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WCPE Daily Schedule Quarter Notes® Meet Your Host...... 1 Weekdays WCPE’s member magazine Home Sweet Home...... 2 Vol. 42, no. 3 12:00 Sleepers, Awake with Sherman Wallace WCPE’s mission is to expand the community of classical September Calendar...... 3 midnight music lovers by sharing classical music with everyone, 5:30 a.m. Rise and Shine with Kristine Bellino everywhere, at any time. We entertain, educate, and October Calendar...... 4 engage our audience with informative announcers, 10:00 a.m. Classical Café with Elizabeth Elliott programs, and publications. We strive to make it easy to November Calendar...... 5 appreciate and enjoy Great Classical Music. 9:00 a.m.– Final Friday of each month: 10:00 p.m. All-Request Friday Editor: Christina Strobl Romano Fall Highlights...... 6 Designer: Deborah Cruz 1:00 p.m. As You Like It with Nick Robinson Printer: Chamblee Graphics Mondays This Quarter 4:00 p.m. Allegro with Dick Storck My Life in Music, Renaissance Fare...... 8 WCPE Staff 5:30 p.m. 5:30 waltz Monday Night at the Symphony...... 9 Deborah S. Proctor...... General Manager & 7:00 p.m. Mondays through Wednesdays and Chief Engineer Meet Your Host: Opera House...... 10 Fridays: Concert Hall with Andy Huber, Dean Baldwin...... National Business Dev’t. Director Kristine Bellino Charles Holloway, Warner Hall, Larry Kristine Bellino...... Host of Rise and Shine Sundays This Quarter Hedlund, Bruce Matheny, Mark Schreiner, Bob Chapman...... Host of Thursday Night Opera House What attracted you to The Classical Gregg Cockroft...... Facilities Engineer Great Sacred Music...... 11 and a variety of volunteer hosts Station? First attracted as a listener, I Adrienne DiFranco...... Accounting/Member Services Preview...... 12 Thursdays: Thursday Night Opera House enjoyed the station with my children every with Bob Chapman Elizabeth Elliott...... Host of Classical Café John Graham...... Director of Engineering morning on the way to school. Wavelengths, and 8:00 p.m. Mondays: Monday Night at the Symphony Charles Holloway...... Writer and Producer* Peaceful Reflections...... 13 with Andy Huber, Charles Holloway, and a Michael Hugo...... Announcer How did you get involved in broadcast- variety of hosts Haydn Jones...... Announcer ing? From an early age, I knew that I loved Program Listings...... 14 Rob Kennedy...... Social Media Director*; Music in the Night with Tony Waller, a dozen occupations. Broadcasting encom- 10:00 p.m. Host of Great Sacred Music Mike Huber, Bob Chapman, and a variety Thank-You Gifts...... 17 Joyce Kidd...... Announcer passed most of them. of hosts Dan McHugh...... Director of Member Services* What is your favorite genre of music? Lately We’ve Read Saturdays Mary Moonen...... Underwriting Dev’t. Director; Music in Vienna: 1700, 1800, 1900 Traffic Manager Who are some of your favorite compos- 12:00 Sleepers, Awake with Haydn Jones Susan Nunn...... Member Services; ers and artists? My playlist is all over the By David Wyn Jones...... 28 midnight Web Team Coordinator place—Eminem and Busta Rhymes, Sinatra, Jane O’Connor...... Acting Volunteer Coordinator 6:00 a.m. Weekend Classics with Lyle Adley-Warrick, Vivaldi, Mario Lanza and Enrico Caruso, WCPE Education Helen Halva, Peggy Powell, Joyce Kidd, Stu Pattison...... Data Services Fund News...... 29 Nan Pincus...... Assistant Music Director Ryan Montbleau, and Jimmy Durante. My and a variety of volunteer hosts mom exposed us to variety (her favorite was Nick Robinson...... Host of As You Like It Classical Community...... 30 6:00 p.m. Saturday Evening Request Program with Christina Strobl Romano...... Publications Editor Rachmaninoff), so we grew up loving it all. Haydn Jones Dick Storck...... Network Operations Director; Classical Events and Host of Allegro Have you seen much music by different Sundays Sherman Wallace...... Host of Sleepers Awake musicians around the world? My favorite Promotional Partners...... 31 12:00 Sleepers, Awake with Michael Hugo William Woltz...... Music Director* performances are usually along a streetscape, What You're Saying...... 32 midnight *This staff member is also an announcer. with a beverage and baguette in hand, 6:00 a.m. Weekend Classics with Chuck Till and a ©Copyright 1978–2020, WCPE Radio, Raleigh, NC. ingesting the performance of someone play- A Word From Our variety of hosts All rights reserved. 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The world is so different since I wrote you 1 Tuesday 15 Tuesday last that it is very difficult for me to come Johann Pachelbel 1653 Bruno Walter 1876 up with anything substantial or meaning- Engelbert Humperdinck 1854 Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos 1933 ful which I feel would be appropriate, other Seiji Ozawa 1935 (85th birthday) Jessye Norman 1945 (75th anniversary than to thank you for your support of the Leonard Slatkin 1944 of birth) beautiful music which you are helping us to 2 Wednesday 16 Wednesday give to others. 3 Thursday Hildegard von Bingen 1098 We have received many phone calls and letters of thanks over the recent past tell- Pietro Locatelli 1695 17 Thursday 4 Friday All-Request Friday Saverio Mercadante (baptized) 1795 ing us that we seem to be one of the few great ballet days good things which have not changed. The Anton Bruckner 1824 Charles Griffes 1884 Classical Station remains a safe harbor and Darius Milhaud 1892 All-Request Friday, beautiful oasis to help listeners during these 5 Saturday 18 Friday Rosh Hashanah begins at sunset stormy times, and I thank you for your role J.C. Bach 1735 Anna Netrebko 1971 in keeping this important service running Giacomo Meyerbeer 1791 19 Saturday without interruption. Deborah S. Proctor Amy Beach 1867 Kurt Sanderling 1912 During the last recession, some of our General Manager Eduardo Mata 1942 20 Sunday supporters apologized to us saying that Marc-André Hamelin 1961 they could not maintain their prior level of 6 Sunday 21 Monday support. We thanked them for their past Gustav Holst 1874 difficult hours before that, others became weekend labor day Yevgeny Svetlanov 1928 help and offered to extend subscriptions new supporters, and many current support- Joan Tower 1938 22 Tuesday Autumn begins to Quarter Notes, our program guide and ers increased their level of help. 7 Monday Labor Day Henryk Szeryng 1918 member magazine, to all who were unable to renew at that time. We told them that they Allow me to once more thank you for shar- Jean-Yves Thibaudet 1961 23 Wednesday were there for us before, and we would be ing this gift of Great Classical Music with so 8 Tuesday 24 Thursday there for them now. All they needed to do many others, near and far. Antonin Dvořák 1841 John Rutter 1945 (75th birthday) was to get in touch with us and let us know; Most sincerely, Christoph von Dohnányi 1929 25 Friday All-Request Friday their past support made them deserving. Peter Maxwell Davies 1934 Jean-Philippe Rameau 1683 We would like to make that same offer 9 Wednesday Dmitri Shostakovich 1906 again, today, for you. As things turned out, Ádám Fischer 1949 Colin Davis 1927 the sun came up again, and during the more 10 Thursday Glenn Gould 1932 26 Saturday Henry Purcell 1659 (approximate date of birth) Charles Munch 1891 Christopher Hogwood 1941 1898 11 Friday Patriot Day, All-Request Friday 27 Sunday Yom Kippur begins at sunset Misha Dichter 1945 (75th birthday) Have you seen our new website? William Boyce 1711 Friedrich Kuhlau 1786 Dmitri Sitkovetsky 1954 See what we are playing Arvo Pärt 1935 (85th birthday) 28 Monday right now and tomorrow. 12 Saturday Alina Ibragimova 1985 (35th birthday) Listen to our interviews with Tatiana Troyanos 1938 29 Tuesday distinguished musicians such Jeffrey Kahane 1956 as Stephen Hough, Ofra Harnoy, Václav Neumann 1920 (100th 13 Sunday anniversary of birth) and many more. Read our blog, Girolamo Frescobaldi (baptized mid- Richard Bonynge 1930 (90th birthday) This Week at The Classical September) 1583 30 Wednesday Station, and connect with our Clara Wieck Schumann 1819 Johan Svendsen 1840 Arnold Schoenberg 1874 Membership Department. Find Václav Smetáček 1906 us at TheClassicalStation.org! 14 Monday David Oistrakh 1908 Michael Haydn 1737 sisters

brothers & brothers Luigi Cherubini 1760 2 3 october calendar november calendar

15 Thursday 1 Sunday Daylight Saving Time ends 16 Monday Bernhard Henrik Crusell 1775 Eugen Jochum 1902 17 Tuesday Dag Wirén 1905 Victoria de los Ángeles 1923 Charles Mackerras 1925 (95th 16 Friday All-Request Friday 2 Monday anniversary of birth) photo: Lesley Mair Lesley photo: Jan Dismas Zelenka 1679 Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf 1739 18 Wednesday Marin Alsop 1956 Giuseppe Sinopoli 1946 Charles Mackerras 1925 Carl Maria von Weber 1786 (95th anniversary of birth) 17 Saturday 3 Tuesday U.S. Election Day Eugene Ormandy 1899 Herbert Howells 1892 Samuel Scheidt 1587 19 Thursday 1 Thursday Stephen Bishop Kovacevich 1940 Vincenzo Bellini 1801 Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov 1859 (80th birthday) 4 Wednesday Paul Dukas 1865 20 Friday All-Request Friday 18 Sunday Vladimir Horowitz 1903 5 Thursday Kenneth Schermerhorn 1929 Miguel Llobet 1878 2 Friday All-Request Friday György Cziffra 1921 21 Saturday Wynton Marsalis 1961 Michel Plasson 1933 6 Friday All-Request Friday 19 Monday Francisco Tárrega 1852 3 Saturday John Philip Sousa 1854 Sigfrid Karg-Elert 1877 Emil Gilels 1916 Cipriani Potter 1792 Ignaz Paderewski 1860 James DePreist 1936 20 Tuesday Stanisław Skrowaczewski 1923 7 Saturday 22 Sunday 4 Sunday Charles Ives 1874 Joan Sutherland 1926 W.F. Bach 1710 5 Monday 21 Wednesday Hélène Grimaud 1969 Joaquín Rodrigo 1901 8 Sunday 1913 6 Tuesday Joseph Canteloube 1879 weekend Georg Solti 1912 Kent Nagano 1951 Karol Szymanowski 1882 nicknames great Arnold Bax 1883 Stephen Hough 1961 Malcolm Arnold 1921 Simon Standage 1941 7 Wednesday 23 Monday 22 Thursday 9 Monday Wallenstein 1898 1811 Manuel de Falla 1876 Yo-Yo Ma 1955 (65th birthday) Ivan Moravec 1930 23 Friday 24 Tuesday Alison Balsom 1978 Fall Membership Drive (90th anniversary of birth) 25 Wednesday Yundi Li 1982 Albert Lortzing 1801 Thomas Quasthoff 1959 Bryn Terfel 1965 (55th birthday) 8 Thursday Ned Rorem 1923 Wilhelm Kempff 1895 24 Saturday 10 Tuesday Jean-Claude Malgoire 1940 Louis Vierne 1870 François Couperin 1668 26 Thursday Thanksgiving 9 Friday All-Request Friday Malcolm Bilson 1935 (85th birthday) 25 Sunday 11 Wednesday Veterans Day Earl Wild 1915 Giuseppe Verdi 1813 (date disputed: he Ernest Ansermet 1883 Eugene Istomin 1925 (95th anniversary observed Oct. 9) Johann Strauss II 1825 of birth) Camille Saint-Saëns 1835 Georges Bizet 1838 Vernon Handley 1930 (90th anniversary of birth) 27 Friday All-Request Friday 10 Saturday Alexander Grechaninov 1864 Midori Goto 1971 12 Thursday Franz Krommer 1759

Evgeny Kissin 1971 new world weekend 26 Monday Alexander Borodin 1833 Hilary Hahn 1979 11 Sunday 28 Saturday

weekend Domenico Scarlatti 1685 13 Friday All-Request Friday Robert Nathaniel Dett 1882 Jean-Baptiste Lully 1632

armchair travelers armchair travelers 27 Tuesday George Whitefield Chadwick 1854 Rachel Barton Pine 1974 Ferdinand Ries 1784 12 Monday Niccolò Paganini 1782 14 Saturday Anton Rubinstein 1829 28 Wednesday Ralph Vaughan Williams 1872 Leopold Mozart 1719 Celin Romero 1936 Healey Willan 1880 Howard Hanson 1896 Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel 1805 29 Sunday Aaron Copland 1900 Luciano Pavarotti 1935 (85th 29 Thursday Gaetano Donizetti 1797 anniversary of birth) 15 Sunday 30 Friday 30 Monday Ton Koopman 1944 Jorge Bolet 1914 13 Tuesday Philip Heseltine Daniel Barenboim 1942 Charles-Valentin Alkan 1813 (AKA Peter Warlock) 1894 Radu Lupu 1945 (75th birthday) Peter van Anrooy 1879 Frans Brüggen 1934 14 Wednesday Shlomo Mintz 1957 Alexander von Zemlinsky 1871 31 Saturday Halloween Thank you for being a part of our Great Classical Music community. 4 5 fall highlights fall highlights

By William Woltz

Labor Day Weekend September 5–7 All through these unusual times, WCPE, photo: Simon Fowler photo: The Classical Station, has worked to Salazar Tracey photo: present the beautiful music that we all need to keep our spirits high. We invite you to celebrate the unofficial close of summer with friends and family, no matter how distant, by enjoying a long weekend full of listener favorites. Renaud Capuçon, featured during Gianandrea Noseda conducts the National Symphony Great Nicknames Weekend Patriot Day September 11 Rosh Hashanah Great Nicknames Weekend As the 19th anniversary of the 2001 terror- Sunset, September 18 November 7–8 ist attacks falls on an All-Request Friday, Join us for a weekend of great musical selec- Yom Kippur we hope you’ll take this opportunity to tions with memorable monikers and surpris- Sunset, September 27 request your favorite selections of American- ing stories. Brothers Renaud and Gautier themed music. We’ll be sure to feature some We’ll play a special program of music to Capuçon join Frank Braley to play Beethoven’s thoughtful, reflective, and patriotic works mark the beginning of Rosh Hashanah Archduke Trio, and we’ll hear Schubert’s through the day. Monthubert Fabien photo: (the Jewish New Year) and Yom Kippur Trout Quintet, Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata, (the Day of Atonement). The programs Chopin’s “Raindrop” Prelude, and many more. Brothers and Sisters air at 6:00 p.m. ET on both days (with encore airings to be announced) plus September 14 Thanksgiving Day/New World selected features throughout the High Michael Haydn, brother of Franz Josef Weekend Holy Days. Haydn, was an accomplished composer of Gautier Capuçon and Frank Braley, November 26–29 featured during Great Nicknames Weekend symphonic and sacred music. His birth- As we look back on this eventful year, the gift Armchair Travelers Weekend day inspires us every year to feature other of classical music is one thing for which we October 10–11 famous sibling composers and performers in all can be thankful. As we gather together this the classical music world, including Fanny Close your eyes and let us take you on a Thanksgiving, count on The Classical Station Mendelssohn, the Strauss family, Katia and journey around the wide world of Great to bring you a day full of beautiful musical Marielle Labèque, Gil and Orli Shaham, and Classical Music. We’ll travel famous rivers, selections to complement your family activities. many more. including the Danube, Moldau, and And stay tuned for our New World Weekend, Mississippi, and visit colorful cities such as when we’ll present the best offerings of Great Ballet Days Stefania Paparelli photo: , Paris, and London. From Spain to American composers and performers, including Norway, the Grand Canyon to the steppes September 17–20 a new performance of Dvořák’s Symphony no. 9 of central Asia, it’s certain to be a We can thank the world of dance for inspir- in E Minor with Gianandrea Noseda leading beautiful adventure. ing much beautiful classical music. This the National Symphony Orchestra. week we take the time to enjoy full-length Fall Membership Drive ballets by Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, Delibes, All-Request Fridays Katia and Marielle Labèque, featured October 23–November 1 and Adam. We’ll also feature selected ballet Saturday Evening Request Program during Brothers and Sisters Your generous financial support enables highlights each day. The Classical Station now gives you two WCPE to share Great Classical Music weekly opportunities to ask for your classical with listeners everywhere, and for that we music favorites. Every Friday is now an All- are grateful. Make your tax-deductible Request Friday, from 9:00 a.m. until 10:00 gift at TheClassicalStation.org, or mail p.m. And the Saturday Evening Request Why not renew your membership…as a sustainer? it to WCPE Radio, PO Box 828, Wake Program continues every Saturday from 6:00 Forest, NC 27588. By making a commitment to donate the same amount every month, you have the p.m. until midnight. Submit your advance convenience of spreading your contribution over 12 months via a monthly debit to your requests at TheClassicalStation.org or on our credit card. Just go the Donate page on our website at TheClassicalStation.org. app, or call WCPE at 919.556.0123. You can see when your request will be played on our Daily Playlists page. 6 7 mondays this quarter mondays this quarter

My Life in Music showcases professional September musicians who share stories about their 7 Seattle Symphony Orchestra careers and their work. Interwoven with 14 Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra the conversations are musical selections 21 which illustrate the talking points. Join 28 Orpheus Chamber Orchestra us on the first Monday of each month at By William Woltz 7:00 p.m. eastern and again the follow- Mondays at 8:00 p.m. (eastern) October First Mondays at 7:00 p.m. ing Sunday at 5:00 p.m. This quarter Experience the legacy of a great orches- 5 Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Second Sundays at 5:00 p.m. our guests are soprano Aprile Millo, tra every week on Monday Night at the (All times eastern) composer George Crumb, and guitarist 12 Philharmonia Orchestra Symphony. We’ll spend two hours with a With host Rob Kennedy Jason Vieaux. 19 Minnesota Orchestra single orchestra, featuring classic perfor- 26 Fall Membership Drive mances drawn from our extensive music library along with exciting examples of the November music the orchestra is creating today. Of 2 Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra course, all of this is made possible through 9 London Philharmonic Orchestra

photo: Tyler Boye Tyler photo: the generous support of our listeners, and for

photo: Becky Starobin photo: this we are very grateful. 16 Scottish Chamber Orchestra 23 Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Join us each week as we spotlight the world’s best on Monday Night at 30 Dallas Symphony Orchestra the Symphony. photo: Brandon Patoc Brandon photo:

Aprile Millo George Crumb Jason Vieaux Soprano Composer Guitarist Seattle Symphony Orchestra September 7 October 5 November 2

Madrigals originated in Italy in the 1520s from this period originated from Italy as and quickly expanded to France, England, well. Listen on Monday, October 12, at 7:00 and Germany by the end of the century. The p.m. or to the repeat broadcast on Sunday, madrigal is secular, vocal music usually featur- October 18, at 5:00 p.m. ing two to six voices and unique harmonies. After October’s program, it seems natural The program airs on Monday, September 14, to listen to music the English settlers would at 7:00 p.m. and has a repeat broadcast on have been listening to when they landed at Second Mondays at 7:00 p.m. Sunday, September 20, at 5:00 p.m. Jamestown, , in 1607. We’ll hear Third Sundays at 5:00 p.m. October is the month we commemorate the how the music changed from the late 15th (All times eastern) exploration of America in 1492. This month to the early 17th centuries. This edition of With host George Douglas we’ll turn back the clock a little further and Renaissance Fare will be heard on Monday, Renaissance Fare in September will feature listen to music from the late 1300s through November 9, at 7:00 p.m. and repeated on madrigal music from the 16th century. the fifteenth century. Much of the music Sunday, November 15 at 5:00 p.m. 8 9 opera house sundays this quarter

October 8 Halévy’s La Juive September 6 Rachel (Várady), daughter of the goldsmith Bach: Cantata BWV 164 Eléazar (Carreras), discovers her lover “Samuel” Dvořák: Saint Ludmila is a Christian prince, Léopold (Gonzales), September 13 who’s married to Eudoxie (Anderson). Bach: Cantata BWV 17 October 15 Donizetti’s Lucrezia Borgia Jerusalem: Mass in G (De Los Niños) Orsini (Horne) tells how Alfonso (Wixell) September 20 suspects the infamous Lucrezia (Sutherland) Bach: Cantata BWV 100 Louis Spohr of an affair with her own son Gennaro Vivaldi: Juditha Triumphans Thursdays at 7:00 p.m. (eastern) (Aragall). (From the Ruocchio Archives.) With host Bob Chapman September 27 October 22 Korngold’s Die Tote Stadt September 3 Kern’s Show Boat Bach: Cantata BWV 8 Great Sacred Music In the Belgian city of Bruges, Paul (Kollo) Rutter: Magnolia (Von Stade) marries river boat is seduced by the dancer Marietta (Neblett), Sundays at 8:00 a.m. (eastern) gambler Gaylord (Hadley) and moves who reminds him of his late wife Marie, in October 4 With host Rob Kennedy with him to Chicago, where he deserts Bach: Cantata BW 148 this fantasy opera. October 25 her and their daughter. Julie (Stratas) and Handel: Esther her mixed-race husband Steve (Barton) October 29 Fall Membership Drive Membership Drive October 11 are charged with miscegenation, while Bob Chapman and Rob Kennedy play arias, All-Request Great Sacred Music Bach: Cantata BWV 169 dock worker Joe (Hubbard) praises “Ol’ ensembles, and choruses as you pledge your November 1 support for the Thursday Night Opera House. Haydn: Il Ritorno di Tobia Man River.” Membership Drive September 10 Donizetti’s La Favorita November 5 Offenbach’s La Vie Parisienne October 18 Listener favorites Bach: Cantata BWV 56 An ill-fated love affair between the king’s This tangled tale of flirtatious masquerading November 8 and romantic intriguing has irresponsible Danielpour: Toward a Season of Peace mistress, Léonor de Guzman (Kasarova), and Bach: Cantata BWV 115 men-about-town, fashionable courtesans, aris- a young monk, Fernand (Vargas), who, not Spohr: The Last Judgement knowing her true identity, betrays his vows tocratic visitors looking for a good time, and a to pursue her. motley assortment of flamboyant characters. November 15 September 17 Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra November 12 Borodin’s Prince Igor Bach: Cantata BWV 139 Handel: Nabal Genoese nobleman Fiesco (Ghiaurov) Igor (Kit) and his son Vladimir (Grigorian) hates the doge, Boccanegra (Cappuccilli), are captured by the Polovtsians, led by November 22 for seducing his daughter. Boccanegra Konchak (Minjelkiev). Igor escapes and Bach: Cantata BWV 26 wants his long-lost daughter Amelia rejoins his wife Yaroslavna (Gorchakova), Lindberg: Requiem

but Vladimir marries Konchak’s daughter Timothy Greenfield-Sanders photo: (Freni) to marry Paolo (Van Dam), but November 29 she loves Adorno (Carreras). (From the Konchakovna (Borodina). Bach: Cantata BWV 61 Ruocchio Archives.) Richard Danielpour November 19 Verdi’s Procession with Carols for Advent September 24 Bellini’s Il Pirata After Gilda (Sutherland), daughter of court Deprived of his estates, Gualtiero (Marti) jester Rigoletto (Milnes), is seduced by the Duke of Mantua (Pavarotti), the aggrieved turns to piracy. Learning that his beloved Great Sacred Music is made possible by our listeners and the following people and organizations: Imogene (Caballé) has married his enemy father puts out a contract on the duke’s life. Ernesto (Cappuccilli), he kills the latter— (From the Ruocchio Archives.) All Saints Anglican Church Dr. Jerry Grise William Raper of and Imogene goes mad. Rodgers’s Oklahoma & Raleigh, NC Cary, NC Trinity Concepts October 1 R. Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier November 26 South Pacific;Loewe’s Gigi The Chapel of the Cross James H. Lazenby Raleigh, NC This comic opera involves the aristocratic Alfred Drake lends his operatic voice to Chapel Hill, NC Fearrington Village, NC Claude and Sarah Snow Marschallin (Te Kanawa), her lover Octavian Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma and Dr. & Mrs. Harold Chapman Blaine Hall Paxton Chapel Hill, NC (Von Otter), her cousin Baron Ochs (Rydl), Lerner and Loewe’s Gigi, while former Met star Macon, GA Fearrington Village, NC University Presbyterian Church and Sophie (Hendricks). Ezio Pinza turns to Broadway in South Pacific. David Crabtree William Marley Chapel Hill, NC Raleigh, NC Raleigh, NC Fred Walters Dr. Alfred Goshaw Thomas Nutt-Powell Raleigh, NC Listen to Great Classical Music 24-7 by streaming at TheClassicalStation.org! Chapel Hill, NC Boston, MA If you or your organization would like to be a patron of Great Sacred Music, contact Rob Kennedy via e-mail or phone at 919-740-5180. 10 11 sundays this quarter sundays this quarter

menu). This fall, our guests will include Preview! mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter, composer Caroline Shaw, and conductor Donato Cabrera. Sundays at 6:00 p.m. (eastern) Sundays at 9:00 p.m. (eastern) With host David Jeffrey Smith With host Ed Amend photo: Troy University Troy photo: By Rob Kennedy Carl Vollrath, born to German parents in New York City in 1931, has written a wealth WCPE, The Classical Station, presents of music in his long career, including six Preview, a program featuring new wind symphonies, an opera, and lots of classical recording releases every Sunday . He played in the West Point evening from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. eastern. Band in the 1950s and studied composition From symphonies to vocal music, from with Ernst von Dohnányi, Carlisle Floyd, Carl Vollrath ballet to chamber music, we sample new and John Boda. In 2008, clarinetist Richard interpretations of familiar music, as well as Stoltzman released a two-disc collection of newer music. A regular feature of Preview photo: courtesyphoto: annesofievonotter.com Vollrath’s compositions called Jack’s Fat Cat. is an interview at approximately 7:00 p.m. Join The Classical Station on September 20 We speak with performing musicians and as we feature music of Carl Vollrath composers from around the world. If on Wavelengths. you miss the interview on a Sunday evening, you will find our interviews And don’t miss our tribute to Estonian com- on the Preview page on our website at poser Arvo Pärt on September 6, the Sunday TheClassicalStation.org/Listen/Programs/ before his 85th birthday. Preview (also accessible from the Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano Each week on Wavelengths we celebrate the Programming page under the Listen exciting music being written today, while also drawing from the last century to play Eric Marinitsch and Arvo Pärtphoto: Centre important works that have paved the way for Arvo Pärt today’s composers. photo: Kait Moreno photo: photo: Lindsay Hale Lindsay photo:

Sundays at 10:00 p.m. (eastern) With host Ed Amend Caroline Shaw, composer Donato Cabrera, conductor Each Sunday evening after Wavelengths, WCPE brings you two hours of relaxing music on Peaceful Reflections. It’s a thoughtful mix of orchestral, chamber, Visit us online at TheClassicalStation.org! You can see what’s new choral, and organ works, chosen to help and stay up to date with your favorite programs. Find out what’s you unwind from the week just ended playing right now and tomorrow, request your favorite piece of and prepare for the one ahead. music, listen to our interviews, read our blog, and much more. 12 13 program listings (september) program listings (september)

September Featured Works 3 Thursday 3:00 p.m. Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto no. 2 in G Minor All programming is subject to change. For a 9:00 a.m. Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto no. 1 in complete list of a specific day’s music, go to B-flat Minor 4:00 p.m. Sousa: “The Liberty ” TheClassicalStation.org 11:00 a.m. Locatelli: Violin Concerto in F 7:00 p.m. My Life in Music

12:00 p.m. Beethoven: Overture to Egmont 8:00 p.m. Dvořák: Symphony no. 9 in E Minor Jati Lindsay photo: 1 Tuesday 1:00 p.m. R. Strauss: Horn Concerto no. 1 in E-flat (From the New World) 8:00 a.m. Pachelbel: Canon in D 2:00 p.m. Grieg: Holberg Suite 9:00 p.m. Nielsen: Symphony no. 4 9:00 a.m. Copland: Rodeo (The Inextinguishable) 3:00 p.m. Bach: Orchestral Suite no. 3 in D 10:00 a.m. Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 1 in C 10:00 p.m. Copland: “Quiet City” 5:00 p.m. Rossini: Overture to Semiramide 12:00 p.m. Humperdinck: Overture to Hansel 7:00 p.m. Thursday Night Opera House 8 Tuesday and Gretel 10:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: Variations on a 9:00 a.m. Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A 2:00 p.m. Haydn: Symphony no. 96 in D (Miracle) Rococo Theme 10:00 a.m. Dvořák: Symphony no. 7 in D Minor 3:00 p.m. Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto Jessye Norman b. 1945 12:00 p.m. Maxwell Davies: “Farewell to Stromness” in E Minor 4 Friday (75th anniversary of birth) 2:00 p.m. Brahms: Symphony no. 3 in F 7:00 p.m. Ravel: La Valse 8:00 a.m. Milhaud: Scaramouche, Suite for Two 3:00 p.m. Dvořák: , op. 72 8:00 p.m. Brahms: Serenade no. 2 in A 9:00 a.m. All-Request Friday 7:00 p.m. Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture 12 Saturday 9:00 p.m. Respighi: The Pines of Rome 10:00 p.m. Bruckner: String Quartet in C Minor 8:00 p.m. Dvořák: Cello Concerto in B Minor 9:00 a.m. Bach: Concerto in D Minor for 2 Wednesday Two 5 Saturday 9:00 p.m. Ravel: Noble and Sentimental Waltzes 9:00 a.m. Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 26 in D 10:00 a.m. Mozart: Symphony no. 41 in C (Jupiter) 8:00 a.m. Copland: “An Outdoor Overture” 9 Wednesday (Coronation) 12:00 p.m. Sibelius: Karelia Suite 9:00 a.m. Meyerbeer: The Skaters 9:00 a.m. Haydn: Symphony no. 95 in C Minor 10:00 a.m. Handel: Concerto Grosso in G Minor, 1:00 p.m. Beethoven: Symphony no. 6 in F op. 6, no. 6 10:00 a.m. Beach: “From Blackbird Hills” 10:00 a.m. Bach: Orchestral Suite no. 2 in B Minor (Pastoral) 12:00 p.m. Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of 11:00 a.m. Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 21 in C 12:00 p.m. Respighi: The Birds 2:00 p.m. Grieg: Suite no. 2 from Peer Gynt a Faun 12:00 p.m. Falla: “Ritual Fire Dance” 2:00 p.m. Brahms: Piano Concerto no. 1 3:00 p.m. Debussy: “La Mer” 2:00 p.m. Weber: Clarinet Quintet in B-flat in D Minor 2:00 p.m. Beethoven: Symphony no. 5 in C Minor 4:00 p.m. Bizet: “L’Amour est un Oiseau Rebelle” 3:00 p.m. Mendelssohn: Symphony no. 5 3:00 p.m. Schumann: Carnaval 3:00 p.m. Beethoven: Symphony no. 1 in C from Carmen (Reformation) 4:00 p.m. Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks 7:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet 5:00 p.m. Borodin: “Polovtsian Dances” from 7:00 p.m. Chopin: Polonaise Fantasy in A-flat Fantasy Overture 5:00 p.m. Gershwin: Concerto in F Prince Igor 8:00 p.m. Schubert: Symphony no. 8 in B Minor 8:00 p.m. Haydn: Symphony no. 104 in D 13 Sunday (Unfinished) 6 Sunday (London) 7:00 a.m. C. Schumann: Romance in G Minor 9:00 p.m. Dvořák: in D 7:00 a.m. Bernstein: “Make Our Garden Grow” 9:00 p.m. Mendelssohn: Symphony no. 4 in A from Candide (Italian) 9:00 a.m. Bach: Cantata 17 (Wer Dank Opfert, der Preiset Mich) 9:00 a.m. Bach: Cantata 164 (Ihr, die ihr Euch von 10 Thursday Christo Nennet) 10:00 a.m. Jerusalem: Mass in G (De los Niños) 9:00 a.m. Purcell: Suite from Abdelazar 9:30 a.m. Dvořák: Saint Ludmila 12:00 p.m. Frescobaldi: Three Canzones for Cello 10:00 a.m. Haydn: Symphony no. 100 in G 12:00 p.m. Brahms: Academic Festival Overture and Continuo (Military) 1:00 p.m. Borodin: Symphony no. 2 in B Minor 1:00 p.m. Bizet: Symphony in C 12:00 p.m. Strauss II: “Emperor Waltz” 2:00 p.m. Copland: Billy the Kid Ballet Suite 2:00 p.m. C. Schumann: Piano Concerto 1:00 p.m. Mozart: Horn Concerto no. 1 in D in A Minor 3:00 p.m. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no. 2 in F 2:00 p.m. Lalo: Cello Concerto in D Minor 3:00 p.m. Debussy: “The Girl with the Flaxen Hair” 4:00 p.m. Gershwin: An American in Paris 3:00 p.m. Gade: Symphony no. 7 in F 4:00 p.m. C. Schumann: Musical Evenings 5:00 p.m. Tower: Made in America 5:00 p.m. Purcell: Chaconne from The Fairy Queen 5:00 p.m. My Life in Music 7 Monday 7:00 p.m. Thursday Night Opera House 9:00 p.m. Schoenberg: Transfigured Night 9:00 a.m. Mozart: Serenade no. 13 in G (Eine 10:00 p.m. Albinoni: Adagio in G Minor Kleine Nachtmusik) 14 Monday 11 Friday 10:00 a.m. Chopin: Piano Concerto no. 2 in F Minor 8:00 a.m. M. Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in D 8:00 a.m. S. Ward: “America the Beautiful” 12:00 p.m. Vivaldi: Lute Concerto in D 9:00 a.m. Mendelssohn-Hensel: Capriccio Seiji Ozawa b. 1935 9:00 a.m. All-Request Friday in A-flat 2:00 p.m. Brahms: Variations on a Theme (85th birthday) by Haydn 10:00 p.m. Pärt: Spiegel im Spiegel 10:00 a.m. Dvořák: in F 14 15 thank-you gifts thank-you gifts

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8:00 p.m. Schumann: Symphony no. 1 9:00 a.m. Brahms: Serenade no. 1 in D 7:00 p.m. Thursday Night Opera House in B-flat (Spring) 10:00 a.m. Holst: St. Paul’s Suite 10:00 p.m. Rutter: “Veni Sancte Spiritus” 9:00 p.m. Bruch: Scottish Fantasy for Violin and 12:00 p.m. Borodin: Nocturne from String Quartet 25 Friday Orchestra no. 2 in D

photo: Nick Rutter photo: 8:00 a.m. Shostakovich: “Festive Overture” 10:00 p.m. Hildegard von Bingen: “O Felix Anima” 2:00 p.m. Boccherini: Cello Concerto no. 9 9:00 a.m. All-Request Friday 17 Thursday in B-flat 10:00 p.m. Bach: French Suite no. 1 in D Minor 8:00 a.m. Verdi: Ballet Music from Otello 3:00 p.m. Holst: The Planets 26 Saturday 9:00 a.m. Delibes: Coppélia 7:00 p.m. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no. 3 in G 8:00 a.m. Gershwin: Overture to Strike up 11:00 a.m. Mercadante: Flute Concerto in E Minor 8:00 p.m. Copland: Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo the Band John Rutter b. 1945 12:00 p.m. Khachaturian: Adagio of Spartacus 9:00 a.m. Schubert: Symphony no. 8 in B Minor (75th birthday) and Phrygia 9:00 p.m. Sibelius: Symphony no. 2 in D (Unfinished) 1:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake 10:00 p.m. Holst: Egdon Heath 10:00 a.m. Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 3 12:00 p.m. Cherubini: Overture to Médée 5:00 p.m. Prokofiev: “Folk Dance” from Romeo 22 Tuesday in C Minor and Juliet 1:00 p.m. Grainger: Hill Song no. 1 9:00 a.m. Grieg: In Autumn 12:00 p.m. Gershwin: “Summertime” from Porgy 2:00 p.m. Danzi: Concertante in B-flat for Flute 6:00 p.m. Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe, Suite no. 1 10:00 a.m. Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto and Bess and Clarinet 7:00 p.m. Thursday Night Opera House in E Minor 2:00 p.m. Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique 3:00 p.m. Mozart: Concerto no. 10 in E-flat for 10:00 p.m. Griffes: “The White Peacock” 12:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: “October (Autumn Song)” 3:00 p.m. Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue Two Pianos 18 Friday 2:00 p.m. Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto no. 1 in 4:00 p.m. Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals 5:30 p.m. Josef Strauss: “Viennese Frescoes” F-sharp Minor 8:00 a.m. Tchaikovsky: Waltz from 5:00 p.m. Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending 7:00 p.m. Renaissance Fare Sleeping Beauty 3:00 p.m. Beethoven: Piano Trio in E-flat 27 Sunday 8:00 p.m. Bach: Violin Concerto no. 2 in E 9:00 a.m. All-Request Friday 7:00 p.m. Telemann: Concerto in D for Three Trumpets 7:00 a.m. Dvořák: Slavonic Dances, op. 46, no. 2 9:00 p.m. Dvořák: Symphony no. 8 in G 6:00 p.m. Rosh Hashanah 9:00 a.m. Bach: Cantata 8 (Liebster Gott, Wenn 10:00 p.m. Mendelssohn-Hensel: “September: By 8:00 p.m. Mozart: Concerto in C for Flute 10:00 p.m. Dvořák: “O Silver Moon” from Werd ich Sterben) the River” and Harp 19 Saturday 9:00 p.m. Brahms: Symphony no. 1 in C Minor 10:00 a.m. Rutter: Requiem 15 Tuesday 8:00 a.m. Holst: Ballet Music from 23 Wednesday 12:00 p.m. Chopin: Grand Fantasia on Polish Airs 9:00 a.m. Beethoven: Symphony no. 3 in E-flat The Perfect Fool in A (Eroica) 9:00 a.m. Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 23 in A 9:00 a.m. Adam: Giselle 2:00 p.m. Mozart: Violin Concerto no. 5 in A 10:00 a.m. Dvořák: Violin Concerto in A Minor 10:00 a.m. Bach: Violin Concerto no. 1 in A Minor 11:00 a.m. Glazunov: Suite from Raymonda (Turkish) 12:00 p.m. Respighi: “The Birth of Venus” from 12:00 p.m. Farrenc: Overture no. 2 in E-flat 12:00 p.m. Delibes: Suite from Sylvia 3:00 p.m. Berlioz: “Le Corsaire” Overture Three Botticelli Pictures 2:00 p.m. Haydn: Cello Concerto no. 2 in D 1:00 p.m. Copland: Appalachian Spring 2:00 p.m. Brahms: Symphony no. 2 in D 3:00 p.m. Chopin: Piano Sonata no. 3 in B Minor 3:00 p.m. Khachaturian: Gayne 3:00 p.m. Albéniz: Suite Española 7:00 p.m. Handel: Concerto Grosso in B-flat, op. 5:00 p.m. Stravinsky: Firebird Suite 6:00 p.m. R. Strauss: “September” from 6, no. 7 Four Last Songs 20 Sunday 8:00 p.m. Beethoven: Symphony no. 7 in A 7:00 p.m. Haydn: Symphony no. 47 in G 7:00 a.m. Helsted: “Pas de Deux and Variations” 9:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 6 in B (Palindrome) from The Flower Festival at Genzano Minor (Pathétique) 8:00 p.m. Franck: Symphonic Variations 9:00 a.m. Bach: Cantata 100 (Was Gott Tut, das 24 Thursday 9:00 p.m. Schubert: Symphony no. 5 in B-flat, ist Wohlgetan) 8:00 a.m. Smetana: The Moldau D. 485 9:30 a.m. Vivaldi: “Juditha Triumphans,” RV 644 9:00 a.m. Weber: Clarinet Concerto no. 1 12:00 p.m. Mozart: Ballet Music from Idomeneo, 16 Wednesday in F Minor King of Crete 9:00 a.m. Grieg: Holberg Suite 10:00 a.m. Falla: Three Dances from The Three- 1:00 p.m. Prokofiev:Romeo and Juliet 10:00 a.m. Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 17 in G Cornered Hat 3:00 p.m. Ravel: Mother Goose Ballet 12:00 p.m. Copland: “Down a Country Lane” 12:00 p.m. Walton: “Crown Imperial” 4:00 p.m. Sullivan: Pineapple Poll 2:00 p.m. Dvořák: American Suite 2:00 p.m. Beethoven: Piano Sonata no. 8 in C 5:00 p.m. Renaissance Fare 3:00 p.m. Prokofiev: Symphony no. 1 Minor (Pathétique) in D (Classical) 21 Monday 3:00 p.m. Brahms: Symphony no. 4 in E Minor Richard Bonynge b. 1930 (90th birthday) 7:00 p.m. Beethoven: Leonore Overture no. 2 8:00 a.m. Holst: First Suite in E-flat 6:00 p.m. Rutter: “Lord of the Dance” 18 19 program listings (september/october) program listings (october)

4:00 p.m. Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade 10:00 a.m. Brahms: Double Concerto for Violin and 12:00 p.m. Chopin: Polonaise Fantasy in A-flat Cello in A Minor 5:00 p.m. R. Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel’s 1:00 p.m. Telemann: Trumpet Concerto no. 1 in D 12:00 p.m. Suk: “Love Song” Merry Pranks 2:00 p.m. Beethoven: Symphony no. 2 in D 2:00 p.m. Vivaldi: Concerto in F, RV 286 6:00 p.m. Yom Kippur programming 3:00 p.m. Saint-Saëns: Symphony no. 3 in C 28 Monday 3:00 p.m. Gounod: Symphony no. 1 in D Minor (Organ) 5:00 p.m. Svendsen: “Norwegian Artists’ Carnival” Bertazzi Giorgia photo: 9:00 a.m. Saint-Saëns: Introduction and 4:00 p.m. Fauré: Suite from Masques et Rondo Capriccioso 7:00 p.m. Dvořák: Scherzo Capriccioso Bergamasques 10:00 a.m. Grieg: Piano Concerto in A Minor 8:00 p.m. Bruch: Violin Concerto no. 1 in G Minor 5:00 p.m. Berlioz: Harold in Italy 12:00 p.m. Chopin: Barcarolle in F-sharp 9:00 p.m. Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez 5 Monday 2:00 p.m. Schubert: Piano Quintet in A (Trout) October Featured Works 9:00 a.m. Haydn: Symphony no. 94 in G (Surprise) 3:00 p.m. Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto 10:00 a.m. Couperin: Pièces en Concert in D Minor All programming is subject to change. For a complete list of a specific day’s music, go to 12:00 p.m. Mozart: Horn Concerto no. 2 in E-flat 7:00 p.m. Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 24 TheClassicalStation.org 1:00 p.m. Bizet: Children’s Games Alina Ibragimova b. 1985 (35th birthday) in C Minor 2:00 p.m. Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition 8:00 p.m. Vivaldi: Four Seasons 1 Thursday 3:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 6 in B 9:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: in D Minor 9:00 a.m. Schumann: Scenes from Childhood Minor (Pathétique) 10:00 a.m. Weber: Clarinet Concerto no. 2 in E-flat (Souvenir of Florence) 10:00 a.m. Dvořák: Czech Suite in D 7:00 p.m. My Life in Music 12:00 p.m. Britten: Simple Symphony 10:00 p.m. Franck: Violin Sonata in A 12:00 p.m. Alfvén: Swedish Rhapsody no. 1 8:00 p.m. Borodin: Symphony no. 2 in B Minor 2:00 p.m. Mozart: Symphony no. 35 in D (Haffner) 29 Tuesday (Midsummer Vigil) 9:00 p.m. Debussy: Images for Orchestra 3:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien 9:00 a.m. Weber: “Invitation to the Dance” 1:00 p.m. Beethoven: Leonore Overture no. 3 10:00 p.m. Bach: Lute Suite in E Minor 5:00 p.m. Ponchielli: “Dance of the Hours” 10:00 a.m. Schumann: Piano Concerto in A Minor 2:00 p.m. Dukas: Symphony in C 6:00 p.m. Vierne: “Carillon de Westminster” 6 Tuesday 12:00 p.m. Bruch: Swedish Dances 3:00 p.m. Chopin: Piano Sonata no. 2 7:00 p.m. Thursday Night Opera House 9:00 a.m. Bizet: L’Arlésienne Suite no. 1 2:00 p.m. Handel: Suite in F from Water Music in B-flat Minor 10:00 p.m. Chopin: Nocturnes, op. 15 10:00 a.m. Mozart: Symphony no. 36 in C (Linz) 3:00 p.m. Rossini: The Fantastic Toyshop 5:00 p.m. Dukas: Sorcerer’s Apprentice 12:00 p.m. Berlioz: “Roman Carnival” Overture 9 Friday 7:00 p.m. Delibes: Sylvia 7:00 p.m. Thursday Night Opera House 2:00 p.m. Rodrigo: Fantasia for a Gentleman 8:00 a.m. Verdi: “Va, Pensiero” from Nabucco 9:00 p.m. Suk: Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra 10:00 p.m. Chopin: Nocturne in B 3:00 p.m. Mendelssohn: Symphony no. 3 in A 9:00 a.m. All-Request Friday 10:00 p.m. Sibelius: “The Swan of Tuonela” 2 Friday Minor (Scottish) 10:00 p.m. Saint-Saëns: “Havanaise” 8:00 a.m. Suppé: “Light Cavalry” Overture 30 Wednesday 7:00 p.m. Szymanowski: Concert Overture in E 10 Saturday 9:00 a.m. All-Request Friday 9:00 a.m. Telemann: Overture in D from 8:00 p.m. Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D 8:00 a.m. Vaughan Williams: English Folk Tafelmusik 10:00 p.m. Dvořák: Romance in F Minor 9:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings in C Song Suite 3 Saturday 7 Wednesday 9:00 a.m. D’Indy: Symphony on a French Mountain Air 9:00 a.m. Potter: Piano Concerto no. 2 in D Minor 9:00 a.m. Schubert: Sonata in A Minor 10:00 a.m. Ravel: Rapsodie Espagnole (Arpeggione) 10:00 a.m. Sowande: African Suite 12:00 p.m. Vivaldi: Cello Concerto in B Minor 10:00 a.m. Liszt: Piano Concerto no. 1 in E-flat 11:00 a.m. Copland: Three Latin American Sketches 1:00 p.m. Brahms: Tragic Overture (Triangle) 12:00 p.m. Strauss II: “The Blue Danube” 2:00 p.m. Weber: Concertino in E-flat for Clarinet 12:00 p.m. Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in E-flat 1:00 p.m. Grofé: Mississippi Suite and Orchestra 2:00 p.m. Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 5 in 2:00 p.m. Mozart: Symphony no. 38 in D (Prague) 3:00 p.m. Chopin: Piano Concerto no. 1 E-flat (Emperor) 3:00 p.m. Ireland: A London Overture in E Minor 3:00 p.m. Mendelssohn: Piano Trio no. 1 4:00 p.m. Respighi: The Fountains of Rome in D Minor 4:00 p.m. Schubert: Symphony no. 9 in C (Great) 5:00 p.m. McKay: Evocation Symphony 5:00 p.m. Mozart: Symphony no. 31 in D (Paris) 7:00 p.m. Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody no. 2 (Symphony for Seattle) 8:00 p.m. Elgar: Cello Concerto in E Minor 4 Sunday 11 Sunday 9:00 p.m. Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol 7:00 a.m. Thompson: “Alleluia” 7:00 a.m. Dett: “Don’t be Weary, Traveler” 10:00 p.m. Bach: Cello Suite no. 1 in G 9:00 a.m. Bach: Cantata 148 (Bringet dem Herrn 9:00 a.m. Bach: Cantata 169 (Gott soll Allein mein Ehre Seines Namens) 8 Thursday Herze Haben) Yo-Yo Ma b. 1955 (65th birthday) 10:00 a.m. Handel: Esther—Part 1 9:00 a.m. Dvořák: 9:30 a.m. Haydn: Il Ritorno di Tobia 20 21 program listings (october) program listings (october/november)

8:00 p.m. Rimsky-Korsakov: Suite from The Tale 18 Sunday 21 Wednesday of Tsar Saltan 7:00 a.m. Handel: “Let the Bright Seraphim” 9:00 a.m. Mozart: Symphony no. 41 in C (Jupiter) 9:00 p.m. Beethoven: Clarinet Trio in B-flat from Samson 10:00 a.m. Suk: Fantastic Scherzo 14 Wednesday 9:00 a.m. Bach: Cantata 56 (Ich will den 12:00 p.m. Arnold: English Dances, Book One

photo: Brooke Irish Brooke photo: Kreuzstab Gerne Tragen) 9:00 a.m. Dvořák: In Nature’s Realm 2:00 p.m. Handel: Harp Concerto in B-flat 10:00 a.m. Danielpour: Toward a Season of Peace 10:00 a.m. Ferdinand Ries: Piano Concerto no. 9 3:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 4 in G Minor 12:00 p.m. Brahms: Variations on a Theme in F Minor by Haydn 12:00 p.m. Beethoven: “Rondo a Capriccio” in G 6:00 p.m. Canteloube: “Baïlèro (Shepherd Song)” (Rage Over a Lost Penny) 1:00 p.m. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no. 5 in D from Songs of the Auvergne 2:00 p.m. Mendelssohn: Incidental Music from A 2:00 p.m. Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in E-flat 7:00 p.m. Gershwin: An American in Paris Midsummer Night’s Dream 3:00 p.m. Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-flat 8:00 p.m. Beethoven: Symphony no. 5 in C Minor 3:00 p.m. Copland: Red Pony Suite 4:00 p.m. Llobet: Popular Catalan Songs 9:00 p.m. Brahms: Symphony no. 3 in F Luciano Pavarotti b. 1935 7:00 p.m. Beethoven: “Coriolan” Overture 5:00 p.m. Renaissance Fare 22 Thursday (85th anniversary of birth) 8:00 p.m. Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme 19 Monday of Paganini 9:00 a.m. Liszt: Les Préludes 9:00 a.m. Beethoven: Piano Sonata no. 8 in C 10:00 a.m. Mozart: Symphony no. 25 in G Minor 12:00 p.m. Bruch: Scottish Fantasy for Violin 9:00 p.m. Zemlinsky: Symphony no. 2 in B-flat Minor (Pathétique) 2:00 p.m. Liszt: “Consolation no. 3” in D-flat and Orchestra 15 Thursday 10:00 a.m. Grieg: Norwegian Dances 1:00 p.m. Beethoven: Leonore Overture no. 2 1:00 p.m. Enescu: Romanian Rhapsody no. 1 in A 8:00 a.m. Dvořák: “Carnival Overture” 12:00 p.m. D. Scarlatti: Sonata in E, Kirkpatrick 380 2:00 p.m. Schumann: Cello Concerto in A Minor 2:00 p.m. Ponce: Sonata Mexicana 9:00 a.m. Crusell: Introduction and Variations on 2:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto no. 1 in 3:00 p.m. Liszt: Piano Concerto no. 2 in A 3:00 p.m. Bruch: Serenade on Swedish Melodies a Swedish Air B-flat Minor 5:00 p.m. Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody no. 2 4:00 p.m. Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain 10:00 a.m. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no. 4 in G 3:00 p.m. Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat 7:00 p.m. Thursday Night Opera House 5:00 p.m. My Life in Music 12:00 p.m. Elgar: Serenade for Strings in E Minor 7:00 p.m. Prokofiev:Peter and the Wolf 10:00 p.m. Liszt: “Transcendental Étude no. 11 2:00 p.m. Mozart: Violin Concerto no. 4 in D 8:00 p.m. Beethoven: Symphony no. 3 in E-flat 12 Monday (Harmonies of the Evening)” (Eroica) 9:00 a.m. Haydn: Symphony no. 45 in F-sharp 3:00 p.m. Prokofiev:Lieutenant Kijé Suite Minor (Farewell) 6:00 p.m. Wirén: March from Serenade for Strings 9:00 p.m. Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances October 23–November 1 10:00 a.m. Albinoni: Oboe Concerto in D Minor 7:00 p.m. Thursday Night Opera House 10:00 p.m. Mozart: Fantasia in C Minor Fall 2020 Membership Drive 12:00 p.m. Vaughan Williams: “Fantasia on 10:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: Melancholy Serenade 20 Tuesday Call 800-556-5178 ‘Greensleeves’” 16 Friday 9:00 a.m. Haydn: String Quartet in C (Emperor) WCPE is listener-supported classical 2:00 p.m. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no. 6 radio. 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For a in A (Italian) complete list of a specific day’s music, go to 7:00 p.m. Renaissance Fare 17 Saturday 3:00 p.m. Brahms: Violin Concerto in D TheClassicalStation.org 9:00 a.m. Beethoven: Piano Sonata no. 14 in 8:00 p.m. Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto no. 3 in 7:00 p.m. Ives: Variations on “America” D Minor C-sharp Minor (Moonlight) 8:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 3 2 Monday 10:00 a.m. Suppé: Overture to Poet and Peasant 9:00 p.m. Vaughan Williams: Symphony no. 5 in D in D (Polish) 9:00 a.m. Dittersdorf: Symphony in C (The Four 11:00 a.m. Brahms: Five Hungarian Dances, 10:00 p.m. Schubert: Sonatina in D 9:00 p.m. Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 20 Ages of Man) nos. 17–21 13 Tuesday in D Minor 10:00 a.m. Ravel: Noble and Sentimental Waltzes 12:00 p.m. Debussy: “En Bateau” 8:00 a.m. Anrooy: “Piet Hein Rhapsody” 1:00 p.m. Haydn: Cello Concerto no. 1 in C 9:00 a.m. Chopin: Polonaise in F-sharp Minor 2:00 p.m. Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 25 in C 10:00 a.m. Beethoven: Triple Concerto in C 3:00 p.m. Locklair: “Hail the Coming Day (A WCPE derives its income from listener donations 12:00 p.m. Mozart: Violin Sonata in A Festive Piece for Orchestra)” and grants from foundations and businesses. 2:00 p.m. Elgar: Enigma Variations 4:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D Donate by going to TheClassicalStation.org or 3:00 p.m. Fauré: Dolly Suite 5:00 p.m. Howells: Three Dances for Violin and calling 800.556.5178. 7:00 p.m. Mozart: Overture to Orchestra 22 23 program listings (november) program listings (november)

12:00 p.m. Chopin: no. 3 in A-flat 8:00 p.m. Schubert: Symphony no. 8 in B Minor 4:00 p.m. Chopin: Polonaise in A-flat (Heroic) 2:00 p.m. Coates: The Three Elizabeths Suite (Unfinished) 5:00 p.m. My Life in Music 9:00 p.m. Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 3 3:00 p.m. Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 2 in 9 Monday B-flat in C Minor 9:00 a.m. Franck: Symphonic Variations 5:00 p.m. Gershwin: Lullaby for Strings 5 Thursday 10:00 a.m. Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin 7:00 p.m. My Life in Music 9:00 a.m. Handel: Water Music 12:00 p.m. Bach: Air from Orchestral Suite no. 3 in 8:00 p.m. Schumann: Symphony no. 2 in C 10:00 a.m. Chopin: Fantasie in F Minor D (“Air on the G String”) 9:00 p.m. Brahms: Piano Concerto no. 2 in B-flat 12:00 p.m. Ravel: “Pavane for a Dead Princess” 2:00 p.m. Chopin: Scherzo no. 4 in E 3 Tuesday 1:00 p.m. Schumann: Overture to Genoveva 3:00 p.m. Mozart: Clarinet Trio in E-flat 8:00 a.m. Sousa: “Presidential Polonaise” 2:00 p.m. Bizet: Carmen Suite no. 1 (Kegelstatt) 9:00 a.m. Scheidt: Suite for Ten Brass Instruments 3:00 p.m. Grieg: Piano Concerto in A Minor 6:00 p.m. Mozart: Catalog Aria from Don Giovanni 10:00 a.m. Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 21 in C 5:00 p.m. Delibes: Prelude and Mazurka 7:00 p.m. Renaissance Fare from Coppélia 8:00 p.m. Medtner: Piano Concerto no. 2 12:00 p.m. Williams: “Summon the Heroes” Aaron Copland b. 1900 7:00 p.m. Thursday Night Opera House in C Minor 1:00 p.m. Bellini: Trumpet Concerto in E-flat 10:00 p.m. Mendelssohn-Hensel: Piano Trio in D 9:00 p.m. Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade 2:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 5 in E Minor 6 Friday 10:00 p.m. Schubert: “The Miller and the Stream” 10:00 a.m. Haydn: Symphony no. 101 in D (Clock) 3:00 p.m. Beethoven: Piano Sonata no. 21 8:00 a.m. Sousa: “The Stars and Stripes Forever” 10 Tuesday 12:00 p.m. Chopin: Impromptu no. 2 in F-sharp in C (Waldstein) 9:00 a.m. All-Request Friday 9:00 a.m. Couperin: The French 2:00 p.m. Beethoven: Piano Sonata no. 15 7:00 p.m. Bach: Violin Concerto no. 1 in A Minor 10:00 p.m. Paderewski: Minuet in G 10:00 a.m. Borodin: Symphony no. 3 in A Minor in D (Pastoral) 8:00 p.m. Mendelssohn: Symphony no. 5 (unfinished) 3:00 p.m. Borodin: Overture and “Polovtsian 7 Saturday (Reformation) 12:00 p.m. Fauré: Suite from Masques et Dances” from Prince Igor 9:00 a.m. Haydn: Symphony no. 103 in E-flat 9:00 p.m. Chopin: Piano Concerto no. 2 in F Minor Bergamasques 5:00 p.m. Offenbach: Overture to La Belle Hélène (Drum Roll) 2:00 p.m. Grieg: Holberg Suite 7:00 p.m. Thursday Night Opera House 4 Wednesday 10:00 a.m. Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 5 in 9:00 a.m. Debussy: Children’s Corner E-flat (Emperor) 3:00 p.m. Mozart: Serenade no. 11 in E-flat 10:00 p.m. Borodin: Nocturne from String Quartet no. 2 in D 10:00 a.m. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no. 2 in F 12:00 p.m. Dvořák: String Quartet no. 12 in F 7:00 p.m. Couperin: Pièces en Concert 12:00 p.m. Chopin: Prelude in D-flat (Raindrop) (American) 8:00 p.m. Offenbach: Gâité Parisienne 13 Friday 2:00 p.m. Dvořák: Serenade in E for Strings 1:00 p.m. Mozart: Serenade no. 13 in G (Eine 9:00 p.m. Mendelssohn: Symphony no. 1 8:00 a.m. Chadwick: “Jubilee” from Symphonic Kleine Nachtmusik) in C Minor Sketches 3:00 p.m. Haydn: Symphony no. 104 in D (London) 2:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 2 in C 9:00 a.m. All-Request Friday 7:00 p.m. Borodin: “In the Steppes of Central Asia” 11 Wednesday Minor (Little Russian) 8:00 a.m. Sousa: “The Liberty Bell” 10:00 p.m. Copland: Our Town 3:00 p.m. Hanson: Symphony no. 2 (Romantic) 9:00 a.m. Rimsky-Korsakov: Suite from The Tale 14 Saturday 4:00 p.m. Beethoven: Piano Trio in B-flat of Tsar Saltan 9:00 a.m. Copland: Appalachian Spring (Archduke) 10:00 a.m. Delius: Florida Suite 10:00 a.m. L. Mozart: Trumpet Concerto in D 5:00 p.m. Prokofiev: Symphony no. 1 in D 11:00 a.m. “Taps” and “America the Beautiful” (Classical) 12:00 p.m. Mendelssohn-Hensel: Fantasia 12:00 p.m. Buck: “Festival Overture on ‘The Star- in G Minor 8 Sunday Spangled Banner’” 1:00 p.m. Copland: El Salón México photo: Frankie Fouganthin Frankie photo: 7:00 a.m. Chopin: Waltz in A-flat (“L’Adieu”) 2:00 p.m. Dvořák: Scherzo Capriccioso, op. 66 2:00 p.m. Mozart: Symphony no. 39 in E-flat 9:00 a.m. Bach: Cantata 115 (Mache Dich, mein 3:00 p.m. U.S. military service hymns 3:00 p.m. Copland: Rodeo Geist, Bereit) 5:00 p.m. Williams: “Hymn to the Fallen” 4:00 p.m. Mendelssohn-Hensel: Piano Sonata in 10:00 a.m. Spohr: The Last Judgement 7:00 p.m. Copland: “An Outdoor Overture” G Minor 12:00 p.m. Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in E-flat (The 8:00 p.m. Brahms: Double Concerto for Violin and 5:00 p.m. Copland: “Fanfare for the Common Man” Raging of the Sea) Cello in A Minor 1:00 p.m. Haydn: Symphony no. 94 in G (Surprise) 15 Sunday 9:00 p.m. Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue 2:00 p.m. Mendelssohn: Symphony no. 3 in A 7:00 a.m. Liszt: “Valse Impromptu” Minor (Scottish) 12 Thursday 9:00 a.m. Bach: Cantata 139 (Wohl dem, der sich 3:00 p.m. Beethoven: Piano Sonata no. 17 in D 9:00 a.m. Borodin: Symphony no. 2 in B Minor auf seinen Gott) Bryn Terfel b. 1965 (55th birthday) Minor (Tempest) 24 25 program listings (november) program listings (november)

10:00 a.m. Handel: Nabal 12:00 p.m. Dvořák: “Prague Waltzes” 7:00 p.m. Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain 27 Friday 12:00 p.m. Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D 1:00 p.m. Vaughan Williams: Overture to 8:00 p.m. Mendelssohn: Symphony no. 3 in A 9:00 a.m. All-Request Friday 1:00 p.m. Schumann: Piano Concerto in A Minor The Wasps Minor (Scottish) 8:00 a.m. Copland: “Danzón Cubano” 2:00 p.m. Respighi: The Pines of Rome 2:00 p.m. Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 15 in B-flat 9:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D 10:00 p.m. Thompson: “Alleluia” 3:00 p.m. Bizet: Symphony in C 3:00 p.m. Mozart: Violin Sonata in G 24 Tuesday 28 Saturday 4:00 p.m. Elgar: Cello Concerto in E Minor 5:00 p.m. Ippolitov-Ivanov: “Procession of the 9:00 a.m. Liszt: Fantasy on Hungarian Folk Themes Sardar” 9:00 a.m. Boyer: “Celebration Overture” 5:00 p.m. Renaissance Fare 10:00 a.m. Bach: Orchestral Suite no. 1 in C 7:00 p.m. Thursday Night Opera House 10:00 a.m. Dvořák: String Quartet no. 12 in F 16 Monday 12:00 p.m. Mendelssohn: Overture to Athalia (American) 10:00 p.m. Brahms: Three Intermezzi, op. 117 9:00 a.m. Holst: Second Suite in F 2:00 p.m. Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of 12:00 p.m. O’Connor: “Butterfly’s Day Out” 20 Friday a Faun 10:00 a.m. Haydn: Symphony no. 92 in G (Oxford) 1:00 p.m. Price: Symphony no. 4 in D Minor 8:00 a.m. Glazunov: “Triumphal March” 3:00 p.m. Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 1 in C 12:00 p.m. Wolf-Ferrari: Intermezzo from Jewels of 2:00 p.m. Copland: Music for Movies the Madonna 9:00 a.m. All-Request Friday 7:00 p.m. Kodaly: Variations on a Hungarian 3:00 p.m. Dvořák: Symphony no. 9 in E Minor Folksong (The Peacock) 2:00 p.m. Brahms: Serenade no. 2 in A 10:00 p.m. Handel: Suite in G Minor for Piano (From the New World) 8:00 p.m. Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole 3:00 p.m. Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 17 in G 21 Saturday 4:00 p.m. Locklair: Symphony no. 2 (America) 9:00 p.m. Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 26 in D 7:00 p.m. Vaughan Williams: English Folk 9:00 a.m. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no. 1 in F 5:00 p.m. Bernstein: “Somewhere” from West (Coronation) Side Story Song Suite 10:00 a.m. Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet 8:00 p.m. Schubert: Symphony no. 9 in C (Great) Fantasy Overture 25 Wednesday 29 Sunday 9:00 a.m. Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks 9:00 p.m. Mozart: Symphony no. 35 in D (Haffner) 12:00 p.m. Tárrega: “Capricho Arabe” 7:00 a.m. Traditional: “We Shall Walk Through 10:00 a.m. Smetana: Vyšehrad 17 Tuesday 1:00 p.m. Schumann: Piano Quartet in E-flat the Valley” 12:00 p.m. Debussy: “Clair de Lune” 9:00 a.m. Schubert: Fantasia in C 2:00 p.m. Vivaldi: Four Seasons 9:00 a.m. Bach: Cantata 61 (Nun Komm, der (Wanderer Fantasy) 3:00 p.m. Berlioz: Waverley Overture 2:00 p.m. Schumann: Symphony no. 3 in E-flat Heiden Heiland) (Rhenish) 10:00 a.m. Mozart: Symphony no. 40 in G Minor 4:00 p.m. Shchedrin: Carmen Ballet 10:00 a.m. Various: Procession with Carols on 3:00 p.m. Beethoven: Piano Sonata no. 23 in F Advent Sunday 12:00 p.m. Beethoven: 12 Variations on Handel’s 5:00 p.m. Tárrega: “Recuerdos de la Alhambra” Minor (Appassionata) “See the Conquering Hero Comes” 12:00 p.m. Barber: “Adagio for Strings” 22 Sunday 7:00 p.m. Grieg: Three Orchestral Pieces from 2:00 p.m. Dvořák: Symphony no. 5 in F 1:00 p.m. Hailstork: Three Spirituals 7:00 a.m. W.F. Bach: Sinfonia in D Minor Sigurd Jorsalfar 3:00 p.m. Chopin: Piano Concerto no. 1 2:00 p.m. Gershwin: An American in Paris 9:00 a.m. Bach: Cantata 26 (Ach wie Flüchtig, ach 8:00 p.m. Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 5 in in E Minor 3:00 p.m. Harbach: Jubilee Symphony Wie Nichtig) E-flat (Emperor) 7:00 p.m. R. Strauss: Waltzes from 4:00 p.m. Bernstein: “Four Moments 10:00 a.m. O. Lindberg: Requiem, op. 21 9:00 p.m. Brahms: Symphony no. 4 in E Minor Der Rosenkavalier from Candide” 12:00 p.m. Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto no. 4 in 8:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: Suite from Sleeping Beauty 26 Thursday 5:00 p.m. Gottschalk: “Grand Caprice on ‘Battle G Minor 9:00 p.m. Brahms: Clarinet Trio in A Minor 8:00 a.m. Traditional: “Deep River” Cry of Freedom’” 1:00 p.m. Britten: Young Person’s Guide to 9:00 a.m. Dvořák: American Suite 30 Monday 18 Wednesday the Orchestra 10:00 a.m. Duarte: Appalachian Dreams 9:00 a.m. Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition 2:00 p.m. Beethoven: Symphony no. 7 in A 9:00 a.m. Alkan: Concerto da Camera in 11:00 a.m. Beethoven: Piano Sonata no. 14 in C-sharp Minor 10:00 a.m. Weber: Symphony no. 1 in C 3:00 p.m. Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez C-sharp Minor (Moonlight) 10:00 a.m. Mozart: Symphony no. 29 in A 12:00 p.m. Bach: “Sheep May Safely Graze” 4:00 p.m. Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto no. 2 in 12:00 p.m. Copland: Appalachian Spring 12:00 p.m. Saint-Saëns: “The Swan” from 2:00 p.m. Weber: Clarinet Concerto no. 1 G Minor 1:00 p.m. Traditional: “We Gather Together” Carnival of the Animals in F Minor 5:00 p.m. Debussy: Toy Box Ballet 2:00 p.m. Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue 2:00 p.m. Schubert: Impromptu in B-flat 3:00 p.m. Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto 23 Monday in E Minor 3:00 p.m. Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto no. 2 3:00 p.m. Grieg: Symphonic Dances 9:00 a.m. Telemann: Suite in D for da in C Minor 7:00 p.m. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no. 6 in 7:00 p.m. Weber: “Invitation to the Dance” Gamba and Strings 5:00 p.m. Traditional: “Shenandoah” B-flat 8:00 p.m. Sibelius: Symphony no. 1 in E Minor 10:00 a.m. Falla: Suite Populaire Espagnole 6:00 p.m. Thompson: “Stopping by Woods on a 8:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 4 9:00 p.m. Beethoven: Symphony no. 8 in F 12:00 p.m. Saint-Saëns: “Rhapsodie d’Auvergne” Snowy Evening” in F Minor 19 Thursday 2:00 p.m. Falla: Four Dances from The Three- 7:00 p.m. Thursday Night Opera House 9:00 p.m. Prokofiev:Lieutenant Kijé Suite Cornered Hat 9:00 a.m. Handel: Concerto Grosso in G Minor 10:00 p.m. Beach: Three Pieces for Violin and Piano 10:00 p.m. Barber: “Sure on This Shining Night” 10:00 a.m. Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto no. 1 in 3:00 p.m. Mozart: Symphony no. 38 in D (Prague) G Minor 26 27 lately we’ve read wcpe education fund news

Music in Vienna: 1700, By Dan McHugh • Community Music School: in support of the music education program, which 1800, 1900 When the WCPE Education Fund was founded in 2010, the first and only grant includes instruments and lessons for $1 to David Wyn Jones recipient was the Symphony students in need. The Boydell Press, 220 pages Music Education program. Since then, the • Greensboro Symphony Orchestra: in sup- Education Fund has grown and disbursed port of the Beginning Strings program for A review by R.C. Speck over $90,000 in grants to support music two Title-1 elementary schools. lessons, scholarships, and performing Author David Wyn Jones has turned in a • North Carolina Chamber Music Institute: opportunities for young musicians across remarkable work of music history in his for scholarships for music lessons. book Music in Vienna: 1700, 1800, 1900. North Carolina. This unique program Vienna, of course, is famous for having been exists thanks to the generous support of • Musical Empowerment: in support of the a great center of classical music for centuries. our members who allocate 10 percent of Musical Mentorship program, in which Wyn offers a biography of this crucial city by their donations of $50 or more. Grants are college students are paired with grade- offering snapshots of the musical life at the awarded once per year by the Education school students for free lessons. Fund committee. turn of three centuries. Lobkowitz. He describes how women were This year’s grants are especially meaningful Wyn categorizes the changes both musically beginning to play instruments in public The WCPE Education Fund is pleased to because of the ongoing pandemic. Educators and economically. We start in the baroque by 1800 and details the growing role of announce the grant recipients for 2020–21. are forced to adopt online lessons and other period, jump to the Romantic, and then chamber music in Viennese musical life. Grants distributed this year total $10,300 creative ways to keep students engaged. All leapfrog into the modern. Jones dives into Beethoven called it Klavierland (the land of and were awarded to five musical nonprofit of us at The Classical Station are so proud the nuances of how these periods differed in the piano), and this era indeed witnessed the organizations in North Carolina. The award to help children in need. Please consider terms of music, taste, and politics. Wyn also widespread popularity of the piano sonata, winning organizations include: contributing 10 percent of your donation to go to the Education Fund. Together, we can discusses the patronage of classical music piano trio, and the string quartet. • The Wake Forest Community Youth grow the Education Fund to help even more during these periods. In 1700, most of it Orchestra: in support of the Beginning By 1900, Vienna was enjoying an increase in students next year. q stemmed from the emperor. This changed venues as well as continued interest in clas- Strings program in elementary schools in to the aristocracy by 1800, and then to the sical music. Wyn discusses the construction the counties of Wake, Vance, and Franklin. bourgeoisie by 1900. of numerous opera houses and concert halls It’s well known that classical music, in large both inside and beyond Vienna’s famous part, arose from the church. Wyn offers a Ringstrasse (ring road). Of course, Gustav detailed description of how Catholicism, Mahler looms large in these chapters. So through its liturgy, feast days, and other cel- do the memories of Johannes Brahms and photo: WFCYO photo: ebrations, made up a large part of Viennese Anton Bruckner. classical music in 1700. He points to Johann And who can discuss Vienna of 1900 Fux as a leading composer of masses during without mentioning Johann Strauss, Jr.? this time. Competing with this music was His waltzes had been permanently etched Italian opera, which had an enormous influ- in Viennese musical history by this point. ence in Vienna as well. Although he had died in 1899, the music of By 1800, Vienna was the home of Beethoven the Strauss family “was a constant and vital and Haydn, and Mozart was still a vivid part of the musical calendar in Vienna,”1 memory for many. Wyn provides a treatment according to Jones. on Haydn’s Te Deum and Beethoven’s Eroica In Music in Vienna, David Wyn Jones tells as examples of how music was changing to the fascinating story of this magnificent city suite aristocratic tastes. Wynn also offers through the vistas of three centuries. q

brief biographies of two aristocrats who WFCYO photo: were tireless supporters of classical music: Prince Nicolaus Esterházy and Prince Joseph 1. Jones, Music in Vienna: 1700, 1800, 1900, 200.

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Duke Performances roseensemble.org Serving the Carolinas for over 46 Vox Virorum Men’s Chorus Carolina Performing Arts 2010 Campus Dr., Box 90757 years in the valuation of corporations, Triangle Brass Band Durham, NC Fulfilling UNC-Chapel Hill’s com- Durham, NC 27708 partnerships, professional practices, P.O. Box 14344 voxvirorum.org mitment to the arts since 2005 919-660-3356 and sole proprietorships Park, NC 27709 Box office: 919-843-3333 dukeperformances.duke.edu 121 S. Cool Spring St. trianglebrass.org carolinaperformingarts.org Duke University, Chapel Music Fayetteville, NC 28301 Cary Skin Center P.O. 90883 910-323-3222 Offering comprehensive services Durham, NC 27708 keithvaluation.com through its Skin Cancer Center and 919-684-3855 McGregor Hall Performing Arts Aesthetic Surgery and Laser Center chapel.duke.edu/music.html Center Classical Events* and Promotional Partners At the corner of NC 55 and 201 Breckenridge St. High House Rd. Duke University, Dept. of Music Henderson, NC Cary, NC 27519 Box 90665 27587 Magazine *North Carolina Opera mcgregorhall.org 919-363-7546 Durham, NC 27708 27587magazine.com ncopera.org caryskincenter.com 919-660-3300 North Carolina Museum of Art music.duke.edu Artsplosure *North Carolina Symphony 2110 Blue Ridge Rd. CenterFest Arts Festival/ artsplosure.org ncsymphony.org Durham Arts Council Durham County Pottery Tour Raleigh, NC 27607 919-839-6262 centerfest.durhamarts.org durhamcountypotterytour.com Carolina Ballet Paderewski Festival ncartmuseum.org carolinaballet.com paderewski-festival.org Chamber Music of Raleigh Durham Medical Orchestra North Carolina Opera P.O. Box 2059 dmomusic.org Chamber Music Raleigh *Quail Ridge Bookstore 612 Wade Ave. Suite 100 Raleigh, NC 27602 chambermusicraleigh.org quailridgebooks.com Durham Savoyards Raleigh, NC 27605 chambermusicraleigh.org 120 Morris St. 919-792-3850 Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle *Wake Forest Chamber of Commerce Chamber Orchestra of Durham NC 27701 ncopera.org chamberorchstraofthetriangle.org wakeforestchamber.org durhamsavoyards.org the Triangle North Carolina Symphony Community Music School of Raleigh Wake Forest Garden Club 309 W. Morgan St. Eastern Music Festival 3700 Glenwood Ave. Suite 130 cmsraleigh.org wfgardenclub.org Durham, NC 27701 200 N. Davie Street Suite 11 Raleigh, NC 27612 chamberorchestraofthetriangle.org Greensboro, NC 27401 919-733-2750 Duke Chapel Music Women’s Voice Chorus chapel.duke.edu womensvoicechorus.org Chamblee Graphics 336-333-7450 ncsymphony.org easternmusicfestival.org Printer of WCPE’s Quarter Notes Paderewski Festival of Raleigh Louisburg College 1300 Hodges St. Greensboro Symphony Dr. Alvin M. Fountain of louisburg.edu Raleigh, NC 27604 200 N. Davie St., Suite 301 Raleigh, organizer 919-833-7561 Mallarmé Chamber Players Greensboro, NC 27401 103 Birkhaven Dr. mallarmemusic.org Choral Society of Durham 336-335-5456 Cary, NC 27518-8942 greensborosymphony.org 120 Morris St. Raleigh Community Orchestra Durham, NC 27701 6339 Glenwood Ave. 919-560-2733 Raleigh, NC 27612 choral-society.org 919-807-1487 For information on becoming a business partner, contact raleighcommunityorchestra.org [email protected]. 30 31 Let Me Help! Fill out this form and send it to WCPE. Thank you for your support! WCPE in Raleigh, NC, is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission to broadcast on 89.7MHz with 100,000 watts. WCPE is the flagship of The Classical Station (TCS). name I had been meaning to check out the I love the new website!! It must have been TCS’s programming is carried on the following FM channels in North Carolina and Virginia: new website and finally did so this morn- a huge undertaking. Wow! Truly worthy of address ing. It is wonderful! Lots of news and your mission and gorgeous music. • W202BQ on 88.3 MHz (Aberdeen, Pinehurst, information and presented in good form. (Cathy in Minnesota) Southern Pines) • W205CA on 88.9 MHz (Foxfire Village) Congratulations! (Lee in NC) Thanks for all the company and great music. • W210BS on 89.9 MHz (New Bern) I listen to [WCPE] over the with a After 30 minutes of TV news each day, I’ve city • WZPE on 90.1 MHz (Bath) smart speaker every evening as I fall asleep. had enough. Thank you for feeding my spirit • WURI on 90.9 MHz (Manteo) Your programming is wonderful! You have with Great Classical Music 24/7. (Brent state zip introduced me to new composers. Thank listening online) • W216BE on 91.1 MHz (Buxton) • W237CM on 95.3 MHz (Fayetteville) you! (Michael in New Jersey) I have on WCPE every weekday while I’m telephone • W247BG on 97.3 MHz (Greenville) To Dan and all of the wonderful people at working as an editor. Each Friday morning WCPE, I write to thank you on behalf of my for All-Request Friday, I turn in my request • W275AW on 102.9 MHz (Danville, VA) Yes! I want to support WCPE with a: • W292DF on 106.3 MHz (Martinsville, VA) sister and me for all of the hours of beautiful around 8:00 a.m., and it usually plays after o single donation or o monthly donation music that WCPE brought to my mother 6:00 p.m. I have set a reminder for next TCS’s programming is carried on partner of: in her almost 8 years in living on the Outer week to submit my request on Thursday stations across America listed at: Banks. Her happiest years were listening to night, so I can hear it earlier in the day. https://theclassicalstation.org/listen/partner-stations/. o $10 o $25 o $50 o $100 WCPE 24 hours a day. (Jennifer in Virginia) Obviously, the All-Request Friday program TCS’s programming is carried on cable systems o $250 o $500 o Other $______is very popular! (John in Raleigh) across America. TCS streams on the Internet in Windows Media, o I would like to use my gift of $300 or aac, MP3, and Ogg at: more as an Angel Challenge. https://theclassicalstation.org/listen/. TCS streams on the Internet to IOS and Android Please use: smartphone apps. o My full name o My first name & city A word from our TCS grants blanket permission to retransmit and rebroadcast its programming in real time without o I would like to be contacted about Membership Director charge or obligation to WCPE, to any entity and/or leaving WCPE in my estate plans. anyone who may legally disseminate programming Thank you so much for supporting WCPE, to the general public. This permission includes AM, o My check is enclosed, or The Classical Station! It is so nice to hear FM, and television stations and translators; cable TV from all of our members during this dif- systems; closed-circuit TV systems; common carriers; o Please charge to my: direct-broadcast satellite systems; Internet service ficult time. Like many of you, I have been providers and audio services; multipoint distribution o Visa o MasterCard listening to classical music more than ever systems; pay-TV systems; subscription TV systems; o AmEx o Discover to get me through the day. Your support satellite master antenna TV systems; and similar makes all the difference. Together, and with licensed or authorized entities. It is a violation of law to record copyrighted music or a little help from Mozart, Beethoven, and card number everyone else, we will get through this. Stay performances without authorization; please use TCS’s programs and services properly. in touch by keeping an eye on our website at print your name as it appears on your card TheClassicalStation.org.—Dan McHugh

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