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MON. |
MAY 1 William Lawes (1602) / Hugo Alfvén (1872) / Felipe Boero (1884) / Leo Sowerby (1895) / Walter Susskind (1913)PRIVATE |
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5 pm |
KARL HAAS «» Komm Lieber Mai «» The arrival of the beautiful month of May is ushered in with songs from different countries relating to it. |
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6:55 pm |
Mario Lanza and Friends |
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7 pm |
Monday Evening Piano Concerto |
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8 pm |
GREAT PIANISTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY with Mike Shakinovsky «» Alfred Cortot «» Music of Liszt, Chopin, and Saint-Saëns |
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9 pm |
Rimsky-Korsakov: May Night (Overture); Mozart: Adagio for Piano in B Minor, K. 540; Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin, op. 19 |
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10 pm |
Strauss: Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, op. 60 (Suite); Shostakovich: Piano Concerto #1 in C Minor, op. 35 |
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11 pm |
Schubert (orch. Webern): 6 German Dances, D. 820; Britten: Spring Symphony, op. 44 |
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TUE. |
MAY 2 Alessandro Scarlatti (1660) / Hans Christian Lumbye (1810) / Lorenz Hart (1895) / Bing Crosby (1904) / Alan Rawsthorne (1905) / Oivin Fjeldstad (1903) / Jan Hanus (1915) / Horst Stein (1928) |
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5 pm |
KARL HAAS «» Music in Time and Space «» Today’s program calls attention to music’s capacity to transcend chronological time and geographical space. |
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6 pm |
Berlioz: Grande Smphonie Funèbre et Triomphale, op. 15 |
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7 pm |
Brahms: Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra in A Minor, op. 102 |
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8 pm |
EVENING AT THE OPERA «» The Centennial of the Met’s Journey into the San Francisco Earthquake |
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WED. |
MAY 3 Johann Baptist Krumpholz (1742) / Richard d’Oyly Carte (1844) / Marcel Dupré (1886) / Virgil Fox (1912) / Betty Comden (1919) / Pete Seeger (1919) |
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5 pm |
KARL HAAS «» Influential Evidence «» A program examining outside influences on composers. |
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9 pm |
Rossini: The Barber of Seville (Overture); Ravel: Introduction and Allegro for Harp, Flute, Clarinet and String Quartet; Mozart: Symphony #38 in D Major, K. 504 “Prague” |
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10 pm |
Shostakovich: From Jewish Folk Poetry, op. 79a; Brahms: Quintet for Strings #2 in G Major, op. 111 |
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11 pm |
Bach: Passacaglia and Fugue for Organ in C Minor, S. 582; Sibelius: Symphony #1 in E Minor, op. 39 |
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THU. |
MAY 4 Bartolomeo Cristofori (1655) / Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek (1860) / Frederick Jacobi (1891) / Roberta Peters (1930) / Gennady Rozhdestvensky (1931) / Marisa Robles (1937) |
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5 pm |
KARL HAAS «» Obligatory Notes «» An illustration of obbligato, an additional and subordinate melody specifically written out by the composer which compliments and ornaments the main melodic line. |
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6 pm |
Brusselmans: Flemish Rhapsody; Haydn: Symphony #83 in G Minor “The Hen” |
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7 pm |
Suk: Serenade for String Orchestra in E-flat Major, op. 6; Elgar: The Crown of India, op. 66 (Suite) |
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8 pm |
Roylance/Galvin: Battle of the Atlantic |
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9 pm |
GOOD FOLK «» New Folk «» Annie Gallup: Half of My Crime; Dougie MacLean: Inside the Thunder; The Cottars: Forerunner; James Krueger: Bluebird in the Snow; Lynn Miles: Love Sweet Love; Jeff Talmadge: Blissville; Putumayo Presents the Caribbean; Ray Korona Band: The Safe Thing To Do |
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11 pm |
NEW MUSIC GALLERY «» Tobin Mueller: Morning Whispers; Patrick Gorman: Sounds from the Wisihing Well |
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FRI. |
MAY 5 Thomas Linley (1756) / Stanislaw Moniuszko (1819) / Hans Pfitzner (1869) / Charles Rosen (1927) |
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10 am |
Mozart: Violin Concerto #3 in G Major, K. 216 |
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11 am |
Vieuxtemps: Sonata for Viola and Piano in B-flat Major, op. 36 |
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5 pm |
KARL HAAS «» A Classical Romance: Brahms «» Today’s program features the music of Brahms which underlines his double identity as both a classicist and a romanticist. |
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MAY 6 Giuseppe Petri (1886) / Jascha Horenstein (1899) / George Perle (1915) / Godfrey Ridout (1918) / Richard Stilwell (1942) |
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9 am |
Vivaldi: La Cetra, op. 9 (#5 Concerto for Violin and Strings in A Minor, R. 358) |
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10 am |
Brahms: Quintet for Piano and Strings in F Minor, op. 34 |
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11 am |
Mendelssohn: Symphony #3 in A Minor, op. 56 “Scottish” |
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noon |
Mozart: Symphony #31 in D Major, K. 297 “Paris” |
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1 pm |
Schubert: Octet for Winds and Strings in F Major, D. 803 (op. 166) |
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2 pm |
Gershwin (arr. Litton): Porgy and Bess (Concert Suite) |
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3 pm |
Verdi: La Battaglia di Legnano (Overture) |
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6 pm |
ONE GREAT SONG «» What’s New? «» Recordings by George Benson, Linda Ronstadt, Clifford Brown, Jackie McLean, Arthur Prysock, and Warren Vaché |
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SUN. |
MAY 7 Carl Stamitz (1745) / Johannes Brahms (1833) / Piotr Ilyitch Tchaikovsky (1840) / Elisabeth Söderström (1927) |
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3 pm |
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC «» Mstislav Rostropovich, conductor; Maxim Vengerov, violin «» Shostakovich: Violin Concerto #1 in A Minor, op. 99; Shostakovich: Symphony #10 in E Minor, op. 93 |
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MON. |
MAY 8 Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829) / Ferenc Korbay (1846) / David Van Vactor (1906) / Keith Jarrett (1945) |
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5 pm |
KARL HAAS «» Slavic Tchaikovsky «» Music by the Russian master with a particular Slavic bent. |
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6:55 pm |
Mario Lanza and Friends |
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7 pm |
Monday Evening Piano Concerto |
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8 pm |
GREAT PIANISTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY with Mike Shakinovsky «» Rudolf Firkusny «» Music of Smetana, Martinu, Dvorak, and Janacek |
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9 pm |
Gottschalk: Symphony #1 “A Night in the Tropics” |
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10 pm |
Janacek: Glagolithic Mass |
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11 pm |
Sibelius: Four Legends from the Kalevala, op. 22 |
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TUE. |
MAY 9 Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525) / Giovanni Paisiello (1740) / Carlo Maria Giulini (1914) / Billy Joel (1949) / Anne Sofie von Otter (1955) |
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5 pm |
KARL HAAS «» Name the Composer «» The monthly mystery composer quiz, challenging you to identify a well-known composer through his music. |
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6 pm |
Meyerbeer (arr. Lambert): Les Patineurs |
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7 pm |
Poulenc: The Model Animals |
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8 pm |
EVENING AT THE OPERA «» Mad About Auber: Early 19th Century French Opéra-Comique |
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WED. |
MAY 10 Jean-Marie Leclair (1697) / Max Steiner (1888) / Dmitri Tiomkin (1894) / Milton Babbitt (1916) / Maxim Shostakovich (1938) |
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5 pm |
KARL HAAS «» The Spice of Life «» A program on the history and uses of the compositional form known as “theme and variations”. |
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9 pm |
Mozart: The Impresario, K. 486 (Overture); Franck: Symphonic Variations for Piano and Orchestra; Elgar: The Wand of Youth, op. 1 |
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10 pm |
Ives: String Quartet #1 “From the Salvation Army”; Beethoven: Piano Concerto #3 in C Minor, op. 37; Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, op. 64 (excerpts) |
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THU. |
MAY 11 Jan Vaclav Vorisek (1791) / Anatol Liadov (1855) / Joseph Marx (1882) / Alma Gluck (1884) / Irving Berlin (1888) / William Grant Still (1895) / Bidu Sayão (1902) |
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5 pm |
KARL HAAS «» Going for Baroque «» A look at the colorful music of the 17th and 18th centuries. |
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6 pm |
Paganini: Violin Concerto #1 in D Major, op. 6; Sullivan: Macbeth (Concert Overture) |
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7 pm |
Verdi: Jérusalem (Ballet Music); Schumann: Konzertstück for 4 Horns and Orchestra in F Major, op. 86 |
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8 pm |
Zemlinsky: Symphony #2 in B-flat Major; Mendelssohn: Symphony for Strings #1 in C Major |
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9 pm |
GOOD FOLK «» Reflections «» Priscilla Herdman, Anne Hills & Cindy Mangsen: At the Turning of the Year; Christopher Shaw: Adirondack Serenade; Rex Fowler: Gettysburg; Tony Rice Unit: Unit of Measure |
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11 pm |
NEW MUSIC GALLERY «» Thomas Barth: Beyond Black and White; Peter Kater: Fire |
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FRI. |
MAY 12 Johann Baptist Vanhal (1739) / Giovanni Viotti (1755) / Jules Massenet (1842) / Gabriel Fauré (1845) / Sir Lenox Berkeley (1903) / Giulietta Simionato (1910) |
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10 am |
Mozart: Violin Concerto #4 in D Major, K. 218 |
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11 am |
Chopin: Sonata for Piano #3 in B Minor, op. 58 |
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5 pm |
KARL HAAS «» Unsung Heroes «» In honor of Mother’s Day, a program featuring music inspired by the mothers of famous musicians. |
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SAT. |
MAY 13 Wojciech Zywny (1756) / Sir Arthur Sullivan (1842) / Raoul Laparra (1876) |
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9 am |
Mozart: Piano Concerto #20 in D Minor, K. 466 |
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10 am |
Sullivan: The Tempest (Incidental Music) |
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11 am |
Tchaikovsky: Symphony #6 in B Minor, op. 74 “Pathétique” |
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noon |
Beethoven: Piano Concerto #4 in G Major, op. 58; Albinoni (arr. Giazzotto): Adagio for Organ and Strings in G Minor |
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1 pm |
Strauss: Death and Transfiguration, op. 24; Copland: The Red Pony (Film Score) (Suite) |
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2 pm |
Haydn: Symphony #82 in C Major “The Bear”; Mozart: Adagio and Fugue for Strings in C Minor, K. 546 |
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3 pm |
Haazen: Missa Luba (An African Mass) |
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6 pm |
ONE GREAT SONG «» Stars Fell on Alabama «» Recordings by Alberta Hunter, Ray Brown, Manne/Previn, Play Buck Clayton, Stan Getz, Roy Eldridge, and Ella & Louis |
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SUN. |
MAY 14 Johann Peder Hartmann (1805) / Nikolai Tcherepnin (1873) / Otto Klemperer (1885) / Lou Harrison (1917) |
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3 pm |
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC «» Sir Colin Davis, conductor; Ian Bostridge, tenor; Glenn Dicterow, violin «» Berlioz: Les Nuits d’été, op. 7; Mozart: Serenade in D Major, K. 250 “Haffner” |
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MON. |
MAY 15 Claudio Monteverdi (1567) / Maria Theresia von Paradis (1759) / Michael Balfe (1808) / Lars-Erik Larsson (1908) / Arthur Berger (1912) / John Lanchbery (1923) / Brian Eno (1948) |
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5 pm |
KARL HAAS «» Four on the Floor «» A look at how composers utilize doublings of instruments in their scores. |
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6:55 pm |
Mario Lanza and Friends |
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7 pm |
Monday Evening Piano Concerto |
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8 pm |
GREAT PIANISTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY with Mike Shakinovsky «» Myra Hess «» Music of Beethoven, Scarlatti, Granados, and Schumann |
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9 pm |
Larrson: Förklädd gud, op. 24 |
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10 pm |
Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine |
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TUE. |
MAY 16 Richard Tauber (1892) / Woody Herman (1913) / Friedrich Gulda (1930) / Donald Martino (1931) |
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5 pm |
KARL HAAS «» Bohemian Magic «» Today’s program explores the qualities which endear Bohemian music to so many music lovers. |
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6 pm |
Tchaikovsky: Concert Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra in G Major, op. 56 |
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7 pm |
Schumann: Symphony #3 in E-flat Major, op. 97 “Rhenish” |
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8 pm |
EVENING AT THE OPERA «» Celebrating Birgit Nilsson (Lynne Strow, guest) |
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WED. |
MAY 17 Erik Satie (1866) / Werner Egk (1901) / Fausto Cleva (1902) / Zinka Milanov (1906) / Birgit Nilsson (1918) / Peter Mennin (1923) / Gabriel Bacquier (1924) / Paul Crossley (1944) |
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5 pm |
KARL HAAS «» The Heart of the Matter «» The beauty and importance of slow movements in large-scale works. |
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9 pm |
Delius: Brigg Fair (An English Rhapsody); Satie: Trois morceaux en forme de poire (for Piano 4-Hands); Copland: Appalachian Spring (Suite) |
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10 pm |
Kodály: Marosszek Dances; Mozart: Bassoon Concerto in B-flat Major, K. 191; Glière: Symphony #3 in B Minor, op. 42 “Ilya Muromets” |
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THU. |
MAY 18 Karl Goldmark (1830) / Bernard Zweers (1854) / Ezio Pinza (1892) / Clifford Curzon (1907) / Boris Christoff (1918) / Rick Wakeman (1949) |
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5 pm |
KARL HAAS «» Lettered Notes «» A sampling of pieces whose meaning is spelled out in words printed in the score. |
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6 pm |
Tchaikovsky: Suite for Orchestra #2 in C Major, op. 53 |
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7 pm |
Rheinberger: Organ Concerto #2 in G Minor, op. 177; Svendsen: Romance for Violin and Orchestra in G Major, op. 26 |
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8 pm |
Duruflé: Requiem, op. 9; Palmer: Classical Suite for Harp |
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9 pm |
GOOD FOLK «» Simon and Garfunkel—Old Friends «» Simon and Garfunkel: Old Friends; Guitarist/Composer Sampler |
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11 pm |
NEW MUSIC GALLERY «» Barry Franklin: Time and Again; Alberto Iglesias: The Constant Gardener; Steve Hackett & The Underworld Orchestra: Metamorphosis |
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FRI. |
MAY 19 Johann Froberger (1616) / Johann Friedrich Peter (1746) / Alice Mary Smith (1839) / Dame Nellie Melba (1861) / Sandy Wilson (1924) / Pete Townshend (1945) / David Helfgott (1947) |
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10 am |
Mozart: Violin Concerto #5 in A Major, K. 219 |
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11 am |
Vieuxtemps: Sonata for Viola and Piano in B-flat Major, op. 60 (op. posth. 14; unfinished) |
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5 pm |
KARL HAAS «» Fisher Fiesta «» Today’s program celebrates the American music patron, Avery Fisher. |
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SAT. |
MAY 20 Ion Dumitrescu (1913) / Hephzibah Menuhin (1920) |
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9 am |
Haydn: String Quartet in E-flat Major, Hob. III:31 (op. 20/#1) |
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10 am |
Finzi: Cello Concerto in A Minor, op. 40 |
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11 am |
Nielsen: Symphony #4, op. 29 “The Inextinguishable” |
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noon |
Dvorak: Cello Concerto in B Minor, op. 104; Debussy: Prélude à l’Après-midi d’un faune |
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1 pm |
Vaughan Williams: Symphony #7 “Sinfonia Antartica”; Mendelssohn: The Fair Melusina (Concert Overture), op. 32 |
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2 pm |
Beethoven: Piano Concerto #5 in E-flat Major, op. 73 “Emperor”; Lloyd Webber: Cats (Suite for Orchestra) |
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3 pm |
Bernstein: Chichester Psalms |
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6 pm |
ONE GREAT SONG «» Isn’t It Romantic? «» Recordings by Jimmy Raney & Bob Brookmeyer, Bobby Short, Art Tatum, Chet Baker, Roberta Flack, Hank Jones, and Houston Person |
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SUN. |
MAY 21 Thomas “Fats” Waller (1904) / Gina Bachauer (1913) / Heinz Holliger (1931) / Maurice André (1933) |
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3 pm |
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC «» Lorin Maazel, conductor; Angela Gheorghiu, soprano «» Rossini: The Thieving Magpie (Overture); Catalani: La Wally (“Ebben, ne andrò lontana”); Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur (“Io son l’umile ancella”); Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana (Intermezzo); Verdi: La Forza del Destino (“Pace, pace, mio Dio”); Verdi: Otello (Ballet Music); Ponchielli: La Gioconda (“Dance of the Hours”); Puccini: Madama Butterfly (“Un bel dì”); Puccini: La Rondine (“Chi il bel sogno di Doretta”); Puccini: Gianni Schicchi (“O mio babbino caro”); Verdi: I Vespri Siciliani (Overture); Rossini: William Tell (Overture) (excerpt); Grigoriu: “Valurile Dunaril” (Folk Song); traditional: “Auld Lang Syne” |
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MON. |
MAY 22 Thomas Walmisley (1783) / Richard Wagner (1813) / Joachim Raff (1822) / Jean Cras (1879) / John Browning (1933) / Peter Nero (1934) |
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5 pm |
KARL HAAS «» Volks Wagner «» A program centered on Wagner’s fairly rare folk elements. |
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6:55 pm |
Mario Lanza and Friends |
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7 pm |
Monday Evening Piano Concerto |
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8 pm |
GREAT PIANISTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY with Mike Shakinovsky «» Shura Cherkassky «» Music of Balakirev, Chopin, Strauss/Schultz-Evler, Albéniz/Godowsky, and Litolff |
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9 pm |
Wagner: Wesendonck-Lieder (for Soprano and Orchestra) |
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10 pm |
Raff: Symphony #8 in A Major, op. 205 “Frühlingsklänge” |
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11 pm |
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (Prelude to Act 1 and “Liebestod”) |
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TUE. |
MAY 23 Johann Kaspar Vogler (1696) / Johann Friedrich Ernst Bach (1759) / Ignaz Moscheles (1794) / Rosa Raisa (1893) / Edmund Rubbra (1901) / Artie Shaw (1910) / Jean Francais (1912) / Alicia de Larrocha (1923) / Robert Moog (1934) |
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5 pm |
KARL HAAS «» Double-Dip «» A sampling of concertos for two instruments from various periods. |
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6 pm |
Gounod: Symphony #1 in D Major |
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7 pm |
Raff: Symphony #5 in E Major, op. 177 “Lenore” |
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8 pm |
EVENING AT THE OPERA «» Five Great Singers (Jack Dipisa, guest) |
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WED. |
MAY 24 Richard Hoffman (1831) / Paul Paray (1886) / Bob Dylan (1941) |
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5 pm |
KARL HAAS «» Noted Visually «» A look at the interrelationship between the senses of sight and sound as found in nature and the arts. |
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9 pm |
Gottschalk: Marche Solennelle for Orchestra and Bands; Berg: Violin Concerto (“To the Memory of an Angel”); Lalo: Namouna (Suite #1) |
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10 pm |
Shostakovich: The Bolt, op. 27 (Suite); Mozart: Concerto for 2 Pianos and Orchestra in E-flat Major, K. 365 |
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11 pm |
Koechlin: The Law of the Jungle (Symphonic Poem), op. 175; Dvořák: Symphony #6 in D Major, op. 60 |
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THU. |
MAY 25 Sverre Jordan (1889) / Miles Davis (1926) / Beverly Sills (1929) |
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5 pm |
KARL HAAS «» Preliminary Action «» The various uses of preludes, both as introductions to large-scale works and as independent compositions. |
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6 pm |
Handel: Organ Concerto #1 in G Minor, op. 4/#1; Chabrier: Suite Pastorale |
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7 pm |
Zemlinsky: The Mermaid (Fantasy for Orchestra); Ewazen: Fantasia for 7 Trumpets |
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8 pm |
Kodály: Dances of Galánta; Delius: Florida Suite |
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9 pm |
GOOD FOLK «» Songs from the Heart of America «» Freedom: Songs from the Heart of America; Sing America; Lee Greenwood: American Patriot; Phil Coulter: American Tranquility |
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11 pm |
NEW MUSIC GALLERY «» Jeff Oster: Released; Falling You: Touch; Dan Siegel & Theo Bishop: Colors of the Land—Waterscapes |
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FRI. |
MAY 26 Stan Golestan (1875) / Sir Eugene Goosens (1893) / Ernst Bacon (1898) / Gerard Bertouille (1898) / William Bolcom (1938) / Teresa Stratas (1939) |
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10 am |
Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra in E-flat Major, K. 364 |
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11 am |
Brahms: Sonata for Violin and Piano #1 in G Major, op. 78 |
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5 pm |
KARL HAAS |