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March/April 2017
Volume 45, No. 3
95.3 FM
WHRB Program Guide
March-April, 2017
95.3 FM
Wednesday, March 1
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
1:00pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Grandjany: Aria in Classic Style for Harp and Organ, Op. 19,
No. 1; Bride, Gillock (Milan)
Valentine: Concerto for Flute and Ensemble in B-flat; Heyens,
Musica Antiqua Köln (DG Archiv LP)
Bruckner: Fantasie for Piano; Brunner (cpo)
Yoshimatsu: Cello Concerto, Op. 91, “Centaurus Unit”; Dixon,
Fujioka, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Chandos)
Haydn: Piano Sonata No. 32 in g, Hob. XVI/44; Buchbinder
(Teldec)
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in c, Op. 18; Ashkenazy,
Kondrashin, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra (Decca)
Busnois: Regina coeli; Blachly, Pomerium (Dorian)
Sibelius: Symphony No. 6 in d, Op. 104; Vänskä, Lahti
Symphony Orchestra (BIS)
Piazzolla: Tango Suite for Two Guitars; S. Assad, O. Assad
(Nonesuch LP)
Mozart: Symphony in F, K. 19a (K. Anh. 223); Hogwood,
Schröder, Academy of Ancient Music (Oiseau-Lyre)
Stanford: Fantasy No. 2 for Clarinet and String Quartet; Plane,
L. Gould, Cooper, Adams, Neary (Naxos)
Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 61; Hahn, Zinman,
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (Sony)
Reger: String Quartet in d, Op. 74; Drolc Quartet (DG)
6:00pm PIANO MUSIC FOR THE LEFT HAND
Martinu: Divertimento for Piano Left Hand and Orchestra;
Panenka, Gregor, Prague Chamber Orchestra (Supraphon)
Rorem: Piano Concerto for Left Hand and Orchestra; Graffman,
Previn, Curtis Institute of Music Symphony Orchestra (New
World)
7:00pm PIANO TRANSCRIPTIONS
Liszt:Réminiscences de Don Juan (after Mozart);Wild(Vanguard)
Liszt: Rigoletto Paraphrase; Li (DG)
Liszt: Soirées de Vienne (Valse-caprice) after Schubert, No. 6;
Horowitz (DG)
Liszt: Schubert’s song “Erlkönig” transcr. Liszt; Bolet (London)
Liszt: Widmung, song by Schumann, arr. Liszt; Rubinstein
(1947) (RCA Red Seal)
8:00pm NEW RELEASES
10:00pm RECORD HOSPITAL
Thursday, March 2
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
1:00pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Atterberg: Cello Sonata, Op. 27; Thomas-Mifune, Piazzini
(Koch Schwann)
Liszt: Les Préludes, Symphonic Poem No. 3; Masur, Leipzig
Gewandhaus Orchestra (Angel LP)
Vivaldi: Longe mala, umbrae, terrores, RV 629; Daniels, Biondi,
Europa Galante (Virgin)
Glass: The Voyage; Davies, Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
(Nonesuch)
Enescu: Piano Suite No. 2 in D, Op. 10; Borac (Avie)
Vivanco: Missa Crux Fidelis; Trendell, Choir of King’s College,
London (Gaudeamus)
Schulz: Six Diverse Pieces, Op. 1; Mortensen (Da Capo)
Foss: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 (1949-51, rev.
1952); Kasman, St. Clair, Pacific Symphony Orchestra
(Harmonia Mundi)
Kreisler: Liebesleid; Perlman, Sanders (EMI)
Sullivan: Symphony in E, “Irish”; Groves, Royal Liverpool
Philharmonic Orchestra (EMI)
Vaughan Williams: String Quartet No. 1 in G; Maggini Quartet
(Naxos)
Mozart: Symphony No. 25 in g, K. 183; Marriner, Academy of
St. Martin-in-the-Fields (Philips)
6:00pm COMPOSERS OF COLOR
Sheng: Clarinet and String Quartet Concertino; Shifrin, I.
Kavafian, Zori, Neubauer, Sherry (Delos)
Villa-Lobos: Guitar Concerto; Bream, Previn, London
Symphony Orchestra (RCA Victor)
Still: Songs of Separation; Honeysucker, Taylor (New World)
7:00pm HARP HOUR
Bernstein: Serenade after Plato’s “Symposium”; Perlman,
Ozawa, Boston Symphony Orchestra (EMI)
Copland: Concerto for Clarinet and String Orchestra; Drucker,
Bernstein, New York Philharmonic Orchestra (DG)
8:00 pm
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA IN CONCERT
Gustavo Dudamel conducting.
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in c, Op. 67
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F, Op. 68, “Pastorale”
10:00pm RECORD HOSPITAL
Friday, March 3
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
1:00pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Smetana: String Quartet No. 1 in e, “From My Life”; Amadeus
Quartet (DG)
Antheil: Symphony No. 4; Goossens, London Symphony
Orchestra (Everest)
Lawes: Fantasia-Suite for Two Violins, Bas Viol, and Organ Set
No. 2 in G; London Baroque (Harmonia Mundi)
Enescu: Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A, Op. 11, No. 1;
Rozhdestvensky, Leeds Festival Chorus, BBC Philharmonic
Orchestra (Chandos)
Agricola: Allez, regretz; Posch, Ensemble Unicorn (Naxos)
Paganini: Violin Concerto No. 1 in D, Op. 6; Tretyakov, Järvi,
Moscow Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra (Melodiya-Ang.)
Lee: Morango . . . Almost a Tango; Kronos Quartet (Nonesuch)
Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 in c, Op. 78; Zamkochian, Munch,
Boston Symphony Orchestra (RCA Victor)
Stamitz: Quartet for Oboe and Strings in D, Op. 8; Goodwin,
Terzetto (Harmonia Mundi)
Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements; Stravinsky,
Columbia Symphony Orchestra (Columbia LP)
Scarlatti: Sonata in E, L. 475; Tipo (Vox)
Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 2 in A; Richter, Kondrashin, London
Symphony Orchestra (Philips)
5:15pm HARVARD BASKETBALL
Harvard at Princeton.
8:00pm EVENING CONCERT
10:00pm RECORD HOSPITAL LIVE SHOW
Marek Poliks performing.
11:00pm RECORD HOSPITAL
Saturday, March 4
5:00 am BLUES HANGOVER
9:00 am
HILLBILLY AT HARVARD
12:45pm PRELUDE TO THE MET (time approx.)
1:00pm METROPOLITAN OPERA
Massenet: Werther; Anna Christy, Isabel Leonard,
Vittorio Grigolo, David Bizić, Maurizio Muraro,
Edward Gardner conducting.
4:00pm POST-MET VOCAL PROGRAM (time approx.)
6:45pm HARVARD BASKETBALL
Harvard at Penn.
9:30pm THE DARKER SIDE
Sunday, March 5
7:00 am BLUES HANGOVER
11:00 am MEMORIAL CHURCH SERVICE
Preacher: Professor Jonathan L. Walton, Plummer Professor
of Christian Morals and Pusey Minister in The Memorial
Church. Music includes the Communion Service “Collegium
Regale” by Herbert Howells.
12:30pm AS WE KNOW IT
1:00pm CRIMSON SPORTSTALK
2:00pm SUNDAY SERENADE
6:00pm HISTORIC PERFORMANCES
Liszt: Les Préludes; Mengelberg, Concertgebouw Orchestra
(EMI LP)
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in b-flat, Op. 23; Hansen,
Mengelberg, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (Teldec)
Mahler: Symphony No. 4 in G; Vincent, Mengelberg,
Concertgebouw Orchestra (Philips)
8:00pm SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE OPERA
Prokofiev: The Fiery Angel; Secunde, Engert-Ely, Zednik,
Lorenz, Moll, Järvi, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and
Chorus (DG).
Prokofiev: The Love for Three Oranges; Whitehouse, Carby,
Humble, Mac Master, Ferguson, Rhodes, Fyfe, Martin,
Arthur, Baumann, Alexander, Hickox, Opera Australia
Chorus, Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra (Chandos).
Monday, March 6
midnight THE DARKER SIDE
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
1:00pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Brahms: Violin Sonata No.3 in d, Op. 108; Perlman, Ashkenazy
(EMI)
Penalosa: Sacris Solemniis; O’Donnell, Westminster Cathedral
Choir (Hyperion)
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 6 in B-flat, Op. 18; Alban Berg
Quartet (EMI CD)
Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20; Stern, Waxman, Symphony
Orchestra (Sony)
Schoenfield: British Folk Songs for Cello and Piano; Rosen,
Schoenfield (Albany)
Quantz: Flute Concerto in G; Galway, Faerber, Württemberg
Chamber Orchestra of Heilbronn (RCA Victor)
Britten: Two Insect Pieces; Watkins, Ledger (Meridian)
Telemann: Overture for Two Violins, Viola, and Continuo in
f-sharp, TWV 55:fis; Musica Alta Ripa (MDG)
Puccini: Minuettos I-III; Raphael Quartet (Etcetera)
Kraus: Symphony in c, “Trauer”, VB 142; Otvös, Vienna Radio
Symphony Orchestra (Westminster LP)
Dufay: Rondeau, “Navré je suis”; Munrow, Early Music Consort
of London (Seraphim LP)
Schubert: Symphony No. 2 in B-flat, D. 125; Wand, Cologne
Radio Symphony Orchestra (RCA Victor)
Shostakovich: Piano Trio No. 2 in e, Op. 67; Beaux Arts Trio
(Philips)
Heinichen: Concerto in F, Seibel 235; Goebel, Musica Antiqua
Köln (DG Archiv)
Suk: String Quartet No. 1 in B-flat, Op. 11; Delos String Quartet
(Spectrum LP)
6:00 pm
CLASSICAL MUSIC AT
THE WHITE HOUSE
Schubert: Wiegenlied, D. 498; Ameling, Baldwin (Philips)
Strauss, R.: Ständchen, Op. 17, No. 2; Studer, Gage (DG)
Hummel: Rondo in E-flat, Op. 11; Wild (Vanguard LP)
Quilter: Love’s Philosophy, Op. 3, No. 1; Finnie, Legge
(Chandos)
Chopin: Mazurka Op. 50, No. 3 in c-sharp; Horowitz (CBS LP)
Chopin: Etude Op. 10, No. 8 in F; Rubinstein (BBC Music)
Chopin: Etude Op. 25, No. 10 in b; Berezovsky (Teldec)
Taylor: The Rivals; Drennan, Small (Cook & Taylor)
Dohnányi: Rhapsody in C, Op. 11, No. 3; Shelley (HNH LP)
Bach/Busoni: Three Organ Chorale Preludes, arr. for piano; Chiu
(Harmonia Mundi)
7:00pm SPECIAL CONCERT
Kodály (d. March. 6, 1967): Háry János, Suite, Op. 15; Mitropoulos, New York Philharmonic Orchestra (Columbia LP)
Kodály: Sonata for Solo Cello, Op. 8; Starker (Angel LP)
Kodály: Symphony in C; Fricsay, Berlin Radio Symphony
Orchestra (DG)
Schoeck (d. March 8, 1957): Lebendig Begraben (Buried Alive),
Op. 40; Fischer-Dieskau, Rieger, Berlin Radio Symphony
Orchestra (DG LP)
Casella (d. March 5, 1947): Symphony No. 3, Op. 63; La
Vecchia, Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma (Naxos)
10:00pm RECORD HOSPITAL
This Guide covers two months,
March and April.
Tuesday, March 7
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
1:00pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Ravel: Sonatine; Perlemuter (Nimbus)
Rebel: Les Elémens; Goebel, Musica Antiqua Köln (DG Archiv)
Vorisek: Fantasia in C, Op. 12; Love (Titanic)
Lassus: Lamentations of Jeremiah, Holy Saturday, Lamentation 2;
Herreweghe, Ensemble Européen of the Chapelle Royale
(Harmonia Mundi)
Korngold: String Quartet No. 3 in D, Op. 34; Chilingirian
Quartet (RCA)
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 1 in B-flat, K. 207; Oistrakh,
Kondrashin,Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra (RCA Red Seal)
Hwang: Allegory, for violin and piano; Kobayashi, Gray
(Albany)
Saint-Saens: Piano Concerto No. 2 in g, Op. 22; Rubinstein,
Wallenstein, Symphony of the Air (RCA Victor)
Gombert: Magnificat 5 Quinti toni, with antiphons before and
after; Phillips, Tallis Scholars (Gimell)
Weber: Concertino for Clarinet and Strings in E-flat, Op. 26; A.
Marriner, N. Marriner, Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
(Philips)
Rameau: Concert en sextuor No. 4; Rousset, Talens Lyriques
(Decca)
Herrmann: Silent Noon, an idyll; Sedares, New Zealand
Symphony Orchestra (Koch)
Schaffrath: Duo for Two Violas da Gamba ; Pierlot, Uemura
(Ricercar)
Schwantner: A Play of Shadows, fantasy for flute and orchestra;
Wilson, Neale, Solisti New York Chamber Orchestra
(New World)
Chopin: Polonaise-Fantaisie in A-flat, Op. 61; Arrau (Philips)
Guerrero: In exitu Israel; O’Donnell, Westminster Cathedral
Choir, His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts (Hyperion)
Stamitz: Octet for Winds No. 2 in B;Consortium Classicum (cpo)
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D-flat, Op. 10; Kissin,
Abbado, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (DG)
6:00pm COMPOSERS OF LATIN AMERICA
Sumaya: Albricias mortales; Jennings, Chanticleer, Chanticleer
Sinfonia (Teldec)
White: Violin Concerto in F-sharp; Barton, Hege, Encore
Chamber Orchestra (Cedille)
Bocanegra: Hanacpachap Cussicuinin; Cohen, Boston Camerata
(Erato)
Aguirre: Five Tristes for piano, Op. 17; Balzi (Compositores
Latino-americanos)
7:00pm LAST WORKS
Ives: The Unanswered Question; Bernstein, New York
Philharmonic Orchestra (CBS)
Shostakovich: Sonata for Viola and Piano, Op. 147; Bashmet,
Richter (Melodiya)
Stravinsky: Requiem Canticles; Bickley, Wilson-Johnson,
Knussen, New London Chamber Choir, London Sinfonietta
(DG)
8:00 pm
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA IN CONCERT
Alan Gilbert conducting.
Webern: Passacaglia, Op. 1
Dutilleux: Métaboles
Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D
10:00pm RECORD HOSPITAL
Wednesday, March 8
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
1:00pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Satoh: Ruika for Cello and Strings; Kanda, Uzuka, Endless (New
Albion)
Bach: French Overture in b, S. 831; Pinnock (DG Archiv LP)
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 1 in d, Op. 13; Jansons, St.
Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra (EMI)
Parsons: Ave Maria; Deller Consort (Harmonia Mundi LP)
Moscheles: Piano Concerto in g, Op. 58; Ponti, Maga,
Philharmonia Hungarica (Candide LP)
Ginastera: Pampeana No. 2 for Cello and Piano, Op. 21; NatolaGinastera, Nissman (Pierian)
Haydn: Cello Concerto in C, Hob. VIIb:1; Du Pré, Barenboim,
English Chamber Orchestra (EMI)
Afternoon Concert continues on the next page.
Smetana: Piano Trio in g, Op. 15; Golub Kaplan Carr Trio
(Arabesque)
Hindemith: The Four Temperaments; Mustonen, Helsinki
Festival Orchestra (Ondine)
Andrieu: Ballade, “Armes, amours/ O flour des flours”; LIBER
unUSUALIS, Sramek (LIBER unUSUALIS)
Grieg: Piano Concerto in a, Op. 16; Rubinstein, Ormandy,
Philadelphia Orchestra (RCA Red Seal)
Sheng: Seven Tunes Heard in China; Ma (Sony)
6:00pm PIANO MUSIC FOR THE LEFT HAND
Britten: Diversions for Piano Left Hand and Orchestra, Op. 21;
Donohoe, Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
(EMI)
Janacek: Capriccio for Piano Left Hand and Chamber Ensemble;
Dohnányi, ensemble from the Cleveland Orchestra (London)
Takacs: Toccata and Fugue for Piano Left Hand, Op. 56; Fleisher
(Sony)
7:00pm PIANO TRANSCRIPTIONS
Beethoven/Liszt: Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6 arr. for piano;
Gould (Sony)
8:00pm NEW RELEASES
10:00pm RECORD HOSPITAL
Thursday, March 9
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
1:00pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Crecquillon: Motet, “Domine Deus omnipotens”; Ho, Choir of
the Church of the Advent (Arsis)
Hummel: Piano Trio in E-flat, Op. 93; Trio Parnassus (MDG)
Albinoni: Oboe Concerto in d, Op. 9, No. 2; Messiter, Salter,
Guildhall String Ensemble (RCA)
Debussy: En blanc et noir, for Two Pianos; R. and G. Casadesus
(Philips)
Myslivecek: Cello Concerto in C; Harnoy, Scimone, I Solisti
Veneti (RCA Victor)
Barber: String Quartet, Op. 11; Emerson String Quartet (DG)
Berwald: Violin Concerto in c-sharp, Op. 2; Tellefsen, Björlin,
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (EMI)
Babbitt: Composition for Guitar; Starobin (Bridge)
Sibelius: Symphony No. 7 in C, Op. 105; Beecham, New York
Philharmonic Orchestra (Sony)
Thomas: String Quartet in e; Daniel String Quartet (Discover)
Clementi: Symphony in B-flat, Op. 18, No. 1; D’Avalos,
Philharmonia Orchestra (Brilliant Classics)
Bax: Nocturne, “The Princess’s Rose-Garden”; Parkin (Chandos)
Weelkes: Anthem, “If King Manasses”; Hill, Winchester
Cathedral Choir (Hyperion)
Berio: Due Pezzi (Two Pieces) for Violin and Piano; Makarski,
Larchner (ECM)
Rheinberger: Organ Sonata No. 17 in B, Op. 181; Innig (MDG)
Schumann: Piano Concerto in a, Op. 54; Serkin, Ormandy,
Philadelphia Orchestra (Sony)
6:00pm COMPOSERS OF COLOR
Korde: Tenderness of Cranes for Flute; Spencer (Neuma)
Saint-Georges: Violin Concerto in A Major, Op. 5, No. 2; Barton,
Hege, Encore Chamber Orchestra (Cedille)
Ballard: The Soul, for Wind Quintet; Quintet of the Americas
(MMC)
7:00pm HARP HOUR
Ravel: Introduction and Allegro for Harp, Flute, Clarinet, and
String Quartet; Zabaleta, Lardé, Deplus, Frasca-Colombier,
Vidal, Moraver, Dor (DG)
Ropartz: Prelude, Marine, and Chansons; Ellis, Melos Ensemble
(Oiseau-Lyre LP)
Roussel: Serenade for Flute, Violin, Viola, Cello, and Harp, Op. 30;
Jamet, Lardé, Sanchez, Lequien, Degenne (MHS LP)
Foote: At Dusk, for Flute, Cello, and Harp; Smith, Thomas,
Yeats (Northeastern)
8:00 pm
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA IN CONCERT
Semyon Bychkov conducting.
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in e, Op. 64; Renaud Capuçon,
violin
Strauss, R.: An Alpine Symphony, Op. 64
10:00pm RECORD HOSPITAL
TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS AT 8 PM:
ORCHESTRAS RECORDED IN CONCERT
Friday, March 10
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
1:00pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Jones: Symphony No. 8; Thomson, BBC Welsh Symphony
Orchestra (Arabesque LP)
Visée: Suite for Theorbo in D; Smith (Astrée)
Pierné: Concertstück for Harp and Orchestra, Op. 39; Laskine,
Martinon, National Orchestra of the ORTF (MHS LP)
Kotter: Salve regina for Organ; Tachezi (Teldec)
Reicha: Requiem; Hrubá-Freiberger, Barová, Dolezal, Vele,
Mátil, Czech Philharmonic Chorus, Dvorak Chamber
Orchestra (Supraphon)
Shostakovich: Fantastic Dances Op. 5; Ortiz (EMI)
Elgar: In the South (Alassio), Concert Overture, Op. 50; Solti,
London Philharmonic Orchestra (London)
Porter: Quintet for Clarinet and String Quartet; Shifrin, Arm,
Sato, Neubauer, Lash (Delos)
Telemann: Concerto for Recorder, Transverse Flute, Strings, and
Continuo in E; Goebel, Musica Antiqua Köln (DG Archiv)
Berkeley: Sonatina for Piano Duet, Op. 39; Brown, Stott
(Hyperion LP)
Paganini: Le Streghe; Ricci, Bellugi, Royal Philharmonic
Orchestra (Columbia LP)
Caurroy: Fantasies; Savall, Hespèrion XX (Astrée)
Hamerik: Symphony No. 4 in C, Op. 35, “Symphonie
majestueuse”; Dausgaard, Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra
(Dacapo)
6:00pm EVENING CONCERT
10:00pm RECORD HOSPITAL LIVE SHOW
Du Vide performing.
11:00pm RECORD HOSPITAL
Saturday, March 11
5:00 am BLUES HANGOVER
9:00 am
HILLBILLY AT HARVARD
12:45pm PRELUDE TO THE MET (time approx.)
1:00pm METROPOLITAN OPERA
Verdi: La Traviata; Sonya Yoncheva, Michael
Fabiano, Thomas Hampson, Nicola Luisotti
conducting.
3:45pm POST-MET VOCAL PROGRAM (time approx.)
6:30pm EVENING CONCERT
9:00pm THE DARKER SIDE
Sunday, March 12
7:00 am BLUES HANGOVER
11:00 am MEMORIAL CHURCH SERVICE
Preacher: Westley Conn, Church School Director and
Seminarian in The Memorial Church.
12:30pm AS WE KNOW IT
1:00pm CRIMSON SPORTSTALK
2:00pm SUNDAY SERENADE
6:00pm HISTORIC PERFORMANCES
Tchaikovsky: Serenade for String Orchestra in C, Op. 48;
Mengelberg, Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam (Teldec)
Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 2, Sz. 112; Szekely, Mengelberg,
Concertgebouw Orchestra (Hungaroton LP)
Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C, D. 944; Mengelberg,
Concertgebouw Orchestra (Philips LP)
8:00pm SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE OPERA
Verdi: Il Trovatore; Milanov, Barbieri, Bjoerling, Warren,
Cellini, Robert Shaw Chorale, RCA Victor Orchestra (RCA
Victor)
Verdi: Alzira; Cotrubas, Araiza, Bruson, Rootering, Gardelli,
Bavarian Radio Choir, Bavarian Radio Orchestra (Orfeo)
Monday, March 13
midnight
5:00 am
1:00pm
THE DARKER SIDE
JAZZ SPECTRUM
AFTERNOON CONCERT
Requests: 617-495-WHRB
7:00pm SPECIAL CONCERT
Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat for Violin, Viola, and
Orchestra, K. 364 (320d); Joseph Fuchs (d. March 14, 1997),
Lillian Fuchs, Zimbler Sinfonietta (DG LP)
Cellist Jules Eskin died November 15, 2016, at the age of 85,
after more than a half-century as principal cellist of the Boston
Symphony Orchestra. We remember him with some of his
recordings.
Fauré: Après un rêve, Op. 7, No. 1; Ozawa, Boston Symphony
Orchestra (DG)
Foote: Piano Trio No. 2 in B-flat, Op. 65; Silverstein, V. Eskin
(Northeastern)
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat, Op. 83, third
movement; Fleisher, Szell, Cleveland Orchestra (Epic LP)
Elgar: Cockaigne (“In London Town”), Op. 40; Elgar, BBC
Symphony Orchestra (“accidental stereo” recorded April 11,
1933; HMV – Somm)
Croft: O God our help in ages past; Elgar, Philharmonic Choir,
London Symphony Orchestra (“accidental stereo” recorded
February 3, 1928; HMV – Somm)
Organist Louis Vierne (October 8, 1870-June 2, 1937)
recorded at Notre-Dame de Paris in 1929:
Bach: Fantaisie in g, S. 542 (French HMV LP)
Bach: In dir ist Freude, S. 615 (French HMV LP)
Vierne: Three Improvisations: Cortège, Méditation, and Marche
épiscopale (EMI; French HMV LP)
Organist Charles-Marie Widor (February 21, 1844-March 12,
1937), recorded at Saint-Sulpice in 1932:
Widor: Symphony Gothique, Op. 70, abridged; Widor (EMI)
Widor: Symphonie romane, Op. 73; Kaunzinger (Novalis)
10:00pm RECORD HOSPITAL
5:00 am
1:00pm
8:00 pm
Tuesday, March 14
JAZZ SPECTRUM
AFTERNOON CONCERT
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA IN CONCERT
Alan Gilbert conducting.
Dvorak: Carnival Overture, Op. 92
Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 61; Frank-Peter
Zimmermann, violin
Lindberg: Piano Concerto No. 2; Yefim Bronfman, piano
Dvorak: Symphony No. 7 in d, Op. 70
10:00pm RECORD HOSPITAL
5:00 am
1:00pm
8:00pm
10:00pm
5:00 am
1:00pm
8:00 pm
Wednesday, March 15
JAZZ SPECTRUM
AFTERNOON CONCERT
NEW RELEASES
RECORD HOSPITAL
Thursday, March 16
JAZZ SPECTRUM
AFTERNOON CONCERT
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA IN CONCERT
Ludovic Morlot conducting.
Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 61; Sergey Khachatryan,
violin
John Luther Adams: Become Ocean
10:00pm RECORD HOSPITAL
5:00 am
1:00pm
6:00pm
10:00pm
Friday, March 17
JAZZ SPECTRUM
AFTERNOON CONCERT
EVENING CONCERT
RECORD HOSPITAL
95.3 FM
Saturday, March 18
5:00 am BLUES HANGOVER
9:00 am
HILLBILLY AT HARVARD
12:45pm PRELUDE TO THE MET (time approx.)
1:00pm METROPOLITAN OPERA
Rossini: Guillaume Tell; Marina Rebeka, Janai
Brugger, Marianna Pizzolato, Bryan Hymel, Gerald
Finley, Marco Spotti, Kwangchul Youn, John Relyea,
Fabio Luisi conducting.
5:30pm POST-MET VOCAL PROGRAM (time approx.)
6:30pm EVENING CONCERT (time approx.)
9:00pm THE DARKER SIDE
Sunday, March 19
7:00 am BLUES HANGOVER
11:00 am MEMORIAL CHURCH SERVICE
Preacher: The Rev. Dr. Monica A. Coleman, Professor
of Constructive Theology and African American Religions,
Claremont School of Theology.
12:30pm AS WE KNOW IT
1:00pm CRIMSON SPORTSTALK
2:00pm SUNDAY SERENADE
6:00pm HISTORIC PERFORMANCES
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 in C, Op. 21; Monteux, Vienna
Philharmonic Orchestra (London)
Stravinsky: Petrouchka; Monteux, Boston Symphony Orchestra
(RCA Gold Seal LP)
Mozart: Symphony No. 39 in E-flat, K. 543; Monteux, NDR
Symphony Orchestra (Turnabout LP)
Mozart: Symphony No. 35 D, K. 385; Monteux, NDR
Symphony Orchestra (Turnabout LP)
8:00pm SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE OPERA
Rossini:La Gazza Ladra;Ricciarelli,Manca di Nissa, Matteuzzi,
Ramey, Furlanetto, Gelmetti, Prague Philharmonic Chorus,
RAI Symphony Orchestra of Turin (Sony)
Monday, March 20
midnight THE DARKER SIDE
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
1:00pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Reicha: Quintet for Winds in F major; Academia Wind Quintet
of Prague (Hyperion)
Vaughan Williams: Sinfonia Antartica (Symphony No. 7); Bott,
Elms, Thomson, London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra
(Chandos)
Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 10 in G major, Op. 96; Zukerman,
Neikrug (RCA Victor)
Lully: Le Divertissement Royal, Suite; Savall, Le Concert des
Nations (Alia Vox)
Josquin: Liber Generationis Jesu Christi; Wickham, Clerks’
Group (ASV)
Glazounov: Symphony No. 6 in C minor, Op. 58; Polyansky,
Russian State Symphony Orchestra (Chandos)
Schoenfield: Sparks of Glory for Narrator, Violin, Clarinet,
Cello, and Piano; Meyer, Kang, Liberson, Fayroian, Conway
(Albany)
Mozart: Concertone for Two Violins and Orchestra in C major,
K. 190 (186e); Spivakov, Garlitski, Moscow Virtuosi (RCA)
Telemann: Concerto for Treble Recorder, Oboe, Violin, and
Continuo in a; Chandos Baroque Players (Hyperion)
Holst: The Planets, Op. 32; Rattle, Berlin Radio Chorus, Berlin
Philharmonic Orchestra (EMI)
6:00 pm
CLASSICAL MUSIC AT
THE WHITE HOUSE
Thompson: The Testament of Freedom; Hanson, Eastman School
of Music Chorus, Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra
(Mercury LP)
Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in g, Op. 12, No. 1, RV 317, P. 343;
Chang, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (EMI)
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy Overture after
Shakespeare; Masur, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra (Teldec)
TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS AT 8 PM:
ORCHESTRAS RECORDED IN CONCERT
7:00pm SPECIAL CONCERT
Violinist Oscar Shumsky (b. March 23, 1917):
Chopin (arr. Sarasate): Nocturne in E-flat, Op. 9, No. 2;
D’Artega, American Radio Transcription Concert Orchestra
Smetana: String Quartet No. 1 in e, “From My Live”; Primrose
Quartet (1938-42; Shumsky, Gingold, Primrose, Shapiro)
(RCA Victor 78’s – Biddulph)
Zelenka: Te Deum; Hallaschka, Lins-Reuber, Goethem,
Ullmann, Kupfer, Rademann, Dresden Chamber Choir and
Baroque Orchestra (Carus)
Gounod: Mass No. 2 in G for Male Chorus and Organ, Op. 1;
Charlet, Chorale du Brassus, Margot (Claves)
Dubois: Messe Solennelle de Saint Remi; Knapik, Boucher,
Brousseau, four different Canadian choirs, Kunz (Atma)
Poulenc: Gloria; Carteri, Prêtre, French Radio/TV Chorus,
Orchestre National de l’O.R.T.F. (EMI)
10:00pm RECORD HOSPITAL
Tuesday, March 21
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
1:00pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Strauss, R.: Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40; Karajan, Berlin
Philharmonic Orchestra (DG)
Ligeti: Musica Ricercata (11 Pieces for Piano); Aimard (Sony)
Handel: Ode, “Eternal Source of Light Divine” (Birthday Ode
for Queen Anne); Gritton, Blaze, George, Cleobury, Choir
of King’s College, Cambridge, Academy of Ancient Music
(EMI)
Lalo: Piano Trio No. 3 in A minor, Op. 26; Trio Parnassus
(MDG)
Stravinsky: Le Chant du Rossignol; Reiner, Chicago Symphony
Orchestra (RCA)
Romberg: Cello Sonata No. 1 in E-flat major; Bylsma, Hoogland
(Sony)
Vivaldi: Gloria in D major, RV 589; Fox, D. Norman, Chance,
Cleobury, Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, Academy of
Ancient Music (EMI)
Farrenc: Nonet for Strings and Winds in E-flat major, Op. 38;
Ambache Chamber Ensemble (Carlton)
Field: Sonata in E-flat, Op. 1, No. 1; O’Rourke (Chandos)
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 8 in D minor; Thomson,
London Symphony Orchestra (Chandos)
6:00pm COMPOSERS OF LATIN AMERICA
Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 2; Mata, Simón Bolivar
Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela (Dorian)
Ponce: Guitar Concierto del Sur; Williams, Previn, London
Symphony Orchestra (Columbia LP)
7:00pm LAST WORKS
Brahms: Choral Preludes, Op. 122; Innig (MD&G)
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 32 in c, Op. 111; Pollini (DG)
8:00 pm
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA IN CONCERT
Alan Gilbert conducting.
Liadov: The Enchanted Lake, Op. 62
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op. 20, selections
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 in e, Op. 93
10:00pm RECORD HOSPITAL
Wednesday, March 22
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
1:00pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Agricola: De Tous Bien Plaine I; Posch, Ensemble Unicorn
(Naxos)
Schubert: Symphony No. 2 in B-flat, D. 125; Böhm, London
Symphony Orchestra (BBC Music)
Bach: Concerto for Organ in G, S. 592; Chapuis (Valois)
Grieg: Piano Concerto in A; Perahia, Davis, Bavarian Radio
Orchestra (CBS)
Diamond: Quintet for Clarinet, Two Violas, and Two Cellos;
Shifrin, Trampler, Neubauer, Cheifetz, Lash (Delos)
Bach, J.C.: Piano Concerto in E-flat; Halstead, Hanover Band
(cpo)
Anthiel: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1; Mistry, Kretzschmar
(RCA Victor)
Nielsen: Symphony No. 2 in b, Op. 16, FS 29, “The Four
Temperaments”; Gould, Chicago Symphony Orchestra (RCA
Victor LP)
Boccherini: String Quintet in F, Op. 39, No. 2, G. 338;
Boccherini Quartet, Bijlsma (Channel Classics)
Korngold: Symphony in F-sharp; Prévin, London Symphony
Orchestra (DG)
Arriaga: String Quartet No. 1 in D; Voces String Quartet
(MD+G)
Arnold: Concerto for Two Violins and String Orchestra, Op. 77;
Kling, McHugh, Mester, Louisville Orchestra (Louisville First
Edition LP)
6:00pm PIANO MUSIC FOR THE LEFT HAND
Schmidt: Concerted Variations on a Theme of Beethoven for
Piano Left Hand and Orchestra; Adam, Eschwé, Lower
Austria Tonkünstlerorchestra (Preiser)
Bartók: Four Piano Pieces; Gabos (Hungaroton LP)
7:00pm PIANO TRANSCRIPTIONS
Busoni: arr. of Mozart’s Fantasia for Organ in f, K. 608, for Two
Pianos; Perahia, Lupu (Sony)
Busoni: Variations on Chopin’s Prelude in c (Op. 28, No. 20);
Buttrick (Jecklin)
Busoni: Piano Piece, Op. 11, No. 2, of Schoenberg, arr. Busoni;
Barenboim (Teldec)
Busoni: Sonatina No. 6, Chamber Fantasy on Bizet’s Carmen,
Kind. 284 (1920); Madge (Philips)
Busoni: Arrangement of Brahms Choral Preludes Op. 122,
selections; Artymiw (Chandos)
8:00pm NEW RELEASES
10:00pm RECORD HOSPITAL
Thursday, March 23
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
1:00pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Hovhaness: String Quartet No. 3, Op. 208, No. 1, “Reflections
on my Childhood”; Shanghai Quartet (Delos)
Hummel: Piano Concerto in A, WoO 24; Shelley, London
Mozart Players (Chandos)
Bach, C.P.E.: Trio Sonata in A; B. Kuijken, S. Kuijken, W.
Kuijken, Kohnen (Accent)
Durey: Images à Crusoe for Soprano, Flute, Clarinet, Harp, and
String Quartet; Sullé, Desgraupues, Ensemble Erwartung
(Mandala)
Haydn, Michael: String Quintet in G; Vienna Philharmonia
Quintet (London LP)
Brade: New Choice Branles, Intradas, Maskarades, Balletti,
Allemandes, Courantes, Voltas, and other dances; Savall,
Hesperion XX (Deutsche Harmonia Mundi LP)
Rachmaninoff: Etude-tableau in c, Op. 39, No. 7; Schalker
(Tudor)
Panufnik: Heroic Overture; Storgårds, Tampere Philharmonic
Orchestra (Ondine)
Spohr: Potpourri for String Quintet; New Haydn Quartet, Falvay
(Marco Polo)
Corbett: Concerto al’Irandese, from Bizzarie Universali, Op. 8;
Goodman, European Community Baroque Orchestra (Channel
Classics)
Saint-Saëns: Three Preludes and Fugues for Organ, Op. 109;
Phillips (York)
Sermisy: Leçons de Ténèbres, from Lamentations of Jeremiah;
Visse, Ensemble Clément Janequin (Harmonia Mundi)
Archduke Rudolph of Austria: Variations for Violin and Piano in
F on a Theme by Prince Louis Ferdinand; Suk, Kagan (Koch)
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 4 in C, Op. 112; Rostropovich,
Orchestre National de France (Erato)
6:00pm COMPOSERS OF COLOR
Yun: Gasa for Violin and Piano; Schneeberger, Larcher (ECM)
Coleridge-Taylor: Romance for Violin and Orchestra in G;
Barton, Hege, Encore Chamber Orchestra (Cedille)
Moncayo: Muros Verdes for piano; Balzi (Compositores Latinoamericanos)
Sierra: Dos tonos de verdé for Wind Quintet and Orchestra;
Quintet of the Americas, Cortese, Manhattan School of Music
Chamber Sinfonia (MMC)
7:00pm HARP HOUR
Bax: Elegiac Trio; Langlamet, Järvi, Cortese (Chandos)
Chávez: Trio for Flute, Viola, and Harp; Kaplan, Karlin,
Bjorkedal (Cambria)
Rawsthorne: Suite for Flute, Viola, and Harp; Fibonacci
Sequence (ASV)
Debussy: Sonata for Flute, Viola, and Harp; Ellis, Melos
Ensemble (London)
8:00 pm
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA IN CONCERT
Mirga Grazynté-Tyla conducting.
Weinberg: Suite from The Golden Key, ballet, Op. 55
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 in f, Op. 36
10:00pm RECORD HOSPITAL
Friday, March 24
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
1:00pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Pleyel: Symphonie Concertante No. 5 for Flute, Clarinet, Horn,
Bassoon, and Orchestra in F; Becker, Meyer, Schneider,
Schottstädt, Faerber, Württemberg Chamber Orchestra of
Heilbronn (MDG)
Ginastera: Danzas argentinas, Op. 2; Argerich (EMI)
Byrd: Tribue, Domine; Phillips, Tallis Scholars (Gimell)
Brahms: Trio for Clarinet, Cello, and Piano in a, Op. 114; Cohen,
Geber, Ashkenazy (London)
Zaimont: Symphony No. 1; Svárovsky, Czech Radio Symphony
Orchestra (Arabesque)
Respighi: Dorian String Quartet; Brodsky Quartet (Challenge
Classics)
Janequin: Messe, “La Bataille”; Visse, Ensemble Clément
Janequin (Harmonia Mundi)
Mozart: String Quartet No. 22 in B-flat, K. 589; Hagen Quartet
(DG)
Madetoja: Symphony No. 2, Op. 35; Rautio, Tampere
Philharmonia Orchestra (Finlandia)
Keeble: Select Piece No. 1 in G for Organ; Bate (UnicornKanchana)
Lalo: Cello Concerto in d; Rostropovich, Dubrovsky, USSR
Symphony Orchestra (Russian Disc)
Harbison: Fantasia on a Ground; Lydian String Quartet (Musica
Omnia)
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 3 in E-flat, Op. 29; Collard,
Previn, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (EMI)
6:00pm EVENING CONCERT
10:00pm RECORD HOSPITAL LIVE SHOW
Andres Abenante performing.
11:00pm RECORD HOSPITAL
Saturday, March 25
5:00 am BLUES HANGOVER
9:00 am
HILLBILLY AT HARVARD
12:45pm PRELUDE TO THE MET (time approx.)
1:00pm METROPOLITAN OPERA
Mozart: Idomeneo; Elza van den Heever, Nadine
Sierra, Alice Coote, Matthew Polenzani,
Alan Opie, James Levine conducting.
5:15pm POST-MET VOCAL PROGRAM (time approx.)
6:30pm EVENING CONCERT (time approx.)
9:00pm THE DARKER SIDE
Sunday, March 26
7:00 am BLUES HANGOVER
11:00 am MEMORIAL CHURCH SERVICE
Preacher: The Rev. Alanna C. Sullivan, Ministry Fellow in
The Memorial Church. Music includes Palestrina’s Magnificat
Tone 1 and Victoria’s Ave Maria.
12:30pm AS WE KNOW IT
1:00pm CRIMSON SPORTSTALK
2:00pm SUNDAY SERENADE
6:00pm HISTORIC PERFORMANCES
Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 61; Menuhin, Furtwängler,
Philharmonia Orchestra (EMI)
Brahms: Variations on a theme by Haydn, Op. 56a; Furtwängler,
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (DG)
Strauss, R.: Sinfonia Domestica, Op. 53; Furtwängler, Berlin
Philharmonic Orchestra (Arabesque)
8:00pm SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE OPERA
Mozart: Così fan tutte; Stich-Randall, Sciutti, Malaniuk,
Kmentt, Berry, Ernster, Moralt, Vienna State Opera Chorus,
Vienna Symphony Orchestra (Phillips)
Mozart: Der Schauspieldirektor; Welting, Cotrubas, Rolfe
Johnson, Grant, Davis, London Symphony Orchestra
(Phillips)
Monday, March 27
midnight THE DARKER SIDE
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
1:00pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Korngold: String Quartet No. 2 in E-flat, Op. 26; Flesch Quartet
(ASV)
Mozart: Vesperae solennes de confessore, K. 339; Rodgers, von
Magnus, Protschka, Polgar, Harnoncourt, Arnold Schoenberg
Choir, School Chorus of the Vienna Hofburg Chapel,
Concentus Musicus of Vienna (Teldec)
Mainerio: Five Dances; Munrow, Early Music Consort of
London (EMI LP)
Strauss, R.: Sinfonia Domestica, Op. 53; Konwitschny, Saxon
State Orchestra of Dresden (DG)
Hovhaness: Saturn, for Soprano, Clarinet, and Piano, Op. 243;
Hurney, Sobol, Berkofsky (Poseidon Society LP)
Schumann: Symphony No. 2 in C, Op. 61; Thielemann,
Philharmonia Orchestra (DG)
Couperin: Le Petit-rien, Les Baricades mistérieuses, Les Idées
heureuses; Moroney (Harmonia Mundi)
Dukas: Symphony in C; Tortelier, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
(Chandos)
Haydn: Piano Sonata No. 44 in E-flat, Hob.XVI:49; Richter
(Vanguard)
Thomson: Three Pictures for Orchestra; Thomson, Philadelphia
Orchestra (CRI LP)
6:00 pm
CLASSICAL MUSIC AT
THE WHITE HOUSE
Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 1 in d minor, Op. 49; Casals,
Horszowski, Schneider (Columbia LP)
Couperin: Pièces en concert, for Cello and Piano; Casals,
Horszowski (Columbia LP)
Traditional (arr. Casals): Songs of the birds; Casals, Horszowski
(Columbia LP)
7:00pm SPECIAL CONCERT
Music to include:
Poulenc: Organ Concerto; Duruflé, Prêtre (d. January 4, 2017),
Orchestre Nationale de l’O.R.T.F. (EMI)
Schubert: Song, “Der Tod und das Mädchen,” D. 531; Kurt Moll
(d. March 5, 2017), Cord Garben (Orfeo)
Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 in d, D. 810, “Death and the
Maiden”; Hollywood String Quartet (Testament)
Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in c, Op. 68; Toscanini, NBC
Symphony Orchestra (1941; RCA Victor)
Strauss, R.: Don Quixote, Op. 35; Miller, Cooley, Guilet,
Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra (broadcast November
22, 1953 – RCA Victor)
10:00pm RECORD HOSPITAL
Tuesday, March 28
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
1:00pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Dukas: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice; Bernstein, New York
Philharmonic Orchestra (Sony)
Blavet: Suite in d for Two Flutes; Wentz, Moonen (Brilliant
Classics)
Rheinberger: Symphony in F, Op. 87, “Florentine Symphony”;
Francis, Northwest German Philharmonic Orchestra (Carus)
Diamond: String Quartet No. 4; Potomac String Quartet
(Albany)
Haydn: Symphony No. 103 in E-flat, “Drum Roll”; Harnoncourt,
Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra (Teldec)
Morley: My Bonny Lass She Smileth, April is in my Mistress’
Face, Now is the Month of Maying; The Scholars
(Nonesuch LP)
Khachaturian: Spartacus, Suite; Khachaturian, London
Symphony Orchestra (EMI LP)
Liszt:Années de pèlerinage,First Year,Switzerland; Berman (DG)
Handel: Dixit Dominus, HWV 232; Auger, Dawson, Montague,
Nixon, Ainsley, Birchall, Preston, Choir and Orchestra of
Westminster Abbey (DG Archiv)
BASKETBALL AND HOCKEY PLAYOFFS
may interrupt
scheduled broadcast programming.
Times, and even occurrences,
were not predictable at press time.
6:00pm COMPOSERS OF LATIN AMERICA
Lauro: Seis por derecho; Fisk (Musicmasters)
Chávez: Horsepower, Suite; Mester, Louisville Orchestra
(Louisville First Edition LP)
Barbosa: Brazilian Etude No. 1; Balzi (Compositores Latinoamericanos)
Gianneo: El tarco en flor; Castagna, Orquesta Sinfónica de Entre
Rios (Chandos)
7:00pm LAST WORKS
Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 6 in f, Op. 80; Lindsay Quartet
Janacek: String Quartet No. 2, “Intimate Letters”; Brodsky
Quartet (Brodsky)
8:00 pm
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA IN CONCERT
Leonard Slatkin conducting.
Copland: El Salón México
Rouse: Flute Concerto; Robert Langevin, flute
Ravel (orch. Constant): Gaspard de la Nuit
Ravel: Bolero
10:00pm RECORD HOSPITAL
Wednesday, March 29
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
1:00pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Suk: A Summer Tale, Op. 29; Mackerras, Czech Philharmonic
Orchestra (Decca)
Mozart: String Quintet No. 4 in g, K. 516; Amadeus Quartet,
Aronowitz (DG)
Josquin: La Deploration de Johannes Ockeghem, “Nymphes des
bois”; Wood, New London Chamber Choir (Amon Ra)
Debussy: Cello Sonata in d; Gendron, Françaix (Philips)
Glass: The Light; Davies, Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
(Nonesuch)
Chopin: Ballade No. 4 in f, Op. 52; Rubinstein (RCA Red Seal)
Gluck: Don Juan, ballet; Marriner, Academy of St. Martin-inthe-Fields (London LP)
Reger: Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Bach, Op. 81, for
Piano; Serkin (CBS LP)
Mozart: Symphony No. 36 in C, K. 425, “Linz”; Levine, Vienna
Philharmonic Orchestra (DG)
Dohnányi: Serenade for String Trio in C, Op.10; Domus (Virgin)
6:00pm PIANO MUSIC FOR THE LEFT HAND
Korngold: Suite for Two Violins, Cello, and Piano Left Hand,
Op. 23; Silverstein, Laredo, Ma, Fleisher (Sony)
Saint-Saëns: Six Etudes for Piano Left Hand, Op. 135; Fleisher
(Sony)
7:00pm PIANO TRANSCRIPTIONS
Rachmaninoff: Suite from Bach’s Violin Partita No. 3 in E,
S. 1006 (Preludio, Gavotte, Gigue), arr. for piano; Chiu
(Harmonia Mundi)
Bach/Busoni: Chaconne from Violin Partita No. 2 in d, S. 1004;
Rubinstein (RCA Red Seal)
Busoni: Chorale Prelude by Bach, “Nun komm, der Heiden
Heiland,” arr. Busoni; Horowitz (DG)
Busoni: Preludio, Fuga, e Fuga figurata (based on Bach’s Prelude
and Fugue in D from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I);
Jacobs (Arbiter)
Liszt: Prelude on “Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Sagen” from Bach’s
Cantata No. 12; Horowitz (Sony)
8:00pm NEW RELEASES
10:00pm RECORD HOSPITAL
Thursday, March 30
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
1:00pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Glinka: Grand Sextet in E-flat for Piano and Strings;
Mogilevsky, Hall, Margulis, Romanoff-Schwarberg,
Drobinsky, Fagone (EMI)
Dohnányi: Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 27; Wallin, Francis,
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra (cpo)
Bach: Suite for Cello Solo No. 6 in D, S. 1012; Ma (Sony)
Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole; Tortelier, Ulster Orchestra
(Chandos)
Shapero: Piano Sonata No. 1; Boriskin (New World)
Goldmark: Rustic Wedding Symphony, Op. 26; Abravanel, Utah
Symphony Orchestra (Vanguard)
Dufay: Motet, “O sancte Sebastiane”; Van Nevel, Huelgas
Ensemble (Harmonia Mundi)
Dvorak: Slavonic Dances, Op. 46; Rodzinski, Royal
Philharmonic Orchestra (Westminster)
Telemann: New Paris Quartets: Quartet No. 3; B. Kuijken, S.
Kuijken, W. Kuijken, Leonhardt (Sony)
Copland: Symphony for Organ and Orchestra; Preston, Slatkin,
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra (RCA Red Seal)
Archduke Rudolph of Austria: Violin Sonata in f; Suk, Kagan
(Koch)
6:00pm COMPOSERS OF COLOR
Irino: String Sextet; Ueki, Itabashi, S. Edo, R. Edo, Baba, Hattori
(King LP)
Vega: Testimonial, for Soprano and Ensemble; Ketchum,
Lifchitz, North/South Consonance Ensemble (North/South)
7:00pm HARP HOUR
Glière: Harp Concerto in E-flat,Op. 74; Michel, de Froment,
Radio Luxembourg Orchestra (Turnabout LP)
Saint-Saëns: Morceau de Concert for Harp and Orchestra, Op.
154; Michel, Froment, Radio Luxembourg Orchestra
Debussy: Danses sacrée et profane for Harp and Orchestra;
Grandjany, Slatkin,Concert Arts String Orchestra (Capitol LP)
8:00 pm
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA IN CONCERT
Jesús López-Cobos conducting.
C. Halffter: Tiento del primer tono y batalla imperial
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 in d, Op. 15; Garrick Ohlsson,
piano
Dvorak: Symphony No. 8 in G, Op. 88
10:00pm RECORD HOSPITAL
Friday, March 31
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
1:00pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Fuchs: Cello Sonata No.1 in d, Op.29; Green, Palmer (Biddulph)
Benda: Concerto for Viola, Two Horns, and Strings in F;
Haenchen, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Chamber Orchestra
(Berlin Classics)
Franck: Piano Trio No. 2 in B-flat, Op. 1, No. 2; Bekova Sisters
(Chandos)
Keuris: Seven Pieces for Bass Clarinet and Orchestra; Sparnaay,
Dufallo,Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra (Radio Nederland)
Abel: Sonata for Violin, Cello, and Continuo in A, Op. 9, No. 1;
London Baroque (Amon Ra)
Rózsa: Three Hungarian Sketches, Op. 14; Sedares, New
Zealand Symphony Orchestra (Koch)
Sheppard: Media vita; Phillips, Tallis Scholars (Gimell)
Roussel: Petite Suite for Orchestra, Op. 39; Martinon, Franch
National Radio/Television Orchestra (MHS LP)
Buxtehude: Sonata for Violin, Viola da gamba, and Continuo
in a, Op. 1, No. 3, BuxWV 254; Boston Museum Trio
(Harmonia Mundi)
Weber: Symphony No. 2 in C, J. 51; Schönzeler, London
Symphony Orchestra (RCA LP)
Vainberg: Cello Sonata, Op. 72; Honigberg (Albany)
Richter: Symphony No. 36 in F; Häkkinen, Helsinki Baroque
Orchestra (Naxos)
Rodrigo: Tonadilla for Two Guitars; Heinrich Albert Duo (MDG)
Manchicourt: Mass, “Non conturbetur cor vestrum”; Ho, Wood,
Choir of The Church of the Advent, Boston (Arsis)
Mozart: Fantasy in c, K. 396 (385f); Brendel (Vanguard LP)
Smetana: Má vlast: The Moldau; Kubelik, Boston Symphony
Orchestra (DG)
6:00pm EVENING CONCERT
10:00pm RECORD HOSPITAL LIVE SHOW
Who Loves Ya performing.
11:00pm RECORD HOSPITAL
Saturday, April 1
5:00 am BLUES HANGOVER
9:00 am
HILLBILLY AT HARVARD
12:45pm PRELUDE TO THE MET (time approx.)
1:00pm METROPOLITAN OPERA
Beethoven: Fidelio; Adrianne Pieczonka, Hanna-Elisabeth
Müller, Klaus Florian Vogt, David Portillo, Greer
Grimsley, Falk Struckmann, Günther Groissböck,
Sebastian Weigle conducting.
3:45pm POST-MET VOCAL PROGRAM (time approx.)
6:30pm EVENING CONCERT (time approx.)
9:00pm THE DARKER SIDE
Sunday, April 2
7:00 am BLUES HANGOVER
11:00 am MEMORIAL CHURCH SERVICE
Preacher: Professor Jonathan L. Walton, Plummer Professor
of Christian Morals and Pusey Minister in The Memorial
Church. Music includes a Missa Brevis (“Trottier”) by Carson
Cooman ’04.
12:30pm AS WE KNOW IT
1:00pm CRIMSON SPORTSTALK
2:00pm SUNDAY SERENADE
6:00pm HISTORIC PERFORMANCES
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 in d, Op. 30; Horowitz,
Coates, London Symphony Orchestra (Biddulph)
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat, Op. 83; Rubinstein,
Coates, London Symphony Orchestra (RCA Red Seal)
Ravel: La Valse; Coates, London Symphony Orchestra (IMG)
Wagner: Entry of the Gods into Valhalla from Das Rheingold;
Coates, London Symphony Orchestra (IMG)
8:00pm SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE OPERA
Nielsen: Maskerade (somewhat abridged); Byrding, Steffensen,
Thygesen, Nørby, Guldæk, Grøndahl, Danish Radio
Symphony Orchestra (Danacord)
Nielsen: Saul og David; Møller, Guldbæk, Svendsen, Wolstad,
Jensen, Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra (Danacord)
Monday, April 3
midnight THE DARKER SIDE
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
1:00pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Clementi: Symphony No. 2 in D; D’Avalos, Philharmonia
Orchestra (Brilliant Classics)
Kauder: String Quartet No. 3; Euclid Quartet (Centaur)
Guilmant: Symphony No. 1 for Organ and Orchestra, Op. 42; Di
Fiore, Kershaw, Auburn Symphony Orchestra (Ambassador)
Isaac: Motet, “Tota pulchra es”; Phillips, Tallis Scholars (Gimell)
Reger: Hymnus der Liebe, for Baritone and Orchestra, Op. 136;
Fischer-Dieskau, Albrecht, Hamburg State Philharmonic
Orchestra (Orfeo)
Muffat: Violin Sonata in D; Holloway (ECM)
Carter: Symphony No. 1; Dunkel, American Composers
Orchestra (CRI)
Haydn: Piano Sonata No. 13 in G, Hob.XVI:6; Reisenberg
(Ivory Classics)
Revueltas: Sensemayà; Bernstein, New York Philharmonic
Orchestra (Sony)
Schubert: Fantasie for Piano, Four Hands, in g, D. 9; Tal &
Groethuysen (Sony)
Tye: Western Wind Mass; Phillips, Tallis Scholars (Gimell)
Roussel: Three Pieces for Piano, Op. 49; Johannesen (Vox LP)
Bach: Concerto for Oboe, Strings, and Continuo in F; Glaetzner,
Pommer, Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum Leipzig
(Capriccio)
Coleridge-Taylor: Ballade in d for Violin and Piano; Ludwig,
Eskin (Koch)
Hertel: Bassoon Concerto in a; Smith, Ledger, English Chamber
Orchestra (ASV)
Berkeley: Theme and Variations for Solo Guitar; Bream (RCA
LP)
Spohr: Clarinet Concerto No. 4 in e, WoO 20; Meyer, Sillito,
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields (EMI)
6:00 pm
CLASSICAL MUSIC AT
THE WHITE HOUSE
Dvorak: String Quartet in F, Op. 96, “American”; Guarneri
Quartet (RCA Victor)
Franck: Sonata in A for Violin and Piano; Midori, McDonald
(Sony)
7:00pm SPECIAL CONCERT
10:00pm RECORD HOSPITAL
Tuesday, April 4
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
1:00pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Gould: Spirituals for Orchestra; Hanson, Eastman-Rochester
Orchestra (Mercury)
Mozart: Sonata for Piano, Four Hands in C, K. 19d; Dart, Kipnis
(Columbia LP)
Fauré: Incidental Music for Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80; Bátiz,
Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra (ASV)
Davy: Stabat mater; Ives, Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford
(Signum)
Mendelssohn: Symphony for Strings No. 5 in B-flat; Pople,
London Festival Orchestra (Hyperion)
Sheng: The Stream Flows, for Solo Violin; Lin (New World)
Quantz: Flute Concerto in c; Rampal, Wallez, Ensemble
Orchestral de Paris (CBS LP)
Rivier: Grave and Presto for Saxophone Quartet; Netherlands
Saxophone Quartet (Nonesuch LP)
Myslivecek: Symphony in B-flat, F. 30; Bamert, London Mozart
Players (Chandos)
Bruch: Eight Pieces for Clarinet, Viola, and Piano, Op. 83;
Kanoff, Coletti, Scheja (ASV)
Schuman: New England Triptych (Three Pieces for Orchestra
after William Billings); Hanson, Eastman-Rochester
Orchestra (Mercury)
Bruckner: Erinnerung; Brunner (cpo)
Perle: Sinfonietta II; Schwarz, Seattle Symphony Orchestra
(Albany)
Biber: Violin Sonata No. 4; Romanesca (Harmonia Mundi)
Martinu: Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra; Dohnányi,
Cleveland Orchestra (London)
Bach, J.C.: Quintet for Flute, Oboe, Violin, Viola, and Continuo
in C, Op. 11, No. 1; English Concert (DG Archiv)
Diepenbrock: Incidental Music to Elektra, Symphonic Suite;
Vonk, The Hague Residentie Orchestra (Chandos)
6:00pm COMPOSERS OF LATIN AMERICA
Revueltas: Janitzio; Mata, New Philharmonia Orchestra (RCA
Red Seal)
Cordero: Dodecaconcerto; Lifchitz, North/South Consonance
Ensemble (N/S)
Chávez: Symphony No. 2 “India”; Bernstein, New York
Philharmonic Orchestra (Sony)
7:00pm LAST WORKS
Fauré: String Quartet in e, Op. 121; Guarneri String Quartet
(SurroundedBy Entertainment)
Copland: Proclamation for Piano; Parkin (Preamble)
Medtner: Piano Quintet in C, Op. posth.; Svetlanov, Borodin
Quartet (Russian Disc)
8:00 pm
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA IN CONCERT
Alan Gilbert conducting.
Salonen: L.A. Variations
Strauss, R.: Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
10:00pm RECORD HOSPITAL
Wednesday, April 5
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
1:00pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Respighi: Brazilian Impressions; López-Cobos, Cincinnati
Symphony Orchestra (Telarc)
Muczynski: Time Pieces for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 43;
Williams, Andrist (CRI)
Field: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat; O’Conor, Fürst, New Irish
Chamber Orchestra (Onyx)
Suk: Ballad for Violin and Piano, Op. 92; Suk, Hála (Supraphon)
Haydn, Michael: Symphony No. 39 in F, P. 30; Farberman,
Bournemouth Sinfonietta (Turnabout LP)
Cowell: Sonata for Cello and Piano; Krosnick, Kalish
(Arabesque)
Quantz: Flute Concerto in g; Galway, Faerber, Württemberg
Chamber Orchestra of Heilbronn (RCA Victor)
Ysaÿe: Violin Sonata No. 2 in a, Op. 27, No. 2; Kaler (Ongaku)
Afternoon Concert continues on the next page.
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Ung: Grand Spiral for Symphonic Band; Strange, Arizona State
University Symphonic Band (CRI)
Czerny: Ouverture charactéristique et brillante in b, Op. 54, for
Piano, Four Hands; Tal, Groethuysen (Sony)
Brudieu: Missa pro Defunctis; Ribo, Capella Classica Polifonica
(Harmonia Mundi LP)
Boccherini: Quintet for Guitar and Strings No. 5 in D, G. 449;
Starobin, Carmirelli, Genualdi, Naegele, Rosen (Sony)
Copland: Dance Symphony; Slatkin, St. Louis Symphony
Orchestra (RCA Red Seal)
Marais: Pièces en trio in g; Ensemble Rebel (Ensemble Rebel)
Karlowicz: Stanislaw and Anna Oswiecim, Symphonic Poem,
Op. 12; Tortelier, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Chandos)
Berwald: Septet for Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass, Clarinet,
Horn, and Bassoon; Gaudier Ensemble (Hyperion)
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis;
Barbirolli, Sinfonia of London (EMI)
6:00pm PIANO MUSIC FOR THE LEFT HAND
Korngold: Concerto for Piano Left Hand, Op. 17; de Groote,
Albert, Northwest German Philharmonic Orchestra (cpo)
Brahms: Chaconne for Piano Left Hand, arr. from Bach’s
Chaconne from Violin Partita No. 2, S. 1004; Fleisher (Sony)
7:00pm PIANO TRANSCRIPTIONS
Strauss, J., Jr./Schulz-Evler: Arabesques on The Blue Danube;
Janis (Philips)
Stravinsky: Petrushka, Three Movements for Piano; Pollini (DG)
Thalberg: Fantasy on Donizetti’s Don Pasquale, Op. 67; Wild
(Vanguard)
Balakirev: Reminiscences of Glinka’s Opera A Life for the Tsar
(Fantasy for Piano); Wild (RCA Red Seal LP)
8:00pm NEW RELEASES
10:00pm RECORD HOSPITAL
Thursday, April 6
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
1:00pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Dunstable: “Albanus Roseo Rutilat”; Orlando Consort
(Metronome)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A, Op. 92; Abbado, Berlin
Philharmonic Orchestra (DG)
Adams: Phrygian Gates; Hind (Nonesuch)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2 in c, Op. 17, “Little Russian”;
Previn, London Symphony Orchestra (RCA Gold Seal LP)
Rosetti: Notturno for Flute, Violin, Viola, Cello, and Two Horns
in D; members of Prague Chamber Harmony and Musici
Pragenses (Crossroads LP)
Bloch: America, An Epic Rhapsody for Orchestra; Schwarz,
Seattle Symphony Orchestra and Chorale (Delos)
Allegri: Miserere; Phillips, Tallis Scholars (Gimell)
Draeseke: Symphony No. 1 in G, Op. 12; Hanson, Wuppertal
Symphony Orchestra (MDG)
Mozart, L.: Sinfonia da camera for Horn, Violin, Two Violas
and Generalbass in D; Jeurissen, Hettema, van der Heide,
Oldeman, Waki, van Oosten (MD+G)
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 3 in d, Op. 58; Accadrdo, Masur,
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra (Philips LP)
Schobert: Sonata for Harpsichord, Violin, and Cello in F,
Op. 16, No. 4; Four Nations Ensemble (ASV)
6:00pm COMPOSERS OF COLOR
Roldán: Suite de “La rebambaramba”; Thomas, New World
Symphony Orchestra (Argo)
Zhou Long: Song of the Ch’in; Shanghai Quartet (Delos)
Walker: Poème for Violin and Orchestra; Gr. Walker, London,
Cleveland Chamber Orchestra (Albany)
León: Rituál for Piano; Leske (CRI)
7:00pm HARP HOUR
Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez (arr. Rodrigo for harp); Jones,
Bátiz, State of Mexico Symphony Orchestra (ASV)
Villa-Lobos: Concerto for Harp and Orchestra; Michel, de
Almeida, National Orchestra of Monte Carlo (Philips LP)
8:00 pm
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA IN CONCERT
Esa-Pekka Salonen conducting.
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C, Op. 15; Yefim Bronfman,
piano
Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D, “Titan”
10:00pm RECORD HOSPITAL
Friday, April 7
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
1:00pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in e, Op. 64; Mutter, Karajan,
Berlin Philharmonic (DG)
Boulez: Piano Sonata No. 2; Pollini (DG)
Dvorak: Symphony No. 7 in d, Op. 70; Szell, Cleveland
Orchestra (Sony)
Beethoven: Quintet for Piano and Winds in E-flat, Op. 16;
Perahia, Black, King, Halstead, Sheen (Sony)
Britten: Symphony for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 68;
Rostropovich,Britten,English Chamber Orchestra(London LP)
Couperin: Concert Royal No. 3 in A; Trio Settecento (Cedille)
Lindblad: Symphony No. 1 in C, Op. 19; Korsten, Uppsala
Chamber Orchestra (Marco Polo)
Pachelbel: Ciacona in d for Organ; Payne (Centaur)
Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36, “Enigma”;
Gardiner, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (DG)
Handel: Suite for Harpsichord No. 1 in A; Gould (Columbia LP)
Andriessen: Canzona for Cello and Orchestra; Müller, T. Fischer,
Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra (NM Classics)
6:00pm EVENING CONCERT
10:00pm RECORD HOSPITAL LIVE SHOW
Anda Volley performing.
11:00pm RECORD HOSPITAL
Saturday, April 8
5:00 am BLUES HANGOVER
9:00 am
HILLBILLY AT HARVARD
12:45pm PRELUDE TO THE MET (time approx.)
1:00pm METROPOLITAN OPERA
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde; Nina Stemme, Ekaterina
Gubanova, Stuart Skelton, Evgeny Nikitin, René Pape,
Simon Rattle conducting.
5:45pm POST-MET VOCAL PROGRAM (time approx.)
7:00pm EVENING CONCERT (time approx.)
9:00pm THE DARKER SIDE
Sunday, April 9
7:00 am BLUES HANGOVER
11:00 am MEMORIAL CHURCH SERVICE
Preacher: The Rev. Ruby Nell Sales, Founder and Director,
The SpiritHouse Project, Atlanta, Georgia. Music includes
“Hosanna to the Son of David” by Gibbons and “Blessed City,
Heavenly Salem” by Bairstow.
12:30pm AS WE KNOW IT
1:00pm CRIMSON SPORTSTALK
2:00pm SUNDAY SERENADE
6:00pm HISTORIC PERFORMANCES
Nielsen: Symphony No. 3, Op. 27; Jensen, Danish Radio
Orchestra (Danacord)
Nielsen: Symphony No. 6, “Sinfonia semplice”; Jensen, Danish
Radio Orchestra (Danacord)
Nielsen: Flute Concerto; Birkelund, Jensen, Danish Radio
Symphony Orchestra (Danacord LP)
8:00pm SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE OPERA
Falla: La vida breve; de Los Angeles, Cossutta, Frühbeck de
Burgos, Orfeon Donostiarra, Orquesta Nacional de España
(EMI)
Falla: Atlántida; Tarrés, Ricci, Sardinero, Frühbeck de Burgos,
Children’s Chorus of Our Lady of Remembrance, Spanish
National Chorus, Spanish National Orchestra (EMI)
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Monday, April 10
midnight THE DARKER SIDE
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
1:00pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Bach: Partita No. 4 in D, S. 828; Goode (Nonesuch)
Dvorak: Violin Concerto in a, Op. 53; Perlman, Barenboim,
London Philharmonic Orchestra (Angel LP)
Arne: Song, “The Lover’s Recantation”; Kirkby, Goodman,
Parley of Instruments (Hyperion)
Berwald: Symphony No. 2 in D, “Sinfonie capricieuse”; Järvi,
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra (DG)
Kodály: Duo for Violin and Cello, Op.7; Kennedy, Harrell (EMI)
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in c, Op. 37; Rubinstein,
Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra (RCA Red Seal)
Gould: String Quartet, Op. 1; Monsaingeon, Apap, Caussé,
Meunier (Sony)
Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in e, Op. 98; C. Kleiber, Vienna
Philharmonic Orchestra (DG)
Antheil: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1; Mistry, Kretzschmar
(RCA Victor)
Abel: Concerto for Violin, Oboe, Clarinet, and Orchestra in B;
Schröder, Feit, Klöcker, Concerto Amsterdam (BASF LP)
6:00 pm
CLASSICAL MUSIC AT
THE WHITE HOUSE
A program of favorites performed by pianist Vladimir
Horowitz (Sony).
Smith: Star-Spangled Banner
Chopin: Piano Sonata No 2, Op. 35
Chopin: Waltz in a minor, Op. 34, No. 2
Chopin: Waltz in c-sharp minor, Op. 64, No. 2
Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15: No. 7, Träumerei
Rachmaninoff: Polka de W.R. in A-Flat Major
Horowitz: Variations on a Theme from Bizet’s Carmen
7:00pm SPECIAL CONCERT
Matthias Georg Monn (b. April 9, 1717, d. October 3, 1750):
Cello Concerto in g; du Pré, Barbirolli, London Symphony
Orchestra (EMI)
Dubois: The Seven Last Words of Christ; Margo Stagliano,
Carl Nelson, Mac Morgan (1917-2007), Willis Page, Boston
Chorale, Reginald Foort (Cook LP)
Preview of the upcoming Boston Philharmonic Orchestra
concert of Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 on Friday, April 14, in
Symphony Hall; tickets/information: www.bostonphil.org, 617236-0999; with Music Director Benjamin Zander.
10:00pm RECORD HOSPITAL
Tuesday, April 11
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
1:00pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Romberg: Cello Sonata No.1 in E-flat; Bylsma, Hoogland (Sony)
Hovhaness: Symphony For Metal Orchestra, Op. 203; Clark,
Manhattan Chamber Orchestra (Koch)
Bach: Violin Sonata No.3 in C,S.1005;Podger (Channel Classics)
Sibelius: Belshazzar’s Feast, Op. 51, Suite; Kajanus, London
Symphony Orchestra (Koch)
Ockeghem: Missa Fors seulement à 5; Urquhart, Capella
Alamire (Dorian)
Martinu: Symphony No. 7, H. 343, “Fantaisies Symphoniques”;
Thomson, Royal Scottish National Orchestra (Chandos)
Beethoven: Cello Sonata No.4 in C, Op.102, No.1;Ma,Ax (CBS)
Kodály: Dances of Galánta; Fricsay, Vienna Philharmonic
Orchestra (EMI)
Mozart: String Quintet No. 3 in C, K. 515; Amadeus Quartet,
Aronowitz (DG)
Vainberg: Symphony No. 14, Op. 117; Chmura, National Polish
Radio Symphony Orchestra of Katowice (Chandos)
Strauss, Richard: Stimmungsbilder for Piano, Op. 9; Hobson
(Arabesque)
Schütz: Musikalische Exequien, Op. 7, SWV 279-281; Seers,
Platt, Stafford, Lang, Robertson, Charlesworth, Wallington,
Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, His
Majesty’s Sackbuts and Cornets (DG Archiv)
6:00pm COMPOSERS OF LATIN AMERICA
Revueltas: Sensemayà; Bernstein, New York Philharmonic
Orchestra (Sony)
Ponce: Balada Mexicana for Piano; Osorio (ASV)
Barrios-Mangoré: Danza guaraní; Lukowski (Angel LP)
Fernândez: Batuque; Bernstein, New York Philharmonic
Orchestra (Sony)
Ginastera: Cantos del Tucumán; Fortunato, Smith, Fine, Grover,
Miron (Northeastern)
Giúdice: Salmo al Paraná; Castagna, Orquesta Sinfónica de
Entre Rios (Chandos)
Roldán: Ritmica V; Thomas, New World Symphony Orchestra
(Argo)
7:00pm LAST WORKS
Grieg: Four Psalms, Op. 74; Hagegård, Kvam, Oslo Cathedral
Choir (Nimbus)
Pergolesi: Stabat Mater for Soprano, Alto, and String Orchestra;
Zádori, Ragin, Németh, Capella Savaria (Harmonia Mundi)
8:00 pm
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA IN CONCERT
Christoph von Dohnanyi conducting.
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 in d, Op. 15; Paul Lewis, piano
Schumann: Symphony No. 2 in C, Op. 61
10:00pm RECORD HOSPITAL
Wednesday, April 12
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
1:00pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Lalo: Quartet in E-flat, Op. 45; Daniel String Quartet (Discover)
Delius: Appalachia; Beecham, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
and Chorus (Odyssey LP)
Marais: Suite for Two Violas da gamba and Theorbo in G;
Slowik, ter Linden, Junghänel (Deutsche Harmonia Mundi)
Beethoven: Concerto for Piano, Violin, Cello, and Orchestra in
C, Op. 56, “Triple”; Argerich, Capuçon, Maisky, RabinovitchBarakovsky, Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana (EMI)
Horwood: Magnificat secundi toni à 5; Blachly, Pomerium
(DG Archiv)
Britten: Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes, Op. 33a;
Handley, Ulster Orchestra (Chandos)
Clementi: Sonata in D, Op. 40, No. 3; Tipo (EMI)
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35; Oistrakh,
Rozhdestvensky, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
(Brilliant Classics)
Bach: Cello Suite No. 4 in E-flat, S. 1010; Suzuki (Deutsche
Harmonia Mundi)
Chadwick: Symphony No. 3 in F; Järvi, Detroit Symphony
Orchestra (Chandos)
6:00pm PIANO MUSIC FOR THE LEFT HAND
Schmidt: Quintet for Two Violins, Viola, Cello, and Piano Left
Hand; Silverstein, Smirnoff, Tree, Ma, Fleisher (Sony)
Saxton: Chacony for Piano Left Hand; Fleisher (Sony)
Blumenfeld:Etude in A-flat for Piano Left Hand, Op. 36; Fleisher
Mompou: Preludio VI; de Larrocha (RCA Victor)
7:00pm PIANO TRANSCRIPTIONS
Godowsky: Symphonic Metamorphoses on Johann Strauss’s
Kunstlerleben; Wild (Vanguard)
Godowsky: Symphonic Metamorphoses of the Schatz-Walzer
from The Gypsy Baron by Johann Strauss,Jr.;Fleisher (Sony)
Sousa/Horowitz: Stars and Stripes Forever; Horowitz (RCA)
Mendelssohn/Liszt/Horowitz: Wedding March (from Incidental
Music for A Midsummer Night’s Dream) and Variations;
Horowitz (RCA)
Bizet/Horowitz: Variations on a Theme from Carmen; Horowitz
Saint-Saëns/Liszt/Horowitz: Danse macabre; Horowitz (RCA)
8:00pm NEW RELEASES
10:00pm RECORD HOSPITAL
Thursday, April 13
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
1:00pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Bach: Schübler Chorales for Organ, S. 645-650; Chapuis
(Valois)
Martinu: Sinfonietta Giocosa, for Piano and Small Orchestra;
Panenka, Gregor, Prague Chamber Orchestra (Supraphon)
Haydn: String Quartet Op. 54, No. 2 in C; Tátrai Quartet
(Hungaroton)
Pärt: Symphony No. 3; Järvi, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Liszt: Six Etudes after Paganini; Watts (Columbia LP)
Fayrfax: Magnificat Regali; Carwood, Cardinall’s Musick (ASV)
Dvorak: String Sextet in A, Op. 48; Academy of St. Martin-inthe-Fields Chamber Ensemble (Chandos)
Rameau: Les Boréades, Suite; Brüggen, Orchestra of the
Eighteenth Century (Philips)
Afternoon Concert continues on the next page.
Falla: Four Spanish Pieces; Rodriguez (Élan)
Mendelssohn: Cantata, “Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten,”
for Soprano, Chorus, and Strings; Laki, Bernius, Stuttgart
Chamber Chorus, Württemberg Chamber Orchestra of
Heilbronn (EMI LP)
Küffner (attr.): Introduction, Theme, and Variations for Clarinet
and String Quartet in B-flat, Op. Posth. (also attr. to Weber);
Manasse, Manhattan String Quartet (XLNT)
Respighi: Concerto gregoriano for Violin and Orchestra;
Cappelletti, Bamert, Philharmonia Orchestra (Koch Schwann)
6:00pm COMPOSERS OF COLOR
Ung: Inner Voices; Davies, American Composers Orchestra
(Argo)
Revueltas: Three Pieces for Violin and Piano; Reinhold, Lifchitz
(North/South)
Hakim: The Embrace of Fire; Hakim (Motette)
7:00pm HARP HOUR
Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Sonata for Cello and Harp, Op. 208;
Kramer, Bartlett (Capstone)
Damase: Sonata for Flute and Harp; Rampal, Laskine
(Odyssey LP)
Beck: Songs Without Words for Flute and Harp; Sadilek,
Johnson (Capstone)
Grandjany: Aria in Classic Style for Harp and Organ, Op. 19,
No. 1; Bride, Gillock (Milan)
8:00 pm
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA IN CONCERT
Gustavo Dudamel conducting.
Mahler: Symphony No.3 in d; Tamara Mumford, mezzo-soprano,
L.A. Children’s Chorus, Women of L.A. Master Chorale
10:00pm RECORD HOSPITAL
Friday, April 14
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
1:00pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Górecki: String Quartet No. 2, Op. 64, “Quasi una Fantasia”;
Kronos Quartet (Nonesuch)
Arne: Organ Concerto No. 3 in A; Williams, Shepherd, Cantilena
(Chandos)
Ysaÿe: Violin Sonata No. 1 in g, Op. 27; Zehetmair (ECM)
Palestrina: Missa Assumpta est Maria in caelum; Herreweghe,
La Chapelle Royale (Ricercar)
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 17 in d, Op. 31, No. 2, “Tempest”;
Gulda (London)
Berg: Lulu Suite for Soprano and Orchestra; Price, Abbado,
London Symphony Orchestra (DG)
Hummel: Trio for Flute, Cello, and Piano in A, Op. 78;
Musicians of the Old Post Road (Meridian)
Handel: Water Music, Suite No. 1 in F, HWV 348; Koopman,
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra (Erato)
Navok: Quartet for Flute, Clarinet, Bassoon, and Harp;
Itzcovitch-Eyal, Avakrat, Street, Alpert (NLP)
Bond: Concerto No. 5 in g; Goodman, Parley of Instruments
(Hyperion)
Bartók: String Quartet No. 3, Sz. 85; Emerson String Quartet
(DG)
Franck: Symphonic Variations for Piano and Orchestra;
Firkusny, Flor, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RCA Victor)
6:00pm EVENING CONCERT
10:00pm RECORD HOSPITAL LIVE SHOW
Bat House performing.
11:00pm RECORD HOSPITAL
Saturday, April 15
5:00 am BLUES HANGOVER
9:00 am
HILLBILLY AT HARVARD
12:15pm PRELUDE TO THE MET (time approx.)
12:30pm METROPOLITAN OPERA
Verdi: Aida; Krassimira Stoyanova, Violeta Urmana,
Riccardo Massi, George Gagnidze, James Morris,
Soloman Howard, Daniele Rustioni conducting.
4:30pm POST-MET VOCAL PROGRAM (time approx.)
6:30pm EVENING CONCERT
9:00pm THE DARKER SIDE
95.3 FM
Sunday, April 16
7:00 am BLUES HANGOVER
11:00 am MEMORIAL CHURCH SERVICE
Preacher: Professor Jonathan L. Walton, Plummer Professor
of Christian Morals and Pusey Minister in The Memorial
Church. Music includes Mozart’s Missa Brevis in C, K. 317,
Krönungsmesse (Coronation Mass).
12:30pm AS WE KNOW IT
1:00pm CRIMSON SPORTSTALK
2:00pm SUNDAY SERENADE
6:00pm HISTORIC PERFORMANCES
Piston: Symphony No. 6; Munch, Boston Symphony Orchestra
(RCA Victor)
Poulenc: Concerto for Organ, Strings, and Timpani in g;
Zamkochian, Firth, Munch, Boston Symphony Orchestra
(RCA Victor)
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2 in g, Op. 63; Heifetz, Munch,
Boston Symphony Orchestra (RCA Victor)
8:00pm SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE OPERA
Bartók: Bluebeard’s Castle; Tatiana Troyanos, Siegmund
Nimsgern, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez (Sony)
Kodály: Háry János; Peter Ustinov, Lajos Kozma, vocal
soloists of the Hungarian State Opera, Edinburgh Festival
Chorus, Brighton Festival Chorus, Wandsworth School Boys
Choir, Chorus of the London Symphony Orchestra, London
Symphony Orchestra, Istvan Kertesz (Decca)
Monday, April 17
midnight THE DARKER SIDE
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
1:00pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 for Soprano and Celli;
Fleming, Thomas, New World Symphony (RCA Victor)
Bach, C.P.E.: Fantasy in f-sharp, Wq. 67, “Bach’s Feelings”;
Lubimov (ECM)
Franck: Ce qu’on entend sur la montagne; Walter, RTBF
Symphony Orchestra (Schwann)
Wuorinen: Fast Fantasy for Cello and Piano; Sherry, Wuorinen
(New World)
Gossec: Symphonie militaire; Wallace, The Wallace Collection
(Nimbus)
Hildegard von Bingen: Columba aspexit; Kirkby, Page, Gothic
Voices (Hyperion)
Delius: North Country Sketches; Beecham, Royal Philharmonic
Orchestra (Odyssey LP)
Stamitz: Clarinet Concerto No. 10 in B-flat; Berkes, Nicolaus
Esterházy Sinfonia (Naxos)
Fauré: Violin Sonata No. 1 in A, Op. 13; Grumiaux, Crossley
(Philips LP)
Cambini: Sinfonia concertante No. 12 for Two Violins and
Orchestra in c; Dalla Vecchia, Cantamessa, Mangiocavallo,
Academia Montis Regalis (Opus 111)
Gubaidulina: String Quartet No. 4; Kronos Quartet (Nonesuch)
Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 2 in d, Op. 40; Merscher,
Hager, Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra (Eurodisc LP)
Tubin: Four Folk Songs from my Country; Rumessen (BIS)
Padovano: Mass for Twenty-Four Voices; Van Nevel, Huelgas
Ensemble (Harmonia Mundi)
Mozart: Divertimento in F, K. 247; members of Vienna Octet
(London LP)
6:00 pm
CLASSICAL MUSIC AT
THE WHITE HOUSE
Dvorak: Gypsy Songs, Op. 55, No. 4, “Songs My Mother Taught
Me”; von Stade, Firkusny (Sony)
Rossini: Il trovatore; Horne, Katz (RCA Victor)
Dell’Acqua: Villanelle; Sills, Kostelanetz, Columbia Symphony
Orchestra (Columbia LP)
Paine: Overture to Shakespeare’s As You Like It, Op. 28; Mehta,
New York Philharmonic (New World)
Sinding: Suite for Violin and Orchestra in a, Op. 10; Perlman,
Previn, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (EMI)
Berg: Seven Early Lieder; Norman, Boulez, London Symphony
Orchestra (Sony)
7:00pm SPECIAL CONCERT
Beethoven: Thirty-three Variations in C on a Waltz by Diabelli,
Op. 120; Mieczyslaw Horszowski (June 23, 1892-May 22,
1993) (Vox)
plus music performed by pianist Artur Schnabel (April 17,
1882-August 15, 1951).
Tuesday, April 18
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
1:00pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Milhaud: La Création du monde, Op. 81; Bernstein, Columbia
Chamber Orchestra (Sony)
Paganini: Sonata for Violin and Guitar, Op. 3, No. 6 in e;
Shaham, Söllscher (DG)
Butterworth: Two English Idylls; Marriner, Academy of St.
Martin-in-the-Fields (Decca)
Tchaikovsky:Grand Sonata in G,Op.37; Estrin (Newport Classic)
Purcell: Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day, “Hail, bright Cecilia”, Z.328;
Jones, Wilson, Daniels, le Breocq,Podger,Harvey, Pott,Purves,
McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort, Gabrieli Players (DG Archiv)
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat, Op. 130; Alban Berg
Quartet (EMI)
Lutoslawski: Cello Concerto; Rostropovich, Lutoslawski,
Orchestre de Paris (EMI)
Mozart: Piano Sonata in B-flat, K. 333; Arrau (Philips)
Saint-Saëns: La Muse et le poète for Violin, Cello, and
Orchestra; Chase, Truman, Simon, London Philharmonic
Orchestra (Cala)
Couperin: Harpsichord Suite in c; Hogwood (Oiseau-Lyre)
Strauss, R.: Der Rosenkavalier, First Waltz Sequence; Järvi,
Scottish National Orchestra (Chandos)
Bloch: Piano Quintet No. 2; Schein, Adkins, Galpérine,
Hoffman, Lichten (Koch)
6:00pm COMPOSERS OF LATIN AMERICA
Ginastera: Popol Vuh, Op. 44; Slatkin, St. Louis Symphony
Orchestra (RCA Victor)
Lavista: Quotations; Adkins, Boatright (CRI)
Chávez: Sinfonia de Antigona, No. 1; Bátiz, Royal Philharmonic
Orchestra (ASV)
7:00pm LAST WORKS
Debussy: Sonata for Violin and Piano in g; Mutter, Orkis (DG)
Schubert: Sonata in B-flat, D. 960, Op. posth.; Barenboim
(Erato)
8:00 pm
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA IN CONCERT
Alan Gilbert conducting.
Strauss, R.: Don Juan, Op. 20
Strauss, R.: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28
Rouse: Oboe Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet, Overture-Fantasy after
Shakespeare
10:00pm RECORD HOSPITAL
Wednesday, April 19
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
1:00pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Janacek: String Quartet No. 1; Brodsky Quartet (Brodsky)
Glazounov: Concert Waltz No. 2 in F, Op. 51; Svetlanov,
Philharmonia Orchestra (Melodiya)
Kodály: Sonata for Solo Cello, Op. 8; Ma (Sony)
Tye: Mass, “Euge Bone”; Trepte, Ely Cathedral Choir (ASV)
Haydn: Andante con variazioni in f, Hob. XVII:6; Brendel
(Philips)
Schnittke: Concerto Grosso No. 1 for Two Violins, Harpsichord,
Prepared Piano, and Strings; Kremer, Grindenko,
Rozhdestvensky, London Symphony Orchestra (Vanguard LP)
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Schumann in f-sharp, Op. 9;
Kalichstein (Koch)
Alfvén: A Country Tale, Op. 53, Suite; Willén, Norrköping
Symphony Orchestra (Naxos)
Mozart: Serenade No. 11 for Winds in E-flat, K. 375; Detmold
Wind Sextet (MD+G)
Holst: Egdon Heath; Boult, London Philharmonic Orchestra
(London)
Tartini: Sonata for Violin and Keyboard in g, “Devil’s Trill”;
Manze (Harmonia Mundi)
Bizet: Symphony No. 1 in C; Bernstein, New York Philharmonic
Orchestra (Sony)
6:00pm PIANO MUSIC FOR THE LEFT HAND
Ravel: Concerto for Piano Left Hand and Orchestra in D;
Casadesus, Ormandy, Philadelphia Orchestra (Sony)
Scriabin: Prelude and Nocturne for Piano Left Hand, Op. 9;
Fleisher (Sony)
Strauss: Parergon to the Sinfonia Domestica for Piano Left
Hand and Orchestra, Op. 73; Hobson, Del Mar, Philharmonia
Orchestra (Arabesque)
7:00pm PIANO TRANSCRIPTIONS
Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances, Op. 45 (for piano 4 hands);
Argerich, Rabinovitch (Teldec)
Stravinsky: Scherzo à la russe for piano four hands; Thomas,
Grierson (Angel LP)
Beethoven: Grosse Fuge, Op. 134 for piano four hands; Kann,
Marciano (MHS LP)
8:00pm NEW RELEASES
10:00pm RECORD HOSPITAL
Thursday, April 20
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
1:00pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 9 in E-flat, Op. 70; Bernstein,
New York Philharmonic (CBS)
Bach, J.C.: Quintet in D for Flute, Oboe, Violin, Viola, and
Continuo, Op. 11, No. 6; English Concert (DG Archiv)
Josquin: Missa Hercules Dux Ferrariae; Wood, New London
Chamber Choir (Amon Ra)
Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-flat, Op. 44; Argerich,
Schwarzberg, Hall, Imai, Maisky (EMI)
Strauss, R.: Till Eulenspiegel’s lustige Streiche, Op. 28; Karajan,
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (DG)
Rochberg: String Quartet No. 6; Concord String Quartet
(New World)
Bach: Cantata, S. 56, “Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen”;
Fischer-Dieskau, Richter, Munich Bach Choir and Orchestra
(DG Archiv)
Schubert: Fantasia for Piano, Four Hands, in f, Op. 103, D. 940;
Perahia, Lupu (CBS)
Vivaldi: Concerto for Flute, Strings, and Continuo in g, Op. 10,
No. 2, RV 439, “La notte”; Petri, Brown, Academy of St.
Martin-in-the-Fields (Philips)
Rabl: Quartet in E-flat for Clarinet,Violin,Cello,and Piano,Op. 1;
Orion Ensemble (Cedille)
Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in E-flat, Hob. VIIe:1; Nakariakov,
Lopez-Coboz, Lausanne Chamber Orchestra (Teldec)
Simpson: String Quartet No. 4; Delmé String Quartet (Hyperion)
6:00pm COMPOSERS OF COLOR
Nunes Garcia: Requiem; Davis, Allen, Brown, Tuloisela,
Freeman, Morgan State College Choir, Helsinki Philharmonic
Orchestra (Columbia LP)
Hosokawa:Duo for Violin and Cello;Urushihara,Demenga(ECM)
7:00pm HARP HOUR
Chabrier: España; Gardiner,Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (DG)
Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34; Rostropovich,
Orchestre de Paris (Angel LP)
Ravel: Tzigane for Violin and Orchestra; Perlman, Martinon,
Orchestre de Paris (Angel LP)
Eller: Elegia for Harp and Strings; Järvi, Scottish National
Orchestra (Chandos)
8:00 pm
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA IN CONCERT
John Adams conducting.
Respighi: The Pines of Rome
Respighi: The Fountains of Rome
Adams: Scheherazade.2
10:00pm RECORD HOSPITAL
Friday, April 21
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
1:00pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Schwantner: Aftertones of Infinity; Slatkin, Juilliard Orchestra
(New World)
Schubert: Sonata in A, D. 959; Brendel (Philips)
Poulenc: Piano Concerto; Duchable, Conlon, Rotterdam
Philharmonic Orchestra (Erato)
Bach: Partita for Violin Solo No. 1 in b, S. 1002; Grumiaux
(Philips)
Satie: Parade, ballet; Abravanel, Utah Symphony Orchestra
(Vanguard)
Anon.: Mass for three voices; Tavener, Cappella Nova (ASV
Gaudeamus)
Bach, J.C.: Symphony for Winds No. 1 in E-flat; Consortium
Classicum (MDG)
Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 15 in e-flat, Op. 144; Borodin
String Quartet (EMI)
Afternoon Concert continues on the next page.
Vivaldi: Concerto for Flute, Strings, and Continuo in D, Op. 10,
No. 3, “Il Gardellino,” RV 428; Pahud, Tognetti, Australian
Chamber Orchestra (EMI)
Liszt: Three Petrarch Sonnets; Feltsman (CBS)
Corigliano: Fern Hill; Bruffy, Kansas City Chorale (Nimbus)
Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 9 in A, Op. 47, “Kreutzer”;
Kremer, Argerich (DG)
Scriabin: The Poem of Ecstasy, Op. 54; Muti, Philadelphia
Orchestra (Brilliant Classics)
6:00pm EVENING CONCERT
10:00pm RECORD HOSPITAL LIVE SHOW
Docile Effects and foggiest performing.
11:00pm RECORD HOSPITAL
Saturday, April 22
5:00 am BLUES HANGOVER
9:00 am
HILLBILLY AT HARVARD
12:45pm PRELUDE TO THE MET (time approx.)
1:00pm METROPOLITAN OPERA
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin; Anna Netrebko,
Elena Maximova, Alexey Dolgov, Dmitri
Hvorostovsky, Stefan Kocán, Robin Ticciati conducting.
5:00pm POST-MET VOCAL PROGRAM (time approx.)
6:30pm EVENING CONCERT (time approx.)
9:00pm THE DARKER SIDE
Sunday, April 23
7:00 am BLUES HANGOVER
11:00 am MEMORIAL CHURCH SERVICE
Preacher: The Reverend John H. Finley IV, Co-Founder and
Head of Epiphany School, Dorchester, Massachusetts. Music
includes Hoiby’s Hymn to the New Age and Haydn’s “Sing the
Lord.”
12:30pm AS WE KNOW IT
1:00pm CRIMSON SPORTSTALK
2:00pm SUNDAY SERENADE
6:00pm HISTORIC PERFORMANCES
Ravel: Ma Mère l’Oye; Munch, Boston Symphony Orchestra
(RCA Victor)
Roussel: Suite in F, Op. 33; Munch, Lamoureux Orchestra (Erato
LP)
8:00pm SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE OPERA
Marais: Sémélé; Mercer, Tauran, Azzaretti, Thébault, Dahlin,
Dolié,, Abadie, Labonnette, Niquet, Le Concert Spirituel
(Glossa)
Monday, April 24
midnight THE DARKER SIDE
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
1:00pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Paine: Romanza and Humoreske for Cello and Piano, Op. 30; J.
Eskin, V. Eskin (Northeastern)
Xenakis: Metastaseis; Le Roux, French National Radio
Orchestra (Vanguard LP)
Janacek: On an Overgrown Path, Sets I and II; Firkusny (DG)
Perusio: Ballade, “Puisque la mort”; Nevel, Huelgas Ensemble
(Sony)
Naumann: Duo for Glass Harmonica and Lute; Hoffmann,
Schäffer (Candide LP)
Stravinsky: Cantata; Kenny, Aler, Salonen, London Sinfonietta
Chorus, London Sinfonietta (Sony)
Quantz: Sonata for Flute, Recorder, and Continuo in C; Ricercar
Ensemble (Ricercar)
Balakirev: Symphony No. 2 in d; Sinaisky, BBC Philharmonic
Orchestra (Chandos)
Boyadijan: String Quartet No. 2, “Azad”; St. Peterburg
Mozarteum Quartet (Living Music Foundation)
Mozart: Six German Dances, K. 509; Graf, Salzburg Mozarteum
Orchestra (Laserlight)
Narváez: Diferencias sobre “Guárdame las vacas” for guitar;
Yepes (DG)
Field: Piano Concerto No. 7 in c; O’Rourke, Bamert, London
Mozart Players (Chandos)
Korngold: String Quartet No. 1 in A, Op. 16; Chilingirian
Quartet (RCA)
Charpentier: Litanies de la Vierge, H. 83; Savall, Le Concert des
Nations (Astrée)
6:00 pm
CLASSICAL MUSIC AT
THE WHITE HOUSE
Granados: Danza Española No. 5 in e, Andaluza;Osorio (Cedille)
Tower: Clocks, for guitar; Isbin (Virgin)
Schubert: Fantasia for Piano, Four Hands, in f, Op. 103, D. 940;
Perahia, Lupu (CBS)
Scriabin: Etude in d-sharp, Op. 8, No. 12; Horowitz (DG)
Golijov: Omaramor; Weilerstein (Decca)
Williams: Air and Simple Gifts; Ma, McGill, Montero, Perlman
(Sony)
7:00pm SPECIAL CONCERT
Schumann: Frauenliebe und -leben, Op. 42; Elisabeth Schumann
(d. April 23, 1952), Gerald Moore (EMI)
Coronation of King George VI, May 12, 1937, with music of
Handel, Purcell, Byrd, Parry, Stanford, Vaughan Williams,
and more, performed by large forces under Sir Adrian Boult,
Dr. O.H. Peasgood, Dr. Ernest Bullock, and others.
10:00pm RECORD HOSPITAL
Tuesday, April 25
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
1:00pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2 in c, Op. 17, “Little Russian”;
Masur, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra (Teldec)
Vanhal: Sonata for Viola and Harpsichord, with continuo, in F,
Op. 5, No. 3; Spelina, Hála, Pospisil (Supraphon)
Rautavaara: Cantus Arcticus, Op. 61 (Concerto for Birds
and Orchestra); birds, Segerstam, Helsinki Philharmonic
Orchestra (Ondine)
Schumann, C.: Six Lieder, Op. 13; Bonney, Ashkenazy (London)
Rue: Missa De Sancta Crucis, with Gregorian Chant; Wickham,
Clerks’ Group (ASV)
Mompou: Impresiones intimas; Huybregts (René Gailly)
Bach: Suite for Orchestra No. 2 in b, S. 1067; Akademie für alte
Musik, Berlin (Harmonia Mundi)
Davidovsky: Synchronisms No. 9 for Violin and Electronic
Sounds (1988); J. Frautschi (Artek)
Bortniansky: Concerto for Choir No. 27; Chernoushenko, Glinka
State Choir of St. Petersburg (Teldec)
Bruch: String Quartet No. 1 in c, Op. 9; Quartetto Academica
(Dynamic LP)
Schein: Banchetto Musicale; Neumeyer, Collegium Terpsichore
(Boston Skyline)
Chopin: Cello Sonata in g, Op. 65; Du Pré, Barenboim (EMI)
Chavez: Sinfonia India (Symphony No. 2); Thomas, New World
Symphony Orchestra (Argo)
6:00pm COMPOSERS OF LATIN AMERICA
Sierra: Trio Tropical; Borok, Adkins, Boatright (CRI)
Caturia: Tres Dansas Cubanas; Thomas, New World Symphony
Orchestra (Argo)
Barrios-Mangoré: Estilo Urugyao in D; Ramírez (DG)
Ponce: Tema Mexicano Variado; Osorio (ASV)
Moncayo: Huapango; De La Parra, Philarmonic Orchestra of the
Americas (Sony)
7:00pm LAST WORKS
Liszt: Bagatelle ohne Tonart; Andsnes (EMI)
Mozart: Requiem in d, K. 626; Alliot-Lugaz, Visse, Hill,
Reinhart, Malgoire, Regional Chorus of Nord-Pas-de-Calais,
La Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy (Sony)
8:00 pm
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA IN CONCERT
Alan Gilbert conducting.
Brahms: Tragic Overture, Op. 81
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat, Op. 83; Emanuel Ax,
piano
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A, Op. 92
10:00pm RECORD HOSPITAL
Wednesday, April 26
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
1:00pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Zelenka: Sonata No. 2 in g for Two Oboes, Bassoon, and
Continuo; Dombrecht, Ponseele, Bond, van der Meer, Kohnen
(Accent)
Rimsky-Korsakov: Symphony No. 2 in f-sharp, “Antar,” Op. 9;
Maazel, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (Telarc)
Haydn: String Quartet Op. 64, No. 5 in D, “The Lark”; Amadeus
Quartet (DG)
Schnittke: In Memoriam... for Orchestra; Rozhdestvensky,
Russian State Symphony Orchestra (Chandos)
Gade: Three Tone Pieces for Organ, Op. 22; T. Murray (Afka)
Reger: Symphonic Prologue for a Tragedy, Op. 108; Albrecht,
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (Schwann)
Valderrábano: Contrapunto sobre el tenor de la baxa, for Two
Lutes; Members of the Ricardo Correa Trio (Christophorus)
Cherubini: Requiem in c; Toscanini, Robert Shaw Chorale, NBC
Symphony Orchestra (RCA Victor)
MacDowell: Woodland Sketches, Op. 61; Lythgoe (Philips LP)
Biber: La Battalia; Harnoncourt, Concentus musicus Wien
(Teldec)
Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Piano Trio No. 2 in g; Marsh, Honigberg,
Holt (Albany)
Wieniawski: Violin Concerto No. 2 in d, Op. 22; Perlman,
Ozawa, London Philharmonic Orchestra (Angel LP)
6:00pm PIANO MUSIC FOR THE LEFT HAND
Prokofiev: Concerto for Piano Left Hand and Orchestra No.
4 in B-flat, Op. 53; Ashkenazy, Previn, London Symphony
Orchestra (Decca)
Pedro de San Lorenzo: Obra for organ left hand on the 1st tone;
Doderer (Portuguese HMV LP)
Skrowaczewski: Concerto Nicolò for Piano Left Hand and
Orchestra; Graffman, Skrowaczewski, Minnesota Orchestra
(Reference Recordings)
7:00pm PIANO TRANSCRIPTIONS
Tonight’s program is transcriptions in reverse – piano pieces
(and more, in the case of the Tchaikovsky) transcribed for
orchestra.
Tchaikovsky: Suite for Orchestra No. 4 in G, Op. 61,
“Mozartiana”; Svetlanov, USSR Academic Symphony
Orchestra (Melodiya)
Arensky: Silhouettes, Suite No. 2, Op. 23 (piano works
transcribed for orch.); Järvi, Danish National Radio
Symphony Orchestra (Chandos)
Prokofiev: Andante from Piano Sonata No. 4, Op. 29
(Prokofiev’s own transcription for orch.); Järvi, Scottish
National Orchestra (Chandos)
8:00pm NEW RELEASES
10:00pm RECORD HOSPITAL
Thursday, April 27
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
1:00pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Zwilich: Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Orchestra; Laredo,
Robinson, Stern, Florida State University Orchestra (Koch)
Clementi: Trio No. 6 in C, “La Chasse”; Trio di Bolzano
(Westminster LP)
Still: Afro-American Symphony; Krueger, Royal Philharmonic
Orchestra (Bridge)
Brahms: String Sextet No. 2 in G, Op. 36; Stern, Lin, Laredo,
Tree, Ma, Robinson (Sony)
de Coincy: Amours, qui bien ses enchanter; Pickett, New
London Consort (Decca)
Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme of Chopin, Op. 22;
Rodriguez (Elan)
Corelli: Concerto Grosso Op. 6, No. 4 in D; Banchini,
Christensen, Ensemble 415 (Harmonia Mundi)
Bartók: String Quartet No. 4, Sz. 91; Emerson String Quartet
(DG)
Beethoven: 12 Minuets, WoO 7; Hirsch, Philharmonia Hungarica
(Telefunken LP)
Cage: In a Landscape, for harp; Shulman (Bridge)
Respighi: Trittico Botticelliano; Simon, London Philharmonic
Orchestra (Cala)
Blavet: Suite for Flute and Continuo in D; Wentz, members of
Musicum ad Rhenum (Brilliant Classics)
Berlioz: Les Nuits d’été, Op. 7; Otter, Levine, Berlin
Philharmonic Orchestra (DG)
6:00pm COMPOSERS OF COLOR
Dun: Guitar Concerto; Isbin, Tang, Gulbenkian Orchestra
(Teldec)
7:00pm HARP HOUR
Grandjany: Rhapsodie for Harp, Op. 10, No. 4; Grandjany
(Capitol LP)
Grandjany: Children’s Hour; Grandjany (Capitol LP)
Hindemith: Sonata for Harp; Zabaleta (DG LP)
Salzedo: Ballade from Trois Morceaux for Harp, Op. 13;
Lehwalder (Nonesuch LP)
Salzedo: Scintillation for Harp; Lehwalder (Nonesuch LP)
8:00 pm
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA IN CONCERT
Leonard Slatkin conducting.
Rossini: Overture to Guillaume Tell
Elgar: Cello Concerto in e, Op. 85; Truls Mørk, cello
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14
10:00pm RECORD HOSPITAL
Friday, April 28
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
1:00pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Saeverud: Symphony No. 9, Op. 45; Dreier, Royal Philharmonic
Orchestra (Norwegian Composers)
Myslivecek: Quintet in E-flat; Munich String Quintet (MD&G)
Farwell: Gods of the Mountain, Op. 52; Krueger, Royal
Philharmonic Orchestra (Bridge)
Willey: String Quartet No. 6; Esterhazy Quartet (CRI)
Smith:Symphony in C;Shelley,London Mozart Players(Chandos)
Buxtehude: La Capricciosa, BuxWV 250; Meyerson (ASV LP)
Escobedo: Missa Philippus Rex Hispaniae; O’Donnell,
Westminster Cathedral Choir (Hyperion)
Bach, J.C.: Quintet for Flute, Oboe, Violin, Cello, and Keyboard
in D, Op. 22, No. 1; English Concert (DG Archiv)
Guàrnieri: Symphony No. 2, “Uirapuru”; Neschling, Sao Paolo
Symphony Orchestra (BIS)
Jadin:String Quartet in C,Op.3, No.1;Quatuor Mosaïques (Naïve)
Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43;
Cliburn, Kondrashin, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
(RCA Victor)
6:00pm EVENING CONCERT
10:00pm RECORD HOSPITAL
Saturday, April 29
5:00 am BLUES HANGOVER
9:00 am
HILLBILLY AT HARVARD
12:45pm PRELUDE TO THE MET (time approx.)
1:00pm METROPOLITAN OPERA
Wagner: Der Fliegende Holländer; Amber Wagner,
Dolora Zajick, Jay Hunter Morris, Ben Bliss,
Michael Volle, Franz-Josef Selig,
Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducting.
NOTE: The last two Metropolitan Opera broadcasts of the
season are May 6 and 13. Please note that WHRB will broadcast
the Lyric Opera of Chicago performances on Sunday evenings
in June and July. The details will be in the May Program Guide
and online at www.whrb.org.
3:30pm POST-MET VOCAL PROGRAM (time approx.)
6:00pm EVENING CONCERT
9:00pm THE DARKER SIDE
Sunday, April 30
7:00 am BLUES HANGOVER
11:00 am MEMORIAL CHURCH SERVICE
Preacher not decided at press time for this Program Guide.
Music includes Calvin Hampton’s “We Plow the Fields” and
Pilgrims’ Hymn by Stephen Paulus.
12:30pm AS WE KNOW IT
1:00pm CRIMSON SPORTSTALK
2:00pm SUNDAY SERENADE
6:00pm HISTORIC PERFORMANCES
Elgar: Cello Concerto in e, Op. 85; Harrison, Elgar, New
Symphony Orchestra (EMI)
Harris: Symphony 1933 (Symphony No. 1); Koussevitzky,
Boston Symphony Orchestra (Columbia LP)
Khachaturian: Piano Concerto; Kapell, Koussevitzky, Boston
Symphony Orchestra (RCA Red Seal)
8:00pm SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE OPERA
Puccini: Tosca; Callas, Di Stefano, Gobbi, De Sabata, Chorus
and Orchestra of La Scala, Milan (EMI)
WHRB’s Spring Orgy® Period
arrives on May 1st!