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FRI. DECEMBER 1PRIVATE Franz Xaver Richter (1709) / Giuseppe Sarti (1729) / Agathe Backer-Grondahl (1847) / Dorothy James (1901) / Gordon Crosse (1937)PRIVATE 10 am Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, op. 71 (excerpts) 11 am Dvorak: Symphony #9 in E Minor, op. 95 “From the New World” 5 pm KARL HAAS «» In a Festive Mood «» The festive month of December is ushered in with music of an especially celebratory mood. SAT. DECEMBER 2 Henry Thacker Burleigh (1866) / Sir John Barbirolli (1899) / Adolph Green (1915) / Maria Callas (1923) / Jörg Demus (1928) 9 am Haydn: String Quartet in D Major, Hob. III:34 (op. 20/#4) 10 am Debussy: Images (Book #2, for Piano) 11 am Sibelius: Symphony #6 in D Minor, op. 104 noon Thompson: The Last Words of David; Enescu: Roumanian Rhapsody #1 in A Major, op. 11/#1; Dvorak: Symphony #4 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’Arlesienne (Incidental Music) (Suite #1); Haydn: String Quartet in D Major, Hob. III:76 (op. 76/#2) (“Fifths”); Delibes: Sylvia (Suite) 3 pm Lehár: The Merry Widow (“Siren of the Dance” Waltzes); Massenet: Suite for Orchestra #1, op. 13 6 pm ONE GREAT SONG «» You Stepped Out of a Dream «» Recordings by Stan Kenton, Sarah Vaughan, Bobby Jaspar, Tony Martin, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Grant Green, and Sonny Rollins SUN. DECEMBER 3 Nicolo Amati (1596) / Padre Antonio Soler (1729) / Anton Webern (1883) / Nino Rota (1911) / Irving Fine (1914) / Phyllis Curtin (1922) 2 pm BEHIND THE NOTES «» Featuring the New Haven Symphony Orchestra and Jung-Ho Pak, Music Director 3 pm THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC «» Jonathan Nott, conductor; Peter Serkin, piano «» Beethoven: King Stephan (Incidental Music), op. 117 (Overture); Ligeti: Lontano; Bartók: Piano Concerto #1; Beethoven: Symphony #5 in C Minor, op. 67 MON. DECEMBER 4 Christoph Loeffelholz von Colberg (1572) / André Campra (1660) / Johann Friedrich Burgmüller (1806) / Sir Hamilton Harty (1879) / Yvonne Minton (1938) 4 pm CLASSICAL KIDS «» Vivaldi’s Ring of Mystery «» A young violinist, Katarina, arrives at the orphanage where Vivaldi was music director. Aided by Giovanni the gondolier, she searches throughout Venice for clues to her mysterious past. 5 pm KARL HAAS «» Ad libitum «» An indication given to performers by the composer to play a certain passage “at liberty”; today’s program explores how much freedom should be employed. 6:55 pm Mario Lanza and Friends 7 pm Monday Evening Piano Concerto 8 pm GREAT PIANISTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY with Mike Shakinovsky «» Wilhelm Backhaus «» Music of Chopin, Brahms, Beethoven, and Schumann. 9 pm Shostakovich: Festive Overture, op. 96; Poulenc: Concerto for Organ, Strings and Timpani in G Minor; Rossini (arr Respighi): La Boutique Fantasque 10 pm Vaughan Williams: Old King Cole (A Ballet for Orchestra); Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto #2 in C Minor, op. 18 11 pm Persichetti: Psalm for Band, op. 53; Mozart: Requiem in D Minor, K. 626 TUE. DECEMBER 5 Francesco Geminiani (1687) / José Carreras (1946) 5 pm KARL HAAS «» Key Issues «» A discussion with illustration of the character of individual tonalities as used by various composers. 8 pm EVENING AT THE OPERA «» Russian Bassos WED. DECEMBER 6 Ira Gershwin (1896) / Dave Brubeck (1920) / Nikolaus Harnoncourt (1929) / Henryk-Mikolaj Górecki (1933) 5 pm KARL HAAS «» A Magnificent Wardrobe «» Today’s program examines the many examples of variations on a theme. 9 pm Liszt: Symphonic Poem #5 “Prometheus”; Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F Major; Mozart: Serenade in D Major, K. 239 “Serenata Notturna” 10 pm Berlioz: Quartetto e Coro dei Maggi (for Chorus and Orchestra); Beethoven: String Quartet #13 in B-flat Major (with “Grosse Fuge” finale) 11 pm Górecki: Symphony #3 (“Symphony of Sorrowful Songs”) THU. 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 «» Alla Polacca «» A program of Polish dances, both from within compositions and as miscellaneous pieces. 6 pm Debussy (orch. Büsser): Printemps (Symphonic Suite); Dvorak: Serenade for Strings in E Major, op. 22 7 pm Shostakovich: Symphony #15 in A Major, op. 141 8 pm Liszt: Fantasia on Hungarian Folk Melodies (for Piano and Orchestra); Schurmann: Ludovicus Pius 9 pm GOOD FOLK «» New Folk «» Catie Curtis: Long Night Moon; The Duhks: Migrations; Ricky Scaggs & Kentucky Thunder: Instrumentals; Kelly Joe Phelps: Time Will Retrofit; Sam Pacetti & Gabriel Valla: Union; Kat Mills: Long Time; Dreamchair Music: Creek’s Risin’; Richard Ellers: Love Songs, Ballads and Broadsides 11 pm NEW MUSIC GALLERY «» Alex De Grassi: Pure; Kohala: Deeper Blue FRI. DECEMBER 8 Johann Christoph Bach (1642) / Fantisek Dusek (1731) / Jean Sibelius (1865) / Manuel Ponce (1882) / Bohuslav Martinů (1890) / James Galway (1939) 10 am Vieuxtemps: Sonata for Viola and Piano in B-flat Major, op. 36 11 am Glazunov: Raymonda, op. 57 (Act 1) 5 pm KARL HAAS «» Catch Phrases «» Musical phrases that are easy to listen to and good enough to remember. SAT. DECEMBER 9 Emil Waldteufel (1837) / Joaquín Turina (1882) / Conchita Supervia (1895) / Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (1915) / Alan Ridout (1934) / Tatiana Troyanos (1938) / Joshua Bell (1967) 9 am Bach: Magnificat in D Major, S. 243 10 am Dvorak: The Golden Spinning Wheel (Symphonic Poem), op. 109 11 am Stanford: Symphony #5 in D Major, op. 56 L’Allegro ed il Penseroso” noon Trad.: “Johnny has Gone for a Soldier”; Bax: Tintagel (Symphonic Poem); Rheinberger: Organ Concerto #1 in F Major, op. 137; Brahms: Tragic Overture, op. 81 1 pm Massenet: Suite for Orchestra #5 “Scènes Napolitaines”; Mozart: Piano Concerto #22 in E-flat Major, K. 482; Lloyd Webber: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (“Any Dream Will Do”); Lloyd Webber: Aspects of Love (“Love Changes Everything”); Wildhorn: Jekyll and Hyde (“This is the Moment”) 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 «» Smoke Gets In Your Eyes «» Recordings by Irene Dunne (Roberta Soundtrack), John Lewis, Clifford Brown, Don Byas, The Platters, Artie Shaw, Thelonious Monk, and Roberta Gambarini SUN. 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) 3 pm THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC «» Lorin Maazel, conductor; Joyce Yang, piano «» Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini for Piano and Orchestra, op. 43; Beethoven: Symphony #3 in E-flat Major, op. 55 “Eroica” MON. DECEMBER 11 Manuel Cardoso (1566) / Charles Wesley (1757) / Hector Berlioz (1803) / Eugene Thayer (1838) / Giacomo Lauri-Volpi (1892) / Elliott Carter (1908) / James McCracken (1926) 4 pm CLASSICAL KIDS «» Tchaikovsky Discovers America «» Tchaikovsky arrives in New York for the grand opening of Carnegie Hall in 1891. During his famous trip to Niagara Falls, he shares stories with a young family about his music, his life, and his fear of conducting. In the end, both the composer and the family discover something about courage and about themselves. A poignant story of the Old World meeting the New. 5 pm KARL HAAS «» Cross Fertilization «» A look at how composers influenced one another’s works. 6:55 pm Mario Lanza and Friends 7 pm Monday Evening Piano Concerto 8 pm GREAT PIANISTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY with Mike Shakinovsky «» Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli «» Music of Debussy, Liszt, Schumann, and Ravel 9 pm Britten: St. Nicolas (Cantata), op. 42 10 pm Bruckner: Symphony #8 in C Minor 11 pm Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols TUE. DECEMBER 12 Lodovico Giustini (1685) / Kurt Atterberg (1887) / Frank Sinatra (1915) / Frank Ahrold (1931) 5 pm KARL HAAS «» Name the Composer «» The mystery composer quiz, challenging you to identify a composer by listening to his music, ranging from the unfamiliar to the well-known. 8 pm EVENING AT THE OPERA «» Four Great Tenors (Jesús López, guest) WED. DECEMBER 13 Thomas Walter (1696) / Josef Lhévinne (1874) / Samuel Dushkin (1891) / Jonel Perlea (1900) / Carlos Montoya (1903) 5 pm KARL HAAS «» The Story of the Concerto «» An installment in the series on the development of the concerto form from its earliest beginnings to our time. 9 pm Anderson: “Sleigh Ride”; holiday selections by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir; Vaughan Williams: Symphony #3 “A Pastoral Symphony” 10 pm Monteverdi: Christmas Vespers (for Brass); Mozart: Exsultate, jubilate (Motet), K. 165; Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, op. 71 THU. 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 «» The Thrill of the Trill «» A look at the various forms of ornaments and embellishments of melodies. 6 pm Hanson: Fantasy Variations on a Theme of Youth; Glazunov: Scènes de Ballet, op. 52; Finzi: In Terra Pax, op. 39 7 pm Bruckner: Symphony #9 in D Minor 8 pm Gallico: The Snow Goose (with narration) 9 pm GOOD FOLK «» Folk Revival I «» A retrospective of the classic folksongs of the 1950’s and ‘60’s, featuring artists such as Harry Belafonte, Bob Dylan, Simon and Garfunkel, and the Kingston Trio 11 pm NEW MUSIC GALLERY «» Blackmore’s Night: Winter Carols; Richard Carr: Christmastide; Windham Hill Holiday Guitar Collection; Michael Dulin: Christmas at Our House FRI. DECEMBER 15 Christoph Demantius (1567) / Michel Richard Delalande (1657) / Ida Haendel (1924) / Raina Kabaivanska (1934) 10 am Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, op. 20 (excerpts) 11 am Elgar: Sonata for Violin and Piano in E Minor, op. 82 5 pm KARL HAAS «» Famous Shapes «» A sampling of some of the favorite forms of music, as used by various composers. SAT. 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) 9 am Beethoven: Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano #1 in E-flat Major, op. 1/#1 10 am Beethoven: String Quartet #16 in F Major, op. 135 11 am Beethoven: Symphony #3 in E-flat Major, op. 55 “Eroica” noon Schubert: Three Military Marches for Piano 4-Hands, D. 733 (op. 51); Loewe: Gigi (Suite); Beethoven: Symphony #2 in D Major, op. 36 1 pm Mendelssohn: Symphony for Strings #11 in F Major; Grofé: Mississippi Suite; Dvorak: Romance for Violin and Orchestra in F Minor, op. 11 2 pm Orff: Carmina Burana 3 pm Mozart: Flute Concerto #1 in G Major, K. 313 6 pm ONE GREAT SONG «» Out of Nowhere «» Recordings by Bing Crosby, Sonny Criss, Django Reinhardt, Red Norvo, Charlie Parker, Lena Horne, and Paul Desmond SUN. DECEMBER 17 Domenico Cimarosa (1749) / Arthur Fiedler (1894) 3 pm THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC «» Lorin Maazel, conductor; Leon Fleisher, piano; Nancy Gustafson, soprano «» Mozart: Piano Concerto #12 in A Major, K. 414; Hindemith: Klaviermusik mit Orchester; Roussel: Bacchus et Ariane, op. 43 (Suite #2); Strauss: Salome (Final Scene) MON. DECEMBER 18 Philipp Dulichius (1562) / Edward MacDowell (1860) / Lionel Monckton (1861) 4 pm CLASSICAL KIDS «» Beethoven Lives Upstairs «» Young Christoph exchanges letters with his uncle about the chaotic arrival of Mr. Beethoven into his house. In the end, he is won over by the music and true incidents in the great composer’s life. 5 pm KARL HAAS «» Beethoven Magic «» In a belated birthday celebration, an assessment of the incredible power of Beethoven’s 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 «» Murray Perahia «» Music of Mendelssohn, Schubert, Liszt, Handel, and Mozart 9 pm Handel: Judas Maccabaeus TUE. DECEMBER 19 Louis Nicolas Clérambault (1676) / George Frederick Bristow (1825) / Bronislaw Hubermann (1882) / Fritz Reiner (1888) / Edith Piaf (1915) 5 pm KARL HAAS «» Presents Worth Unwrapping «» A basket of unusual compositions to celebrate the season. 8 pm EVENING AT THE OPERA «» Mozart’s Operas (Renate Ludanyi, guest) WED. DECEMBER 20 Louis Nicolas Clérambault (1676) / George Frederick Bristow (1825) / Bronislaw Hubermann (1882) / Fritz Reiner (1888) / Edith Piaf (1915) 5 pm KARL HAAS «» A Christmas Quilt «» A program featuring various colorful and differing musical views of Christmas. 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 21 Zdenek Fibich (1850) / Leroy Robertson (1896) / Julius Chajes (1910) / Michael Tilson Thomas (1944) / András Schiff (1953) 5 pm KARL HAAS «» Hallelujah «» The meaning of this exclamation found in Scripture, and its many applications in music. 6 pm Hymns, Songs and Spirituals from St. Paul’s Episcopal Church; Manfredini: Concerto Grosso in C Major, op. 3/#12 “Christmas”; Anderson: A Christmas Festival 7 pm C. Davis: A Christmas Carol (Suite); selections from Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir 8 pm Mozart: Exsultate, jubilate (Motet), K. 165; Tiomkin: It’s a Wonderful Life (Suite) 9 pm GOOD FOLK «» Christmas Traditions «» Joan Baez: Noël; Peter, Paul & Mary: A Holiday Celebration; Loreena McKennit: A Winter Garden; To Drive the Cold Winter Away; The Chieftains: Bells of Dublin; Odetta: Christmas Spirituals; John Denver: Christmas Lullaby; Patrick Ball: Christmas Rose 11 pm NEW MUSIC GALLERY «» Harvey Reid & Joyce Andersen: Christmas Morning; Celtic Woman: A Christmas Celebration; Edward Wright: Christmas Guitar Solos FRI. DECEMBER 22 Karl Friedrich Abel (1723) / Giovanni Bottesini (1821) / Franz Schmidt (1874) / Edgar Varèse (1883) / André Kostelanetz (1901) / Felix Slatkin (1915) 10 am Weber: Piano Concerto #2 in E-flat Major, op. 32 (J. 155) 11 am Glazunov: Raymonda, op. 57 (Act 2) 5 pm KARL HAAS «» The Story of the Bells «» The annual program of bell sounds from all over the world. SAT. 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) 9 am Rimsky-Korsakov: Christmas Eve (Suite) 10 am Puccini: Messa di Gloria 11 am Fry: Santa Claus (Christmas Symphony) noon Howells: Fantasia for Cello and Orchestra 1 pm Green: Mass of St. Francis of Assisi (for Solo Piano) 2 pm Selections from The Wonder of Christmas (Live concert recordings by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir) 3 pm A Child’s Christmas in Wales (Dylan Thomas) 6 pm ONE GREAT SONG «» They Say It’s Wonderful «» Recordings by Ethel Merman and Ray Middleton, Lennie Niehaus, Bob Brookmeyer, John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman, Charles, McPherson, and Judy Garland and Howard Keel SUN. 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) 3 pm CHRISTMAS WITH THE PHILADELPHIA SINGERS 4 pm CAROLS FOR DANCING 5 pm CLASSICAL KIDS «» It’s a Classical Kids Christmas 9 pm CAROLS OF NINE CENTURIES «» with Clint MacGowan MON. DECEMBER 25 Orlando Gibbons (1583) / José Jiménez (1601) / Giuseppe de Luca (1876) / Gladys Swarthout (1904) / Cab Calloway (1907) / Noël Lee (1924) 6:55 pm Mario Lanza and Friends 7 pm Monday Evening Piano Concerto 8 pm GREAT PIANISTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY with Mike Shakinovsky «» Alicia de Larrocha «» Music of Granados, Albéniz, Turina, Beethoven, Mozart, and Montsalvatge 9 pm Bach: Christmas Oratorio, S. 248 TUE. 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 «» A celebration of the Festival of Lights with appropriate music. 8 pm EVENING AT THE OPERA «» Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana; Leoncavallo: I Pagliacci WED. DECEMBER 27 Bernard van Dieren (1884) / Marlene Dietrich (1901) / Oscar Levant (1906) 5 pm KARL HAAS «» In Conversation «» Musical dialogues between individual instruments or groups. 9 pm Mozart: “Ave, verum corpus”, K. 618; Ravel: Mother Goose (complete); Britten: A Ceremony of Carols 10 pm Schumann: Scenes from Childhood, op. 15; Berlioz: L’Enfance du Christ, op. 25 THU. DECEMBER 28 Johann Krieger (1651) / Johann Christian Cannabich (1731) / Roger Sessions (1896) / Earl “Fatha” Hines (1905) 5 pm KARL HAAS «» Emphatic Statements «» A look at the definitive and strong emphasis found in various musical works. 6 pm Haydn: Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano in C Major, Hob. XV:C1; Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf, op. 67 7 pm Gershwin: Dayful of Song; Ravel: Shéhérazade (Ouverture de Féerie) 8 pm Mozart: Symphony #30 in D Major, K. 202; Beethoven: String Quartet #4 in C Minor, op. 18/#4 9 pm GOOD FOLK «» Treasures «» Roger McGuinn: Treasures from the Folk Den; Odetta: Lookin’ for a Home; John Hartford: Gum Tree Canoe; Doc Watson at Gerde’s Folk City 11 pm NEW MUSIC GALLERY «» Ophelia: Rhythmic Jubilee; Ken Elkinson: Cue FRI. DECEMBER 29 Pablo Casals (1876) / Peggy Glanville-Hicks (1912) / Roman Vlad (1919) 5 pm KARL HAAS «» Ring in the New «» A program in anticipation of the New Year. SAT. DECEMBER 30 William Croft (1678) / André Messager (1853) / Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904) / Paul Bowles (1910) / Sir David Willcocks (1919) / Noel “Paul” Stookey (1937) / Jeff Lynne (1947) 9 am Mozart: Piano Concerto #24 in C Minor, K. 491 10 am Respighi: Roman Festivals; Mahler: Symphony #5 in C-sharp Minor noon Bruch: Serenade for Violin and Orchestra, op. 75 1 pm Tchaikovsky: Symphony #3 in D Major, op. 29 “Polish” 2 pm Strauss: Four Last Songs 3 pm Rimsky-Korsakov: Piano Concerto in C-sharp Minor, op. 30 6 pm ONE GREAT SONG «» Softly as in a Morning Sunrise «» Recordings by The New Moon, Sonny Criss, Bob Haggart, Bobby Darin, Artie Shaw, June Christy, and George Benson SUN. DECEMBER 31 Ernest John Moeran (1894) / Silvestre Revueltas (1899) / Nathan Milstein (1904) / Jule Styne (1905) / Jaap Schröder (1925) / Odetta (1930) / John Denver (1943) 3 pm THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC «» Bramwell Tovey, conductor; The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra «» Copland: El Salón México; Rouse: Symphony #2; Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, op. 71 (Suite #1, excerpts); Tchaikovsky (arr. Ellington/Strayhorn): Nutcracker Suite
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