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March/April, 2019 Volume 47, No. 3

95.3 FM Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune; Boulez, Cleveland Orchestra (DG) Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 1 in d, Op. 13; Jansons, St. WHRB Program Guide Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra (EMI) March 1 - April 30 4:00 pm BEYOND THE STAGE Have you ever wondered what your favorite musicians, composers, and conductors think about on the stage? What about their lives beyond the stage? What motivates them to create mu- Friday, March 1 sic, what shapes their musical philosophies, and what are their favorite recordings? In this feature, WHRB Classical will speak 5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM to your favorite artists to answer these questions. 12:00 pm NEW JAZZ HOUR This season, we’ll be interviewing violinist Lisa Batiashvili, 1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT pianist Kirill Gerstein, bassist Edgar Meyer, and more. This Chopin: Sonata in g; Scholes, Breitman (Titanic) feature is supported by the Symphony Orchestra and the Bauer: Suite for String Orchestra; Adler, Vienna Orchestra (CRI) Celebrity Series of Boston. Hertel: Concerto for Trumpet, Two Oboes, and Two Bassoons Exclusive interview with and select recordings from violinist in D; Basch, Kärcher, Vetter, Ventulett, Roscher, Orpheus Lisa Batiashvili. Chamber Orchestra (Schwann) 5:00 pm WHEN ART IMITATES ART Widor: Symphony for Organ No. 10, Op. 73, “Roman”; Roth Philosophers may argue over whether art imitates life or (Motette) vice versa, but there can be no question whether art imitates Geminiani: and Continuo Sonata in a; Biondi, Europa art. Throughout history, musicians and visual artists have Galante (Virgin) inspired one another to create. Some pieces, like Liszt’s “Hun- Pinkham: Symphony No. 3; Sedares, London Symphony nenschlacht,” directly translate a work across media; others, Orchestra (Koch) like Higdon’s “Short Stories,” capture the essence of a specific Lalo: Piano Trio No. 1 in c, Op. 7; Trio Parnassus (MDG) artist’s creative process. Join us to discover what beautiful things Ciconia: Gloria Suscepe Trinitas; Orlando Consort (Metronome) happen when art and music intersect. Mozart: Symphony No. 18 in F, K. 130; Schröder, Academy of Respighi: Trittico Botticelliano; Wolff, Saint Paul Chamber Ancient Music (Oiseau-Lyre) Orchestra (Teldec) Sowerby: Impressions of Lake Superior County; Halliday Martinu: Les Fresques de Piero della Francesca; Ancerl, Czech (Albany) Philharmonic Orchestra (Supraphon LP) Humfrey: Anthem, “By the waters of Babylon”; Minter, Covey- 6:00 pm HISTORIC PERFORMANCES Crump, Potter, Thomas, McGegan, Clare College Choir, Sibelius: Tapiola, Op. 112; Kajanus, London Symphony Orches- Cambridge, Romanesca (Harmonia Mundi) tra (Koch Legacy, 1932) Ireland: Sextet for Clarinet, Horn, and ; Melos Enesco: Piano Sonata No. 3 in D, Op. 25; Lipatti (EMI, 1956) Ensemble (MHS LP) Bach: Partita in d, S. 1004; Milstein (Bridge, 1953) Bárta: Violin Sonata; Snítil, Zichová (Supraphon LP) Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A, Op. 92; R. Strauss, Berlin Weber/Berlioz: Invitation to the Dance; Reiner, Chicago Sym- State Opera Orchestra (Koch Legacy, 1926) phony Orchestra (RCA Victor) Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in e, Op. 64; Beecham, Royal Seeger: String Quartet 1931; (Gramavision) Philharmonic Orchestra (NAXOS Historical, 1949) 6:00 pm CLASSICAL REQUEST NIGHT 8:00 pm SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE OPERA Call (617) 295-WHRB or (617) 295-7942 to request a piece. Smetana: The Bartered Bride; Beňačková-Čápová, Veselá, 7:00 pm HARVARD BASKETBALL + HOCKEY Dvorský, Jindrak, Novák, Horáček, Košler, Czech Philhar- Basketball: Harvard vs. Penn. Hockey: Harvard at Rensselaer. monic Chorus and Orchestra (Supraphon) 9:00 pm CLASSICAL REQUEST NIGHT (cont.) 10:00 pm RECORD HOSPITAL Monday, March 4 Saturday, March 2 midnight THE DARKER SIDE 5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM 5:00 am BLUES HANGOVER 1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT 9:00 pm HILLBILLY AT HARVARD Haydn: Baryton Trio in A, Hob. XI:5; Geringas Baryton Trio 12:45 pm PRELUDE TO THE MET (cpo) 1:00 pm Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes of Carl Donizetti: La Fille du Régiment; Pretty Yende, Stephanie Maria von Weber; Järvi, Philharmonia (Chandos) Blythe, Kathleen Turner, Javier Camarena, Maurizio Muraro, Scarlatti: Harpsichord Sonata in C, K. 460; Pinnock (DG Archiv) Enrique Mazzola conducting. Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring (No. 1 of Two 4:00 pm POST-MET VOCAL PROGRAM Pieces for Small Orchestra); Beecham, Royal Philharmonic 4:30 pm EVENING CONCERT Orchestra (EMI) 7:00 pm HARVARD BASKETBALL + HOCKEY Victoria: Motet, “O magnum mysterium”; Hill, Choir of West- Basketball: Harvard vs. Princeton. Hockey: Harvard at Union. minster Cathedral (Hyperion) 9:00 pm THE DARKER SIDE Borodin: Symphony No. 3 in a; Ansermet, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (London LP) Takemitsu: Quatrain II, for Piano, Clarinet, Violin, and Cello; Sunday, March 3 Tashi (RCA Victor) Mozart: Symphony No. 35 in D, K. 385, “Haffner”; Abbado, 7:00 am BLUES HANGOVER Orchestra (Sony) 11:00 am MEMORIAL CHURCH SERVICE Haas: String Quartet No. 3, Op. 15; (Supra- Preacher: Prof. Jonathan L. Walton, Plummer Professor of phon) Christian Morals and Pusey Minister, The Memorial Church of Bach, J. S.: Cantata, S. 198, “Laß, Fürstin, laß noch einen Strahl” Harvard University. Music includes Mendelssohn’s Verleih uns (“Trauer-Ode”); Schmithüsen, Brett, Crook, Kooy, Herrewe- Frieden, and Brahms’s Geistliches Lied. ghe, Choeur et Orchestre de la Chapelle Royale (Harmonia 12:30 pm AS WE KNOW IT Mundi) 1:00 pm CRIMSON SPORTSTALK Fauré: No. 2 in c, Op. 115; Hubeau, Quatuor Via 2:00 pm SUNDAY SERENADE Nova (Erato) 3:00 pm RAGS TO RICHES Nørgård: Symphony No. 4; Segerstam, Danish National Radio Some of the most famous and beloved classical works had a Symphony Orchestra (Chandos) rocky start. Whether panned by critics or rejected by orchestras, Beethoven: Diabelli Variations, Op. 120; Arrau (Philips) these pieces have unique redemption stories and earned their place in the classical canon. This program explores the “rags to riches” journey of these works, and evaluates how, through Look ahead: Boston Week/Harvard Weekend, March 25 - 31 controversy, they achieved notoriety and popularity among broader audiences. 6:00 pm THE DOUBLE BASS Gabrieli: Canzoni VII and IX; Empire Brass Quintet and Friends The double bass is an often overlooked and under-appreciated (Telarc) instrument – composers almost exclusively choosing to write Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture; Szell, Cleveland Orchestra for cello or violin when looking to feature string instruments. (Sony) This weekly feature will show the double bass’s broad range in Montecéclair: Deuxième Concert pour la Flûte Traversière; B. solo, chamber, and orchestral settings and demonstrate its unique Kuijken, W. Kuijken, Kohnen (Accent) place, with its rich timbre and extended range. Spanning from Ligeti: Hamburg Concert for Horn and Chamber Orchestra; Bach to very contemporary composers this feature aims to show Neunecker, de Leeuw, Asko Ensemble (Teldec) listeners the broad range of doubles bass music and styles. Ysaÿe: Violin Sonata No. 2; Zehetmair (ECM) J.S. Bach: Cello Suite No.1, No. 4, No. 6; Francois Rabbath Cherubini: Requiem in c; Toscanini, Robert Shaw Chorale, NBC (Solstice LP) Symphony Orchestra (RCA Victor) 7:00 pm SPECIAL CONCERT Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time; Rabbai, Cohen, Eddy, Severino Gazzelloni and the Italian Flute. Levin (Candide LP) 10:00 pm RECORD HOSPITAL TOP 20 CHARTS Purcell: Welcome Song for Charles II, Z. 336; King, The King’s Consort (Hyperion) Tower: Noon Dance; Collage (CRI) Tuesday, March 5 Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy Overture after Shake- speare; Masur, 5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra (Teldec) 1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT Gombert: Missa Tempore Paschali; Brown, Henry’s Eight Taneyev: The Oresteia Overture, Op. 6; Järvi, Philharmonia (Hyperion) Orchestra (Chandos) Barber: Violin Concerto; Hahn, Wolff, Saint Paul Chamber Küffner: Introduction, Theme, and Variations for Clarinet and Orchestra (Sony) String Quartet in B-flat; Manasse, Manhattan String Quartet 6:00 pm THE DORIAN MODE: PLATO’S MUSIC (XLNT) The roots of modal discourse in the classical dialect extend Musgrave: Orfeo III for Flute and Ensemble; Guidetti, J. Free- far beyond its contemporary uses, from their introduction into man, Orchestra 2001 (CRI) the church by Boethius, to their involvement in the Renaissance, Lalande: Miserere à voix seul; Gens, Piau, Steyer, Christie, Les Baroque, Romantic, and Impressionist periods, and into the mod- Arts Florissants (Harmonia Mundi) ern day. This feature examines the Dorian mode in particular, as Miaskovsky: Symphony No. 12 in g, Op. 35, “Kolkhoz”; one which Plato and others once advocated for due to its “strong, Stankovsky, Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra of endeavoring” quality. While we most often think of music as Bratislava (Marco Polo) performed in either major or minor keys, this comprehensive Liszt: Grosses Konzertsolo; Bavouzet (MDG) examination of the Dorian mode will broaden this manufactured Dufay: Sanctus Papale; Metcalfe, Blue Heron (Blue Heron) horizon. Respighi: Violin Sonata; Almond, Wolfram (Avie) Sibelius: Symphony No. 3 in C, Op. 52; Vänskä, Lahti Sym- Haydn: Horn Concerto No. 1 in D, Hob. VIId:3; Brown, Hog- phony Orchestra (BIS) wood, Academy of Ancient Music (Oiseau-Lyre) Respighi: Dorian String Quartet; (Challenge Volans: String Quartet No. 2, “Hunting, Gathering”; Balanescu Classics) Quartet (Argo) 7:00 pm SCRIABIN: POET AND MYSTIC Croft: Incidental Music for The Funeral, or Grief-a-la-Mode; He began as a Chopin wannabe but died flirting with atonal- Goodwin, London Oboe Band (Harmonia Mundi) ity. Obsessed with spirituality and genuinely believing that he Ponce: Theme, Variations, and Fugue on La Folia; Fisk (Music- was a mortal God, Alexander Scriabin pushed the boundaries of masters) music further than almost anyone before him more than many Gade: Symphony No. 1 in c, Op. 5, “On Zealand’s fair Plains”; who would follow. His command of the piano was extraordinary Järvi, Stockholm Sinfonietta (BIS) despite a crippled right hand, and his genius in orchestration was 6:00 pm ADORNO: MUSIC AND PHILOSOPHY no less remarkable. Throughout his short and fiery life, his musi- How can we come to love the music created by a culture that cal style transformed to an extent that has never been seen in any is, at its core, corrupted? This is the implicit question behind of the Greats, save possibly Beethoven. In this feature we follow each of the essays on music written by the great 20th-century Scriabin’s footsteps into a land of mysticism and unique beauty philosopher Theodor W. Adorno. Each week, we will explore the that bewilders audiences now as much as those of a century ago. meanings of one of those essays through music and discussion, Scriabin: Sonata No. 1 in f, Op. 6; Hamelin (Hyperion) beginning with his masterpiece on Late Style in Beethoven. Each Scriabin: Etudes, Op. 8; Estrin (Connoisseur Society LP) essay is available on WHRB.org, to give you the chance to think 8:00 pm NEW RELEASES with Adorno in the first person, as he is meant to be known. 10:00 pm RECORD HOSPITAL Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 32 in c, Op. 111 (1822); Pollini (DG) Beethoven: String Quartet No. 14 in c-sharp, Op. 131 (1826); Thursday, March 7 Quartet (EMI) 7:15 pm SCHUMANN: DICHTERLIEBE 5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM The Dichterliebe is Robert Schumann’s ode to love, refracted 1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT across 16 miniature texts. We will follow the particular colors Gubaidulina: Offertorium for Violin and Orchestra; Kremer, and emotive loci from the song cycle, with special attention Dutoit, Boston Symphony Orchestra (DG) given to their presentation in the Fritz Wunderlich recording with Regondi: Rêverie for Guitar; Starobin (Bridge) Hubert Giesen and see how each manifests itself or is developed Handel: Apollo and Daphne; Hampson, Alexander, Harnoncourt, across Schumann’s music. Concentus Musicus Wien (Teldec) Schumann: Dichterliebe, Op. 48; Wunderlich, Giesen (DG) Bax: String Quartet No. 2 in e; Mistry Quartet (Chandos) Schumann: Three Romances for Oboe and Piano, Op. 94; Dom- Gregorian Chant: Lectio IX, “Oratio Jeremiae Prophetae”; brecht, Immerseel (Accent) Ruhland, Capella Antiqua München, Choralschola (Sony) 8:00 pm CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA IN CONCERT Mozart: Six German Dances, K. 509; Perahia (Sony) Beethoven: Grosse Fugue (adapted for string orchestra); Welser- Glazounov: Symphony No. 6 in c, Op. 58; Järvi, Bamberg Sym- Möst, Cleveland Orchestra phony Orchestra (Orfeo) Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 “Choral”; Wall, Johnston, Ernst, Scarlatti: Sonata in f, K. 466; Tomsic (PMG) Burton, Cleveland Chorus and Orchestra Eller: Elegia for Harp and Strings; Järvi, Scottish National 10:00 pm RECORD HOSPITAL Orchestra (Chandos) Chabrier: Air de Ballet; d’Arco (Calliope) Corigliano: Fantasia on an Ostinato for Orchestra; Klas, Tampere Wednesday, March 6 Philharmonic Orchestra (Ondine) Peterson-Berger: A Walk in the Mountains for Male Choir, Op. 5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM 6; Stenlund, Lund Student Choral Group (BIS LP) 1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat, Op. 19; Rubinstein, Higdon: City Scape; Spano, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Krips, Symphony of the Air (RCA Red Seal) (Telarc) 6:00 pm FORBIDDEN MUSIC Music has the power to stir up resistance, to break apart an Saturday, March 9 institution, and to change a nation’s values. Music’s hold on 5:00 am BLUES HANGOVER the hearts of the people has led many democracies, dictators, 9:00 am HILLBILLY AT HARVARD and religious officials to regulate the music that their subjects 12:45 pm PRELUDE TO THE MET listened to. A fear of music’s destabilizing influence has placed 1:00 pm METROPOLITAN OPERA composers and compositions under attack. Composers often had Wagner: Das Rheingold; Wendy Bryn Harmer, Jamie Barton, to choose between musical integrity and their own safety, as Karen Cargill, Norbert Ernst, Gerhard Siegel, Greer Grimsley, evidenced by the timid question Shostakovich’s son asked him at Tornasz Konieczny, Günther Groissböck, Dmitry Belossels- the rehearsal of his Symphony No. 11: “Papa, what if they hang kiy, conducting. you for this?” 3:45 pm POST-MET VOCAL PROGRAM Janequin: Messe, “La Bataille”; Visse, Ensemble Clément Jane- 4:15 pm EVENING CONCERT quin (Harmonia Mundi) 7:00 pm HARVARD BASKETBALL Janequin: La Guerre; King’s Singers (MMG LP) Harvard at Columbia. Josquin: Missa Hercules Dux Ferrariae; Wood, New London 9:00 pm THE DARKER SIDE Chamber Choir (Amon Ra) 7:00 pm REMEMBERING THE FUTURE Remembering the Future navigates the crossroads between the past and the present. We will listen to compositions that Sunday, March 10 imitate, transform, and deconstruct their predecessors; works that 7:00 am BLUES HANGOVER are written on top of other works; and pieces that synthesize the 11:00 am MEMORIAL CHURCH SERVICE strands of musical history into tapestries for our current time. In Preacher: Dr. Howard K. Koh, Harvey V. Fineberg Professor doing so, we will learn to hear the present as the echo of the past, of the Practice of Public Health Leadership at the Harvard T. H. as a forward path that leads back to where it began. Chan School of Public Health and the Harvard Kennedy School. Schoenberg: Pierrot lunaire, Op. 21; Minton, Boulez, Zukerman, Music includes Byrd’s Have Mercy Upon Me O God. Harrell, Debost, Pay, Barenboim (CBS LP) Bach: O Ewigkeit Du Donnerwort BWV 70; Suzuki, Bach Colle- 12:30 pm AS WE KNOW IT gium Japan (BIS) 1:00 pm CRIMSON SPORTSTALK 2:00 pm SUNDAY SERENADE Berg: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, “To the Memory of an 3:00 pm RAGS TO RICHES Angel”; Zukerman, Boulez, London Symphony Orchestra Wagner: , Prelude and Liebestod; Karajan, (Sony) Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (EMI) Webern: Ricercare a 6 voci from Bach’s Musical Offering; Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2 in g, Op. 16; Ashkenazy, Boulez, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (DG) Previn, London Symphony Orchestra (Decca) 8:00 pm LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC 4:00 pm BEYOND THE STAGE IN CONCERT Exclusive interview with and select recordings from composer Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622; Fröst, Dudamel, Vijay Iyer. Los Angeles Philharmonic 5:00 pm WHEN ART IMITATES ART Mozart: (selections); Pratt, Bullock, Appleby, Hindemith: Mathis der Maler; Steinberg, Boston Symphony Madore, Dudamel, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra (DG LP) 10:00 pm RECORD HOSPITAL Liszt: Hunnenschlacht; Haitink, London Philharmonic Orchestra (Decca LP) 6:00 pm HISTORIC PERFORMANCES Friday, March 8 Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major; Furtwängler, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (Music and Arts, 1942) 5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM Strauss: Sinfonia Domestica, Op. 53; Anders, Furtwängler, 12:00 pm NEW JAZZ HOUR Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, (Arabesque, 1944) 1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT 8:00 pm SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE OPERA Barber: Toccata Festiva for Organ and Orchestra; Biggs, Or- Tchaikovsky: The Queen of Spades/Pique Dama; Freni, Cies- mandy, Philadelphia Orchestra (Columbia LP) inski, Forrester, Atlantov, Leiferkus, Hvorostovsky, Ozawa, Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 5 in D, Op. 105 No. 2; Perényi, Tanglewood Festival Chorus, American Boychoir, Boston Schiff (ECM) Symphony Orchestra (RCA Victor Red Seal) Bach, J.S.: Orchestral Suite No. 2 in b; Pearlman, Boston Ligeti: Le Grand Macabre; Ehlert, Claycomb, Hellekant, Baroque (Telcarc) van Nes, Ragin, Clark, Cole, Suart, White, Olsen, Salonen, Saariaho: NoaNoa for Flute and Electronics; Hoitenga (Neuma) London Sinfonietta Voices, Philharmonia Orchestra (Sony Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Overture, Op. 36; Stokowsky, Classical) Chicago Symphony (RCA) Boccherini: String Quartet in A, Op 39, No. 1, G. 213; Boccheri- ni Quartet (Channel Classics) Khachaturian: Triumphal Poem; Glushchenko, BBC Philharmo- Monday, March 11 nic Orchestra (Chandos) midnight THE DARKER SIDE Palestrina: Missa Papae Marcelli; Willcocks, Choir of King’s 5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM College, Cambridge (EMI) 1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT Field: Piano Concerto No. 2 in A-flat; O’Rourke, Bamert, Lon- Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 43; P. Järvi, Cincinnati don Mozart Players (Chandos) Symphony Orchestra (Telarc) Telemann: Sonata for Recorder and Continuo in f; Brüggen, Yuasa: Not I, But the Wind..., for amplified alto saxophone; Leonhardt, Bylsma (Telefunken LP) Pituch (ProViva) Adams: The Chairman Dances; de Waart, San Francisco Sym- Bach, C. P. E.: Sonatina for Orchestra in D, Wq. 109; Haenchen, phony Orchestra (Nonesuch) Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Chamber Orchestra (Berlin Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in A, K. 581; Hoeprich, van Dael, Classics) Stuurop, ten Have, Möller (Philips) Czerny: Grande Sonate in f, Op. 178, for Piano Four Hands; Tal, Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto, Op. 35; Ferras, Karajan, Berlin Groethuysen (Sony) Philharmonic Orchestra (DG) Britten: The Company of Heaven Cantata for Speakers, Soprano, 6:00 pm CLASSICAL REQUEST NIGHT , Chorus, Organ, Orchestra; Barkworth, Allen, Pope, Call (617) 295-WHRB or (617) 295-7942 to request your Dressen, Brunelle, London Philharmonic Choir, English favorite piece. Chamber Orchestra (Virgin) 7:00 pm HARVARD BASKETBALL Cherubini: String Quartet No. 4 in E; Hausmusik (cpo) Harvard at Cornell. Gregorian Chant: Les complies; Gajard, Choir of the Monks of 9:00 pm CLASSICAL REQUEST NIGHT (cont.) the Abbey of St. Pierre of Solesmes (Accord) 10:00 pm RECORD HOSPITAL Debussy: Sonata for Cello and Piano in D; Gregor-Smith, Wrigley (ASV) Telemann: Suite in G, “Bourlesque de Quixotte”, TWV 55:G10; Holst: The Cloud Messenger; Jones, Hickox, London Symphony Standage, Collegium Musicum 90 (Chandos) Chorus and Orchestra (Chandos) Webern: Concerto for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Trumpet, 6:00 pm THE DORIAN MODE: PLATO’S MUSIC Trombone, Violin, , and Piano, Op. 24; Aimard, Boulez, Howells: Mass in the Dorian Mode; Spicer, Finzi Singers Ensemble InterContemporain (DG) (Chandos) Hummel: Trumpet Concerto in E-flat; Nakariakov, Lopez-Coboz, Saint-Saëns: The Carnival of the Animals; (no narrator) Camp- Lausanne Chamber Orchestra (Teldec) bell, Festival of Sound Ensemble (CBC Records) Zolotaryov: Chamber Suite for Accordion; Farmer (Black Box) Tallis: Short Service 6:00 pm THE DOUBLE BASS 7:00 pm SCRIABIN: POET AND MYSTIC Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D, “Titan”, Movement III; Bern- Scriabin: 24 Preludes, Op. 11; Deyanova (Nimbus) stein, Concertgebouw Orchestra (DG) Scriabin: Piano Concerto in f-sharp, Op. 20; Ugorski, Boulez, Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14 Movement 5; Boulez, Chicago Symphony Orchestra (DG) London Symphony Orchestra (Sony) 8:00 pm NEW RELEASES Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kijé, Suite, Op. 60; Temirkanov, St. 10:00 pm RECORD HOSPITAL Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra (RCA Victor) Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 43, Movement II; Järvi, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra (BIS) Thursday, March 14 7:00 pm SPECIAL CONCERT Highlights of Theo Adam. 5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM 10:00 pm RECORD HOSPITAL TOP 20 CHARTS 1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT Messiaen: Chronochromie; Boulez, Cleveland Orchestra (DG) Vanhal: Viola Sonata in E-flat; Spelina, Hála (Supraphon) Tuesday, March 12 Fine: Alcestis; Strickland, Imperial Philharmonic Orchestra of Tokyo (CRI) 5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM Schubert: Piano Trio in E-flat, D. 929, Op. 100; Beaux Arts Trio 1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT (Philips) Josquin: Missa Pange Lingua; Phillips, Tallis Scholars (Gimell) Palestrina: Missa Descendit Angelus Domini; Patterson, Gloriae Reicha: Oboe Quintet in F, Op. 107; Francis, Allegri String Dei Cantores (GDC) Quartet (Hyperion) Karg-Elert: Sonata for Clarinet Solo, Op. 110; Stier (Halcyon) Boulanger: D’un Soir triste; Falletta, Women’s Philharmonic Fiorenza: Concerto for Recorder, Three , Viola, and Orchestra (Koch) Continuo in f; Festa Rustica (ASV) Fine: Quartet for Brass; Anderson, Dean, Jolley, Benz (CRI) Ives: Sonata No. 2, “Concord, Mass., 1840-1860”; Szidon, Schubert: Symphony No. 6 in C, D. 589; Beecham, Royal Phil- Stangl, Sonntag (DG LP) harmonic Orchestra (EMI) Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 4 in E-flat, K. 495; Brain, Karajan, Couperin: Préludes; Leonhardt (Philips) Philharmonia Orchestra (EMI) Tailleferre: Harp Concertino; Benet, Falletta, Women’s Philhar- Persichetti: Serenade No. 10 for Flute and Harp; Baron, Maayani monic Orchestra (Koch) (Phoenix) Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5 in A, K. 219; Perlman, Levine, Smetana: Triumphal (Festive) Symphony; Kosler, Czech Philhar- Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (DG) monic Orchestra (Supraphon) Stenhammar: Piano Concerto in d, Op. 23; Solyom, Westerberg, Sheppard: Spiritus sanctus procedens (first setting), à 5; Christo- Munich Philharmonic Orchestra (EMI) phers, The Sixteen (Hyperion) Tartini: Violin Sonata in g, “Devil’s Trill”; Manze (Harmonia Ravel: Shéhérazade; McNair, Ozawa, Boston Symphony Orches- Mundi) tra (Philips) Chávez: Sinfonía Romántica (Symphony No. 4); Bátiz, Royal 6:00 pm FORBIDDEN MUSIC Philharmonic Orchestra (ASV) Shostakovich: Passacaglia for Organ (transcription by Shosta- Brahms: Piano Quintet in f, Op. 34; kovich of Interlude at end of Act II, Scene 4, of Lady Macbeth (DG) of Mtsensk); Herrick (Hyperion) 6:00 pm ADORNO: MUSIC AND PHILOSOPHY Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19, Sz. 73, BB 82; Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C, D. 944, “Great”; Kleiber, Boulez, Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus (DG) Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra (Decca) Verdi: Rigoletto (selections); Bruson, Gruberova, Shicoff, Fass- Schubert: Fantasy in C, D. 760, Op. 15, “Wandererfantasie”; baender, Lloyd, Sinopoli, Choir and Orchestra of the National Pollini (DG) Academy of Saint Cecilia (Philips) 7:20 pm SCHUMANN: DICHTERLIEBE 7:00 pm REMEMBERING THE FUTURE Schumann: Fantasia in C, Op. 17; Pollini (DG) Note: the next broadcast of this feature will be 2-3pm, Sunday, 8:00 pm CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA IN CONCERT March 24th. Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (opera in concert), Act I; Siegel, Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 in D, Op. 25, “Classical”; Muti, Stemme, von der Damerau, Anger, Held, Plumb, Plenk, Philadelphia Orchestra (Philips) Welser-Möst, Cleveland Chorus and Orchestra Gallo: Trio Sonata No.1; Hogwood, Tecca, Komacker, Howard 10:00 pm RECORD HOSPITAL (London) Stravinsky: Pulcinella; Simmons, Schnittke, MacGregor, Stravinsky, Cleveland Orchestra (Sony) Wednesday, March 13 Stravinsky: Octet for Winds (1952 vers.); Salonen, London Sinfonietta (Sony) 5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM Stravinsky: Apollon Musagète; Salonen, Stockholm Chamber 1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT Orchestra (Sony) Caurroy: Fantasies; Savall, Hespèrion XX (Astrée) 8:00 pm SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY Williamson: Elevamini; Gamba, Iceland Symphony Orchestra IN CONCERT (Chandos) Debussy/Orch. Holloway: En blanc et noir; Tilson Thomas, San Haydn: String Quartet Op. 77, No. 1 in G; Francisco Symphony (DG) Adams: My Father Knew ; Tilson Thomas, San Rogister: Symphony in e for String Quartet and Orchestra; Francisco Symphony Quatuor Brahms, Walter, Symphony Orchestra of the RTBF Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Op. 35; Barantschik, Tilson (Schwann) Thomas, San Francisco Symphony Froberger: Suite in e; Leonhardt (Sony) 10:00 pm RECORD HOSPITAL Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in e; Hahn, Wolff, Oslo Philhar- monic Orchestra (Sony) Bernstein: Clarinet Sonata; Combs, Sobol (Summit) Verdi: Vêpres siciliennes: Act III, Scene 2: Les Quatre Saisons; Friday, March 15 Maazel, Cleveland Orchestra (London LP) Vivaldi: Sonata for Two Violins and Continuo in d; Banchini, 5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM Méjean, Gohl, Christensen (Harmonia Mundi) 12:00 pm NEW JAZZ HOUR 1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT Brahms: String Quintet No. 1 in F, Op. 88; , Steinhardt (Delos) Tuesday, March 19 Schnittke: Symphony No. 7; Otaka, BBC National Orchestra of Wales (BIS) 5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM Puccini: String Quartet in D; Raphael Quartet (Etcetera) 1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT Alfonso X El Sabio: Cantiga de Santa Maria No. 42, “A Virgen 6:00 pm ADORNO: MUSIC AND PHILOSOPHY mui grorïosa”; Ensemble Alcatraz (Nonesuch) Mahler: ; Ludwig, Wunderlich, Klem- Beethoven: Piano Trio (Clarinet, Violin, Piano) No. 4 in B-flat, perer, Philharmonia Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra Op. 11; Istomin, Schneider, Casals (Sony) (EMI) 7:15 pm SCHUMANN: DICHTERLIEBE Prokofiev: The Prodigal Son; Järvi, Scottish National Orchestra Schumann: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat, Op. 97, “Rhenish”; (Chandos) Bach, J. S.: Toccata, Adagio, and Fugue in C; Kissin (piano) Sawallisch, Staatskapelle Dresden (EMI) (RCA Victor) Schumann: Arabeske in C, Op. 18; Rubinstein (RCA Red Seal) Moscheles: Concerto for Flute, Oboe, and Orchestra in F; 8:00 pm CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA IN CONCERT Dufour, Klein, Freeman, Czech National Symphony Orchestra Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (opera in concert), Act II; Siegel, (Cedille) Stemme, von der Damerau, Anger, Held, Plumb, Plenk, Di Domenica: Sonata After Essays for Piano; Di Domenica Welser-Möst, Cleveland Chorus and Orchestra (GM) 10:00 pm RECORD HOSPITAL Glazounov: Symphony No. 6 in c, Op. 58; Järvi, Bamberg Sym- phony Orchestra (Orfeo) Randall: Dowland’s Lachrymae and Galliard, “Can she excuse Wednesday, March 20 my wrongs”; Leonhardt (Telefunken LP) Cartellieri: Parthia for Winds No. 2 in E-flat; Klöcker, Consor- 5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM tium Classicum (MDG) 1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT 6:00 pm CLASSICAL REQUEST NIGHT 6:00 pm EVENING CONCERT Call (617) 295-WHRB or (617) 295-7942 to request your 7:00 pm SCRIABIN: POET AND MYSTIC favorite piece. Scriabin: Sonata No. 2 in g-sharp, Op. 19 (Sonata-fantaisie); 10:00 pm RECORD HOSPITAL Hamelin (Hyperion) Scriabin: Poème, Op. 32 No. 1; Margulis (Inak) Scriabin: Poème, Op. 32 No. 2; Margulis (Inak) Scriabin: Sonata No. 3 in f-sharp, Op. 23; Hamelin (Hyperion) Saturday, March 16 Scriabin: Poème tragique, Op. 34; Hamelin (Hyperion) 5:00 am BLUES HANGOVER Scriabin: Poème satanique, Op. 36; Margulis (Inak) 9:00 am HILLBILLY AT HARVARD 8:00 pm EVENING CONCERT (cont.) 12:45 pm PRELUDE TO THE MET 10:00 pm RECORD HOSPITAL 1:00 pm METROPOLITAN OPERA Verdi: Falstaff; Ambrogio Maestri, Golda Schultz, Ailyn Pérez, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Jennifer Johnson Cano, Francesco Thursday, March 21 Demuro, Juan Jesús Rodríguez, Richard Farnes conducting. 4:00 pm POST-MET VOCAL PROGRAM 5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM 4:30 pm EVENING CONCERT 1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT 9:00 pm THE DARKER SIDE 6:00 pm EVENING CONCERT 8:00 pm LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC IN CONCERT Stravinsky: Fireworks; Dudamel, Los Angeles Philharmonic Sunday, March 17 Pereira: Threshold for Solo Timpani, Two Percussion and 7:00 am BLUES HANGOVER Orchestra; Maraca2 Percussion Duo, Pereira, Dudamel, Los 11:00 am MEMORIAL CHURCH SERVICE Angeles Philharmonic Preacher: The Rev. Dr. David P. Gushee, Distinguished Uni- Brahms: Symphony No. 1; Dudamel, Los Angeles Philharmonic versity Professor of Christian Ethics; Director, Center for Theol- 10:00 pm RECORD HOSPITAL ogy & Public Life, Mercer University; Immediate Past President, American Academy of Religion & Society of Christian Ethics. Music to be announced. Friday, March 22 12:30 pm AS WE KNOW IT 1:00 pm CRIMSON SPORTSTALK 5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM 2:00 pm SUNDAY SERENADE 1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT 6:00 pm HISTORIC PERFORMANCES 6:00 pm EVENING CONCERT Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major, Op. 73, “Em- 10:00 pm RECORD HOSPITAL peror”; Michelangeli, Celibidache, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra (LG, 1969) Bruckner: Symphony No. 4; Furtwängler, Vienna Philharmonic Saturday, March 23 (DG, 1951) Tchaikovsky: Lensky’s Aria; Heifetz, Chotzinkoff (RCA Victor, 5:00 am BLUES HANGOVER 1936) 9:00 am HILLBILLY AT HARVARD Rameau: Tambourin; Heifetz, Achron (RCA Victor, 1936) 12:45 pm PRELUDE TO THE MET 8:00 pm SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE OPERA 1:00 pm METROPOLITAN OPERA Janacek: Jenufa; Cervena, Catheart, Lewis, Jurinac, Söderström, Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila; Anita Rachvelishvili, Aleksandrs Rosen, San Francisco Opera Chorus and Orchestra (Gala) Antonenko, Laurent Naouri, Tomasz Konieczny, Günther midnight THE DARKER SIDE Groissböck, Sir Mark Elder conducting. 5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM 4:15 pm POST-MET VOCAL PROGRAM 1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT 4:45 pm EVENING CONCERT 6:00 pm EVENING CONCERT 9:00 pm THE DARKER SIDE 10:00 pm RECORD HOSPITAL Sunday, March 24 Monday, March 18 7:00 am BLUES HANGOVER 5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM 11:00 am MEMORIAL CHURCH SERVICE 1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT Preacher: The Rev. Kirstin C. Boswell-Ford, Chaplain to the 6:00 pm EVENING CONCERT Institute, MIT. 10:00 pm RECORD HOSPITAL 12:30 pm AS WE KNOW IT 1:00 pm CRIMSON SPORTSTALK 2:00 pm REMEMBERING THE FUTURE 1841); Schmöhe, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (Koch- Note: the next broadcast of this feature will be 7-8pm, Thurs- Schwann) day, March 28th. Schumann: Song, “Loreley”, Op. 53, No. 2; Ameling, Demus Corelli: Concerto Grosso Op. 6, No. 2 in F; McGegan, Philhar- (Deutsche Harmonia Mundi) monia Baroque Orchestra (Harmonia Mundi) Schumann: Konzertstück for Four Horns and Orchestra in F, Tippett: Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli; Menuhin, Op. 86; Seifert, Hauptmann, Kohler, Klier, Tennstedt, Berlin Masters, Simpson, Tippett, Bath Festival Orchestra (EMI) Philharmonic Orchestra (Angel LP) Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 violins in A minor; Akademie fur Alte 8:00 pm CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA IN CONCERT Musik (Harmonia Mundi) Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (opera in concert), Act III; Siegel, Schnittke: Concerto Grosso No. 1 for Two Violins, Harpsichord, Stemme, von der Damerau, Anger, Held, Plumb, Plenk, Prepared Piano, and Strings; Kremer, Grindenko, Rozhdest- Welser-Möst, Cleveland Chorus and Orchestra vensky, London Symphony Orchestra (Vanguard LP) 10:00 pm RECORD HOSPITAL 3:00 pm RAGS TO RICHES Strauss: Salome, Dance of the Seven Veils; Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (DG) Wednesday, March 27 Respighi: Adagio con variazioni for Cello and Orchestra; Mai- sky, Bychkov, Orchestre de Paris (DG) 5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5 in D, Op. 107, “Reformation”; 1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT: BOSTON WEEK Abbado, London Symphony Orchestra (DG) Today’s afternoon concert continues from yesterday’s in show- 4:00 pm BEYOND THE STAGE casing music ensembles from the community. Exclusive interview with and select recordings from conductor Selections to be announced. Kristo Kondakci. 6:00 pm THE DORIAN MODE: PLATO’S MUSIC 5:00 pm WHEN ART IMITATES ART Alain: Dorian Chorale for Organ; M.-C. Alain (MHS LP) Schuller: Seven Studies on Themes of Paul Klee; Schuller, Radio Takemitsu: The Dorian Horizon for 17 Strings; Ozawa, Toronto Philharmonic of Hamburg (GM) Symphony Orchestra (RCA LP) Andriessen: De Stijl; Leeuw, Thoma, Schoenberg Ensemble, Simonds: Dorian Prelude on Dies Irae for Organ; Berryman Asko Ensemble (Nonesuch LP) (Pipedreams) 6:00 pm HISTORIC PERFORMANCES Schulhoff: Variations on an Original Dorian Theme and Fugato, Chopin: Selection of Mazurkas; Czerny-Stefanska (Pearl, 1951) Op. 10; Urban (Koch Schwann) Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 in e, Op. 95; Mengelberg, Royal 7:00 pm SCRIABIN: POET AND MYSTIC Concertgebouw Orchestra (Teldec, 1941) Scriabin: Symphony No. 1 in E, Op. 26; Balleys, Larin, Ashke- Strauss: Poemi Sinfonici - Tondichtungen; Furtwängler, Berlin nazy, Berlin Radio Chorus, Deutsches Symphony Orchestra Philharmonic (Nuova Era, 1947 and 1954) (Decca) 8:00 pm SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE OPERA Scriabin: Sonata No. 4 in F-sharp, Op. 30; Hamelin (Hyperion) Berg: Wozzeck; Berry, Strauss, Weikenmeier, Doench, Lasser, 8:00 pm NEW RELEASES Van Vrooman, Uhl, Boulez, Paris National Opera Chorus and 10:00 pm RECORD HOSPITAL Orchestra Thursday, March 28 Note: From March 25 to March 31, Boston Week/Harvard Weekend will showcase musicians, artists, and speakers from 5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM WHRB’s local and school communities. In this week, you can 1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT: HARVARD look forward to live recordings, exclusive interviews, student Today’s afternoon concert will broadcast performances and performances, and other special programming. Further details compositions of current Harvard students and recent Harvard about this week’s programming will be posted on our website at alumni. Selections to be announced. www.whrb.org closer to the date. 6:00 pm FORBIDDEN MUSIC Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13 for Bass, Men’s Chorus, and Orchestra, Op. 113, “Babi Yar”; Aleksashkin, Solti, Men of Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra Monday, March 25 (London) 7:00 pm REMEMBERING THE FUTURE midnight THE DARKER SIDE Beethoven: String Quartet No. 15 in a, Op. 132; Alban Berg 5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM Quartet (EMI) 1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT: BOSTON WEEK Boucourechliev: Ombres (Homage à Beethoven); Auriacombe, Today’s afternoon concert features compositions written in, Toulouse Chamber Orchestra (EMI) inspired by, related to the city of Boston. Selections to be Kagel: Ludwig van; Tharaud, Bernold, Joulain, Le Roux, announced. Marder, Queyras, van Spændonck, Chœur Rémusat (Aeon) 6:00 pm THE DOUBLE BASS 8:00 pm SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY Bottesini: Gran quinetto; D’Archi del Teatro Quintet (Chandos) IN CONCERT Bottesini: Tarantella; Rotaru, Ting Yu (Soundset) Mahler: Symphony No. 9; Tilson Thomas, San Francisco Bottesini: Cappriccio; Botto, Ghio (Chandos) Symphony 7:00 pm SPECIAL CONCERT Debussy: La Mer; Tilson Thomas, San Francisco Symphony Boston Week/Harvard Weekend: Exclusive live recordings from 10:00 pm RECORD HOSPITAL Boston-area ensembles. 10:00 pm RECORD HOSPITAL TOP 20 CHARTS Friday, March 29 Tuesday, March 26 5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM 12:00 pm NEW JAZZ HOUR 5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM 1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT: HARVARD 1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT: BOSTON WEEK Note: In celebration of Harvard Weekend, the following selec- Today’s afternoon concert features recordings from music tions all include musicians, composers, or conductors affili- ensembles from the Greater Boston community. Selections to ated with Harvard in some way. be announced. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G, Op. 58; Kuerti, Yannatos, 6:00 pm ADORNO: MUSIC AND PHILOSOPHY Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra (Sterling) Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (selections); Klemperer, Philharmonia Bach, J. S.: Suite for Cello Solo No. 1 in G, S. 1007; Ma (Sony) Orchestra (Angel LP) Harbison: Symphony No. 2; Blomstedt, San Francisco Sym- 7:00 pm SCHUMANN: DICHTERLIEBE phony Orchestra (London) Schumann: Song, “Stille Liebe”, Op. 35, No. 8; von Otter, Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 2 in A; Jackiw, Levinson (Sony) Forsberg (DG) Haydn: Symphony No. 82 in C, “The Bear”; Bernstein, Orchestra (Sony) Schumann: Symphony No. 4 in d, Op. 120 (first version, AFTERNOON CONCERT continued on next page. Strauss: Don Juan, Op. 20; Gilbert, New York Philharmonic Crusell: Clarinet Concerto No. 3 in B-flat, Op. 11; Johnson, (New York Philharmonic) Schwarz, English Chamber Orchestra (ASV) Palestrina: O Beata Et Gloriosa Trinitas; Marvin, Harvard-Rad- Holborne: Lute Songs; O’Dette (Nonesuch LP) cliffe Collegium Musicum Janacek: Sinfonietta; Ancerl, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 2 in b-flat; Li (Warner) (Fidelio) Wyner: Prologue and Narrative for Cello and Orchestra (1994); Rautavaara: Sonata No. 2, Op. 64, “The Fire Sermon”; Mikkola Diaz, Yannatos, Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra (Albany) (Naxos) Rachmaninoff: All Night Vigil; Clark, Harvard-Radcliffe Col- Smith: Symphony in c; Shelley, London Mozart Players (Chan- legium Musicum (N/A) dos) Yannatos: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (2004); Lin, Yan- Rameau: Pièce de Clavecin en concert No. 2; Brüggen, S. Kui- natos, Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra (Albany) jken, W. Kuijken, Leonhardt (Telefunken LP) 6:00 pm CLASSICAL REQUEST NIGHT Barber: Serenade for String Orchestra, Op. 1; Schwarz, Los Call (617) 295-WHRB or (617) 295-7942 to request a piece. Angeles Chamber Orchestra (Nonesuch) 10:00 pm RECORD HOSPITAL Brahms: Trio for Horn, Violin, and Piano in E-flat, Op. 40; Damm, Suk, Genuit (Acanta) Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in b-flat, Op. 23; Richter, Saturday, March 30 Karajan, Vienna Symphony Orchestra (DG) 6:00 pm THE DOUBLE BASS 5:00 am BLUES HANGOVER Bottesini: Concerto No. 2 for Double Bass; Edgar Meyer, Wolff, 9:00 am HILLBILLY AT HARVARD St Paul Chamber Orchestra (Sony 11:45 pm PRELUDE TO THE MET Bottesini: Gran Duo Concertante for Violin, Double Bass and 12:00 pm METROPOLITAN OPERA Orchestra; Meyer, Bell, Wolff, St Paul Chamber Orchestra Wagner: Die Walküre; Christine Goerke, Eva-Maria Westbroek, (Sony) Jamie Barton, Stuart Skelton, Greer Grimsley, Günther Bottesini: Double Concerto for Cello, Double Bass and Orches- Groissböck, Philippe Jordan conducting. tra; Meyer, Ma, Wolff, St Paul Chamber Orchestra (Sony) 5:20 pm POST-MET VOCAL PROGRAM 7:00 pm SPECIAL CONCERT 5:50 pm EVENING CONCERT Grieg’s piano music. 9:00 pm THE DARKER SIDE 10:00 pm RECORD HOSPITAL TOP 20 CHARTS

Sunday, March 31 Tuesday, April 2 7:00 am BLUES HANGOVER 5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM 11:00 am MEMORIAL CHURCH SERVICE 1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT Preacher: To be announced. Music includes Whitbourn’s Pure Méhul: Symphony No. 1 in g; Rotter, Rhenish Philharmonic River of Water of Life and Van Ness’s How Sweet Are Your Orchestra (Naxos) Words. Barkauskas: Partita for Violin Solo; Kaler (Ongaku) 12:30 pm AS WE KNOW IT Josquin: Motet, “Illibata Dei Virgo nutrix”; Parrott, Taverner 1:00 pm CRIMSON SPORTSTALK Consort, Choir (EMI) 2:00 pm SUNDAY SERENADE Schubert: Violin Sonata in A, D. 574; Schröder, Hogwood 3:00 pm RAGS TO RICHES (Explore Records) Sibelius: Karelia Suite, Op. 11; Järvi, Gothenburg Symphony Badings: Symphony No. 15 “Conflicts and Confluences”; Cober, Orchestra (BIS) Dutch National Youth Wind Orchestra (Radio Nederland) Stravinsky: Le Sacre du printemps; Slatkin, St. Louis Symphony Auffmann: Concerto for Organ, Two Horns, and Strings in E- Orchestra (RCA Victor) flat; Haselböck, Melkus, Capella Academica Wien (Hänssler) 4:00 pm BEYOND THE STAGE Roussel: Symphony No. 4 in A, Op. 53; Järvi, Detroit Symphony Exclusive interviews with and select recordings from Harvard Orchestra (Chandos) student-musicians affiliated with NPR’s From the Top. Dussek: Elegie harmonique in f-sharp en forme de Sonate, Op. 5:00 pm WHEN ART IMITATES ART 61; Khouri (Entr’acte) von Schillings: Mona Lisa; Landau, Westphalian Symphony Bourgeois: Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra; Lindberg, Orchestra, Recklinghausen (Vox Box LP) Brand, City of London Wind Ensemble (LDR) Debussy: La Mer; Boulez, Cleveland Orchestra (DG) Sheppard: In manus tuas Domine (Settings 1, 2, and 3); Phillips, 6:00 pm HISTORIC PERFORMANCES Tallis Scholars (Gimell) Villa Lobos: Prole do Bebe, Book 1; Rubinstein (RCA Red Seal Sullivan: Cello Concerto in D; Lloyd Webber, Mackerras, Lon- LP, 1961) don Symphony Orchestra (Angel LP) Brahms: Four Ballades, Op. 10; Rubinstein (RCA Red Seal LP, Hindemith: Sonata for Bass Tuba; Torchinsky, Gould (Columbia 1970) LP) Gruenberg: Violin Concerto, Op. 47; Heifetz, Monteux, San De Fesch: Flute Concerto in g; Wentz, Musica ad Rhenum (NM Francisco Symphony Orchestra (Naxos Historical LP, 1945) Classics) Franck: Symphony of the Air; Wallenstein, NBC Symphony Parker: Lyrics for Piano, Six, Op. 25; Kairoff (Albany) Orchestra (RCA Red Seal LP, 1961) Haydn: Symphony No. 6 in D, “Le Matin”; Pinnock, English Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, Op. 74, “Pathetique”; Toscanini, Concert (DG-Archiv) Philadelphia Orchestra (RCA Red Seal LP, 1941) Zwilich: Double Quartet for Strings; Zwilich, New York Philhar- 8:00 pm SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE OPERA monic Ensemble (New World) Note: In honor of Boston Week/Harvard Weekend, exclusive 6:00 pm ADORNO: MUSIC AND PHILOSOPHY recordings of Opera will be featured. Ravel: La Valse (2-piano version); Argerich, Freire (Philips) Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin (orig. piano version); Casadesus (Sony) Monday, April 1 Ravel: L’enfant et les sortilèges (selections) 7:10 pm SCHUMANN: DICHTERLIEBE midnight THE DARKER SIDE Schumann: Liederkreis, Op. 24; Fischer-Dieskau, Demus (DG 5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM LP) 1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT Schumann: Liederkreis, Op. 39; Baker, Barenboim (Angel LP) Satie: Three Pieces in the Form of a Pear; R. and G. Casadesus 8:00 pm NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC (Sony) IN CONCERT Adams: Two Fanfares for Orchestra; de Waart, San Francisco Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem; van Zweden, New York Philhar- Symphony Orchestra (Nonesuch) monic Krommer: Octet-Partita for Winds in E-flat, Op. 79; Netherlands Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23; Barnatan, van Zweden, New Wind Ensemble (Philips LP) York Philharmonic J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D, S. 1050; Antonini, Beethoven: Symphony No. 5; van Zweden, New York Philhar- Il Giardino Armonico (Teldec) monic Martinu: Three Madrigals for Violin and Viola; Domus (Virgin) 10:00 pm RECORD HOSPITAL Soloists Ensemble of Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra (Melodiya) Wednesday, April 3 Penderecki: Canticum Canticorum Salomonis (Solomon’s Song of Songs); Penderecki, Cracow Philharmonic Chorus, Polish 5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM Radio National Symphony Orchestra (EMI) 1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT 7:00 pm REMEMBERING THE FUTURE Palestrina: Tu es Petrus Motet; Preston, Choir of Westminster Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in c, “Resurrection”; Vincent, Fer- Abbey (DG Archiv) rier, Klemperer, Amsterdam Tonkunstkoor, Concertgebouw Poulenc: Sextet for Piano and Wind Quintet; Davies, Stuttgart Orchestra (London) Wind Quintet (MD+G) Berio: Sinfonia; Chailly, Electric Phoenix, Royal Concertgebouw Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks; Mackerras, band of 64 Orchestra (London) winds and 9 percussion (Vanguard LP) Lachenmann: Marche Fatale; Sylvain Cambreling, Staatsorches- Knussen: Masks for Flute and Glass Chimes, Op. 3; Zucker, ter Stuttgart (Live) Cook (Cantilena Records) Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, Prelude and Liebestod; Karajan, Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 4 in g, Op. 40; Hough, Lit- Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (EMI) ton, Dallas Symphony Orchestra (Hyperion) Ravel: La Valse; P. Järvi, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Mozart: Quartet for Flute and Strings in D, K. 285; Bennett, (Telarc) Grumaiux Trio (Philips) 8:00 pm LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC Debussy: Première Rhapsodie for Clarinet and Orchestra; IN CONCERT Brymer, Prohaska, Vienna State Opera Orchestra (Vanguard) Esa-Pekka: Salonen Pollux; Dudamel, Los Angeles Philharmonic Harbison: String Quartet No. 2; Emerson String Quartet (DG) Varèse: Amériques; Dudamel, Los Angeles Philharmonic Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin, Three Echo Violins, and Strings in Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5; Dudamel, Los Angeles Phil- A, RV 552; Manze, Academy of Ancient Music (Harmonia harmonic Mundi) Schubert: Songs “Der Musensohn”, D. 764, “Nacht und Träu- 10:00 pm RECORD HOSPITAL me,” D. 827, “Nachtviolen,” D. 752, “Erlkönig,” D. 328; Fischer-Dieskau, Moore (EMI) Haydn: Symphony No. 31 in D, “Hornsignal”; Toscanini, NBC Friday, April 5 Symphony Orchestra (Relief) 5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM Bernstein: Clarinet Sonata; Combs, Sobol (Summit) 12:00 pm NEW JAZZ HOUR Victoria: Requiem (Officium defunctorum); Ho, Choir of the 1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT Church of the Advent, Boston (Arsis) Schumann: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in d, Op. posth.; Chopin: Scherzo No. 1 in b, Op. 20; Rubinstein (RCA Red Seal) Kulenkampff, Schmidt-Isserstedt, Berlin Philharmonic Dvorak: Symphonic Variations, Op. 78; Järvi, Scottish National Orchestra (Teldec) Orchestra (Chandos) Beach: Symphony in e, Op. 32, “Gaelic”; Järvi, Detroit, Sym- 6:00 pm THE DORIAN MODE: PLATO’S MUSIC phony Orchestra (Chandos) Bach, J. S.: Toccata and Fugue in d, S. 538, “Dorian”; Chris- Mozart: Flute and Harp Concerto in C, K. 299; Pahud, Lan- tensen (Arsis) glamet, Abbado, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (EMI) Beethoven: Missa Solemnis in D, Op. 123; Studer, Norman, Do- Josquin: Liber generationis Jesu Christi; Wickham, Clerks’ mingo, Moll, Levine, Leipzig Radio Chorus, Swedish Radio Group (ASV) Chorus, Eric Ericson Chamber Choir, Vienna Philharmonic Sibelius: Bagatelles for Piano, Op. 34; Mustonen (Ondine) Orchestra (DG) Bach: Harpsichord Concerto No. 4 in A, S. 1055; (piano) Pera- 7:00 pm SCRIABIN: POET AND MYSTIC hia, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields (Sony) Scriabin: Symphony No. 2 in c, Op. 29; Golovschin, Moscow Glass: Symphony No. 3; Davies, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra Symphony Orchestra (Naxos) (Nonesuch) Scriabin: Three Morceaux, Op. 45; Okashiro (ProPiano) Schubert: Piano Trio in B-flat, D. 898, Op. 99; Beaux Arts Trio Scriabin: Quasi Valse in F, Op. 47; Davidovich (Melodiya LP) (Philips) 8:00 pm NEW RELEASES Prokofiev: Egyptian Nights Suite, Op. 61; Rozhdestvensky, 10:00 pm RECORD HOSPITAL Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra (Eurodisc LP) Mozart: Quartet for Oboe and Strings in F, K. 370 (368b); Black, Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemble Thursday, April 4 (Philips) Barber: String Quartet, Op. 11; Emerson String Quartet (DG) 5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM Rameau: Harpsichord Suite in a; Pinnock (Vanguard LP) 1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT 6:00 pm CLASSICAL REQUEST NIGHT Mozart: Serenade in D, K. 320, “Posthorn”; van Beinum, Con- Call (617) 295-WHRB or (617) 295-7942 to request your certgebouw Orchestra (Retrospective) favorite piece. Lutoslawski: String Quartet; Alban Berg Quartet (EMI) 10:00 pm RECORD HOSPITAL Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No. 2; Dorati, Philhar- monia Hungarica (Mercury) Frye: Motet, “Ave regina” (first setting); Hilliard Ensemble (ECM) Saturday, April 6 Mendelssohn: Symphony for Strings No. 9 in C; Masur, Leipzig 5:00 am BLUES HANGOVER Gewandhaus Orchestra (Berlin Classics) 9:00 am HILLBILLY AT HARVARD Bach, J. S.: Partita for Flute Solo in a, S. 1013; van Hauwe 12:45 pm PRELUDE TO THE MET (recorder, playing the work in c) (Channel Classics) 1:00 pm METROPOLITAN OPERA Poulenc: Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra in d; G. Puccini: Tosca; Jennifer Rowley, Joseph Calleja, Wolfgang Pekinel, S. Pekinel, Janowski, Orchestre Philharmonique de Koch, Philip Cokorinos, Carlo Rizzi conducting. Radio France (Teldec) 4:10 pm POST-MET VOCAL PROGRAM Reicha: Quintet for Winds No. 2 in E-flat, Op. 88, No. 2; Aca- 4:40 pm EVENING CONCERT demia Wind Quintet of Prague (Hyperion) 9:00 pm THE DARKER SIDE Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 1 in f-sharp, Op. 1; Rach- maninoff, Ormandy, Philadelphia Orchestra (RCA Victor) Rameau: Pièces de clavecin, Suite in a; Sykes (Titanic) Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated!; Hamelin (Hyperion) 6:00 pm FORBIDDEN MUSIC Schoenberg: Three Pieces for chamber orchestra, Op. posth; de Ideas for or feedback on programming? Leeuw, Schoenberg Ensemble (Koch-Schwann) Send us mail or email us at [email protected]. Webern: Five Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 10; Boulez, Ensemble InterContemporain (DG) Want to advertise here? Schnittke: String Quartet No. 1; (Nonesuch) Contact [email protected] Denisov: Sun of the Incas (for Voice and Chamber Orchestra); Sunday, April 7 Tuesday, April 9 7:00 am BLUES HANGOVER 5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM 11:00 am MEMORIAL CHURCH SERVICE 1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT Preacher: Prof. Jonathan L. Walton, Plummer Professor of Debussy: String Quartet in g, Op. 10; Carmina Quartet (Denon) Christian Morals and Pusey Minister, The Memorial Church of Gilboa: Three Lyric Pieces in Mediterranean Style for Chamber Harvard University. Music includes Lassus’s Missa bella Amfitrit Orchestra; Talmi, Israel Chamber Orchestra (Music in Israel) altera and Byrd’s Ave verum Corpus. Franck: Prélude, Choral, et Fugue; Moravec (VAI Audio) 12:30 pm AS WE KNOW IT Förster: Concerto for Horn and Strings in E-flat; Tuckwell, Mar- 1:00 pm CRIMSON SPORTSTALK riner, Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields (Angel LP) 2:00 pm SUNDAY SERENADE Beach: Violin Sonata in a, Op. 34; Pascal, Polk (Arabesque) 3:00 pm RAGS TO RICHES Pleyel: Symphony in d, B. 147; Bamert, London Mozart Players Satie: Parade; Abravanel, Utah Symphony Orchestra (Vanguard) (Chandos) Dvorak: Piano Concerto in g, Op. 33; Hayroudinoff, Noseda, Holborne: Suite; Linde Consort (EMI LP) BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Chandos) Roussel: Symphony No. 4 in A, Op. 53; Dutoit, Orchestre Natio- 4:00 pm BEYOND THE STAGE nale de France (Erato) Interview to be announced. Muczynski: Time Pieces for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 43; Wil- 5:00 pm WHEN ART IMITATES ART liams, Andrist (CRI) Liszt: Années de pèlerinage, Second Year, Italy; Brendel Lalo: Cello Concerto in d; Varga, Köhler, Stuttgart Philhamonic (Philips) Orchestra (Vox Box LP) 6:00 pm HISTORIC PERFORMANCES Bach, J.S.: French Suite No. 6 in E, S. 817; Horszowski (None- Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2 in g, Op. 63; Heifetz, Monteux, such) San Francisco Symphony Orchestra (Naxos Historical LP, Milhaud: Scaramouche, Suite for Saxophone and Orchestra, Op. 1937) 165c; B. Marsalis, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (Sony) Respighi: Feste Romane; Toscanini, Philadelphia Orchestra Boccherini: String Quintet in E-flat, Op. 29, No. 5, G. 317; S. (RCA Red Seal LP, 1941) Kuijken, Stuurop, van Dael, Bylsma, W. Kuijken (Sony) Fauré: Piano Quartet No. 1 in c, Op. 15; Rubinstein, Paganini Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36, “Enigma”; Quartet (RCA Red Seal LP, 1949) Gardiner, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (DG) Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3, Op. 30; Rachmaninoff, 6:00 pm ADORNO: MUSIC AND PHILOSOPHY Ormandy, Philadelphia Orchestra (RCA Gold Seal LP, 1940) Stravinsky: Petrushka (1911 version); Boulez, Cleveland Orches- 8:00 pm SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE OPERA tra (Deutsche Grammophon) Tippett: King Priam; Palmer, Harper, Minton, Tear, Langridge, Stravinsky: Suite from “L’Histoire du soldat”; Stravinsky, Allen, Bailey, Atherton, London Sinfonietta and Chorus ensemble (Sony) (Chandos) Stravinsky: Octet for Winds (1923); Stravinsky, Columbia Chamber Ensemble (CBS LP) 7:25 pm SCHUMANN: DICHTERLIEBE Monday, April 8 Schumann: Fives Pieces in a Folk Tone for Cello and Piano, Op. 102; Casals, Mannes (Sony) midnight THE DARKER SIDE Schumann: Song, “Frage”, Op. 35, No. 9; Ameling, Demus 5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM (Deutsche Harmonia Mundi) 1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT Schumann: Requiem for Mignon, Op. 98b; Donath, Kaufman, Dohnányi: Sextet for Piano, Clarinet, Horn, Violin, Viola, and Lipovsek, Calm, Rootering, Sawallisch, Bavarian Radio Cello in C, Op. 37; Endymion Ensemble (ASV) Symphony Orchestra and Chorus (Eurodisc) Handel: Water Music, Suite No. 1 in F, HWV 348; McGegan, 8:00 pm NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra (Harmonia Mundi) IN CONCERT Bruckner: Libera me for Choir, Three Trombones, Cello, Double Mozart: Sinfonia concertante, K.364/320d; Staples, Phelps, van Bass, and Organ;Best, Corydon Singers, Sheen, Brenner, Zweden, New York Philharmonic Brown, Hegedus, Martin, Scott (Hyperion) Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8; van Zweden, New York Boulez: Notations; Abbado, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Philharmonic (DG) 10:00 pm RECORD HOSPITAL Reicha: Wind Quintet No. 9 in D, Op. 91, No. 3; Albert Sch- weitzer Quintet (cpo) Respighi: Feste Romane; Tortelier, Philharmonia Orchestra Wednesday, April 10 (Chandos) Morales: Motet, “Emendemus in melius”; McCreesh, Gabrieli 5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM Consort and Players (DG Archiv) 1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT Berg: Altenberg Lieder Op. 4; Norman, Boulez, London Sym- Vanhal: Symphony in D; Vlcek, Prague Chamber Orchestra phony Orchestra (Sony) (Supraphon) Bach, J. S.: Fantasia in G, S. 572; Chapuis (Valois) Kotter: Salve regina; Tachezi (Teldec) Sibelius: Symphony No. 7 in C, Op. 105; Davis, Boston Sym- Chopin: Variations on “Là ci darem la mano” from Don Giovan- phony Orchestra (Philips) ni; Arrau, Inbal, London Philharmonic Orchestra (Philips) Mendelssohn: Violin Sonata in f, Op. 4; Nomos Duo (Naxos) Bartók: String Quartet No. 6; Chilingirian Quartet (Chandos) Dutilleux: Métaboles; Munch, French National Radio Orchestra Vivaldi: Stabat Mater; Blaze, King, King’s Consort (Hyperion) (MHS LP) Bolcom: Gospel Preludes for Organ, Book IV; Mason (Pipe- Haydn: Trio for Two Flutes and Continuo No. 3 in G, Hob. IV:3; dreams) A. Nicolet, C. Nicolet, Canino (Novalis) Sibelius: Karelia Suite, Op. 11; Marriner, Academy of St. Honegger: Pacific 231 (Mouvement symphonique No. 1); Jan- Martin-in-the-Fields (Philips) sons, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra (EMI) Clementi: Sonata quasi Concerto in C; Horowitz (RCA) Monteverdi: Quarto scherzo delle ariose vaghezze, “Si dolce è ‘l Palestrina: Motet, “Assumpta est Maria in caelum”; Phillips, tormento”; Villazón, Haïm, Concert d’Astrée (Virgin) Tallis Scholars (Gimell) Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 in C, “Organ”; Dupré, Paray, Schumann: Piano Sonata in g; Eley (Koch) Detroit Symphony Orchestra (Mercury) Still: La Guiablesse; Jackson, Berlin Symphony Orchestra 6:00 pm THE DOUBLE BASS (Koch) Koussevitsky: Concerto for Double Bass and Orchestra; Karr, Bach, J. S.: Trio Sonata for Organ No. 5 in C; Christensen Antonini, Sixten Ehrling (New World) (Arsis) Koussevitsky: Early Works for Solo Bass; Koussevitsky, Boston Greco: Ardor, Concerto for Violin and Orchestra; Todorova, Symhony Orchestra (Biddulph) Leaper, Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria (ASV) 7:00 pm SPECIAL CONCERT Reger: String Quartet in f-sharp; Mannheim String Quartet The music of Albert Roussel. (MDG) 10:00 pm RECORD HOSPITAL TOP 20 CHARTS 6:00 pm THE DORIAN MODE: PLATO’S MUSIC Brahms: Two Motets, Op. 74; Best, Corydon Singers (Hyperion) Friday, April 12 Olsson: 10 Variations on the Dorian Hymn “Ave maris stella,” Op. 42; Gustafsson (Swedish Society LP) 5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM Sweelinck: Fantasia in d; Black (Centaur) 12:00 pm NEW JAZZ HOUR 7:00 pm SCRIABIN: POET AND MYSTIC 1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT Scriabin: Eight Etudes, Op. 42; Laredo (Nonesuch) Giuliani: Guitar Concerto No. 1 in A, Op. 30; Williams, English Scriabin: Sonata No. 5 in F-sharp, Op. 53; Hamelin (Hyperion) Chamber Orchestra (Columbia LP) Scriabin: The Poem of Ecstasy, Op. 54; Abbado, Boston Sym- Carter: String Quartet No. 1; Walden Quartet of the University of phony Orchestra (DG LP) Illinois (Columbia LP) 8:00 pm NEW RELEASES Handel: Concerto Grosso Op. 6, No. 3; Pearlman, Boston 10:00 pm RECORD HOSPITAL Baroque (Telarc) Quilter: To Julia, Op. 6; Luxon, Willison (Chandos) Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 3, K. 216; Loveday, Marriner, Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields (London) Thursday, April 11 Gesualdo: Motet, “In monte Oliveti”; Rahe, Youth Choir of 5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM Osnabrück (Carus) 1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT Barber: Souvenirs (Ballet Suite), Op. 28; Schenck, New Zealand Danzi: Quartet for Bassoon and String Trio in B-flat, Op. 40, No. Symphony Orchestra (Koch) 3; Smith, Coull String Quartet (ASV) Brahms: Piano Trio No. 1, Op. 8; Rubinstein, Heifetz, Feuer- Arnold: Guitar Concerto, Op. 67; Fernández, Wordsworth, mann (RCA Red Seal) English Chamber Orchestra (Decca) Adams: Two Fanfares for Orchestra; de Waart, San Francisco Schumann, C.: Six Lieder, Op. 13; Bonney, Ashkenazy (London) Symphony Orchestra (Nonesuch) Marenzio: Madrigal, “Giunto a la tomba”; Jacobs, Concerto Purcell: Sonata of Three Parts No. 2; Beznosiuk, Podger, Coin, Vocale (Harmonia Mundi) Hogwood (Oiseau Lyre) Dvorak: String Quartet in G, Op. 106; Prazak Quartet (Praga) Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances, Op. 45; Kondrashin, Mos- Veracini: Ouverture No. 6 in B-flat; Goebel, Musica Antiqua cow Philharmonic Orchestra (Melodiya-Angel LP) Köln (DG Archiv) Haydn: String Quartet Op. 42; (ASV) Still: Miniatures for Flute, Oboe, and Piano; Shanley, Christ, Schubert: Symphony No. 9, D. 944, “Great”; Toscanini, NBC Davis (Crystal LP) Symphony Orchestra (RCA Victor) Mozart: Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra in E-flat, K. 6:00 pm CLASSICAL REQUEST NIGHT 365 (316a); Rabinovitch, Argerich, Faerber, Württemberg Call (617) 295-WHRB or (617) 295-7942 to request your Chamber Orchestra of Heilbronn (Teldec) favorite piece. Zwilich: Quintet for Clarinet and String Quartet; Shifrin, I. 10:00 pm RECORD HOSPITAL Kavafian, Zori, Neubauer, Sherry (Delos) Brahms: Gesang der Parzen (Song of the Fates), Op. 89; Tosca- nini, Robert Shaw Chorale, NBC Symphony Orchestra (RCA Saturday, April 13 Victor) Holborne: Suite for Five Instruments; Pro Recorder En- 5:00 am BLUES HANGOVER semble of Argentina (Lyrichord) 9:00 am HILLBILLY AT HARVARD Glazounov: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat, Op. 55; Serebrier, Royal 11:15 am PRELUDE TO THE MET Scottish National Orchestra (Warner Classics) 11:30 am METROPOLITAN OPERA Vivaldi: Sonata for Cello and Continuo No. 3 in a, RV 43; Byl- Wagner: Siegfried; Christine Goerke, Erin Morley, Karen sma, Suzuki, Ogg (Deutsche Harmonia Mundi) Cargill, Stefan Vinke, Gerhard Siegel, Michael Volle, Tomasz Khachaturian: Violin Concerto in d; Oistrakh, Khachaturian, Konieczny, Dmitry Belosselskiy, Philippe Jordan conducting. Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra (Melodiya-Angel LP) 4:50 pm POST-MET VOCAL PROGRAM 7:00 pm FORBIDDEN MUSIC 5:20 pm EVENING CONCERT Krenek: Symphony for Wind Instruments, Op. 34; Globokar, 9:00 pm THE DARKER SIDE Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (Thorofon) Korngold: Baby Serenade, Op. 24; Albert, Northwest German Philharmonic Orchestra (cpo) Sunday, April 14 Toch: Cello Sonata, Op. 50; Honigberg, Brake (Albany) 7:00 pm REMEMBERING THE FUTURE 7:00 am BLUES HANGOVER Bach, J. S.: Cantata, S. 29, „Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken 11:00 am MEMORIAL CHURCH SERVICE dir“; Sonntag, Graf, Baldin, Huttenlocher, Rilling, Gächinger Preacher: The Rev. Dr. Bill Leonard, James and Marilyn Dunn Kantorei of Stuttgart, Württemberg Chamber Orchestra of Professor of Baptist Studies and Professor of Church History Heilbronn (Hänssler) Emeritus, Wake Forest University School of Divinity, Winston- Foss: Baroque Variations; Foss, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Salem, North Carolina. Music includes Weelkes’s Hosanna to the (Nonesuch LP) Son of David and Mathias’s Lift Up Your Heads. Knussen: Music for a Puppet Court, Op. 11; Knussen, London 12:30 pm AS WE KNOW IT Sinfonietta (DG) 1:00 pm CRIMSON SPORTSTALK Schumann: Papillons, Op. 2; Freire (Decca) 2:00 pm SUNDAY SERENADE Widmann: String Quartet No.3 “Jagdquartett”; 3:00 pm RAGS TO RICHES (Harmonia Mundi) Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4 (1899; orch. vers. 1917/43); Bach, J. S.: Goldberg Variations, S. 988; Schiff (London LP) Venzago, German Chamber Philharmonia (Virgin) Sciarrino: Anamorfosi; Marc-Andre Hamelin (Special Record- Berlioz: Grande symphonie funèbre et triomphale; Wallace, The ing) Wallace Collection (Nimbus) 8:00 pm SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY 4:00 pm BEYOND THE STAGE IN CONCERT Interview to be announced. Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 19; Fischer, 5:00 pm WHEN ART IMITATES ART Tilson Thomas, San Francisco Symphony Reger: Vier Tondichtungen nach A. Böcklin; Weigle, Bromsel, Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique. Op. 14; Tilson Thomas, San Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra (Cappriccio LP) Francisco Symphony Rachmaninoff: The Isle of the Dead, Symphonic Poem, Op. 29; Mozart: Symphony No. 38; Tilson Thomas, San Francisco Koussevitzky, Boston Symphony Orchestra (EMI) Symphony 6:00 pm HISTORIC PERFORMANCES 10:00 pm RECORD HOSPITAL Strauss: Tod und Verklärung, Op. 24; Toscanini, Philadelphia Orchestra (RCA Red Seal LP, 1941) Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Toscanini, New York Philharmonic (RCA Victor Gold Seal LP, 1929) Wagner: Siegfried Idyll; Toscanini, New York Philharmonic Requests: Call (617) 495-WHRB (9472) (RCA Victor Gold Seal LP, 1929) HISTORIC PERFORMANCES continued on next page. Dukas: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice; Toscanini, New York Philhar- Schumann: Fantasiestücke for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 73; Ma monic (RCA Victor Gold Seal LP, 1929) (cello), Ax (CBS LP) Rossini: Overtures: Barber of Seville, Italian in Algiers, Semir- Schumann: Songs from Earlier Days, Op. 133; Schiff (Teldec) amide; Toscanini, New York Philharmonic (RCA Victor Gold 8:00 pm NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC Seal LP, 1929) IN CONCERT Verdi: Preludes to La Traviata, Acts I and III; Toscanini, New Wagenaar: Cyrano de Bergerac Overture; van Zweden, New York Philharmonic (RCA Victor Gold Seal LP, 1929) York Philharmonic Debussy: La Mer; Toscanini, Philadelphia Orchestra (RCA Red Korngold: Violin Concerto; Hahn, van Zweden, New York Seal LP, 1941) Philharmonic 8:00 pm SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE OPERA Beethoven; Symphony No. 7; van Zweden, New York Philhar- Verdi: La Forza del Destino; Baltsa, Plowright, Bruson, Car- monic reras, Sinopoli, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Philharmonia 10:00 pm RECORD HOSPITAL Orchestra (DG) Monday, April 15 Wednesday, April 17 midnight THE DARKER SIDE 5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM 5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM 1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT 1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT Goldmark: Overture, Penthesilea, Op. 31; Halász, Rhenish Clementi: Sonata in D; Tipo (EMI) Philharmonic Orchestra Dvorak: Symphony No. 3; Järvi, Scottish National Orchestra (Records International LP) (Chandos) Bach: Partita No. 1 in B-flat, S. 825; Gould (Sony) Brings: Concerto No. 4 for Harpsichord and Strings; Brookshire, Stravinsky: Symphonies of Wind Instruments; Craft, Columbia Brings, ensemble (Capstone) Symphony Winds and Bach, J.S.: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5; Istomin, Szigeti, Wum- Brass (Columbia LP) mer, Casals, Prades Festival Orchestra (Sony) Respighi: Il Tramonto for Voice and String Quartet; Trakas, Schubert: Impromptus, D. 899 (Op. 90); Brendel (Philips) Quartetto di Venezia (Koch) Ibert: Flute Concerto; Galway, Dutoit, Royal Philharmonic Mozart: Symphony No. 29 in A, K. 201; Marriner, Academy of Orchestra (RCA Red Seal LP) St. Martin-in-the-Fields (Philips) Gombert: Magnificat à octavi toni; Phillips, Tallis Scholars Ewazen: Colchester Fantasy for Brass Quintet; Center City Brass (Gimell) Quintet (Chandos) Paganini: Violin Concerto No. 1; Midori, Slatkin, London Sym- Massenet: Orchestral Suite No. 7, “Scènes Alsaciennes”; phony Orchestra (Philips) Bonynge, National Philharmonic Orchestra (London LP) Reger: Introduction, Passacaglia, and Fugue for Two Pianos; I. Vivaldi: Oboe Concerto in D, RV. 453; Holliger, I Musici von Vintschger, J. von Vintschger (Jecklin-Disco) (Philips LP) Surinach: Doppio Concertino for Violin and Piano; A. Ajemian, Copland: Appalachian Spring; Bernstein, New York Philhar- M. 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Kuijken, S. Kuijken, W. Kuijken (Accent) Schumann, C.: Piano Trio in g; Macalester Trio (Vox LP) Thursday, April 18 Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 43; Thibaudet, Ashkenazy, Cleveland 5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM Orchestra (London) 1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT 6:00 pm CLASSICAL REQUEST NIGHT Dvorak: Symphony No. 8 in G, Op. 88; Masur, New York Phil- Call (617) 295-WHRB or (617) 295-7942 to request your harmonic Orchestra (Teldec) favorite piece. Dufaut: Suite for Lute in F; Pernot (Accord) 10:00 pm RECORD HOSPITAL Glass: Violin Concerto; McDuffie, Eschenbach, Houston Sym- phony Orchestra (Telarc) Liszt: Transcendental Etudes, Harmonies du soir; Bolet (Philips) Saturday, April 20 Gabrieli: Nunc dimittis (from Sacrae Symphoniae of 1597); Ap- pia, Choir and Orchestra of the Gabrieli Festival (Bach Guild) 5:00 am BLUES HANGOVER Bartók: Sonata for Violin Solo, BB 124; Josefowicz (Philips) 9:00 am HILLBILLY AT HARVARD Haydn: Symphony No. 64 in A, “Tempora mutantur”; Hogwood, 12:45 pm PRELUDE TO THE MET Academy of Ancient Music (Oiseau-Lyre) 1:00 pm METROPOLITAN OPERA Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata in g, Op. 19; G. Capuçon, Zilber- Mozart: La Clemenza di Tito; Ying Fang, Elza van den Heever, stein (EMI) Joyce DiDonato, Emily D’Angelo, Matthew Polenzani, Chris- Biber: Sonata Sancti Polycarpi à 9 for Eight Trumpets, Tympani, tian Van Horn, Lothar Koenigs conducting. and continuo; Immer, Haarlem Trumpet Consort (Teldec) 4:05 pm POST-MET VOCAL PROGRAM Avni: Beyond the Curtain, for Piano Quartet; Cantilena Piano 4:35 pm EVENING CONCERT Quartet (Israel Music Institute) 9:00 pm THE DARKER SIDE Schumann, C.: Piano Concerto in A, Op. 7; Cheng, Falletta, Women’s Philharmonic Orchestra (Koch) Anon. (16th c.): Song, “Dindirindin”; Berganza, Yepes (DG) Sunday, April 21 Liszt: Ave verum corpus; Chung, Coro dell’Academica Naziona- le di Santa Cecilia, Rossi (DG) 7:00 am BLUES HANGOVER Handel: Variations for Harp; Robles (London) 11:00 am MEMORIAL CHURCH SERVICE Prokofiev: Sinfonia Concertante for Cello and Orchestra in e, Preacher: Prof. Jonathan L. Walton, Plummer Professor of Op. 125; Maisky, Pletnov, Russian National Orchestra (DG) Christian Morals and Pusey Minister, The Memorial Church of 6:00 pm FORBIDDEN MUSIC Harvard University. Music includes Mozart’s Mass in C Major, Mozart: Requiem in d, K. 626; Alliot-Lugaz, Visse, Hill, Rein- K. 220 and Hampton’s A Repeating Alleluia. hart, Malgoire, Regional Chorus of Nord-Pas-de-Calais, La 12:30 pm AS WE KNOW IT Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy (Sony) 1:00 pm CRIMSON SPORTSTALK Debussy: Estampes; Richter (DG) 2:00 pm SUNDAY SERENADE 7:00 pm REMEMBERING THE FUTURE 3:00 pm RAGS TO RICHES Abrahamsen: Let Me Tell You; Hannigan, Nelsons, Bayerisches Bruckner: Symphony No. 2 in c; Jochum, Bavarian Radio Sym- Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester (Winter & Winter) phony Orchestra (DG) Strauss: Four Last Songs; Schwarzkopf, Karajan, Berlin Philhar- 4:00 pm BEYOND THE STAGE monic Orchestra (Paragon) Interview to be announced. Nono: Il Canto Sospeso; Abbado, Bonney, Otto, Torzewski, Run- 5:00 pm WHEN ART IMITATES ART funkchor Berlin under Knothe, Berlin Philharmoniker (Sony) Debussy: L’Isle joyeuse; Pollini (DG) Monteverdi: Il Combattimento di Tancredi; (Special Recording) Poulenc: L’embarquement pour Cythère; Wienand, May (Pala- 8:00 pm LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC dino LP) IN CONCERT Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Gergiev, Vienna Philhar- Bernstein: Chichester Psalms; Dudamel, Los Angeles Philhar- monic Orchestra (Philips) monic 6:00 pm HISTORIC PERFORMANCES Beethoven: Symphony No. 9; Dudamel, Los Angeles Philhar- Haydn: Cello Concerto in D Major; Feuermann, Sargent, London monic Symphony Orchestra, (Pearl, 1935) 10:00 pm RECORD HOSPITAL Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg, Overture; Karajan, Staatskapelle Berlin (DG, 1939) Mozart: Requiem, K. 626; Karajan, Vienna Philharmonic (Suite, Friday, April 19 1960) Grieg: Sonata No. 3 in c, Op. 45; Heifetz, Bay (RCA Vic- 5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM tor,1936) 12:00 pm NEW JAZZ HOUR 8:00 pm SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE OPERA 1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT Gershwin: Porgy and Bess; White, Mitchell, Boatwright, Gregorian Chant: Antiphons, “Et respicientes,” “Facta est cum Clemmons, Hendricks, Quivar, Conrad, Thompson, Maazel, Angelo,” “Genuit puerpera Regem,” “Parvulus filius,” “Post Cleveland Orchestra Chorus and Orchestra (DG) dies octo,” “Quem vidistis pastores,” “Regina coeli”; Bene- dictine Monks of Clervaux (Luxembourg) (Philips LP) Chopin: Nocturne, Op. 55, No. 1 in f; Rév (Hyperion) Monday, April 22 Glass: Symphony No. 8; Davies, Bruckner Orchestra of Linz (Orange Mountain Music) midnight THE DARKER SIDE Koechlin: Sonatina for Oboe and Piano, Op. 58; Lencsés, 5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM Rudiakov (Audite) 1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT Bach, J. S.: Violin Concerto No. 2 in E, S. 1042; Menuhin, Dufay: Chants for Marian Celebrations, with Magnificat; Enescu, Orchestre Symphonique de Paris (EMI) Blachly, Pomerium (DG Archiv) Hindemith: Quartet for Clarinet, Violin, Cello, and Piano; Busoni: Pieces for Pianoforte, Op. 33b, Kind. 241; Madge (CD Hudgins, Lowe, Eskin, Kalish (Arabesque) #2) (Philips) Rosetti: Symphony in G, A. 40, K. 122; Bamert, London Mozart Vivaldi: Dixit Dominus, RV 595; Gritton, Wyn-Davies, Denley, Players (Chandos) King, King’s Consort Choir, King’s Consort (Hyperion) Hovhaness: Sonata for Harp, Op. 127; Kondonassis (Telarc) AFTERNOON CONCERT continued on next page. Gorecki: Broad Waters, Op. 39; Ding, Lira Chamber Chorus de Coincy: Entendez tuit ensemble; Pickett, New London (Nonesuch) Consort (Decca) Haydn: Piano Concerto in G, Hob. XVIII:4; Pletnev, Deutsche Danzi: Quartet for Bassoon and String Trio in B-flat, Op. 40, No. Kammerphilharmonie (Virgin) 3; Smith, Coull String Quartet (ASV) Dupré: Variations sur un Noël, Op. 20; Mechler (Motette) Maric: Songs of Space; Jagust, Belgrade Radio-Television Schubert: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat, D. 485; Kleiber, North Mixed Choir and Symphony Orchestra (Chandos) German Radio Orchestra (EMI) Buxtehude: Sonata for Violin, Viola da gamba, and Continuo in Takemitsu: Entre-temps, for String Quartet and Oboe; Van Den g, Op. 2, No. 3; Boston Museum Trio (Harmonia Mundi) Hauwe, Werthen, I Fiamminghi (Telarc) Field: Piano Concerto No. 2 in A-flat; O’Rourke, Bamert, Lon- Fayrfax: Missa Regali ex progenie; Carwood, Cardinall’s Musick don Mozart Players (Chandos) (ASV) Fine: Missa Brevis for Four and Taped Voice; DeGaetani, Stamitz: Octet for Winds No. 2 in B; Consortium Classicum Barlett, D. Finckel, M. Finckel, Neuman (CRI) (cpo) Clementi: Symphony No. 3 in G, “The Great National”; Elgar: The Spirit of England, Op. 80; Cahill, Gibson, Scottish D’Avalos, Philharmonia Orchestra (Brilliant Classics) National Orchestra and Chorus (Chandos) 6:00 pm THE DORIAN MODE: PLATO’S MUSIC Pachelbel: Fugues on the Magnificat, 95; Payne (Centaur) Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending; Brown, Marriner, 6:00 pm THE DOUBLE BASS Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields (London) Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody in C# minor; Bassiona Amorosa Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis; (K&K Verlagsanstalt) Thomson, London Philharmonic Orchestra (Chandos) Schubert: Quintet for Piano and Strings in A, Op. 114, D. 667, Remo, attrib. Albinoni: Adagio in g; Rudolf Baumgartner, Came- “Trout”; H. Menuhin, Amadeus String Quartet (Seraphim) rata Bern (DG LP) 7:00 pm SPECIAL CONCERT Piazolla: Maria de Buenos Aires Suite; Brass of the Royal Con- The music of Heitor Villa-Lobos. certgebouw Orchestra (Live Recording) 10:00 pm RECORD HOSPITAL TOP 20 CHARTS 7:00 pm SCRIABIN: POET AND MYSTIC Scriabin: Prometheus, The Poem of Fire (Symphony No. 5), Op. 60; Ugorski, Boulez, Chicago Symphony Chorus and Tuesday, April 23 Orchestra (DG) Scriabin: Sonata No. 7, Op. 64, “White Mass”; Hamelin (Hy- 5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM perion) 1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT Scriabin: Sonata No. 9, Op. 68, “Black Mass”; Hamelin (Hy- Moeran: Serenade in G; Handley, Ulster Orchestra (Chandos) perion) Giuliani: Soprano and Guitar Ariette on Poems by Metastasio; Scriabin: Sonata No. 10, Op. 70; Hamelin (Hyperion) Ellis, Savino (Koch) Scriabin: Five Preludes, Op. 74; Okashiro (ProPiano) Shchedrin: Concerto Cantabile; Vengerov, Rostropovich, London 8:00 pm NEW RELEASES Symphony Orchestra (EMI) 10:00 pm RECORD HOSPITAL Busoni: Variations on Chopin’s Prelude in c; Buttrick (Jecklin) Crecquillon: Missa D’ung petit mot; Ho, Choir of the Church of the Advent (Arsis) Thursday, April 25 Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 18 in E-flat; Rubinstein (1976) (RCA Red Seal) 5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM Stravinsky: The Song of the Nightingale; Dorati, London Sym- 1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT phony Orchestra (Mercury) Taverner: Missa Mater Christi sanctissima; Christophers, The Bach: Violin Partita No. 2 in d; Milstein (DG LP) Sixteen (Hyperion) Smetana: Hakon Jarl; Noseda, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Carter: Concerto for Orchestra; Bernstein, New York Philhar- (Chandos) monic Orchestra (Columbia LP) Satoh: Soprano and Strings Homa; Sato, Uzuka, Endless (string Widor: Symphony for Organ No. 5 in f, Op. 42, No. 1; Roth ensemble) (New Albion) (Motette) Boccherini: String Trio in c; La Real Camara (Glossa) Mozart: Clarinet Concerto, K. 622; Hoeprich, Brüggen, Orches- Holst: The Planets, Op. 32; Holst, London Symphony Orchestra tra of the Eighteenth Century (Philips) (Koch) Thompson: Eight Portraits for Violin Alone; Silverstein (None- 6:00 pm ADORNO: MUSIC AND PHILOSOPHY such LP) Berg: Three Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 6; Dorati, London Sym- Borodin: Symphony No. 2 in b; Tjeknavorian, National Philhar- phony Orchestra (Mercury) monic Orchestra (RCA LP) Berg: Chamber Concerto for Piano and Violin with Thirteen J. S. Bach: Italian Concerto in F, S. 971; Appel (Bridge) Wind Instruments; Zehetmair, Maisenberg, Holliger, Chamber Arnold: Flute Concerto No. 2; Still, Braithwaite, New Zealand Orchestra of Europe (Teldec) Chamber Orchestra (Koch) 7:00 pm SCHUMANN: DICHTERLIEBE Lassus: Prophetiae Sibyllarum; Hilliard Ensemble (ECM) Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15; Horowitz (DG) Beethoven: Overture to Fidelio, Op. 72b; Bernstein, New York Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-flat, Op. 44; Rubinstein, Guarneri Philharmonic Orchestra (CBS) Quartet (RCA Red Seal) Bartók: String Quartet No. 4, Sz. 91; Emerson String Quartet 8:00 pm NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC ORCHES- (DG) TRA IN CONCERT Strauss, R.: Four Last Songs; Norman, Masur, Leipzig Gewand- Berg: ; Boulez, New York Philharmonic (Columbia haus Orchestra (Philips) LP) 6:00 pm FORBIDDEN MUSIC Berg: Violin Concerto; Stern, Mitropoulos, New York Philhar- Copland: A Lincoln portrait; Aaron Copland, London Symphony monic Orchestra (Live Recording) Berg: Wozzeck, Act III; Harrell, Farrell, Mitropoulos, New York Nancarrow: String Quartet No. 3; Arditti Quartet (Live Record- Philharmonic ing) 10:00 pm RECORD HOSPITAL 7:00 pm REMEMBERING THE FUTURE Ades: Arcadiana; Danish String Quartet (ECM) Ades: Lieux Retrouves; Ades, Isserlis (Hyperion) Wednesday, April 24 Offenbach: Galop Infernal (from Orpheus in the Underworld); Plasson, Orchestra du Capitole (EMI) 5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM Schubert: Auf dem Wasser zu singen; Fischer-Diskau, Moore 1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT (DG) Gretchaninov: Symphony No. 3, Op. 100; Polyansky, Russian Mozart: „Das klinget so herrlich, das klinget so schön“ from The State Symphony Orchestra (Chandos) Magic Flute; Abbado, Mahler Chamber Orchestra (DG) Weiss: Sonata for Lute No. 52 in c; Stone (Titanic) Elgar: Var. IX from Enigma Variations; Järvi, Cincinnati Sym- Van de Vate: Violin Concerto No. 1; Mirynski, Kawalla, Polish phony Orchestra (Telarc LP) Radio and Television Symphony of Krakow (Conifer) Ligeti: Etude. No. 2 “Cordes a Vide”; Aimard (Teldec) Farrenc: Trio for Flute, Cello, and Piano in e, Op. 45; Ambache Chamber Ensemble (Carlton) 8:00 pm SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY Quartet (XAS Records LP) IN CONCERT Schoenberg: Finding Rothko; Stern, Kansas City Symphony Stravinsky: Agon; Tilson Thomas, San Francisco Symphony (Reference Recordings LP) Stravinsky: Violin Concerto in D major; Shaham, Tilson 6:00 pm HISTORIC PERFORMANCES Thomas, San Francisco Symphony Brahms: Piano Trio No. 1, Op. 28 in B major; Heifetz, Feuer- Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring [1947 version]; Tilson Thomas, mann, Rubinstein (RCA Red Seal, 1950) San Francisco Symphony Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Moiseiwitsch (Naxos Stravinsky: Apollo; Tilson Thomas, San Francisco Symphony Historical, 1945) 10:00 pm RECORD HOSPITAL Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15; Moiseiwitsch (Naxos HIsto- rical, 1945) Smetana: The Moldau; Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra Friday, April 26 (RCA Victor Gold Seal, 1939) Mozart: Overture to Marriage of Figaro, K. 492; Horenstein, 5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (Koch Legacy, 1929) 12:00 pm NEW JAZZ HOUR Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme (Enigma), Op. 36; 1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT Toscanini, BBC Symphony Orchestra (EMI, 1935) Schwantner: Aftertones of Infinity; Slatkin, Juilliard Orchestra 8:00 pm SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE OPERA (New World) Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov; Arkhipova, Ivanovsky, Shulpin, Tchaikovsky: String Quartet No. 1 in D, Op. 11; Emerson London, Reshetin, Gueleva, Melik-Pashaev, Chorus and Quartet (DG) Orchestra of the USSR State Academic Bolshoi Theater (Sony Ingegneri: Responsorium, “Animam meam”; Tétu, National Or- Classical) chestra of Lyons Chamber Choir, Les Saqueboutiers (Auvidis) Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 9 in E; Lewis (Harmonia Mundi) McPhee: Symphony No. 2; Whitney, Louisville Orchestra (Lou- Monday, April 29 isville First Edition LP) Bach, J. S.: Chorale for Organ, “O Lamm Gottes unschuldig,” midnight THE DARKER SIDE S.656; Jacobs (JAV) 5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5 in D; Abbado, London Sym- 1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT phony Orchestra (DG) Schumann: Fantasie in C for Violin and Orchestra; Mutter, Ravel: Sonata for Violin and Cello; Laredo, Robinson (Ara- Masur, New York Philharmonic Orchestra (DG) besque) Morley: Come, Sorrow, Come; Partridge, Ragossnig (Cadenza) Mozart: Concerto for Three Pianos and Orchestra; Perahia, Sibelius: En Saga, Op. 9 (orig. 1892 version); Vänskä, Lahti Lupu, English Chamber Orchestra (Sony) Symphony Orchestra (BIS) Françaix: Quintet for Woodwinds; Dorian Woodwind Quintet Mozart: Organ Fantasie in f; Weinberger (Motette) (Turnabout LP) Goldschmidt: Rondeau for Violin and Orchestra; Juillet, Karlowicz: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in A; Kulka, Row- Goldschmidt, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (Decca) icki, Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra (Olympia) Purcell: Timon of Athens; Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists Monteverdi: Madrigals, Book V, “Ecco, Silvio, colei”; La (Erato) Venexiana (Glossa) Chihara: Grass (Double Bass Concerto); Neidlinger, Marriner, Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 in e; Pires, Krivine, Chamber London Symphony Orchestra (Turnabout LP) Orchestra of Europe (DG) Paganini: Guitar Quartet No. 7 in E; Gifford, Mozart String Trio 6:00 pm CLASSICAL REQUEST NIGHT (Denon) Call (617) 295-WHRB or (617) 295-7942 to request your MacDowell: Suite No. 2, Op. 48; Krueger, Royal Philharmonic favorite piece. Orchestra (Bridge) 10:00 pm RECORD HOSPITAL Bolcom: Violin Sonata No. 4; Lewin-Muresanu Duo (Centaur) Mendelssohn: Incidental Music to A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Szell, Cleveland Orchestra (CBS) Saturday, April 27 Piston: Quintet for Flute and String Quartet; Dwyer, Portland String Quartet (Northeastern) 5:00 am BLUES HANGOVER Rameau: Les Boréades; Brüggen, Orchestra of the Eighteenth 9:00 am HILLBILLY AT HARVARD Century (Philips) 10:45 am PRELUDE TO THE MET 6:00 pm THE DOUBLE BASS 11:00 am METROPOLITAN OPERA Dittersdorf: Double Bass Concerto in E; Racz, Franz Liszt Wagner: Götterdämmerung; Christine Goerke, Edith Haller, Chamber Orchestra (DG) Michaela Schuster, Andreas Schager, Evgeny Nikitin, Tomasz Vanhal: Double Bass Concerto in D Major; Ibragimov, Catherine Konieczny, Eric Owens, Philippe Jordan conducting. Edwards (DG) 4:45 pm POST-MET VOCAL PROGRAM Tubin: Concerto for double bass and orchestra; Ehrén, Järvi, 5:15 pm EVENING CONCERT Gothenburg Symhpony Orchestra (BIS) 9:00 pm THE DARKER SIDE 7:00 pm SPECIAL CONCERT Schubert’s in the key of A. 10:00 pm RECORD HOSPITAL TOP 20 CHARTS Sunday, April 28 7:00 am BLUES HANGOVER Tuesday, April 30 11:00 am MEMORIAL CHURCH SERVICE Preacher: To be announced. Music includes Elgar’s Give Unto 5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM the Lord and Hogan’s Lord, I Want to Be a Christian. 1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT 12:30 pm AS WE KNOW IT Haydn: Concerto for Lira Organizzata and Orchestra in F; 1:00 pm CRIMSON SPORTSTALK Wolfgang von Karajan Ensemble, Berlin Instrumental Soloists 2:00 pm SUNDAY SERENADE (Koch-Schwann) 3:00 pm RAGS TO RICHES Gilse: Nonet; Viotta Ensemble (NM Classics) Delius: The Walk to the Paradise Garden from A Village Romeo Rue: Missa pro defunctis (Requiem); Ensemble Clément Jane- and Juliet; Hickox, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra quin (Harmonia Mundi) (Chandos) Busoni: On Youth, Kind. 254; Madge (Philips) Puccini: La Bohème: Act I, “Si, mi chiamano Mimi”; Muzio, Hovhaness: Fantasy on Japanese Woodprints; Schwarz, Seattle Molajoli, orchestra (EMI) Symphony Orchestra (Delos) Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 3 in d, Op. 58; Accardo, Masur, Liszt: Légendes; Brendel (Philips) Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra (Philips LP) Schickhardt: Concerto for Flute, Two Oboes, Strings, and 4:00 pm BEYOND THE STAGE Continuo in g; Wentz, van de Linden, K. Linde, Musica ad Interview to be announced. Rhenum (NM Classics LP) 5:00 pm WHEN ART IMITATES ART Higdon: “Splashing the Canvas” from Short Stories; PRISM AFTERNOON CONCERT continued on next page. Vaughan Williams: Songs of Travel (Robert Louis Stevenson); Terfel, Martineau (DG) Cimarosa/Benjamin: Oboe Concerto in c; Anderson, Wright, Philharmonia Orchestra (Nimbus) Josquin: Motet, “Planxit autem David”; A Sei Voci (Forlane) Delius: In a Summer Garden; Mackerras, Welsh National Opera Orchestra (Argo) Kagel: Rrrrrrr...... (Eight Pieces for Organ); Zacher (Aulos) Scheibe: Cantata, “Songs of Mourning and Lament for Queen Lovise, opening Sinfonia in b; Manze, Concerto Copenhagen (Chandos)

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Berg: Violin Concerto, “To the Memory of an Angel”; Suk, Permit No. 58925 Ancerl, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra (Supraphon) Schoenberg: Die Jakobsleiter, oratorio (fragment); Nims- gern, Mesplé, Wenkel, Hudson, Partridge, Shirley-Quirk, Rolf-Johnson, Bown, Boulez, BBC Chorus and Symphony Orchestra (CBS LP) 7:25 pm SCHUMANN: DICHTERLIEBE Schumann: Frauenliebe und Frauenleben, Op. 42; von Otter, Forsberg (DG) Schumann: Variations on an Original Theme in E-flat; Schiff (Teldec) 8:00 pm NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC IN CONCERT Massanet: Le Cid (selections); Tovey, New York Philharmonic Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain; Yang, Tovey, New York Philharmonic Falla: The Three-Cornered Hat; Verrez, Tovey, New York Philharmonic 10:00 pm RECORD HOSPITAL

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