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March • April • May
Quarter Notes
WCPE Radio, The Classical Station • Spring 2020
Cinema Classics
Spring Membership Drive
In the Gardens of Spain
Back to the Baroque
Primarily Piano
table of contents
WCPE Daily Schedule Quarter Notes® Meet Your Host........................1
Weekdays WCPE’s member magazine From the Editor........................2
Vol. 42, no. 1
12:00 Sleepers, Awake! with Sherman Wallace March Calendar........................3
WCPE’s mission is to expand the community of Classical
midnight
music lovers by sharing Classical music with everyone,
5:30 a.m. Rise and Shine with Phil Davis Campbell everywhere, at any time. We entertain, educate, and April Calendar..........................4
engage our audience with informative announcers,
10:00 a.m. Classical Café with Charles Holloway programs, and publications. We strive to make it easy to May Calendar...........................5
appreciate and enjoy Great Classical Music.
9:00 a.m.– Final Friday of each month:
10:00 p.m. All-Request Friday Editor: Christina Strobl Romano Spring Highlights......................6
Designer: Deborah Cruz
1:00 p.m. As You Like It with Nick Robinson Printer: Chamblee Graphics Mondays This Quarter
4:00 p.m. Allegro with Dick Storck My Life in Music, Renaissance Fare........8
WCPE Staff Monday Night at the Symphony.............9
5:30 p.m. 5:30 waltz Deborah S. Proctor.......................... General Manager
7:00 p.m. Mondays through Wednesdays and & Chief Engineer Meet Your Host: Opera House..........................10
Fridays: WCPE Concert Hall with Andy Phil Davis Campbell.Network Broadcasting Director*
Huber, Charles Holloway, Warner Bob Chapman................................ Opera House Host
Phil Davis Campbell Sundays This Quarter
Hall, Larry Hedlund, Bruce Matheny, Gregg Cockroft...............................Facilities Engineer How long have you been an announcer at
Christopher Scoville, Mark Schreiner, Great Sacred Music............................ 11
Adrienne DiFranco....... Accounting/Member Services WCPE? I bet you’ve seen lots of changes
and a variety of volunteer hosts John Graham.........................Director of Engineering Preview.............................................. 12
over the years. When I arrived at The
Thursdays: WCPE Opera House with Charles Holloway................Announcer and Producer Wavelengths, and
Bob Chapman Classical Station in 1992, we broadcast only
Michael Hugo............................................Announcer Peaceful Reflections........................13
in our local area in central North Carolina.
8:00 p.m. Mondays: Monday Night at the Symphony Haydn Jones..............................................Announcer
with Andy Huber, Charles Holloway, and a Rob Kennedy......................... Social Media Director*;
We are now at 100,000 watts and broadcast- Program Listings.....................14
variety of hosts Great Sacred Music host ing around the world via the web, satellite,
10:00 p.m. Music in the Night with Bob Chapman, Dan McHugh...............Director of Member Services* and mobile app. It seems changes take place Thank-you Gifts.....................16
Mike Huber, Bo Degnan, Claire Huene, Mary Moonen................................. Business Support almost every day.
Dave Stackowicz, Tony Waller, and a and Traffic Manager Lately We’ve Read
Susan Nunn.....................................Member Services;
How did you get involved in broadcast- Mozart in Paris
variety of hosts
Web Team Coordinator ing? While at college, I was a host at our By Frantz Duchazeau.....................28
Saturdays Jane O’Connor............ Acting Volunteer Coordinator small radio station. At only 5 watts, it was
12:00 Sleepers, Awake! with Haydn Jones Stu Pattison............................................ Data Services the start of the fire inside to pursue a broad- WCPE Education
midnight Nan Pincus............................ Music Library Assistant casting life. I went on to study radio and Fund News.............................29
Nick Robinson...........................................Announcer television at broadcasting school in Boston.
6:00 a.m. Weekend Classics with Lyle Adley-Warrick,
Helen Halva, Peggy Powell, Joyce Kidd, Christina Strobl Romano.............. Publications Editor Primarily Piano Weekend.......29
Dick Storck.................Network Operations Director* Do you have a background in music per-
and a variety of volunteer hosts
Sherman Wallace.......................................Announcer formance? By 6, I began to learn the piano Classical Community..............30
6:00 p.m. Saturday Evening Request Program with and by 11 switched to the trumpet. I took
William Woltz...................................Music Director*
Haydn Jones Classical Events and
*This staff member is also an announcer. part in many high school concerts and play
Sundays productions; Classical Music was the main Promotional Partners..............31
©Copyright 1978–2020, WCPE Radio, Raleigh, NC.
12:00 Sleepers, Awake! with Michael Hugo All rights reserved. All material disseminated by WCPE, part of spring and winter concerts. Thanks to
midnight including compilations, is copyrighted or used under so many hours of practice, I was also in the What You're Saying................32
application regulations. Baltimore Colts Marching Band before the
6:00 a.m. Weekend Classics with Chuck Till and a
variety of hosts Allegro; As You Like It; Classical Cafe; Quarter Notes; Rise team left Baltimore.
and Shine; Sleepers, Awake!; TheClassicalStation and The
7:30 a.m. Sing for Joy with Bruce Benson Classical Station; and WCPE are registered or pending Have you seen any concerts by different
8:00 a.m. Great Sacred Music with Rob Kennedy trademarks or service marks of WCPE. musicians around the world? Which ones
WCPE stand out in your memory? I was able
11:00 a.m. Weekend Classics with Greysolynne
P.O. Box 828 to travel to Italy and throughout Europe
Hyman, Helen Bowman, Claire Huene,
Dan Poirier, Naomi Lambert, Bruce Wake Forest, NC 27588 and was excited to see Aida at the Castel
On the cover:
Huffine, and a variety of volunteer hosts 800.556.5178 Sant’Angelo in Rome, Italy. Join us for Primarily Piano
6:00 p.m. Preview! with Steve Thebes, David Jeffrey Membership: membership@theclassicalstation.org from May 9 to 10.
Is there anything else your listeners might
Smith, and a variety of hosts Editor: christina_romano@theclassicalstation.org Photo of Lars Vogt copyright
enjoy knowing about you? Being the host
9:00 p.m. Wavelengths with Ed Amend Website: theclassicalstation.org of Rise and Shine at The Classical Station Neda Navaee.
10:00 p.m. Peaceful Reflections with Ed Amend and our Classical Conundrum is such a joy
and honor each day!
1
from the editor march calendar
Our founder and general manager, Deborah 1 Sunday 17 Tuesday St. Patrick’s Day
Proctor, likes to say that every member
Frédéric Chopin 1810 18 Wednesday
makes a difference in community radio—
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson 1954 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov 1844
every single member is important. This
spring, we ask our community of Great 2 Monday Nobuko Imai 1943
Classical Music lovers to remember what sets Bedřich Smetana 1824 James Conlon 1950 (70th birthday)
WCPE, The Classical Station, apart from Celedonio Romero 1913 19 Thursday Spring begins
other radio stations. 3 Tuesday Myung-Wha Chung 1944
We don’t just play Great Classical Music 24 4 Wednesday 20 Friday Spring Membership Drive
hours a day, 7 days a week. You listen to us Antonio Vivaldi 1678 Sviatoslav Richter 1915
for the special programs that are unique to Bernard Haitink 1929 21 Saturday
WCPE—Monday Night at the Symphony, 5 Thursday
Renaissance Fare, Opera House, and Great J.S. Bach 1685 (335th anniversary
Arthur Foote 1853 of birth)
Sacred Music, to name a few. Every quarter You can decline a thank-you gift if you
Heitor Villa-Lobos 1887 Modest Mussorgsky 1839
we feature programming events and theme would rather divert 10 percent of your dona- Barry Tuckwell 1931 Artur Grumiaux 1921
weekends, and we know how much you tion to the WCPE Education Fund, which Richard Hickox 1948 Erich Kunzel 1935 (85th anniversary
love our all-request programs on Fridays awards grants to nonprofit organizations of birth)
and Saturdays. 6 Friday All-Request Friday
committed to music education in North
Lorin Maazel 1930 (90th anniversary 22 Sunday
Every issue of Quarter Notes brings you Carolina. Read about what’s new with this
wonderful program on page 29. of birth) Hamish MacCunn 1868
programming highlights starting with pages
6 and 7. This spring, you’ll enjoy a bonanza 7 Saturday 23 Monday
Have you been to our website lately at
of events including Cinema Classics, In the TheClassicalStation.org? We stream online Maurice Ravel 1875 Franz Schreker 1878
Gardens of Spain, Back to the Baroque, and at the “Listen Now” link, and you can find 8 Sunday Daylight Saving Time begins 24 Tuesday
Primarily Piano! And, of course, keep an eye exciting new content in Preview, Podcasts, CPE Bach 1714 Byron Janis 1928
on the listings starting on page 14 for your and Conversations under Features. You can Alan Hovhaness 1911 25 Wednesday
favorite pieces. find us on the FM dial at 89.7 in central Pepe Romero 1944
North Carolina, and because there is always Arturo Toscanini 1867
Keep your subscription going by continuing 9 Monday
a live host here, you can call us any time at Béla Bartók 1881
to be a member of the Great Classical Music Samuel Barber 1910 Zdeněk Košler 1928
family! From March 20 through 29, we ask 919.556.5178.
Thomas Schippers 1930 26 Thursday
for your continued financial support during
10 Tuesday Pierre Boulez 1925 (95th anniversary
our Spring Membership Drive. We provide
membership benefits like your subscription Pablo de Sarasate 1844 of birth)
to Quarter Notes and a specially chosen selec- Charles Groves 1915 Kyung-Wha Chung 1948
tion of thank-you gifts, including logo gear Christina Strobl Romano 11 Wednesday 27 Friday
as well as CDs and DVDs. See what we’re Editor of Quarter Notes 12 Thursday Vincent d’Indy 1851
offering this spring on pages 16 and 17. Thomas Arne 1710 Ferde Grofé 1892
Mstislav Rostropovich 1927
13 Friday All-Request Friday
28 Saturday
14 Saturday
cinema classics
Rudolf Serkin 1903
Georg Philipp Telemann 1681
weekend
Help The Classical Station get the Johann Strauss I 1804 29 Sunday
William Walton 1902
Membership Drive off to a great 15 Sunday
E. Power Biggs 1906
start by encouraging others to match Eduard Strauss 1835
30 Monday
your donation of $300 or more. 16 Monday
31 Tuesday
Roger Norrington 1934
For more information, please call Teresa Berganza 1935 (85th anniversary Franz Josef Haydn 1732
Member Services at 919.556.5178. of birth)
Claus Peter Flor 1953
2 3april calendar may calendar
1 Wednesday April Fools’ Day 16 Thursday 1 Friday All-Request Friday 16 Saturday Armed Forces Day
Ferruccio Busoni 1866 Federico Mompou 1893 Hugo Alfvén 1872 Andrew Litton 1959
Sergei Rachmaninoff 1873 Dennis Russell Davies 1944 Walter Susskind 1913 17 Sunday
2 Thursday 17 Friday All-Request Friday 2 Saturday Erik Satie 1866
Franz Lachner 1803 Artur Schnabel 1882 Alessandro Scarlatti 1660 Sándor Végh 1912
3 Friday All-Request Friday Gregor Piatigorsky 1903 Hans Christian Lumbye 1810 Dennis Brain 1921
Adolphus Hailstork 1941 Valery Gergiev 1953 Paul Crossley 1944
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco 1895 Cristina Ortiz 1950 (70th birthday)
(125th anniversary of birth) 3 Sunday 18 Monday Victoria Day, Canada
18 Saturday
back to the baroque weekend
Garrick Ohlsson 1948 Virgil Fox 1912 Karl Goldmark 1830
Franz von Suppé 1819 4 Monday Clifford Curzon 1907
4 Saturday Leopold Stokowski 1882
in the gardens of
19 Tuesday
spain weekend
Vladimir Jurowski 1972 Jean Guillou 1930 (90th anniversary Emil von Řezníček 1860
of birth) Gennadi Rozhdestvensky 1931 20 Wednesday
5 Sunday Palm Sunday
Enrique Bátiz 1942
19 Sunday 21 Thursday
Louis Spohr 1784 5 Tuesday Cinquo de Mayo
Herbert von Karajan 1908 Murray Perahia 1947 Maurice André 1933
Yan Pascal Tortelier 1947 Hans Pfitzner 1869 Heinz Holliger 1939
6 Monday Agustín Barrios 1885
20 Monday 22 Friday All-Request Friday
André Previn 1929 Cyprien Katsaris 1951
Pascal Rogé 1951 John Eliot Gardiner 1943 Richard Wagner 1813
6 Wednesday
7 Tuesday 21 Tuesday 23 Saturday
7 Thursday
memorial day weekend
Robert Casadesus 1899 Randall Thompson 1899 Alicia de Larrocha 1923
Johannes Brahms 1833 John Browning 1933
Leif Ove Andsnes 1970 (50th birthday) Stanley Ritchie 1935 (85th birthday) Peter Tchaikovsky 1840
8 Wednesday Passover begins at sunset 22 Wednesday Earth Day 24 Sunday
8 Friday All-Request Friday
Giuseppe Tartini 1692 Giuseppe Torelli 1658 Paul Paray 1886
Karl Stamitz 1745 (275th anniversary Hans-Martin Linde 1930 (90th birthday)
Adrian Boult 1889 Ethel Smyth 1858 of birth)
9 Thursday Yehudi Menuhin 1916 Louis Moreau Gottschalk 1829 25 Monday Memorial Day observed
Jukka-Pekka Saraste 1956 26 Tuesday
Antal Doráti 1906 Franz Welser-Möst 1960 (60th birthday) 9 Saturday
primarily piano
Jerzy Maksymiuk 1936 Carlo Maria Giulini 1914 Vlado Perlemuter 1904
23 Thursday
weekend
10 Friday Good Friday/All-Request Friday 10 Sunday Mother’s Day 27 Wednesday
Ruggero Leoncavallo 1857
Yefim Bronfman 1958 Jean-Marie Leclair 1697 Jacques Halévy 1799
24 Friday All-Request Friday Joachim Raff 1822
11 Saturday Ani Kavafian 1948
John Williams (guitarist) 1941 28 Thursday
Jean-Joseph Mouret 1682 11 Monday
Alberto Ginastera 1916 25 Saturday Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau 1925 (95th
Anatol Liadov 1855
12 Sunday Easter 26 Sunday William Grant Still 1895 (125th anniversary of birth)
Josef Lanner 1801 27 Monday anniversary of birth) 29 Friday All-Request Friday
Jean-François Paillard 1928 Friedrich von Flotow 1812 12 Tuesday Isaac Albéniz 1860
Montserrat Caballé 1933 Sergei Prokofiev 1891 Jules Massenet 1842 Erich Korngold 1897
13 Monday 28 Tuesday Gabriel Fauré 1845 Karl Münchinger 1915
William Sterndale Bennett 1816 Yoav Talmi 1943 13 Wednesday 30 Saturday
John & Richard Contiguglia 1937 29 Wednesday Arthur Sullivan 1842 Gustav Leonhardt 1928
14 Tuesday Jane Glover 1949 Zoltán Kocsis 1952
Thomas Beecham 1879
Paavo Berglund 1929 Malcolm Sargent 1895 (125th 14 Thursday 31 Sunday
Julian Lloyd Webber 1951 anniversary of birth) Otto Klemperer 1885 Marin Marais 1656
Mikhail Pletnev 1957 Zubin Mehta 1936 Alan Marks 1949 Louise Farrenc 1804
Alisa Weilerstein 1982 30 Thursday 15 Friday All-Request Friday
15 Wednesday Franz Lehár 1870 Claudio Monteverdi 1567
Neville Marriner 1924 Robert Shaw 1916 Michael William Balfe 1808
Lars-Erik Larsson 1908
Anne Akiko Meyers 1970 (50th birthday)
4 5spring highlights spring highlights
By Nan Pincus Back to the Baroque Memorial Day Weekend
April 18–19 May 23–25
photo: Robert Bruce Duncan
The Metropolitan Opera During the time of the musical Baroque, An extended weekend celebrating American
Saturdays through May 9 from 1600–1750, Western music reached composers and performers, with lots of
The Met continues with weekly live broad- levels of harmonic complexity and instru- patriotic music on Monday to honor the
casts from Lincoln Center, including a new mental virtuosity never known before. We’ll men and women who have given so much
production of Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman explore this fascinating period through some for our country.
(March 14) and Puccini’s Tosca (April 11). of the best-known works by Bach, Handel,
The Met’s Mary Jo Heath is your host. and Vivaldi, plus enchanting lesser-known All-Request Fridays and Saturday
pieces by Telemann, Albinoni, Purcell,
Evening Request Program
Women’s History Month Buxtehude, the Scarlatti family, and more.
The Classical Station now gives you two
March weekly opportunities to ask for your
From Hildegard von Bingen (born 1098) Primarily Piano Classical music favorites. Every Friday is
to Florence Price (born 1887) to María May 9–10
now All-Request Friday, from 9:00 a.m.
Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir (born 1980) This weekend we’ll feature the instrument until 10:00 p.m., and the Saturday Evening
and her contemporaries, this March we so often described as an interlocutor, a lover, Request Program continues every Saturday
will celebrate female composers of Classical and a friend. We’ll hear some of today’s from 6:00 p.m. until midnight. Submit your
Elmer Bernstein featured during
music as well as ground-breaking perform- Cinema Classics
brightest and best players, including Igor advance requests at TheClassicalStation.org,
ers. We’ll have a special focus on today’s Levitt, Víkingur Ólafsson, Lars Vogt, and or call WCPE at 919.556.0123.
composers during WCPE’s Wavelengths, Xiayin Wang, plus the established masters of
Sundays at 9:00 p.m. ET. Spring Membership Drive the 20th century including Mitsuko Uchida,
March 20–29 Maurizio Pollini, and Byron Janis.
Your financial support helps WCPE
photo: Lilja Birgisdóttir
share Great Classical Music with lis- Featured during Primarily Piano
teners everywhere. Make your gift at
TheClassicalStation.org, or mail your silent
photo: Gregor Hohenberg & Sony Classical
photo: Felix Broede
pledge to WCPE Radio, PO Box 828, Wake
Forest, NC 27588.
In the Gardens of Spain
April 4–5
Spanish music invites us to enjoy the beauty
of the Iberian landscape. Sunshine and
bright colors, Moorish castles, passionate
folk dances, and Classical guitar make a
unique and memorable experience. With
María Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir featured Leif Ove Andsnes Igor Levitt
music of Tárrega, Rodrigo, de Falla, Albéniz,
during Women’s History Month Granados, and more—we’ll bring you a great
weekend celebrating the music of Spain!
photo: Decca & Justin Pumfrey
photo: Ari Magg
Cinema Classics
March 14–15
Passover
April 8
Filmmakers know that audiences respond to
WCPE airs a special program of music at
what they hear as well as what they see. The
6:00 p.m. ET to mark the beginning of
rich tradition of music in film comprises both
Passover at sunset this day.
Classical works included in beloved mov-
ies and music written specifically for films.
With composers such as Max Steiner, Elmer Easter
Bernstein, Hans Zimmer, and John Williams, April 12
we’ve got the makings for a great weekend Celebrate with Rob Kennedy, host of Great
Mitsuko Uchida Víkingur Ólafsson
celebrating the music of the silver screen! Sacred Music, beginning at 8:00 a.m. ET.
6 7mondays this quarter mondays this quarter
My Life in Music showcases professional March
musicians who share stories about their 2 Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
careers and their work. Interwoven with 9 Royal Scottish National Orchestra
the conversations are musical selections
16 Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra
which illustrate their talking points. Join
us on the first Monday of each month at 23 Show your support during WCPE’s Spring
By William Woltz
7:00 p.m. Eastern and again the follow- Membership Drive
Mondays at 8:00 p.m. (Eastern)
First Mondays at 7:00 p.m. ing Sunday at 5:00 p.m. This quarter our 30 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Second Sundays at 5:00 p.m. guests are artist manager Andrew Ousley, Every Monday on The Classical Station, we
(All times Eastern) conductor Philip Cave, and baritone spend a couple of hours featuring a great April
With host Rob Kennedy orchestra in classic performances from our
Sherrill Milnes. 6 Los Angeles Philharmonic
music library.
13 London Symphony Orchestra
In the coming weeks, we’ll hear from some
20 Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
of Europe’s finest orchestras along with
27 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
photo: Bob Barkany
photo: David White
photo: Dario Acosta
American favorites including the Atlanta
Symphony Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony,
May
Los Angeles Philharmonic, and, on Memorial
Day, the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. 4 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
11 Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
Be sure to listen each week as we spotlight
the world’s best orchestras on Monday Night 18 French National Orchestra
at the Symphony. 25 St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
photo: Dilip Vishwanat
Andrew Ousley Philip Cave Sherrill Milnes
Artist manager Conductor Composer
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
March 2 April 6 May 4
other popular groups playing music of the tunes there are about this most popular
photo:
Teresa Wood
Renaissance period. Tune in Monday, March season of the year. We will play music
9, at 7:00 p.m. for music of the royal courts that accompanies the traditional dancing
of Europe. Listen for the repeat broadcast around the May pole. Be sure to tune in on
Sunday, May 15, at 5:00 p.m. Monday, May 11, at 7:00 p.m. Also listen
for the repeat broadcast on Sunday, May 17,
Second Mondays at 7:00 p.m. Renaissance Fare in April celebrates the
at 5:00 p.m.
Third Sundays at 5:00 p.m. beauty and hope of Easter time and spring.
(All times Eastern) Join us for our April edition on Monday, Listen to Renaissance Fare on the second
With host George Douglas April 13, at 7:00 p.m. Listen for the repeat Monday of each month at 7:00 p.m. on
broadcast on Sunday, April 19, at 5:00 p.m. WCPE, TheClassicalStation.org, with a
Renaissance Fare in March will concentrate
repeat broadcast on the following Sunday at
on the music of the great kings! We’ll hear During Renaissance Fare in May we will
5:00 p.m.
recordings by Early Music New York, the surely be thinking, “Summer is a-coming.” Folger Consort
Folger Consort, the Baltimore Consort, and It’s amazing how many great Renaissance
8 9opera house sundays this quarter
April 2 Delibes’s Lakmé March 1
Indian Brahmin priest Nilakantha (Van Bach: Motet BWV 227
Dam) kills British officer Gérald (Kunde), Sowerby: The Throne of God
who’s been having an affair with the priest’s March 8
daughter Lakmé (Dessay).
Bach: St. Luke Passion BWV 246
April 9 Wagner’s Parsifal Poulenc: Stabat Mater
A foolish young man, Parsifal (Hofmann), March 15
gains wisdom through compassion and
Bach: Cantata BWV 54
brings healing to Amfortas (Van Dam),
Thursdays at 7:00 p.m. (Eastern) Haydn: The Seven Last Words of Christ Leo Sowerby
leader of the Grail Knights.
With host Bob Chapman March 22
April 16 Rossini’s Semiramide
March 5
Massenet’s Don Quichotte &
Leigh’s Man of La Mancha
Assur (Rouleau), who helps Semiramide
(Sutherland) murder her husband, wants
Spring Membership Drive
March 29
Great Sacred Music
Aging knight Quichotte (Ghiaurov) and to marry the queen, but she’s attracted to Spring Membership Drive Sundays at 8:00 a.m. (Eastern)
his squire Sancho (Bacquier) woo the Arsace (Horne)—who turns out to be her With host Rob Kennedy
lovely Dulcinée (Crespin) in Massenet’s April 5
own son. (From the Ruocchio Archives.) April 26
1895 opera. The 1965 Broadway version of Bach: Cantata BWV 182
Cervantes’s classic novel features Domingo, April 23 Poulenc’s Dialogues des Carmélites Boccherini: Stabat Mater Bach: Cantata BWV 112
Patinkin, and Migenes. An emotionally unstable Blanche de la Force Caplet: Le Miroir de Jesus
April 12
(Dubosc) enters a Carmelite convent seeking May 3
March 12 Blitzstein’s Regina Bach: Cantata BWV 4
peace. Against the background of the French
A bleak picture of upper-class American MacMillan: Edinburgh Te Deum Bach: Cantata BWV 12
Revolution, she and other nuns willingly go
life at the turn of the last century in a small Haydn: Paukenmesse
to the guillotine. April 19
Southern town, Regina exposes how greed May 10
April 30 Mozart’s Die Entführung aus dem Serail Bach: Cantata BWV 42
can destroy a family. Ciesinski, Ramey, Bach: Cantata BWV 166
Belmonte (Schreier) rescues Konstanze Handel: La Resurrezione
Rieux, and Greenawald sing principal roles. Gawthrop: How Beautiful Upon the Mountains
(Auger), Blondchen (Grist), and Pedrillo
March 19 Gounod’s Faust May 17
(Neukirch) from a Turkish harem despite
Faust (Domingo) sells his soul to the devilish roadblocks of Osmin (Moll). Bach: Cantata BWV 86
Méphistophélès (Ghiaurov) in return for a Lloyd Webber: Requiem
love affair with Marguerite (Freni). (From May 7 Giordano’s Andrea Chénier
the Ruocchio Archives.) During the French Revolution, the poet May 24
Chénier (Del Monaco) rebukes Maddalena Bach: Cantata BWV 11
March 26 Spring Membership Drive
(Tebaldi) for scorning love. Later, they fall Tyberg: Mass in G
Bob Chapman and Rob Kennedy play arias, in love, but her former boyfriend Gérard
ensembles, and choruses as you pledge your May 31
(Bastianini) denounces Chénier.
support for the WCPE Opera House. André Caplet Bach: Cantata BWV 218
May 14 Puccini’s Il Trittico Brahms: A German Requiem
Scotto, Domingo, and Wixell star in Il
Tabarro; Scotto is Suor Angelica; and Gobbi,
Cotrubaș, and Domingo head the cast in
Gianni Schicchi.
May 21 Donizetti’s Don Pasquale
Sponsors of Great Sacred Music
Pasquale (Bruscantini) wants to marry to Great Sacred Music is made possible by our listeners and the following people and organizations:
prevent nephew Ernesto (Winbergh) from All Saints Anglican Church James H. Lazenby Claude and Sarah Snow
inheriting his estate. Malatesta (Nucci) sug- Raleigh, NC Fearrington Village, NC Chapel Hill, NC
gests his sister Norina (Freni), who’s in love The Chapel of the Cross Dr. Jerry Grise Fred Walters
with Ernesto. (From the Ruocchio Archives.) Chapel Hill, NC Cary, NC Raleigh, NC
May 28 Weill’s Street Scene University Presbyterian Church William Marley David Crabtree
Chapel Hill, NC Raleigh, NC Raleigh, NC
A story of everyday life in a New York City
tenement, culminating in murder and the Dr. Alfred Goshaw Thomas Nutt-Powell
Renata Scotto Chapel Hill, NC Boston, MA
decision of the heroine (Barstow) to seek a
Dr. and Mrs. Harold Chapman William Raper of Trinity Concepts
better life elsewhere.
10 11
Macon, GA Raleigh, NCsundays this quarter sundays this quarter
Preview!
photo: Sussie Ahlburg
Sundays at 6:00 p.m. ET Sundays at 9:00 p.m. (Eastern)
With hosts Steve Thebes and With host Ed Amend
David Jeffrey Smith Born in Bulgaria and raised in London,
By Rob Kennedy Dobrinka Tabakova writes music that draws
Every Sunday evening from 6:00 to upon both eastern and western European
9:00 p.m. Eastern, The Classical Station traditions. Her works have been commis-
presents Preview, a program featuring Zebulon Highben, conductor sioned by numerous organizations, including
new Classical recording releases. From the Royal Philharmonic Society and BBC
symphonies to vocal music, from ballet to Radio 3, and her 2013 album String Paths
was nominated for a Grammy Award.
photo: Teresa Tam Photography Studio
chamber music, we sample new interpreta- Dobrinka Tabakova
tions of familiar music, as well as newer Join The Classical Station on Sunday, March
music. A regular feature of Preview is an 8, as we celebrate the music of Dobrinka
interview at approximately 7:00 p.m. We Tabakova on Wavelengths. It’s part of our Wavelengths brings you the best in contempo-
speak with performing musicians and larger feature of contemporary female com- rary Classical music, featuring works from the
composers from around the world. If you posers during Women’s History Month. mid-20th century through today.
miss the interview on a Sunday evening,
remember that you will find many of our
interviews on the Conversations page on
our website, accessible in the Features sec- Juliana Soltis, cellist
tion at theclassicalstation.org. This spring
our guests will include conductor Zebulon
photo: Lisa Marie Mazzucco
Highben, cellist Juliana Soltis, and violin-
ist Rachel Barton Pine.
We also offer a look at upcoming events here
in our local area. Central North Carolina is
home to dozens of orchestras, bands, choral Sundays at 10:00 p.m. ET
societies, and instrumental ensembles of With host Ed Amend
all kinds. Contact our Production team at
wcpe@theclassicalstation.org to have your Following Wavelengths, WCPE brings
organization’s event added to our Classical you two hours of music intended to
Arts Calendar. Rachel Barton Pine, violinist help you unwind from the week that’s
ending and prepare for the one ahead.
Peaceful Reflections is a thoughtful,
relaxing mix of orchestral, chamber,
choral, and organ works, a perfect way
to end a Sunday evening.
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12 13program listings (march) program listings (march)
March Featured Works 10:00 p.m. Mendelssohn-Hensel: “March” from 10:00 a.m. Ravel: Mother Goose Ballet 11 Wednesday
The Year
All programming is subject to change. For a 11:00 a.m. Rossini: Overture to William Tell 9:00 a.m. Ponchielli: “Dance of the Hours” from
complete list of a specific day’s music, go to 3 Tuesday 12:00 p.m. Ravel: “Pavane for a Dead Princess” La Gioconda
TheClassicalStation.org. 9:00 a.m. C. Schumann: Piano Concerto 1:00 p.m. Metropolitan Opera 10:00 a.m. Mendelssohn: Symphony no. 5
in A Minor (Reformation)
5:00 p.m. Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin
1 Sunday 10:00 a.m. Haydn: Symphony no. 94 in G (Surprise) 12:00 p.m. Debussy: “Clair de Lune”
7:00 a.m. Chopin: Barcarolle in F-sharp 8 Sunday
12:00 p.m. Bach: Orchestral Suite no. 3 in D 2:00 p.m. Medtner: Piano Concerto no. 2
9:00 a.m. Bach: Motet no. 3 (Jesu, Meine Freude) 7:00 a.m. C.P.E. Bach: String Symphony in C in C Minor
2:00 p.m. Price: “Dances in the Canebrakes”
10:00 a.m. Sowerby: The Throne of God 9:00 a.m. Bach: St. Luke Passion 3:00 p.m. Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kijé Suite
3:00 p.m. Telemann: Overture in B-flat
12:00 p.m. Chopin: Piano Sonata no. 3 in B Minor 10:00 a.m. Poulenc: Stabat Mater 7:00 p.m. Mozart: Oboe Concerto in C
7:00 p.m. Alfvén: Swedish Rhapsody no. 1
1:00 p.m. Brahms: Violin Concerto in D (Midsummer Vigil) 12:00 p.m. Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez 8:00 p.m. Schumann: Symphony no. 2 in C
2:00 p.m. Farrenc: Clarinet Trio in E-flat 8:00 p.m. Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 1 in C 1:00 p.m. Hovhaness: “Prayer of St. Gregory” for 9:00 p.m. Beethoven: Symphony no. 6 in F
Trumpet and Strings (Pastoral)
3:00 p.m. Chopin: Piano Concerto no. 1 in E Minor 9:00 p.m. Brahms: Horn Trio in E-flat
2:00 p.m. E. Mayer: Piano Trio in B Minor 10:00 p.m. Beach: Violin Sonata in A Minor
4:00 p.m. Smyth: Serenade in D 10:00 p.m. Higdon: “Amazing Grace”
3:00 p.m. C.P.E. Bach: Cello Concerto in A Minor
5:00 p.m. Chopin: Ballade no. 1 in G Minor 4 Wednesday 12 Thursday
4:00 p.m. Boccherini: Guitar Quintet no. 4 in D
9:00 p.m. Lieberson: “Love, Love, the Clouds 9:00 a.m. Vivaldi: Lute Concerto in D 9:00 a.m. Arne: Symphony no. 3 in E-flat
(Fandango)
Went up the Tower of the Sky” from 10:00 a.m. Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
10:00 a.m. Mozart: Symphony no. 38 in D (Prague) 5:00 p.m. My Life in Music
Neruda Songs
12:00 p.m. Harbach: Jubilee Symphony 12:00 p.m. Lili Boulanger: Prelude in D-flat
2 Monday 9 Monday
2:00 p.m. Vivaldi: Four Seasons 2:00 p.m. Mozart: Symphony no. 35 in D (Haffner)
9:00 a.m. Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A 9:00 a.m. Chopin: Piano Concerto no. 2 in F Minor
3:00 p.m. Wagner: Siegfried Idyll 3:00 p.m. Falla: Four Dances from The Three-
10:00 a.m. Smetana: Overture and Dances from 10:00 a.m. Barber: “Adagio for Strings” Cornered Hat
7:00 p.m. Beach: Piano Trio in A Minor
The Bartered Bride 12:00 p.m. Chaminade: “Carnival Waltz” 5:00 p.m. Wagner: “Entry of the Guests at
8:00 p.m. Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto no. 2 in
12:00 p.m. Sanz: Suite Española 2:00 p.m. Mendelssohn: Symphony no. 4 Wartburg” from Tannhäuser
C Minor
2:00 p.m. Chaminade: “Fairy Tales” in A (Italian) 7:00 p.m. Opera House
9:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D
3:00 p.m. Smetana: String Quartet no. 1 in E 3:00 p.m. C. Schumann: Three Romances 10:00 p.m. Mendelssohn-Hensel: String Quartet
Minor (From My Life) (orchestrated) 5 Thursday for Piano in E-flat
5:00 p.m. Paradis: “Sicilienne” 9:00 a.m. Roellig: Horn Concerto in D 5:00 p.m. Barber: Overture to The School
13 Friday
10:00 a.m. Sullivan: Incidental Music from For Scandal
7:00 p.m. My Life in Music 8:00 a.m. Suppé: “Light Cavalry” Overture
Shakespeare’s The Tempest 7:00 p.m. Renaissance Fare
8:00 p.m. Smetana: Má Vlast 9:00 a.m. All-Request Friday
12:00 p.m. Villa-Lobos: “Gavota-Choro” from 8:00 p.m. Barber: Symphony no. 1
9:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien 10:00 p.m. Farrenc: Nonetto in E-flat
Brazilian Popular Suite 9:00 p.m. Dvořák: Violin Concerto in A Minor
1:00 p.m. Respighi: Suite no. 3 from Ancient Airs 10:00 p.m. Hildegard von Bingen: “O Felix Anima” 14 Saturday
and Dances 8:00 a.m. E. Bernstein: Suite from To Kill
photo: Lisa-Marie Mazzucco
10 Tuesday
2:00 p.m. Delius: In a Summer Garden, a Rhapsody a Mockingbird
9:00 a.m. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no. 6
3:00 p.m. Farrenc: Piano Trio no. 1 in E-flat 9:00 a.m. Dukas: Sorcerer’s Apprentice
in B-flat
6:00 p.m. Mozart: Horn Concerto no. 3 in E-flat 10:00 a.m. Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
10:00 a.m. Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals
7:00 p.m. Opera House 11:00 a.m. Rodgers: Five Selections from
12:00 p.m. Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of
10:00 p.m. Foote: Suite in E for Strings Victory at Sea
a Faun
12:00 p.m. Jóhannsson: The Theory of
6 Friday 2:00 p.m. Sarasate: Carmen Fantasy
Everything Suite
8:00 a.m. Strauss II: Artists’ Life 3:00 p.m. Elgar: Nursery Suite
1:00 p.m. Metropolitan Opera
9:00 a.m. All-Request Friday 6:00 p.m. Mendelssohn-Hensel: Capriccio
4:00 p.m. Williams: “Marion’s Theme” from
10:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: Melancholy Serenade, in A-flat
Raiders of the Lost Ark
op. 26 7:00 p.m. Kabalevsky: The Comedians, Suite
5:00 p.m. John Powell: How to Train Your
for Orchestra
7 Saturday Dragon, Selections
8:00 p.m. Mozart: Symphony no. 25 in G Minor
7:00 a.m. Haydn: Symphony no. 6 in D (Morning) 15 Sunday
Anne Akiko Meyers b. 1970 9:00 p.m. Weber: Grand Duo Concertante for
8:00 a.m. Ravel: Noble and Sentimental Waltzes 7:00 a.m. Barry: Suite from The Lion in Winter
(50th birthday) Clarinet and Piano
9:00 a.m. Farrenc: Piano Quintet no. 1 in A Minor
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16 17program listings (march) program listings (march/april)
3:00 p.m. Arnold: Four Irish Dances 8:00 p.m. Brahms: Piano Concerto no. 1 6:00 p.m. Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
photo: Dan Steinberg for LAOpera
7:00 p.m. Stanford: Irish Rhapsody no. 1 in D Minor 7:00 p.m. Opera House
8:00 p.m. Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 5 in 9:00 p.m. Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé, Suite no. 2 10:00 p.m. Grandval: Romance and Gavotte
E-flat, op. 73 (Emperor) 10:00 p.m. Hildegard von Bingen: “Ave Generosa”
3 Friday
9:00 p.m. Duff: Echoes of Georgian Dublin 31 Tuesday 8:00 a.m. Chopin: Étude in A-flat (The
10:00 p.m. Balfe: “Marble Halls” from The 9:00 a.m. Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 3 Shepherd Boy)
Bohemian Girl in D (Polish) 9:00 a.m. All-Request Friday
18 Wednesday 10:00 a.m. Haydn: Cello Concerto no. 2 in D 10:00 p.m. Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Three
9:00 a.m. Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol 12:00 p.m. Handel: Concerto Grosso in G Mediterranean Preludes
10:00 a.m. Liszt: Les Préludes 2:00 p.m. Price: Concerto in One Movement 4 Saturday
James Conlon b. 1950 (70th birthday) 11:00 a.m. Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat 3:00 p.m. Haydn: Symphony no. 101 in D (Clock) 7:00 a.m. Falla: Seven Spanish Folksongs
12:00 p.m. Chaminade: “Spanish Serenade” 5:00 p.m. Beach: “From Blackbird Hills” 8:00 a.m. Rodrigo: Fantasia for a Gentleman
2:00 p.m. Zemlinsky: Symphony no. 1 in D Minor 7:00 p.m. Grieg: Holberg Suite 9:00 a.m. Glinka: “Memory of a Summer Night
10:00 a.m. Haydn: The Seven Last Words of our
Savior on the Cross (Choral Version) 3:00 p.m. Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade 8:00 p.m. Haydn: Symphony no. 92 in G (Oxford) in Madrid”
12:00 p.m. Gershwin: An American in Paris 7:00 p.m. Debussy: Games 9:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: Variations on a 10:00 a.m. Granados: Romantic Scenes
8:00 p.m. Rimsky-Korsakov: Suite from The Rococo Theme 11:00 a.m. Moszkowski: Spanish Dances, Book 1
1:00 p.m. Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D Minor
Golden Cockerel 10:00 p.m. Haydn: String Quartet in C (Emperor) 12:00 p.m. Malats: “Serenata Española”
2:00 p.m. Williams: Three Pieces from
Schindler’s List 9:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 2 in C 1:00 p.m. Metropolitan Opera
Minor (Little Russian)
April Featured Works
3:00 p.m. Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique 3:00 p.m. Granados: Allegro de Concierto
All programming is subject to change. For a
4:00 p.m. Williams: Suite from Star Wars, Episode 19 Thursday 4:00 p.m. Breton: Salamanca (Symphonic Poem)
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5:00 p.m. Renaissance Fare 9:00 a.m. Beethoven: Triple Concerto in C
5 Sunday
16 Monday 10:00 a.m. Harbach: Frontier Fancies for Violin 1 Wednesday
7:00 a.m. Victoria: “O vos Omnes”
and Orchestra 8:00 a.m. Strauss II: “Perpetual Motion
9:00 a.m. Mendelssohn: Symphony no. 3 in 9:00 a.m. Bach: Cantata 182 (Himmelskornig, sei
A Minor (Scottish) 12:00 p.m. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no. 4 in G (a Musical Joke)”
Willkommen)
10:00 a.m. Dvořák: Symphony no. 8 in G, op. 88 2:00 p.m. Mozart: Symphony no. 39 in E-flat 9:00 a.m. Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto no. 3
in D Minor 10:00 a.m. Boccherini: Stabat Mater, op. 61
12:00 p.m. Rusby: “Underneath the Stars” 3:00 p.m. C. Schumann: Piano Trio in G Minor
10:00 a.m. Handel: Water Music 12:00 p.m. Glinka: “Jota Aragonaise”
2:00 p.m. Prokofiev: Symphony no. 1 in D 5:00 p.m. Ravel: “The Fairy Garden”
12:00 p.m. Holst: Ballet Music from The 1:00 p.m. Turina: Danzas Fantasticas
(Classical) 7:00 p.m. Opera House
Perfect Fool
3:00 p.m. Beethoven: Symphony no. 2 in D 10:00 p.m. I.B. Smith: Sonata for Violin and Piano
2:00 p.m. Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme
6:00 p.m. Mozart: “Voi Che Sapete” from Le March 20–29 of Paganini
Nozze de Figaro
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7:00 p.m. Schubert: Sonatina in D
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8:00 p.m. Haydn: Symphony no. 104 in D
7:00 p.m. P.D.Q. Bach: 1712 Overture
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in E Minor
10:00 p.m. Higdon: “Legacy” 30 Monday
10:00 p.m. Busoni: “Berceuse Élégiaque”
17 Tuesday 8:00 a.m. Smetana: “Dance of the Comedians”
from The Bartered Bride 2 Thursday
8:00 a.m. Black: “Reeling” from Laments and
Dances from the Irish 9:00 a.m. Grieg: Suite no. 2 from Peer Gynt 9:00 a.m. Dvořák: Scherzo Capriccioso
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F Minor (Irish) 12:00 p.m. Chaminade: “Valse-Caprice” 12:00 p.m. Rossini: Overture to Cinderella
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10:00 a.m. Field: Piano Concerto no. 1 in E-flat 2:00 p.m. Bizet: Symphony in C 1:00 p.m. D’Indy: Symphony on a French
12:00 p.m. Traditional: “Irish Tune from 3:00 p.m. Mozart: Serenade no. 13 in G (Eine Mountain Air Find out more by calling
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2:00 p.m. Sullivan: Symphony in E (Irish) 7:00 p.m. Telemann: Don Quixote Suite 3:00 p.m. Lachner: Suite no. 7 in D Minor
18 19program listings (april) program listings (april)
2:00 p.m. Albéniz: “Fête-Dieu à Seville” 6:00 p.m. The Passover Story 10:00 a.m. MacMillan: The Edinburgh Te Deum
photo: Julia Wesely
3:00 p.m. Falla: Homenajes 7:00 p.m. Tartini: Sonata in G Minor 12:00 p.m. Lanner: “The Suitors”
4:00 p.m. Sarasate: Gypsy Airs (The Devil’s Trill) 1:00 p.m. Haydn: Symphony no. 100 in G
5:00 p.m. Albéniz: Suite Española 8:00 p.m. Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D (Military)
9:00 p.m. Schubert: Piano Quintet in A (Trout) 2:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: Suite from Swan Lake
6 Monday
10:00 p.m. Brahms: Intermezzo in A, op. 118, no. 2 3:00 p.m. Telemann: Concerto in F for Thee
9:00 a.m. Mozart: Quintet in E-flat for Piano
Violins from Tafelmusik
and Winds 9 Thursday
4:00 p.m. Dvořák: American Suite
10:00 a.m. Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto no. 2 in 9:00 a.m. Grieg: Three Orchestral Pieces from
G Minor Sigurd Jorsalfar 5:00 p.m. My Life in Music
12:00 p.m. Ireland: A London Overture 10:00 a.m. Dvořák: Slavonic Dances, op. 72 13 Monday
2:00 p.m. Bach: Violin Concerto no. 1 in A Minor 12:00 p.m. Handel: Largo from Xerxes 8:00 a.m. Albinoni: Trumpet Concerto in B-flat
3:00 p.m. Brahms: Symphony no. 4 in E Minor 1:00 p.m. Medtner: Piano Concerto no. 3 9:00 a.m. Bennett: Piano Concerto no. 4
Franz Welser-Möst b. 1960
7:00 p.m. My Life in Music in E Minor in F Minor
(60th birthday)
8:00 p.m. Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kijé Suite 2:00 p.m. Copland: Appalachian Spring 10:00 a.m. Beethoven: Clarinet Trio in B-flat
9:00 p.m. Sibelius: Lemminkäinen and the 3:00 p.m. Brahms: Variations on a Theme 12:00 p.m. Grainger: “Children’s March: Over the
by Haydn Hills and Far Away” 9:00 p.m. Brahms: Symphony no. 1 in C Minor
Maidens of Saari
10:00 p.m. Brahms: String Quartet no. 3 in B-flat 5:00 p.m. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no. 2 in F 2:00 p.m. Schubert: Sonata in A Minor 16 Thursday
7:00 p.m. Opera House (Arpeggione) 8:00 a.m. Wagner: Prelude to Act 1 of Die
7 Tuesday Meistersinger von Nürnberg
10:00 p.m. Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme 3:00 p.m. Mozart: Symphony no. 41 in (Jupiter)
9:00 a.m. Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 3 9:00 a.m. Bach: Concerto in D Minor for Violin
of Thomas Tallis 6:00 p.m. Grainger: A Lincolnshire Posy
in C Minor and Oboe
10 Friday 7:00 p.m. Renaissance Fare
10:00 a.m. Dvořák: Symphony no. 5 in F 10:00 a.m. Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 23 in A
8:00 a.m. Mozart: Violin Sonata in C, K. 303 8:00 p.m. Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 27 in B-flat
12:00 p.m. R. Strauss: Waltzes from Der 12:00 p.m. Handel: “See, the Conquering
Rosenkavalier 9:00 a.m. All-Request Friday 9:00 p.m. Brahms: Symphony no. 3 in F
Hero Comes”
2:00 p.m. Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto no. 2 10:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: “April (The Snowdrop)” 14 Tuesday 2:00 p.m. Dvořák: Serenade in D Minor for Winds
in C Minor from The Seasons 8:00 a.m. Falla: “Ritual Fire Dance” 3:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy
3:00 p.m. Schumann: Symphony no. 3 in E-flat 11 Saturday 9:00 a.m. Chopin: Andante Spianato and Grand Overture
(Rhenish) Polonaise in E-flat
7:00 a.m. Holst: St. Paul’s Suite 4:00 p.m. Mozart: Overture to The Magic Flute
7:00 p.m. Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 24 10:00 a.m. Grieg: Symphonic Dances
8:00 a.m. Handel: Concerto Grosso in B-flat 7:00 p.m. Opera House
in C Minor
9:00 a.m. Respighi: “Spring” from Three 12:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: “Pezzo Capriccioso” 10:00 p.m. Mompou: Canción y Danza no. 5
8:00 p.m. Bach: Concerto in D Minor for
Botticelli Pictures 2:00 p.m. Nielsen: Symphony no. 2 (The
Two Violins 17 Friday
10:00 a.m. W.F. Bach: Sinfonia in D Minor Four Temperaments)
9:00 p.m. Chopin: Piano Sonata no. 2 8:00 a.m. Addinsell: “Warsaw Concerto”
11:00 a.m. Beethoven: Piano Sonata no. 8 in C 3:00 p.m. Lalo: Cello Concerto in D Minor
in B-flat Minor
Minor (Pathétique) 7:00 p.m. Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain 9:00 a.m. All-Request Friday
10:00 p.m. Milano: Three Fantasias for Lute
12:00 p.m. Mouret: First Suite of Symphonies 8:00 p.m. Dvořák: Cello Concerto in B Minor 10:00 p.m. Hailstork: Two Romances for Viola and
8 Wednesday Chamber Ensemble
1:00 p.m. Metropolitan Opera 9:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 5
9:00 a.m. Elgar: The Wand of Youth, Suite no. 1 in E Minor 18 Saturday
5:00 p.m. Ginastera: “Dance of the Delightful
10:00 a.m. Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 1 in G Young Girl” 7:00 a.m. Purcell: Suite from Abdelazar
15 Wednesday
Minor (Winter Dreams)
12 Sunday 9:00 a.m. Bach: Orchestral Suite no. 3 in D 8:00 a.m. Couperin: Concert Pieces
12:00 p.m. Tartini: Violin Concerto in A Minor
7:00 a.m. Billings: “Easter Anthem” 10:00 a.m. Mendelssohn: Symphony no. 4 9:00 a.m. Buxtehude: Trio Sonata in D
2:00 p.m. Mozart: Symphony no. 29 in A
9:00 a.m. Bach: Cantata 4 (Christ Lag in in A (Italian) 10:00 a.m. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no. 3 in G
3:00 p.m. Brahms: Serenade no. 1 in D
Todesbanden) 12:00 p.m. Vaughan Williams: English Folk 11:00 a.m. Telemann: Concerto in E-flat for Two
Song Suite Horns from Tafelmusik
2:00 p.m. Brahms: Serenade no. 2 in A 12:00 p.m. Lalande: “First Caprice”
Where can you hear specialty programming like Opera House, Great Sacred 3:00 p.m. Dvořák: Symphony no. 7 in D Minor 12:30 p.m. Metropolitan Opera
Music, and Renaissance Fare? Great Classical Music presented by 7:00 p.m. Elgar: Enigma Variations 4:00 p.m. Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks
knowledgeable announcers...here at The Classical Station. 8:00 p.m. Mozart: Symphony no. 40 in G Minor 5:00 p.m. Bach: Violin Concerto no. 2 in E
20 21program listings (april) program listings (april/may)
19 Sunday 2:00 p.m. Bach: Keyboard Concerto no. 1 11:00 a.m. Strauss, R.: Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry 10:00 p.m. Ravel: Sonate Posthume for Violin
7:00 a.m. C.T. Pachelbel: Magnificat in D Minor Pranks and Piano
9:00 a.m. Bach: Cantata 42 (Am Abend aber 3:00 p.m. Schubert: Symphony no. 5 in B-flat 12:00 p.m. Bizet: Carmen Suite no. 1 29 Wednesday
Desselbigen Sabbats) 6:00 p.m. Thompson: “Alleluia” 1:00 p.m. Metropolitan Opera 8:00 a.m. Sullivan: Overture to The Mikado
10:00 a.m. Handel: La Resurrezione 7:00 p.m. Copland: El Salón México 5:00 p.m. Beethoven: Symphony no. 5 in C Minor 9:00 a.m. Brahms: Violin Concerto in D
12:00 p.m. Bach: Italian Concerto in F 8:00 p.m. Schumann: Concert Piece in F for Four 26 Sunday 10:00 a.m. Beethoven: Symphony no. 4 in B-flat
1:00 p.m. Telemann: Overture in D from Horns and Orchestra
7:00 a.m. Higdon: “A Quiet Moment” 12:00 p.m. Handel: “Arrival of the Queen of Sheba”
Tafelmusik, Part II 9:00 p.m. Beethoven: Quintet in E-flat for Piano
9:00 a.m. Bach: Cantata 112 (Der Herr ist Mein 2:00 p.m. Dvořák: Violin Concerto in A Minor
2:00 p.m. Handel: Organ Concerto in B-flat and Winds
Getreuer Hirt) 3:00 p.m. Respighi: The Birds
3:00 p.m. Vivaldi: Four Seasons 22 Wednesday 10:00 a.m. Caplet: “The Mirror of Joy” from The 5:00 p.m. Rossini: Overture to Semiramide
4:00 p.m. Albinoni: Oboe Concerto in D Minor 8:00 a.m. Torelli: Sinfonia in C Mirror of Jesus
7:00 p.m. Grieg: In Autumn
5:00 p.m. Renaissance Fare 9:00 a.m. Bruch: Violin Concerto no. 1 in G Minor 12:00 p.m. Strauss II: “Students’ Joy” Waltz
8:00 p.m. Mahler: Symphony no. 1 in D (Titan)
20 Monday 10:00 a.m. Mozart: Symphony no. 32 in G 1:00 p.m. Dvořák: Symphony no. 9 in E Minor
9:00 p.m. Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 17 in G
12:00 p.m. Williams: “Adventures on Earth” from (From the New World)
9:00 a.m. Schumann: Symphony no. 4 in D Minor
E.T., the Extra-Terrestrial 2:00 p.m. Brahms: Piano Concerto no. 2 in B-flat 30 Thursday
10:00 a.m. Weber: Clarinet Concerto no. 2 in E-flat
1:00 p.m. Wagner: Overture to Rienzi 3:00 p.m. Sibelius: “Finlandia” 8:00 a.m. Lehár: “Merry Widow Waltz”
12:00 p.m. Handel: Overture to Berenice
2:00 p.m. Handel: Faithful Shepherd Ballet Suite 4:00 p.m. Chopin: Grand Fantasia on Polish Airs 9:00 a.m. Mozart: Flute Concerto no. 1 in G
2:00 p.m. Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in E-flat in A
3:00 p.m. Smyth: Overture to The Wreckers 10:00 a.m. Beethoven: Symphony no. 1 in C
3:00 p.m. Beethoven: Symphony no. 3 in 5:00 p.m. Grieg: Suite no. 1 from Peer Gynt
7:00 p.m. Mozart: Symphony no. 38 in D (Prague) 12:00 p.m. Verdi: “Va, Pensiero” from Nabucco
E-flat (Eroica)
8:00 p.m. Smyth: Concerto for Violin, Horn, 27 Monday 2:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 4
7:00 p.m. Sibelius: Karelia Suite
and Orchestra in F Minor
8:00 p.m. Mendelssohn: Symphony no. 5 8:00 a.m. Flotow: Overture to Martha
9:00 p.m. Debussy: La Mer (The Sea) 3:00 p.m. Copland: Billy the Kid Ballet Suite
(Reformation) 9:00 a.m. Prokofiev: Symphony no. 1
10:00 p.m. Wagner: Prelude to Act 1 and “Love- in D (Classical) 5:30 p.m. Lehár: “Gold and Silver Waltz”
9:00 p.m. Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
Death” from Tristan and Isolde 10:00 a.m. Mendelssohn: Incidental Music from 7:00 p.m. Opera House
10:00 p.m. Poulenc: Trio for Piano, Oboe,
and Bassoon 23 Thursday A Midsummer Night’s Dream 10:00 p.m. Brahms: “How Lovely is thy
12:00 p.m. Fauré: Suite from Masques et Dwelling Place”
21 Tuesday 8:00 a.m. Bach: “Sheep May Safely Graze”
Bergamasques
9:00 a.m. Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in E Minor 9:00 a.m. Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 4 in G May Featured Works
2:00 p.m. Beethoven: Piano Sonata no. 15
(Il Favorito) 10:00 a.m. Bizet: Children’s Games All programming is subject to change. For a
in D (Pastoral)
10:00 a.m. Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 25 in C 12:00 p.m. Saint-Saëns: “Havanaise” complete list of a specific day’s music, go to
3:00 p.m. Prokofiev: Piano Concerto no. 3 in C
12:00 p.m. Praetorius: Dance Suite from 2:00 p.m. Holst: The Planets TheClassicalStation.org.
7:00 p.m. Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf
Terpsichore 3:00 p.m. Schubert: Selections from Rosamunde
8:00 p.m. Beethoven: Symphony no. 7 in A 1 Friday
6:00 p.m. Leoncavallo: “Vesti la Giubba” from
9:00 p.m. Respighi: The Fountains of Rome 8:00 a.m. Alfvén: Swedish Rhapsody no. 1
Pagliacci
10:00 p.m. Prokofiev: “Autumnal Sketch” (Midsummer Vigil)
photo: Harald Hoffman / DG
7:00 p.m. Opera House
28 Tuesday 9:00 a.m. All-Request Friday
10:00 p.m. Telemann: Quartet in E Minor for Flute
and Strings 9:00 a.m. Berlioz: Harold in Italy 10:00 p.m. Debussy: Sonata for Flute, Viola,
and Harp
24 Friday 10:00 a.m. Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture
12:00 p.m. Purcell: Trumpet Tune and Air 2 Saturday
8:00 a.m. Bach: Prelude from Lute Suite in E
2:00 p.m. Haydn: Symphony no. 45 in F-sharp 7:00 a.m. A. Scarlatti: Sinfonia no. 2 in D
9:00 a.m. All-Request Friday
Minor (Farewell) 8:00 a.m. Mozart: Horn Concerto no. 3 in E-flat
10:00 p.m. Albéniz: “Asturias”
3:00 p.m. Barber: “Adagio for Strings” 9:00 a.m. Borodin: Symphony no. 2 in B Minor
25 Saturday 10:00 a.m. Telemann: Whimsical Symphony
7:00 p.m. Strauss II: Tales from the Vienna Woods
7:00 a.m. Haydn: London Trio no. 3 in G 11:00 a.m. Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
8:00 p.m. Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto no. 3 in
8:00 a.m. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no. 6 B Minor 12:00 p.m. Weber: Grand Duo Concertante for
in B-flat Clarinet and Piano
9:00 p.m. Brahms: Double Concerto for Violin and
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau b. 1925 9:00 a.m. Mendelssohn: Octet in E-flat Cello in A Minor
(95th anniversary of birth) 1:00 p.m. Metropolitan Opera
10:00 a.m. Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 22 in E-flat
22 23program listings (may) program listings (may)
4:00 p.m. Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances 3:00 p.m. Schubert: Symphony no. 8 in B Minor 2:00 p.m. Beethoven: Piano Sonata no. 14 in
5:00 p.m. Lumbye: “Carnival Joys” (Unfinished) C-sharp Minor (Moonlight)
7:00 p.m. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no. 5 in D 3:00 p.m. Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto no. 3
3 Sunday
8:00 p.m. Saint-Saëns: Symphony no. 3 in C in D Minor
7:00 a.m. Dett: Barcarolle (Morning)
Minor (Organ) 4:00 p.m. Milhaud: Scaramouche, Suite for
9:00 a.m. Bach: Cantata 12 (Weinen, Klagen, Two Pianos
9:00 p.m. Dvořák: Serenade in E for Strings
Sorgen, Zagen)
5:00 p.m. My Life in Music
10:00 a.m. Haydn: Missa in Tempore Belli 7 Thursday
8:00 a.m. Tchaikovsky: “Coronation March” 11 Monday
12:00 p.m. Haydn: Symphony no. 96 in D (Miracle)
9:00 a.m. Brahms: Symphony no. 2 in D 9:00 a.m. Liadov: Polonaise in C
1:00 p.m. Dvořák: Piano Concerto in G Minor
10:00 a.m. Tchaikovsky: Suite from 10:00 a.m. Still: Symphony no. 1 (Afro-American)
2:00 p.m. Bach: Orchestral Suite no. 4 in D
Sleeping Beauty 12:00 p.m. Bach: “Sleepers, Awake!”
3:00 p.m. Telemann: Trumpet Concerto no. 2 in D
12:00 p.m. Brahms: Academic Festival Overture 2:00 p.m. Liadov: Eight Russian Folk Songs
4:00 p.m. Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals
2:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 6 in B 3:00 p.m. Still: Miniatures for Oboe, Flute,
5:00 p.m. Widor: Toccata from Symphony no. 5 in
Minor (Pathétique) and Piano Cristina Ortiz b. 1950 (70th birthday)
F Minor for Organ
3:00 p.m. Brahms: Piano Concerto no. 1 7:00 p.m. Renaissance Fare
4 Monday in D Minor 8:00 p.m. Dvořák: Symphony no. 8 in G
8:00 a.m. Řezníček: Overture to Donna Diana 6:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture 9:00 a.m. Hummel: Clarinet Quartet in E-flat
9:00 p.m. Schumann: Symphony no. 1 in B-flat
9:00 a.m. Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 1 in C 10:00 p.m. Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B Minor (Spring) 10:00 a.m. Schumann: Grand Sonata no. 3
10:00 a.m. Glazunov: Ballet Scenes in F Minor
8 Friday 10:00 p.m. Still: Romance
12:00 p.m. Bizet: Carmen Suite no. 2 12:00 p.m. Schubert: Impromptu in A-flat
8:00 a.m. K. Stamitz: Clarinet Concerto no. 3 12 Tuesday
2:00 p.m. Řezníček: Serenade for Strings 2:00 p.m. Mozart: Symphony no. 31 in D (Paris)
in B-flat 9:00 a.m. Fauré: Dolly Suite
3:00 p.m. Fauré: Suite from Pelléas et Mélisande 3:00 p.m. Dvořák: The Golden Spinning Wheel
9:00 a.m. All-Request Friday 10:00 a.m. Massenet: Le Carillon
7:00 p.m. My Life in Music 5:00 p.m. Gottschalk: “The Union”
10:00 p.m. Gottschalk: “Falling Leaves” 12:00 p.m. Telemann: Trumpet Concerto no. 1 in D
8:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto no. 1 in 10:00 p.m. Larsson: A Winter’s Tale
9 Saturday 2:00 p.m. Massenet: Alsatian Scenes
B-flat Minor 15 Friday
7:00 a.m. Schumann: Theme and Variations in 3:00 p.m. Fauré: Suite from Masques et
9:00 p.m. R. Strauss: Death and Transfiguration 8:00 a.m. Bach: “Ave Maria”
E-flat (Ghost Variations) Bergamasques
10:00 p.m. Finzi: Five Bagatelles for Clarinet 9:00 a.m. All-Request Friday
8:00 a.m. Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 20 5:00 p.m. Fauré: “Pavane”
and Strings
in D Minor 7:00 p.m. Liszt: Piano Concerto no. 1 in E-flat 10:00 p.m. Corigliano: “Lullaby for Natalie”
5 Tuesday 9:00 a.m. Chopin: Fantasie in F Minor (Triangle) 16 Saturday
9:00 a.m. Copland: El Salón México 10:00 a.m. Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme 8:00 p.m. Beethoven: Symphony no. 2 in D 9:00 a.m. Sousa: “Hail to the Spirit of Liberty”
10:00 a.m. Elorduy: Dos Acuarelas of Paganini 9:00 p.m. Fauré: Piano Quartet no. 1 in C Minor 10:00 a.m. Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
12:00 p.m. Barrios: “Julia Florida” 11:00 a.m. Ravel: Piano Concerto in G
13 Wednesday 11:00 a.m. Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto no. 2
2:00 p.m. Moncayo: “Huapango” 12:00 p.m. Weber: “Invitation to the Dance” in C Minor
8:00 a.m. Sullivan: Overture to H.M.S. Pinafore
3:00 p.m. Ponce: Sonata Mexicana 1:00 p.m. Metropolitan Opera 12:00 p.m. Hayman: “Servicemen on Parade”
9:00 a.m. Mozart: Symphony no. 34 in C
5:00 p.m. Márquez: “Danzón no. 2” 4:00 p.m. Beethoven: Piano Sonata no. 8 in C 2:00 p.m. Schumann: Symphony no. 2 in C
10:00 a.m. Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of
7:00 p.m. Chávez: “El Trópico” Minor (Pathétique)
a Faun 3:00 p.m. Wagner: “Wotan’s Farewell” and “Magic
8:00 p.m. Ponce: Concierto del Sur 5:00 p.m. Chopin: Piano Concerto no. 1 Fire Music” from Die Walküre
12:00 p.m. Strauss II: “Accelerations”
in E Minor
9:00 p.m. Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto 2:00 p.m. Wagner: “Forest Murmurs” 4:00 p.m. Bruch: Violin Concerto no. 1 in G Minor
in A Minor 10 Sunday 5:00 p.m. Sousa: “The Stars and Stripes Forever”
3:00 p.m. Sullivan: Incidental Music from
6 Wednesday 7:00 a.m. Schumann: “Arabeske” in C Shakespeare’s The Tempest 17 Sunday
9:00 a.m. Mozart: Symphony no. 25 in G Minor 9:00 a.m. Bach: Cantata 166 (Wo Gehest du Hin?) 7:00 p.m. Sullivan: Cello Concerto in D 7:00 a.m. Satie: Gymnopédies no. 1
10:00 a.m. Beethoven: Violin Sonata no. 5 10:00 a.m. Gawthrop: How Beautiful Upon the 8:00 p.m. Bach: Violin Concerto no. 2 in E 9:00 a.m. Bach: Cantata 86 (Wahrlich, Wahrlich,
in F (Spring) Mountains
9:00 p.m. Mendelssohn: Symphony no. 3 Ich Sage Euch)
12:00 p.m. Walton: Suite from Henry V 12:00 p.m. Bach: Partita no. 1 in B-flat in A Minor (Scottish) 10:00 a.m. Lloyd Webber: Requiem
2:00 p.m. Grieg: Piano Concerto in A Minor 1:00 p.m. Schubert: Fantasia in C
14 Thursday 12:00 p.m. Haydn: Sinfonia Concertante in B-flat
(Wanderer Fantasy)
8:00 a.m. Beethoven: Leonore Overture no. 2 1:00 p.m. Mozart: Horn Concerto no. 2 in E-flat
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