WED.

MARCH  1  Jereimiah Ingalls (1764) / Frédéric Chopin (1810) / Dimitri Mitropoulos (1896) / Glenn Miller (1904) / Kurt Adler (1907) / Lucine Amara (1927) / Harry Belafonte (1927) / Leo Brouwer (1939)

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» Chopinesque «» The birthday of Frédéric Chopin is commemorated with musical works a representative of his style.

9 pm

Butterworth: A Shropshire Lad (Rhapsody for Orchestra);  Mozart: Quartet for Flute and Strings in C Major, K. 285b;  Sibelius: Symphony #6 in D Minor, op.104

10 pm

Weber (orch. Berlioz): Invitation to the Dance, op. 65;  Chopin: Piano Concerto #2 in F Minor, op. 21;  Shostakovich: Symphony #11 in G Minor, op. 103 “The Year 1905”

 

 

THU.

MARCH  2  Bedrich Smetana (1824) / Kurt Weill (1900) / Marc Blitzstein (1905) / Simon Estes (1938)

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» The Prompter’s Cue «» Today’s program explores some of the many compositions that were prompted by honorary degrees, dedications of buildings, and other such events.

6 pm

Wolf-Ferrari: The Jewels of the Madonna (Suite);  Glazunov: Fantasy for Orchestra in C-sharp Minor, op. 19 “The Forest”

7 pm

Haydn: Piano Concerto in D Major, Hob. XVIII:11;  Ravel: Menuet Antique (for Orchestra)

8 pm

Schubert: Symphony #6 in C Major, D. 589 “Little”;  Mozart: Quartet for Flute and Strings in D Major, K. 285

9 pm

GOOD FOLK «» New Folk «» Cherish the Ladies: Woman of the House;  Lafe: Ami I Gone;  Terry Tufts: The Better Fight;  Darrell Scott: Theatre of the Unheard;  James Harper: All Come Home;  Abi Tapia: One Foot Out the DoorCherryholmes;  Nancy Daily-Green: Singing, Dancing Everywhere

11 pm

NEW MUSIC GALLERY «» Larry Kucharz: Ambient Green Washes;  J.J. Sheridan: The Art of Turlough O’Carolan

 

 

FRI.

MARCH  3  Gustav Strube (1867) / Henry J. Wood (1869) / Federico Moreno Tórroba (1891) / Frank Wigglesworth (1918) / Florence Quivar (1944)

10 am

Weber: Piano Concerto #1 in C Major, op. 11 (J. 98)

11 am

Glazunov: The Seaasons, op. 67

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» When in Rome «» A sampling of the many works by non-Italian composers based on Italian influences.

 

 

SAT.

MARCH  4  Antonio Vivaldi (1678) / Carlos Surinach (1915) / Samuel Adler (1928) / Bernard Haitink (1929) / Mario Davidovsky (1934)

9 am

Mendelssohn-Hensel: Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano in D Minor, op. 11

10 am

Vivaldi: Gloria

11 am

Shostakovich: Symphony #12 in D Minor, op. 112 “The Year 1917”

noon

Respighi: Church Windows;  Schubert: Fantasy for Piano in C Major, D. 760 (op. 15) “Wanderer-Fantasie”

1 pm

Mozart: Symphony #40 in G Minor, K. 550;  Tchaikovsky: Sérénade mélancolique for Violin and Orchestra in B Minor, op. 26

2 pm

Dvorak: The Golden Spinning Wheel (Symphonic Poem), op. 109;  Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E Minor, op. 64

3 pm

Rutter: Requiem

6 pm

ONE GREAT SONG «» These Foolish Things «» Recordings by Benny Carter, Chet Baker, Helen Merrill, George Wein, Thelonious Monk, James Brown, and Benny Goodman

 

 

SUN.

MARCH  5  Francesco Gasparini (1668) / William Shield (1748) / Arthur Foote (1853) / Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887) / Barry Tuckwell (1931) / Eugene Fodor (1950)

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; Gil Shaham, violin «» Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn, op. 56a;  Carter: Variations for Orchestra;  Bruch: Violin Concerto #1 in G Minor, op. 26;  Kodály: Dances of Galánta

 

 

MON.

MARCH  6  Oscar Straus (1870) / Kiril Kondrashin (1914) / Julius Rudel (1921) / Sarah Caldwell (1924) / Norman Treigle (1927) / Lorin Maazel (1930) / Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (1944)

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» Rare Ensemble Music «» An exploration of unjustly neglected compositions for small ensembles.

6:55 pm

Mario Lanza and Friends

7 pm

Monday Evening Piano Concerto

8 pm

GREAT  PIANISTS  OF  THE  20TH  CENTURY  with  Mike  Shakinovsky «» Ignacy Jan Paderewski «» Music of Paderewski, Liszt, Schumann, Schubert, and Beethoven

9 pm

Strauss: Die Fledermaus (Overture);  Dvorak: Violin Concerto in A Minor, op. 53;  Tchaikovsky: Capricciio Italien, op. 45

10 pm

Mozart: Exsultate, jubilate (Motet), K. 165;  Chausson: Concert for Violin, Piano and String Quartet in D Major, op. 21

11 pm

Sibelius: Pohjola’s Daughter (Tone Poem), op. 49;  Haydn: Mass in D Minor, Hob. XXII:11 “Lord Nelson”

 

 

TUE.

MARCH  7  Tommaso Antonio Vitali (1663) / Victor Massé (1822) / Maurice Ravel (1875) / Robert Erickson (1917)

5 pm

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

6 pm

Raff: Suite for Orchestra in B Minor, WoO 46 “Thuringian”

7 pm

Stenhammar: Serenade for Orchestra in F Major, op. 31

8 pm

EVENING AT THE OPERA «» Verdi: Rigoletto

 

 

WED.

MARCH  8  Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714) / Franco Alfano (1876) / Alan Hovhaness (1911) / Barthold Kuijken (1949)

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» Baroque Keys «» An examination of the sound of keyboard instruments during the Baroque period.

9 pm

Smetana: Má Vlast (#2 “The Moldau”);  Heinze: Konzertstück for Clarinet and Orchestra in F Major; Hovhaness: Symphony #22, op. 236 “City of Light”

10 pm

Handel: Water Music (Suite #1 in F Major);  Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto #4 in C Minor, op. 44

11 pm

Mozart: Masonic Funeral Music, K. 477;  Bartók: The Wooden Prince (A Dancing Play in One Act), op. 13

 

 

THU.

MARCH  9  Friedrich Schwindl (1737) / Martin Shaw (1875) / Samuel Barber (1910) / Thomas Schippers (1930)

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» I’d Like to Touch on That «» Keyboard works called toccata, from different time periods.

6 pm

Dvorak: Symphony #5 in F Major, op. 76;  Mozart: Piano Concerto #3 in D Major, K. 40

7 pm

Grieg: Holberg Suite, op. 40;  Harty: With the Wild Geese (Tone Poem)

8 pm

Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending (Romance for Violin and Orchestra);  Rodrigo: Two Andalusian Miniatures (for String Orchestra)

9 pm

GOOD FOLK «» Featuring The Chieftains «» The Chieftains: The Chieftains Collection, The Long Black Veil, Fire in the Kitchen, Tears of Stone, Water from the Well

11 pm

NEW MUSIC GALLERY «» Randy Klein: Invitation In;  Eric McCarl: Touch the Sun

 

 

FRI.

MARCH  10  Dudley Buck (1839) / Pablo de Sarasate (1844) / Arthur Honegger (1892) / Bix Beiderbecke (1902)

10 am

Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (Suite #1, op. 71a)

11 am

Chadwick: Symphony #2 in B-flat Major

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» Air Lift «» Music designed to uplift and exhilarate the listener.

 

 

SAT.

MARCH  11  Anthony Philip Heinrich (1781) / William Wallace (1812) / Antonio Bazzini (1818) / Carl Ruggles (1876) / Henry Cowell (1897) / Howard Mitchell (1911) / Xavier Montsalvatge (1912)

9 am

Beethoven: String Quartet #2 in G Major, op. 18/#2

10 am

Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto #2 in B-flat Minor, op. 23

11 am

Beach: Symphony in E Minor, op. 32 “Gaelic”

noon

Mozart: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A Major, K. 581;  Kern: Show Boat (Scenario for Orchestra)

1 pm

Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D Major, op. 61;  Ravel: Bolero

2 pm

Vaughan Williams: Symphony #1 “A Sea Symphony”

3 pm

Schubert: Piano Sonata in A Major, D. 664 (op. 120)

6 pm

ONE GREAT SONG «» After You’re Gone «» Recordings by Bessie Smith, George Shearing, Coleman Hawkins, Warne Marsh, Bing Crosby, Nicholas Payton, and Roy Eldridge

 

 

SUN.

MARCH  12  Thomas Arne (1710) / Edmund Eysler (1874) / Hans Knappertsbusch (1888) / Philip Jones (1928) / Ralph Shapey (1921)

3 pm

THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC «» Robert Spano, conductor; Dawn Upshaw, soprano «» Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta;  Harbison: Milosz Songs (World Premiere; New York Philharmonic Commission);  Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story

 

 

MON.

MARCH  13  Michel Blavet (1700) / Isfrid Kayser (1712) / Josef Reicha (1752) / Hugo Wolf (1860) / Enrico Toselli (1883) / Fritz Busch (1890) / Rosalind Elias (1931)

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» Whales of Scales «» Today’s program presents some striking examples of how scales can be a powerful ingredient of large-scale compositions.

6:55 pm

Mario Lanza and Friends

7 pm

Monday Evening Piano Concerto

8 pm

GREAT PIANISTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY with Mike Shakinovsky «» Dinu Lipatti «» Music of Chopin, Grieg, Brahms, Schubert, and Liszt

9 pm

Bach: Brandenburg Concerto #1 in F Major, S. 1046

10 pm

Wolf: Spanish Songbook

 

 

TUE.

MARCH  14  Georg Philipp Telemann (1681) / Josef Antonin Stepan (1726) / Johann Strauss, Sr. (1804) / Wintter Watts (1884)

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» The Romantic Piano «» Another in a series of programs featuring piano music from the Romantic era.

6 pm

d’Indy: Symphony on a French Mountain Air for Piano and Orchestra, op. 25

7 pm

Dvorak: American Suite (for Orchestra, op. 98b)

8 pm

EVENING AT THE OPERA «» Alternative Operatic Settings of the Same Story

 

 

WED.

MARCH  15  Eduard Strauss (1835) / Karl Davidov (1838) / Johan Halvorsen (1864) / Colin McPhee (1901) / Harry James (1916) / Ben Johnston (1926) / Nicolas Flagello (1928)

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» The Story of the Concerto «» An installment in the series on the development of the concerto.

9 pm

Bizet: Patrie (Dramatic Overture), op. 19;  Tchaikovsky: Valse-Scherzo for Violin and Orchestra in C Major, op. 34;  Flagello: The Passion of Martin Luther King

10 pm

Janacek: Taras Bulba (Rhapsody for Orchestra);  Mozart: Piano Concerto #18 in B-flat Major, K. 456

11 pm

McPhee: Tabuh-Tabuhan (Toccata for Orchestra);  Mendelssohn: Symphony #3 in A Minor, op. 56 “Scottish”

 

 

THU.

MARCH  16  Herbert Hughes (1882) / Christa Ludwig (1928) / Roger Norrington (1934) / Teresa Berganza (1935) / David Del Tredici (1937)

5 pm

KARL HAAS «»  Upper Partials «» A look at the importance of the higher register in the formation of thematic material.

6 pm

Britten (after Rossini): Soirées Musicales;  Ippolitov-Ivanov: Caucasian Sketches (Set #2, op. 42 “Iveria”)

7 pm

Vaughan Williams: Symphony #4 in F Minor;  Harris: Memories of a Child’s Sunday

8 pm

Prokofiev: The Love for Three Oranges (Suite, op. 33b);  Haydn: Mass in C Major, Hob. XXII:9 “Mass in Time of War”

9 pm

GOOD FOLK «» The Parting Glass «» The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem: In Person at Carnegie Hall;  Altan: Local GroundCeltic CrossroadsLadies of Ireland

11 pm

NEW MUSIC GALLERY «» The Magic of Celtic Harp;  Enya: Amarantine

 

 

FRI.

MARCH  17  Joseph Rheinberger (1839) / Alfred Newman (1901) / Brian Boydell (1917) / Stephen Dodgson (1924)

10 am

M. Haydn: Symphony #23 in F Major, P. 14

11 am

Mozart: Piano Concerto #21 in C Major, K. 467

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» A St. Patrick’s Day Parade «» A program replete with Irish song and dance.

 

 

SAT.

MARCH  18  Johann Christoph Vogel (1756) / Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844) / Gian-Francesco Malipiero (1882) / John Macurdy (1929)

9 am

Stanford: Irish Rhapsody #3, op. 137 (for Cello and Orchestra)

10 am

C. Schumann: Piano Concerto in A Minor, op. 7

11 am

Rimsky-Korsakov: Antar (Symphonic Suite), op. 9

noon

Mozart: Symphony #38 in D Major, K. 504 “Prague”

1 pm

Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music

2 pm

Veracini: Overture #2 in F Major

6 pm

ONE GREAT SONG «» Time On My Hands «» Recordings by Paul Bley, Marlene Dietrich, Ammons/Stitt, Hot Club de Norvčge, Dizzy Gillespie, Billie Holiday, and Ahmad Jamal

 

 

SUN.

MARCH  19  Charles Joseph van Helmont (1715) / Max Reger (1873) / Normand Lockwood (1906) / Dinu Lipatti (1917)

3 pm

THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC «» Christoph von Dohnányi, conductor; Frank Peter Zimmermann, violin «» Carter: Allegro scorrevole (New York Philharmonic Premiere);  Schumann: Symphony #4 in D Minor, op. 120;  Brahms: Violin Concerto in D Major, op. 77

 

 

MON.

MARCH  20  Beniamino Gigli (1890) / Lauritz Melchior (1890) / Sviatoslav Richter (1915) / Bernd Alois Zimmermann (1918)

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» B.B. «» On the first of two programs celebrating his birthday tomorrow, music written before the time of Johann Sebastian Bach.

6:55 pm

Mario Lanza and Friends

7 pm

Monday Evening Piano Concerto

8 pm

GREAT PIANISTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY with Mike Shakinovsky «» Solomon «» Music of Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, Bach, and Liszt

9 pm

Schumann: Fantasiestücke for Piano, op. 12

10 pm

Mozart: Mass in C Major, K. 66 “Dominicus”

11 pm

Shostakovich: Symphony #1 in F Minor, op. 10

 

 

TUE.

MARCH  21  Johann Sebastian Bach (1685) / Andrew Law (1749) / Modest Mussorgsky (1839) / Paul Tortelier (1914) / Arthur Grumiaux (1921) / Joseph Silverstein (1932)

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» The Immortal Bach «» On the composer’s birthday, a sampling of Johann Sebastian Bach’s major works in various categories, stressing their lasting impact.

6 pm

Ippolitov-Ivanov: Symphony #1 in E Minor, op. 46

7 pm

Hovhaness: Symphony #2, op. 132 “Mysterious Mountain”

8 pm

EVENING AT THE OPERA «» Tenor David Poleri

 

 

WED.

MARCH  22  Stephen Sondheim (1930) / Andrew Lloyd Webber (1948)

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» Sound Seascapes «» An examination of the ways many composers were attracted by the sea.

9 pm

Suppé: Pique Dame (Overture);  Britten: Sonata for Cello and Piano, op. 65;  Mozart: Divertimento in D Major, K. 205

10 pm

Debussy (orch. Busser): Printemps (Symphonic Poem);  Verdi: Four Sacred Pieces

11 pm

Copland: Billy the Kid (Suite);  Schumann: Symphony #1 in B-flat Major, op. 38 “Spring”

 

 

THU.

MARCH  23  Léon Minkus (1826) / Eugčne Gigout (1844) / Franz Schreker (1878) / Anthony van Hoboken (1887) / Ferenc Vecsey (1893) / Regine Crespin (1927)

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» Passing the Time of Day «» Music written for various times of the day.

6 pm

Rossini: Le Sičge de Corinthe (Overture);  Poulenc: Les Biches

7 pm

Mendelssohn: Symphony #2 in B-flat Major, op. 52 “Hymn of Praise”

8 pm

Handel: Concerto a due cori #1 in B-flat Major (HWV 332) (for Winds and Strings);  Barber: Souvenirs, op. 28 (for Orchestra)

9 pm

GOOD FOLK «» Those Were the Days «» Eric Andersen: The Street was Always There, Waves | Dolly Parton: Those Were the Days;  Mason Williams & Zoe McCullogh: Electric Gas

11 pm

NEW MUSIC GALLERY «» Richard Bone: Saiyuji;  Peter Kater: Water

 

 

FRI.

MARCH  24  John Antes (1740) / Maria Malibran (1808) / Byron Janis (1928) / Benjamin Luxon (1937)

10 am

Weber: Piano Concerto #2 in E-flat Major, op. 32 (J. 155)

11 am

Massenet: Le Cid (Ballet Music)

5 pm

KARL HAAS «» Alla Polacca «» The background and history of the polonaise, Poland’s national dance rendered immortal by Frédéric Chopin.

 

 

SAT.

MARCH  25  Johann Adolf Hasse (1699) / François-Joseph Fétis (1784) / Arturo Toscanini (1867) / Béla Bartók (1881) / Hayden Wood (1882) / Aretha Franklin (1942) / Elton John (1947)

9 am

Haydn: String Quartet in D Major, Hob. III:20 (op. 17/#6)

10 am

Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta

11 am