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December • January • February
Quarter Notes
WCPE Radio, The Classical Station • Winter 2020–21
Beethovenfest
Top 100
Russian Romantics
Mozart Madness
Simply Strings
table of contents
WCPE Daily Schedule Quarter Notes® Meet Your Host: Meet Your Host........................1
Weekdays WCPE’s member magazine Tony Waller Home Sweet Home..................2
Vol. 42, no. 4
12:00 Sleepers, Awake with Sherman Wallace How long have December Calendar..................3
WCPE’s mission is to expand the community of classical
midnight you been an
music lovers by sharing classical music with everyone,
5:30 a.m. Rise and Shine with Kristine Bellino everywhere, at any time. We entertain, educate, and announcer at January Calendar......................4
engage our audience with informative announcers,
WCPE, and what February Calendar....................5
10:00 a.m. Classical Café with Elizabeth Elliott programs, and publications. We strive to make it easy to
appreciate and enjoy Great Classical Music. attracted you
9:00 a.m.– Final Friday of each month: to The Classical Winter Highlights.....................6
10:00 p.m. All-Request Friday Editor: Christina Strobl Romano
Designer: Deborah Cruz Station? I’ve been
1:00 p.m. As You Like It with Nick Robinson Printer: Chamblee Graphics regularly on the air Mondays This Quarter
4:00 p.m. Allegro with Dick Storck since April 2019. My Life in Music, Renaissance Fare........8
WCPE Staff When I moved Monday Night at the Symphony.............9
5:30 p.m. 5:30 waltz
Deborah S. Proctor...........................General Manager & to central North
7:00 p.m. Mondays through Wednesdays and Chief Engineer Carolina, I discov- Opera House..........................10
Fridays: Concert Hall with Andy Huber, Dean Baldwin.............. National Business Dev’t. Director ered that it is better than the typical concert
Charles Holloway, Warner Hall, Larry Kristine Bellino..............................Host of Rise and Shine Sundays This Quarter
Hedlund, Bruce Matheny, Mark Schreiner, music radio station.
Bob Chapman.........Host of Thursday Night Opera House Great Sacred Music............................ 11
Christopher Scoville, and a variety of Gregg Cockroft.................................... Facilities Engineer How did you get involved in broadcasting,
volunteer hosts Adrienne DiFranco............ Accounting/Member Services
Preview.............................................. 12
and do you have any exciting stories to
Thursdays: Thursday Night Opera House Elizabeth Elliott.............................Host of Classical Café; Wavelengths, and
share with us from your experiences?
with Bob Chapman Music Library Assistant Peaceful Reflections........................13
John Graham.............................. Director of Engineering In prepping for an upcoming show, I like
8:00 p.m. Mondays: Monday Night at the Symphony Charles Holloway...........................Writer and Producer* researching an anecdote or factoid that
with Andy Huber, Charles Holloway, and a Michael Hugo.................................................Announcer Met Broadcast Schedule..........15
variety of hosts enhances the listener’s experience.
Haydn Jones...................................................Announcer
10:00 p.m. Music in the Night with Tony Waller, Rob Kennedy......................... Host of Great Sacred Music What is your favorite genre of music? Who Program Listings.....................17
Mike Huber, Bob Chapman, and a variety and Digital Content Creator
are some of your favorite composers and
of hosts
Joyce Kidd......................................................Announcer 250th Anniversary of
Dan McHugh....................Director of Member Services* artists? I am a huge classical music fan.
My favorites are the 19th century lyrical
Beethoven’s Birth....................28
Saturdays Mary Moonen...................Underwriting Dev’t. Director;
12:00 Sleepers, Awake with Haydn Jones
Traffic Manager romantics, led by Dvořák. My interest spans Lately We’ve Read
Susan Nunn..........................................Member Services;
midnight the gamut from the 20th century’s Respighi Rough Ideas
Web Team Coordinator
Jane O’Connor................. Acting Volunteer Coordinator and Copland to the baroque Samuel Scheidt. By Stephen Hough.........................29
6:00 a.m. Weekend Classics with Lyle Adley-Warrick,
Helen Halva, Peggy Powell, Joyce Kidd, Stu Pattison..................................................Data Services Do you have a background in music per-
and a variety of volunteer hosts Nick Robinson................................Host of As You Like It
formance? I’m an orchestral percussionist Classical Community..............30
Christina Strobl Romano................... Publications Editor
6:00 p.m. Saturday Evening Request Program with Dick Storck.......................Network Operations Director; as a member of two amateur community Classical Events and
Haydn Jones Host of Allegro orchestras. I studied unofficially at a conser-
Sherman Wallace.......................... Host of Sleepers Awake Promotional Partners..............31
Sundays vatory during my teen years.
William Woltz........................................ Music Director*
12:00 Sleepers, Awake with Michael Hugo *This staff member is also an announcer. Tell us about your travels. Have you seen What You're Saying................32
midnight many concerts by different musicians
©Copyright 1978–2021, WCPE Radio, Raleigh, NC.
6:00 a.m. Weekend Classics with Chuck Till and a All rights reserved. All material disseminated by WCPE, around the world? Which ones stand out
variety of hosts including compilations, is copyrighted or used under in your memory? My career as a con-
application regulations.
7:30 a.m. Sing for Joy with Bruce Benson sultant moved me around the country and
Allegro; As You Like It; Classical Cafe; Quarter Notes; Rise enabled me to catch the first performance of
8:00 a.m. Great Sacred Music with Rob Kennedy and Shine; Sleepers, Awake!; TheClassicalStation and The
Dvořák’s seldom-performed Fifth Symphony
Classical Station; and WCPE are registered or pending
12:00 p.m.. Weekend Classics with Greysolynne at two major concert venues.
trademarks or service marks of WCPE.
Hyman, Naomi Lambert, Bruce Huffine,
Jay Pierson, and a variety of volunteer WCPE Is there anything else your listeners might On the cover:
hosts P.O. Box 828 enjoy knowing about you? There is no
Wake Forest, NC 27588 Midori Gotō, featured
6:00 p.m. Preview with David Jeffrey Smith, truth to the rumor that when I’m alone at
Steve Thebes, and a variety of hosts 800-556-5178 on Beethovenfest
the station doing Music in the Night that
9:00 p.m. Wavelengths with Ed Amend Membership: membership@theclassicalstation.org I enhance the on-air music by playing Photo by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders.
Editor: christina_romano@theclassicalstation.org “air timpani.”
10:00 p.m. Peaceful Reflections with Ed Amend
Website: theclassicalstation.org
1home sweet home december calendar
Well, we are coming to the end of the year, 1 Tuesday 16 Wednesday
beethovenfest
after a most unusual drive—thank you very Rudolf Buchbinder 1946 Ludwig van Beethoven 1770 (250th
much for helping us make this another vic- anniversary of birth)
2 Wednesday
tory. This drive was the first time which we Zoltán Kodály 1882
have really had a captive audience because John Barbirolli 1899
Trevor Pinnock 1946
of the pandemic. Before, we had to try to Maria Callas 1923
17 Thursday
time the drive to get around sports games, 3 Thursday
Domenico Cimarosa 1749
state fairs, and other events which would José Serebrier 1938
Arthur Fiedler 1894
have lessened listenership and participation 4 Friday All-Request Friday
because of the influence of alternate activi- 18 Friday All-Request Friday
Hamilton Harty 1879
ties. But not this time! We’ve gotten many Edward MacDowell 1860
Metropolitan Opera Edmond de Stoutz 1920
comments on three primary topics:
5 Saturday broadcasts begin William Boughton 1948
The first theme is “Thank you for being there Francesco Geminiani 1687 19 Saturday
through all of this.” We are thrilled to hear Vítězslav Novák 1870
from listeners who have a new love of classi- Fritz Reiner 1888
José Carreras 1946
cal music and those who have rediscovered it William Christie 1944
Krystian Zimerman 1956
Deborah S. Proctor 20 Sunday
during this time. General Manager 6 Sunday
Mitsuko Uchida 1948
The next theme is “Thank you for not talk- Nikolaus Harnoncourt 1929
ing about the virus and the ills of the world Henryk Górecki 1933 21 Monday Winter begins
over the radio.” We made the conscious 7 Monday Pearl Harbor Remembrance Zdeněk Fibich 1850
of the partner stations who simulcast our Michael Tilson Thomas 1944
decision not to focus on the pandemic, or Pietro Mascagni 1863
programming are helping untold multitudes András Schiff 1953
anything depressing for that matter, over the Daniel Chorzempa 1944
get through this mess a little bit more easily. 22 Tuesday
air. We prefer to be a refuge from the ills of 8 Tuesday
Thank you for supporting and sharing Great
the world. Carl Friedrich Abel 1723
Classical Music with the world without cost Jean Sibelius 1865
The final theme is “I’ve been listening a Giacomo Puccini 1858
or obligation to those who need it. Manuel Ponce 1882
lot more at home.” This increase has been James Galway 1939 23 Wednesday
Thank you for being there for us, as we con-
noticed when we look at our listenership 9 Wednesday Zara Nelsova 1918
tinue to be there for you.
report. We are often now in the top ten Émile Waldteufel 1837
Claudio Scimone 1934
stations in the Raleigh-Durham area. Joaquín Turina 1882 24 Thursday
In the evenings, we are often the number Most sincerely, Joshua Bell 1967 Peter Cornelius 1824
one station, as people seek a respite from
10 Thursday Chanukah begins at sunset 25 Friday Christmas Day
current events.
César Franck 1822 Louis Lane 1923
So here is my reflection on all of this: Olivier Messiaen 1908 26 Saturday
WCPE Radio, The Classical Station, and all Morton Gould 1913
27 Sunday
Kathryn Stott 1958
28 Monday
11 Friday All-Request Friday
João Domingos Bomtempo 1775
Hector Berlioz 1803
Nigel Kennedy 1956
Mieczysław Karłowicz 1876
Valentina Lisitsa 1973 29 Tuesday
12 Saturday Pablo Casals 1876
Give the gift of Great Classical Music by Grant Llewellyn 1960 (60th birthday)
Jaap van Zweeden 1960 (60th birthday)
sending a gift membership to your friends 13 Sunday
30 Wednesday
and loved ones this holiday season! 14 Monday
Dmitry Kabalevsky 1904
Nancy van de Vate 1930
We’ll send a lovely card announcing their Capel Bond 1730
beethovenfest
(90th birthday)
Ron Nelson 1929
new membership, and they’ll receive Christopher Parkening 1947
31 Thursday New Year’s Eve
Quarter Notes through the next year. 15 Tuesday
Nathan Milstein 1903
Jennifer Higdon 1962
Michel Richard Delalande 1657
2 3january calendar february calendar
1 Friday New Year’s Day, All-Request Friday 16 Saturday 1 Monday
russian romantics
photo: Jindřich Nosek
2 Saturday
weekend
Marilyn Horne 1934 Francesco Veracini 1690
Mily Balakirev 1837 17 Sunday Johan Agrell 1701
Michael Kemp Tippett 1905 Victor Herbert 1859
François-Joseph Gossec 1734
Renata Tebaldi 1922
3 Sunday 18 Monday Martin Luther King Jr. Day
2 Tuesday
4 Monday César Cui 1835
Fritz Kreisler 1875
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi 1710 Emmanuel Chabrier 1841
Jascha Heifetz 1901
Josef Suk (composer) 1874 19 Tuesday Paul O’Dette 1954
5 Tuesday Simon Rattle 1955 3 Wednesday
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli 1920 20 Wednesday Felix Mendelssohn 1809
Alfred Brendel 1931 (90th birthday)
Ernest Chausson 1855 4 Thursday Jiří Bělohlávek b. 1946
Maurizio Pollini 1942 (75th anniversary of birth)
Antonio de Almeida 1928
6 Wednesday Erich Leinsdorf 1912
Iván Fischer 1951 (70th birthday)
Giuseppe Sammartini 1695 5 Friday All-Request Friday
21 Thursday
Max Bruch 1838 John Pritchard 1921 18 Thursday
Plácido Domingo 1941 (80th birthday)
Alexander Scriabin 1872 6 Saturday 19 Friday All-Request Friday
Uto Ughi 1944
simply strings
7 Thursday Claudio Arrau 1903 Luigi Boccherini 1743
22 Friday (All-Request Friday)
weekend
Francis Poulenc 1899 7 Sunday 20 Saturday
Myung-Whun Chung 1953
Günter Wand 1912 Carl Czerny 1791
23 Saturday Wilhelm Stenhammar 1871
Jean-Pierre Rampal 1922 Charles de Bériot 1802
Antoni Wit 1944
Iona Brown 1941 (80th anniversary of birth) Muzio Clementi 1752 Christoph Eschenbach 1940
8 Monday
8 Friday All-Request Friday 24 Sunday Riccardo Chailly 1953
André Ernest Modeste Grétry 1741
9 Saturday Frederick the Great 1712 21 Sunday
John Williams (composer/
John Knowles Paine 1839 E.T.A. Hoffmann 1776 Léo Delibes 1836
conductor) 1932
10 Sunday 25 Monday Charles-Marie Widor 1844
9 Tuesday
Jan Blockx 1851 Andrés Segovia 1893
Tor Aulin 1866 10 Wednesday
Jean Martinon 1910 Wilhelm Furtwängler 1886 22 Monday
Leontyne Price 1927
Sherrill Milnes 1935 26 Tuesday Niels Gade 1817
mozart madness
Peter Boyer 1970
James Morris 1947 Jacqueline du Pré 1945 Louis Auriacombe 1917
Mischa Maisky 1948 11 Thursday
27 Wednesday 23 Tuesday
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg 1961 Rudolf Firkušný 1912
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756 George Frideric Handel 1685
(60th birthday) Alexander Gibson 1926
(265th anniversary of birth) 24 Wednesday
11 Monday 12 Friday All-Request Friday
Édouard Lalo 1823 Jiří Bělohlávek 1946 (75th anniversary
Reinhold Glière 1875 John Ogdon 1937 Jan Ladislav Dussek 1760
of birth)
Maurice Duruflé 1902 Jean-Philippe Collard 1948 13 Saturday
25 Thursday
12 Tuesday 28 Thursday Fernando Sor 1778
Enrico Caruso 1873
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari 1876 Ferdinand Hérold 1791 14 Sunday Valentine’s Day by advance request Jesús López-Cobos 1940
13 Wednesday Arthur Rubinstein 1887 Renée Fleming 1959 26 Friday All-Request Friday
Vasily Kalinnikov 1866 John Tavener 1944
15 Monday Presidents’ Day Antonín Reicha 1770
Richard Addinsell 1904 29 Friday All-Request Friday
Michael Praetorius 1571 Frank Bridge 1879
14 Thursday Frederick Delius 1862
16 Tuesday 27 Saturday
Mariss Jansons 1943 Malcolm Binns 1936
Cho-Liang Lin 1960 Eliahu Inbal 1936 (85th birthday) Hubert Parry 1848
Nicholas McGegan 1950
John Corigliano 1938 Marian Anderson 1897
Ben Heppner 1956 (65th birthday) 30 Saturday
17 Wednesday Mirella Freni 1935
Andrew Manze 1965 Johann Joachim Quantz 1697 Gidon Kremer 1947
15 Friday All-Request Friday Lynn Harrell 1944 Arcangelo Corelli 1653
Henri Vieuxtemps 1820 28 Sunday
Malcolm Frager 1935 31 Sunday
Edward German 1862 Jean-Baptiste Arban 1825
Joseph Kalichstein 1946 (75th birthday) Franz Schubert 1797 Anner Bylsma 1934 Gioachino Rossini 1792 (observed)
Phillip Glass 1937
Ofra Harnoy 1965
4 5winter highlights fall highlights
By William Woltz Christmas Russian Romantics Weekend
photo: Håkan Kogg-Röjder
Celebrate the magic of Christmas with January 16–17
The Metropolitan Opera The Classical Station as we bring you the The stark beauty of the Russian landscape,
Saturday, December 5 best music of the season from the classi- and the passion of the people who live there,
While the Met has cancelled its 2020–21 cal tradition, embracing the sacred wonder provided plenty of musical inspiration for
season of live performances, the company and sheer joy of the season. Stay tuned composers such as Mussorgsky, Borodin,
remains committed to providing a complete for details of special programs created by and Rimsky-Korsakov. Join us for one of our
schedule of Saturday matinee radio Bob Chapman, host of Thursday Night favorite feature weekends.
broadcasts from December 5, 2020, through Opera House; Rob Kennedy, host of Great
June 5, 2021, featuring classic, pre-recorded Sacred Music; and George Douglas, host of Martin Luther King Jr. Day
opera performances. Renaissance Fare. January 18
We celebrate the legacy of Dr. King
Chanukah (Hanukkah) Our New Top-100 List with music of American composers
Begins at sunset Thursday, December 10 Saturday, December 26–Thursday, and performers.
We’ll celebrate the beginning of the Jewish December 31
Festival of Lights with special music on Join us as we unveil the results of The Mozart Madness
December 10 at 6:00 p.m., with additional Classical Station’s recent survey of your January 25–27 Malmö Symphony Orchestra with Robert
seasonal selections throughout the eight- Top 100 listener favorites. We’ll feature From the boy wonder pianist of Salzburg Trevino, featured during Beethovenfest
day observance. your top choices all through the week. to the troubled young genius in Vienna,
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart created an
Beethovenfest New Year’s 2020–21 extraordinary amount of music in his 35-year Valentine’s Day by Advance Request
December 14–16 We bid farewell to this most unusual year lifespan. We bring you a three-day celebration Sunday, February 14
This year the world marks the 250th anniver- with Viennese waltzes and other festive of his symphonies, piano concertos, chamber Make a classical music request in honor of
sary of the birth of Ludwig van Beethoven, a favorites starting at 10:00 p.m. on New music, opera, and sacred music in celebration your sweetie. We’ll play as many requests
tragic figure whose towering accomplishments Year’s Eve. We’ll ring in the New Year at of the 265th anniversary of his birth. and dedications as we can from noon to
forever changed the course of music. His midnight with music of Beethoven. And 5:00 p.m., but because of the shortened
compositions embody the best of qualities of because New Year’s Day falls on an Black History Month hours we encourage you to ask for shorter
mankind—freedom, dignity, and heroism in All-Request Friday, you’ll get to choose February works or single movements. Submit your
the face of adversity. We’ll spend three days your favorite music through the day to We’ll celebrate music by composers and request by February 10 to make sure we can
celebrating the music of Beethoven, culminat- usher in 2021. performers of African ancestry throughout play it for you.
ing on the presumed day of his birth with his the month.
photo: Julien Mignot
stirring Symphony no. 9 in D Minor. Presidents Day
Simply Strings Weekend Monday, February 15
February 6–7 We’ll play patriotic selections and American
We don’t know who first discovered the music to honor our leaders through the years.
joy of tightening a string and plucking it
to make a note. But we can see how far All-Request Fridays, weekly
that concept has come, evidenced by the Our popular All-Request Friday continues
masterful string works of Bach, Paganini, every week (although we will take break on
and Brahms. We feature music for violin, Christmas Day). Submit your request online
viola, cello, bass, guitar, mandolin, and harp, anytime at TheClassicalStation.org, or call
in performances by the great masters of the WCPE at 919-556-0123 on Friday morn-
20th century as well as today’s brightest ing. We’ll play your requests from 9:00 a.m.
young players. until 10:00 p.m.
Please consider leaving a planned gift to WCPE in your will.
A bequest is just one way to leave a legacy that will ensure that
The Classical Station can continue broadcasting for generations to
come. For more information, please call Dan McHugh at 919.556.5178.
Quatuor Ébène, featured during Beethovenfest
6 7mondays this quarter mondays this quarter
My Life in Music is a monthly program December
that showcases professional musicians who 7 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
share stories about their careers and their 14 All-Beethoven edition
work. Interwoven with the conversations
21 Holiday edition
are musical selections which illustrate the
talking points. Join us on the first Monday 28 London Symphony Orchestra
of each month at 7:00 p.m. eastern and By William Woltz
Mondays at 8:00 p.m. (eastern) January
First Mondays at 7:00 p.m. again the following Sunday at 5:00 p.m.
Second Sundays at 5:00 p.m. 4 Philadelphia Orchestra
This quarter our guests are composer Libby Each week on Monday Night at the
(All times eastern) Larsen, pianist Jan Lisiecki, and composer Symphony, we like to highlight the work of 11 Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
With host Rob Kennedy Mark Abel. one great orchestra. But sometimes we go in 18 Boston Symphony Orchestra
another direction, as we will on December 25 All-Mozart edition
14, when we present our all-Beethoven
edition of the program in celebration of the February
photo: Jan Shin Sugino
photo: Ann Marsden
photo: Erik Doria
composer’s 250th birthday. 1 Bamberg Symphony
We also bring you our annual holiday edi- 8 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
tion on December 21 and an All-Mozart 15 Berlin Philharmonic
program on January 25. 22 Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
photo: Mark Allan
Libby Larsen Jan Lisiecki Mark Abel
Composer Pianist Composer
London Symphony Orchestra
December 7 January 4 February 8
glimpse of the sounds of Christmas dur- calendar. Dancing and partying required
ing the 1400s and 1500s. Many beautiful music! Join us for our New Year’s edition of
holiday tunes and hymns were written dur- Renaissance Fare on Monday, January 11,
ing the Renaissance period. Don’t miss our at 7:00 p.m., or for its repeat broadcast on
Christmas edition on Monday, December Sunday, January 17, at 5:00 p.m.
14, at 7:00 p.m. Its repeat broadcast will be February is the month of presidents and love,
on Sunday, December 20, at 5:00 p.m. and we’ll feature music for both! We’ll prob-
Second Mondays at 7:00 p.m. What was New Year’s like musically 500 ably substitute music for kings rather than
Third Sundays at 5:00 p.m. years ago? Even the wonderful Vienna presidents, but fortunately love remains pretty
(All times eastern) Philharmonic Orchestra had not been much the same! This edition of Renaissance
With host George Douglas invented yet! Celebrating the first day of Fare will be heard on Monday, February 8,
Renaissance Fare will visit several European the new year has been an important tradi- at 7:00 p.m. and has a repeat broadcast on
countries on our December program for a tion even before the existence of the Julian Sunday, February 14, at 5:00 p.m.
8 9opera house sundays this quarter
January 14 Verdi’s Don Carlo December 6
Don Carlo (Sylvester) is engaged to Bach: Cantata BWV 70
Elisabetta (Millo), but his father Filippo II Tchaikovsky: Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
(Furlanetto) marries her instead. Rodrigo December 13
(Chernov) tries to reconcile father and son
Bach: Cantata 186 (Ärgre dich, o Seele, Nicht)
but the Grand Inquisitor (Ramey) forces the
Moulu: Missa Missus est Gabriel Angelus
king to assassinate him.
December 20
January 21 Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann
Thursdays at 7:00 p.m. (eastern) Handel: Messiah (complete)
With host Bob Chapman A poet, Hoffmann (Domingo), is inspired by
three muses (Gruberová) but several villains December 27 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
(Bacquier, Morris, Diaz) conspire against Bach: Cantata BWV 133
Berlioz: L’Enfance du Christ
Great Sacred Music
him. (From the Ruocchio Archives.)
Mozart’s, et al., Der Stein der Weisen January 3
January 28 & Der Wohltätige Derwisch Bach: Cantata BWV 248/5 Sundays at 8:00 a.m. (eastern)
First performed in 1790 and 1791, The Hummel: Mass in E-flat With host Rob Kennedy
Philosopher’s Stone and The Beneficient Dervish
January 10 February 7
are pastiches—with music by Mozart,
Henneberg, Schack, Gerl, and Schikaneder— Bach: Cantata 124 (Meinen Jesum Lass ich Nicht) Bach: Cantata BWV 126
Mirella Freni featured December 3rd
that anticipate The Magic Flute. Kraus: Funeral Music Mendelssohn: Elijah
December 3 Puccini’s Tosca February 4 Rossini’s Otello January 17 February 14
Tosca (Freni), a singer, gives herself to the Otello (Carreras) is in love with Desdemona Bach: Cantata BWV 13 Bach: Cantata BWV 23
Roman police chief, Scarpia (Ramey), to save (Von Stade), who’s been promised by Haydn: The Seasons Beethoven: Missa Solemnis in D
her painter boyfriend, Cavaradossi (Domingo). her father, Elmiro (Ramey), to Rodrigo January 24 February 21
December 10 Berlioz’s La Damnation de Faust (Fisichella). Iago (Pastine) tells Otello that Bach: Cantata BWV 111 Bach: Motet BWV 227
she’s been unfaithful. Rachmaninoff: Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom Zelenka: Requiem in C Minor
An aged philosopher, Faust (Lewis), sells his
soul to the devil, Méphistophélès (Terfel), Bernstein’s On the Town January 31 February 28
in exchange for another shot at youth, then February 11 & West Side Story Bach: Cantata BWV 144 Bach: Motet BWV 228
seduces the beautiful Marguerite (Von Otter). On a 24-hour leave in New York City, three Fiocco: Missa Solemnis in D DuBois: The Seven Last Words of Christ
December 17 Cimarosa’s Il Matrimonio Segreto sailors (Garrison, Ollmann, Hampson) meet
and connect with three women (Von Stade,
Paolino (Davies) is secretly married to
Daly, McLaughlin). In a modern Romeo
Carolina (Auger), younger daughter of
and Juliet story, a Puerto Rican woman,
Geronimo (Fischer-Dieskau). (From the Great Sacred Music is made possible by our listeners and the following people and organizations:
Maria (Te Kanawa), falls in love with a “real”
Ruocchio Archives.)
American, Tony (Carreras). All Saints Anglican Church Dr. Jerry Grise Blaine Hall Paxton
December 24 Christmas Eve at the Opera House
February 18 Bellini’s Norma Raleigh, NC Cary, NC Fearrington Village, NC
Sacred Christmas music performed by past-
A Druid priestess, Norma (Callas), is in The Chapel of the Cross Blaine Paxton Hall William Marley
and present-day opera stars. Chapel Hill, NC Fearrington Village, NC Raleigh, NC
a love triangle with her best friend,
December 31 J. Strauss’s Die Fledermaus Adalgisa (Ludwig), and the father of her Dr. & Mrs. Harold Chapman Rev. David Livingstone James Dr. Thomas Nutt-Powell
Eisenstein (Kmentt) accepts Falke’s (Berry) children, Pollione (Corelli). (From the Macon, GA Cary, NC Boston, MA
invitation to a party; wife Rosalinde Ruocchio Archives.) David Crabtree Carole Keeler William Raper
(Gueden) is visited by an old flame, Alfred February 25 Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande Raleigh, NC Greensboro, NC Raleigh, NC
(Zampieri); maid Adele (Köth) goes to the Ethel Girvin Kirk of Kildare Claude and Sarah Snow
After meeting Mélisande (Ewing) while
party of Prince Orlofsky (Resnik). Timberlake, NC Cary, NC Chapel Hill, NC
hunting in the forest, Prince Golaud
January 7 Janáček’s The Cunning Little Vixen (Van Allen) marries her and then introduces Dr. Alfred Goshaw James H. Lazenby University Presbyterian Church
A clever, sharp-eared fox known as the Vixen his new wife to his half-brother, Pelléas Chapel Hill, NC Fearrington Village, NC Chapel Hill, NC
(Watson) learns about life while on short adven- (Le Roux)—and they promptly begin an
tures with other wildlife and a few humans. adulterous relationship.
If you or your organization would like to be a patron of Great Sacred Music,
contact Rob Kennedy via e-mail or phone at 919-740-5180.
10 11sundays this quarter sundays this quarter
Preview!
This winter, our guests will include tenor
photo: Christina Kernohan
Brian Giebler, composer John Aylward, and
conductor Jose Serebrier.
Sundays at 6:00 p.m. (eastern) Sundays at 9:00 p.m. (eastern)
With host David Jeffrey Smith With host Ed Amend
photo: J. Demetrie Photography
By Rob Kennedy Polish avant-garde composer Henryk
Górecki (1933–2010) set the classical music
Every Sunday, The Classical Station presents
world ablaze with the 1992 recording of
Preview, a program featuring new classical
his Symphony no. 3, Symphony of Sorrowful
recording releases. From symphonies
Songs. Inspired by the themes of maternal
to vocal music, from ballet to chamber
love and wartime loss, with texts sung by
music, we sample new interpretations of
soprano Dawn Upshaw, the release went on
familiar music, as well as newer music. A
to sell more than a million copies, a number
regular feature of Preview is an interview
unheard of for a classical recording up to
at approximately 7:00 p.m. We speak with
that point.
performing musicians and composers from
around the world. If you miss the interview Join The Classical Station as we present this
on a Sunday evening, you will find our moving performance on Wavelengths on
interviews on the Preview page on our Sunday, December 6, the anniversary of the
website at TheClassicalStation.org under the Brian Giebler, tenor composer’s birth.
Programs menu. We’ll also hear new music by Anna Clyne,
John Luther Adams, and Michael Torke in
the coming weeks.
photo: Kate_Soper
photo: Clive Barda
We showcase the best music of contempo-
rary composers each week on Wavelengths,
a mix of 21st century compositions and Anna Clyne
significant pieces from the last century.
John Aylward, composer Jose Serebrier, conductor
Sundays at 10:00 p.m. (eastern)
With host Ed Amend
Following Wavelengths, WCPE brings
you two hours of music intended to
help you unwind from the week that’s
WCPE derives its income from
ending and prepare for the one ahead.
listener donations and grants from Peaceful Reflections is a thoughtful,
foundations and businesses. Donate relaxing mix of orchestral, chamber,
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ll Trovatore (Verdi) Die Frau ohne Schatten (R. Strauss)
Performance from January 27, 1961 Performance from November 26, 2013
December 5
Fausto Cleva; Leontyne Price (Leonora), Irene Vladimir Jurowski; Anne Schwanewilms
War and Peace (Prokofiev) Dalis (Azucena), Franco Corelli (Manrico), Robert (Empress), Christine Goerke (Dyer’s Wife), Ildikó
Performance from March 2, 2002 Merrill (di Luna), William Wilderman (Ferrando) Komlósi (Nurse), Torsten Kerl (Emperor), Johan
Valery Gergiev; Anna Netrebko (Natasha Rostova), Reuter (Barak), Richard Paul Fink (Messenger)
Ekaterina Semenchuk (Sonya), Elena Obraztsova January 30
(Mme. Akhrosimova), Gegam Grigorian (Count Faust (Gounod) May 1
Pierre Bezukhov), Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Prince Performance from December 10, 2011 Roberto Devereux (Donizetti)
Andrei), Vassily Gerello (Napoleon Bonaparte), Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Marina Poplavskaya Performance from April 16, 2016
Samuel Ramey (Field Marshal Kutuzov) (Marguerite), Michèle Losier (Siebel), Jonas Maurizio Benini; Sondra Radvanovsky (Elisabetta),
Kaufmann (Faust), Russell Braun (Valentin), René Elīna Garanča (Sara), Matthew Polenzani (Roberto),
December 12
Pape (Méphistophélès) Mariusz Kwiecien (Duke of Nottingham)
Fidelio (Beethoven)
Performance from April 1, 2017 February 6 May 8
Sebastian Weigle; Adrianne Pieczonka (Leonore), Listeners’ Choice: Historic Met Broadcast Joyce DiDonato in Massenet's Cendrillon Anna Netrebko Puccini Gala
Hanna-Elisabeth Müller (Marzelline), Klaus Opera TBA Performance from December 31, 2019
Florian Vogt (Florestan), David Portillo (Jaquino), Yannick Nézet-Séguin; La Bohème, Act I: Anna
Greer Grimsley (Don Pizarro), Falk Struckmann
February 13 March 20 Netrebko (Mimì), Matthew Polenzani (Rodolfo),
(Rocco), Günther Groissböck (Don Fernando) Cendrillon (Massenet) Le Comte Ory (Rossini) Quinn Kelsey (Marcello), Davide Luciano
Performance from April 28, 2018 Performance from February 2, 2013 (Schaunard), Christian Van Horn (Colline), Arthur
December 19 Bertrand de Billy; Kathleen Kim (La Fée), Joyce Maurizio Benini; Pretty Yende (Countess Adèle), Woodley (Benoit); Tosca, Act I: Anna Netrebko
Hansel and Gretel (Humperdinck) (English- DiDonato (Cendrillon), Alice Coote (Le Prince Karine Deshayes (Isolier), Susanne Resmark (Tosca), Yusif Eyvazov (Cavaradossi), Evgeny Nikitin
language version) Charmant), Stephanie Blythe (Madame de la (Ragonde), Juan Diego Flórez (Count Ory), (Scarpia), Patrick Carfizzi (Sacristan); Turandot, Act
Performance from January 6, 2018 Haltière), Laurent Naouri (Pandolfe) Nathan Gunn (Raimbaud), Nicola Ulivieri (Tutor) II: Anna Netrebko (Turandot), Yusif Eyvazov (Calàf)
Donald Runnicles; Lisette Oropesa (Gretel), Tara
Erraught (Hansel), Dolora Zajick (Gertrude),
February 20 March 27 May 15
Gerhard Siegel (Witch), Quinn Kelsey (Peter) La Rondine (Puccini) Don Giovanni (Mozart) Tristan und Isolde (Wagner)
Performance from January 10, 2009 Performance from March 10, 2012 Performance from October 8, 2016
December 26 Marco Armiliato; Angela Gheorghiu (Magda), Andrew Davis; Marina Rebeka (Donna Anna), Ellie Simon Rattle; Nina Stemme (Isolde), Ekaterina
The Magic Flute (Mozart) (abridged English- Lisette Oropesa (Lisette), Roberto Alagna Dehn (Donna Elvira), Isabel Leonard (Zerlina), Gubanova (Brangäne), Stuart Skelton (Tristan),
language version) (Ruggero), Marius Brenciu (Prunier), Samuel Matthew Polenzani (Don Ottavio), Gerald Finley Evgeny Nikitin (Kurwenal), René Pape (King
Performance from December 21, 2010 Ramey (Rambaldo) (Don Giovanni), Bryn Terfel (Leporello), Shenyang Marke)
Erik Nielsen; Susanna Phillips (Pamina), Erika (Masetto), James Morris (Commendatore)
Miklósa (Queen of the Night), Russell Thomas
February 27 May 22
(Tamino), Alan Oke (Monostatos), Nathan Gunn Der Rosenkavalier (R. Strauss) April 3 I Puritani (Bellini)
(Papageno), Morris Robinson (Sarastro) Performance from May 13, 2017 Rusalka (Dvořák) Performance from February 18, 2017
Sebastian Weigle; Renée Fleming (Marschallin), Performance from February 8, 2014 Maurizio Benini; Diana Damrau (Elvira
January 2 Elīna Garanča (Octavian), Erin Morley (Sophie), Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Renée Fleming (Rusalka), Walton), Javier Camarena (Lord Arturo Talbot),
Satyagraha (Philip Glass) Helene Schneiderman (Annina), Matthew Emily Magee (Foreign Princess), Dolora Zajick Alexey Markov (Riccardo Forth), Luca Pisaroni
Performance from November 19, 2011 Polenzani (A Singer), Alan Oke (Valzacchi), (Ježibaba), Piotr Beczała (Prince), John Relyea (Giorgio Walton)
Dante Anzolini; Rachelle Durkin (Miss Schlesen), Markus Brück (Faninal), Günther Groissböck (Water Gnome)
Richard Croft (M. K. Gandhi), Kim Josephson (Baron Ochs) May 29
(Mr. Kallenbach), Alfred Walker (Parsi Rustomji) April 10 Otello (Verdi)
March 6
La Bohème (Puccini) Performance from October 17, 2015
January 9 Carmen (Bizet) Performance from October 2, 2017 Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Sonya Yoncheva
Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini) Performance from November 1, 2014 Alexander Soddy; Angel Blue (Mimì), Brigitte (Desdemona), Aleksandrs Antonenko (Otello),
Performance from April 26, 2007 Pablo Heras-Casado; Anita Hartig (Micaëla), Anita Kele (Musetta), Dmytro Popov (Rodolfo), Dimitri Pittas (Cassio), Željko Lučić (Iago),
Maurizio Benini; Joyce DiDonato (Rosina), Rachvelishvili (Carmen), Aleksandrs Antonenko Lucas Meachem (Marcello), Duncan Rock Günther Groissböck (Lodovico)
Claudia Waite (Berta), Lawrence Brownlee (Count (Don José), Ildar Abdrazakov (Escamillo) (Schaunard), David Soar (Colline), Paul Plishka
Almaviva), Russell Braun (Figaro), John Del Carlo June 5
March 13 (Benoit/Alcindoro)
(Dr. Bartolo), Samuel Ramey (Don Basilio) Billy Budd (Britten)
Le Nozze di Figaro (Mozart) April 17 Performance from March 8, 1997
January 16 Performance from January 10, 2018 From the House of the Dead (Janácek) Steuart Bedford; Philip Langridge (Captain
La Traviata (Verdi) Harry Bicket; Ailyn Pérez (Countess), Nadine Performance from December 2, 2009 Vere), Dwayne Croft (Billy Budd), James Morris
Performance from January 18, 2020 Sierra (Susanna), Isabel Leonard (Cherubino), Esa-Pekka Salonen, Stefan Margita (Filka (Claggart), Victor Braun (Mr. Redburn), Julien
Karel Mark Chichon; Aleksandra Kurzak (Violetta Katarina Leoson (Marcellina), Mariusz Kwiecien Morozov/Kuzmich), Eric Stoklossa (Alyeya), Peter Robbins (Lt. Ratcliffe), James Courtney (Mr.
Valéry), Dmytro Popov (Alfredo Germont), Quinn (Count), Ildar Abdrazakov (Figaro), Maurizio Mattei (Shishkov), Willard White (Gorianchikov) Flint), Paul Plishka (Dansker)
Kelsey (Giorgio Germont) Muraro (Dr. Bartolo)
14 15program listings (december) program listings (december)
December Featured Works 5 Saturday 3:00 p.m. Ponce: Piano Concerto 5:00 p.m. Bullard: Chanukah Suite
All programming is subject to change. For a 8:00 a.m. Geminiani: Concerto no. 10 in F 4:00 p.m. Sibelius: “Finlandia” 13 Sunday
complete list of a specific day’s music, go to 9:00 a.m. Grieg: Piano Concerto in A Minor 7:00 p.m. Traditional: Three French Carols 7:00 a.m. Traditional: Three German carols
TheClassicalStation.org. 10:00 a.m. Rossini: The Fantastic Toyshop 8:00 p.m. Sibelius: Symphony no. 5 in E-flat 9:00 a.m. Bach: Cantata 186 (Ärgre Dich, o Seele,
11:00 a.m. Novák: In the Tatra Mountains 9:00 p.m. Wagner: Siegfried Idyll Nicht)
1 Tuesday
1:00 p.m. Metropolitan Opera 10:00 p.m. Lauridsen: “O Magnum Mysterium” 10:00 a.m. Moulu: Missa Missus est Gabriel
9:00 a.m. Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 4 in G
5:00 p.m. Massenet: “Pourquoi me Réveiller?” Angelus
10:00 a.m. Respighi: Three Botticelli Pictures 9 Wednesday
from Werther 12:00 p.m. Hess: “A Christmas Overture”
12:00 p.m. Delius: “Sleigh Ride” 8:00 a.m. Traditional: A Suite of English Carols
6 Sunday 1:00 p.m. Vivaldi: Four Seasons
2:00 p.m. Mozart: Symphony no. 36 in C, 9:00 a.m. Bruch: Scottish Fantasy for Violin
7:00 a.m. Traditional: “O Come, o Come and Orchestra 2:00 p.m. Grieg: Holberg Suite
K. 425 (Linz)
Emmanuel” 10:00 a.m. Chopin: Ballade no. 1 in G Minor 3:00 p.m. Brahms: Symphony no. 3 in F
3:00 p.m. Schumann: Adagio and Allegro in A-flat
9:00 a.m. Bach: Cantata 70 (Wachet! Betet! Betet! 11:00 a.m. Torelli: Christmas Concerto in G Minor 4:00 p.m. Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A
7:00 p.m. Locatelli: Christmas Concerto
Wachet!) 5:00 p.m. My Life in Music
in F Minor 2:00 p.m. Schubert: Symphony no. 8 in B Minor
10:00 a.m. Tchaikovsky: Liturgy of St. John (Unfinished)
8:00 p.m. Ravel: Noble and Sentimental Waltzes 14 Monday
Chrysostom
9:00 p.m. Brahms: Cello Sonata no. 2 in F 3:00 p.m. Bach: Violin Concerto no. 2 in E 8:00 a.m. Beethoven: Overture to King Stephen
12:00 p.m. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no. 3 in G
2 Wednesday 5:30 p.m. Waldteufel: “Diamond Rain” 9:00 a.m. Beethoven: Piano Sonata no. 26 in
1:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 3 in D
(Polish) 7:00 p.m. Bizet: Carmen Suite no. 1 E-flat (Les Adieux)
9:00 a.m. Dvořák: Symphony no. 8 in G
2:00 p.m. Dvořák: The Noonday Witch 8:00 p.m. Franck: Violin Sonata in A 10:00 a.m. Beethoven: Symphony no. 1 in C
10:00 a.m. Mozart: Serenade no. 10 in B-flat
(Gran Partita) 3:00 p.m. Debussy: Suite Bergamasque 9:00 p.m. Turina: Sinfonia Sevillana 12:00 p.m. Beethoven: Overture to Egmont
12:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: “Waltz of the Flowers” 4:00 p.m. Mozart: Symphony no. 41 in C (Jupiter) 10 Thursday 2:00 p.m. Beethoven: Symphony no. 3 in E-flat
from The Nutcracker (Eroica)
5:00 p.m. Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kijé Suite 8:00 a.m. Herbert: “March of the Toys” from
2:00 p.m. Delius: In a Summer Garden Babes in Toyland 3:00 p.m. Beethoven: Piano Sonata no. 8 in C
10:00 p.m. Górecki: Symphony no. 3 Minor (Pathétique)
3:00 p.m. Hummel: Trumpet Concerto 9:00 a.m. Gould: “Amber Waves”
7 Monday 4:00 p.m. Beethoven: 12 Variations on Handel’s
6:00 p.m. Bizet: “Habanera” from Carmen 10:00 a.m. Franck: Symphonic Variations
8:00 a.m. Jessel: “Parade of the Wooden “See the Conquering Hero Comes”
8:00 p.m. Haydn: Cello Concerto no. 2 in D 12:00 p.m. Saint-Saëns: “Havanaise”
Soldiers” 5:00 p.m. Beethoven: Consecration of the House
9:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto no. 1 in 2:00 p.m. Fauré: Ballade for Piano and Orchestra Overture
9:00 a.m. Tchaikovsky: Suite from The Nutcracker
B-flat Minor 3:00 p.m. Franck: Symphony in D Minor
for two pianos 7:00 p.m. Renaissance Fare
10:00 p.m. Vaughan Williams: “Fantasia on 6:00 p.m. Chanukah, in Story and Song
10:00 a.m. Telemann: Overture in D from 8:00 p.m. Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 2
‘Greensleeves’”
Tafelmusik 7:00 p.m. Thursday Night Opera House in B-flat
3 Thursday 12:00 p.m. “Taps,” “America the Beautiful” 10:00 p.m. Messiaen: “O Sacrum Convivium” 9:00 p.m. Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D
8:00 a.m. Dvořák: Slavonic Dances, op. 72, no. 8 2:00 p.m. Schubert: Symphony no. 5 in B-flat 10:00 p.m. Beethoven: String Quartet no. 12
in A-flat 11 Friday
3:00 p.m. Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto no. 3 in in E-flat
9:00 a.m. Brahms: Variations on a Theme 8:00 a.m. Berlioz: “Shepherds’ Farewell” from
D Minor
by Haydn L’Enfance du Christ
6:00 p.m. Handel: Organ Concerto in F
9:00 a.m. All-Request Friday
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11:00 a.m. Delibes: Suite from Coppélia
7:00 p.m. My Life in Music
12:00 p.m. Traditional: Two carols for Advent 10:00 p.m. Liszt: “Liebestraum” no. 3 in A-flat
8:00 p.m. Ravel: Suite no. 2 from Daphnis et Chloé
2:00 p.m. Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade 12 Saturday
9:00 p.m. Brahms: Symphony no. 2 in D
3:00 p.m. Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 25 in C 8:00 a.m. Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks
10:00 p.m. Mascagni: Intermezzo from Cavalleria
5:00 p.m. Vivaldi: Christmas Concerto in E Rusticana 9:00 a.m. Corelli: Concerto Grosso in G Minor
7:00 p.m. Thursday Night Opera House (Christmas Concerto)
8 Tuesday
10:00 p.m. Chadwick: “Noel” from Symphonic 10:00 a.m. Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 4
8:00 a.m. Traditional: Fantasia on “In Dulci Jubilo” in F Minor
Sketches
9:00 a.m. R. Strauss: Suite from Der Rosenkavalier 11:00 a.m. Mendelssohn: Symphony no. 4 in A
4 Friday (Italian)
10:00 a.m. Sibelius: Karelia Suite
8:00 a.m. Mendelssohn: Six Christmas Pieces 12:00 p.m. Ives: “A Christmas Carol”
12:00 p.m. Traditional: “Cradle Song”
9:00 a.m. All-Request Friday 1:00 p.m. Metropolitan Opera Jaap van Zweeden
2:00 p.m. Mozart: Concerto in C for Flute
10:00 p.m. Harty: “In Ireland” and Harp b. 1960 (60th birthday)
4:00 p.m. Debussy: La Mer
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15 Tuesday 10:00 p.m. Gruber: “Stille Nacht” 12:00 p.m. Goss: “See Amid the Winter’s Snow” January Featured Works
9:00 a.m. Beethoven: Symphony no. 2 in D 19 Saturday 2:00 p.m. Holst: “A Winter Idyll” All programming is subject to change. For a
10:00 a.m. Beethoven: Clarinet Trio in B-flat 8:00 a.m. Traditional: “God Rest Ye Merry, 3:00 p.m. Britten: “Men of Goodwill (Variations on complete list of a specific day’s music, go to
12:00 p.m. Beethoven: “Coriolan” Overture Gentlemen” a Christmas Carol)” TheClassicalStation.org.
2:00 p.m. Beethoven: Piano Trio in B-flat (Archduke) 9:00 a.m. Brahms: Piano Concerto no. 2 in B-flat 5:00 p.m. Puccini: “Nessun Dorma!” from
Turandot 1 Friday
3:00 p.m. Beethoven: Triple Concerto in C 10:00 a.m. Leroy Anderson: “A Christmas Festival”
7:00 p.m. Leroy Anderson: “Sleigh Ride” 8:00 a.m. Shostakovich: “Festive Overture”
6:00 p.m. Beethoven: Piano Sonata no. 14 in 11:00 a.m. Lullabies and Carols for Christmas
8:00 p.m. Lullabies and Carols for Christmas 2020 9:00 a.m. All-Request Friday
C-sharp Minor (Moonlight) 2020
9:00 p.m. Mozart: Symphony no. 25 in G Minor 10:00 p.m. Schubert: Impromptu in A-flat, D. 899,
7:00 p.m. Beethoven: Symphony no. 5 in C Minor 12:00 p.m. Handel: “For unto us a Child is Born”
no. 4
8:00 p.m. Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 1 in C 1:00 p.m. Metropolitan Opera 23 Wednesday
2 Saturday
9:00 p.m. Beethoven: Cello Sonata no. 1 in F 4:00 p.m. Ravel: Rapsodie Espagnole 8:00 a.m. Mozart: “Ave Verum Corpus”
8:00 a.m. Bach: Violin Concerto no. 2 in E
10:00 p.m. Beethoven: “Andante Favori” in F 5:00 p.m. Anonymous: Three Settings of 9:00 a.m. Beethoven: Piano Sonata no. 23 in F
“Greensleeves” Minor (Appassionata) 9:00 a.m. Balakirev: Symphony no. 2 in D Minor
16 Wednesday
20 Sunday 10:00 a.m. Bizet: Children’s Games (Jeux d’Enfants) 10:00 a.m. Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 20
8:00 a.m. Beethoven: Leonore Overture no. 3 in D Minor
7:00 a.m. Traditional: “Coventry Carol” 12:00 p.m. Traditional: “El Noi de la Mare”
9:00 a.m. Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 3 11:00 a.m. Handel: Suite from Il Pastor Fido
in C Minor (three settings) 2:00 p.m. Elgar: Enigma Variations
12:00 p.m. Balakirev: “Islamey, an Oriental
10:00 a.m. Beethoven: Symphony no. 7 in A 9:00 a.m. Handel: Messiah 3:00 p.m. Bizet: Symphony in C
Fantasy”
12:00 p.m. Beethoven: Piano Sonata no. 17 12:00 p.m. Leroy Anderson: Suite of Carols for 5:00 p.m. Traditional: “Here We Come
1:00 p.m. Metropolitan Opera
in D Minor (Tempest) String Orchestra a-Wassailing”
5:00 p.m. Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
2:00 p.m. Beethoven: Symphony no. 6 in F 1:00 p.m. Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf 7:00 p.m. Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248,
(Pastoral) 2:00 p.m. Mozart: Piano Sonata no. 11 in A Part One 3 Sunday
3:00 p.m. Beethoven: Septet in E-flat 3:00 p.m. Reed: Russian Christmas Music 8:00 p.m. Britten: A Ceremony of Carols 7:00 a.m. Thompson: “Choose Something Like
9:00 p.m. Dvořák: Symphony no. 7 in D Minor a Star”
5:00 p.m. Beethoven: “Hallelujah” from Christ on 4:00 p.m. Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on
the Mount of Olives Christmas Carols 10:00 p.m. Yon: “Gesu Bambino” 9:00 a.m. Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248,
Part Five
7:00 p.m. Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 5 in 5:00 p.m. Renaissance Fare 24 Thursday
E-flat (Emperor) 10:00 a.m. Hummel: Mass in E-flat
21 Monday 8:00 a.m. Leroy Anderson: Suite of Carols for
8:00 p.m. Beethoven: Symphony no. 9 in D Minor 12:00 p.m. Prokofiev: Symphony no. 1 in D
8:00 a.m Traditional: Four early American carols Woodwinds
(Choral) (Classical)
9:00 a.m. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 1 in G 9:00 a.m. Handel: Suite in F from Water Music
17 Thursday 1:00 p.m. Mozart: Symphony no. 31 in D (Paris)
Minor (Winter Dreams) 10:00 a.m. Traditional: Christmas hymns and carols
2:00 p.m. Brahms: Serenade no. 1 in D
8:00 a.m. Leroy Anderson: “Sleigh Ride” 10:00 a.m. Fibich: Symphony No. 1 in F 12:00 p.m. Cornelius: “The Three Kings”
3:00 p.m. Fauré: Suite from Masques et
9:00 a.m. Cimarosa: Concertante in G for Two 12:00 p.m. Herbert: “March of the Toys” from 2:00 p.m. Holst: “Christmas Day” Bergamasques
Flutes and Orchesta Babes in Toyland 3:00 p.m. Reed: Russian Christmas Music 4:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy
10:00 a.m. Corelli: Concerto Grosso in G Minor 2:00 p.m. Copland: Appalachian Spring 4:00 p.m. Handel: Messiah Overture
(Christmas Concerto)
3:00 p.m. Stradella: Christmas Sonata in D for 7:00 p.m. Christmas Eve at the Opera House 5:00 p.m. Addinsell: “Warsaw Concerto”
11:00 a.m. Mozart: Symphony no. 38 in D (Prague) Trumpet and Strings
10:00 p.m. Traditional: Christmas hymns and carols 4 Monday
12:00 p.m. Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals 5:00 p.m. Jessel: “Parade of the Wooden
2:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Soldiers” 25 Friday 8:00 a.m. Purcell: Suite from Abdelazar
4:00 p.m. Bloch: “Simchat Torah” from Baal 7:00 p.m. Nicolai: Christmas Overture Christmas Day: Listen throughout the 9:00 a.m. Pergolesi: Violin Concerto in B-flat
Shem Suite day as The Classical Station brings 10:00 a.m. Grieg: Suite no. 1 from Peer Gynt
8:00 p.m. Saint-Saëns: Christmas Oratorio
you the finest in carols, hymns, and
5:00 p.m. Falla: Three Dances from The Three- 9:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: Suite from The Nutcracker 12:00 p.m. Suk: “Toward a New Life (Festival
seasonal favorites for Christmas.
Cornered Hat March)”
10:00 p.m. Poulenc: Four Christmas Motets
6:00 p.m. Traditional: “What Child is This?” 26 Saturday–31 Thursday 1:00 p.m. Haydn: String Quartet in C (Emperor)
22 Tuesday We unveil the results of our new
7:00 p.m. Thursday Night Opera House 2:00 p.m. Delibes: Suite from Coppélia
8:00 a.m. Traditional: Two Spanish Renaissance top-100 survey of your favorite
10:00 p.m. Biebl: “Ave Maria” 3:00 p.m. Suk: Fantastic Scherzo
Carols selections. Listen through the week for
18 Friday the best in classical music according to 7:00 p.m. My Life in Music
9:00 a.m. Puccini: Symphonic Prelude in A
1:00 a.m. Leontovych: “Carol of the Bells” The Classical Station’s loyal listeners. 8:00 p.m. Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
10:00 a.m. Leroy Anderson: Suite of Carols for
9:00 a.m. All-Request Friday Brass Choir
18 19program listings (january) program listings (january)
9:00 p.m. Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme 9:00 a.m. All-Request Friday 2:00 p.m. Mozart: Symphony no. 29 in A
photo: Laura Barisonzi
of Paganini 10:00 p.m. Bowen: Phantasy for Viola and Piano 3:00 p.m. Schubert: Fantasia in C (Wanderer
10:00 p.m. Suk: “Love Song” Fantasy)
9 Saturday
5 Tuesday 8:00 a.m. Mozart: Horn Concerto no. 3 in E-flat 4:00 p.m. Wolf-Ferrari: Overture to Susanna’s
8:00 a.m. Holst: Brook Green Suite Secret
9:00 a.m. Mendelssohn: Overture to A
9:00 a.m. Schumann: Fantasy in C Midsummer Night’s Dream 7:00 p.m. Dvořák: Scherzo Capriccioso
10:00 a.m. Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 5 10:00 a.m. Paine: Symphony no. 2 in A (In the 8:00 p.m. Saint-Saëns: The Muse and the Poet
in E-flat (Emperor) Spring) 9:00 p.m. Mendelssohn: Symphony no. 4 in A
12:00 p.m. Chopin: Polonaise in A (Military) 11:00 a.m. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no. 2 in F (Italian)
2:00 p.m. Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 17 in G 12:00 p.m. Weber: Clarinet Concerto no. 1 10:00 p.m. Wolf-Ferrari: Suite Concertino in F
3:00 p.m. Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol in F Minor 13 Wednesday
7:00 p.m. Rossini: Overture to Semiramide 1:00 p.m. Metropolitan Opera 9:00 a.m. Addinsell: “Warsaw Concerto”
5:00 p.m. Paine: The Tempest Nicholas McGegan b. 1950
8:00 p.m. Beethoven: Piano Sonata no. 15 in D 10:00 a.m. Kalinnikov: Symphony no. 1 in G Minor
(Pastoral) 10 Sunday 12:00 p.m. Suppé: Overture to Pique Dame
9:00 p.m. Borodin: Symphony no. 2 in B Minor 7:00 a.m. Mendelssohn: Variations Concertantes 2:00 p.m. Mozart: Piano Sonata no. 8 in A Minor 10:00 a.m. Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
10:00 p.m. Copland: “Quiet City” 9:00 a.m. Bach: Cantata 124 (Meinen Jesum Lass 3:00 p.m. Schumann: Symphony no. 1 in B-flat 11:00 a.m. Borodin: Symphony no. 3 in A Minor
6 Wednesday Ich Nicht) (Spring)
12:00 p.m. Balakirev: “Overture on Three Russian
9:00 a.m. Giuseppe Sammartini: Cello Concerto 10:00 a.m. Kraus: Funeral Music for Gustav III 7:00 p.m. Respighi: The Birds Themes”
10:00 a.m. Bruch: Scottish Fantasy for Violin and 12:00 p.m. Ravel: Noble and Sentimental Waltzes 8:00 p.m. Kalinnikov: Symphony no. 2 in A 1:00 p.m. Metropolitan Opera
Orchestra 1:00 p.m. Brahms: Violin Concerto in D 9:00 p.m. Dvořák: Cello Concerto in B Minor 5:00 p.m. Bizet: “Habanera” from Carmen
12:00 p.m. Scriabin: “Reverie” 2:00 p.m. Schumann: Cello Concerto in A Minor 10:00 p.m. Larsson: A Winter’s Tale
17 Sunday
2:00 p.m. Bruch: Violin Concerto no. 1 in G Minor 3:00 p.m. Ravel: Piano Concerto in G 14 Thursday 7:00 a.m. Tchaikovsky: “Cherubic Hymn” in C
3:00 p.m. Telemann: Suite in D for Viola da 4:00 p.m. Strauss II: Overture to Die Fledermaus 9:00 a.m. Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto 9:00 a.m. Bach: Cantata 13 (Meine Seufzer,
Gamba and Strings 5:00 p.m. My Life in Music in E Minor Meine Tränen)
7:00 p.m. Kabalevsky: Suite from Colas Breugnon 10:00 a.m. Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 2 10:00 a.m. Haydn: The Seasons
11 Monday
8:00 p.m. Bruch: Concerto for Two Pianos in B-flat
9:00 a.m. Haydn: Symphony no. 85 in B-flat 12:00 p.m. Cui: Miniature Suite
9:00 p.m. Schumann: Symphony no. 4 in D Minor (The Queen) 12:00 p.m. Chopin: Barcarolle in F-sharp
1:00 p.m. Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
10:00 p.m. Scriabin: Piano Sonata no. 2 in G-sharp 10:00 a.m. Glière: Harp Concerto in E-flat 1:00 p.m. Bach: Violin Concerto no. 1 in A Minor
2:00 p.m. Borodin: Polovtsian Dances from
Minor (Sonata-Fantasie) 2:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 4 Prince Igor
12:00 p.m. Weber: Overture to Oberon
7 Thursday in F Minor
1:00 p.m. Bach: Orchestral Suite no. 2 in B Minor 3:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto no. 1
9:00 a.m. Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending 3:00 p.m. Handel: Suite in F from Water Music in B-flat Minor
2:00 p.m. Dvořák: Rusalka Fantasy
10:00 a.m. Beethoven: Symphony no. 4 in B-flat 5:00 p.m. Saint-Saëns: “Havanaise” 4:00 p.m. Glazunov: Symphony no. 2
3:00 p.m. Glière: Red Poppy Suite
6:00 p.m. R. Strauss: “Di Rigori Armato il Seno” in F-sharp Minor
11:00 a.m. Elgar: The Wand of Youth, Suite no. 1 7:00 p.m. Renaissance Fare from Der Rosenkavalier 5:00 p.m. Renaissance Fare
12:00 p.m. Mozart: Symphony no. 35 in D (Haffner) 8:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 5 in E 7:00 p.m. Thursday Night Opera House
1:00 p.m. Leclair: Violin Concerto in B-flat Minor 18 Monday
10:00 p.m. Debussy: “Clair de Lune” from Suite
2:00 p.m. Schubert: Symphony no. 6 in C 9:00 p.m. Britten: Variations and Fugue on a 8:00 a.m. S. Ward: “America the Beautiful”
Bergamasque
3:00 p.m. Molino: Guitar Concerto in E Minor Theme of Purcell 9:00 a.m. Chabrier: Pastoral Suite
10:00 p.m. Duruflé: “Agnus Dei” from Requiem 15 Friday
5:00 p.m. Wagner: Prelude to Act I of Die 10:00 a.m. Cui: Suite (In the Popular Style)
Meistersinger von Nürnberg 8:00 a.m. Chopin: Polonaise in A-flat (Heroic)
12 Tuesday 12:00 p.m. Chabrier: “Fête Polonaise” from King in
7:00 p.m. Thursday Night Opera House 9:00 a.m. All-Request Friday Spite of Himself
9:00 a.m. Handel: Concerto Grosso in C from
10:00 p.m. Poulenc: Sonata for Oboe and Piano Alexander’s Feast 10:00 p.m. Haydn: Piano Trio no. 25 in E Minor 2:00 p.m. Dvořák: Symphony no. 9 in E Minor
16 Saturday (From the New World)
8 Friday 10:00 a.m. Brahms: Symphony no. 4 in E Minor
8:00 a.m. Glinka: Memory of “A Summer Night 3:00 p.m. Price: Symphony no. 1 in E Minor
8:00 a.m. Ravel: “Alborada del Gracioso” 12:00 p.m. Beethoven: Leonore Overture no. 3
in Madrid” 5:00 p.m. Steffe: “Battle Hymn of the Republic”
9:00 a.m. Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto no. 3 7:00 p.m. Humperdinck: Overture to Hansel
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20 21program listings (january) program listings (january)
10:00 a.m. Haydn: Symphony no. 104 in D (London) 3:00 p.m. Mozart: String Quartet no. 17 10:00 a.m. Dvořák: Serenade in D Minor for Winds
photo: Kristin Hoebermann
12:00 p.m. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no. 6 in B-flat (Hunt) 12:00 p.m. Chopin: Impromptu no. 4 in C-sharp
in B-flat 7:00 p.m. Mozart: Horn Concerto no. 3 in E-flat Minor (“Fantasie-Impromptu”)
2:00 p.m. Weber: Clarinet Concerto no. 2 in E-flat 8:00 p.m. Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A 1:00 p.m. Buxtehude: Trio Sonata in D
3:00 p.m. Dvořák: Violin Concerto in A Minor 9:00 p.m. Mozart: Symphony no. 38 in D (Prague) 2:00 p.m. Respighi: Rossiniana
6:00 p.m. Verdi: “Di Provenza il Mar” from 10:00 p.m. Mozart: “Ave Verum Corpus” 3:00 p.m. Brahms: Piano Concerto no. 1
La Traviata in D Minor
26 Tuesday
7:00 p.m. Thursday Night Opera House 5:00 p.m. Hérold: Overture to Zampa
8:00 a.m. Mozart: Overture to The Abduction to
10:00 p.m. Schumann: Scenes from Childhood 7:00 p.m. Thursday Night Opera House
the Seraglio
10:00 p.m. Tavener: “Song for Athene”
22 Friday 9:00 a.m. Mozart: Piano Sonata no. 14 in C Minor
8:00 a.m. Schubert: Impromptu in G-flat, D. 899, 10:00 a.m. Mozart: Symphony no. 25 in G Minor 29 Friday
no. 3 12:00 p.m. Mozart: 12 Variations in C on 8:00 a.m. Delius: “By the River” from Florida Suite
9:00 a.m. All-Request Friday “Twinkle, Twinkle” 9:00 a.m. All-Request Friday
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg
b. 1961 (60th birthday) 10:00 p.m. Butterworth: “The Banks of Green 2:00 p.m. Mozart: Violin Concerto no. 5 in A 10:00 p.m. Arensky: Piano Trio no. 1 in D Minor
Willow” (Turkish)
30 Saturday
23 Saturday 3:00 p.m. Mozart: Symphony no. 36 in C (Linz)
8:00 p.m. Copland: Appalachian Spring 8:00 a.m. Quantz: Flute Concerto in G
8:00 a.m. Vaughan Williams: Overture to 7:00 p.m. Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 21 in C
9:00 p.m. Brahms: Symphony no. 1 in C Minor, 9:00 a.m. Haydn: Cello Concerto no. 2 in D
The Wasps 8:00 p.m. Mozart: Symphony no. 40 in G Minor
op. 68 10:00 a.m. Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings in C
9:00 a.m. Clementi: Symphony no. 3 in G (The 9:00 p.m. Mozart: Violin Sonata in F
19 Tuesday Great National) 11:00 a.m. Falla: Three Dances from The Three-
10:00 p.m. Mozart: Rondo in A Minor Cornered Hat
9:00 a.m. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no. 4 in G 10:00 a.m. Mendelssohn: Octet in E-flat
27 Wednesday 12:00 p.m. Bruch: Kol Nidrei
10:00 a.m. Beethoven: Symphony no. 3 in E-flat 11:00 a.m. C.P.E. Bach.: String Symphony in A
(Eroica) 8:00 a.m. Mozart: Overture to The Magic Flute 1:00 p.m. Metropolitan Opera
12:00 p.m. Elgar: Bavarian Dances
12:00 p.m. Fauré: “Après un Rêve” 9:00 a.m. Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 27 in B-flat 5:00 p.m. Herbert: Five Pieces for Cello
1:00 p.m. Metropolitan Opera and Strings
1:00 p.m. Bizet: Carmen Suite no. 1 10:00 a.m. Mozart: Violin Concerto no. 3 in G
5:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo
2:00 p.m. R. Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry 12:00 p.m. Mozart: Rondo from Serenade no. 7 31 Sunday
Theme
Pranks in D (Haffner) 7:00 a.m. Schubert: ”Consecration of the Day”
24 Sunday 2:00 p.m. Mozart: Piano Sonata no. 11 in A
3:00 p.m. Schumann: Piano Concerto in A Minor 9:00 a.m. Bach: Cantata 144 (Nimm, Was Dein Ist,
7:00 a.m. Purcell: “Hear My Prayer, o Lord” 3:00 p.m. Mozart: Quintet in E-flat for Piano und Gehe Hin)
7:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture
9:00 a.m. Bach: Cantata 111 (Was Mein Gott Will, and Winds 10:00 a.m. Fiocco: Missa Solemnis in D
8:00 p.m. Sibelius: Symphony no. 3 in C
das g’scheh Allzeit) 5:00 p.m. Mozart: Overture to Don Giovanni
9:00 p.m. Mozart: Serenade no. 9 in D (Posthorn) 12:00 p.m. Schubert: Sonata in A Minor
10:00 a.m. Rachmaninoff: Liturgy of St. John 7:00 p.m. Mozart: Serenade no. 13 in G (Eine (Arpeggione)
20 Wednesday Chrysostom Kleine Nachtmusik) 1:00 p.m. Bach: Orchestral Suite no. 3 in D
9:00 a.m. Dvořák: Slavonic Dances, op. 72 12:00 p.m. Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in E-flat 8:00 p.m. Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 20 2:00 p.m. Offenbach: Cello Concerto in G
10:00 a.m. Haydn: Symphony no. 100 in G 1:00 p.m. Frederick the Great: Flute Concerto no. in D Minor (Military)
(Military) 3 in C 9:00 p.m. Mozart: Symphony no. 41 in C (Jupiter) 3:00 p.m. Grieg: In Autumn
12:00 p.m. Chausson: Two Dances from 2:00 p.m. E.T.A. Hoffmann: Symphony in E-flat 10:00 p.m. Mozart: “Laudate Dominum” from
The Tempest 4:00 p.m. Schubert: Symphony no. 8 in B Minor
3:00 p.m. Enescu: Romanian Rhapsody no. 1 in A Solemn Vespers of the Confessor (Unfinished)
2:00 p.m. Donizetti: Ballet Music from La Favorita 4:00 p.m. Mendelssohn: Symphony no. 3 28 Thursday 5:00 p.m. Glass: “Echorus”
3:00 p.m. Liszt: Fantasy on Hungarian Folk in A Minor (Scottish)
9:00 a.m. Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto no. 2
Themes 5:00 p.m. Rodrigo: Fantasia for a Gentleman in G Minor
7:00 p.m. Schubert: Symphony no. 3 in D
25 Monday
8:00 p.m. Lalo: Cello Concerto in D Minor
9:00 a.m. Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 24
9:00 p.m. Chausson: Poème in C Minor
21 Thursday 10:00 a.m. Mozart: Symphony no. 39 in E-flat Listen to Great Classical Music 24-7 by
8:00 a.m. Offenbach: Overture to La Belle Hélène 12:00 p.m. Mozart: Overture to The Marriage streaming at TheClassicalStation.org!
9:00 a.m. Schumann: Concert Piece in F for Four of Figaro
Horns and Orchestra 2:00 p.m. Mozart: Piano Sonata no. 12 in F
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