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Tulane • 91.5 FM • NEw ORLEANs AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 1991

First Week Features Voices During the first week of our schedule, vocal works will be featured. The Twenti­ eth-Century Show starts on Sunday, August 11, from 7 to 11 p.m., with Ferenc Farkas's Aspirationes Principis, the Rak6czi (Hungaroton SLPX 12704). Named for a Hungarian patriot who led a war for independence, this heartfelt work for tenor, baritone, and was written in the 1970's, toward the end of an era of great trouble in Eastern Europe. Morning Classics, from 6 to 8 a.m., will start Monday, August 12, with Mary Watkins, who has selected the early Baroque Altri Canti di Marte of (Erato ECD 88108). On Tuesday, the 13th, Anitha Tummala will feature a work that has been an inspiration to gen­ erations of freedom lovers, Ludwig van Beethoven's "Chorus of Prisoners" from the opera Fidelio (EMI CDC 7 49828 2). Lenny Bertrand's Wednesday, August 14, show will include I Hear an Army (CRI SD 294), for the unusual combination of soprano and . The composer is neo-romantic David Del Tredici. From early in his career (1964), the music is not so mellow as the later works that have established the composer's popularity. For Thursday, the 15th, Jessica An­ derson will feature "Enchanting Land" from L'Africaine by Giocomo Meyer beer. Although no longer much in fashion, the demanding bel canto aria is done to a turn by tenor Placido Domingo (EMI CDC 7 49811 2). Mezzo Frederica von Stade brings equal accomplishment to 's Chansons de Bilitis, which Gina Forsyth will feature Friday (CBS MK 39023). (Gina hosts August 16 and 30 and September 13. Stefan Schoellman hosts Fridays August 23 and September 6.) Anitha concludes the series Saturday, August 17, with legendary soprano 's performance of "There Is a Realm" from by (RCA Victor 60398-2-RG). Wednesday·s String Quartets "The Schubert CD On Wednesday mornings, from 6 to 8 a.m., Lenny Bertrand will mostly feature masterpieces of the Romantic string quartet literature. First up August 14 is the is unusual in being Del Tredeci work for quartet and soprano listed above. For the rest, listeners will by soloists who get a short survey of the Romantic string quartet from early (Quartet No. 15 of do not regularly 1826 by , to be heard on August 21) to late (the Talich Quartet's CD of Alexander Borodin's 1881 Quartet No.2 [Calliope CAL 9202], to be play together heard on September 11 ). The Schubert CD is unusual in being by famous soloists as a quartet." Gidon Kremer, Daniel Phillips, , and Yo-Yo Ma, who do not reg­ ularly play together as a quartet (CBS MK 42134). Lenny's series also includes the 1873 Quartet inc minor by Johannes Brahtns (August 28) as performed by Continued on Page 4 ...... I .,..------\ I,------.... \ I,------,, : MONDAY : : SUNDAY : I I : TUESDAY : I I I I I 7-llpm I I I : 6-8am : : 6-8am : 1 1 1 1 1 The Twentieth-Century Show : I Host: I I Host: I : Host: 1 1 Mary 1 1 Anitha 1 1 Lester Sullivan : : , ______Watkins ., : : ..______Tummala ., : I'------I \ I \ I 11+-17 (1:il Ludwig van v ~ AUGUST 19910 @~~~~~~di ~Beethoven 0@ Altri Conti di Marte Chorus of Prisoners c~ Cill ~~m ~~~r~e g Ensemble Vocal from Fidelia Featured recording: de Lausanne Chorus & PO A M Ferenc Farkas-Aspirationes Michel Corboz L $ Principis-Hungaroton SLPX 12704 Erato ECD 881 08 EMI CDC 7 49828 2

(101Modest ~ J.-Philippe @ ~~,!'!';J!;!!~~~~~ s.l ~ Moussorgsky ~Rameau Among featured recordings: Pictures Ouverture from Louisville 0- 7sf Edition Encores-Albany TROY044 at an Exhibition ~~Go/antes Solisti N.Y. Chamber 0-F/utes-New World 80403-2 Cleveland 0 Kenneth Gil be (hpchd .) Da Capo Chamber Players-GM 2020CD Lorin Maazel Harmonia Mundi Roy Christensen & OHo Eifert-Gasparo GS-1 03&4 Telarc CD-80042 HMC 901028 St. Louis SO-Rachmaninoff-Vox Box CD3X 3002 2 (;iLl Georges ~Pierre van ( 25) ~s~!~~~s ~~~~~ ~Enescu ~Maldere Among featured recordings: Konzertstuck Symphony "Periodique" Russell Peck-The Upward Stream-Albany TROY040 (viola) Euro. Community George Crumb-Apparition-Bridge BCD9006 Mikhail Muntian Chamber 0 John Downey-Plays Downey-Gasparo GS-243 () J6rg Faerber Elie Siegmeister-Gasparo GS-253 RCA Victor 60112-2-RC Hyperion CDA66156 Robert Ward-Bay Cities BCD-1001 & BCD-1010

~Hector ~Adrien-F. SEPTEMBER 19910 ~Berlioz ~Servais Romeo & Juliet Grand Duo de Concert CIJ British Piano Greats Fantasy Overture Smithsonian Among featured recordings: St. Opera 0 Chamber Players Percy Grainger-Dished up for Piano Hermann Scherchen Harmonia Mundi Vols. 7 & 5-Nimbus Nl 5220 & Nl 5286 MCAD2-9805-B 77108-2-RG raJ ~~C\rM©arMC\ ~ae\fNJ~g ~ M.lppolitov­ r1"n') J.~Fran~ois ~ FRESHSOUNDSWAYUPNORTH ~Ivanov ~Dandrieu Among featured composers: Caucasian Sketches La Lyre d'Orphee Denmark-Niels Viggo Bentzon & Einar Englund USSR Radio & TV Igor Kipnis (hpchd .) Finland-Mikko Heino & Aarre Merikanto Large SO Music & Arts CD-243 lceland-Kar61ina Eiriksd6Hir & Jon Nordal Vladimir Fedoseyev Norway-Ketil Hvoslef & Harald Saeverud Mobile Fidelity MFCD 860 Sweden-Torsten Nilsson & Gosta Nystroem .... I _.------\ I ------\ I ,------=------.... \ I,.------' I I I I I I I I I FRIDAY I I SATURDAY I :WEDNESDAY: I THURSDAY I I I I I I I I I I I I I I 6-8am I I 6-8am I 6-8am I I 6-8am I I I I I I I Hosts: I Host: I Host: I I I Host: I I I I I I I Lenny Jessica 1 Gina Forsyth 1 I Anitha I I I I I Bertrand I Anderson I :, Stefan Schoellmann ., : I ______Tum mala ., I I ______,.I ______I ' ''------""' I ' I \ ~ QUARTET SERIES ~ @Giocomo @Claude Richard Meyerbeer Debussy C!ZJ Strauss (ill David !'el Tredeca "Enchanting Land· Chansons de Bilitis ·There Is a Realm" from from L'Africajne Frederica von Stade Ariadne .QJJ[ Naxos I Hear an Army ( 7964) Placido Domingo (ten.) (mezzo.) Leontyne Price (sop.) Phyllis Bryn-Julson (sop.) Royal Opera 0, John Barker (piano) London SO, Fausto Cleva Composers 4tet, CRI SD294 EMI CDC 7 49811 2 Columbia M 35127 RCA Victor 60398-2-RG

@Franz ~Johann ~JohannS. ~Joseph Schubert C. Pez Bach Labitzky String Quartet No. 75 Concerto Pastorale Toccata in D Major, The Alp-Maid's in D Major (7826) in F Major BWV972 Dream Kremer & Phillips Collegium Aureum (piano) Lars Roos (piano) (), Kashkashian Editio Classica CBS M2 42161 Philips 420 817-2 (vola), & Ma (cello) 77048-2-RG CBS MK 42134 @Johannes ~Sergei @QJ H_einrich @:D F. Joseph Brahms Prokofiev Baber Haydn String Quartet Romeo & Juliet Mystery Sonata Symphony No. 22 inc minor, Suite No. 7, Op. 64b No. 77 ·Resurrection" 7he Philosopher· Op. 57, No. 7 (7873) Oslo PO Evan Johnson () Scottish Chamber 0 4tet Newport NC 60035/1 Gerard Schwarz Teldec 8.43115 EMI CDC 7 49289 2 Delos D/CD 3061

0Antonin mPeterl. mErik CIJManuel Dvorak Tchaikovsky Satie Ponce String Quartet No. 8 Serenade Sports Concierto del Sur in E Major, for Strings,Op. 48 et Divertissements Andres Segovia (guitar) Op. 80 (7876) Moscow Soloists Aldo Ciccolini (piano) Symphony of the Air Chilingirian 4tet Yuri Bashmet EMI S-36459 Enrique Jord6 Chandos CHAN 8755 RCA Victor 7750-2-RC MCA MCAD-42067

(]}J Alexa!"der @Aaron (ill Domenico @Alan Borodtn Copland Scarlatti Hovhaness String Quartet No. 2 Appalachain Spring Sonata in E Major, Concerto No. 8 in D Major (788 7) (Orig. Ver. for 731nsts.) L. 27 Dudley Bright (tromb.) Talich 4tet Pacific SO, Keith Clark Philharmonic 0 Calliope CAL 9202 Reference Recordings (piano) David Amos RR-22CD CBS MK 42410 Crystal Records CD8l 0 Wednesday's String Quartets-Continued from Page 1 the Alban Berg Quartet (feldec 8.43115) and the 1876 Quartet No.8 by Anto­ nio Dvorak (September 4) as performed by the Chilingirian Quartet (Chandos CHAN8755). 20th-Century International Tours "In light Sundays from 7 to 11 p.m., The Twentieth-Century Show will devote entire broadcasts to particular nations, with a special focus on labels off the beaten of the current path, such as Aurora, Bis, Connoisseur Society, Dansk Musik Antologi, Finlan­ civil war, dia, Hungaroton, ITM (Iceland), Ondine, Opus, Phono Suecia, and Supraphon: the designation August 11: Go East!: Music from Eastern Europe Yugoslav • Czech-Jan Hanus, Zdenek Lukas, and Bohuslav Martinu • Hungarian-Paul Arma, Ferenc Farkas, Laszlo Kiraly, and Istvan Szelenyi may be obsolete." • Polish-Artur Malawski, Kazimierz Serocki, and Michal Spisak • Russian-Sergei Prokofiev and • Slovak-Dusan Martincek, Alexander Moyzes, and Ivan Parik • Yugoslav-Kreshimir Baranovich and Fran Lhotka (In light of the current civil war, of course, the designation Yugoslav may be obsolete by the time that you read this.) September 1: British Piano Greats Among the featured British composers of piano music will be Arthur Bliss, , Percy Grainger, John Ireland, and Constant Lambert. September 8: Scandinavians!: Fresh Sounds Way up North See the listing on page 2. err Also see page 2 for listings of An American Sound, specials on U.S. en­ sembles (Show 1, August 18) and U. S. composers (Show 2, August 25) fea­ turing worthwhile smaller labels, like Albany, Bay Cities, Bridge, CRI, Cam­ bria, Delos, ESS.A.Y, GM, Gasparo, New Albion, New World, and Opus One. ,------, : WTUL ALTERNATIVE MUSIC SUMMER 1991 PICKS : : Get your FREE copies on the Tulane University Campus. : : Currently Available: Global Folk, Jazz, New Age, : : New Orleans Music, Reggae & African, Stage & Screen, : : Techno Dance, Twentieth-Century Classics, and World Music : ' ------' I

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