THU.

JUNE  1  PRIVATE Georg Muffat (1653) / Ferdinando Paër (1771) / Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka (1804) / Edo de Waart (1941) / Richard Goode 1943) / Frederica von Stade (1945)

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» Online America «» Today’s program looks at the interchange of American music and musicians with those of other countries.

6 pm

Elgar: Cello Concerto in E Minor, op. 85;  Ewazen: Sonata for Trumpet and Piano

7 pm

Warlock: Capriol Suite;  Franck: Symphonic Variations for Piano and Orchestra

8 pm

Mendelssohn: String Symphony #2 in D Major;  Duruflé: Messe “Cum Jubilo”, op. 11

9 pm

GOOD FOLK «» New Folk «» The Duhks: Your Daughters and Your Sons;  Sarah Harmer: I’m a Mountain;  Lui Collins: Closer;  Mark Brown: Uncle Buckle;  Joel Rafael Band: Woodyboye;  Kevin Briody: Buddy Up!;  Rick Moses: Evil and Dangerous Men;  The Lovell Sisters Band: When Forever Rolls Around

11 pm

NEW MUSIC GALLERY «» various artists: Saura;  Ann Sweeten: A Place in the Sun

 

 

FRI.

JUNE  2  Sir Edward Elgar (1857) / Felix Weingartner (1863) / Robin Orr (1909) / Marvin Hamlisch (1944)

10 am

Mozart: Symphony in D Major (after Serenade in D Major, K. 320 “Posthorn”)

11 am

Glazunov: Scènes de Ballet (Symphonic Suite), op. 52

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» Periodically Speaking «» A look at music as it relates to arts and current events of successive periods of history.

 

 

SAT.

JUNE  3  James Hook (1746) / Charles Lecocq (1832) / Roland Hayes (1887) / Jan Peerce (1904)

9 am

Bach: Brandenburg Concerto #2 in F Major, S. 1047

10 am

Grieg: Piano Concerto in A Minor, op. 16

11 am

Sibelius: Symphony #5 in E-flat Major, op. 82

noon

Villa-:Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras (#7, for Orchestra)

1 pm

Dupré: Poème héroïque, op. 33 (for Organ, Brass and Percussion)

2 pm

Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini for Piano and Orchestra, op. 43

3 pm

Glière: Shakh-Senem (Overture)

6 pm

ONE GREAT SONG «» Can’t We Be Friends? «» Recordings by Karrin Allyson, Bob Crosby, Joe Pass/Jimmy Rowles, Sammy Davis, Jr., and Gene Ammons

 

 

SUN.

JUNE  4  James Hewitt (1770) / Yevgeny Mravinsky (1903) / Robert Merrill (1919) / Cecilia Bartoli (1966)

3 pm

THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC «» David Zinman, conductor; Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Colin Jacobsen, violin «» Bartók: Rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra #1;  Brahms: Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra in A Minor, op. 102;  Adams: Naïve and Sentimental Music

 

 

MON.

JUNE  5  Jacob Ahlström (1805) / Daniel Pinkham (1923) / Martha Argerich (1941)

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» By Leaps and Bounds «» Today’s program illustrates some interesting intervallic leaps used by composers in their thematic material.

6:55 pm

Mario Lanza and Friends

7 pm

Monday Evening Piano Concerto

8 pm

GREAT PIANISTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY with Mike Shakinovsky «» Leopold Godowsky «» Music of Godowsky, Henselt, Mendelssohn, MacDowell, Dohnányi, Schumann, and Grieg

9 pm

Copland: Danzón Cubano;  Liszt: Piano Sonata in B Minor;  Mozart: Serenade in C Minor, K. 388

10 pm

Massenet: Suite for Orchestra #3 “Scènes dramatiques”;  Shostakovich: Cello Concerto #2, op. 126; Handel: Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day

 

 

TUE.

JUNE  6  Sir John Stainer (1840) / Aram Khachaturian (1903) / Vincent Persichetti (1915) / Iain Hamilton (1922) / Klaus Tennstedt (1926) / Philippe Entremont (1934) / Paul Esswood (1942)

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» The Magic of Silence «» Today’s program offers an examination with illustrations of fermatas and other pauses and how they form an integral part of many musical scores.

6 pm

Borodin (orch. Glazunov): Petite Suite

7 pm

Dvorak: Symphonic Variations on an Original Theme for Orchestra, op. 78

8 pm

EVENING AT THE OPERA «» Operas Based on Schiller’s Plays (Renate Ludanyi, guest)

 

 

WED.

JUNE  7  Alexander Ritter (1833) / George Szell (1897) / Boris Goldovsky (1908) / Charles Strouse (1928) / Jaime Laredo (1941) / Roberto Alagna (1963)

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» Rare and Well Done «» Outstanding works that are hardly ever performed.

9 pm

Chavez: Symphony #2 “Sinfonia India”;  Vaughan Williams: Concerto Accademico for Violin and String Orchestra in D Minor;  Mendelssohn: Symphony #4 in A Major, op. 90 “Italian”

10 pm

Liszt: Two Episodes from Lenau’s Faust;  Mozart: Piano Concerto #17 in G Major, K. 453;  Korngold: Symphony in F-sharp Major, op. 40

 

 

THU.

JUNE  8  Laurent de Saint-Luc (1663) / Robert Schumann (1810) / Paula Robison (1941) / Emanuel Ax (1949)

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» Extra-Musical Concerns: Robert Schumann «» A look at the influence literature had on the music of Robert Schumann.

6 pm

Haydn: Sinfonia Concertante in B-flat Major, Hob. I:105

7 pm

Dvorak: Symphony #6 in D Major, op. 60

8 pm

Tchaikovsky: Suite for Orchestra #3 in G Major, op. 55;  Kodály: Summer Evening

9 pm

GOOD FOLK «» Mermaids and Mariners «» Jennifer Cutting: Ocean—Songs for the Night Sea Journey;  Paul Clayton: Sailing and Whaling Songs of the 19th CenturyAmerican Sea Songs and Shanties;  The Boarding Party: ‘Tis Our Sailing Time;  Annie Roos: Mermaids & Marines

11 pm

NEW MUSIC GALLERY «» Annie Roos: Mermaids and Mariners

 

 

FRI.

JUNE  9  Otto Nicolai (1810) / Albéric Magnard (1865) / Carl Nielsen (1865) / Cole Porter (1891) / Ingolf Dahl (1912) / Charles Wuorinen (1938) / Ileana Cotrubas (1939)

10 am

Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622

11 am

Bruch: Violin Concerto #1 in G Minor, op. 26

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» A Visit with the Strauss Family «» A delightful encounter with various members of the Johann Strauss clan and their infectious music.

 

 

SAT.

JUNE  10  Frederick Loewe (1904) / Robert Still (1910) / Ralph Kirkpatrick (1911) / John Edmunds (1913) / Judy Garland (1922) / Bruno Bartoletti (1926)

9 am

Mendelssohn: Concerto for Violin, Piano and Strings in D Minor

10 am

Strauss II (arr. Dorati): Graduation Ball

11 am

Stanford: Symphony #1 in B-flat Major

noon

Haydn: String Quartet in G Major, Hob. III:75 (op. 76/#1);  Handel: Water Music (Suite #1 in F Major)

1 pm

Berlioz: Grande Symphonie Funèbre et Triomphale, op. 15;  J.C. Bach: Harp Concerto;  Veracini: Overture #6 in B-flat Major

2 pm

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

3 pm

Schönberg: Les Misérables (Suite);  Barber: Prayers of Kierkegaard, op. 30

6 pm

ONE GREAT SONG «» Dancing in the Dark «» Recordings by Artie Shaw, Tony Bennett, Zoot Sims, Diana Krall, Sonny Clark, Ray Conniff, and Dorothy Ashby

 

 

SUN.

JUNE  11  Francesco Bonporti (1672) / Richard Strauss (1864) / Risë Stevens (1913) / Carlisle Floyd (1926)

3 pm

THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC «» Riccardo Chailly, conductor «» Mahler: Symphony #7 in E Minor (“The Song of the Night”)

 

 

MON.

JUNE  12  Werner Josten (1885) / Alexandre Tansman (1897) / Maurice Ohana (1914) / Oliver Knussen (1952)

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» Chordal Magnetism «» Today’s program looks at how the use of certain chords exerts a magnetic force on the flow of a composition.

6:55 pm

Mario Lanza and Friends

7 pm

Monday Evening Piano Concerto

8 pm

GREAT PIANISTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY with Mike Shakinovsky «» Jorge Bolet «» Music of Liszt, Chopin/Godowsky, Strauss/Tausig, and Sgambati

9 pm

Hanson: Mosaics;  Mozart: Quintet for Piano and Winds in E-flat Major, K. 452;  Tchaikovsky: Fatum (Symphonic Poem), op. 77

10 pm

Debussy: Images (Set #3, for Orchestra) (#2 Iberia);  Wieniawski: Violin Concerto #1 in F-sharp Minor, op. 14;  Orff: Carmina Burana

 

 

TUE.

JUNE  13  Christian Ludwig Dieter (1757) / Antonín Vranicky (1761) / Adolf Neuendorff (1843) / Elisabeth Schumann (1888) / Carlos Chávez (1899) / Kurt Equiluz (1929) / Alan Civil (1929)

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

Rossini (arr. Respighi): La Boutique Fantasque

7 pm

Korngold: Sinfonietta in B Minor, op. 5

8 pm

EVENING AT THE OPERA «» The Operas of Monteverdi (Mark Ringer, guest)

 

 

WED.

JUNE  14  Tomaso Albinoni (1671) / Antonio Sacchini (1730) / Johannes Mayr (1763) / Nicolai Rubinstein (1835) / John McCormack (1884) / Rudolf Kempe (1910)

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» Always a Bridesmaid «» A program of overtures composed not as introductions to large-scale works, but as individual concert pieces.

9 pm

Grofé: Mississippi Suite;  Peter: Sinfonia for Strings in G Major;  Ives: Symphony #3 “The Camp Meeting”

10 pm

Copland: Old American Songs (Sets #1 and #2);  Barber: Piano Concerto, op. 38

11 pm

Bernstein: On the Waterfront (Symphonic Suite from the Film Score);  Chadwick: Symphony #2 in B-flat Major

 

 

THU.

JUNE  15  Franz Danzi (1763) / Nikolai Zaremba (1821) / Edvard Grieg (1843) / Ernestine Schumann-Heink (1861) / Robert Russell Bennett (1894) / Otto Luening (1900) / Max Rudolf (1902)

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» Rhythmical Distinction «» An illustration of rhythm patterns, both distinctive and arresting, chosen from various parts of the literature.

6 pm

Guilamant: Symphony for Organ and Orchestra #1, op. 42;  Handel: Il Pastor Fido (Suite)

7 pm

Glinka: Spanish Overture #2 “Summer Night in Madrid”;  Shostakovich: Piano Concerto #2 in F Major, op. 102

8 pm

Rheinberger: Suite for Violin, Cello and Organ in C Minor, op. 149;  Glière: Concert Waltz, op. 90

9 pm

GOOD FOLK «» Tribute to Christine Lavin «» Big League Babe;  Christine Lavin: Attainable Love; Compass; Please Don’t Make Me Too Happy; Shining My Flashlight on the Moon; Narada Guitar

11 pm

NEW MUSIC GALLERY «» Mystic Harmony: Kindle a Flame;  Paul Avgerinos: Maya

 

 

FRI.

JUNE  16  Giovanni Paolo Colonna (1637) / David Popper (1843) / Willi Boskovsky (1909) / Sergiu Comissiona (1928) / Lucia Dlugoszeewski (1931)

10 am

Hummel: Piano Concerto #2 in A Minor, op. 85

11 am

Brahms: Sonata for Viola and Piano in E-flat Major, op. 120/#2

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» Oh, My Poppa! «» In anticipation of Father’s Day, music written by famous fathers of famous musical offspring.

 

 

SAT.

JUNE  17  Charles Gounod (1818) / Igor Stravinsky (1882) / H. Owen Reed (1910) / Don Gillis (1912) / Sir Edward Downes (1924) / Mignon Dunn (1932) / Christian Ferras (1933)

9 am

Beethoven: String Quartet #3 in D Major, op. 18/#3

10 am

Stravinsky: The Firebird (Suite, 1919 version)

11 am

Gounod: Symphony #1 in D Major

noon

Barber: Songs, op. 13 (#3 “Sure on this shining night”);  Dvořák: Symphony #1 in C Minor, op. 3 “The Bells of Zlonice”

1 pm

Mozart: Serenade for Winds in B-flat Major, K. 361 (“Gran Partita”);  Berlioz: L’Enfance du Christ, op. 25 (“Shepherds’ Farewell”)

2 pm

Vaughan Williams: Concerto for Oboe and Strings in A Minor;  Rutter: Mass of the Children

3 pm

Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras (#8, for Orchestra)

6 pm

ONE GREAT SONG «»One Note Samba «» Recordings by Stan Getz/Charlie Byrd, Herbie Mann, Hot Club USA, Dizzy Gillespie, Rosemary Clooney/John Pizzarelli, and Stan Getz/Gary McFarland

 

 

SUN.

JUNE  18  Ignace Pleyel (1757) / Edward Steuermann (1892) / Manuel Rosenthal (1904) / Eduard Tubin (1905) / Paul McCartney (1942) / Eva Marton (1948)

3 pm

THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC «» John Williams, conductor «» film music of John Williams.

 

 

MON.

JUNE  19  Johann Stamitz (1717) / Ferdinand David (1810) / Alfredo Catalani (1854)

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» Classical Combo «» One in a series of programs surveying some the highlights of chamber 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 «» John Ogdon «» Music of Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Alkan, Liszt, and Chaminade

9 pm

Shostakovich: Suite on Verses of Michelangelo Buonarotti, op. 145a

10 pm

Mahler: Symphony #7 in E Minor (“The Song of the Night”)

11 pm

Mozart: Serenade in G Major, K. 525 “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik”

 

 

TUE.

JUNE  20  Jacques Offenbach (1819) / Helen Traubel (1899) / Brian Wilson (1942) / André Watts (1946)

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» The Second Empire «» On the composer’s birthday, an examination of the cultural achievements in Paris at the time of Jacques Offenbach.

6 pm

Grainger: Suite on Danish Folk Songs (for Piano, Organ and Orchestra)

7 pm

Schubert (orch. Joachim): Sonata for Piano 4-Hands in C Major, D. 812 (op. 140) (“Grand Duo”)

8 pm

EVENING AT THE OPERA «» Verdi: Don Carlos

 

 

WED.

JUNE  21  Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (1732) / Hermann Scherchen (1891) / Pavel Haas (1899) / Louis Krasner (1903) / Judith Raskin (1932) / Lalo Schifrin (1932)

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» Who Will Buy My Wares? «» An examination of the origin of some well-known works that have given rise to treatment by other composers.

9 pm

Webern: Im Sommerwind (Idyll for Large Orchestra);  Rodrigo: Concierto de Estio (for Violin and Orchestra);  Respighi: The Birds

10 pm

Gershwin: Catfish Row (Symphonic Suite from Porgy and Bess);  Berlioz: Les Nuits d’été, op. 7

11 pm

Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Incidental Music), opp. 21 & 61

 

 

THU.

JUNE  22  Pablo Bruna (1611) / Francesco Manfredini (1684) / Luigi Tomasini (1741) / Jennie Tourel (1900) / Sir Peter Pears (1910) / Paul Jacobs (1930)

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» Against All Odds «» Today’s program is dedicated to those who have made immense contributions to humanity despite physical handicaps.

6 pm

Chopin: Piano Concerto #2 in F Minor, op. 21;  Tchaikovsky: Marche slave, op. 31

7 pm

Mahler: Symphony #1 in D Major (“The Titan”)

8 pm

Strauss: Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, op. 60 (Suite);  Liszt: Symphonic Poem #3 “Les Préludes”

9 pm

GOOD FOLK «» Angels «» various artists: Concerts for a Landmine Free WorldWe Are Each Other’s Angels;  Sean Watkins: Let It Fall

11 pm

NEW MUSIC GALLERY «» Jill Mattson: Paint Your Soul;  Peter Kater: Earth

 

 

FRI.

JUNE  23  Étienne-Nicolas Méhul (1763) / Carl Reinecke (1824) / Ernest Guiraud (1837) / Maude Valérie White (1855) / Mieczyslaw Horszowski (1892) / James Levine (1943)

10 am

Gounod: Symphony #1 in D Major

11 am

Brahms: Sonata for Violin and Piano #1 in G Major, op. 78

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» Environmental Notes «» Today’s program examines the influence that immediate environment can have upon composers and their music.

 

 

SAT.

JUNE  24  Harry Partch (1901) / Pierre Fournier (1906) / Hugo Distler (1908) / Milton Katims (1909) / Terry Riley (1935)

 9 pm

Rachmaninoff: Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano #1 in G Minor, op. posth.

10 am

Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn, op. 56a

11 am

Saint-Saëns: Symphony #2 in A Minor, op. 55

noon

Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana (“Easter Hymn”);  Dvorak: The Wood Dove (Symphonic Poem), op. 110;  Mozart: Sonata for Violin and Piano in G Major, K. 379;  Rossini: L’Italiana in Algeri (Overture)

1 pm

Khachaturian: Spartacus (Suite);  Bach: Partita for Violin in D Minor, S. 1004 (Chaconne);  Rodgers: Ghost Town (Ballet Suite)

2 pm

Beethoven: Symphony #8 in F Major, op. 93;  Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto #2 in G Minor, op. 22

3 pm

Poulenc: Gloria for Soprano, Chorus and Orchestra in G Major

6 pm

ONE GREAT SONG «» Cheek to Cheek «» Recordings by Billy Taylor, Ella Fitzgerald/Louis Armstrong, Stephane Grappelli/Yehudi Menuhin, Count Basie, Fred Astaire, and Lou Donaldson

 

 

SUN.

JUNE  25  Gustave Charpentier (1860) / William Busch (1901)

3 pm

THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC «» Lorin Maazel, conductor; Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, mezzo-soprano; Gerald Finley, bass-baritone; The New York Choral Artists (Joseph Flummerfelt, director); Cynthia Phelps, viola «» Lieberson: The World in Flower (New York Philharmonic Commission);  Berlioz: Harold in Italy (Symphony for Viola and Orchestra), op. 16

 

 

MON.

JUNE  26  Richard Crooks (1900) / Giuseppe Taddei (1916) / Jacob Druckman (1928) / Claudio Abbado (1933) / David Grusin (1934)

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» The Spice of Life «» A program in a series featuring the history and uses of the compositional form known as “theme and variations”.

6:55 pm

Mario Lanza and Friends

7 pm

Monday Evening Piano Concerto

8 pm

GREAT PIANISTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY with Mike Shakinovsky «» Mieczyslav Horszowski «» Music of Beethoven, Mozart, Liszt, Mendelssohn, and Debussy

9 pm

Handel: Messiah (arr. Mozart, K. 572)

 

 

TUE.

JUNE  27  Friedrich Silcher (1789) / Toti dal Monte (1893) / George Walker (1922) / Anna Moffo (1935) / Samuel Sanders (1937)

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» Down to Earth «» Today’s program examines the concept of “earthiness”, and how it can be conveyed in music.

6 pm

L. Mozart: Sinfonia in D Major “The Peasant Wedding”;  Thompson: Symphony #2;  Siegmeister: Western Suite

8 pm

EVENING AT THE OPERA «» The Spanish Zarzuela (Jesus Lopez, guest)