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SUN. APRIL Ferruccio Busoni (1866) / Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873) 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; Sergey Khachatryan, violin «» Mendelssohn: The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave) (Concert Overture), op. 26; Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D Minor, op. 47; Tchaikovsky: Symphony #6 in B Minor, op. 74 “Pathétique”
MON. APRIL 2 Simon Peter (1743) / Franz Lachner (1803) / Kurt Herbert Adler (1905) / Girolamo Arrigo (1930) 5 pm KARL HAAS «» Rare and Well Done «» Today’s program delves into interesting and unusual music, performed exceptionally well. 6:55 pm Mario Lanza and Friends 7 pm Monday Evening Piano Concerto 8 pm GREAT PIANISTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY with Mike Shakinvosky «» Vladimir de Pachman «» Music of Chopin, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Raff, and Henselt 9 pm Prokofiev: The Love for Three Oranges, op. 33 (Suite); Ives: Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano; Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks, op. 28 10 pm Rózsa: King of Kings (Film Score) (Suite); Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto #3 in D Minor, op. 30; Bruckner: Mass #3 in F Minor
TUE. APRIL 3 Johann Valentin Rathgeber (1682) / Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895) / George Barati (1913) / Sixten Ehrling (1918) / Garrick Ohlsson (1948) / Mikhail Rudy (1953) 5 pm KARL HAAS «» Freedom Festival «» In anticipation of the Jewish Festival of Passover, a program of pertinent music. 8 pm EVENING AT THE OPERA «» Great Polish and Ukrainian Singers (Mel Siegel, guest)
WED. APRIL 4 Stephen Storace (1763) / Charles Jerome Hopkins (1836) / Hans Richter (1843) / Pierre Monteux (1875) / Jósef Szulc (1875) / Mary Carlisle Howe (1882) / Eugčne Bozza (1905) / Elmer Bernstein (1922) 5 pm KARL HAAS «» Advice and Consent «» Today’s program offers examples of how quite a few masters consulted great performers in the writing of concertos. 9 pm Bach: St. Matthew Passion, S. 244
THU. APRIL 5 Louis Spohr (1784) / Albert Roussel (1869) / Herbert von Karajan (1908) / Goddard Lieberson (1911) 5 pm KARL HAAS «» What’s Up Bach? «» Another program offering suggestions as to how to get youngsters interested in good music. 6 pm Kodály: Háry János (Suite); Mozart: Violin Concerto #1 in B-flat Major, K. 207 7 pm Haydn: The Seven Last Words of Our Savior on the Cross, Hob. III:50-56 (op. 51) (for String Quartet) 8 pm Handel: Concerto Grosso in G Major, op. 6/#1 (HWV 319); Schubert: Symphony #5 in B-flat Major, D. 485 9 pm GOOD FOLK «» New Folk «» Story Hill; Vienna Teng: Dreaming Through the Muse; Eve Goldberg: A Kinder Season; Sarah McLachlan: Ordinary Miracle; The Infamous Stringdusters: Fork in the Road; Dave Potts: $12.99; Ranarim: Morning Star; Elaine Silver: The Art of Peace; Adam Snyder: This Town Will Get Its Due; Bonnie Rideout: A Scottish Fiddle Collection 11 pm NEW MUSIC GALLERY «» Frank Harris: From the Cave; Ashana: All Is Forgiven; Paul Schwartz: State of Grace III
FRI. APRIL 6 Johann Kuhnau (1660) / Alessandro Rolla (1757) / Friedrich Volkmann (1815) / Carlos Salzedo (1885) / Andrew Imbrie (1921) / Edison Denisov (1929) / André Previn (1929) 10 am Mozart: Piano Concerto #9 in E-flat Major, K. 271 (“Jeunehomme”) 11 am Chopin: Piano Concerto #1 in E Minor, op. 11 5 pm KARL HAAS «» Good Friday «» Music in the spirit of the day, and of the Easter holiday season.
SAT. APRIL 7 Eduardo Toldrá (1895) / Robert Casadesus (1899) / Ravi Shankar (1920) 9 am Rossini: Sonata for Strings #5 in E-flat Major 10 am Britten: Peter Grimes (Four Sea Interludes) 11 am Casadesus: Étude #7 noon Haydn: Symphony #100 in G Major “Military”; Gershwin: An American in Paris; Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending (Romance for Violin and Orchestra) 1 pm Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé (complete) 2 pm Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Incidental Music), opp. 21 & 61; Beethoven: Sonata for Violin and Piano #5 in F Major, op. 24 “Spring” 3 pm Barber: Adagio for Strings, op. 11; Mozart: Serenade in G Major, K. 525 “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik” 6 pm ONE GREAT SONG «» Pennies from Heaven «» Recordings by Bing Crosby, Don Byas, J.J. Johnson, Al Haig/Stan Getz, Teddy Wilson/Billie Holiday, Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Sinatra, and Lucky Thompson
SUN. APRIL 8 Giuseppe Tartini (1692) / Sir Adrian Boult (1889) / Josef Krips (1902) / Franco Corelli (1921) / Walter Berry (1929) / John Reardon (1930) 3 pm THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC «» Alan Gilbert, conductor; Christian Tetzlaff, violin «» Bach (orch. Stokowski): Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, S. 565; Ligeti: Violin Concerto; Bach (orch. Webern): A Musical Offering, S. 1079 (#5 Ricercar a 6); Schumann: Symphony #3 in E-flat Major, op. 97 “Rhenish”
MON. APRIL 9 Johann Crüger (1598) / Matthias Georg Monn (1717) / Sol Hurok (1888) / Efrem Zimbalist (1889) / Paul Robeson (1898) / Antal Dorati (1906) / Jerszy Maksymiuk (1936) / Aulis Sallinen (1935) 5 pm KARL HAAS «» Contemporary Views «» What did artists and musicians think of their great contemporaries? Today’s program presents some research on that subject. 6:55 pm Mario Lanza and Friends 7 pm Monday Evening Piano Concerto 8 pm GREAT PIANISTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY with Mike Shakinvosky «» Composers as Pianists «» Recordings of great composers playing their own works: Grieg, Saint-Saëns, Fauré, Granados, Scriabin, Debussy, and Grünfeld 9 pm Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Overture, op. 36; Bach: Easter Oratorio, S. 249 10 pm Debussy (orch Büsser): Printemps (Symphonic Suite); Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis; Mahler: Symphony #2 in C Minor “Resurrection”
TUE. APRIL 10 Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (1760) / Domenico Dragonetti (1763) / Eugčne d’Albert (1864) / Sigmund Spaeth (1885) / Victor de Sabata (1892) / Luigi Alva (1927) / Claude Bolling (1930) / Jorge Mester (1935) / Yefim Bronfman (1958) 5 pm KARL HAAS «» Name the Composer «» The monthly mystery composer quiz, challenging you to identify a well-known composer by listening to his music, ranging from the unfamiliar to the well-known. 8 pm EVENING AT THE OPERA «» Your Choice and My Choice (Joe Pearce, guest)
WED. APRIL 11 Anne Danican Philidor (1681) / Jean-Joseph Mouret (1682) / Sir Charles Hallé (1819) / Alberto Ginastera (1916) / Karel Ancerl (1908) / Gervase de Peyer (1926) / Kurt Moll (1938) 5 pm KARL HAAS «» Musical Shards «» An examination of sketches and actual portions of compositions never used in their entirety by their creators. 9 pm Mendelssohn: The Fair Melusina (Concert Overture), op. 32; Massenet: Thaďs (“Méditation”); Ginastera: Panambí, op. 1 10 pm Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb (Festival Cantata), op. 30; Dvorak: Piano Concerto in G Minor, op. 33 11 pm Mozart: Divertimento in D Major, K. 205; Sibelius: Symphony #4 in A Minor, op. 63
THU. APRIL 12 Pietro Nardini (1722) / Josef Lanner (1801) / Imogen Holst (1907) / Lionel Hampton (1908) / Jean-François Paillard (1928) / Montserrat Caballé (1933) 5 pm KARL HAAS «» Story of the Sonata «» The series on the history of the sonata form continues on today’s program. 6 pm Bach: Brandenburg Concerto #2 in F Major, S. 1047; Dvorak: Slavonic Dances, op. 46 7 pm Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto #1 in B-flat Minor, op. 23; Debussy: La Mer 8 pm Handel: Messiah (excerpts) 9 pm GOOD FOLK «» James Taylor—Then and Now «» James Taylor: Greatest Hits, October Road ♫ Eva Cassidy: Imagine; Nancy Rumbel: Notes from the Tree of Life 11 pm NEW MUSIC GALLERY «» Dean Ivenson & Soulfood: Spa Rhythms; Terry Oldfield: Reiki Harmony
FRI. APRIL 13 William Sterndale Bennett (1816) / Ethel Leginska (1886) / Margaret Price (1941) 10 am Mendelssohn: Symphony #4 in A Major, op. 90 “Italian” 11 am Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto #2 in C Minor, op. 18 5 pm KARL HAAS «» Notable Conversions «» Scores that express in musical terms such elements as height, weight, and distance.
SAT. APRIL 14 Paavo Berglund (1929) / Morton Subotnick (1933) / Julian Lloyd Webber (1951) 9 am Still: Symphony #1 “Afro-American” 10 am Beethoven: Concerto for Violin, Cello, Piano and Orchestra in C Major, op. 56 11 am Szymanowski: Violin Concerto #1, op. 35 noon Beethoven: Piano Concerto #4 in G Major, op. 58; Albinoni: Adagio for Strings and Organ in G Minor; Rodgers: South Pacific (Overture) 1 pm Strauss: Death and Transfiguration, op. 24; Copland: The Red Pony (Film Score) (Suite); Arnold: Four Scottish Dances 2 pm Haydn: Symphony #82 in C Major “The Bear”; Mozart: Adagio and Fugue for Strings in C Minor, K. 546; Copland: Appalachian Spring 3 pm Rachmaninoff: Songs, op. 34 (#14 Vocalise); Haazen: Missa Luba (An African Mass) 6 pm ONE GREAT SONG «» It’s Only a Paper Moon «» Recordings by Miles Davis, Nat “King” Cole, Lester Young, Bill Allred & Roy Williams, Morgana King, and Art Blakey
SUN. APRIL 15 Domenico Gabrielli (1651) / Johann Fasch (1688) / Sir Neville Marriner (1924) 3 pm THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC «» Harry Bicket, conductor; Dominique Labelle, soprano; Stephanie Blythe, mezzo-soprano; Bruce Ford, tenor; Neal Davies, bass-baritone; The Westminster Symphonic Choir (Joe Miller, director) «» Handel: Messiah
MON. APRIL 16 Léo Weiner (1885) / Federico Mompou (1893) / Milton Cross (1897) / Lili Pons (1898) / Henry Mancini (1924) / Dennis Russell Davies (1944) 5 pm KARL HAAS «» Emphatic Statements «» A look at how emphasis is expressed in various musical works. 6:55 pm Mario Lanza and Friends 7 pm Monday Evening Piano Concerto 8 pm GREAT PIANISTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY with Mike Shakinvosky «» Mischa Levitzki «» Music of Levitzki, Moszkowski, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Bach, and Liszt 9 pm Dvorak: Othello (Concert Overture), op. 93; Saint-Saëns: Fantaisie for Violin and Harp in A Major, op. 124; Sessions: Symphony #9 10 pm Verdi: Jérusalem (Ballet Music); Haydn: Cello Concerto in D Major, Hob. VIIb:2 (op. 101); Shostakovich: Symphony #13 in B-flat Minor, op. 113 “Babi Yar”
TUE. APRIL 17 Johann David Heinichen (1683) / Johann Gottlieb Naumann (1741) / Artur Schnabel (1882) / Dame Maggie Teyte (1888) / Harald Saeverud (1897) / Gregor Piatigorsky (1903) / Graziella Sciutti (1932) / Anja Silja (1940) 5 pm KARL HAAS «» Is My Face Red! «» Have you ever mistaken one piece of music for another because of similarity of sound? Listen, and you will recognize yourself. 8 pm EVENING AT THE OPERA «» Little Known but Good Singers (Don Goldberg, guest)
WED. APRIL 18 Giacomo Carissimi (1605) / Franz von Suppé (1819) / Wilhelm Gericke (1845) / Leopold Stokowski (1882) / Miklós Rózsa (1913) / Kent Kennan (1913) / George Shirley (1934) / Catherine Malfitano (1948) 5 pm KARL HAAS «» Voices of Humanity «» The focus of today’s program is on the common bonds of all people, as illustrated in the musical vision of so many composers. 9 pm Suppé: Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna (Overture); Beethoven: Piano Sonata #30 in E Major, op. 109; Thomson: The River (Film Score) (Suite) 10 pm Liszt: Symphonic Poem #1 “Ce qu’on entend sur la montaigne” (“Bergsymphonie”); Rózsa: Violin Concerto, op. 24 11 pm Kennan: Three Pieces for Orchestra; Stravinsky: The Firebird (complete)
THU. APRIL 19 Orazio Benevoli (1605) / Augustus D. Juillard (1836) / Germaine Tailleferre (1892) / Joseph Keilberth (1908) / Murray Perahia (1947) 5 pm KARL HAAS «» You Can’t Hold It Back «» The inevitability of musical growth in selected compositions. 6 pm Beethoven: Piano Sonata #17 in D Minor, op. 31/#2 “Tempest”; Liszt: Symphonic Poem #12 “Die Ideale” 7 pm Bellini: Oboe Concerto in E-flat Major; Harty: An Irish Symphony 8 pm Orff: Catulli Carmina 9 pm GOOD FOLK «» Center Stage «» Dave Massengill: We Will Be Together; Kate Campbell with Spooner Oldham: For the Living of These Days; Vance Gilbert: Angels, Castles, Covers; Bill Bulinski: Bare Naked Guitar 11 pm NEW MUSIC GALLERY «» Bluestone: Breathe; Bodhi: Trans Ukraine; Peter Kater: 10 Questions for the Dalai Lama
FRI. APRIL 20 Nikolai Miaskovsky (1881) / John Eliot Gardiner (1943) 10 am Mozart: Piano Concerto #17 in G Major, K. 453 11 am Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto #1 in B-flat Minor, op. 23 5 pm KARL HAAS «» Democracy in Action «» Today’s program examines the musical and acoustical necessities of equal co-existence in music.
SAT. APRIL 21 Randall Thompson (1899) / Leonard Warren (1911) / Leo Blech (1871) / Bruno Maderna (1920) / Easley Blackwood (1933) 9 am Mozart: String Quartet #14 in G Major, K. 387 (“Haydn” #1) 10 am Thompson: Alleluia 11 am Nielsen: Symphony #4, op. 29 “The Inextinguishable” noon Wagner: Das Rheingold (“Entry of the Gods into Valhalla”) 1 pm Lloyd Webber: medley 2 pm Berlioz: Les Troyens (“Royal Hunt and Storm”) 3 pm Beethoven: The Consecration of the House Overture, op. 124 6 pm ONE GREAT SONG «» They Can’t Take That Away from Me «» Recordings by Fred Astaire, Hubert Fol, Blossom Dearie, Etta Jones, Charlie Parker, Tony Bennett, Errol Garner, and Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
SUN. APRIL 22 Randall Thompson (1899) / Leonard Warren (1911) / Leo Blech (1871) / Bruno Maderna (1920) / Easley Blackwood (1933)
3 pm THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC «» Sir Colin Davis, conductor; Mitsuko Uchida, piano «» Haydn: Symphony #85 in B-flat Major “La Reine”; Mozart: Piano Concerto #19 in F Major, K. 459; Schubert: Symphony #4 in C Minor, D. 417 “Tragic”
MON. APRIL 23 Robert Fayrfax (1464) / Pierre Dupont (1821) / Arthur Farwell (1872) / Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857) / Albert Coates (1882) / Sergei Prokofiev (1891) / Henry Barraud (1900) 5 pm KARL HAAS «» Down the Runway «» A look at the many different ways that concertos are begun. 6:55 pm Mario Lanza and Friends 7 pm Monday Evening Piano Concerto 8 pm GREAT PIANISTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY with Mike Shakinvosky 9 pm Wagner: Götterdämmerung (“Dawn” and “Siegfried’s Rhine Journey”); Prokofiev: Piano Concerto #3 in C Major, op. 26; Grieg: Sigurd Jorsalfar (Incidental Music), op. 22 (Suite, op. 56) 10 pm Barraud: Offrande ŕ une ombre; Bruch: Scottish Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra, op. 46; Leoncavallo: Pagliacci
TUE. APRIL 24 Giovanni Battista Martini (1706) / John Williams [guitarist] (1942) 5 pm KARL HAAS «» Are We There Yet? «» The dramatic importance of the coda in musical composition. 8 pm EVENING AT THE OPERA «» Operatic Highlights
WED. APRIL 25 Gottlieb Muffat (1690) / Jean Nougučs (1875) / Sparre Olsen (1903) / Italo Tajo (1915) / Astrid Varnay (1918) / Ella Fitzgerald (1920) 5 pm KARL HAAS «» Song and Dance «» Karl Haas performs piano works of an especially “song and dance” like nature. 9 pm Kœchlin: The Meditation of Purun Bhagat (Symphonic Poem), op. 159; Schumann: Liederkreis (Eichendorff), op. 39; Rota: Concerto for Strings 10 pm Vaughan Williams: An Oxford Elegy; Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole for Violin and Orchestra, op. 21 11 pm Weber: Oberon (“Ozean, du ungeheuer”); Gličre: Symphony #2 in C Minor, op. 25
THU. APRIL 26 Dominique Garat (1762) / Joseph Fuchs (1900) / Wilfrid Mellers (1914) 5 pm KARL HAAS «» To Top It Off «» Today’s program delves into the history of the encore, offering some example. 6 pm Sibelius: “Be Still My Soul” 7 pm Svendsen: Romance for Violin and Orchestra in G Major, op. 26 8 pm Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel (Overture) 9 pm GOOD FOLK «» Groups of the ‘50s and ‘60s «» A collection of popular folk songs performed by groups including The New Christy Minstrels, The Byrds, The Kingston Trio, and Peter, Paul and Mary | Leo Kottke: Anthology 11 pm NEW MUSIC GALLERY «» Tatiana Grecic: A Place Under the Sun; Jim Brickman: Pure
FRI. APRIL 27 Johann Adam Reincken (1623) / Friedrich von Flotow (1812) / Nicolas Slonimsky (1894) / Guido Cantelli (1920) / Igor Oistrakh (1931) / Judith Blegen (1941) 10 am Schubert: Quintet for Piano and Strings in A Major, D. 667 (op. 114) “Trout” 11 am Massenet: Piano Concerto in E-flat Major 5 pm KARL HAAS «» Step On It «» An examination of the use of accelerando in music.
SAT. APRIL 28 John Jacob Niles (1892) / Paul Sacher (1906) / Nan Merriman (1920) / Jeffrey Tate (1948) 9 am Suk: Serenade for String Orchestra, op. 6 10 am Chausson: Symphony in B-flat Major, op. 20 11 am Shostakovich: Symphony #1 in F Minor, op. 10 noon Canteloube: Songs of the Auvergne (“Bailero”) 1 pm Beethoven: Romance for Violin and Orchestra #2 in F Major, op. 50 2 pm Moncayo: Huapango (for Orchestra) 3 pm Brahms: Tragic Overture, op. 81 6 pm ONE GREAT SONG «» The St. Louis Blues «» Recordings by W.C. Handy, Bessie Smith, Benny Goodman, Django Reinhardt & Stephane Grappelli, Paul Robeson, The Glenn Miller Orchestra, and Herbie Hancock with Stevie Wonder
SUN. APRIL 29 Karl Millocker (1842) / Sir Thomas Beecham (1879) / Wallingford Riegger (1885) / Sir Malcolm Sargent (1895) / Duke Ellington (1899) / Theodore Ward Chanler (1902) / Harold Shapero (1920) / Peter Sculthorpe (1929) / Zubin Mehta (1936) 3 pm THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC «» Joint Concert with Symphonica Toscanini «» Lorin Maazel, conductor; René Pape, bass «» Strauss: Don Juan, op. 20; Respighi: The Pines of Rome; Verdi: Macbeth (“Studia il passo, o mio figlio…Come dal ciel precipita”); Verdi: Don Carlo (“Ella giammai m’amň”); Mozart: Don Giovanni (“Madamina, il catalogo č questo”); Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini (Symphonic Fantasy), op. 32
MON. APRIL 30 Franz Lehár (1870) / Louise Homer (1871) / Robert Shaw (1916) / Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (1939) 5 pm KARL HAAS «» The Thrill of the Trill «» A look at the various ways of ornamenting a melody. 6:55 pm Mario Lanza and Friends 7 pm Monday Evening Piano Concerto 8 pm GREAT PIANISTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY with Mike Shakinvosky «» Daniel Barenboim «» Music of Liszt, Mozart, Mendelssohn, and Beethoven 9 pm Auber: Masaniello (Overture); Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra, op. 33; Bach: Magnificat in D Major, S. 243 10 pm Ponchielli: La Gioconda (“Voce di donna”); Barber: Prayers of Kierkegaard, op. 30; Beethoven: Piano Concerto #3 in C Minor, op. 37 11 pm Lehár: The Land of Smiles (“Dein ist mein ganzes Herz”); Brahms: Symphony #1 in C Minor, op. 68
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