Music), opp. 21 & 61;  Beethoven: Sonata for Violin and Piano #5 in F Major, op. 24 “Spring”

3 pm

Barber: Adagio for Strings, op. 11;  Mozart: Serenade in G Major, K. 525 “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik”

6 pm

ONE GREAT SONG «» Over the Rainbow «» Recordings by Judy Garland, Shorty Rogers, Glenn Miller, Johnny Smith, Donald Byrd/Gigi Gryce, George Shearing, and James Moody

SUN.

APRIL  9  Johann Crüger (1598) / Matthias Georg Monn (1717) / Sol Hurok (1888) / Efrem Zimbalist (1889) / Paul Robeson (1898) / Antal Dorati (1906) / Jerszy Maksymiuk (1936) / Aulis Sallinen (1935)

2 pm

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

3 pm

THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC «» Lorin Maazel, conductor; Gabriela Montero, piano «» Schubert: Symphony #5 in B-flat Major, D. 485;  Schoenberg: Variations for Orchestra, op. 31;  Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini for Piano and Orchestra, op. 43;  Ravel: La Valse

MON.

APRIL  10  Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (1760) / Domenico Dragonetti (1763) / Eugène d’Albert (1864) / Sigmund Spaeth (1885) / Victor de Sabata (1892) / Luigi Alva (1927) / Claude Bolling (1930) / Jorge Mester (1935)

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» The Breadth of the Blues «» A tribute to W.C. Handy, the father of the blues, and the influence he had on composers both in America and abroad.

6:55 pm

Mario Lanza and Friends

7 pm

Monday Evening Piano Concerto

8 pm

GREAT PIANISTS OF THE 20^TH CENTURY with Mike Shakinvosky «» Ignaz Friedman «» Music of Beethoven, Chopin, Gartner, and Friedman

9 pm

Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622

10 pm

Shostakovich: String Quartet #1 in C Major, op. 49

11 pm

Stravinksy: Threni

TUE.

APRIL  11  Anne Danican Philidor (1681) / Jean-Joseph Mouret (1682) / Sir Charles Hallé (1819) / Alberto Ginastera (1916) / Karel Ancerl (1908) / Gervase de Peyer (1926) / Kurt Moll (1938)

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» Name the Composer «» The monthly mystery composer quiz, challenging you to identify a famous composer by listening to his music.

6 pm

Chopin: Piano Sonata #2 in B-flat Minor, op. 35 (“Funeral March”)

7 pm

Gade: Symphony #2 in E Major, op. 10

8 pm

EVENING AT THE OPERA «» Gounod: Faust

WED.

APRIL  12  Pietro Nardini (1722) / Josef Lanner (1801) / Imogen Holst (1907) / Lionel Hampton (1908) / Jean-François Paillard (1928) / Montserrat Caballé (1933)

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» Freedom Festival «» A program of music for the day before the eve of the Jewish festival of Passover,

9 pm

Mozart: La Clemenza di Tito, K. 621 (Overture);  Rimsky-Korsakov: Concerto for Trombone and Band in B-flat Major;  Grieg: Peer Gynt (Incidental Music) (Suite #1, op. 46 and Suite #2, op. 55)

10 pm

Strauss: Salome (Final Scene);  Schubert: Quintet for Piano and Strings in A Major, D. 667 (op. 14)  “Trout”

11 pm

Roussel: Sinfonietta for String Orchestra, op. 52;  Shostakovich: Symphony #5 in D Minor, op. 47

THU.

APRIL  13  William Sterndale Bennett (1816) / Ethel Leginska (1886) / Margaret Price (1941)

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» The Romantic Piano «» One in the series of programs on the evolution of Romantic piano music.

6 pm

Tchaikovsky: Suite for Orchestra #1 in D Minor, op. 43

7 pm

Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622;  Ippolitov-Ivanov: Caucasian Sketches (Set #1, op. 10)

8 pm

Zemlinsky: Symphony #1 in D Minor;  Handel: Concerto a due cori #3 in F Major (“Judas Maccabæus”)

9 pm

GOOD FOLK «» Concerts «» Joan Baez: Bowery Songs;  Tom Paxton: Live in the U.K.;  Eric Tingstad & Nancy Rumbel: A Dream and a Wish

11 pm

NEW MUSIC GALLERY «» Davol: A Day Like No Other;  Takesian: Aqua Afternoon

FRI.

APRIL  14  Paavo Berglund (1929) / Morton Subotnick (1933) / Julian Lloyd Webber (1951)

10 am

Mozart: Sonata for 2 Pianos in D Major, K. 448

11 am

Mendelssohn: Symphony #4 in A Major, op. 90 “Italian”

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» Good Friday «» A program of music in the spirit of the day, and of the Easter holiday season.

SAT.

APRIL  15  Domenico Gabrielli (1651) / Johann Fasch (1688) / Sir Neville Marriner (1924)

9 am

Mozart: Quintet for Strings in C Major, K. 515

10 am

Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence, op. 70

11 am

Chausson: Symphony in B-flat Major, op. 20

noon

Haydn: Flute Concerto in D Major, Hob. VIIf:1

1 pm

Alwyn: Elizabethan Dances

2 pm

Vaughan Williams: Symphony #5 in D Major

3 pm

Handel: Messiah (excerpts)

6 pm

ONE GREAT SONG «» I Can’t Get Started «» Recordings by Bunny Berigan, Lionel Hampton, Billie Holiday, Curtis Counce, John Lewis, and Barry Manilow

SUN.

APRIL  16  Léo Weiner (1885) / Federico Mompou (1893) / Milton Cross (1897) / Lili Pons (1898) / Henry Mancini (1924) / Dennis Russell Davies (1944)

3 pm

THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC «» Lorin Maazel, conductor; Fiorenza Cedolins, soprano; Luciana D’Intino, mezzo-soprano; Ramón Vargas, tenor; Orlin Anastassov, bass; New York Choral Artists (Joseph Flummerfelt, director) «» Verdi: Requiem

MON.

APRIL  17  Johann David Heinichen (1683) / Johann Gottlieb Naumann (1741) / Artur Schnabel (1882) / Dame Maggie Teyte (1888) / Harald Saeverud (1897) / Gregor Piatigorsky (1903) / Graziella Sciutti (1932) / Anja Silja (1940)

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» Music in the Genes «» Today’s program examines the Jeans, Genes, and Eugenes of music.

6:55 pm

Mario Lanza and Friends

7 pm

Monday Evening Piano Concerto

8 pm

GREAT PIANISTS OF THE 20^TH CENTURY with Mike Shakinvosky «» Ossip Gabrilowitsch «» Music of Gabrilowitsch, Schumann, Brahms, Grainger, Delibes, Arensky, and Scheutt

9 pm

Handel: Giulio Cesare (conclusion) (Act 3)

10 pm

Handel: Israel in Egypt

TUE.

APRIL  18  Giacomo Carissimi (1605) / Franz von Suppé (1819) / Wilhelm Gericke (1845) / Leopold Stokowski (1882) / Miklós Rózsa (1913) / Kent Kennan (1913) / George Shirley (1934) / Catherine Malfitano (1948)

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» The Universal Waltz «» Viennese composers do not have a monopoly on the waltz, as attested by today’s program of waltzes conceived outside of Vienna.

6 pm

d’Indy: Symphony #2 in B-flat Major, op. 57

7 pm

Turina: Sinfonia Sevillana, op. 23

8 pm

EVENING AT THE OPERA «» Social Security Singers (Joe Pearce, guest)

WED.

APRIL  19  Orazio Benevoli (1605) / Augustus D. Juillard (1836) / Germaine Tailleferre (1892) / Joseph Keilberth (1908) / Murray Perahia (1947)

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» Music and Humanism «» Today’s program attempts to illustrate music’s human qualities as they prompt the creator, the interpreter, and (above all) the listener.

9 pm

Berlioz: Les Francs-jugues (Overture);  Martinů: Sonata for Flute and Piano;  Weber: Symphony #1 in C Major

10 pm

Falla: El Amor Brujo;  Mozart: Piano Concerto #25 in C Major, K. 503

11 pm

Danielpour: Toward the Splendid City;  Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade (Symphonic Suite), op. 35

THU.

APRIL  20  Nikolai Miaskovsky (1881) / John Eliot Gardiner (1943)

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» Hold On to Your Hats «» You are challenged to sit still during this program of spectacular works performed in an unforgettable manner.

6 pm

Massenet: Suite for Orchestra #7 “Scènes alsaciennes”;  Petrini: Harp Concerto #4 in E-flat Major

7 pm

Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings in C Major, op. 48;  Smetana: Má Vlast (#4 “From Bohemia’s Woods and Fields”)

8 pm

Bizet: Symphony in C Major;  Thompson: The Testament of Freedom

9 pm

GOOD FOLK «» Center Stage «» Bill Staines: The Second Million Miles;  Christine Lavin: Folk Zinger;  Tracy Grammer: Flower of Avalon;  Terrence Martin: Lost Hills;  Stacy Phillips & Friends: The Butterfly

11 pm

NEW MUSIC GALLERY «» Rob Costlow: Woods of Chaos;  Jim Wilson: A Place in My Heart