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December 2017 January/February 2018 Volume 46, No. 2

Winter Orgy® Period N 95.3 FM WHRB Program Guide Saturday, December 2 5:00 am FLEETWOOD MAC ORGY (continued) Winter Orgy® Period, December, 2017 9:00 am HILLBILLY AT HARVARD 12:45 pm PRE-MET PRELUDE (time approx.) with highlights for January and February, 2018 1:00 pm METROPOLITAN SPECIAL PRESENTATION: Verdi: Requiem; Krassimira Stoyanova, Ekaterina Friday, December 1 Semenchuk, Aleksandrs Antonenko, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Chorus and Orchestra, midnight FLEETWOOD MAC ORGY James Levine . The rock band Fleetwood Mac was formed fifty years 2:45 pm POST-MET VOCAL PROGRAM (time approx.) ago in London and has since sold more than 100 million 4:00 pm HARVARD BASKETBALL records worldwide. We will listen to the band’s classic hits, Harvard at Kentucky. Online stream starts at 3:30 unrecognized masterpieces, and side projects from various on whrb.org. members of the group, as well as exploring the tumultuous 6:00 pm CLASSICAL MUSIC INTERLUDE history of the breakups and makeups that influenced the creation 6:45 pm HARVARD HOCKEY of its music. Harvard at Princeton. 9:00 am WORK AND SONG: AN INTERVIEW 9:30 pm WES ANDERSON ORGY There is music even in hardship. Across all cultures, song is Have you ever wondered what Wes Anderson’s colorful pastel recognized for its power to unify, to protest, and to lighten the world sounds like? Want to hear what plays inside the corridor burden of work. Even in the modern day, work songs retain of the Grand Budapest Hotel? How about the songs around the this capability and provide a window into the universality of makeshift fire in the Moonrise Kingdom? Or even the tunes hardship that transcends language, culture, and era. Join us for you can hear leagues under the sea inside the Belafonte? We a conversation with work song collector, educator, and farmer will hear songs from all of Anderson’s soundtracks starting from Bennett Konesni on the history of these musical traditions and Bottle Rocket and ending at Isle of Dogs as well as some of the the role of the collector in learning while preserving authenticity, music from his shorts! featuring performances and discussions of several songs he has acquired in his career studying with the bearers of these Sunday, December 3 traditions around the world. 10:00 am THE WARHORSE ORGY 5:00 am WOODY GUTHRIE ORGY Strauss, R.: Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30; Järvi, Scottish Woody Guthrie wrote some of the most important songs in National Orchestra (Chandos) American history, though most people today know him only Dvorak: String Quartet in F, Op. 96, “American”; Guarneri for his most famous song, “This Land Is Your Land.” But Quartet (RCA Victor) did you know that Woody’s guitar had “This Machine Kills Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in d, Op. 47; Ashkenazy, Royal Fascists” written on it? Or that he inspired countless artists and Philharmonic Orchestra (London) folksingers, from Bob Dylan to Pete Seeger to Phil Ochs, and Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the Bumblebee; Rachmaninoff even Jeff Tweedy, Johnny Cash, and Bruce Springsteen? Or that (RCA) he wrote the lyrics to the Dropkick Murphy’s hit “I’m Shipping Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C, K. 551, “Jupiter”; Marriner, Up To Boston”? This prolific folk musician sits atop the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields (Philips) pantheon of American music as the Father of Folk. We present Holst: The Planets, Op. 32; Steinberg, NEC Chorus, Boston some classic Woody along with songs you never knew he had a Symphony Orchestra (DG) hand in. 1:00 pm 11:00 am MEMORIAL CHURCH SERVICE Satie: Gymnopedies Nos. 1-3; Legrand (Erato) Preacher: Professor Jonathan L. Walton, Plummer Profes- Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Op. 35; Reiner, Chicago sor of Christian Morals and Pusey Minister in The Memorial Symphony Orchestra (RCA Victor) Church. Music includes Monteverdi’s Mass for Four Voices and Wagner: Die Walküre, Ride of the Valkyries; Toscanini, NBC his Ave maris stella. Symphony Orchestra (RCA Red Seal) 12:30 pm CRIMSON SPORTSTALK Barber: Adagio for Strings; Slatkin, St. Louis Symphony 2:00 pm KODÁLY ORGY Orchestra (EMI) Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967), who died 50 years ago in Grieg: Peer Gynt, Suite No. 1, Op. 46; Karajan, Berlin Budapest, was a pioneering ethnomusicologist, a leading music Philharmonic Orchestra (DG) educator, and creator, together with his close collaborator Béla Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; Bernstein, Bartók, of a folk-inspired Hungarian musical culture in the 20th Philharmonic Orchestra (DG) century. “If I were to name the composer whose works are Vivaldi: The Four Seasons; Shaham, Orpheus Chamber the most perfect embodiment of the Hungarian spirit, I would Orchestra (DG) answer, Kodály,” wrote Bartók in 1928. “His work proves his 4:00 pm faith in the Hungarian spirit.” Indeed, one sees the influence and Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 in e, Op. 95, “From the New World”; quotation of folksongs in almost all of Kodály’s works: in his Kubelik, Chicago Symphony Orchestra (Mercury) choral works, in symphonic poems (including the ever-popular Dances of Galánta), in the Singspiel Háry János and operatic Ravel: Boléro; P. Järvi, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (Telarc) Székely fonó Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in d, Op. 125, “Choral”; ballad , all of which we will hear during our two- Tomowa-Sintow, Baltsa, Schreier, van Dam, Karajan, day broadcast. Today, Kodály is perhaps best known for his Singverein, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (DG) approach (the “Kodály method”) to music education, which was Debussy: Claire de Lune; François (Philips) selected last year as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage. Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture, Op. 49; Temirkanov, Leningrad Times below are only approximate. Military Orchestra, Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra (RCA Victor) Evening; Erdei, Degrecen Kodály Chorus (Hungaroton) 6:45 pm HARVARD HOCKEY Adagio for violin and piano (arr. for cello and piano); Lavotha, Harvard at Quinnipiac. Aberg (BIS) 9:30 pm XAVIER DOLAN ORGY Intermezzo for String Trio; Domus (Virgin) Xavier Dolan, the queer writer, director, actor, and Canadian 10 Hungarian Folk Songs; Meláth, Virág (Hungaroton) extraordinaire, has been proving his eye for visual excellence Summer Evening; Kodály, Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra for years now. His films are known for their intricate stories (Hungaroton LP) and characters, delicate aesthetic, and most of all, wonderful, Meditation on a Motif of Claude Debussy; Sandor (Candide LP) vivacious soundtracks that compliment his imagery and leave a Valsette; Sandor (Candide LP) sweet taste of young innocence in your mouth. His audio-visual Énekszó: 16 songs on folk poems, Op. 1; Korondi, Meláth, identity is instantly recognizable, and so his films, and even more Orendt, Virág (Hungaroton) so, his soundtracks, flow so wonderfully together and create a Two Folksongs from Zobor; Ulbrich, Palantinus, Németh, world of their own — a world of young, unabashedly-in-love Kertesi, Marianna, Nagy, Szabó, Győr Girls’ Choir queer people full of naiveté and addicting energy. (Hungaroton) Kodály Orgy continued on next page. 4:00 pm God’s Miracle; Lakner, Béla Bartok Male Choir of Pécs String Quartet No. 1, Op. 2; Tátrai Quartet (Dover LP) (Hungaroton) Cello Sonata; Lavotha, Aberg (BIS) Epigrams; Kovács, Zempléni (Hungaroton LP) Two Songs, Op. 5; Melis, Lehel, Hungarian Radio and I shall die, I shall die; Szabó, Győr Girls’ Choir (Hungaroton) Television Orchestra (Hungaroton LP) Psalm 114; Ferencsik, Hungarian Radio and Television Chorus Duo for Violin and Cello, Op. 7; Gingold, Starker (Star LP) (Hungaroton) Capriccio for Solo Cello; Ormezowski (Dynamic LP) Laudes organi: fantasia on a XIIth century Sequence, for chorus Sonata for Solo Cello, Op. 8; Starker (Angel LP) and organ; Reid, O’Donnell, Westminster Cathedral Choir Seven Songs, Op. 6; Brickner, Orendt, Kovács, Jandó (Hyperion) (Hungaroton) Three Songs to Poems by Bela Balazs; Brickner, Jandó 7:00 pm (Hungaroton) Háry János; Sudlik, Takács, Mészöly, Palcsó, Póka, Sólyom- 7:00 pm SAVALL ORGY Nagy, Gregor, Ferencsik, Hungarian State Opera Chorus and Jordi Savall is perhaps best known as one of the principal Orchestra, Children’s Chorus of the Hungarian Radio and proponents of the viola da gamba, having started to make his Television (Hungaroton) mark as a performer as early as the 1970’s. Today, Savall 10:00 pm STUDIO GHIBLI ORGY serves as an elder statesman of the early music world, unafraid Hear film soundtracks written by Joe Hisaishi for the films of to explore areas of early music whose performances beg the Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki. Hisaishi became Miyazaki’s question: Is this still classical music? We invite you to decide right-hand musical man after they worked together in 1986 on for yourself and to enjoy Savall’s wide body of performances for Laputa: Castle in the Sky. For decades afterwards, the talented viola da gamba, as well as his leadership of ensembles such as storytelling pair continued to create the animated classics we Hesperion XXI, Le Concert des Nations, and La Capella Reial know and love, such as Spirited Away, Howl’s Moving Castle, de Catalunya. Princess Mononoke Ponyo , and . The music is heartfelt, playful, Time divisions below are only approximate and just plain gorgeous. . Couperin: La Françoise, L’Espagnole, L’Impériale, La Piémontoise; Hespèrion XX (Astrée) Monday, December 4 Lully: Alceste, Orchestral Suite from the opera; Le Concert des Nations (Alia Vox) 3:00 am WOODY GUTHRIE ORGY (continued) Lully: Comedy-Ballet, Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, Suite; Le 9:00 am KODÁLY ORGY (continued) Concert des Nations (Alia Vox) Hungarian Rondo; Orpheus Chamber Ensemble (DG) Sainte-Colombe: Concert XXVIIe: Bourrasque; Kuijken Four Songs; Melath, Virág, Brickner (Hungaroton) (Astrée LP) Five Songs, Op. 9; Szegedi, Kovács, Németh, Jandó 10:00 pm THE HISTORY OF EMO (Hungaroton) An exploration of the history of emo, from its creation out of String Quartet No. 2, Op. 16; Kodály Quartet (Hungaroton) post-hardcore in the 80’s, its rise in the 90’s, and its mainstream 10:00 am popularity in the 00’s. We take you through these decades, Serenade for Two Violins and Viola, Op. 12; Tátrai, Várkonyi, featuring bands like Rites of Spring, The Get Up Kids, Jimmy Konrád (Hungaroton) Eat World, Fall Out Boy, and Modern Baseball, as well as taking Psalmus Hungaricus for , Choir, and Orchestra, Op. 13; stops at genres that emerged from emo, such as screamo, emo Rösler, Kodály, Budapest Choir, Hungarian State Orchestra hip-hop, and emo pop. (Hungaroton LP) Three Songs, Op. 14; Brickner, Virág (Hungaroton) Tuesday, December 5 Three Chorale Preludes of Bach transcribed for Cello and Piano; Banda, Fellegi (Hungaroton LP) 5:00 am HARLEM RENAISSANCE: POETRY IN Nights in the Mountains; Szabó, Győr Girls’ Choir (Hungaroton) MOTION Dances of Marosszék (piano vers.); A. Fischer (BBC Music) The Harlem Renaissance is one of the most important eras for Theatre Overture; Dorati, Philharmonia Hungarica (London LP) the American music scene. It has produced an exceptional range Pange lingua; Bowers-Broadbent, Brighton Festival Chorus of everything from literature, to paintings, to plays, to music. (London) Poetry in Motion is an in-depth exploration of the overlap Dances of Marosszék; Dorati, Philharmonia Hungarica (London) between the musicians and the poets of this artistic era. Bebop Symphony in C; Dorati, Philharmonia Hungarica (London LP) jazz and early blues standards will be interm, Op. ingled with 1:00 pm the poetry of Langston Hughes, James Baldwin, Mina Loy, and Matra Pictures; Horváth, New Haven Chorale (Afka LP) many more. This is an orgy that celebrates the intersection of Székely-fonó; Komlóssy, Melis, Simándy, Barlay, Andor, Palcsó, New York’s most influential, early twentieth-century artists, the Ferencsik, Chorus of the Hungarian Radio and Television, work they created, and the lives they lived. Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra (Hungaroton) 9:00 am WORK AND SONG: AN INTERVIEW The Aged; Ferencsik, Hungarian Radio and Television Chorus Rebroadcast of interview with work song collector, educator, (Hungaroton) and farmer Bennett Konesni. See original air date: December 1. Four Italian Madrigals; Szabó, Győr Girls’ Choir (Hungaroton) 10:00 am SAVALL ORGY (continued) Dances of Galánta; Dorati, Philharmonia Hungarica (London) Selections from Savall’s exploration of Sephardic, North Jesus and the Traders; Erdei, Degrecen Kodály Chorus African, Middle Eastern, and Turkish music, followed by: (Hungaroton) noon Transylvanian Lament; Erdei, Degrecen Kodály Chorus Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1 - 6; Le Concert des (Hungaroton) Nations (Astrée) Ave Maria; Andor, Zoltan Kodály Chorus (Qualiton LP) Brade: New Choice Branles, Intradas, Maskarades, Balletti, Angels and Shepherds; Andor, Kodály Girls’ Choir (Angel LP) Allemandes, Courantes, Voltas, and other dances; Hesperion 4:00 pm XX (Deutsche Harmonia Mundi LP) Psalm 150; Andor, Kodály Girls’ Choir (Angel LP) Couperin: 1st and 2nd Suite for Viol; Koopman, Maurette Ode to Liszt; Ferencsik, Hungarian Radio and Television Chorus (Astrée LP) (Hungaroton) 4:00 pm Mónár Anna; Melis, Lehel, Hungarian Radio and Television Mozart: Requiem in d, K. 626 (Süssmayr completion); Figueras, Orchestra (Hungaroton LP) Schubert, Türk, Schreckenberger, Capella Reial de Catalunya, Te Deum of Buda Castle; Szecsödy, Tiszay, Udvardy, Faragó, Le Concert des Nations (Auvidis Fontalis) Kodály, Budapest Choir, Hungarian State Orchestra Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E flat, Op. 55, “Eroica”; Le (Hungaroton LP) Concert des Nations (Alia Vox) Concerto for Orchestra; Kodály, Budapest Philharmonic Marais: Suite in b; Gallet, Smith (Astrée LP) Orchestra (Hungaroton LP) Sainte-Colombe: Concert XLVIII:Le Raporté;Kuijken(Astrée LP Variations on a Hungarian Folk Song, “The Peacock”; Solti, Selma y Salaverde: Fantasia sobre el’canto del caballero; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (London) Figueras, van der Meer, Ros, Koopman (Telefunken LP) Kádár Kata; Szirmay, Lehel, Hungarian Radio and Television Sainte-Colombe: Concert XLI: Le Retour; Kuijken (Astrée LP) Orchestra (Hungaroton LP) Marais: Folies d’Espagne, II. 20; Gallet, Smith (Astrée LP) Psalm 121; Whikehart, Whikehart Chorale (Lyrichord LP) Savall Orgy continued on next page. 7:00 pm Sainte-Colombe: Concert LIV: (La) Dubois; Kuijken (Astrée LP) Thursday, December 7 Charpentier: Litanies de la Vierge, H. 83; Le Concert des 5:00 am ELVIS COSTELLO ORGY Nations (Astrée) In the forty years since his first record, Elvis Costello has Gombert: Dezilde al cavallero; Figueras, Hespèrion XX (Angel) spanned genres from punk to pop to country. With a lengthy Cabezón: Diferencias sobre el canto Llano Del Caballero; career and impressive repertoire, Costello is an endearing artist Hespèrion XX (Angel LP) with something for almost everyone. We dive into his immense Scheidt: Canzon, Courant, Galliard, Calliard Battaglia; collection of work, from solo recordings, to his work with Hespèrion XX (Fontalis) the Attractions, to his numerous collaborations and beautiful Marais: Suite for Two Viols and Continuo in d, Suite for Two soundtracks. Viols and Continuo in G; Coin, Koopman, Smith (Astrée) 9:00 am NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC 10:00 pm THE HISTORY OF EMO (continued) ORCHESTRA ORGY (continued) Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in d, “Choral,” Op. 125; Arroyo, Sarfaty, di Virgilio, Scott, Bernstein, Juilliard Chorus (Sony) Wednesday, December 6 Carter: Symphony of Three Orchestras; Boulez (Columbia LP) 5:00 am HARLEM RENAISSANCE (continued) 10:30 am 9:00 am NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC Bernstein: Symphony No. 3, “Kaddish”; Montealegre, Tourel, ORCHESTRA ORGY Bernstein, Columbus Boychoir, Camerata Singers (Sony) Along with the Vienna Philharmonic earlier this year, the New Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23 in A, K. 488; Huang, Masur York Philharmonic celebrates its 175th anniversary this fall. (Teldec) This commemorative Orgy explores the recording history of the Barber: Essay for Orchestra No. 2, Op. 17; Schippers (Sony) oldest of America’s “Big Five” orchestras, spanning decades of Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in c sharp; Walter (Sony) groundbreaking performances and unique collaborations. The 1:00 pm first two days cover performances from the last few decades, Berlioz: The Roman Carnival, Op. 9; Boulez (Sony) focusing on exceptional soloists, conductors, and recordings. Saint-Saëns: The Carnival of the Animals; Bernstein (Sony) The third day largely explores historic mono and early stereo Ives: The Unanswered Question; Bernstein (DG) performances. Tchaikovsky: Italian Capriccio, Op. 45; Beecham (Sony) Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 2; Stern, Bernstein (Sony) Time divisions below are only approximate. Goldmark: Rustic Wedding Symphony, Op. 26; Bernstein (Sony) Sibelius: Symphony No. 7 in C, Op. 105; Beecham (Sony) Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 in e, Op. 95, “From the New World”; 4:00 pm Masur (Teldec) Haydn: Symphony No. 86 in D; Bernstein (Sony) Adams: On the Transmigration of Souls; Maazel, New York Copland: Piano Concerto; Copland, Bernstein (Sony) Choral Artists, Brooklyn Youth Chorus (Nonesuch) Ives: A Symphony: New England Holidays; Bernstein, Camerata 10:00 am Singers (Columbia LP) Wieniawski: Violin Concerto No. 2 in d, Op. 22; Stern, Kurtz Haydn: Mass in B-flat “Harmoniemesse”, H. XXII:14; Blegen, (Sony) von Stade, Riegel, Estes, Bernstein, Westminster Choir Bernstein: Chichester Psalms; Bogart, Bernstein, Camerata (Sony) Singers (Sony) Sibelius: Violin Concerto in d, Op. 47; Francescatti, Bernstein Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in b, “Unfinished”, D. 759; Bernstein (Odyssey LP) (Sony) Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man; Bernstein (Sony) Reger: Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Mozart, Op. 132; 6:45 pm Masur (Teldec) Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C, Op. 15; Huang, Masur Berio: Sinfonia; Berio, Swingle Singers (Columbia LP) Copland: Appalachian Spring; Bernstein (Sony) (Teldec) Debussy: Nocturnes (Nuages, Fêtes); Bernstein (Sony) 1:00 pm Brahms: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 77; Mutter, Masur (DG) Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in c, Op. 18; Graffman, Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps; Boulez (CBS) Bernstein (Sony) Debussy: Rhapsody for Saxophone and Orchestra; Rascher, Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A, “Italian”, Op. 90; Beecham Bernstein (Sony) (Sony) Berlioz: Royal Hunt and Storm from Les Troyens; Boulez Mozart: Three Piano Concerto in F, “Lodron”, K. 242, (arr. for (Sony) Two Pianos); Gold, Fizdale, Bernstein (Sony) Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in c, Op. 67; Bernstein (Sony) Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Op. 35; Temirkanov (RCA 10:00 pm VIKTOR TSOI: BLOOD ON THE WALL Victor) Viktor Tsoi was a Russo-Korean rock singer who became the Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, Sz. 116; Boulez (CBS) Kurt Cobain for the youth of the late Soviet period. His music 4:00 pm thrived in the late Gorbachev period and he represented the Paine: Symphony No. 1 in c, Op. 23; Mehta (New World) “other,” both through his identity as a non-white Russian and Tchaikovsky: Fantasy Overture after Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet through his music, which strayed from the pop and folk songs ; Bernstein (DG) of his time. His songs were irreverent to the establishment, but Mozart: Requiem in d, K. 626; Seefried, Tourel, Simoneau, in a way they became the establishment, in all of its disarray of Warfield, Walter, Westminster Choir (Sony) the late 80’s. His music represented and continues to represent Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in c, Op. 68; Bernstein (Sony) a generation that saw the crumbling of the Soviet Union, the 6:45 pm HARVARD BASKETBALL destruction of ideals, and the rise of tenuous governments Harvard at Fordham. disconnected with the people. His music remains a staple of 9:30 pm NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC disobedience and counterculture in the post-Soviet space. ORCHESTRA ORGY (continued) Debussy: La Mer; Bernstein (Sony) 10:00 pm STONES THROW ORGY Founded in 1996 by Peanut Butter Wolf as a means of releasing Friday, December 8 a collaboration with his recently deceased friend Charizma, 3:00 am ELVIS COSTELLO ORGY (continued) has featured a smattering of artists 9:00 am NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC ranging from Hip-Hop greats to innovators in new school Jazz, ORCHESTRA ORGY (continued) Funk and Alternative music. A sampling of the artists to be Bernstein: West Side Story Symphonic Dances; Bernstein (Sony) played includes: , (, Yesterdays Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in b-flat, Op. 23; Gilels, New Quintet, Madvillan (with MF DOOM)), , Mayer Mehta (Sony) Hawthorne, , , Dâm Funk, 10:00 am and NxWorries (Knxwledge and Anderson .Paak). Copland: Rodeo, Four Dance Episodes; Bernstein (Sony) Dvorak: Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104; Ma, Masur (Sony) Revueltas: Sensemayà; Bernstein (Sony) Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat “Emperor”, Op. 73; 95.3 FM Serkin, Bernstein (Sony) New York Philharmonic Orgy continued on next page. Rimsky-Korsakov: Suite from Le Coq d’or; Beecham (Sony) 9:00 pm KIM KASHKASHIAN ORGY Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43; A celebration of the Grammy-winning violist and pedagogue, Graffman, Bernstein (Sony) Kim Kashkashian. Over her nearly five-decade career, Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D, “Titan”; Walter (Sony) Kashkashian has recorded more than thirty albums with works 1:30 pm ranging from Brahms and Mozart to Hindemith and Ligeti. Mozart: Symphony No. 29 in A, K. 201; Leinsdorf (NYP) Kashkashian is a strong advocate for commissioning and Stravinsky: Fireworks, Op. 4; Stravinsky (NYP) recording modern music, as evident from her collaborations Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in a, “Scottish”, Op. 56; with Eötvös and Mansurian. We will explore highlights from Stokowski (NYP) Kashkashian’s extensive discography, featuring many solo Webern: Symphony, Op. 21; Bernstein, New York Philharmonic works as well as collaborations with Robert Levin, the Guarneri (NYP) Quartet, the Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra, and more. Strauss, R.: Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40; Mengelberg (RCA) (The bulk of the orgy is tomorrow at 2 pm, resuming at 7 after 4:00 pm the Memorial Church Carol Service, with an extra portion Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in c, Op. 37; Schnabel, Szell Monday from 11 am to 1 pm.) (NYP) Time divisions below are only approximate. Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56a; Walter (Sony) Brahms: Viola Sonata No. 1 in f, Op. 120, No. 1; Levin (ECM) Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 in a, Op. 77; Oistrakh, Eötvös: Replica; Eötvös, Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra Mitropoulos, New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra (ECM) (Sony) Vaughan Williams: Romance; Levin (ECM) Mozart: Symphony No. 35 in D, “Haffner”, K. 385; Toscanini 10:00 pm THE RAP POLITICS ORGY (RCA Victor) Hip hop in many ways began out of a sense of cultural and Dukas: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice; Toscanini (RCA Victor) political alienation. That sense of alienation and frustration 6:00 pm is still an intrinsic element of rap music, both in the way it is Herbert: Mlle. Modiste, Overture; Stransky (Columbia 78, rec. experienced and in the way it is produced. We will explore hip 1919) hop as a form of political expression and examine how rap music Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48; Grist, Gramm, deTar, Boulanger, The has evolved as a global phenomenon. Choral Art Society (NYP) Brahms: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 77; Heifetz, Toscanini (NYP) Mendelssohn: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in e, Op. 64; Sunday, December 10 Milstein, Walter (Sony) Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 in e, Op. 11; Rubinstein, Walter 7:00 am GOING TO: A MOUNTAIN GOATS ORGY (NYP) (continued) Haydn: Symphony No. 101 in D, “Clock/Die Uhr”; Toscanini 11:00 am MEMORIAL CHURCH SERVICE (Guild) Preacher: Dr. Keri L. Day, Associate Professor of Construc- Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and tive Theology and African American Religion at the Princeton Orchestra, Op. 33; Rose, Szell (Odyssey LP) Theological Seminary. Music includes Manz’s “E’en So, Lord Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A, Op. 92; Toscanini (RCA Jesus, Quickly Come” and Pelz’s “Splendor Is Coming.” Victor) 12:30 pm CRIMSON SPORTSTALK 10:00 pm UNCONVENTIONAL WOMEN 2:00 pm KIM KASHKASHIAN ORGY (continued) Nearly 40 years after Donna Summer sang about “Bad Girls,” Mozart: String Quintet No. 2 in c, K. 406; Guarneri Quartet female artists have continued to create music that challenges (RCA Victor) what constitutes as expected or appropriate behavior for women. Hindemith: Sonata for Viola Solo (ECM) Whether it is SZA glorifying side chicks everywhere or Cardi Bartók: Violin Concerto; Eötvös, Netherlands Radio Chamber B comparing her lady business to a lake, these unconventional Orchestra (ECM) women have decided to celebrate their own sexuality. Schumann: Märchenbilder, Op. 113; Levin (ECM) Kurtág: Movement for Viola and Orchestra; Eötvös, Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra (ECM) Brahms: Viola Sonata No. 2 in E-flat, Op. 120, No. 2; Levin Saturday, December 9 (ECM) 5:00 am GOING TO: A MOUNTAIN GOATS ORGY Schnittke: Viola Concerto; Davies, Stuttgart Radio Orchestra We travel around the world with the help of the Mountain (ECM) Goats, an American folk band. The Mountain Goats have a Glazounov: Elegie, Op. 44; Levin (ECM) series of songs with titles like “Going to Georgia” and “Going 4:45 pm CAROL SERVICE—LIVE BROADCAST to Reykjavik.” Each set of songs will include a “Going to” song The 108th annual Christmas Carol Service of the Memorial and songs about that place or by artists from that place, in a Church in Harvard Yard. The Harvard University Choir is variety of genres, including jazz, R&B, rock, hip-hop, folk, and directed by Gund University Organist and Choirmaster Edward bluegrass. Elwyn Jones. Assistant University Organist and Choirmaster 9:00 am HILLBILLY AT HARVARD Thomas Sheehan plays the extensive organ prelude. 12:15 pm PRE-MET PRELUDE (time approx.) 7:00 pm KIM KASHKASHIAN ORGY (continued) 12:30 pm METROPOLITAN OPERA Hindemith: Sonata for Viola Solo, Op. 31, No. 4 (ECM) Mozart: The Magic Flute; Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, Mendelssohn: String Quintet No. 2 in B-flat, Op. 87; Laredo, Kathryn Lewek, Charles Castronovo, Nathan Gunn, Kavafian, Ohyama, Robinson (Columbia LP) Alfred Walker, Tobias Kehrer, Evan Rogister conducting. Kodály: Adagio; Levin (ECM) 2:30 pm POST-MET VOCAL PROGRAM (time Mansurian: Confessing with Faith; Hilliard Ensemble (ECM) approx.) Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 14 in F-sharp, Op. 142; 4:00 pm VICTOR DE SABATA TRIBUTE Kremer, Horigome, Geringas (ECM LP) Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F, Op. 68, “Pastorale”; Victor De Carter: Elegy; Levin (ECM) Sabata (April 10, 1892 – December 11, 1967), Santa Cecilia Ligeti: Sonata (ECM) Orchestra of Rome (HMV 78’s/World Records LP) Debussy: Sonata for Viola, Flute, and Harp; Piccinini, Magen 5:00 pm BARBARA COOK TRIBUTE (ECM) Soprano Barbara Cook (1925-2017) would have been famous 10:00 pm THE RAP POLITICS ORGY (continued) for her early Broadway career alone, when she starred in such beloved musicals as Candide (1956), The Music Man (1957), Monday, December 11 and She Loves Me (1963). But she may be even better known for what happened in 1975: a legendary Carnegie Hall concert 5:00 am THELONIOUS MONK CENTENARY ORGY that kicked off nearly four decades of live performances, brilliant Despite having composed only 70 original tunes during his albums, and important interpretations. WHRB’s tribute will career, Thelonious Monk (October 10, 1917 – February 17, feature both phases of her career, ranging from highlights by 1982) stands out as one of jazz’s most eclectic and memorable Stephen Sondheim and Cook’s long-time accompanist Wally pianists, with such classics as “Epistrophy,” “Blue Monk,” and Harper to songs Cook stamped as her own, including “Glitter “Evidence.” We celebrate Monk’s centenary with two days of and Be Gay” and “Ice Cream.” music! 11:00 am KIM KASHKASHIAN ORGY (continued) 4:00 pm Kancheli: Caris Mere; Deubner (ECM) String Quartet No. 2 in C; Melos Quartet (DG) Shostakovich: 24 Preludes, Op. 34; Auerbach (ECM) Overture to Ali Baba; Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra Mozart: String Quintet No. 5 in D, K. 593; Guarneri Quartet (RCA Victor) (RCA Victor) String Quartet No. 3 in d; Hausmusik (cpo) Hindemith: Sonata for Viola Solo, Op. 25, No. 1 (ECM) String Quartet No. 4 in E; Hausmusik (cpo) 1:00 pm CHERUBINI ORGY String Quartet No. 5 in F; Melos Quartet (DG) Italian-born Luigi Cherubini (1760-1842), active in Paris for Requiem in d for Male Chorus and Orchestra; Muti, Ambrosian most of his life, is best known for his and religious music. Singers, New Philharmonia Orchestra (EMI) Although his music is not particularly popular today, during String Quartet No. 6 in a; Melos Quartet (DG) his life Cherubini was highly influential on European music: 7:30 pm Beethoven, more than once, named Cherubini as his greatest Medea; Callas, Barbieri, Nache, Penno, Modesti, Bernstein, contemporary and Fidelio took as a model Cherubini’s earlier Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro alla Scala (Warner’s Classics) rescue opera Lodoïska; Brahms moreover praised Cherubini’s 10:00 pm WOMEN: INNOVATORS OF HOUSE Médée as the “highest dramatic art.” Late in his life Cherubini MUSIC also became director of the Paris Conservatoire and is credited Women have long been pioneers and innovators of electronic for establishing its leading position in musical education. Our music. Although today’s contemporary house scene is perhaps celebration of Cherubini, who died 175 years ago, presents a more equitable than ever, many of the genre’s visionaries sampling of his operatic and sacred compositions as well as have gone unrecognized, especially in comparison to their recordings of his rarely-heard chamber music, including the male counterparts. We highlight past and present femme DJs/ complete string quartets. producers working within the genre of house who have created Time divisions below are only approximate. imaginative and boundary-breaking music. Antifona sul conto fermmo 8 tona; Fleckenstein, Müller, Schneider, Meyer, Hartkopf, Feller, Hanft, Muti, Bavarian Wednesday, December 13 Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus (EMI) Nemo gaudeat; Fleckenstein, Müller, Schneider, Meyer, 5:00 am DIZZY GILLESPIE CENTENARY ORGY Hartkopf, Feller, Hanft, Muti, Bavarian Radio Symphony A celebration of the work of one of jazz’s greatest for his Chorus and Orchestra (EMI) 100th birthday (b. October 21, 1917, d. January 6, 1993), Lodoïska; Devia, Lombardo, Moser, Muti, La Scala Chorus and including such classics as “A Night in Tunisia,” “Tin Tin Deo,” Orchestra (Sony) and “Birk’s Works.” We’ll spend two days covering much of 4:00 pm his career. Cantata, “Amphion”; Karasiak, Willens, Kölner Akademie (cpo) 1:00 pm NO STRINGS ATTACHED ORGY Cantata, “Circé”; Eittinger, Willens, Kölner Akademie (cpo) String instruments may be integral to Western Classical music Incidental Music to La Mort de Mirabeau; Boulanger, Willens, and the foundation of the symphony orchestra. Yet so much Kölner Akademie (cpo) music — Baroque to contemporary, chamber and orchestral, Cantata, “Clytemnestra”; de Villoutreys, Willens, Kölner short fanfares to full-length symphonies — has been composed Akademie (cpo) for nothing stringed at all. Works from giants such as Mozart Hymne à la victoire; Wallace, The Wallace Collection, Leeds and Beethoven, as well as from less familiar composers such as Festival Chorus (Nimbus) Wallingford Riegger and Magnus Lindberg, feature most every Requiem in c; Toscanini, Robert Shaw Chorale, NBC Symphony combination of woodwinds and brass. Today and tomorrow, we Orchestra (RCA Victor) bring you a sampling of the great variety of classical music for Missa Solemnis in d; Wells, Forrester, Shirley,Diaz,Lee, Shadley, wind instruments. No strings attached — we promise. Jenkins, Clarion Concerts Chorus and Orchestra (Vanguard) Time divisions below are only approximate. 7:30 pm String Quartet No. 1 in E-flat; Melos Quartet (DG) Howells: Pageantry, Suite for Brass Band; Parkes, Black Dyke Les deux journées; Michael, Davies, Gianotti, Paul, Regnier, Mills Band (Chandos) Beecham, BBC Theatre Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Bach, J. C.: Symphony for Winds No. 1 in E-flat; Consortium Orchestra (Voce LP’s) Classicum (MDG) 10:00 pm A VERY RH XMAS SPECIAL Poulenc: Sonata for Horn, Trumpet, and Trombone; Philip Jones A storied tradition, A Very RH Xmas Special is the unholy Brass Ensemble (Decca) union of punk — from hardcore to no wave to shoegaze to twee Holst: Suite for Band No. 1 in E-flat, Op. 28, No. 1; Hunsberger, and much, much more — and holiday classics, both new and old. Eastman Wind Ensemble (Sony) Milhaud: La Cheminée du Roi René, for Wind Quintet, Op. 205; Athena Ensemble (Chandos LP) Tuesday, December 12 Beethoven: Octet for Winds in E-flat, Op. 103; Consortium 3:00 am RECORD HOSPITAL CONTINUES Classicum (cpo) 5:00 am THELONIOUS MONK CENTENARY ORGY Janacek: Mládi (Youth) for Wind Sextet; Chamber Orchestra of (continued) Europe Wind Soloists (COE Records) 12:00 pm CHERUBINI ORGY (continued) Berlioz: Grande Symphonie Funèbre et Triomphale; Wallace, Hymne pour une fête de la jeunesse; Boutry, French Armed The Wallace Collection (Nimbus) Forces Choir, Orchestra of the Republican Guard (EMI) Persichetti: Divertimento for Band; Fennell, Eastman Wind Sonata for Horn and String Ensemble No. 1 in F; Baumann, Ensemble (Mercury LP) Voorberg, Munich Philharmonic Orchestra (Arabesque LP) Mozart: Serenade No. 10 in B-flat for 13 Wind Instruments, Sonata for Horn and String Ensemble No. 2 in F; Baumann, K. 361 (370a), “Gran Partita”; Chamber Orchestra of Europe Voorberg, Munich Philharmonic Orchestra (Arabesque LP) Soloists (Teldec) Overture to Anacréon; Marriner, Academy of St. Martin-in-the- 4:30 pm Fields (EMI) Böhme:Sextet for Brass in e-flat, Op.30; Sutte, Center City Brass Overture in G; Pinzauti, Camerata Strumentale Città di Prato Grainger: Lincolnshire Posy; Corporon, North Texas Wind Symphony in D; Bellugi, Orchestra sinfonica di Sanremo Symphony (Klavier) (Naxos) Strauss, R.: Sonatina for Sixteen Wind Instruments No. 1 in F, Ave Maria; Feldman, Weiss (Opus) “From an Invalid’s Workshop”; De Waart, Netherlands Wind Pater Noster; Trefz, Wolf,Philharmonia Choir of Stuttgart (Calig) Ensemble (Philips ) 1:30 pm Krommer: Octet-Partita for Winds in F, Op. 57; Chamber Missa Solemnis in E; Ziesak, Lippert, Abdrazakov, Pizzolato, Orchestra of Europe Wind Soloists (COE Records) Muti, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus (EMI) Nielsen: Quintet for Winds, Op. 43; Bergen Wind Quintet (BIS) Solemn Mass in G for the Coronation of Louis XVIII; Muti, Françaix: Le Gay Paris, for Winds and Brass; Prague Wind London Philharmonic Chorus and Orchestra (EMI) Quintet and assisting artists (Praga) Marche funèbre; Fasolis, Orchestra della Radio Svizzera Italiana Haydn: Divertimento for Two Oboes, Two Horns, and Two (Naxos) Bassoons No. 5 in D; Macdonagh, Brown, Civil, Harper, Mass in A for the Coronation of Charles X; Muti, Philharmonia Birnstingl,Waller,Brymer, London Wind Soloists (London LP) Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra (EMI) No Strings Orgy continued on next page. 7:00 pm Riegger: Brass Nonet, Op. 49; Barnett, Members of National Maslanka: Symphony No. 4; Rowell, University of Orchestra Association and American Brass Quintet (CRI) Massachusetts, Amherst, Wind Ensemble (Albany) Beethoven: Octet for Winds in E-flat, Op. 103; Consortium Hindemith: Kleine Kammermusik for Wind Quintet, Op. 24, Classicum (cpo) No. 2; Aulos Wind Quintet of Stuttgart (Pan) 7:00 pm Bennett: Symphonic Songs for Band; Fennell, Eastman Wind Ball: Sinfonietta for Brass Band, “The Wayfarer”; Parkes, John Ensemble (Mercury) Foster Black Dyke Mills Band (Chandos) Ewald: Quintet for Brass No. 1 in b; Center City Brass Quintet Ibert: Three Short Pieces for Wind Quintet; Syrinx Quartet (Chandos) (MD+G) Reicha: Quintet for Winds No. 21 in E-flat, Op. 100, No. 3; Thomas: Street Song for Brass Quintet; Center City Brass Albert Schweitzer Quintet (cpo) Quintet (Chandos) Schuman: George Washington Bridge, An Impression for Band; Sibelius: Preludio for Winds and Brass; Järvi, Gothenburg Fennell, Eastman Wind Ensemble (Mercury LP) Symphony Orchestra (BIS) Ibert: Five Pieces in Trio, for Wind Trio; Chicago Chamber Arnold: Brass Quintet, Op. 73; Center City Brass Quintet Musicians (Cedille) (Chandos) Persichetti: Parable for Band, Op. 121; Steele, Illinois State Milhaud: Symphony for Chamber Orchestra No. 5, Dectet for University School of Music Wind Symphony (Albany) Wind Instruments, Op. 75; Dekaise, Ensemble des Temps Bennett: Suite of Old American Dances for Band; Fennell, Modernes (Adda) Eastman Wind Ensemble (Mercury LP) Jacob: An Original Suite; Banks, Central Band of the Royal Air Husa: Music for Prague 1968; Husa, Temple University Wind Force (Angel LP) Symphony (Albany) Copland: Emblems; Graham, ACC Heritage of America Band 10:00 pm MUSIC OF PERSEVERANCE AND YOUTH (ACC) At the epicenter of culture, throughout history, have been Balada: Sonata for Ten Winds; Korf, American Brass Quintet, youth. Through conflict, political or personal, youth have Dorian Woodwind Quintet (New World) always needed to persevere. We celebrate this perseverance, Ligeti: Ten Pieces for Wind Quintet; London Winds (Sony) featuring songs such as “The Kids Will Be Alright, Eventually” Fine: Partita for Wind Quintet; Esbjerg Ensemble (Kontrapunkt) by Sledding With Tigers, “My Generation” by Spoonboy, “Semi- Dvorak: Serenade for Winds in d, Op. 44; Wolff, Saint Paul revolutionary” by Just Nick and many, many more. Chamber Orchestra (Teldec) 10:00 pm IL SOTTERRANEO: THE ITALIAN PUNK UNDERGROUND Thursday, December 14 Italian is said to be one of the most beautiful languages in the world, a language of romance, philosophy, and knowledge. 5:00 am DIZZY GILLESPIE CENTENARY ORGY So why not hear it in endless screams about communism, anti- (continued) fascism, and sex, for hours on end? In Il Sotterraneo, we’ll do 1:00 pm NO STRINGS ATTACHED ORGY just that, and explore punk in its many forms throughout Italian (continued) musical history. From the earliest days of punk rock to modern Milhaud: Suite Française, Op. 248; Reynish, Royal Northern pop punk and alt rock, this program will keep you entertained College of Music Wind Orchestra (Chandos) and “soddisfatto” the whole time, with everything from Tre Krommer: Octet-Partita for Winds in E-flat, Op. 69; Netherlands Allegri Ragazzi Morti to Gavroche. In bocca al lupo! Wind Ensemble (Philips LP) Previn: Four Outings for Brass Quintet; Center City Brass Quintet (Chandos) Friday, December 15 Stravinsky: Symphonies of Wind Instruments; Salonen, London Sinfonietta (Sony) 5:00 am BUDDY RICH CENTENARY ORGY Beethoven: March in D, WoO 24; Bergrath, Berlin Philharmonic Celebrate the 100th birthday of Buddy Rich (September Wind Ensemble (DG) 30, 1917 – April 2, 1987). One of the greatest jazz drummers Bach, J. C.: Symphony for Winds No. 1 in E-flat; Consortium ever, Rich is known for his explosive sound and energetic Classicum (MDG) performances. We’ll hear some of his finest recordings. Dahl: Sinfonietta; DeRoche, DePaul University Wind Ensemble 12:00 pm MILHAUD ORGY (Albany) A celebration of the French composer Darius Milhaud, born Haydn: Divertimento for Two Oboes, Two Horns, and Two 125 years ago, in 1892. A member of Les Six, Milhaud was one Bassoons No. 1 in F; Macdonagh, Brown, Civil, Harper, of the important modernist composers, and was influenced by the Birnstingl, Waller, Brymer, London Wind Soloists globalizing world, drawing inspiration from American jazz and (London LP) Brazilian music. We sample some of his most famous works, as Grainger: Ye Banks and Braes o’ Bonnie Doon, Irish Tune from well as his lesser known pieces that demonstrate his innovative County Derry, Shepherd’s Hey, The Merry King, Molly on the and lyrical compositional style. Shore, Country gardens; Reynish, Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra (Chandos) Time divisions below are only approximate. Dahl: Music for Brass Instruments; Center City Brass Quintet, Symphony for Chamber Orchestra No. 1, Op. 43, “Le Witser (Chandos) Printemps”; Dekaise, Ensemble des Temps Modernes (Adda) Hindemith: Symphony in B-flat for Concert Band; Fennell, Symphony No. 1, Op. 210; Plasson, Orchestre du Capitole de Eastman Wind Ensemble (Mercury LP) Toulouse (DG) 4:00 pm Les Quatre Saisons, Opp. 309, 327, 135, 311, ; Milhaud, Husa:Landscapes for Brass Quintet;Western Brass Quintet (CRI) Lamoureux Concerts Soloists Ensemble (Philips LP) Ligeti: Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet; Quintette à vent Claude 1:30 pm Debussy (Harmonia Mundi) Suite d’après Corrette for Oboe, Clarinet, and Basson, Op. 161b; Simpson: Canzona for Brass; Corydon Brass Ensemble Chicago Chamber Musicians (Cedille) (Hyperion) Hymn de glorification; Johannesen (Vox LP) Lindberg: Gran Duo, for 13 Winds and 11 Brass Instruments; Four Romances; Johannesen (Vox LP) Oramo, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra (Ondine) La Muse ménagère, Op. 245; Milhaud (Odyssey LP) Bach, J. C.: Symphony for Winds No. 6 in B-flat; Consortium Cello Concerto No. 1, Op. 136; Rostropovich, Nagano, London Classicum (MDG) Symphony Orchestra (Erato) Jacob: William Byrd Suite; Fennell, Eastman Wind Ensemble String Quartet No. 1, Op. 5; Arriaga Quartet (Discover) (Mercury) Cantate de la Paix, Op. 166; Millot, Collard, Lesueur, Caillat, Bach, J. C.: Symphony for Winds No. 4 in B-flat; Consortium Stephane Caillat Vocal Ensemble (Music Guild LP) Classicum (MDG) Cantata, Les Deux Cités, Op. 170; Millot, Collard, Lesueur, Bozza: Sonatine for Brass Quintet; Center City Brass Quintet Caillat, Stephane Caillat Vocal Ensemble (Music Guild LP) (Chandos) Symphony for Chamber Orchestra No. 5, Dectet for Wind Holst: Suite for Band No. 2 in F, Op. 28, No. 2; Wick, London Instruments, Op. 75; Dekaise, Ensemble des Temps Modernes Wind Orchestra (Resonance) (Adda) Haydn: Trio for Two Flutes and Bassoon No. 1 in C, Hob. IV:I; String Quartet No. 7, Op. 87; Quatuor Parisii (Astree) Rampal, Schulz, Audin (Sony) Milhaud Orgy continued on next page. 4:00 pm 9:00 pm TECHNOGEOGRAPHY L’Homme et son desir, Op. 48; Dekaise, Ensemble des Temps Technogeography traces six of techno’s homes across the Modernes, percussionists of Royal Conservatory of Lièges years. Drawing its roots from the original epicenter of electronic (Adda) popular music in Chicago and soon providing glittery respite Flute Sonatina, Op. 76; Poulain, Hovora (Adda) for the debt-stricken streets of Detroit, techno’s geographical Suite provençale, Op. 152b; Munch, Boston Symphony reach has transcended political and social borders through its Orchestra (RCA Victor) transnational medium and transpirational experience. Often Symphony for Chamber Orchestra No. 3, Op. 71, “Serenade”; tracing the path of post-industrially fueled avant-garde artistic Dekaise, Ensemble des Temps Modernes (Adda) collaboration, techno provides a lush means by which we can Le Printemps; Bolcom (Nonesuch LP) highlight urban centers of cosmopolitan innovation. L’Enlevement d’Europe, Op. 94; Dekaise, Chorus of Royal Conservatory of Lièges, Ensemble des Temps Modernes (Adda) Sunday, December 17 Les Choéphores, Op. 24; Zorina, Jordan, Boatwright, Bernstein, 6:00 am EXPLORING THE K-ALTERNATIVE: New York Schola Cantorum, New York Philharmonic YI SUNG YOL Orchestra (Columbia LP) Yi Sung Yol is a Korean alternative rock artist critically Sonata for Piano and Two Violins, Op. 15; Tomes, Osostowicz, acclaimed for his bold musical experimentation and deep, Kovacic (Hyperion) timeless voice. We’ll take you through most of his discography, Suite for Harmonica and Orchestra; Adler, Gould, Royal focusing on the lesser-known songs from each album and Philharmonic Orchestra (RCA Victor LP) exploring the recurring messages in his songs and how Yi’s Saudades do Brasil, Op. 67b (orchestral version); Herrmann, musical and lyrical choices developed over the years. London Festival Players (London) 11:00 am MEMORIAL CHURCH SERVICE Les Charmes de la Vie (Homage to Watteau); Milhaud, Los Preacher: Professor Jonathan L. Walton, Plummer Professor Angeles Chamber Ensemble (Decca LP) of Christian Morals and Pusey Minister in The Memorial Duo Concertant for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 351; Johnson, Back Church. (ASV) 12:30 pm CRIMSON SPORTSTALK String Quartet No. 4, Op. 46; Leipzig String Quartet (MDG) 2:00 pm MILHAUD ORGY (continued from Friday) 7:30 pm Suite for Ondes Martenot and Piano; Loriod, Philips (MHS LP) Suite Cisalpine on Popular Piedmont Songs for Cello and Violin Concerto No. 2, Op. 263; Olding, Iwaki, Melbourne Orchestra, Op. 332; Blees, Kontarsky, Radio Luxembourg Symphony Orchestra (ABC Classics) Orchestra (Turnabout LP) The Joys of Life; Milhaud, Los Angeles Chamber Ensemble Three Rag-Caprices, Op. 78; Hobson (Arabesque) (Decca LP) Symphony No. 8 in D, Op. 362, “Rhodanienne”; Milhaud, String Quartet No. 17, Op. 397; Oxombre, Arcana Quartet French National Radio and Television Orchestra (MHS LP) (Cybelia) Sonatina for Clarinet and Piano; Brunner, Maisenberg (Orfeo) Symphony No. 4, Op. 281; Milhaud, French National Radio and La Création du monde, Op. 81; Munch, Boston Symphony Television Orchestra (MHS LP) Orchestra (RCA Victor) Sonatina for Oboe and Piano, Op. 337; Holliger, Maisenberg Le Boeuf sur le toît, Op. 58; Bernstein, Orchestre Nationale de (Orfeo) France (Angel LP) Les Songes, Op. 237; Abravanel, Utah Chamber Orchestra Suite for Violin, Clarinet, and Piano; Tait, Klug, Hobson (Angel LP) (Arabesque) 4:30 pm Symphony No. 2, Op. 247; Plasson, Orchestre du Capitole de Divertissement in Three Parts for Wind Quintet, Op. 299b; Toulouse (DG) Reicha Wind Quintet (Supraphon LP) The Milhaud Orgy continues Sunday at 2 pm. Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 225; Entremont, Milhaud, Paris 10:00 pm CONTEMPORARY MUSIC OF CHINESE Conservatory Orchestra (Columbia LP) MINORITIES Cantate de l’enfant et de la mère, Op. 185; M. Milhaud, Milhaud, There are fifty-five officially recognized, and many more Hambro, Juilliard Quartet (Odyssey LP) unrecognized, ethnic minority groups in China. There’s a huge Cortège funebre, Op. 202; Mester, Louisville Orchestra diversity of music within these minority groups: Mongolian (Louisville First Edition) rock, Uyghur instrumental, party-endorsed ethnic music, throat String Quartet No. 2, Op. 16; Arriaga Quartet (Discover) singing, Ningxia folk, and so much more. But what all of these Five Studies for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 63; Badura-Skoda, seemingly different categories have in common is that they Swoboda, Vienna Symphony Orchestra (Westminster LP) borrow from traditional music that has strong historical and Four Songs to Poems by Léo Latil, Op. 20; Sonntag, Jansen political roots. We’ll be listening to music mostly from the past (Troubadisc) decade, but we’ll also touch on music from hundreds of years Symphony No. 6, Op. 343; Mester, Louisville Orchestra ago that has greatly influenced the Chinese minority music of (Louisville First Edition LP) today. 7:00 pm String Quartet No. 3 (with soprano), Op. 32; Oxombre, Arcana Saturday, December 16 Quartet (Cybelia) Symphonie pour petit orchestre No. 2, Op. 49, “Pastorale”; 5:00 am BUDDY RICH ORGY (continued) Dekaise, Ensemble des Temps Modernes (Adda) 9:00 am HILLBILLY AT HARVARD Duo for Two Violins, Op. 258; Osostowicz, Kovacic (Hyperion) 12:45 pm PRE-MET PRELUDE (time approx.) The Globetrotter Suite, Op. 358; Milhaud, Los Angeles Chamber 1:00 pm METROPOLITAN OPERA Ensemble (Decca LP) Bellini: ; Angela Meade, Jamie Barton, Joseph Cantique du Rhone, Op. 155; Kühn, Czech Radio Mixed Chorus Calleja, Matthew Rose, Joseph Colaneri conducting. (Praga) 4:20 pm POST-MET VOCAL PROGRAM (time Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 127; Long, Milhaud, Orchestre approximate) National (Pearl) 6:00 pm CHORAL SPECIAL (time approximate) Elégie for Cello and Piano, Op. 251; Heled, Zak (MMG) Rodion Shchedrin (b. December 16, 1932): The Sealed Angel; La Cheminée du Roi René for Wind Quintet, Op. 205; Athena Pearson, Mulvey, Cooke de Varon, Longy Chamber Singers, Ensemble (Chandos LP) New England Conservatory Camerata (Sonora) Musique pour Prague, Op. 415; Milhaud, Czech Philharmonic 7:15 pm BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION Orchestra (Harmonia Mundi) Christopher Theofanidis (b. December 18, 1967): Rainbow String Quartets Nos. 14 & 15, Op. 291, Nos. 1 and 2; Quatuor Body; Spano, Atlantic Symphony Orchestra (Telarc) Parisii, Quatuor Manfred (Astree) 7:30 pm KOECHLIN COMMEMORATION Scaramouche, Suite for Saxophone and Orchestra, Op. 165c; B. Composer Charles Louis Eugène Koechlin was born 150 Marsalis, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (Sony) years ago and died in 1950. We celebrate his work with a brief tribute. Koechlin: The Jungle Book (including Les Bandar-log, Op. 176); Vermillion, Botha, Lukas, Zinman, RIAS Chamber Chorus, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (RCA Victor) 95.3 FM 10:00 pm AURAL ODYSSEYS: 30 YEARS OF FINAL 10:00 pm EARLY MOTOWN: FUNK AND SOUL FANTASY Early Motown classics from the 1960’s-1970’s, focusing December 18 marks the 30th anniversary of the release of particularly on well-known Detroit artists like Marvin Gaye, the Final Fantasy, which singlehandedly propelled Japanese role- Marvelettes, and the Supremes, to less known Shorty Long, Jr., playing games into the international spotlight in 1987. These Walker, and the Originals. The re-emergence of funk and soul games, as a genre, boast grand and sweeping soundtracks by music in recent years owes a great deal to the music scene in various distinguished video game composers, notably Nobuo postwar Detroit. Uematsu and Yasunori Mitsuda. While these soundtracks are perfect companions for the video games they inhabit, their arrangements for symphony orchestra are works that can stand Tuesday, December 19 on their own. Embark on an adventure across a ravaged land 6:00 am FATS DOMINO ORGY (continued) with “Born With the Gift of Magic,” a symphonic poem arranged 10:00 am GLENN GOULD ORGY (continued) by Roger Wanamo with music from Final Fantasy VI. Or, get Mozart: Piano Sonata Nos. 1-11 whisked away by the Distant Worlds Orchestra, established in 1:00 pm 2007 during the 20th anniversary of Final Fantasy. Schumann: Piano Quartet in E-flat, Op. 47, Juilliard String Quartet Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-flat, Op. 44; Bernstein, Juilliard Monday, December 18 String Quartet 6:00 am FATS DOMINO ORGY Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 23 in f, Op. 57, “Appassionata” Billboard Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, BWV 870-885 From the dive bars of The Big Easy to the Top 4:00 pm 40, the music of the late Fats Domino (1928-2017) assembled Americans from all walks of life to hear the gospel of rhythm Wagner (arr. Gould): Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg, Act I: and blues. Long credited as a founder of rock and roll, Fats Prelude insisted that he never played anything other than the same music Wagner (arr. Gould): Gotterdammerung, Prologue: Siegfrieds he brought with him from back in New Orleans. We remember Rheinfahrt Fats, who passed away on October 24 this year at his home in Wagner (arr. Gould): Siegfried Idyll Harvey, Louisiana, with his best recordings. Brahms: 4 Ballades, Op. 10 10:00 am GLENN GOULD ORGY Brahms: 2 Rhapsodies, Op. 79 Glenn Gould, born in Toronto in 1932, developed not only a Bach: Toccata in D, BWV 912 quintessential outlook on keyboard music and the recording art Bach: Toccata in f-sharp, BWV 910 as a whole, but a sense of novelty and exploration that would Bach: Toccata in d, BWV 913 profoundly affect and influence later titans of classical music. Bach: Toccata in c, BWV 911 Bach: Toccata in g, BWV 915 Incredibly eccentric and just fifty years old when he passed away 7:00 pm in 1982, Gould recreated the way we hear works of Beethoven and Brahms, and all who heard him discovered the performative Bach: Toccata in G, BWV 916 perfection that could be Bach. His insistence on perfection in Bach: Toccata in e, BWV 914 all almost all aspects of his life as a musician meant more than Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 1 in f, Op. 2, No. 1 just the creation of a unique recording oeuvre, but, past that, Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 2 in A, Op. 2, No. 2 the conception of an irreplaceable voice and artistic world that Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 3 in C, Op. 2, No. 3 stands unmatched today. Recordings are either Columbia LP’s Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 15 in D, Op. 28, “Pastoral” or Sony CD’s. Bach: Two and Three Part Inventions and Sinfonias, BWV 772-801 Time divisions below are only approximate. Strauss, R.: Piano Sonata in b, Op. 5 Strauss, R.: Five Piano Pieces, Op. 3 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 Beethoven: Piano Sonatas No. 30 in E, No. 31 in A-flat, and No. 32 in c Wednesday, December 20 Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat; Bernstein, Columbia Symphony Orchestra 7:00 pm ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PROGRAM Beethoven: Keyboard Concerto in d, BWV 1052; Bernstein, WHRB’s annual Christmas Program, with carols, spoken Columbia Symphony Orchestra word, and classical music for the season, with Lionel Barrymore Haydn: Keyboard Sonata No. 59 in E-flat, Hob.XVI:49 as Scrooge in Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol. 1:00 pm Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 10 in C, K. 330 Friday, December 22 Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C, Op. 15; Golschmann, Columbia Symphony Orchestra 5:30 pm MUSIC FOR CHRISTMASTIME Bach: Keyboard Concerto in f, BWV 1056; Golschmann, Handel: Messiah; Morison, Thomas, Lewis, Milligan, Sargent, Columbia Symphony Orchestra Huddersfield Choral Society, Liverpool Philharmonic Berg: Piano Sonata, Op. 1 Orchestra (1959, EMI) Schoenberg: Three Pieces for Piano, Op. 11 Berlioz: L’Enfance du Christ, Op. 25; Vanzo, Berbié, Calès, Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in c, Op. 37; Bernstein, Soyer, Martinon, French National Radio Choruses and Columbia Symphony Orchestra Orchestra (Nonesuch LP’s) Brahms: Three Intermezzos, Op. 117 Brahms: Six Piano Pieces, Op. 118 (excerpts) Saturday, December 23 Brahms: Intermezzo in E from Seven Fantasies, Op. 116 9:00 am HILLBILLY AT HARVARD CHRISTMAS 4:00 pm EXTRAVAGANZA Brahms: Eight Piano Pieces, Op. 76 (excerpts) 12:45 pm PRE-MET PRELUDE (time approx.) Brahms: Intermezzo in b from Four Piano Pieces, Op. 119 1:00 pm METROPOLITAN OPERA Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G, Op. 58; Bernstein, New Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro; Rachel Willis-Sørensen, York Philharmonic Orchestra Christiane Karg, Serena Malfi, Luca Pisaroni, Bach: The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080 Adam Plachetka, Harry Bicket conducting. Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24 in c, K. 491; Susskind, CBC 4:35 pm POST-MET VOCAL PROGRAM (time Symphony Orchestra approximate) Schoenberg: Piano Concerto, Op. 42; Craft, CBC Symphony Includes Christmas music sung by great singers. Orchestra 6:00 pm CHRISTMAS OPERA (time approximate) Bach: Partita No. 4 in D, BWV 828 Rimsky-Korsakov: Christmas Eve; Shpiller, Legostayeva, Bach: Toccata in e, BWV 914 Kulagina, Tarkhov, Migay, Krasovsky, Golovbanov, Moscow 7:00 pm Radio Symphony Chorus and Orchestra (1947 Melodiya Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, BWV 846-869 recording/Lyrica) Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat, Op. 73, “Emperor”; Vaughan Williams: On Christmas Night (based on A Christmas Stokowski, American Symphony Orchestra Carol); Fox, Williams, Hickox, Joyful Company of Singers, Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 8 in c, Op. 13, “Pathetique” City of London Sinfonia (Chandos) Sunday, December 24 Friday, December 29 11:00 am MEMORIAL CHURCH CAROL SERVICE 11:00 am PAUL WHITEMAN ORGY Repeat broadcast of the 108th annual Christmas Carol Band leader Paul Whiteman died 50 years ago today. For Service of the Memorial Church in Harvard Yard. The Harvard four hours, we celebrate with a few hours of his most interesting University Choir is directed by Gund University Organist and recordings and concerts, jazz for the first two hours and classical Choirmaster Edward Elwyn Jones. Assistant University Organist music (and other things) for the second two hours, including, and Choirmaster Thomas Sheehan plays the extensive organ of course, Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue with Gershwin at the prelude. Ends at about 1:30 pm. piano. 5:00 pm KARL RISTENPART TRIBUTE Conductor Karl Ristenpart was born January 26, 1900, Saturday, December 30 and died December 24, 1967. His recordings are mostly with his Chamber Orchestra of the Saarland Radio (aka Chamber 9:00 am HILLBILLY AT HARVARD Orchestra of the Sarre), and unless otherwise indicated, they are 12:45 pm PRE-MET PRELUDE (time approx.) heard on Nonesuch LP’s. 1:00 pm METROPOLITAN OPERA Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D, S. 1050; Veyron- Lehár: The Merry Widow; Susan Graham, Andriana Lacroix, Chamber Orchestra of the Sarre Chuchman, Paul Groves, Taylor Stayton, Thomas Schubert: Salve Regina, D. 676; Stich-Randall, Chamber Allen, Ward Stare conducting. Orchestra of the Sarre (Westminster LP) 4:00 pm POST-MET VOCAL PROGRAM (time Neumeyer: Eight Student Songs; Wunderlich, Chamber approx.) Orchestra of the Sarre Radio (EMI, rec. 1960) 5:00 pm OPERETTA CENTENARY SPECIAL (time Haydn: Symphony No. 6 in D, “Morning”; Chamber Orchestra approximate) of the Sarre Fraser-Simson: The Maid of the Mountains (major hit in Bach: Cantata No. 82, “Ich habe genug”; Fischer-Dieskau, London 1917-21); Janis Kelly, Christopher Maltman, Michael Töttcher (oboe), Ristenpart Chamber Orchestra (DG, 1951) George, Richard Suart, Sally Burgess, Donald Maxwell, Mozart: Andante in C for Flute and Orchestra, K. 315; Marion, Ronald Corp, New London Light Opera Chorus and Orchestra Chamber Orchestra of the Sarre (Hyperion) 7:00 pm CHRISTMAS EVE PROGRAM Getty: The Little Match Girl; Fisch, Bavarian Radio Chorus, Munich Radio Orchestra (Pentatone) Sunday, December 31 Epiphany Mass as it might have been celebrated in St. Thomas, Leipzig, c. 1740 (not strictly a Christmas mass, but 5:00 pm NEW YEAR’S EVE IN VIENNA music appropriate to the larger season, assembled by Paul A special program of traditional Viennese music, which goes McCreesh), including Bach’s Cantatas Nos. 65 (Sie werden aus to 10 pm. c. 7:00 pm: Saba alle kommen) and 180 (Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele), Die Fledermaus Bach’s Missa Brevis in F, S. 223, and other music; Monoyios, Johann Strauss, Jr.: ; Schlemm, Anders, Streich, Davidson, Daniels, Harvey, McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort and Müller, Wocke, Brauer, Fricsay, RIAS Chamber Chorus, Players (DG Archiv) RIAS Symphony Orchestra (DG) Monday, December 25 1:00 pm MUSIC FOR CHRISTMAS DAY Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach: Motet, “Wachet auf, ruft uns WHRB warmly thanks die Stimme”; Hennig, Hannover Boys Choir (Thorofon) all the listeners who have sent contributions. Diemer: Holiday Madness Medley for Violin and Organ; Ficsor, Diemer (Truetone) Those contributions, large and small, have made a number Charpentier: Pastorale de Noël; Daucé, Ensemble of special projects possible, and we could not accomplish Correspondances (Harmonia Mundi) the richness of our broadcasts without them. Cochereau: Improvised Variations on a Carol (hommage à Marcel Dupré); Cochereau (Solstice) Bach: Cantata No. 62, “Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland” II; For those who would like to help in this effort, Biller, St. Thomas Choir of Leipzig, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra (Rondeau) first you should know that WHRB’s staff, management, Sowash: Piano Trio No. 3, A Christmas Divertimento; and trustees are not paid. Every dime goes into our station, Goldsmith, King, Jensen (Gasparo) for equipment, recordings, and more. Second, every dollar Pierné: Les Enfants à Bethléem; Chamonin, Schaer, Orliac, Frémau, Deiber, Lasserre de Rozel, Radio France Chorus and counts – we appreciate every contribution of whatever Philharmonic Orchestra (Erato) size, since they all add up to the kind of programming Purcell: Behold I bring you glad tidings (first performed valued by our listeners. December 25, 1687); Esswood, Partridge, Dean, Norrington, Heinrich Schütz Choir (London) Perosi: Il Natale del Redentore; Mirella Freni, Claudio If you would like to contribute, please send Strudthoff, Giuseppe Nait, Jeda Valtriani, Ortensia Beggiato, Franco Caracciolo, Coro Polifonico di Milano, Orchestra a check to President, WHRB, 389 Harvard St., dell’Angelicum di Milano Cambridge, MA 02138, knowing you will be helping Bastiks: Christmas Cantata; Liepina, An. Jansons, various to keep WHRB’s kind of programming coming your way. Latvian choirs (Albany) A. Scarlatti: Cinque Profeti; Schlick, Hallaschka, Wessel, Prégardien, Schopper, Schneider, La Stagione (Deutsche Many, many thanks from the staff of WHRB. Harmonia Mundi Poulenc: Videntes stellam; Marlow, Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge (Conifer) Palestrina: Missa Hodie Christus Natus Est, with instrumental music of Frescobaldi and Pasquini and a motet by Victoria, During much of January and all of February, making up a “Christmas Mass in Rome as it might have been celebrated around 1620”; McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort and our daily schedule will be as usual: Players (DG Archiv) Jazz from 5 am to 1 pm, Classical from 1-10 pm, 8:00 pm TOSCANINI SPECIAL and Rock from 10 pm to 5 am. Arturo Toscanini’s first concert at the head of the Hillbilly at Harvard will continue to appear NBC Symphony Orchestra, December 25, 1937. each Saturday morning from 9 am to 1 pm Vivaldi: Concerto Grosso in d, Op. 3, No. 11, RV 565 (depending on the Metropolitan Opera broadcasts). Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in g, K. 550 Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in c, Op. 68 Saturday, January 6 Saturday, January 27 9:00 am HILLBILLY AT HARVARD 9:00 am HILLBILLY AT HARVARD 12:45 pm PRE-MET PRELUDE (time approx.) 12:45 pm PRE-MET PRELUDE (time approx.) 1:00 pm METROPOLITAN OPERA 1:00 pm METROPOLITAN OPERA Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel; Lisette Oropesa, Puccini: ; Sonya Yoncheva, Vittorio Grigolo, Tara Erraught, Dolora Zajick, Gerhard Siegel, Bryn Terfel, Patrick Carfizzi, James Levine Quinn Kelsey, Donald Runnicles conducting. conducting. 3:30 pm POST-MET VOCAL PROGRAM (time approx.) 4:15 pm POST-MET VOCAL PROGRAM (time approx.) 4:30 pm RICHARD TAUBER TRIBUTE (time approx.) Tenor Richard Tauber (born May 16, 1891, died January 8, 1948) was best known for his starring roles in operettas by Franz Sunday, January 28 Lehár, but he was also a fine operatic tenor, in music of Mozart 8:00 pm SUNDAY OPERA SPECIAL PROGRAM and others. We’ll listen to some of his best recordings, including Special 1980 archival performance. Lieder. Strauss, R.: ; , Barbara Daniels, William Lewis, Ingvar Wixell, Wolfgang Rennert, San Francisco Sunday, January 7 Opera, 1980 performance. 8:00 pm SUNDAY OPERA SPECIAL PROGRAM Ash: The Golden Ticket (based on Roald Dahl’s Charlie and Thursday, February 1 the Chocolate Factory); Okulitch, Wenzelberg, Barton, Jameson, Ash, Atlanta Opera Chorus and Orchestra 8:00 pm MILWAUKEE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA (performance in March, 2012 – Albany) IN CONCERT Shaiman (and Bricusse, Newley): Charlie and the Chocolate Edo de Waart conducting. Factory; Borle, Flynn, Foust, Sell, J. Rubinstein, Padgett, Strauss, R.: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28 Skilbeck, Broadway cast (Sony Masterworks Broadway) Strauss, R: Four Last Songs; Rachel Willis-Sørenson, soprano Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat, Op. 83; Emanuel Ax, piano Saturday, January 13 Friday, February 2 9:00 am HILLBILLY AT HARVARD 12:15 pm PRE-MET PRELUDE (time approx.) 6:45 pm HARVARD SPORTS 12:30 pm METROPOLITAN OPERA Harvard Hockey at Dartmouth; Harvard Basketball at Double bill, with both operas conducted by Nicola Luisotti. Columbia. Mascagni: ; Ekaterina Semenchuk, Roberto Alagna, Željko Lučić. Leoncavallo: Pagliacci; Aleksandra Kurzak, Saturday, February 3 Roberto Alagna, George Gagnidze, Alessio Arduini. 9:00 am HILLBILLY AT HARVARD 4:00 pm POST-MET VOCAL PROGRAM (time approx.) 12:45 pm PRE-MET PRELUDE (time approx.) 1:00 pm METROPOLITAN OPERA Verdi: ; Maria Agresta, Anita Rachvelishvili, Sunday, January 14 Yonghoon Lee, Quinn Kelsey, Štefan Kocán, James Levine conducting. 8:00 pm SUNDAY OPERA SPECIAL PROGRAM 4:00 pm POST-MET VOCAL PROGRAM (time approx.) Summer: The Tempest (based on Shakespeare); Van Horn, Pracht, Fry, Guthrie, Ferreira, Maddalena, Lano, Shakespeare Concerts Ensemble (Albany) Sunday, February 4 8:00 pm SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE OPERA Friday, January 19 Rameau: Dardanus; Eda-Pierre, Von Stade, Gautier, Devlin, van Dam, Soyer, Leppard, Chorus and Orchestra of the Paris 6:45 pm HARVARD HOCKEY Opéra (Erato) Harvard at Clarkson. Monday, February 5 Saturday, January 20 7:45 pm BEANPOT HOCKEY TOURNAMENT Harvard vs. Boston University. 9:00 am HILLBILLY AT HARVARD 12:45 pm PRE-MET PRELUDE (time approx.) 1:00 pm METROPOLITAN OPERA Tuesday, February 6 Massenet: Thaïs; Ailyn Pérez, Jean-François Borras, Gerald Finley, David Pittsinger, Emmanuel Villaume 8:00 pm CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA IN CONCERT conducting. (Performance from Fall 2017) Brett Mitchell conducting. 4:15 pm POST-MET VOCAL PROGRAM (time Adam Schoenberg: Finding Rothko approx.) Korngold: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35; Jieming Tang, violin 6:45 pm HARVARD SPORTS Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances Harvard Hockey at St. Lawrence; Harvard Basketball at Dartmouth. Thursday, February 8 Sunday, January 21 8:00 pm MILWAUKEE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA IN CONCERT 8:00 pm SUNDAY OPERA SPECIAL PROGRAM JoAnn Falletta conducting. Special 1979 archival performance. The Ghosts of Versailles Corigliano: Phantasmagoria on Ponchielli: ; , Stefania Toczyska, Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1 in a, Op. 33; , Norman Mittleman, Bruno Bartoletti, San Zuill Bailey, cello Francisco Opera, 1979 performance. Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Op. 35 Friday, January 26 Friday, February 9 6:45 pm HARVARD SPORTS 6:45 pm HARVARD SPORTS Harvard Hockey vs. Cornell; Harvard Basketball at Yale. Harvard Hockey at Union; Harvard Basketball vs. Princeton. Saturday, February 10 Monday, February 19 9:00 am HILLBILLY AT HARVARD 7:00 pm SPECIAL CONCERT 11:45 am PRE-MET PRELUDE (time approx.) Preview of the upcoming Boston Philharmonic Orchestra 12:00 pm METROPOLITAN OPERA concerts (February 22, 24, 25; Sanders Theater 7:30 pm/Jordan Donizetti: L’elisir d’amore; Pretty Yende, Matthew Hall 8 pm/Sanders Theater 3 pm); Mussorgksy Polenzani, Davide Luciano, Ildebrando Prelude, Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3 (Alexander Korsantia, D’Arcangelo, Domingo Hindoyan conducting. soloist), Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4; tickets/information: 3:00 pm POST-MET VOCAL PROGRAM (time approx.) www.bostonphil.org, 617-236-0999; with Music Director Benjamin Zander. Künneke: Tänzerische Suite for Jazz Band and Large Orchestra; Sunday, February 11 Künneke, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (rec. February 14, 1938 – Dutton) 8:00 pm SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE OPERA Schubert: Auf dem Strom, D. 943; Pears, Brain, Mewton-Wood D’Albert: Tiefland; Marton, Kollo, Weikl, Moll, Gjevang, Orth, Beethoven: An die ferne Geliebte, Op. 98; Pears, Mewton-Wood Janowski, Bavarian Radio Chorus, Munich Radio Orchestra (BBC, January 28, 1953) (Acanta) Schubert: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat, D. 485; E. Kleiber, Munich Philharmonic Orchestra (1953 performance – Originals) Monday, February 12 Tuesday, February 20 BEANPOT HOCKEY TOURNAMENT 8:00 pm CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA IN CONCERT Time of the game depends on the outcome of last Monday’s Franz Welser-Möst conducting. round. Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A, Op. 90, “Italian” Respighi: The Pines of Rome Tuesday, February 13 Thursday, February 22 8:00 pm CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA IN CONCERT Archival recordings from January 4, 1973 and December 29, 8:00 pm MILWAUKEE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 1966; Daniel Barenboim and Louis Lane conducting. IN CONCERT Edo de Waart conducting. Ravel: Ma Mère l’Oye, Suite (Lane) Elgar: Cello Concerto in e,Op.85;Jacqueline du Pré, cello (Lane) Mahler: Symphony No. 3 in d; Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano, Lalo: Cello Concerto in d; du Pré (Barenboim) Milwaukee Children Choir, Voices of Eterna, Milwaukee Symphony Women’s Chorus

Thursday, February 15 Friday, February 23 8:00 pm MILWAUKEE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 6:45 pm HARVARD SPORTS IN CONCERT Harvard Hockey at Brown; Harvard Basketball at Princeton. Edo de Waart conducting. Mozart: Overture to Don Giovanni, K. 527 Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G, Op. 58; Ronald Saturday, February 24 Brautigam, piano 9:00 am HILLBILLY AT HARVARD Elgar: Symphony No. 1 in A-flat, Op. 55 12:15 pm PRE-MET PRELUDE (time approx.) 12:30 pm METROPOLITAN OPERA Puccini: La Bohème; Sonya Yoncheva, Susanna Phillips, Saturday, February 17 Michael Fabiano, Lucas Meachem, Alexey Lavrov, 9:00 am HILLBILLY AT HARVARD Matthew Rose, Paul Plishka, Marco Armiliato conducting. 11:15 am PRE-MET PRELUDE (time approx.) 3:45 pm POST-MET VOCAL PROGRAM (time approx.) 11:30 am METROPOLITAN OPERA 6:45 pm HARVARD SPORTS Wagner: Parsifal; Evelyn Herlitzius, Klaus Florian Harvard Hockey at Yale; Harvard Basketball at Penn. Vogt, Peter Mattei, Evgeny Nikitin, René Pape, Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducting. Sunday, February 25 5:15 pm POST-MET VOCAL PROGRAM (time approx.) 8:00 pm SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE OPERA Smetana: The Bartered Bride; Benackova-Capova, Veselá, Sunday, February 18 Dvorsky, Jindrák, Novák, Kosler, Czech Philharmonic Chorus, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra (Supraphon) 8:00 pm SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE OPERA Mussorgsky: ; Kotcherga, Larin, Lipovsek, Leiferkus, Ramey, Langridge, Abbado, Slovak Philharmonic Monday, February 26 Chorus of Bratislava, Berlin Radio Chorus, Berlin 7:00 pm SPECIAL CONCERT Philharmonic Orchestra (Sony) Pianist Rena Kyriakou, b. Feb. 25, 1918 (d. 1994), is heard in music of Mendelssohn and Chabrier. Pianist Solomon Cutner (1902-1988),known by his first name. Program Guide Editor: Luca Schroeder Haydn: Sonata No. 35 in C, Landon No. 48 (EMI LP) Copyright ©2017 by the Harvard Radio Broadcasting Co., Inc. Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9 (EMI LP) Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 15 in B-flat, K. 450; Ackermann, Philharmonia Orchestra (EMI) The WHRB Program Guide is published four times a year Liszt: Au bord d’une source Subscriptions are free; request one for a friend! Bliss: Piano Conerto; Boult, Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Write: Program Guide, WHRB, 389 Harvard Street, (rec. 1943; EMI LP) Cambridge MA 02138. Chopin: Berceuse in D-flat, Op. 57

Cover: Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro Tuesday, February 27 at the Metropolitan Opera 8:00 pm CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA IN CONCERT (see December 23) Franz Welser-Möst conducting. Messiaen: L’Ascension Strauss, R.: An Alpine Symphony, Op. 64 The Metropolitan Opera on WHRB Performances at 1 pm, except as noted.

December 2 Verdi Requiem (Verdi)

December 9 The Magic Flute (Mozart) 12:30 pm

December 16 Norma (Bellini)

December 23 Le Nozze di Figaro (Mozart)

December 30 The Merry Widow (Lehár)

January 6 Hansel and Gretel (Humperdinck)

January 13 Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni)/ Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) 12:30 pm

January 20 Thaïs (Massenet)

January 27 Tosca (Puccini)

February 3 Il Trovatore (Verdi)

February 10 L’Elisir d’Amore (Donizetti) (starts at Noon)

February 17 Parsifal (Wagner) 11:30 am

February 24 La Bohème (Puccini) 12:30 pm

March 3 Madama Butterfly (Puccini)

March 10 Semiramide (Rossini)

March 17 (Strauss)

March 24 (Puccini)

March 31 Così Fan Tutte (Mozart)

April 7 Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti) 12:30 pm

April 14 Luisa Miller (Verdi) 12:30 pm

April 21 The Exterminating Angel (Adès)

April 28 Cendrillon (Massenet)

May 5 Roméo et Juliette (Gounod)