Quarter Notes89.7 WCPE’s member magazine • Winter 2010–11

Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg’s 50th birthday

Beethovenfest and Mozart Madness

Russian Romantics Weekend

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table of contentsQuarter NotesWCPE’s member magazineVol. 32, No. 4WCPE’s mission is to expand the community of classi-cal music lovers by sharing classical music with every-one, everywhere, at any time. We entertain, educate, and engage our audience with informative announcers, programs, and publications. We strive to make it easy to appreciate and enjoy Great Classical Music.

Editor: Christina Strobl RomanoDesigner: Deborah Cruz

WCPE StaffDeborah S. Proctor...................General ManagerDavid Ballantyne ..... Assistant Program Director*Dane Barlow .........Computer Services Engineer*Peter Blume ....... Business Development DirectorKenneth Bradshaw ......Assistant Music Director*Curtis Brothers ..................... Outreach Director*Howard Burchette ............................. AnnouncerPhil Davis Campbell ......................... AnnouncerBob Chapman ............... Opera House AnnouncerTommy O. Denton ...Member Services Director*David Faircloth ................................. AnnouncerJohn Graham...... Outreach Engineering DirectorKen Hoover ............Thank-You Gift CoordinatorRob Kennedy .......Great Sacred Music Announcer Brian LeBlanc ............................Traffic Manager*Tara Lynn ...........................Community Liaison*Eric Maynard .................................... WebmasterJane O’Connor ................ Volunteer CoordinatorStu Pattison .................... Data Services Director*Katherine B. Peters ................... Member ServicesChristina Strobl Romano .........Managing Editor of PublicationsJim Sempsrott ...Engineering Assistant; Accounting*Dick Storck ............................Program Director*John Taffee .... Engineering Assistant; AccountingSherman Wallace ............................... AnnouncerRae C. Weaver ................. Development DirectorWilliam Woltz ........................... Music Director**This staff member is also an announcer.

©Copyright 2010, WCPE Radio, Raleigh, NC, 1978–2010. All rights reserved. All material disseminated by WCPE is copyrighted or used under application regulations.Allegro; As You Like It; Quarter Notes; Sleepers, Awake!; and WCPE are registered or pending trademarks or service marks of WCPE.

WCPE P.O. Box 897 Wake Forest, NC 27588800.556.5178 E-mail: wcpe@theclassicalstation.org Web site: theclassicalstation.org

{ }On the cover: On January 10, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg cele-brates her 50th birthday. Tune in to hear her in performances of Bartók’s Romanian Folk Dances and Brahms’s Violin Concerto in D. Read more on page 27.Photo by: Christian Steiner

Meet Your Host ......................1

WCPE Daily Schedule ...........1

Home Sweet Home ................2

Winter Highlights ..................3

December Calendar ................4

January Calendar ....................5

February Calendar ..................6

Monday Night at the Symphony ....................7

Opera House ..........................8

Sundays This Quarter Great Sacred Music, Wavelengths, and Peaceful Reflections ..................9

The Met Broadcast Schedule ..12

Program Guide .....................13

Eye on Education .................24

Lately We’ve Read Schumann: The Inner Voices of a Musical Genius ........................25

Lately We’ve Heard Songs of California: Music for Winds and Piano .......................26

On the Cover .......................27

web Site highlights .............27

Composer Notes ..................28

domingo turns 70 ...............29

Classical Community ...........30

What You’re Saying ..............32

Donor Spotlight Arthur Danielson .......................32

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wcpe at a glance

Meet Your Host Andy HuberHow long have you been an announcer at WCPE? Since 1980. Others were of course announcers before me, but I believe my 30 years of continuous on-the-air announcing is the longest uninterrupted streak at WCPE.

How did you get involved in broadcasting? I was listening to WCPE at home one eve-ning early in 1980. WCPE played classical music only from 7 to 11 p.m. in those days, and there wasn’t any classical music on any-where else. I heard a typical announcement seeking volunteers who were willing to learn to be announcers, and I thought, “Why not try it? I can listen to the music there as well as at home, and maybe I’ll get to pick some of the selections.” So I showed up and found out it was fun as well as useful.

What is your favorite music or musician? I like most types of classical music, with Wagner being my favorite composer. And as a former horn player, I’m partial to horn music as well as brass in general.

Do you have any hobbies? WCPE of course! Also reading, and for exercise I enjoy running, swimming, biking, and orienteering.

Is there anything else your listeners might enjoy knowing about you? I was born in Cleveland but grew up in Cincinnati, so I’m a Buckeye and a Reds fan. I came to NC in 1978 after attending MIT and working in the computer field in Massachusetts, and I currently work in network security. q

WCPE Daily ScheduleWeekdays5:30 a.m. Rise and Shine with David Ballantyne

9:00 a.m. WCPE Morning Concert with Terry Marcellin-Little

Final Friday of each month: All-Request Friday

11:30 a.m. Classical Lunch with Terry Marcellin-Little and Kenneth Bradshaw

1:30 p.m. As You Like It with Kenneth Bradshaw

4:00 p.m. Allegro with Tara Lynn

7:00 p.m. Mondays through Wednesdays and Fridays: WCPE Concert Hall with Andy Huber, Dave Bryant, Warner Hall, Larry Hedlund, Stu Pattison, and Juergen Rathgeber

Thursdays: WCPE Opera House with Bob Chapman

8:00 p.m. Mondays: Monday Night at the Symphony with Dave Bryant and Andy Huber

10:00 p.m. Music in the Night with a variety of volunteer hosts

12:00 midnight

Sleepers, Awake! with Phil Davis Campbell and Sherman Wallace

Saturdays6:00 a.m. Weekend Classics with Dane Barlow,

David Faircloth, Kathryn Atkinson, Lana Hayward, and Joyce Kidd and a variety of volunteer hosts

6:00 p.m. Saturday Evening Request Program with Brian LeBlanc and volunteer hosts

Sundays6:00 a.m. Weekend Classics with

Charles Sabiston

7:30 a.m. Sing for Joy with Bruce Benson

8:00 a.m. Great Sacred Music with Rob Kennedy

11:00 a.m. Weekend Classics with Jonathan Bailey and Barbara diCiero

6:00 p.m. Preview! with Paul Jordan

9:00 p.m. Wavelengths with Kenneth Bradshaw

10:00 p.m. Peaceful Reflections with Kenneth Bradshaw

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ehome sweet homeOur Christmas GiftsOur Fall Membership Drive for 2010 was our best ever, considering the resounding support that we received from you and over 5,300 listeners. Especially telling to me is the great number of first-time members who pledged their support. We did not set a tar-get this time, instead reaching for “the best we can.” I feel that when so many thousand new and renewing members have helped us reach a total of over $415,000, we have a great deal to be thankful for. This fund drive proves that every donation adds up to bring you the Great Classical Music that you’ll continue to hear every hour on the radio and over the Internet at theclassicalstation.org. Thank you very much!Thirty-two continuous years of Great Classical Music is an accomplishment for any radio station! Bringing you Great Classical Music remains our prime directive. If you’ve already made your pledge, we thank you very much. Your continuing support is sincerely appreci-ated. We’re proud that we are fully 100% listener supported. As long as you remain a supporting member, you are doing your part to keep classical music on the air. It is important that everyone who values The Classical Station does what he or she can to ensure that Great Classical Music is preserved and protected. Some people are in a position to volunteer their time, talents, and services to WCPE. Many listeners are in a position to volunteer their financial sup-port. If you haven’t made your pledge yet, please do it today, because we’re counting on everyone’s help.You are providing the gift of Great Classical Music to everyone who listens to WCPE, whether on the radio or over the Internet.About the Fall Membership Drive: Answering the phones during our membership drives, we hear several themes repeated. Many call-ers are first-time supporters of public radio; they say they are relatively new to classical music and are pleased to be able to hear us. Our announcers enjoy the works just as much as you do and know how it feels to hear something beautiful for the first time. Many callers say they no longer have a local classical station available; WCPE is the place where they can turn for Great Classical

Music by streaming from our Web site at theclassicalstation.org, 24 hours a day.About our December “silent” fundraiser: we have four membership drives a year (one during each season), and almost always, the summer and winter drives are “silent”—held through the mail and the Internet rather than over the air. Many donors take a final look at their tax positions now with regard to contribution records and make a year-end gift to the station in December. If you mail your gift to us before December 31, 2010, you can include it in your itemized deduc-tions when you file your 2010 tax return.In tight economic times, some donors are not making their membership renewals. We do understand tight financial positions and hope you won’t hesitate to renew your support at a reduced level, if need be. Your gift gains strength with other members, like strands of steel in a strong cable, so remem-ber, the only donation that’s too small is the one that’s not made at all.Tell a friend! It’s important to be an “ambas-sador” for Great Classical Music on WCPE, so help spread the word about our station! Tell others about our station and our unique classical programming, and in the future many may become members, too. Also, you can ask us to send a copy of Quarter Notes to a friend.

Deborah S. ProctorGeneral Manager

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BeethovenfestDecember 14–16

Just the name of Ludwig van Beethoven conjures the thunder of the opening line of his Fifth Symphony and the beauty of “Für Elise” and the “Moonlight” Sonata. Tune in for three days to celebrate the genius of this great composer!

Christmas EveDecember 24

4:00 p.m.: Handel’s Messiah 7:00 p.m.: WCPE’s The Great Music of Christmas, sung by the stars of the opera stage, hosted by Bob Chapman

New Year’s EveDecember 31

9:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.: All-Request Friday 10:00 p.m. to midnight: Festive Viennese waltzes

Russian Romantics Weekend January 15–16

The names of the great Russian composers come easily to mind: Tchaikovsky, Balakirev, Rimsky-Korsakov, and so many more.

Martin Luther King DayMonday, January 17

Listen to music to lift the spirit as we cel-ebrate the birth of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who fought for the rights of everyone, knowing that injustice for anyone meant injustice for all.

Mozart MadnessJanuary 25–27

We will have three days of music to celebrate the incredible talent of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, culminating in a Mozart opera on Thursday evening.

Valentine’s DayFebruary 14

WCPE celebrates this day between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. with requests from our listeners. All requests must be in advance (no phone calls, please) by either e-mail or U.S. Postal Service and must be received by Monday, February 7.

Simply Strings Weekend February 19–20

Ah, the beauty of the string instruments. The violin, viola, cello, and bass make up the core of orchestras and chamber groups.

Presidents Day February 21

Patriotic music to celebrate all of our presi-dents, from George Washington through Barack Obama.

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John Barbirolli 1899Maria Callas 1923

3 FridayJosé Serebrier 1938

4 SaturdayHamilton Harty 1879

5 SundayFrancesco Geminiani 1687Vítězslav Novák 1870José Carreras 1946Krystian Zimerman 1956

6 MondayNikolaus Harnoncourt 1929

7 Tuesday Pearl Harbor RemembrancePietro Mascagni 1863

8 WednesdayJean Sibelius 1865 (145th anniversary of birth)

Manuel Ponce 1882James Galway 1939

9 ThursdayÉmile Waldteufel 1837Joaquín Turina 1882Joshua Bell 1967

10 FridayCésar Franck 1822Morton Gould 1913Kathryn Stott 1958

11 SaturdayHector Berlioz 1803

12 Sunday13 Monday14 Tuesday

Capel Bond 173015 Wednesday

Michel Richard Delalande 165716 Thursday

Ludwig van Beethoven 1770 (240th anniversary of birth)

Zoltán Kodály 1882Trevor Pinnock 1946

17 FridayDomenico Cimarosa 1749Arthur Fiedler 1894

18 SaturdayMetropolitan Opera Broadcast season begins

Edward MacDowell 1860 (150th anniversary of birth)

Edmond de Stoutz 1920 (90th anniversary of birth)

William Boughton 194819 Sunday

Fritz Reiner 1888William Christie 1944

20 MondayMitsuko Uchida 1948

21 Tuesday Winter beginsZdeněk Fibich 1850 (160th anniversary of birth)

Michael Tilson Thomas 1944András Schiff 1953

22 WednesdayCarl Friedrich Abel 1723Giacomo Puccini 1858

23 ThursdayZara Nelsova 1918Claudio Scimone 1934

24 FridayPeter Cornelius 1824

25 Saturday Christmas DayLouis Lane 1923

26 Sunday27 Monday28 Tuesday

João Domingos Bomtempo 1775Nigel Kennedy 1956

29 WednesdayPablo Casals 1876

30 ThursdayDmitry Kabalevsky 1904

31 Friday New Year’s EveAll-Request FridayNathan Milstein 1903

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Mily Balakirev 18373 Monday4 Tuesday

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi 1710Josef Suk (composer) 1874

5 WednesdayArturo Benedetti Michelangeli 1920Alfred Brendel 1931 (80th birthday)Maurizio Pollini 1942

6 ThursdayGiuseppe Sammartini 1695Max Bruch 1838Alexander Scriabin 1872

7 FridayFrancis Poulenc 1899Günter Wand 1912Jean-Pierre Rampal 1922Iona Brown 1941 (70th anniversary of birth)

8 Saturday9 Sunday

John Knowles Paine 183910 Monday

Jean Martinon 1910Sherrill Milnes 1935James Morris 1947Mischa Maisky 1948Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg 1961 (50th birthday)

11 TuesdayReinhold Glière 1875

12 WednesdayErmanno Wolf-Ferrari 1876

13 ThursdayVasily Kalinnikov 1866 (145th annivesary of birth)

Richard Addinsell 190414 Friday

Mariss Jansons 1943Nicholas McGegan 1950Ben Heppner 1956 (55th birthday)Andrew Manze 1965

15 SaturdayMalcolm Frager 1935Joseph Kalichstein 1946

16 SundayMarilyn Horne 1934

17 Monday Martin Luther King DayFrançois-Joseph Gossec 1734

18 TuesdayCésar Cui 1835Emmanuel Chabrier 1841

19 WednesdaySimon Rattle 1955

20 ThursdayErnest Chausson 1855Antonio de Almeida 1928

21 FridayPlácido Domingo 1941(70th birthday)

Uto Ughi 194422 Saturday

Myung-whun Chung 195323 Sunday

Muzio Clementi 175224 Monday

Frederick the Great 1712E.T.A. Hoffmann 1776 (235th anniversary of birth)

Jan Blockx 1851 (160th anniversary of birth)

25 TuesdayWilhelm Furtwängler 1886 (125th anniversary of birth)

26 WednesdayJacqueline du Pré 1945

27 ThursdayWolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756 (255th anniversary of birth)

Édouard Lalo 1823John Ogdon 1937 Jean-Philippe Collard 1948

28 FridayAll-Request FridayFerdinand Hérold 1791Arthur Rubinstein 1887John Tavener 1944

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29 SaturdayFrederick Delius 1862Malcolm Binns 1936Cho-Liang Lin 1960

30 SundayJohann Joachim Quantz 1697Lynn Harrell 1944

31 MondayFranz Schubert 1797Ofra Harnoy 1965

1 TuesdayJohan Agrell 1701Francesco Veracini 1690Victor Herbert 1859Renata Tebaldi 1922

2 WednesdayFritz Kreisler 1875Jascha Heifetz 1901Paul O’Dette 1954

3 ThursdayFelix Mendelssohn 1809

4 FridayErich Leinsdorf 1912

5 SaturdayJohn Pritchard 1921

6 SundayClaudio Arrau 1903

7 MondayWilhelm Stenhammar 1871Antoni Wit 1944

8 TuesdayAndré Ernest Modeste Grétry 1741John Williams (composer/conductor) 1932

9 Wednesday10 Thursday

Leontyne Price 192711 Friday

Rudolf Firkušný 1912 Alexander Gibson 1926

12 SaturdayJan Ladislav Dussek 1760

13 SundayFernando Sor 1778

14 Monday Valentine’s DayBy advance requestRenée Fleming 1959

15 TuesdayMichael Praetorius 1571

16 WednesdayEliahu Inbal 1936 (75th birthday)John Corigliano 1938

17 ThursdayArcangelo Corelli 1653Henri Vieuxtemps 1820Edward German 1862Anner Bylsma 1934

18 Friday19 Saturday

Luigi Boccherini 174320 Sunday

Carl Czerny 1791Charles de Bériot 1802Christoph Eschenbach 1940Riccardo Chailly 1953

21 Monday Presidents DayLéo Delibes 1836 (175th anniversary of birth)

Charles-Marie Widor 1844Andrés Segovia 1893

22 TuesdayNiels Gade 1817Louis Auriacombe 1917

23 WednesdayGeorge Frideric Handel 1685

24 ThursdayJiří Bělohlávek 1946 (65th birthday)

25 FridayAll-Request FridayJesús López-Cobos 1940

26 SaturdayAntonin Reicha 1770Frank Bridge 1879

27 SundayHubert Parry 1848 Mirella Freni 1935Gidon Kremer 1947

28 MondayGioachino Rossini (observed) 1792Jean-Baptiste Arban 1825

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monday night at the symphony

Mondays at 8:00 p.m. (Eastern)Join WCPE on December 20 for a special holiday edition of Monday Night at the Symphony. We’ll bring you selections from seasonal favorites, including Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker, Prokofiev’s Lieutenant Kijé Suite, and Handel’s Messiah, in classic performances by the Boston Pops, Chicago Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, and more.And be sure to listen through the com-ing year as we continue to spotlight one of the world’s great orchestras each week on Monday Night at the Symphony.December6 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

13 London Symphony Orchestra

20 Holiday edition

27 Philadelphia Orchestra

January3 Vienna Philharmonic

10 Boston Symphony Orchestra

17 Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

24 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

31 Dresden State Orchestra

February7 Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

14 Cleveland Orchestra

21 Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

28 Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

The Philadelphia Orchestra featured December 27

Sundays at 6:00 p.m. with host Paul Jordan

From symphonies to oratorios, from ballet to chamber ensembles, you’ll get a sneak preview of upcoming classical events in the Triangle and around the nation. We sample great performances from new classical releases on a variety of labels and talk to great names in the world of classical music.

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Thursdays at 7:00 p.m. (Eastern) With host Bob ChapmanDecember 2 Adam’s Le Postillon de Lonjumeau

The postilion Chapelou (Aler) leaves his bride Madeleine (Anderson) on their wedding night, intending to become a great opera singer.

December 9 Donizetti’s Linda di Chamounix

Linda (Devia) goes mad when she thinks her boyfriend Carlo (Canonici) is going to marry someone else.

December 16 Gounod’s Faust

Elderly philosopher Faust (Domingo) sells his soul to the devil, Méphistophélès (Ghiaurov), in exchange for another chance at youth, but his love interest Marguerite (Freni) loses her mind. (From the Ruocchio Archives.)

Humperdinck’s Hänsel und Gretel and Menotti’sDecember 23 Amahl and the Night Visitors

Hänsel (Seefried) and sister Gretel (Rothenberger) escape death in a Grimm fairy tale. Crippled boy Amahl (Hawkersmith) and his poor mother (Gun-logson) are visited by the Magi, who are looking for the infant Jesus.

December 30 Strauss’s Die Fledermaus

Act II gala includes guest appearances by Tebaldi, Corena, Nilsson, Del Monaco, Berganza, Suther-land, Björling, Price, Simionato, Bastianini, and Welitsch.

January 6 Barber’s Vanessa

Vanessa (Steber) has waited 20 years for her lover to return but eventually marries his son, Anatol (Gedda), despite his seduction of her niece Erika (Elias).

January 13 Paisiello’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia

Eclipsed by Rossini’s 1816 version, this 1782 op-era buffa can still hold its own. The trio for Bartolo (Gregor) and his sneezing and yawning servants is a gem. (From the Ruocchio Archives.)

January 20 Verdi’s Otello

Iago (Milnes) plants the seeds of suspicion in the mind of the Moorish governor Otello (Do-mingo) about his wife Desdemona (Scotto)—with tragic results.

January 27 Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte

A fairy tale masking a Masonic allegory, Tamino (Gedda) falls in love with Pamina (Janowitz), aid-ed by the birdcatcher Papageno (Berry). Sarastro (Frick) foils the Queen of the Night (Popp).

February 3 Dvorák’s Armida

The sorceress Armida (Borowska) puts a spell on the French crusader Rinald (Ochman), whom she had originally planned to kill but with whom she subsequently fell in love.

February 10 Catalani’s La Wally

Wally (Marton) asks Gellner (Titus) to murder Hagenbach (Araiza) but has second thoughts and tries unsuccessfully to rescue him.

Mascagni’s Cavalleria RusticanaFebruary 17 and Leoncavallo’s I Pagliacci

After a brief fling with Santuzza (Callas), Turiddu (Di Stefano) restarts an affair with Lola (Canali), who is married to Alfio (Panerai). The hunch-backed clown Tonio (Gobbi) is rebuffed by Nedda (Callas), wife of Canio (Di Stefano). During a play, Canio stabs Nedda to death when she refuses to name her lover. (From the Ruocchio Archives.)

February 24 Delibes’s Lakmé

In nineteenth-century India, Lakmé (Mesplé), the daughter of a Brahmin priest, Nilakantha (Soyer), has an ill-fated love affair with a British officer, Geráld (Charles Burles).

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Sundays at 8:00 a.m. (Eastern) With host Rob KennedyThe choral music for Advent and Christmas runs the gamut of emotions from quietly penitential to joyfully exuberant. In addition to music of the season, Great Sacred Music will continue to feature a Bach cantata at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time. Also, we are live on Facebook and Twitter on Sunday mornings. Hope to see you there.December 5Chanukah is observed from December 1 through 9. George Frideric Handel’s magnificent oratorio Judas Maccabeus tells the story of the Macca-bean revolt in splendid Handelian fashion.

December 12On this third Sunday in Advent we shall feature carols and anthems written for Advent as well as Bach’s Cantata 140, “Sleepers Awake.”

December 19Part I of George Frederic Handel’s oratorio Messiah is the centerpiece of our last show before Christmas.

December 26Carols from around the world will be the center-piece of Great Sacred Music on this Sunday after Christmas.

January 2Our first playlist of 2011 features a performance of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Christmas Oratorio. Greg Funfgeld conducts the Bach Choir of Bethlehem.

January 9Paul Hillier conducted the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir from 2001 to 2007. Music by Baltic composers will be a highlight of this morn-ing’s show.

January 16Peter Phillips founded the Tallis Scholars in 1973. The ensemble is world renowned for its interpreta-tions of Renaissance sacred music. They will sing William Byrd’s “Tribue Domine.”

January 23The Choir of Royal Holloway, University of London, is quite simply one of the finest mixed-voice collegiate choirs in the world today. We will sample anthems by Carson Cooman, an American composer in his 20s who has already composed over 700 works.

January 30Stephen Layton founded Polyphony in 1986 for a concert in King’s College, Cambridge. Music of the American composer Eric Whitacre is on this morning’s playlist.

February 6Composer and conductor John Rutter established the Cambridge Singers in 1981 after he had left Clare College. We shall enjoy his radiant Requiem, which was written in 1985 in memory of his father.

February 13Paul Spicer founded the Finzi Singers in 1987. The singers are highly regarded for their performances of 20th-century music, as you will hear when they sing Finzi’s “Lo, the Full, Final Sacrifice.”

February 20Henry’s Eight was formed in 1992 by a group of choral scholars from Trinity College, Cambridge. They will sing Pierre de la Rue’s “Missa cum Iucunditate.”

February 27Stile Antico is a male choral ensemble which has no conductor. The group’s recordings have been widely acclaimed. John Sheppard’s “Gaude, Gaude, Gaude Maria” will demonstrate why their reputation is so well deserved.

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Sundays at 9:00 p.m. (Eastern) With host Kenneth BradshawDecember has all three of the Abrahamic faiths celebrating holy days: Judaism celebrates Hanukkah from December 1 through 9; Islam celebrates the Islamic New Year (Al-Hijra) on December 7 and commemorates Āshūrā, the day of the martyrdom of Hussain, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, on December 16; and

Christians celebrate the Feast of the Nativity

from December 25 through January 5. In December, Wavelengths will offer music from modern composers

who identify them-selves as being from

those faith traditions.February is Black History Month, and Wavelengths will feature African-American composers each week. As a sneak peak into March, which is Women’s History Month, we will feature women composers through-out the month.

December 5Enjoy the music of Jewish composers, featuring Darius Milhaud. Milhaud was one of the most prolific composers of the 20th century and was fond of jazz and Latin American rhythms.

December 12Wavelengths presents the music of Islamic com-posers, featuring Hossein Alizadeh. Alizadeh is the leading classical composer in Iran and studied music in Tehran and Berlin. He also plays the tar and setar.

December 19The music of Christian composers will be featured, including Henryk Górecki, whose music conveys emotional power and clarity.

December 26Enjoy the music of Christmas from modern composers, including Benjamin Karlen and Evelyn Stroobach.

January 2On our playlist will be Symphony no. 6 by thoroughly modern Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich.

January 9Spanish composer Joaquín Rodrigo was a treasure for the world. He drew inspiration from sources ranging from the history of Roman Spain to contemporary poetry. We will hear Concierto como un Divertimento.

January 16American Elena Ruehr has carved out her place in the pantheon of composers. Listen to String Quartet no. 3 from the CD How She Danced.

January 23French composer Olivier Messiaen was an in-novator in harmony, melody, rhythm, and musical coloring. Quartet for the End of Time was written from a Nazi concentration camp.

January 30American Rachel Matthews is an accomplished composer and native of North Carolina now liv-ing in the Pacific Northwest. The scheduled work is “Dreams.”

February 6William Grant Still was a great American compos-er and the “dean” of African-American composers. His work “And They Lynched Him on a Tree” is full of pathos recalling the not-so-distant past. This composition will go to the core of your being.

February 13Billy Childs, pianist and composer, has the wonderful ability to create memorable melodies, whether writing jazz or classical music, as heard in Prelude in E Minor.

February 20Valerie Coleman combines African-American heritage with urban culture to create a distinctive sound. Hear her Concerto for Wind Quintet.

February 27Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, another North Carolina native, was equally at home in classical, jazz, and popular music, as shown in his work, Sinfonietta no. 1.

William Grant Still featured February 6

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sundays this quarter

Sundays at 10:00 p.m. (Eastern) With host Kenneth BradshawDecember 5”Song of Love and Death” from Eternal Songs by Mieczyslaw Karłowicz is based on Karłowicz’s experiences during his wanderings in the Tatra Mountains of Poland. He wrote, “The hours lived in the subconscious are like a momentary return to nonexistence that offers peace against life and death and tell me about the everlasting serenity of dissolving completely into the eternal being.”

December 12The title of Erik Satie’s Gymnopédies, certainly the most famous of his compositions, refers to a dance performed by youth in ancient Sparta. Michel Legrand’s artistry makes the work come alive.

December 19“Choral Evensong” is performed by the choir of King’s College, Cambridge, conducted by Stephen Cleobury. Evening prayer began with Judaism, was later incorporated into the Christian Church, and is a longstanding Anglican tradition.

December 26Join us for traditional music for the Christian Feast of the Nativity.

January 2Henri Vieuxtemps was a Belgian composer who led an itinerant musical life, traveling all over Europe until a stroke paralyzed his left side. He turned to composition, and by late 1880 the world had become enthralled with his work, including Cello Concerto no. 1 in A Minor.

January 9Piano Quintet in G Minor by Vincent d’Indy was composed in 1924 and is a beautifully appealing work, especially the third movement, which opens with a slow, introspective theme.

January 16“A Shropshire Lad” by George Butterworth is based on A.E. Housman’s set of poems, of which the underlying theme is war and death. But-terworth died at the age of 31 in 1916 leading a raid during the Battle of the Somme.

January 23Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor by J.S. Bach is another work arranged for orchestra by the legendary Leopold Stokowski.

January 30Deep emotion pours forth from the violin and piano duet “Romance Without Words” by Henryk Wieniawski. Ah, l’amore.

February 6“Lost Illusions” by Louis Moreau Gottschalk evokes a depth of emotion only experienced by someone who has lived for a while.

February 13On the evening leading to Valentine’s Day, “Three Romances” by Clara Schumann should be listened to with someone you love!

February 20Guitarist Julian Bream, performing Fantasia by Fernando Sor, brings to life the richness and beauty of the music of Spain.

February 27The talent and emotion that Dmitri Shostakovich brought to his compositions is evident in Cello Sonata in D Minor.

Clara Schumann featured February 13

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the met broadcast scheduleMetropolitan Opera Broadcast SeasonListen to live broadcasts from the Metropolitan Opera on Saturdays afternoons.

December 18 12:30 p.m.Don Carlo* (Verdi)Nézet-Séguin; Poplavskaya, Smirnova, Lee, Keenly-side, Furlanetto, Halfvarson

December 25 1:00 p.m.Archive Broadcast (TBD)

January 1 12:00 p.m.Pelléas et Mélisande (Debussy)Rattle; Kožená, Palmer, Degout, Finley, White

January 8 (HD) 1:00 p.m.La Fanciulla del West (Puccini)Luisotti; Voigt, Giordani, Uusitalo

January 15 1:00 p.m.La Traviata* (Verdi) Noseda; Poplavskaya, Polenzani, Dobber

January 22 1:00 p.m.Rigoletto (Verdi) Arrivabeni; Machaidze, Chávez, Calleja, TBA, Kocán

January 29 1:00 p.m.Tosca (Puccini)Armiliato; Radvanovsky, Álvarez, Struckmann, Plishka

February 5 1:00 p.m.Simon Boccanegra (Verdi)Levine; Frittoli, Vargas, Hvorostovsky, Furlanetto

February 12 1:00 p.m.Nixon in China* (Adams)Adams; Kim, Kelly, Brubaker, Braun, Maddalena, Fink

February 19 1:00 p.m.Don Pasquale (Donizetti)Levine; Netrebko, Polenzani, Kwiecien, Del Carlo

February 26 (HD) 1:00 p.m.Iphigénie en Tauride (Gluck)Summers; Graham, Domingo, Groves, Hawkins

March 5 1:00 p.m.Armida (Rossini)Frizza; Fleming, Brownlee, Osborn, Siragusa, Banks, van Rensburg

March 12 12:00 p.m.Boris Godunov* (Mussorgsky)Gergiev; Semenchuk, Antonenko, Balashov, Nikitin, Pape, Petrenko, Ognovenko

March 19 (HD) 1:00 p.m.Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti)Summers; Dessay, Calleja, Tézier, Youn

March 26 1:00 p.m.The Queen of Spades (Tchaikovsky) Nelsons; Mattila, Mumford, Zajick, Galouzine, Markov, Mattei

April 2 1:00 p.m.Das Rheingold* (Wagner)Levine; Harmer, Blythe, Bardon, R. Croft, Siegel, Terfel, Owens, Selig, König

April 9 (HD) 1:00 p.m.Le Comte Ory* (Rossini)Benini; Damrau, DiDonato, Resmark, Flórez, Degout, Pertusi

April 16 1:00 p.m.Wozzeck (Berg)Levine; Meier, Skelton, Siegel, Goerne, FinkApril 23 (HD) 1:00 p.m.Capriccio (R. Strauss)Davis; Fleming, Connolly, Kaiser, Braun, Larsen, RoseApril 30 (HD) 1:00 p.m.Il Trovatore (Verdi)Levine; Radvanovsky, Zajick, Álvarez, Hvoros-tovsky, Kocán May 7 1:00 p.m.Ariadne auf Naxos (R. Strauss)Luisi; Urmana, Kim, DiDonato, Smith, Allen May 14 12:00 p.m.Die Walküre* (Wagner)

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December Featured Works

All programming is subject to change. For a complete list of a specific day’s music, go to theclassicalstation.org.

1 Wednesday8:00 a.m. Dvorák: Prague Waltzes9:00 a.m. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no. 1

in F11:00 a.m. Verdi: The Four Seasons Ballet

(from The Sicilian Vespers)1:00 p.m. Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 24 in

C Minor2:00 p.m. Schumann: Symphony no. 1 in

B-flat (Spring)3:00 p.m. Ravel: Mother Goose Ballet6:00 p.m. Chanukah in Story and Song8:00 p.m. Schubert: Symphony no. 5 in B-flat

2 Thursday8:00 a.m. Ireland: “A London Overture”9:00 a.m. Mozart: Symphony no. 41 in C

(Jupiter)10:00 a.m. Delibes: Suite from Coppélia12:00 p.m. Bach: Air from Orchestral Suite

no. 3, “Air on the G String”2:00 p.m. Haydn: Cello Concerto no. 2 in D3:00 p.m. Grieg: Piano Concerto in A Minor5:00 p.m. Bullard: Chanukah Suite

10:00 p.m. Delius: Brigg Fair (an English Rhapsody)

3 Friday9:00 a.m. Bizet: Carmen Suite

11:00 a.m. Beethoven: Symphony no. 2 in D1:00 p.m. Berlioz: “Waverly Overture”3:00 p.m. Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto

no. 2 in C Minor5:30 p.m. Tchaikovsky: Waltz from Eugene

Onegin8:00 p.m. Shostakovich: Suite from The

Gadfly9:00 p.m. Dvorák: Symphony no. 8 in G

10:00 p.m. Debussy: Suite Bergamasque

4 Saturday9:00 a.m. Telemann: Concerto in F for Three

Violins from Tafelmusik, Part II11:00 a.m. Harty: With the Wild Geese1:00 p.m. Wagner: “Wotan’s Farewell” and

“Magic Fire Music” from Die Walküre

2:00 p.m. Dvorák: Piano Quintet no. 2 in A4:00 p.m. Harty: An Irish Symphony5:00 p.m. Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 5 in

E-flat (Emperor)

program guide (december)5 Sunday7:00 a.m. Geminiani: Concerto no. 1 in D

11:00 a.m. Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E Minor

1:00 p.m. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no. 6 in B-flat

3:00 p.m. Liszt: Piano Concerto no. 1 in E-flat (Triangle)

4:00 p.m. Novák: “Lady Godiva”5:00 p.m. Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kijé Suite

10:00 p.m. Karłowicz: “Song of Love and Death”

6 Monday8:00 a.m. Strauss II: “Roses from the South”

10:00 a.m. Beethoven: Symphony no. 5 in C Minor

12:00 p.m. Gershwin: “Lullaby for Strings”2:00 p.m. Mozart: Symphony no. 40 in G

Minor3:00 p.m. Schubert: Selections from

Rosamunde7:00 p.m. Haydn: Symphony no. 99 in E-flat

10:00 p.m. Borodin: String Quartet no. 2 in D

7 Tuesday9:00 a.m. Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 21 in C

10:00 a.m. Rossini: The Fantastic Toyshop12:00 p.m. Mascagni: Intermezzo from

Cavalleria Rusticana1:00 p.m. Dykes: “Eternal Father, Strong to

Save” (Navy Hymn)3:00 p.m. Dvorák: Symphonic Variations7:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker

(Narrated)9:00 p.m. Brahms: Symphony no. 1 in C Minor

10:00 p.m. Mahler: Adagietto from Symphony no. 5 in C-sharp Minor

8 Wednesday8:00 a.m. Sibelius: Finlandia9:00 a.m. Handel: Music for the Royal

Fireworks12:00 p.m. Mozart: Flute Concerto no. 1 in G

2:00 p.m. Ponce: Concierto del Sur (Concerto of the South)

3:00 p.m. Sibelius: Lemminkäinen and the Maidens of Saari

5:00 p.m. Delius: “La Calinda”8:00 p.m. Sibelius: Symphony no. 5 in E-flat

10:00 p.m. Sibelius: Incidental Music from Pelléas and Mélisande

9 Thursday8:00 a.m. Waldteufel: “Estudiantina”9:00 a.m. Corelli: Christmas Concerto in G

Minor

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eprogram guide (december)11:00 a.m. Tchaikovsky: “Meditation” from

Memory of a Dear Place12:00 p.m. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no. 5

in D2:00 p.m. Turina: Symphonic Rhapsody3:00 p.m. Barber: Violin Concerto5:30 p.m. Waldteufel: “Diamond Rain” (a

Waltz)10:00 p.m. Rachmaninoff: “Vocalise”

10 Friday9:00 a.m. Mozart: Violin Sonata in C

10:00 a.m. Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 2 in B-flat

12:00 p.m. Franck: Redemption, a Symphonic Poem

2:00 p.m. Brahms: Violin Concerto in D3:00 p.m. Franck: Symphony in D Minor7:00 p.m. Gould: “Amber Waves”8:00 p.m. Howells: Piano Concerto no. 2 in C9:00 p.m. Dvorák: Symphony no. 9 in E Minor

(From the New World)

11 Saturday9:00 a.m. Bach: Violin Concerto no. 2 in E

11:00 a.m. Schumann: Cello Concerto in A Minor

12:00 p.m. Berlioz: “Roman Carnival Overture”2:00 p.m. Mozart: Symphony no. 29 in A4:00 p.m. Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique5:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 4 in F

Minor

12 Sunday7:00 a.m. Mendelssohn: Six Christmas Pieces

11:00 a.m. Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D1:00 p.m. Vivaldi: Four Seasons

3:00 p.m. Respighi: “The Adoration of the Magi” from Three Botticelli Pictures

4:00 p.m. Lalo: Cello Concerto in D Minor5:00 p.m. Chopin: Piano Concerto no. 1 in E

Minor10:00 p.m. Satie: Three Gymnopédies

13 Monday8:00 a.m. Chadwick: Jubilee from Symphonic

Sketches9:00 a.m. Schubert: Symphony no. 8 in B

Minor (Unfinished)11:00 a.m. Glazunov: Ballet Scenes12:00 p.m. Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon

of a Faun2:00 p.m. Mozart: Symphony no. 36 in C

(Linz)3:00 p.m. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no. 4

in G7:00 p.m. Saint-Saëns: “Havanaise”

10:00 p.m. Barber: Adagio for Strings

14 Tuesday8:00 a.m. Beethoven: Consecration of the

House Overture9:00 a.m. Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 1

in C11:00 a.m. Beethoven: Cello Sonata no. 3 in A1:00 p.m. Beethoven: Symphony no. 1 in C2:00 p.m. Beethoven: Piano Sonata no. 15 in

D (Pastoral)3:00 p.m. Beethoven: Clarinet Trio in B-flat7:00 p.m. Beethoven: Triple Concerto in C9:00 p.m. Beethoven: Symphony no. 5 in C

Minor10:00 p.m. Beethoven: String Quartet no. 9 in C

15 Wednesday9:00 a.m. Beethoven: Symphony no. 7 in A

11:00 a.m. Beethoven: Piano Sonata no. 14 in C-sharp Minor (Moonlight)

12:00 p.m. Beethoven: Leonore Overture no. 32:00 p.m. Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D3:00 p.m. Beethoven: Symphony no. 2 in D5:00 p.m. Beethoven: Overture from Egmont8:00 p.m. Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 5 in

E-flat (Emperor)9:00 p.m. Beethoven: Symphony no. 6 in F

(Pastoral)

16 Thursday8:00 a.m. Beethoven: Romance no. 1 in G for

Violin9:00 a.m. Beethoven: Symphony no. 3 in E-flat

(Eroica)10:00 a.m. Beethoven: Piano Trio in B-flat

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program guide (december)12:00 p.m. Beethoven: Piano Sonata no. 8 in C

Minor (Pathétique)2:00 p.m. Beethoven: Symphony no. 8 in F3:00 p.m. Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 3 in

C Minor4:00 p.m. Beethoven: Overture from Fidelio

10:00 p.m. Beethoven: Symphony no. 9 in D Minor (Choral)

17 Friday8:00 a.m. Anderson, Leroy: “A Christmas

Festival”9:00 a.m. Cimarosa: Concertante in G for

Flute and Oboe11:00 a.m. Gershwin: “Rhapsody in Blue”2:00 p.m. Mozart: Symphony no. 38 in D

(Prague)3:00 p.m. Rossini: The Fantastic Toyshop7:00 p.m. Saint-Saëns: The Carnival of the

Animals8:00 p.m. Bach: Magnificat in D, BWV 243

(with Christmas Interpolations)10:00 p.m. Vaughan Williams: “Fantasia on

Christmas Carols”

18 Saturday8:00 a.m. Haydn: Piano Concerto in D9:00 a.m. Dvorák: Serenade in E for Strings

10:00 a.m. M. Charpentier: Christmas Concerto11:00 a.m. MacDowell: Piano Concerto no. 2

in D Minor12:00 p.m. Herbert: “March of the Toys” from

Babes in Toyland

19 Sunday7:00 a.m. Mozart: Laudate Dominum from

Solemn Vespers of the Confessor11:00 a.m. Anderson, Leroy: Suite of Carols for

Brass Choir12:00 p.m. Mussorgsky: Pictures at an

Exhibition2:00 p.m. Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in A4:00 p.m. Saint-Saëns: Christmas Oratorio5:00 p.m. Handel: “For unto us a Child is

Born”

20 Monday8:00 a.m. Bach: “Jauchzet, Frohlocket” from

the Christmas Oratorio9:00 a.m. Schubert: Musical Moments

10:00 a.m. Grieg: Holberg Suite12:00 p.m. Traditional: Fantasia on “In Dulci

Jubilo”2:00 p.m. Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 25 in C3:00 p.m. Rimsky-Korsakov: Suite from Mlada7:00 p.m. Mendelssohn: “Calm Sea and

Prosperous Voyage”10:00 p.m. Christmas Carols

21 Tuesday8:00 a.m. Anderson, Leroy: “Sleigh Ride”9:00 a.m. Tchaikovsky: The Seasons

(Orchestrated Version)11:00 a.m. Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 17 in G12:00 p.m. Two Christmas Carols

2:00 p.m. Fibich: Symphony no. 3 in E Minor5:30 p.m. Waldteufel: “Christmas Roses” Waltz8:00 p.m. Debussy: The Toy Box Ballet

10:00 p.m. Larsson: “A Winter’s Tale”

22 Wednesday9:00 a.m. Mozart: Symphony no. 31 in D

(Paris)10:00 a.m. Bizet: Children’s Games (Jeux

d’Enfants) for Piano, Four Hands12:00 p.m. Traditional: “What Child is This?”

2:00 p.m. Locatelli: Christmas Concerto in F Minor

3:00 p.m. Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade6:00 p.m. Puccini: “Nessun Dorma!” from

Turandot7:00 p.m. Bach: Violin Concerto no. 1 in A

Minor9:00 p.m. Britten: A Ceremony of Carols

10:00 p.m. Howells: “A Spotless Rose”

23 Thursday8:00 a.m. Tchaikovsky: “Waltz of the

Snowflakes” from The Nutcracker9:00 a.m. Sammartini, Giuseppe: Christmas

Concerto in G Minor11:00 a.m. Grieg: Suites 1 and 2 from Peer

Gynt12:00 p.m. Traditional: “Wexford Carol”

2:00 p.m. Handel: Suite in F from Water Music

3:00 p.m. Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf5:00 p.m. Jessel: “Parade of the Wooden

Soldiers”10:00 p.m. Saint-Saëns: Christmas Oratorio

24 Friday8:00 a.m. Bach: “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring”9:00 a.m. Traditional: A Suite of English Carols

10:00 a.m. Vaughan Williams: “Christmas Hymn” from Three Choral Hymns

12:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: “The Christmas Tree” from The Nutcracker

2:00 p.m. Berlioz: L’Enfance du Christ (Christmas Portion)

3:00 p.m. Rimsky-Korsakov: Christmas Eve Suite

4:00 p.m. Handel: Messiah7:00 p.m. WCPE’s The Great Sacred Music of

Christmas with Host Bob Chapman10:00 p.m. Josquin: “O Virgo Virginum”

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program guide (december/january)25 Saturday8:00 a.m. Mason: “Joy to the World”9:00 a.m. Mendelssohn: “Vom Himmel Hoch”

10:00 a.m. Bach: Christmas Oratorio, Part One

11:00 a.m. Ives: Two American Carols12:00 p.m. Traditional: “Adeste Fideles”

26 Sunday7:00 a.m. Howells: Three Carol-Anthems

11:00 a.m. Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 23 in A1:00 p.m. Berlioz: Harold in Italy3:00 p.m. Waldteufel: “Skaters’ Waltz”4:00 p.m. Ponce: Sonata Mexicana5:00 p.m. Brahms: Symphony no. 4 in E Minor

27 Monday8:00 a.m. Elgar: “Salut d’Amour”

10:00 a.m. Telemann: Concerto in D for 3 Horns

12:00 p.m. Offenbach: Barcarolle from The Tales of Hoffmann

2:00 p.m. Handel: Occasional Suite in D3:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 6 in B

Minor (Pathétique)5:00 p.m. Rossini: Overture from The Silken

Ladder7:00 p.m. Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto no. 4

in C Minor10:00 p.m. Massenet: “The Last Sleep of the

Virgin”

28 Tuesday9:00 a.m. Mendelssohn: Symphony no. 4 in A

(Italian)10:00 a.m. Beethoven: Piano Sonata no. 1 in

F Minor12:00 p.m. Sibelius: “Valse Triste”

2:00 p.m. Haydn: Symphony no. 104 in D (London)

3:00 p.m. Bach: Violin Concerto no. 2 in E7:00 p.m. Chopin: Piano Concerto no. 2 in F

Minor8:00 p.m. Elgar: Violin Concerto in B Minor

10:00 p.m. Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending

29 Wednesday8:00 a.m. Borodin: In the Steppes of Central

Asia10:00 a.m. Bach, C.P.E.: Cello Concerto in B-flat12:00 p.m. Fauré: Nocturne no. 4 in E-flat2:00 p.m. Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 26 in D

(Coronation)3:00 p.m. Schubert: Symphony no. 9 in C

(Great)5:00 p.m. Grieg: Homage March from Sigurd

Jorsalfar

8:00 p.m. Dvorák: The Golden Spinning Wheel9:00 p.m. Respighi: The Pines of Rome

30 Thursday8:00 a.m. Schubert: Military March9:00 a.m. Bizet: L’Arlésienne Suite no. 1

11:00 a.m. Kabalevsky: The Comedians, Suite for Orchestra

1:00 p.m. Bach: “Sheep May Safely Graze” from Cantata 208

2:00 p.m. Handel: Concerto no. 3 in F for Two Wind Ensembles and Strings

3:00 p.m. Kabalevsky: Suite from Colas Breugnon

5:00 p.m. Dvorák: Scherzo Capriccioso10:00 p.m. Schubert: Piano Sonata in C Minor

31 Friday8:00 a.m. Strauss, R.: “Dance of the Seven

Veils” from Salome9:00 a.m. All-Request Friday

10:00 p.m. Viennese Waltzes until Midnight

January Featured WorksAll programming is subject to change. For a complete list of a specific day’s music, go to theclassicalstation.org.

1 Saturday8:00 a.m. Smetana: “The Moldau” from Má

Vlast (My Fatherland)9:00 a.m. Mozart: Serenade no. 13 in G (Eine

Kleine Nachtmusik)10:00 a.m. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no. 3

in G11:00 a.m. Copland: Appalachian Spring4:00 p.m. Beethoven: Symphony no. 9 in D

Minor (Choral)

2 Sunday7:00 a.m. Brahms: Variations on a Theme by

Haydn11:00 a.m. Handel: Harp Concerto in B-flat12:00 p.m. Balakirev: Islamey, an Oriental

Fantasy2:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings

in C4:00 p.m. Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 27 in

B-flat5:00 p.m. Balakirev: Symphony no. 2 in D

Minor10:00 p.m. Vieuxtemps: Cello Concerto no. 1

in A Minor

3 Monday9:00 a.m. Mozart: Symphony no. 39 in E-flat

11:00 a.m. Bach: Orchestral Suite no. 1 in C

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program guide (january)1:00 p.m. Liszt: Les Préludes2:00 p.m. Schumann: Scenes from Childhood3:00 p.m. Mendelssohn: Symphony no. 5

(Reformation)5:00 p.m. Elgar: The Spanish Lady Suite7:00 p.m. Schubert: Sonata in A Minor

(Arpeggione)10:00 p.m. Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a

Theme of Thomas Tallis

4 Tuesday8:00 a.m. Mozart: Horn Concerto no. 1 in D

10:00 a.m. Handel: Amaryllis Suite12:00 p.m. Debussy: “The Girl with the Flaxen

Hair”2:00 p.m. Pergolesi: Flute Concerto in G3:00 p.m. Haydn: Symphony no. 96 in D

(Miracle)7:00 p.m. Wagner: Prelude to Act 1 of Die

Meistersinger von Nürnberg8:00 p.m. Suk: Asrael Symphony in C Minor9:00 p.m. Brahms: Symphony no. 3 in F

5 Wednesday8:00 a.m. Chopin: Polonaise in A (Military)

10:00 a.m. Beethoven: Piano Sonata no. 21 in C (Waldstein)

12:00 p.m. Mozart: Fantasy in C Minor, K. 3962:00 p.m. Brahms: Piano Concerto no. 2 in

B-flat3:00 p.m. Dvorák: Slavonic Dances, op. 725:00 p.m. Saint-Saëns: “Bacchanale” from

Samson and Delilah7:00 p.m. Debussy: Children’s Corner8:00 p.m. Schumann: Piano Concerto in A

Minor

6 Thursday8:00 a.m. Bruch: Swedish Dances9:00 a.m. Haydn: String Quartet in C

(Emperor)10:00 a.m. Bruch: Symphony no. 1 in E-flat12:00 p.m. Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin

2:00 p.m. Mendelssohn: Octet in E-flat3:00 p.m. Bruch: Scottish Fantasy for Violin

and Orchestra5:30 p.m. Lehar: “Gold and Silver Waltz”

10:00 p.m. Scriabin: Poem of Ecstasy

7 Friday9:00 a.m. Mozart: Symphony no. 35 in D,

K. 385 (Haffner)10:00 a.m. Telemann: Suite in A Minor for Flute

and Strings12:00 p.m. Copland: Red Pony Suite2:00 p.m. Mozart: Serenade no. 7 in D, K. 250

(Haffner)

3:00 p.m. Dvorák: Symphony no. 7 in D Minor, op. 70

7:00 p.m. Poulenc: Concerto in D Minor for Two Pianos

9:00 p.m. Beethoven: Symphony no. 3 in E-flat, op. 55 (Eroica)

10:00 p.m. Chopin: Nocturnes, op. 62

8 Saturday8:00 a.m. Haydn: Symphony no. 102 in B-flat9:00 a.m. Tartini: Trumpet Concerto in D

10:00 a.m. Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien11:00 a.m. Elgar: Enigma Variations12:00 p.m. Debussy: La Mer (The Sea)

5:00 p.m. Brahms: Academic Festival Overture

9 Sunday7:00 a.m. Purcell: Suite from Abdelazar

11:00 a.m. Mozart: Piano Quartet no. 2 in E-flat

1:00 p.m. Schubert: Octet in F for Strings and Winds

3:00 p.m. Bizet: Symphony in C4:00 p.m. Paine: Symphony no. 2 in A5:00 p.m. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no. 2

in F10:00 p.m. D’Indy: Piano Quintet in G Minor

10 Monday9:00 a.m. Mendelssohn: String Symphony

no. 11 in F10:00 a.m. Dvorák: Symphony no. 9 in E Minor

(From the New World)1:00 p.m. Haydn: Symphony no. 95 in C Minor2:00 p.m. Bach: Cello Sonata no. 3 in G Minor3:00 p.m. Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto no. 1

in F-sharp Minor4:00 p.m. Bartok: Romanian Folk Dances7:00 p.m. Brahms: Violin Concerto in D

Felix Mendelssohn b. 1809

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eprogram guide (january)10:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: Variations on a

Rococo Theme

11 Tuesday8:00 a.m. Strauss II: Overture from A Night in

Venice9:00 a.m. Weber: Clarinet Concerto no. 1 in

F Minor11:00 a.m. Dvorák: Symphony no. 8 in G1:00 p.m. Bach: Concerto in D Minor for Two

Violins3:00 p.m. Glière: Suite from The Red Poppy 5:00 p.m. Mozart: Overture from The Marriage

of Figaro7:00 p.m. Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon

of a Faun8:00 p.m. Glière: Symphony no. 3 in B Minor

(Ilya Murometz)10:00 p.m. Beethoven: Piano Sonata no. 27 in

E Minor

12 Wednesday8:00 a.m. Beethoven: Overture from Egmont

10:00 a.m. Mozart: Symphony no. 25 in G Minor

12:00 p.m. Schubert: Overture from Rosamunde

2:00 p.m. Chopin: Krakowiak, Concert Rondo in F

3:00 p.m. Rimsky-Korsakov: Suite from The Golden Cockerel

7:00 p.m. Mendelssohn: Symphony no. 3 in A Minor (Scottish)

9:00 p.m. Brahms: Piano Concerto no. 1 in D Minor

10:00 p.m. Wolf-Ferrari: Suite Concertino in F

13 Thursday9:00 a.m. Bach: Orchestral Suite no. 3 in D

11:00 a.m. Schubert: Piano Quintet in A (Trout)12:00 p.m. Gluck: “Dance of the Blessed

Spirits” from Orpheus and Eurydice1:00 p.m. Haydn: Symphony no. 85 in B-flat

(The Queen)2:00 p.m. Kalinnikov: Symphony no. 2 in A3:00 p.m. Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 22 in

E-flat4:00 p.m. Addinsell: Warsaw Concerto

10:00 p.m. Grieg: Lyric Pieces no. 2

14 Friday9:00 a.m. Mozart: Violin Concerto no. 5 in A

(Turkish)10:00 a.m. Dvorák: Symphony no. 5 in F1:00 p.m. Handel: Suite in D from Water

Music3:00 p.m. Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-flat

5:00 p.m. Glinka: “Memory of a Summer Night in Madrid”

7:00 p.m. Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol

8:00 p.m. Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances9:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 5 in E

Minor

15 Saturday8:00 a.m. Liadov: Eight Russian Folk Songs9:00 a.m. Glazunov: Selections from

Raymonda10:00 a.m. Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto no. 2

in C Minor11:00 a.m. Kalinnikov: Symphony no. 1 in G

Minor12:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture5:00 p.m. Borodin: Symphony no. 2 in B Minor

16 Sunday7:00 a.m. Prokofiev: Symphony no. 1 in D

(Classical)11:00 a.m. Balakirev: Symphony no. 1 in C1:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet

Fantasy Overture4:00 p.m. Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade5:00 p.m. Mussorgsky: Pictures at an

Exhibition10:00 p.m. Butterworth: “A Shropshire Lad”

17 Monday9:00 a.m. Chopin: Andante Spianato and

Grand Polonaise in E-flat10:00 a.m. Schumann: Symphony no. 1 in

B-flat (Spring)12:00 p.m. Mozart: Violin Sonata in A, K. 305

2:00 p.m. Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez3:00 p.m. Dvorák: American Suite5:00 p.m. Copland: “Fanfare for the Common

Man”7:00 p.m. Ravel: Noble and Sentimental

Waltzes8:00 p.m. Still: Symphony no. 1 (Afro-

American)10:00 p.m. Barber: Adagio for Strings

18 Tuesday8:00 a.m. Chabrier: “España”

10:00 a.m. Smetana: Má Vlast (My Fatherland)12:00 p.m. Cui: Miniature Suite

2:00 p.m. Beethoven: Piano Sonata no. 14 in C-sharp Minor (Moonlight)

3:00 p.m. Chabrier: Pastoral Suite7:00 p.m. Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody no. 6

in D8:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings

in C

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program guide (january)9:00 p.m. Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 20 in

D Minor

19 Wednesday9:00 a.m. Brahms: Serenade no. 2 in A

10:00 a.m. Telemann: Viola Concerto in G12:00 p.m. Schubert: Sonatina in D

2:00 p.m. Strauss, R.: Concerto in D for Oboe and Small Orchestra

3:00 p.m. Beethoven: Symphony no. 6 in F (Pastoral)

5:00 p.m. Nicolai: Overture from The Merry Wives of Windsor

8:00 p.m. Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe, Suite no. 29:00 p.m. Sibelius: Symphony no. 6 in D

Minor

20 Thursday8:00 a.m. Suk: “Toward a New Life,” Festival

March9:00 a.m. Boccherini: Symphony in C Minor

11:00 a.m. Chopin: Études, op. 101:00 p.m. Dvorák: Romance in F Minor2:00 p.m. Britten: Simple Symphony3:00 p.m. Chausson: Symphony in B-flat4:00 p.m. Saint-Saëns: “Danse Macabre”

10:00 p.m. Chausson: Dances for Solo Piano

21 Friday9:00 a.m. Haydn: Symphony no. 45 in F-sharp

Minor (Farewell)11:00 a.m. Borodin: Symphony no. 3 in A Minor

(Unfinished)1:00 p.m. Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a

Theme of Paganini3:00 p.m. Brahms: Symphony no. 2 in D5:30 p.m. Strauss II: “Vienna Blood” Waltz7:00 p.m. Rossini: “Largo al Factotum” from

The Barber of Seville8:00 p.m. Mendelssohn: Selections from

Incidental Music to A Midsummer Night’s Dream

9:00 p.m. Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 4 in G

22 Saturday8:00 a.m. Beethoven: Symphony no. 7 in A9:00 a.m. Bach: Italian Concerto in F

10:00 a.m. Weber: “Invitation to the Dance”11:00 a.m. Holst: The Planets12:00 p.m. Chopin: Polonaise in A-flat (Heroic)5:00 p.m. Dvorák: Serenade in E for Strings

23 Sunday7:00 a.m. Albéniz: Sunday Festival in Seville

11:00 a.m. Haydn: Symphony no. 94 in G (Surprise)

1:00 p.m. Holst: St. Paul’s Suite2:00 p.m. Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto no. 1

in G Minor4:00 p.m. Sibelius: Symphony no. 2 in D5:00 p.m. Strauss II: “The Blue Danube”

10:00 p.m. Bach: Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 582

24 Monday8:00 a.m. Rimsky-Korsakov: “Procession of

the Nobles” from Mlada9:00 a.m. Frederick the Great: Flute Concerto

no. 3 in C11:00 a.m. Hoffmann, E.T.A.: Harlequin Ballet2:00 p.m. Hoffmann, E.T.A.: Symphony in E-flat3:00 p.m. Handel: Music for the Royal

Fireworks4:00 p.m. Blockx: Flemish Dances7:00 p.m. Clementi: Symphony no. 3 in G (The

Great National)10:00 p.m. Delius: Caprice for Cello and Piano

25 Tuesday8:00 a.m. Mozart: Overture from The Magic

Flute9:00 a.m. Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 21 in C

11:00 a.m. Mozart: Symphony no. 40 in G Minor

12:00 p.m. Mozart: Rondo in A Minor, K. 5112:00 p.m. Mozart: Serenade no. 7 in D

(Haffner)5:00 p.m. Mozart: Overture from Cosi fan

Tutte8:00 p.m. Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 24 in

C Minor10:00 p.m. Mozart: “Ave Verum Corpus”

26 Wednesday8:00 a.m. Mozart: Overture from The Marriage

of Figaro9:00 a.m. Mozart: Horn Concerto no. 2 in

E-flat11:00 a.m. Mozart: Symphony no. 38 in D

(Prague)1:00 p.m. Mozart: Clarinet Trio in E-flat

(Kegelstatt)3:00 p.m. Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 27 in

B-flat5:00 p.m. Mozart: Overture from Don Giovanni7:00 p.m. Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A

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program guide (january/february)

8:00 p.m. Mozart: Symphony no. 39 in E-flat10:00 p.m. Mozart: String Quartet no. 23 in F

27 Thursday8:00 a.m. Mozart: Overture from The

Abduction from the Seraglio9:00 a.m. Mozart: Serenade no. 13 in G (Eine

Kleine Nachtmusik)11:00 a.m. Mozart: Piano Sonata no. 11 in A12:00 p.m. Mozart: Violin Concerto no. 3 in G

2:00 p.m. Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 20 in D Minor

3:00 p.m. Mozart: Symphony no. 41 in C (Jupiter)

5:00 p.m. Mozart: “Laudate Dominum” from Solemn Vespers of the Confessor

10:00 p.m. Mozart: Violin Sonata in E Minor, K. 304

28 Friday8:00 a.m. Hérold: Overture from Zampa9:00 a.m. All-Request Friday

10:00 p.m. Tavener: “Song for Athene”

29 Saturday8:00 a.m. Dvorák: Slavonic Dances, op. 469:00 a.m. Chopin: Barcarolle in F-sharp

10:00 a.m. Bach: Orchestral Suite no. 2 in B Minor

11:00 a.m. Copland: Three Latin American Sketches

12:00 p.m. Delius: Florida Suite5:00 p.m. Haydn: Violin Concerto no. 1 in C

30 Sunday7:00 a.m. Quantz: Flute Concerto in G

11:00 a.m. Haydn: Cello Concerto no. 2 in D1:00 p.m. Ponchielli: “Dance of the Hours”

from La Gioconda

2:00 p.m. Brahms: Symphony no. 1 in C Minor4:00 p.m. Respighi: The Pines of Rome5:00 p.m. Wagner: “Ride of the Valkyries”

10:00 p.m. Wieniawski: “Romance Without Words”

31 Monday9:00 a.m. Schubert: Fantasia in C (Wanderer

Fantasy)10:00 a.m. Telemann: Paris Quartet no. 8 in A

Minor12:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: Andante Cantabile

from String Quartet no. 1 in D2:00 p.m. Schubert: Symphony no. 9 in C

(Great)3:00 p.m. Offenbach: Concerto Rondo in G for

Cello and Orchestra4:00 p.m. Schubert: Impromptu in G flat, D.

899 no. 37:00 p.m. Schubert: Symphony no. 8 in B

Minor (Unfinished)10:00 p.m. Beethoven: Cello Sonata no. 3 in A

February Featured Works

All programming is subject to change. For a complete list of a specific day’s music, go to theclassicalstation.org.

1 Tuesday8:00 a.m. Herbert: “March of the Toys” from

Babes in Toyland9:00 a.m. Veracini: Overture no. 2 in F

11:00 a.m. Dvorák: Symphonic Variations1:00 p.m. Agrell: Sinfonia in B-flat3:00 p.m. Herbert: Cello Concerto no. 2 in E

Minor5:00 p.m. Dukas: Sorcerer’s Apprentice8:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto no. 1

in B-flat Minor9:00 p.m. Saint-Saëns: Symphony no. 3 in C

Minor (Organ)

2 Wednesday8:00 a.m. Kreisler: “Liebesfreud” (“Love’s

Joy”)10:00 a.m. Coates: The Three Elizabeths Suite12:00 p.m. Kreisler: Violin Concerto in the Style

of Vivaldi2:00 p.m. Schubert: String Trio in B-flat,

D. 5813:00 p.m. Bizet: Incidental Music from

L’Arlésienne7:00 p.m. Sibelius: Night Ride and Sunrise8:00 p.m. Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D

10:00 p.m. Muffat: Chaconne in G

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program guide (february)3 Thursday8:00 a.m. Mendelssohn: The Hebrides

Overture9:00 a.m. Mendelssohn: Symphony no. 5

(Reformation)11:00 a.m. Haydn: Piano Concerto in D1:00 p.m. Copland: Four Dance Episodes from

Rodeo2:00 p.m. Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E

Minor3:00 p.m. Mendelssohn: Symphony no. 4 in A

(Italian)6:00 p.m. Rossini: Overture to The Italian Girl

in Algiers10:00 p.m. Mendelssohn: Piano Trio no. 2 in

C Minor

4 Friday8:00 a.m. Weber: Overture to Euryanthe9:00 a.m. Vivaldi: Four Seasons

10:00 a.m. Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 5 in E-flat (Emperor)

1:00 p.m. Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Overture

3:00 p.m. Dvorák: The Noonday Witch7:00 p.m. Chopin: Piano Concerto no. 1 in E

Minor9:00 p.m. Debussy: La Mer (The Sea)

10:00 p.m. Handel: Largo from Xerxes

5 Saturday8:00 a.m. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no. 6

in B-flat9:00 a.m. Beethoven: Piano Sonata no. 15 in

D (Pastoral)10:00 a.m. Schumann: Symphony no. 3 in

E-flat (Rhenish)11:00 a.m. Smetana: Three Dances from The

Bartered Bride12:00 p.m. Grieg: Holberg Suite

5:00 p.m. Mozart: Symphony no. 35 in D (Haffner)

6 Sunday7:00 a.m. Corelli: Concerto Grosso in D, op. 6

no. 411:00 a.m. Sibelius: “Finlandia”12:00 p.m. Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 2

in B-flat2:00 p.m. Dvorák: Cello Concerto in B Minor4:00 p.m. Beethoven: Piano Sonata no. 21 in

C (Waldstein)5:00 p.m. Britten: Young Person’s Guide to

the Orchestra10:00 p.m. Gottschalk: “Lost Illusions”

7 Monday9:00 a.m. Schumann: Introduction and Allegro

Concertante in D Minor for Piano and Orchestra

10:00 a.m. Mozart: Divertimento in D, K. 13612:00 p.m. Handel: The Gods Go a’Begging

Suite2:00 p.m. Karłowicz: Serenade for Strings3:00 p.m. Elgar: Enigma Variations5:00 p.m. Alfvén: Swedish Rhapsody no. 1

(Midsummer Vigil)7:00 p.m. Stenhammar: Serenade in F for

Orchestra10:00 p.m. Mahler: Adagietto from Symphony

no. 5 in C-sharp Minor

8 Tuesday8:00 a.m. Williams: “Raiders’ March” from

Raiders of the Lost Ark9:00 a.m. Haydn: Symphony no. 100 in G

(Military)10:00 a.m. Bach: Triple Concerto in A Minor12:00 p.m. Williams: “Hymn to the Fallen” from

Saving Private Ryan2:00 p.m. Grieg: Suite no. 2 from Peer Gynt4:00 p.m. Williams: “Summon the Heroes”8:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: Suite from Sleeping

Beauty9:00 p.m. Brahms: Piano Concerto no. 2 in

B-flat

9 Wednesday9:00 a.m. Boccherini: Cello Concerto no. 9

in B-flat10:00 a.m. Mozart: Symphony no. 36 in C

(Linz)12:00 p.m. Wagner: “Siegfried’s Rhine Journey”

from Götterdämmerung2:00 p.m. Brahms: Hungarian Dances Nos.

1–63:00 p.m. Bach: Concerto in D Minor for Violin

and Oboe7:00 p.m. Rimsky-Korsakov: Suite from The

Tale of Tsar Saltan9:00 p.m. Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

10:00 p.m. Schubert: Musical Moments

10 Thursday9:00 a.m. Telemann: Paris Quartet no. 9

10:00 a.m. Mendelssohn: Symphony no. 1 in C Minor

11:00 a.m. Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings in C

1:00 p.m. Weber: Symphony no. 2 in C2:00 p.m. Beethoven: Symphony no. 5 in C

Minor3:00 p.m. Schumann: Carnaval

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eprogram guide (february)5:00 p.m. Mussorgsky: “Night on Bald

Mountain”10:00 p.m. Beethoven: String Trio in C Minor,

op. 9 no. 3

11 Friday8:00 a.m. Humperdinck: Overture from Hansel

and Gretel10:00 a.m. Dvorák: Humoresques12:00 p.m. Handel: Suite from Il Pastor Fido

(The Faithful Shepherd)2:00 p.m. Franck: Symphonic Variations3:00 p.m. Beethoven: Symphony no. 3 in E-flat

(Eroica)

12 Saturday8:00 a.m. Bach: Cello Sonata no. 2 in D9:00 a.m. Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 23 in A

10:00 a.m. Dusik: Harp Concerto in E-flat11:00 a.m. Mendelssohn: Symphony no. 3 in A

Minor (Scottish)12:00 p.m. Copland: Lincoln Portrait

13 Sunday7:00 a.m. Haydn: London Trio no. 1 in C

11:00 a.m. Debussy: Spring (Symphonic Suite)12:00 p.m. Grieg: Piano Concerto in A Minor

2:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: Suite from Swan Lake4:00 p.m. Mozart: Symphony no. 29 in A5:00 p.m. Sor: Variations on a Theme by

Mozart10:00 p.m. Clara Schumann: Three Romances,

op. 21

14 Monday8:00 a.m. Strauss, Josef: “My Life is Love and

Laughter”9:00 a.m. Valentine’s Day Selection by

Advance Request

15 Tuesday9:00 a.m. Respighi: The Birds

10:00 a.m. Handel: Water Music12:00 p.m. Praetorius: Suite in D from

Terpsichore2:00 p.m. Copland: Suite from Billy the Kid3:00 p.m. Gounod: Symphony no. 1 in D4:00 p.m. Borodin: “In the Steppes of Central

Asia”

7:00 p.m. Wagner: Overture and “Venusberg Bacchanale” from Tannhäuser

8:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 6 in B Minor (Pathétique)

16 Wednesday9:00 a.m. Chopin: Polonaise Fantasy in A-flat

11:00 a.m. Ravel: Noble and Sentimental Waltzes

1:00 p.m. Vaughan Williams: Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus

3:00 p.m. Beethoven: Piano Trio in B-flat (Archduke)

7:00 p.m. Liszt: Les Préludes8:00 p.m. Dvorák: Symphony no. 9 in E Minor

(From the New World)9:00 p.m. Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto no. 2

in G Minor10:00 p.m. Corigliano: “Voyage” for Flute and

String Orchestra

17 Thursday9:00 a.m. Corelli: Concerto Grosso in C, op. 6

no. 1010:00 a.m. Haydn: Cello Concerto no. 1 in C12:00 p.m. German: Theme and Six Diversions

1:00 p.m. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no. 4 in G

2:00 p.m. Vieuxtemps: Violin Concerto no. 5 in A Minor

3:00 p.m. Mozart: Horn Quintet in E-flat5:00 p.m. Smetana: “The Moldau”

10:00 p.m. Strauss, R.: Metamorphosen, for 23 Solo Strings

18 Friday9:00 a.m. Haydn: Symphony no. 93 in D

11:00 a.m. Schumann: Piano Concerto in A Minor

12:00 p.m. Bach: “Sleepers, Awake”2:00 p.m. Brahms: Variations on a Theme by

Haydn3:00 p.m. Glinka: Overture and Three Dances

from A Life for the Czar5:00 p.m. Weber: Overture from Der

Freischutz7:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D8:00 p.m. Beethoven: Symphony no. 9 in D

Minor (Choral)

19 Saturday8:00 a.m. Mozart: Concerto in C for Flute and

Harp9:00 a.m. Boccherini: Cello Concerto no. 9

in B-flat10:00 a.m. Mendelssohn: String Symphony

no. 8 in D “ ”Music is the one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge which comprehends mankind but which mankind cannot comprehend. (Ludwig van Beethoven)

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program guide (february)11:00 a.m. Haydn: String Quartet in C

(Emperor)12:00 p.m. Ponce: Concierto del Sur (Concerto

of the South)5:00 p.m. Boccherini: Symphony in D Minor

(House of the Devil)

20 Sunday7:00 a.m. Pachelbel: Suite in B-flat for Strings

11:00 a.m. Beriot: Violin Concerto no. 9 in A Minor

1:00 p.m. Beethoven: Violin Sonata no. 9 in A (Kreutzer)

3:00 p.m. Barber: Adagio for Strings4:00 p.m. Mozart: String Quintet in C, K. 5155:00 p.m. Brahms: Violin Concerto in D

10:00 p.m. Sor: Fantasia, op. 7

21 Monday8:00 a.m. Gould: An American Salute9:00 a.m. Delibes: Coppélia (Complete Ballet)

12:00 p.m. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no. 2 in F

2:00 p.m. Wagner: Siegfried Idyll3:00 p.m. Mozart: Symphony no. 25 in G

Minor4:00 p.m. Sousa: “The Stars and Stripes

Forever”7:00 p.m. Smetana: “Vysebrad” from Má Vlast

(My Fatherland)10:00 p.m. Ravel: “Pavane for a Dead Princess”

22 Tuesday9:00 a.m. Haydn: Symphony no. 92 in G

(Oxford)11:00 a.m. Grieg: Lyric Suite, op. 541:00 p.m. Bach: Violin Concerto no. 1 in A

Minor3:00 p.m. Gade: Symphony no. 2 in E8:00 p.m. Sibelius: Symphony no. 3 in C9:00 p.m. Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto

no. 3 in D Minor10:00 p.m. Beethoven: Clarinet Trio in B-flat

23 Wednesday9:00 a.m. Schumann: Symphony no. 2 in C

10:00 a.m. Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks

12:00 p.m. Schubert: Concert Piece in D for Violin and Orchestra

3:00 p.m. Goldmark: Rustic Wedding Symphony

6:00 p.m. Handel: “Ombra Mai Fù” from Serse (Xerxes)

7:00 p.m. Handel: Water Music9:00 p.m. Debussy: Images for Orchestra

10:00 p.m. Dvorák: Piano Quintet no. 2 in A

24 Thursday9:00 a.m. Beethoven: Piano Sonata no. 17 in

D Minor (Tempest)10:00 a.m. Respighi: Rossiniana12:00 p.m. Dvorák: Prague Waltzes

1:00 p.m. Liszt: Tasso, Lament and Triumph2:00 p.m. Vivaldi: Concerto in G for Two

Mandolins, RV 5323:00 p.m. Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto no.

5 in F5:00 p.m. Sullivan: Overture to The Pirates of

Penzance10:00 p.m. Novák: Eternal Longing

25 Friday8:00 a.m. Glinka: “Memory of A Summer Night

in Madrid”9:00 a.m. All-Request Friday

10:00 p.m. Schumann: Scenes from Fairyland

26 Saturday8:00 a.m. Bach: Little Suite from the Anna

Magdalena Bach Notebook9:00 a.m. Chopin: Piano Concerto no. 2 in F

Minor10:00 a.m. Reicha: Horn Quintet in E11:00 a.m. Beethoven: Leonore Overture no. 212:00 p.m. Schubert: Symphony no. 6 in C

5:00 p.m. Bridge: Chamber Concerto for Piano and Strings

27 Sunday7:00 a.m. Schumann: Arabeske in C

11:00 a.m. Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 3 in C Minor

1:00 p.m. Debussy: Games (Jeux)2:00 p.m. Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante in

E-flat, K. 3643:00 p.m. Parry: An English Suite5:00 p.m. Brahms: Double Concerto for Violin

and Cello in A Minor10:00 p.m. Shostakovich: Cello Sonata in D

Minor

28 Monday8:00 a.m. Rossini: Overture to The Silken

Ladder9:00 a.m. Weber: Concert Piece in F Minor for

Piano and Orchestra11:00 a.m. Mozart: Symphony no. 41 in C

(Jupiter)12:00 p.m. Pachelbel: Canon in D

2:00 p.m. Rossini: Ballet Music from Moses3:00 p.m. Beethoven: Symphony no. 7 in A7:00 p.m. Rossini: Overture to William Tell

10:00 p.m. Rossini: String Sonata no. 5 in E-flat

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Eye on Educationby Tara Lynn

The Education Fund committee has been hard at work! We have decided to help support the pilot year of a new educational program of the North Carolina Symphony by discounting tickets available to middle-

and high-school students. Meanwhile, the symphony found experts to volunteer to craft lesson plans for teachers to use before the students attend the concerts.Also, the Education Fund facilitated the donation of a piano belonging to a WCPE member and its relocation to the Holton Center in Durham. The new El Sistema–based program KidzNotes will use the piano for its lessons and performances. We wish KidzNotes a successful first year!You can read more about the recent actions of the WCPE Education Fund on our Web site at http://theclassicalstation.org/features_education.shtml.This quarter, I spoke with Margaret Partridge, executive director of the Philharmonic Association.How would you describe the Philharmonic Association? The Philharmonic Association (PA) began in 1988 with 35 young musi-cians who wanted their own orchestra and asked Hugh Partridge, then principal violist with the North Carolina Symphony, to be their conductor. Today, the PA serves about 350 musicians of varying levels in the fourth through twelfth grades in three full orchestras, two string orchestras, and a jazz ensemble. How do students get involved in the orchestras? Participation in the full orches-tras is by annual audition in August. Each year, over 400 auditions are heard by adjudi-cators from the North Carolina Symphony. The five-minute auditions are conducted behind a screen for impartiality and consist of examples showing specific orchestral skills, orchestral excerpts, and sight-reading. This

year we are seeking additional players of the tuba, the trombone, and percussion. The two string orchestras do not require an entrance audition, but musicians do play an informal placement audition.What role do you see the Philharmonic Association playing in the community? We are training and inspiring the future performers, supporters, and appreciators of great music. For over 22 years, our youth orchestras have offered young musicians the opportunity to play with other commit-ted musicians who come together to learn, understand, and perform important works of symphonic music. By rehearsing weekly and presenting several concerts during the year, the PA seeks to instill a lifelong love and understanding of classical music in the participants, their families, and the commu-nity. Additionally, with only 34 of 155 Wake County public schools offering orchestra, the PA steps in to fill a void left by the school system. For the majority of our participants, PA orchestras offer their only opportunity to play in an orchestra.How can the community support the Philharmonic Association? The PA relies on volunteers for over 2000 hours each season, including an active volunteer board of direc-tors. There are many opportunities for com-munity members to support our activities with their time and talents. What is the greatest challenge the Philharmonic Association faces right now? The PA’s number-one challenge is to ensure the future of the organization. An endow-ment fund providing naming opportunities for orchestral chairs and conductors was established in 2005. As the continuing suc-cess and growth of our program is dependent on reliable rehearsal space, we hope one day to have our own space, to be called Center for Youth Music.

You can support the young musicians of the PA by attending their next concert on May 8, 2011, in Meymandi Concert Hall. The Triangle Youth Orchestra performs at 7:00 p.m., and Triangle Youth Symphony performs at 8:00 p.m. q

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lately we’ve read

Northeastern University Press; 416 pages

By R.C. Speck

By permission of University Press of New EnglandTo most classical music lovers, Robert Schumann will always be a prominent 19th century romantic composer who hap-pened to be mentally ill. To Peter Ostwald, however, in his recently updated biography Schumann: the Inner Voices of a Musical Genius, Schumann is a sufferer of mental illness who happened to be a prominent composer. Originally published in 1985, this book contains an additional chapter (by Ostwald’s wife Lise Deschamps Ostwald) which sheds light on Schumann’s stay at a mental hospital before his death; little was known of this stay until now.This comprehensive work primarily chronicles Schumann’s tragic mental illness. Ostwald, a physician himself, takes seriously any of the man’s ailments or complaints no matter how trivial and attempts to fit them into the broader picture of Schumann as psychiatric patient. So, headaches, earaches, insomnia, rheumatism, STDs, the prob-lematic third finger of his right hand, and other medical problems get mentioned, often repeatedly. Of course, so do psychiatric symptoms such as depression and hallucina-tions, of which Schumann had many. Schumann in this case is as much patient as he is biographical subject. Ostwald provides a clear distinction between psychoanalysis and psychobiography, and clearly this work is an example of the latter. Nevertheless, Ostwald offers much Freudian psycho-analysis of Schumann, delving into oedipal relationships, unconscious desires, father/mother figures, and repressed sexuality. Ostwald even supposes that Schumann’s suicidal leap into the Rhine “symbolized rebirth and the wish for magical reunion with an all-powerful parent.” The chapter on Schumann’s most glorious and fruit-ful period as a composer is called “Plateau, 1845–1849.” The penultimate chapter focuses on “the problem of diagnosis.”

Of course, Schumann’s music, voluminous writings, and friends and loved ones play crucial roles. His major works, such as Piano Concerto in A Minor, get approximately a paragraph each. Ostwald also explores how music either tempered or was a symptom of Schumann’s madness. Schumann’s wife Clara is portrayed as a beautiful, loyal, tough, and sometimes difficult person as she divides the burdens of motherhood and the concert hall onto each shoulder. Clara is everywhere in this book, as well she should be. Schumann’s own family gets more mention than many of his famous colleagues such as Chopin, Wagner, and Liszt. Only Felix Mendelssohn rises above the minor players, first as a kindly rival of Schumann’s and later as a dear friend and benefactor. The author describes how devastating his and his sister Fanny’s deaths were to both the Schumanns, more so than the death of one of their children.Ostwald also does justice to Johannes Brahms, who befriended the Schumanns during Robert’s last years of life. Brahms is described as dashing and handsome and full of love for both Robert and Clara. When Clara was forbidden to visit Robert in the hospital (because the doctors feared it would agitate him), it was Brahms who kept the older man company and relayed messages between the spouses.

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e“natural beauties of this state [California] as well as the urban centers and cultural won-ders.” She created this CD over an eight-year period (2001–2009), and it showcases most of her works for winds and piano to date.The titles of the tracks are as follows: “Five Frogs” for woodwind quintet; “Pleistocene Epoch: the Great Ice Age” for solo bass clari-net; “The Sequoia Trio” for oboe, clarinet, and bassoon; “Goldfish Songs” for solo flute and alto flute; “On Holt Avenue” for oboe and piano; “Chansons de la Nature pour la Clarinets” for solo B-flat clarinet; and “Sea Quartet” for oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and piano.Each composition on the CD effectively uti-lizes differing instrumental combinations to achieve the sounds and portray the imagery she is seeking to musically paint. If you are a fan of modern composers, this CD from a talented young voice should be in your col-lection. Ms. Brandon is a composer to watch in the years ahead. q

lately we’ve heardAs we all know, Robert Schumann was hos-pitalized for insanity in 1854 and died two and a half years later. What we didn’t know until recently was what exactly happened during this period. Notes belonging to the physician running the asylum had curiously disappeared. Since Ostwald’s death in 1996, however, they have reappeared and now shine light on not only Schumann’s tragic decline but also the psychiatric practices of the day.One is struck by the near-clinical approach taken in this biography. At times it reads like a medical report, as the most personal and painful details of this great artist are placed under the stark light of scientific scrutiny. It is an interesting approach to studying Robert Schumann, the passionate and hyper-emo-tional genius who typified the romantic era of classical music. q

Songs of California: Music for Winds and Piano Music by Jenni BrandonCopyright and release: 2010

A review by Kenneth Bradshaw

Jenni Brandon is a fresh voice in classi-cal composition writing for a wide range of groupings, including instrumental solo, vocal works, chamber works, and orchestral music. Additionally, she is a conductor and mezzo-soprano. Her compositions have been performed all over the world, and the Ball State University Wind Quintet featured her works on a tour in November, 2010.In talking about Songs of California, Ms. Brandon says that she was inspired by the

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on the cover/web site highlightsOn the Cover Nadja Salerno-Sonnenbergby Ken Hoover

Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg was born January 10, 1961, in Rome. Her mother was a pia-nist and teacher; her father and older brother were singers. Her mother gave her a violin when she was five years old, and she began lessons with a member of the Italian Radio Orchestra. Her talent was soon evident, and by age eight she became the young-est student to enter the Curtis Institute of Music. She made her solo debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra at age 10.She is known for her practical jokes and free-thinking spirit (see her Facebook page). She is known also for technical virtuos-ity and emotionally intense performances. Her highly individual interpretations have brought both negative and positive com-ments from the critics. Her life has reflected goals she set for herself in a grammar school essay: to be a space traveler, an athlete, and a famous concert artist. “I want a life no one has ever led before,” she told former Life reporter Rosemarie Robotham.For us who are given the gift of her artistry, her recordings are rare treats, especially

that of the Brahms Concerto in D with the Minnesota Orchestra conducted by Edo De Waart. It is a treasure that speaks dir-ectly from the heart of the composer to our inner being.

Listen at 5:00 p.m. on January 10 to hear Salerno-Sonnenberg play Bartók’s Romanian Folk Dances with her ensemble, the New Century Chamber Orchestra. And at 7:00 p.m. we will hear her play Brahms’s Violin Concerto in D with the Minnesota Orchestra, led by Edo de Waart. q

Web Site HighlightsBy Eric Maynard

First, thank you to everyone that has written me with compliments, criticisms, and suggestions since the launch of our new site design. We are working hard to make the next iteration even more attractive and useful.

2010 has been an interesting year, technically speaking. 3G/4G devices such as the iPad and the Droid exploded onto the market, changing the game even as it is played. You can currently find WCPE on the NPR Music app; search by genre and scroll down until you see WCPE. WCPE currently has a cus-tom app for the iPhone in production, with

Droid and BlackBerry apps to follow. Watch for announcements and updates on our Web site at http://www.theclassicalstation.org/mobile.shtml.Over the years, my admiration has grown for those that walk into the booth and carry on informed conversations with tens of thousands of listeners. They bring you Great Classical Music 24 hours a day, every day of the year. The degree of courage required to walk into the studio and address the listener as a friend, with only a microphone for com-pany, consistently astonishes me. What gives us the most faithful, consistent listeners in the world? The love of the music. No matter what other stressors the world may bring, the music, this resplendent music, never fails to buoy the spirits and make one look forward to the days, the seasons...and the years to come.

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composer notesLéo Delibes (1836–1891)By David Ballantyne

It is perhaps a fitting tribute to the talents of French composer Léo Delibes that British Airways chose “Flower Duet” from his opera Lakmé for one of the most lavish ad cam-paigns in history. This gentle barcarole, writ-ten for two soprano voices in close harmony, suggests a calm and serenity not readily associated with air travel in the 21st century. It is, however, one of the most instantly rec-ognizable duets in the opera repertoire and a firm favorite with TV and movie producers.Born in the wine-growing region of the Loire in the west of France, Delibes moved to Paris at an early age to study composi-tion at the Conservatoire de Paris with Adolphe Adam. Delibes’s grandfather had been an opera singer and was perhaps the inspiration behind the young Léo’s career as a composer. Much of his early work was written for voice, and the fact that he took up vocal studies only a year after entering the conservatory suggests that he might have had ambitions in that direction himself. An ambitious young composer with a love of the human voice and a talent for composition would naturally gravitate towards opera, and Delibes earned his liv-ing as an accompanist and chorus master while composing his early works. His first performed work was Deux Sous de Charbon (“Two Sous’-Worth of Coal”), which opened in 1856 at the Folies-Nouvelles, then the home of comic opera in Paris. At this time, Delibes was 20.Delibes made steady progress as a composer, gaining official recogni-tion when Napoleon III commis-sioned him to write a ceremonial cantata for Algeria, then one of France’s major colonies. As a result, he was asked to collaborate with ballet composer Léon Minkus on the ballet La Source, which premiered in 1866. Although his teacher at the conservatory, Adolphe Adam, turned out to be

one of France’s greatest ballet composers, this was perhaps not a direction Delibes had considered for himself. However, his collabo-ration with Minkus must have inspired him, for in 1870 he produced his masterpiece, the ballet Coppélia, which later went on to international success. Ballet aficionados claim that his later bal-let Sylvia, which premiered in 1876, was far superior, but by this time Delibes had already moved ballet music forward by intro-ducing expressive elements that were hith-erto unknown in ballet music. Tchaikovsky, in particular, became a great admirer of Delibes’s “wealth of melody” and his style and technique.After comparatively late success as a com-poser of ballet music, Delibes returned to his first love—opera—to bring his warm and expressive music to the passionate and exotic story of Lakmé, which premiered in Paris in 1883 and ran for over 500 performances.February 21 will be the 175th anniversary of the birth of Delibes. Join us at 9:00 a.m. to listen to a performance of Coppélia, the complete ballet. q

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domingo turns 70Domingo Turns 70, Shows No Sign of Slowing DownBy Bob Chapman

On January 21, 2011, tenor Plácido Domingo turns 70. At an age at which most opera singers have long since left the stage in favor of giving master classes or writing their memoirs, Domingo just keeps on going. For Domingo, it’ll be just another day: he’ll be honored that evening with an anniversary concert at Madrid’s Teatro Real—sand-wiched between performances of Gluck’s Iphigénie en Tauride.

In March 2009 at the Metropolitan Opera, Domingo sang the role of Maurizio in Cilea’s Adriana Lecouvreur—his debut role over forty years earlier! It’s difficult to find a qualitative dif-ference between the 27-year-old and the 68-year-old singer when listening to recordings of both performances.

With over 130 roles in his repertoire, Domingo has enjoyed one of the most extensive careers of any tenor in operatic history. Born in Madrid, his family emigrated to Mexico, where they ran a zarzuela company. He made his professional debut in Manuel Fernández Caballero’s Gigantes y Cabezudos, singing a baritone role. In 1959, the 18-year-old Domingo sang his first operatic role, Borsa, in a Mexico City performance of Verdi’s Rigoletto.

Like many dramatic tenors, Domingo’s voice has always had a dark, baritonal timbre, which has allowed him—in the twilight of his long career—to take on actual baritone parts, such as the title roles in Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra and Rigoletto and Figaro in Rossini’s The Barber of Seville.

The title role in Verdi’s Otello has long attracted some of the greatest dramatic

tenors—but scared others off. Neither Enrico Caruso nor Richard Tucker dared take it on, fearing its vocal demands could damage their voices. Domingo first sang the role at age 34. On January 20, WCPE Opera House will present one of Domingo’s record-ed performances of Otello, with Mirella Freni as Desdemona and Sherrill Milnes as Iago.

Domingo cut his operatic teeth in Mexico and Israel, and in 1966 made his New York City Opera debut in Alberto Ginastera’s Don Rodrigo. Two years later he covered for an indisposed Franco Corelli in Adriana

Lecouvreur, his Met debut.

Besides the standard Italian and French roles, Domingo

has taken on the title roles in wagner’s Parsifal and Lohengrin and the role of Siegmund in Die Walküre in the theater. Among his studio recordings is a 2005 Tristan und Isolde. Domingo’s Russian rep-ertoire includes Lensky in Eugene Onegin and Gherman in Queen

of Spades. His love of zarzuela has led to at least a

dozen recordings.

As if singing weren’t enough, Domingo has two other careers that

ordinary mortals might have found satisfy-ing: orchestral conducting and running two opera companies. Since 1996, he’s been general director of the Washington National Opera; in 2001, Domingo assumed similar duties with the Los Angeles Opera.

Domingo’s astonishing vocal longevity means he is booked to sing a variety of roles until 2014, when he will be 73. Among these are Tan Dun’s The First Emperor; Handel’s “baritenor” role of the Ottoman emperor Bajazet in Tamerlano; and Oreste, a baritone role Gluck transposed up for tenor in his Vienna version of Iphigénie en Tauride.

Please visit the WCPE Web site at http://theclassicalstation.org/features/ to view this article in its entirety. q

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I just wanted to say how excited I am for [Wavelengths]. I love classical music from all eras...and love that I’ll be hearing about new composers on WCPE. Classical music is still vital, still active, still new—and that’s part of what makes it precious to me. (John in Durham)I’ve grown to feel that waking up to the news was not putting us into an optimal frame of mind to start the day...I switched the clock radio to WCPE, and now we wake up to the cheerful voice of David Ballantyne and clas-sical music…it has made a tremendous dif-ference. We start the day on a positive note and are prepared for whatever the day has in store for us. Thanks for being there. (MV)

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It is our pleasure to introduce Arthur Danielson, who has been a sustaining member of WCPE since the early 1980s.

Mr. Danielson grew up in Hartville, Wyoming, during the Depression. Classical music was always part of his family’s life, and when the Metropolitan Opera began radio broadcasts in the early 1940s, winter Saturday afternoons became “opera time.” During a three-year tour of duty in Frankfurt, Germany, he enjoyed the year-round opera season and extensive concert venues there and in Cologne and Wiesbaden. Using the Korean War GI Bill, Arthur spent two years in Italy studying art history and the Italian language, a big help for enjoying the fine arts.

Upon moving to Raleigh, NC, in 1960, Arthur found it a challenge to locate classical music. In the early 1980s, he was invited to a friend’s home for dinner and was told of the fledgling classical music station started by NC State students. That evening was the first time he heard WCPE, and he remembers hearing Rodrigo’s Fantasia for a Gentleman.

For 30 years, Arthur says, “I have had the pleasure of having WCPE as my daily wake-up alarm and my nightly sleep assist. It still serves me in that most pleasant way.” He says, “I [am] delighted and honored to be part of the continued support of WCPE...I intend to continue my support for this fine cultural resource and to ensure that my support continues after me for many years to come.”

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