WED. |
FEBRUARY 1 Miguel López (1669) / Francesco Maria Veracini (1690) / Josse Boutmy (1697) / Johann Joachim Agrell (1701) / Victor Herbert (1859) / Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1874) / Alexander Kipnis (1891) / Camargo Mozart Guarnieri (1907) / Renata Tebaldi (1922) |
5 pm |
KARL HAAS «» Color Schemes «» A look at how composers choose different combinations of instruments to achieve different effects of color in their music. |
9 pm |
Dvorak: Slavonic Dance in A-flat Major, op. 46/#3; Mozart: Quartet for Oboe and Strings in F Major, K. 370; Shostakovich: Symphony #1 in F Minor, op. 10 |
10 pm |
Paganini: Violin Concerto #1 in D Major, op. 6; Bruckner: Symphony #8 in C Minor |
THU. |
FEBRUARY 2 Louis Marchand (1669) / Fritz Kreisler (1875) / Jascha Heifetz (1901) / Lisa Della Casa (1919) / Martina Arroyo (1937) / Andrew Davis (1944) |
5 pm |
KARL HAAS «» An American Debut: Kreisler «» In 1882, Fritz Kreisler, one of the greatest violinists of all time made his American debut at the old Steinway Hall in New York. In honor of his birthday, today’s program presents works that Kreisler performed during his career. |
6 pm |
Dvorak: Symphony #3 in E-flat Major, op. 10; Walton: Prelude for Orchestra "Granada" |
7 pm |
Mussorgsky (orch. various): Pictures at an Exhibition; Thompson: The Peaceable Kingdom |
8 pm |
Lloyd Webber: The Woman in White (Suite for Orchestra); Beethoven: Fantasy for Piano, Chorus and Orchestra in C Minor, op. 80 |
9 pm |
GOOD FOLK «» New Folk «» Dar Williams: My Better Self; The Love Hall Tryst: Songs of Misfortune; Chris De Burgh: The Road to Freedom; Clive Gregson: Long Story Short; Kathy Hussy: Moments of Wonder; Chatham County Line: Route 23; Melwood Cutlery: Campfire; Amy Leonard; Frank Maher & Mahers Bahers: Mahervelous |
11 pm |
NEW MUSIC GALLERY «» Nigel Holton: This Journey; Cirque de Soleil: KÁ |
FRI. |
FEBRUARY 3 Johann Albrechtsberger (1736) / Josef Fiala (1748) / Felix Mendelssohn (1809) / Sidney Lanier (1842) / Priaulx Rainier (1903) / Georg Trexler (1903) / Luigi Dallapiccola (1904) |
5 pm |
KARL HAAS «» The Art of Feather-Stitching «» A program honoring the birthday of Felix Mendelssohn, a master of the scherzo, several examples of which are included on today’s program. |
SAT. |
FEBRUARY 4 Johann Ludwig Bach (1677) / Bernard Rogers (1893) / Erich Leinsdorf (1912) / Toshi Ichiyanagi (1933) / Martti Talvela (1935) |
9 am |
Mozart: Piano Concerto #19 in F Major, K. 459 |
10 am |
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, op. 35 |
11 am |
Sibelius: Symphony #4 in A Minor, op. 63 |
noon |
Saint-Saëns: Javotte (Fantasy for Orchestra); L. Mozart: Symphony in D Major "The Peasant Wedding"; Herbert: Irish Rhapsody (for Orchestra) |
1 pm |
Haydn: Symphony #96 in D Major "Miracle"; Khachaturian: Masquerade (Suite); Dvorák: Carnival (Concert Overture), op. 92 |
2 pm |
Beethoven: Piano Concerto #2 in B-flat Major, op. 19; Bach: Suite for Orchestra #1 in C Major, S. 1066 |
3 pm |
Mozart: Vesperć Solennes de Confessore in C Major, K. 339 |
6 pm |
ONE GREAT SONG «» When Your Lover Has Gone «» Recordings by Louis Armstrong, Gerry Mulligan & Stan Getz, Al Cohn, Carmen McRae, Art Blakey, and Teddy Wilson |
SUN. |
FEBRUARY 5 Ole Bull (1810) / Jussi Björling (1911) / Sir John Pritchard (1921) / Phyllis Bryn-Julson (1945) |
2 pm |
BEHIND THE NOTES «» Featuring the New Haven Symphony Orchestra and Jung-Ho Pak, Music Director |
3 pm |
THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC «» Kurt Masur, conductor; Louis Lortie, piano «» Beethoven: Symphony #6 in F Major, op. 68 "Pastorale"; Liszt: Fantasy on Motives from Beethoven’s The Ruins of Athens; Liszt: Totentanz (Paraphrase on Dies Irae); Prokofiev: Scythian Suite, op. 20 |
MON. |
FEBRUARY 6 Sebastian Ochsenkun (1521) / Karl Weigl (1881) / Claudio Arrau (1903) |
5 pm |
KARL HAAS «» Mozart’s Travels «» Mozart traveled extensively during his life, and today’s program considers how those travels affected his creative output. |
6:55 pm |
Mario Lanza and Friends |
7 pm |
Monday Evening Piano Concerto |
8 pm |
GREAT PIANISTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY with Mike Shakinovsky «» Daniel Barenboim «» Music of Liszt, Mozart, Mendelssohn, and Beethoven |
9 pm |
Barber: Third Essay for Orchestra, op. 47; Mozart: Piano Sonata #16 in B-flat Major, K. 570; Kodály: Háry János (Suite) |
10 pm |
Dvorak: Serenade for Winds in D Minor, op. 44; Shostakovich: Violin Concerto #2 in C-sharp Minor, op. 129 |
11 pm |
Debussy (orch. Koechlin): Khamma; Handel: Dixit Dominus (HWV 232) |
TUE. |
FEBRUARY 7 Claudia Muzio (1889) / Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871) / Erkki Melartin (1875) / Ossip Gabrilovich (1878) / Eubie Blake (1883) / Quincy Porter (1897) / Marius Constant (1925) / David Bar-Illan (1930) / Stuart Burrows (1933) |
5 pm |
KARL HAAS «» The Rest of the Story «» Silence often provides a dramatic contrast in music, and today’s program offers examples of how silence is used as a musical tool. |
6 pm |
Brahms: Piano Concerto #1 in D Minor, op. 15 |
7 pm |
Debussy: La Mer |
8 pm |
EVENING AT THE OPERA «» Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Act 3) |
WED. |
FEBRUARY 8 André Grétry (1741) / Norbert Burgmüller (1810) / John Williams (1932) / Elly Ameling (1938) |
5 pm |
KARL HAAS «» Fancy Free «» Another program of musical "fantasies". |
9 pm |
Williams: The Cowboys (Concert Overture); Williams: TreeSong (for Violin and Orchestra); Williams: American Journey |
10 pm |
Williams: Schindler’s List (Film Score) (Theme); Williams: Music from the Indiana Jones films; Williams: Flute Concerto; Williams: Heartwood (for Cello and Orchestra); Williams: Saving Private Ryan (film score) ("Hymn to the Fallen"); Williams: Olympic Fanfare and Theme |
11 pm |
Williams: Music from the Star Wars films; Williams: E.T., the Extra-Terrestrial (excerpts) |
THU. |
FEBRUARY 9 Alban Berg (1885) / Harald Genzmer (1909) / Emil Petrovics (1930) / Hildegard Behrens (1937) |
5 pm |
KARL HAAS «» Let’s Go Cuckoo «» A look at how certain expression found in music correspond to some concepts we use in daily language. |
6 pm |
Beethoven: Concerto for Violin, Cello and Piano in C Major, op. 56; Puccini (arr. Palmer): La Bohčme (Fantasy for Orchestra) |
7 pm |
Bax: Symphony #6; Offenbach: Bluebeard (Overture) |
8 pm |
Korngold: The Adventures of Robin Hood (Film Score) (Suite); Thompson: Frostiana (7 Country Songs) |
9 pm |
GOOD FOLK «» The Civil War «» Robert De Cormier Chorale: Abe; The Civil War (music from the original soundtrack); Sparky and Rhonda Rucker: Blue and Gray in Black and White |
11 pm |
NEW MUSIC GALLERY «» Dechen Shak-Dagsay: Dewa Che; Ray: Celestial Touch |
FRI. |
FEBRUARY 10 Adelina Patti (1843) / Larry Adler (1914) / Cesare Siepi (1923) / Leontyne Price (1927) / Jerry Goldsmith (1929) / Barbara Kolb (1939) |
5 pm |
KARL HAAS «» Stop, Look and Listen «» Musical works inspired by paintings. |
SAT. |
FEBRUARY 11 Hans Bronsart von Schellendorf (1830) / Rudolf Firkusny (1912) / Edith Mathis (1938) |
9 am |
Haydn: String Quartet in G Major, Hob. III:29 (op. 17/#5) |
10 am |
Copland: Concerto for Clarinet and String Orchestra (with Piano and Harp) |
11 am |
Brahms: Symphony #4 in E Minor, op. 98 |
noon |
Bach: Sonata for Violin and Continuo in G Major, S. 1019 |
1 pm |
Vaughan Williams: Symphony #3 "A Pastoral Symphony" |
2 pm |
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto #3 in D Minor, op. 30 |
3 pm |
Handel: Concerto a due cori #2 in F Major (HWV 333) |
6 pm |
ONE GREAT SONG «» My One and Only Love «» Recordings by John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman, Gene Bertoncini, Horace Silver, Rachel York, and Milt Jackson |
SUN. |
FEBRUARY 12 Thomas Campion (1567) / Jan Ladislav Dussek (1760) / Gustav Nordqvist (1886) / Roy Harris (1898) / Mel Powell (1923) |
3 pm |
THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC «» Lorin Maazel, conductor; Celina Shafer, soprano; Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano; John Tessier, tenor; Nathan Berg, bass-baritone; The Westminster Symphonic Choir (Andrew Megill, director) «» Mozart: Symphony #28 in C Major, K. 200; Mozart: Vesperć Solennes de Confessore in C Major, K. 339; Mozart: Symphony #35 in D Major, K. 385 "Haffner"; Mozart: Mass in C Major, K. 317 "Coronation" |
MON. |
FEBRUARY 13 Leopold Godowsky (1870) / Feodor Chaliapin (1873) / Alvin Etler (1913) / Eileen Farrell (1920) |
5 pm |
KARL HAAS «» Playful Music «» A playful program of light-hearted music that aims to please. |
6:55 pm |
Mario Lanza and Friends |
7 pm |
Monday Evening Piano Concerto |
8 pm |
GREAT PIANISTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY with Mike Shakinovsky «» Clifford Curzon «» Music of Schubert and Brahms |
9 pm |
Handel: Giulio Cesare |
TUE. |
FEBRUARY 14 Francesco Cavalli (1602) / Georg Friedrich Kauffmann (1697) / Fernando Sor (1778) / Alexander Dargomizhsky (1813) / Ignaz Friedman (1882) / William McCauley (1917) / Renée Fleming (1959) |
5 pm |
KARL HAAS «» Love Makes the World Go Round «» In honor of Valentine’s Day, a bouquet of love songs from around the world. |
6 pm |
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto #2 in G Major, op. 44 |
7 pm |
Respighi: The Birds |
8 pm |
EVENING AT THE OPERA «» The Bass Voice |
WED. |
FEBRUARY 15 Michael Praetorius (1571) / Heinrich Engelhard Steinway (1797) / Georges Auric (1899) / Harold Arlen (1905) / John Adams (1947) |
5 pm |
KARL HAAS «» Keep on Your Toes «» Today’s program examines what ballet is all about, focusing on the many musical compositions that might not have come about without it. |
9 pm |
Mozart: Lucio Silla, K. 135 (Overture); Still: Songs of Separation; Roussel: Aeneas, op. 54 |
10 pm |
Rimsky-Korsakov: Tale of the Tsar Saltan (Suite, op. 57); Adams: Violin Concerto |
11 pm |
Sibelius: Tapiola (Symphonic Poem), op. 112; Prokofiev: Symphony #2 in D Minor, op. 40 |
THU. |
FEBRUARY 16 Charles Avison (1709) / Philipp Scharwenka (1847) / David Mannes (1866) / Selim Palmgren (1878) / Alexander Brailowsky (1896) / Alec Wilder (1907) / Sir Geraint Evans (1922) / Eliahu Inbal (1936) / John Corigliano (1938) / Sigiswald Kuijken (1944) |
5 pm |
KARL HAAS «» Fractional Facts «» A look at how math and music relate. |
6 pm |
Hovhaness: Alleluia and Fugue for String Orchestra, op. 40b; Stravinsky: Suite for Small Orchestra #1 |
7 pm |
Bruckner: Symphony #7 in E Major |
8 pm |
Delius: Brigg Fair (An English Rhapsody); Mozart: Serenade in D Major, K. 239 "Serenata Notturna" |
9 pm |
GOOD FOLK «» Smothers Brothers Alumni «» early Smothers Brothers releases; John Hartford: Anthology, Gum Tree Canoe, Down the River; Mason Williams: Classical Gas, Music, Phonograph Record, Of Time and Rivers Flowing |
11 pm |
NEW MUSIC GALLERY «» Nielsen-Goodman Project: Tap Dance on a Cloud; André Feriante: Bohemian Boulevard; Peter Sterling: Shadow, Mist and Light |
FRI. |
FEBRUARY 17 Arcangelo Corelli (1653) / Henri Vieuxtemps (1820) / Sir Edward German (1862) / Leevi Madetoja (1887) / René Liebowitz (1913) / Friedrich Cerha (1926) / Lee Hoiby (1926) |
5 pm |
KARL HAAS «» Name the Composer «» The monthly mystery composer quiz, challenging you to identify a composer by listening to his music, ranging from the less-familiar to the well-known. |
SAT. |
FEBRUARY 18 Giovanni Battista Vitali (1632) / Pietro Giovanni Guarneri (1655) / Sir George Henschel (1850) / Marek Janowski (1939) |
9 am |
Beethoven: Piano Concerto #1 in C Major, op. 15 |
10 am |
Shostakovich: The Bolt, op. 27 (Suite) |
11 am |
Vaughan Williams: Symphony #5 in D Major |
noon |
Kalinnikov: Symphony #2 in A Major; Spohr: Fantasy for Harp in C Minor, op. 35 |
1 pm |
Elgar: Nursery Suite; Haydn: Cello Concerto in D Major, Hob. VIIb:2 (op. 101); Ravel: Pavane pour une Infante défunte |
2 pm |
Grainger: Suite on Danish Folk Songs; Mozart: Piano Coincerto #24 in C Minor, K. 491 |
3 pm |
Schubert: Mass in C Major, D. 452 (op. 48) |
6 pm |
ONE GREAT SONG «» Just Friends «» Recordings by Charlie Parker, Sarah Vaughan, Terry Gibbs, Alan/Warren Vaché, Jimmy Raney, and Paul Chambers & Wynton Kelly |
SUN. |
FEBRUARY 19 Luigi Boccherini (1743) / Adelina Patti (1843) / Arthur Shepherd (1880) / György Kurtág (1926) / Vladimir Atalantov (1939) |
3 pm |
THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC «» Jeffrey Kahane, conductor and piano; Michelle Kim, violin; Rebecca Young, viola «» Mozart: Piano Concerto #17 in G Major, K. 453; Mozart: Piano Concerto #20 in D Minor, K. 466; Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra in E-flat Major, K. 364 |
MON. |
FEBRUARY 20 Adalbert Gyrowetz (1763) / Mary Garden (1874) / Toshiro Mayuzumi (1929) / Christoph Eschenbach (1940) / Riccardo Chailly (1953) |
5 pm |
KARL HAAS «» American Classics «» An exploration of music by American composers at the turn of the 19th-20th centuries, focusing on New England masters. |
6:55 pm |
Mario Lanza and Friends |
7 pm |
Monday Evening Piano Concerto |
8 pm |
GREAT PIANISTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY with Mike Shakinovsky «» Emil Gilels «» Music of Moszkowski, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Liszt, Bach/Liszt, and Levitzki |
9 pm |
Ives: The Unanswered Question |
10 pm |
Bernstein: Symphony #2 "The Age of Anxiety" |
11 pm |
Thompson: The Peaceable Kingdom |
TUE. |
FEBRUARY 21 Carl Czerny (1791) / Léo Delibes (1836) / Charles-Marie Widor (1844) / Andrés Segovia (1893) |
5 pm |
KARL HAAS «» The Spice of Life «» One in a series of programs looking at the musical form of "theme and variations". |
6 pm |
Verdi: Les Vępres siciliennes (Ballet Music "The Four Seasons") |
7 pm |
Schumann: Piano Concerto in A Minor, op. 54 |
8 pm |
EVENING AT THE OPERA «» Russian Sopranos |
WED. |
FEBRUARY 22 Joăo de Sousa Carvalho (1745) / Niels Gade (1817) / Benno Moiseiwitsch (1890) / Luis Sandi (1905) / Marni Nixon (1930) |
5 pm |
KARL HAAS «» Bridging the Gap «» 1890-1910 was a period of musical evolution, and today’s program honors composers who built the musical foundation for future decades during this era of change. |
9 pm |
Ives: Holidays Symphony ("Washington’s Birthday"); Rodrigo: Concierto-Serenata (for Harp and Orchestra); Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty, op. 66 (Suite) |
10 pm |
Thomson: Parson Weems and the Cherry Tree; Mendelssohn: Concerto for 2 Pianos and Orchestra in E Major |
11 pm |
Schuman: New England Triptych; Mozart: Symphony #36 in C Major, K. 425 "Linz" |
THU. |
FEBRUARY 23 John Blow (1649) / Georg Dietrich Leiding (1664) / George Frederick Handel (1685) / Albert Sammons (1886) / Oskar Lindberg (1887) / Herbert Fromm (1905) / Elinor Remick Warren (1905) / Raynor Brown (1912) / Lejaren Hiller (1924) |
5 pm |
KARL HAAS «» Handel with Care «» On the composer’s birthday, today’s program offers an overview of some of George Frederick Handel’s greatest contributions to the art of music. |
6 pm |
Méhul: Symphony #2 in D Major; Chopin: Grand Fantasy on Polish Airs for Piano and Orchestra in A Major, op. 13 |
7 pm |
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, op. 8/#1-4; Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra, op. 33 |
8 pm |
Saint-Saëns: Requiem, op. 54; Poulenc: The Model Animals |
9 pm |
GOOD FOLK «» Frisco Mabel Joy Revisited «» various artists: Frisco Mabel Joy Revisited (for Mickey Newbury); Emily Lou Harris: Last Date; Eric Tingstad & Nancy Rumbel: Paradise—American Acoustic Music |
11 pm |
NEW MUSIC GALLERY «» Dean Evenson & Soundings Ensemble: Eagle River; Amilcar: Vacuuming the Forest; Bernward Koch: Walking Through the Clouds |
FRI. |
FEBRUARY 24 Samuel Wesley (1766) / Samuel Lover (1797) / Arrigo Boďto (1842) / Luigi Denza (1846) / Guillaume Landré (1905) / Michel Legrand (1932) / Renata Scotto (1934) |
5 pm |
KARL HAAS «» Women of Note «» Compositions by Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel and Clara Wieck-Schumann. |
SAT. |
FEBRUARY 25 Johann Philippe Krieger (1649) / Alexandre Georges (1850) / Dame Myra Hess (1890) / Jésus López-Cobós (1940) / George Harrison (1943) |
9 am |
Vivaldi: Sonata for Cello and Continuo in B-flat Major, op. 14/#1 (R. 47) |
10 am |
Vieuxtemps: Violin Concerto #5 in A Minor, op. 37 |
11 am |
Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony, op. 58 |
noon |
Beethoven: Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano in D Major, op. 70/#1 "Ghost" |
1 pm |
Humperdinck: Shakespeare Suite for Orchestra #1 |
2 pm |
Haydn: Mass in B-flat Major, Hob. XXII:10 "Missa Sancti Bernardi de Offida" ("Heiligmesse") |
3 pm |
Rodrigo: Fantasia para un Gentilhombre (for Guitar and Orchestra) |
6 pm |
ONE GREAT SONG «» The Man I Love «» Recordings by Lucky Thompson, Billie Holiday, Errol Garner, Miles Davis, and Artie Shaw |
SUN. |
FEBRUARY 26 John Tufts (1689) / Antonín Reicha (1770) / Emmy Destinn (1878) / Frank Bridge (1879) / Witold Rowicki (1914) / Donald Gramm (1927) / Lazar Berman (1930) |
3 pm |
THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC «» Lorin Maazel, conductor «» Mozart: Symphony #39 in E-flat Major, K. 543; Mozart: Symphony #40 in G Minor, K. 550; Mozart: Symphony #41 in C Major, K. 551 "Jupiter" |
MON. |
FEBRUARY 27 Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (1848) / Wilhelm Peterson-Berger (1867) / Enrico Caruso (1873) / Lotte Lehmann (1888) / Marian Anderson (1897) / Mirella Freni (1935) / Gidon Kremer (1947) |
5 pm |
KARL HAAS «» Making Overtures «» An "overture" can be a separate composition or an introduction to a large-scale work. Today program offers examples of both. |
6:55 pm |
Mario Lanza and Friends |
7 pm |
Monday Evening Piano Concerto |
8 pm |
GREAT PIANISTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY with Mike Shakinovsky «» Sviatoslav Richter «» Music of Rachmaninoff, Liszt, Chopin, Schumann, and Beethoven |
9 pm |
Strauss: Don Juan, op. 20 |
10 pm |
Parry: Songs of Farewell |
11 pm |
Debussy: String Quartet in G Minor, op.10 |
TUE. |
FEBRUARY 28 Elias Parish-Alvars (1808) / John Alden Carpenter (1876) / Geraldine Farrar (1882) / George Malcolm (1917) / Seymour Shifrin (1926) |
5 pm |
KARL HAAS «» Play it Again, Sam «» A program comparing performances of the same work by more than one artist. |
6 pm |
Schubert: Symphony #3 in D Major, D. 200 |
7 pm |
Gličre: Symphony #1 in E-flat Major, op. 8 |
8 pm |
EVENING AT THE OPERA «» Zandonai: Francesca da Rimini |