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December • January • February Quarter Notes WCPE Radio, The Classical Station • Winter 2020–21

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WCPE Daily Schedule Quarter Notes® Meet Your Host: Meet Your Host...... 1 Weekdays WCPE’s member magazine Tony Waller Home Sweet Home...... 2 Vol. 42, no. 4 12:00 Sleepers, Awake with Sherman Wallace How long have December Calendar...... 3 midnight WCPE’s mission is to expand the community of lovers by sharing classical music with everyone, you been an 5:30 a.m. Rise and Shine with Kristine Bellino everywhere, at any time. We entertain, educate, and announcer at January Calendar...... 4 engage our audience with informative announcers, WCPE, and what 10:00 a.m. Classical Café with Elizabeth Elliott programs, and publications. We strive to make it easy to February Calendar...... 5 appreciate and enjoy Great Classical Music. attracted you 9:00 a.m.– Final Friday of each month: to The Classical Winter Highlights...... 6 10:00 p.m. All-Request Friday Editor: Christina Strobl Romano Designer: Deborah Cruz Station? I’ve been 1:00 p.m. As You Like It with Nick Robinson Printer: Chamblee Graphics regularly on the air Mondays This Quarter 4:00 p.m. Allegro with Dick Storck since April 2019. My Life in Music, Renaissance Fare...... 8 WCPE Staff When I moved Monday Night at the ...... 9 5:30 p.m. 5:30 waltz Deborah S. Proctor...... General Manager & to central North 7:00 p.m. Mondays through Wednesdays and Chief Engineer Carolina, I discov- House...... 10 Fridays: Concert Hall with Andy Huber, Dean Baldwin...... National Business Dev’t. Director ered that it is better than the typical concert Charles Holloway, Warner Hall, Larry Sundays This Quarter Kristine Bellino...... Host of Rise and Shine music radio station. Hedlund, Bruce Matheny, Mark Schreiner, Bob Chapman...... Host of Thursday Night Opera House Great Sacred Music...... 11 Christopher Scoville, and a variety of Gregg Cockroft...... Facilities Engineer How did you get involved in broadcasting, Preview...... 12 volunteer hosts Adrienne DiFranco...... Accounting/Member Services and do you have any exciting stories to Thursdays: Thursday Night Opera House Elizabeth Elliott...... Host of Classical Café; Wavelengths, and share with us from your experiences? with Bob Chapman Music Library Assistant Peaceful Reflections...... 13 John Graham...... Director of Engineering In prepping for an upcoming show, I like 8:00 p.m. Mondays: Monday Night at the Symphony Charles Holloway...... Writer and Producer* researching an anecdote or factoid that with Andy Huber, Charles Holloway, and a Met Broadcast Schedule...... 15 Michael Hugo...... Announcer enhances the listener’s experience. variety of hosts Haydn Jones...... Announcer 10:00 p.m. Music in the Night with Tony Waller, Rob Kennedy...... Host of Great Sacred Music What is your favorite genre of music? Who Program Listings...... 17 Mike Huber, Bob Chapman, and a variety and Digital Content Creator are some of your favorite composers and Joyce Kidd...... Announcer 250th Anniversary of of hosts artists? I am a huge classical music fan. Dan McHugh...... Director of Member Services* Beethoven’s Birth...... 28 Saturdays Mary Moonen...... Underwriting Dev’t. Director; My favorites are the 19th century lyrical Traffic Manager 12:00 Sleepers, Awake with Haydn Jones romantics, led by Dvořák. My interest spans Lately We’ve Read Susan Nunn...... Member Services; the gamut from the 20th century’s Respighi midnight Web Team Coordinator Rough Ideas and Copland to the baroque Samuel Scheidt. 6:00 a.m. Weekend Classics with Lyle Adley-Warrick, Jane O’Connor...... Acting Volunteer Coordinator By ...... 29 Helen Halva, Peggy Powell, Joyce Kidd, Stu Pattison...... Data Services Do you have a background in music per- and a variety of volunteer hosts Nick Robinson...... Host of As You Like It Classical Community...... 30 Christina Strobl Romano...... Publications Editor formance? I’m an orchestral percussionist 6:00 p.m. Saturday Evening Request Program with Dick Storck...... Network Operations Director; as a member of two amateur community Classical Events and Haydn Jones Host of Allegro orchestras. I studied unofficially at a conser- Promotional Partners...... 31 Sundays Sherman Wallace...... Host of Sleepers Awake vatory during my teen years. William Woltz...... Music Director* 12:00 Sleepers, Awake with Michael Hugo *This staff member is also an announcer. Tell us about your travels. Have you seen What You're Saying...... 32 midnight ©Copyright 1978–2021, WCPE Radio, Raleigh, NC. many concerts by different musicians 6:00 a.m. Weekend Classics with Chuck Till and a All rights reserved. All material disseminated by WCPE, around the world? Which ones stand out variety of hosts including compilations, is copyrighted or used under in your memory? My career as a con- application regulations. 7:30 a.m. Sing for Joy with Bruce Benson sultant moved me around the country and Allegro; As You Like It; Classical Cafe; Quarter Notes; Rise enabled me to catch the first performance of 8:00 a.m. Great Sacred Music with Rob Kennedy and Shine; Sleepers, Awake!; TheClassicalStationand The Dvořák’s seldom-performed Fifth Symphony Classical Station; and WCPE are registered or pending 12:00 p.m.. Weekend Classics with Greysolynne at two major concert venues. Hyman, Naomi Lambert, Bruce Huffine, trademarks or service marks of WCPE. Jay Pierson, and a variety of volunteer WCPE Is there anything else your listeners might On the cover: hosts P.O. Box 828 enjoy knowing about you? There is no Midori Gotō, featured 6:00 p.m. Preview with David Jeffrey Smith, Wake Forest, NC 27588 truth to the rumor that when I’m alone at 800-556-5178 on Steve Thebes, and a variety of hosts the station doing Music in the Night that 9:00 p.m. Wavelengths with Ed Amend Membership: [email protected] I enhance the on-air music by playing Photo by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders. Editor: [email protected] “air timpani.” 10:00 p.m. Peaceful Reflections with Ed Amend Website: theclassicalstation.org

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Well, we are coming to the end of the year, 1 Tuesday 16 Wednesday beethovenfest after a most unusual drive—thank you very Rudolf Buchbinder 1946 1770 (250th much for helping us make this another vic- 2 Wednesday anniversary of birth) tory. This drive was the first time which we Zoltán Kodály 1882 1899 have really had a captive audience because 1946 1923 of the pandemic. Before, we had to try to 17 Thursday time the drive to get around sports games, 3 Thursday Domenico Cimarosa 1749 state fairs, and other events which would José Serebrier 1938 Arthur Fiedler 1894 have lessened listenership and participation 4 Friday All-Request Friday 18 Friday All-Request Friday because of the influence of alternate activi- 1879 ties. But not this time! We’ve gotten many Edward MacDowell 1860 comments on three primary topics: Edmond de Stoutz 1920 5 Saturday broadcasts begin William Boughton 1948 The first theme is “Thank you for being there 1687 19 Saturday through all of this.” We are thrilled to hear Vítězslav Novák 1870 1888 from listeners who have a new love of classi- José Carreras 1946 William Christie 1944 cal music and those who have rediscovered it Krystian Zimerman 1956 Deborah S. Proctor 20 Sunday during this time. General Manager 6 Sunday 1948 The next theme is “Thank you for not talk- 1929 ing about the virus and the ills of the world Henryk Górecki 1933 21 Monday Winter begins over the radio.” We made the conscious 7 Monday Pearl Harbor Remembrance Zdeněk Fibich 1850 of the partner stations who simulcast our decision not to focus on the pandemic, or 1944 programming are helping untold multitudes Pietro Mascagni 1863 anything depressing for that matter, over the András Schiff 1953 get through this mess a little bit more easily. Daniel Chorzempa 1944 air. We prefer to be a refuge from the ills of 22 Tuesday Thank you for supporting and sharing Great 8 Tuesday the world. Carl Friedrich Abel 1723 Classical Music with the world without cost Jean Sibelius 1865 1858 The final theme is “I’ve been listening a or obligation to those who need it. Manuel Ponce 1882 lot more at home.” This increase has been 1939 23 Wednesday Thank you for being there for us, as we con- noticed when we look at our listenership 9 Wednesday Zara Nelsova 1918 tinue to be there for you. Claudio Scimone 1934 report. We are often now in the top ten Émile Waldteufel 1837 stations in the Raleigh-Durham area. Joaquín Turina 1882 24 Thursday In the evenings, we are often the number Most sincerely, Joshua Bell 1967 Peter Cornelius 1824 one station, as people seek a respite from 10 Thursday Chanukah begins at sunset 25 Friday Christmas Day current events. César Franck 1822 Louis Lane 1923 So here is my reflection on all of this: Olivier Messiaen 1908 26 Saturday WCPE Radio, The Classical Station, and all Morton Gould 1913 27 Sunday 1958 28 Monday 11 Friday All-Request Friday João Domingos Bomtempo 1775 1803 Nigel Kennedy 1956 Mieczysław Karłowicz 1876 Valentina Lisitsa 1973 29 Tuesday 12 Saturday 1876 Give the gift of Great Classical Music by Grant Llewellyn 1960 (60th birthday) Jaap van Zweeden 1960 (60th birthday) sending a gift membership to your friends 30 Wednesday 13 Sunday and loved ones this holiday season! 14 Monday Dmitry Kabalevsky 1904 Nancy van de Vate 1930 We’ll send a lovely card announcing their Capel Bond 1730 (90th birthday) Ron Nelson 1929 new membership, and they’ll receive 31 Thursday New Year’s Eve Christopher Parkening 1947 Quarter Notes through the next year. 1903 beethovenfest 15 Tuesday Jennifer Higdon 1962 Michel Richard Delalande 1657

2 3 january calendar february calendar russian romantics 1 Friday New Year’s Day, All-Request Friday 16 Saturday 1 Monday weekend 2 Saturday 1934 Francesco Veracini 1690 1837 17 Sunday Johan Agrell 1701 Victor Herbert 1859 Michael Kemp Tippett 1905 François-Joseph Gossec 1734 3 Sunday 1922 18 Monday Martin Luther King Jr. Day Jindřich Nosek photo: 2 Tuesday 4 Monday César Cui 1835 1875 Giovanni Battista Pergolesi 1710 Emmanuel Chabrier 1841 1901 Josef Suk (composer) 1874 19 Tuesday Paul O’Dette 1954 5 Tuesday 1955 3 Wednesday Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli 1920 20 Wednesday 1809 1931 (90th birthday) Ernest Chausson 1855 Jiří Bělohlávek b. 1946 1942 4 Thursday Antonio de Almeida 1928 (75th anniversary of birth) 1912 6 Wednesday Iván Fischer 1951 (70th birthday) 5 Friday Giuseppe Sammartini 1695 21 Thursday All-Request Friday Max Bruch 1838 John Pritchard 1921 18 Thursday Plácido Domingo 1941 (80th birthday) 1872 19 Friday All-Request Friday Uto Ughi 1944 6 Saturday 7 Thursday Luigi Boccherini 1743 22 Friday (All-Request Friday) 1903 1899 20 Saturday Myung-Whun Chung 1953 7 Sunday

Günter Wand 1912 weekend Wilhelm Stenhammar 1871 Carl Czerny 1791 Jean-Pierre Rampal 1922 23 Saturday strings simply Antoni Wit 1944 Charles de Bériot 1802 Iona Brown 1941 (80th anniversary of birth) Muzio Clementi 1752 Christoph Eschenbach 1940 8 Monday 8 Friday All-Request Friday 24 Sunday 1953 André Ernest Modeste Grétry 1741 9 Saturday Frederick the Great 1712 21 Sunday John Williams (composer/ E.T.A. Hoffmann 1776 John Knowles Paine 1839 conductor) 1932 Léo Delibes 1836 25 Monday Charles-Marie Widor 1844 10 Sunday 9 Tuesday Jan Blockx 1851 Andrés Segovia 1893 Tor Aulin 1866 10 Wednesday Jean Martinon 1910 Wilhelm Furtwängler 1886 22 Monday mozart madness mozart 1927 Sherrill Milnes 1935 26 Tuesday 1817 Peter Boyer 1970 James Morris 1947 Jacqueline du Pré 1945 Louis Auriacombe 1917 Mischa Maisky 1948 11 Thursday 27 Wednesday 23 Tuesday Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg 1961 Rudolf Firkušný 1912 1685 (60th birthday) 1756 Alexander Gibson 1926 (265th anniversary of birth) 24 Wednesday 11 Monday 12 Friday All-Request Friday Édouard Lalo 1823 Jiří Bělohlávek 1946 (75th anniversary Reinhold Glière 1875 Jan Ladislav Dussek 1760 John Ogdon 1937 of birth) Maurice Duruflé 1902 13 Saturday Jean-Philippe Collard 1948 25 Thursday 12 Tuesday 28 Thursday Fernando Sor 1778 1873 Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari 1876 Ferdinand Hérold 1791 14 Sunday Valentine’s Day by advance request Jesús López-Cobos 1940 13 Wednesday 1887 Renée Fleming 1959 26 Friday All-Request Friday Vasily Kalinnikov 1866 John Tavener 1944 15 Monday Presidents’ Day Antonín Reicha 1770 Richard Addinsell 1904 29 Friday All-Request Friday Michael Praetorius 1571 1879 14 Thursday Frederick Delius 1862 16 Tuesday 27 Saturday 1943 Malcolm Binns 1936 Eliahu Inbal 1936 (85th birthday) Hubert Parry 1848 Nicholas McGegan 1950 Cho-Liang Lin 1960 John Corigliano 1938 Marian Anderson 1897 1956 (65th birthday) 30 Saturday Mirella Freni 1935 Andrew Manze 1965 17 Wednesday Johann Joachim Quantz 1697 1947 15 Friday All-Request Friday Lynn Harrell 1944 1653 Henri Vieuxtemps 1820 28 Sunday Malcolm Frager 1935 31 Sunday Edward German 1862 Jean-Baptiste Arban 1825 Joseph Kalichstein 1946 (75th birthday) 1797 Anner Bylsma 1934 1792 (observed) Phillip Glass 1937 Ofra Harnoy 1965 4 5 winter highlights fall highlights

By William Woltz Christmas Russian Romantics Weekend Celebrate the magic of Christmas with January 16–17 The Metropolitan Opera The Classical Station as we bring you the The stark beauty of the Russian landscape, Saturday, December 5 best music of the season from the classi- and the passion of the people who live there, While the Met has cancelled its 2020–21 cal tradition, embracing the sacred wonder provided plenty of musical inspiration for season of live performances, the company and sheer joy of the season. Stay tuned composers such as Mussorgsky, Borodin,

remains committed to providing a complete for details of special programs created by and Rimsky-Korsakov. Join us for one of our Håkan Kogg-Röjder photo: schedule of Saturday matinee radio Bob Chapman, host of Thursday Night favorite feature weekends. broadcasts from December 5, 2020, through Opera House; Rob Kennedy, host of Great June 5, 2021, featuring classic, pre-recorded Sacred Music; and George Douglas, host of Martin Luther King Jr. Day opera performances. Renaissance Fare. January 18 We celebrate the legacy of Dr. King Chanukah (Hanukkah) Our New Top-100 List with music of American composers Begins at sunset Thursday, December 10 Saturday, December 26–Thursday, and performers. We’ll celebrate the beginning of the Jewish December 31 Festival of Lights with special music on Join us as we unveil the results of The Mozart Madness December 10 at 6:00 p.m., with additional Classical Station’s recent survey of your January 25–27 Malmö Symphony Orchestra with Robert seasonal selections throughout the eight- Top 100 listener favorites. We’ll feature From the boy wonder pianist of Trevino, featured during Beethovenfest day observance. your top choices all through the week. to the troubled young genius in Vienna, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart created an Beethovenfest New Year’s 2020–21 extraordinary amount of music in his 35-year Valentine’s Day by Advance Request December 14–16 We bid farewell to this most unusual year lifespan. We bring you a three-day celebration Sunday, February 14 This year the world marks the 250th anniver- with Viennese waltzes and other festive of his , piano , chamber Make a classical music request in honor of sary of the birth of Ludwig van Beethoven, a favorites starting at 10:00 p.m. on New music, opera, and sacred music in celebration your sweetie. We’ll play as many requests tragic figure whose towering accomplishments Year’s Eve. We’ll ring in the New Year at of the 265th anniversary of his birth. and dedications as we can from noon to forever changed the course of music. His midnight with music of Beethoven. And 5:00 p.m., but because of the shortened compositions embody the best of qualities of because New Year’s Day falls on an Black History Month hours we encourage you to ask for shorter mankind—freedom, dignity, and heroism in All-Request Friday, you’ll get to choose February works or single movements. Submit your the face of adversity. We’ll spend three days your favorite music through the day to We’ll celebrate music by composers and request by February 10 to make sure we can celebrating the music of Beethoven, culminat- usher in 2021. performers of African ancestry throughout play it for you. ing on the presumed day of his birth with his the month. stirring Symphony no. 9 in D Minor. Presidents Day Simply Strings Weekend Monday, February 15 February 6–7 We’ll play patriotic selections and American We don’t know who first discovered the music to honor our leaders through the years. photo: Julien Mignot photo: joy of tightening a string and plucking it to make a note. But we can see how far All-Request Fridays, weekly that concept has come, evidenced by the Our popular All-Request Friday continues masterful string works of Bach, Paganini, every week (although we will take break on and Brahms. We feature music for violin, Christmas Day). Submit your request online viola, cello, bass, guitar, mandolin, and harp, anytime at TheClassicalStation.org, or call in performances by the great masters of the WCPE at 919-556-0123 on Friday morn- 20th century as well as today’s brightest ing. We’ll play your requests from 9:00 a.m. young players. until 10:00 p.m.

Please consider leaving a planned gift to WCPE in your will. A bequest is just one way to leave a legacy that will ensure that The Classical Station can continue broadcasting for generations to come. For more information, please call Dan McHugh at 919.556.5178. Quatuor Ébène, featured during Beethovenfest 6 7 mondays this quarter mondays this quarter

My Life in Music is a monthly program December that showcases professional musicians who 7 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra share stories about their careers and their 14 All-Beethoven edition work. Interwoven with the conversations 21 Holiday edition are musical selections which illustrate the talking points. Join us on the first Monday 28 Symphony Orchestra By William Woltz of each month at 7:00 p.m. eastern and January First Mondays at 7:00 p.m. again the following Sunday at 5:00 p.m. Mondays at 8:00 p.m. (eastern) 4 Second Sundays at 5:00 p.m. This quarter our guests are composer Libby Each week on Monday Night at the (All times eastern) Larsen, pianist Jan Lisiecki, and composer Symphony, we like to highlight the work of 11 Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra With host Rob Kennedy Mark Abel. one great orchestra. But sometimes we go in 18 Boston Symphony Orchestra another direction, as we will on December 25 All-Mozart edition 14, when we present our all-Beethoven edition of the program in celebration of the February composer’s 250th birthday. 1 Bamberg Symphony 8 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

photo: Erik Doria photo: We also bring you our annual holiday edi-

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photo: Jan Shin Sugino photo: tion on December 21 and an All-Mozart program on January 25. 22 Baltimore Symphony Orchestra photo: Mark Allan photo:

Libby Larsen Jan Lisiecki Mark Abel Composer Pianist Composer London Symphony Orchestra December 7 January 4 February 8

glimpse of the sounds of Christmas dur- calendar. Dancing and partying required ing the 1400s and 1500s. Many beautiful music! Join us for our New Year’s edition of holiday tunes and hymns were written dur- Renaissance Fare on Monday, January 11, ing the Renaissance period. Don’t miss our at 7:00 p.m., or for its repeat broadcast on Christmas edition on Monday, December Sunday, January 17, at 5:00 p.m. 14, at 7:00 p.m. Its repeat broadcast will be February is the month of presidents and love, on Sunday, December 20, at 5:00 p.m. and we’ll feature music for both! We’ll prob- Second Mondays at 7:00 p.m. What was New Year’s like musically 500 ably substitute music for kings rather than Third Sundays at 5:00 p.m. years ago? Even the wonderful Vienna presidents, but fortunately love remains pretty (All times eastern) Philharmonic Orchestra had not been much the same! This edition of Renaissance With host George Douglas invented yet! Celebrating the first day of Fare will be heard on Monday, February 8, Renaissance Fare will visit several European the new year has been an important tradi- at 7:00 p.m. and has a repeat broadcast on countries on our December program for a tion even before the existence of the Julian Sunday, February 14, at 5:00 p.m. 8 9 opera house sundays this quarter

January 14 Verdi’s Don Carlo December 6 Don Carlo (Sylvester) is engaged to Bach: Cantata BWV 70 Elisabetta (Millo), but his father Filippo II Tchaikovsky: Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom (Furlanetto) marries her instead. Rodrigo December 13 (Chernov) tries to reconcile father and son Bach: Cantata 186 (Ärgre dich, o Seele, Nicht) but the Grand Inquisitor (Ramey) forces the Moulu: Missa Missus est Gabriel Angelus king to assassinate him. December 20 January 21 Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann Thursdays at 7:00 p.m. (eastern) Handel: (complete) With host Bob Chapman A poet, Hoffmann (Domingo), is inspired by three muses (Gruberová) but several villains December 27 (Bacquier, Morris, Diaz) conspire against Bach: Cantata BWV 133 him. (From the Ruocchio Archives.) Berlioz: L’Enfance du Christ Mozart’s, et al., Der Stein der Weisen January 3 Great Sacred Music January 28 & Der Wohltätige Derwisch Bach: Cantata BWV 248/5 Sundays at 8:00 a.m. (eastern) First performed in 1790 and 1791, The Hummel: Mass in E-flat With host Rob Kennedy Philosopher’s Stone and The Beneficient Dervish January 10 February 7 are pastiches—with music by Mozart, Bach: Cantata 124 (Meinen Jesum Lass ich Nicht) Bach: Cantata BWV 126 Mirella Freni featured December 3rd Henneberg, Schack, Gerl, and Schikaneder— that anticipate . Kraus: Funeral Music Mendelssohn: Elijah December 3 Puccini’s February 4 Rossini’s January 17 February 14 Tosca (Freni), a singer, gives herself to the Otello (Carreras) is in love with Desdemona Bach: Cantata BWV 13 Bach: Cantata BWV 23 Roman police chief, Scarpia (Ramey), to save (Von Stade), who’s been promised by Haydn: The Seasons Beethoven: Missa Solemnis in D her painter boyfriend, Cavaradossi (Domingo). her father, Elmiro (Ramey), to Rodrigo January 24 February 21 December 10 Berlioz’s La Damnation de (Fisichella). Iago (Pastine) tells Otello that Bach: Cantata BWV 111 Bach: Motet BWV 227 she’s been unfaithful. An aged philosopher, Faust (Lewis), sells his Rachmaninoff: Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom Zelenka: in C Minor soul to the devil, Méphistophélès (Terfel), Bernstein’s On the Town January 31 February 28 February 11 & West Side Story in exchange for another shot at youth, then Bach: Cantata BWV 144 Bach: Motet BWV 228 seduces the beautiful Marguerite (Von Otter). On a 24-hour leave in , three Fiocco: Missa Solemnis in D DuBois: The Seven Last Words of Christ December 17 Cimarosa’s Il Matrimonio Segreto sailors (Garrison, Ollmann, Hampson) meet and connect with three women (Von Stade, Paolino (Davies) is secretly married to Daly, McLaughlin). In a modern Romeo Carolina (Auger), younger daughter of and Juliet story, a Puerto Rican woman, Geronimo (Fischer-Dieskau). (From the Great Sacred Music is made possible by our listeners and the following people and organizations: Maria (Te Kanawa), falls in love with a “real” Ruocchio Archives.) American, Tony (Carreras). All Saints Anglican Church Dr. Jerry Grise Blaine Hall Paxton December 24 Christmas Eve at the Opera House February 18 Bellini’s Raleigh, NC Cary, NC Fearrington Village, NC Sacred Christmas music performed by past- A Druid priestess, Norma (Callas), is in The Chapel of the Cross Blaine Paxton Hall William Marley and present-day opera stars. a love triangle with her best friend, Chapel Hill, NC Fearrington Village, NC Raleigh, NC December 31 J. Strauss’s Adalgisa (Ludwig), and the father of her Dr. & Mrs. Harold Chapman Rev. David Livingstone James Dr. Thomas Nutt-Powell Eisenstein (Kmentt) accepts Falke’s (Berry) children, Pollione (Corelli). (From the Macon, GA Cary, NC Boston, MA invitation to a party; wife Rosalinde Ruocchio Archives.) David Crabtree Carole Keeler William Raper (Gueden) is visited by an old flame, Alfred February 25 Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande Raleigh, NC Greensboro, NC Raleigh, NC (Zampieri); maid Adele (Köth) goes to the After meeting Mélisande (Ewing) while Ethel Girvin Kirk of Kildare Claude and Sarah Snow party of Prince Orlofsky (Resnik). hunting in the forest, Prince Golaud Timberlake, NC Cary, NC Chapel Hill, NC January 7 Janáček’s (Van Allen) marries her and then introduces Dr. Alfred Goshaw James H. Lazenby University Presbyterian Church A clever, sharp-eared fox known as the Vixen his new wife to his half-brother, Pelléas Chapel Hill, NC Fearrington Village, NC Chapel Hill, NC (Watson) learns about life while on short adven- (Le Roux)—and they promptly begin an tures with other wildlife and a few humans. adulterous relationship. 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

This winter, our guests will include tenor Preview! Brian Giebler, composer John Aylward, and conductor Jose Serebrier. Sundays at 6:00 p.m. (eastern) Sundays at 9:00 p.m. (eastern) With host David Jeffrey Smith With host Ed Amend

By Rob Kennedy Polish avant-garde composer Henryk Christina Kernohan photo: Górecki (1933–2010) set the classical music Every Sunday, The Classical Station presents world ablaze with the 1992 recording of Preview, a program featuring new classical his Symphony no. 3, Symphony of Sorrowful recording releases. From symphonies Songs. Inspired by the themes of maternal to vocal music, from ballet to chamber

photo: J. Demetrie Photography photo: love and wartime loss, with texts sung by music, we sample new interpretations of soprano , the release went on familiar music, as well as newer music. A to sell more than a million copies, a number regular feature of Preview is an interview unheard of for a classical recording up to at approximately 7:00 p.m. We speak with that point. performing musicians and composers from around the world. If you miss the interview Join The Classical Station as we present this on a Sunday evening, you will find our moving performance on Wavelengths on interviews on the Preview page on our Sunday, December 6, the anniversary of the website at TheClassicalStation.org under the Brian Giebler, tenor composer’s birth. Programs menu. We’ll also hear new music by Anna Clyne, John Luther Adams, and Michael Torke in the coming weeks. We showcase the best music of contempo- rary composers each week on Wavelengths, a mix of 21st century compositions and Anna Clyne photo: Clive Barda Clive photo: photo: Kate_Soper photo: significant pieces from the last century.

John Aylward, composer Jose Serebrier, conductor Sundays at 10:00 p.m. (eastern) With host Ed Amend Following Wavelengths, WCPE brings you two hours of music intended to WCPE derives its income from help you unwind from the week that’s ending and prepare for the one ahead. listener donations and grants from Peaceful Reflections is a thoughtful, foundations and businesses. Donate relaxing mix of orchestral, chamber, choral, and organ works, a perfect way by going to TheClassicalStation.org to end a Sunday evening. or calling 800.556.5178. 12 13 met broadcast schedule met broadcast schedule

All radio broadcasts begin at January 23 April 24 1:00 p.m. Eastern. ll Trovatore (Verdi) (R. Strauss) Performance from January 27, 1961 Performance from November 26, 2013 December 5 Fausto Cleva; Leontyne Price (Leonora), Irene Vladimir Jurowski; Anne Schwanewilms (Prokofiev) Dalis (Azucena), Franco Corelli (Manrico), Robert (Empress), Christine Goerke (Dyer’s Wife), Ildikó Performance from March 2, 2002

Merrill (di Luna), William Wilderman (Ferrando) Kudacki Paola photo: Komlósi (Nurse), Torsten Kerl (Emperor), Johan ; (Natasha Rostova), Reuter (Barak), Richard Paul Fink (Messenger) Ekaterina Semenchuk (Sonya), Elena Obraztsova January 30 (Mme. Akhrosimova), Gegam Grigorian (Count Faust (Gounod) May 1 Pierre Bezukhov), (Prince Performance from December 10, 2011 Roberto Devereux (Donizetti) Andrei), Vassily Gerello (Napoleon Bonaparte), Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Marina Poplavskaya Performance from April 16, 2016 Samuel Ramey (Field Marshal Kutuzov) (Marguerite), Michèle Losier (Siebel), Jonas ; Sondra Radvanovsky (Elisabetta), December 12 Kaufmann (Faust), (Valentin), René Elīna Garanča (Sara), Matthew Polenzani (Roberto), Pape (Méphistophélès) Mariusz Kwiecien (Duke of Nottingham) (Beethoven) Performance from April 1, 2017 February 6 May 8 Sebastian Weigle; (Leonore), Listeners’ Choice: Historic Met Broadcast Joyce DiDonato in Massenet's Anna Netrebko Puccini Gala Hanna-Elisabeth Müller (Marzelline), Klaus Opera TBA Performance from December 31, 2019 Florian Vogt (Florestan), David Portillo (Jaquino), February 13 Yannick Nézet-Séguin; La Bohème, Act I: Anna Greer Grimsley (Don Pizarro), Falk Struckmann March 20 Netrebko (Mimì), Matthew Polenzani (Rodolfo), (Rocco), Günther Groissböck (Don Fernando) Cendrillon (Massenet) (Rossini) Quinn Kelsey (Marcello), Davide Luciano Performance from April 28, 2018 December 19 Performance from February 2, 2013 (Schaunard), Christian Van Horn (Colline), Arthur ; Kathleen Kim (La Fée), Joyce Maurizio Benini; (Countess Adèle), Woodley (Benoit); Tosca, Act I: Anna Netrebko Hansel and Gretel (Humperdinck) (English- DiDonato (Cendrillon), Alice Coote (Le Prince Karine Deshayes (Isolier), Susanne Resmark (Tosca), Yusif Eyvazov (Cavaradossi), Evgeny Nikitin language version) Charmant), Stephanie Blythe (Madame de la (Ragonde), Juan Diego Flórez (Count Ory), (Scarpia), Patrick Carfizzi (Sacristan); , Act Performance from January 6, 2018 Haltière), Laurent Naouri (Pandolfe) (Raimbaud), Nicola Ulivieri (Tutor) II: Anna Netrebko (Turandot), Yusif Eyvazov (Calàf) ; Lisette Oropesa (Gretel), Tara February 20 Erraught (Hansel), Dolora Zajick (Gertrude), March 27 May 15 Gerhard Siegel (Witch), Quinn Kelsey (Peter) La Rondine (Puccini) (Mozart) (Wagner) Performance from January 10, 2009 Performance from October 8, 2016 December 26 Performance from March 10, 2012 Marco Armiliato; (Magda), Andrew Davis; Marina Rebeka (Donna Anna), Ellie Simon Rattle; Nina Stemme (Isolde), Ekaterina The Magic Flute (Mozart) (abridged English- Lisette Oropesa (Lisette), Dehn (Donna Elvira), Isabel Leonard (Zerlina), Gubanova (Brangäne), Stuart Skelton (Tristan), language version) (Ruggero), Marius Brenciu (Prunier), Samuel Matthew Polenzani (Don Ottavio), Gerald Finley Evgeny Nikitin (Kurwenal), René Pape (King Performance from December 21, 2010 Ramey (Rambaldo) (Don Giovanni), (Leporello), Shenyang Marke) Erik Nielsen; Susanna Phillips (Pamina), Erika February 27 (Masetto), James Morris (Commendatore) Miklósa (Queen of the Night), Russell Thomas May 22 (Tamino), Alan Oke (Monostatos), Nathan Gunn (R. Strauss) April 3 (Bellini) (Papageno), Morris Robinson (Sarastro) Performance from May 13, 2017 Rusalka (Dvořák) Performance from February 18, 2017 Sebastian Weigle; Renée Fleming (Marschallin), January 2 Performance from February 8, 2014 Maurizio Benini; (Elvira Elīna Garanča (Octavian), Erin Morley (Sophie), Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Renée Fleming (Rusalka), Walton), Javier Camarena (Lord Arturo Talbot), () Helene Schneiderman (Annina), Matthew Emily Magee (Foreign Princess), Dolora Zajick Alexey Markov (Riccardo Forth), Luca Pisaroni Performance from November 19, 2011 Polenzani (A Singer), Alan Oke (Valzacchi), (Ježibaba), Piotr Beczała (Prince), John Relyea (Giorgio Walton) Dante Anzolini; Rachelle Durkin (Miss Schlesen), Markus Brück (Faninal), Günther Groissböck (Water Gnome) Richard Croft (M. K. Gandhi), Kim Josephson (Baron Ochs) May 29 (Mr. Kallenbach), Alfred Walker (Parsi Rustomji) April 10 Otello (Verdi) March 6 Performance from October 17, 2015 January 9 La Bohème (Puccini) (Bizet) Performance from October 2, 2017 Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Sonya Yoncheva Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini) Performance from November 1, 2014 Alexander Soddy; Angel Blue (Mimì), Brigitte (Desdemona), Aleksandrs Antonenko (Otello), Performance from April 26, 2007 Pablo Heras-Casado; Anita Hartig (Micaëla), Anita Kele (Musetta), Dmytro Popov (Rodolfo), Dimitri Pittas (Cassio), Željko Lučić (Iago), Maurizio Benini; Joyce DiDonato (Rosina), Rachvelishvili (Carmen), Aleksandrs Antonenko Lucas Meachem (Marcello), Duncan Rock Günther Groissböck (Lodovico) Claudia Waite (Berta), (Count (Don José), (Escamillo) (Schaunard), David Soar (Colline), Paul Plishka Almaviva), Russell Braun (Figaro), John Del Carlo June 5 March 13 (Benoit/Alcindoro) (Dr. Bartolo), Samuel Ramey (Don Basilio) (Britten) Le Nozze di Figaro (Mozart) April 17 Performance from March 8, 1997 January 16 Performance from January 10, 2018 From the House of the Dead (Janácek) Steuart Bedford; Philip Langridge (Captain La Traviata (Verdi) ; Ailyn Pérez (Countess), Nadine Performance from December 2, 2009 Vere), Dwayne Croft (Billy Budd), James Morris Performance from January 18, 2020 Sierra (Susanna), Isabel Leonard (Cherubino), Esa-Pekka Salonen, Stefan Margita (Filka (Claggart), Victor Braun (Mr. Redburn), Julien Karel Mark Chichon; (Violetta Katarina Leoson (Marcellina), Mariusz Kwiecien Morozov/Kuzmich), Eric Stoklossa (Alyeya), Peter Robbins (Lt. Ratcliffe), James Courtney (Mr. Valéry), Dmytro Popov (Alfredo Germont), Quinn (Count), Ildar Abdrazakov (Figaro), Maurizio Mattei (Shishkov), Willard White (Gorianchikov) Flint), Paul Plishka (Dansker) Kelsey (Giorgio Germont) Muraro (Dr. Bartolo) 14 15 program listings (december) program listings (december)

December Featured Works 5 Saturday 3:00 p.m. Ponce: Piano 5:00 p.m. Bullard: Chanukah Suite All programming is subject to change. For a 8:00 a.m. Geminiani: Concerto no. 10 in F 4:00 p.m. Sibelius: “Finlandia” 13 Sunday complete list of a specific day’s music, go to 9:00 a.m. Grieg: in A Minor 7:00 p.m. Traditional: Three French Carols 7:00 a.m. Traditional: Three German carols TheClassicalStation.org. 10:00 a.m. Rossini: The Fantastic Toyshop 8:00 p.m. Sibelius: Symphony no. 5 in E-flat 9:00 a.m. Bach: Cantata 186 (Ärgre Dich, o Seele, 11:00 a.m. Novák: In the Tatra Mountains 1 Tuesday 9:00 p.m. Wagner: Siegfried Idyll Nicht) 1:00 p.m. Metropolitan Opera 10:00 p.m. Lauridsen: “O Magnum Mysterium” 10:00 a.m. Moulu: Missa Missus est Gabriel 9:00 a.m. Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 4 in G 5:00 p.m. Massenet: “Pourquoi me Réveiller?” Angelus 10:00 a.m. Respighi: Three Botticelli Pictures 9 Wednesday from 12:00 p.m. Hess: “A Christmas Overture” 12:00 p.m. Delius: “Sleigh Ride” 8:00 a.m. Traditional: A Suite of English Carols 6 Sunday 1:00 p.m. Vivaldi: Four Seasons 2:00 p.m. Mozart: Symphony no. 36 in C, 9:00 a.m. Bruch: Scottish Fantasy for Violin 2:00 p.m. Grieg: Holberg Suite K. 425 (Linz) 7:00 a.m. Traditional: “O Come, o Come and Orchestra Emmanuel” 3:00 p.m. Brahms: Symphony no. 3 in F 3:00 p.m. Schumann: Adagio and Allegro in A-flat 10:00 a.m. Chopin: Ballade no. 1 in G Minor 9:00 a.m. Bach: Cantata 70 (Wachet! Betet! Betet! 4:00 p.m. Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A 7:00 p.m. Locatelli: Christmas Concerto 11:00 a.m. Torelli: Christmas Concerto in G Minor Wachet!) in F Minor 2:00 p.m. Schubert: Symphony no. 8 in B Minor 5:00 p.m. My Life in Music 10:00 a.m. Tchaikovsky: Liturgy of St. John 8:00 p.m. Ravel: Noble and Sentimental Waltzes (Unfinished) Chrysostom 14 Monday 9:00 p.m. Brahms: Cello no. 2 in F 3:00 p.m. Bach: Violin Concerto no. 2 in E 12:00 p.m. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no. 3 in G 8:00 a.m. Beethoven: Overture to King Stephen 5:30 p.m. Waldteufel: “Diamond Rain” 2 Wednesday 1:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 3 in D 9:00 a.m. Beethoven: no. 26 in 7:00 p.m. Bizet: Carmen Suite no. 1 E-flat (Les Adieux) 9:00 a.m. Dvořák: Symphony no. 8 in G (Polish) 8:00 p.m. Franck: Violin Sonata in A 10:00 a.m. Beethoven: Symphony no. 1 in C 10:00 a.m. Mozart: Serenade no. 10 in B-flat 2:00 p.m. Dvořák: The Noonday Witch (Gran Partita) 3:00 p.m. Debussy: Suite Bergamasque 9:00 p.m. Turina: Sevillana 12:00 p.m. Beethoven: Overture to Egmont 12:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: “Waltz of the Flowers” 4:00 p.m. Mozart: Symphony no. 41 in C (Jupiter) 10 Thursday 2:00 p.m. Beethoven: Symphony no. 3 in E-flat from The Nutcracker (Eroica) 5:00 p.m. Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kijé Suite 8:00 a.m. Herbert: “March of the Toys” from 2:00 p.m. Delius: In a Summer Garden Babes in Toyland 3:00 p.m. Beethoven: Piano Sonata no. 8 in C 10:00 p.m. Górecki: Symphony no. 3 Minor (Pathétique) 3:00 p.m. Hummel: Trumpet Concerto 9:00 a.m. Gould: “Amber Waves” 7 Monday 4:00 p.m. Beethoven: 12 Variations on Handel’s 6:00 p.m. Bizet: “Habanera” from Carmen 10:00 a.m. Franck: Symphonic Variations 8:00 a.m. Jessel: “Parade of the Wooden “See the Conquering Hero Comes” 8:00 p.m. Haydn: Cello Concerto no. 2 in D 12:00 p.m. Saint-Saëns: “Havanaise” Soldiers” 5:00 p.m. Beethoven: Consecration of the House 9:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto no. 1 in 9:00 a.m. Tchaikovsky: Suite from The Nutcracker 2:00 p.m. Fauré: Ballade for Piano and Orchestra Overture B-flat Minor for two pianos 3:00 p.m. Franck: Symphony in D Minor 7:00 p.m. Renaissance Fare 10:00 p.m. Vaughan Williams: “Fantasia on 10:00 a.m. Telemann: Overture in D from 6:00 p.m. Chanukah, in Story and Song 8:00 p.m. Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 2 ‘Greensleeves’” Tafelmusik 7:00 p.m. Thursday Night Opera House in B-flat 3 Thursday 12:00 p.m. “Taps,” “America the Beautiful” 10:00 p.m. Messiaen: “O Sacrum Convivium” 9:00 p.m. Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D 8:00 a.m. Dvořák: Slavonic Dances, op. 72, no. 8 2:00 p.m. Schubert: Symphony no. 5 in B-flat 10:00 p.m. Beethoven: String Quartet no. 12 in A-flat 11 Friday 3:00 p.m. Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto no. 3 in in E-flat 8:00 a.m. Berlioz: “Shepherds’ Farewell” from 9:00 a.m. Brahms: Variations on a Theme D Minor by Haydn L’Enfance du Christ 6:00 p.m. Handel: Organ 11:00 a.m. Delibes: Suite from Coppélia 9:00 a.m. All-Request Friday 7:00 p.m. My Life in Music 12:00 p.m. Traditional: Two carols for Advent 10:00 p.m. Liszt: “Liebestraum” no. 3 in A-flat 8:00 p.m. Ravel: Suite no. 2 from Daphnis et Chloé 2:00 p.m. Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade 12 Saturday 9:00 p.m. Brahms: Symphony no. 2 in D 3:00 p.m. Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 25 in C 8:00 a.m. Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks 10:00 p.m. Mascagni: Intermezzo from Cavalleria 9:00 a.m. Corelli: Concerto Grosso in G Minor 5:00 p.m. Vivaldi: Christmas Concerto in E Rusticana / Anefo Rob Croes photo: (Christmas Concerto) 7:00 p.m. Thursday Night Opera House 8 Tuesday 10:00 p.m. Chadwick: “Noel” from Symphonic 10:00 a.m. Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 4 8:00 a.m. Traditional: Fantasia on “In Dulci Jubilo” Sketches in F Minor 9:00 a.m. R. Strauss: Suite from Der Rosenkavalier 11:00 a.m. Mendelssohn: Symphony no. 4 in A 4 Friday 10:00 a.m. Sibelius: Karelia Suite (Italian) 8:00 a.m. Mendelssohn: Six Christmas Pieces 12:00 p.m. Traditional: “Cradle Song” 12:00 p.m. Ives: “A Christmas Carol” 9:00 a.m. All-Request Friday 2:00 p.m. Mozart: Concerto in C for Flute 1:00 p.m. Metropolitan Opera Jaap van Zweeden b. 1960 (60th birthday) 10:00 p.m. Harty: “In Ireland” and Harp 4:00 p.m. Debussy: La Mer 16 17 program listings (december) program listings (december/january)

15 Tuesday 10:00 p.m. Gruber: “Stille Nacht” 12:00 p.m. Goss: “See Amid the Winter’s Snow” January Featured Works 9:00 a.m. Beethoven: Symphony no. 2 in D 19 Saturday 2:00 p.m. Holst: “A Winter Idyll” All programming is subject to change. For a 10:00 a.m. Beethoven: Clarinet Trio in B-flat 8:00 a.m. Traditional: “God Rest Ye Merry, 3:00 p.m. Britten: “Men of Goodwill (Variations on complete list of a specific day’s music, go to 12:00 p.m. Beethoven: “Coriolan” Overture Gentlemen” a Christmas Carol)” TheClassicalStation.org. 2:00 p.m. Beethoven: Piano Trio in B-flat (Archduke) 9:00 a.m. Brahms: Piano Concerto no. 2 in B-flat 5:00 p.m. Puccini: “Nessun Dorma!” from Turandot 1 Friday 3:00 p.m. Beethoven: Triple Concerto in C 10:00 a.m. Leroy Anderson: “A Christmas Festival” 7:00 p.m. Leroy Anderson: “Sleigh Ride” 8:00 a.m. Shostakovich: “Festive Overture” 6:00 p.m. Beethoven: Piano Sonata no. 14 in 11:00 a.m. Lullabies and Carols for Christmas 9:00 a.m. All-Request Friday C-sharp Minor (Moonlight) 2020 8:00 p.m. Lullabies and Carols for Christmas 2020 10:00 p.m. Schubert: Impromptu in A-flat, D. 899, 7:00 p.m. Beethoven: Symphony no. 5 in C Minor 12:00 p.m. Handel: “For unto us a Child is Born” 9:00 p.m. Mozart: Symphony no. 25 in G Minor no. 4 8:00 p.m. Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 1 in C 1:00 p.m. Metropolitan Opera 23 Wednesday 2 Saturday 9:00 p.m. Beethoven: no. 1 in F 4:00 p.m. Ravel: Rapsodie Espagnole 8:00 a.m. Mozart: “Ave Verum Corpus” 8:00 a.m. Bach: Violin Concerto no. 2 in E 10:00 p.m. Beethoven: “Andante Favori” in F 5:00 p.m. Anonymous: Three Settings of 9:00 a.m. Beethoven: Piano Sonata no. 23 in F “Greensleeves” Minor (Appassionata) 9:00 a.m. Balakirev: Symphony no. 2 in D Minor 16 Wednesday 20 Sunday 10:00 a.m. Bizet: Children’s Games (Jeux d’Enfants) 10:00 a.m. Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 20 8:00 a.m. Beethoven: Leonore Overture no. 3 in D Minor 7:00 a.m. Traditional: “ Carol” 12:00 p.m. Traditional: “El Noi de la Mare” 9:00 a.m. Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 3 11:00 a.m. Handel: Suite from Il Pastor Fido in C Minor (three settings) 2:00 p.m. Elgar: Enigma Variations 12:00 p.m. Balakirev: “Islamey, an Oriental 9:00 a.m. Handel: Messiah 3:00 p.m. Bizet: Symphony in C 10:00 a.m. Beethoven: Symphony no. 7 in A Fantasy” 12:00 p.m. Leroy Anderson: Suite of Carols for 5:00 p.m. Traditional: “Here We Come 12:00 p.m. Beethoven: Piano Sonata no. 17 1:00 p.m. Metropolitan Opera in D Minor (Tempest) String Orchestra a-Wassailing” 5:00 p.m. Brahms: Academic Festival Overture 2:00 p.m. Beethoven: Symphony no. 6 in F 1:00 p.m. Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf 7:00 p.m. Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, (Pastoral) 2:00 p.m. Mozart: Piano Sonata no. 11 in A Part One 3 Sunday 3:00 p.m. Beethoven: Septet in E-flat 3:00 p.m. Reed: Russian Christmas Music 8:00 p.m. Britten: A Ceremony of Carols 7:00 a.m. Thompson: “Choose Something Like a Star” 5:00 p.m. Beethoven: “Hallelujah” from Christ on 4:00 p.m. Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on 9:00 p.m. Dvořák: Symphony no. 7 in D Minor the Mount of Olives Christmas Carols 10:00 p.m. Yon: “Gesu Bambino” 9:00 a.m. Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part Five 7:00 p.m. Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 5 in 5:00 p.m. Renaissance Fare 24 Thursday E-flat (Emperor) 10:00 a.m. Hummel: Mass in E-flat 21 Monday 8:00 a.m. Leroy Anderson: Suite of Carols for 8:00 p.m. Beethoven: Symphony no. 9 in D Minor 12:00 p.m. Prokofiev: Symphony no. 1 in D 8:00 a.m Traditional: Four early American carols Woodwinds (Choral) (Classical) 9:00 a.m. Handel: Suite in F from Water Music 9:00 a.m. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 1 in G 1:00 p.m. Mozart: Symphony no. 31 in D (Paris) 17 Thursday Minor (Winter Dreams) 10:00 a.m. Traditional: Christmas hymns and carols 2:00 p.m. Brahms: Serenade no. 1 in D 8:00 a.m. Leroy Anderson: “Sleigh Ride” 10:00 a.m. Fibich: Symphony No. 1 in F 12:00 p.m. Cornelius: “The Three Kings” 3:00 p.m. Fauré: Suite from Masques et 9:00 a.m. Cimarosa: Concertante in G for Two 12:00 p.m. Herbert: “March of the Toys” from 2:00 p.m. Holst: “Christmas Day” Bergamasques Flutes and Orchesta Babes in Toyland 3:00 p.m. Reed: Russian Christmas Music 4:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy 10:00 a.m. Corelli: Concerto Grosso in G Minor 2:00 p.m. Copland: Appalachian Spring 4:00 p.m. Handel: Messiah Overture (Christmas Concerto) 3:00 p.m. Stradella: Christmas Sonata in D for 7:00 p.m. Christmas Eve at the Opera House 5:00 p.m. Addinsell: “Warsaw Concerto” 11:00 a.m. Mozart: Symphony no. 38 in D (Prague) Trumpet and Strings 10:00 p.m. Traditional: Christmas hymns and carols 4 Monday 12:00 p.m. Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals 5:00 p.m. Jessel: “Parade of the Wooden 2:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Soldiers” 25 Friday 8:00 a.m. Purcell: Suite from Abdelazar 4:00 p.m. Bloch: “Simchat Torah” from Baal 7:00 p.m. Nicolai: Christmas Overture Christmas Day: Listen throughout the 9:00 a.m. Pergolesi: Violin Concerto in B-flat day as The Classical Station brings Shem Suite 8:00 p.m. Saint-Saëns: Christmas Oratorio 10:00 a.m. Grieg: Suite no. 1 from Peer Gynt you the finest in carols, hymns, and 5:00 p.m. Falla: Three Dances from The Three- 12:00 p.m. Suk: “Toward a New Life (Festival 9:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: Suite from The Nutcracker seasonal favorites for Christmas. Cornered Hat March)” 10:00 p.m. Poulenc: Four Christmas Motets 6:00 p.m. Traditional: “What Child is This?” 26 Saturday–31 Thursday 1:00 p.m. Haydn: String Quartet in C (Emperor) 22 Tuesday 7:00 p.m. Thursday Night Opera House We unveil the results of our new 2:00 p.m. Delibes: Suite from Coppélia 8:00 a.m. Traditional: Two Spanish Renaissance top-100 survey of your favorite 10:00 p.m. Biebl: “Ave Maria” 3:00 p.m. Suk: Fantastic Scherzo Carols selections. Listen through the week for 7:00 p.m. My Life in Music 18 Friday 9:00 a.m. Puccini: Symphonic Prelude in A the best in classical music according to The Classical Station’s loyal listeners. 8:00 p.m. Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition 1:00 a.m. Leontovych: “Carol of the Bells” 10:00 a.m. Leroy Anderson: Suite of Carols for 9:00 a.m. All-Request Friday Brass Choir 18 19 program listings (january) program listings (january)

9:00 p.m. Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme 9:00 a.m. All-Request Friday 2:00 p.m. Mozart: Symphony no. 29 in A of Paganini 10:00 p.m. Bowen: Phantasy for Viola and Piano 3:00 p.m. Schubert: Fantasia in C (Wanderer 10:00 p.m. Suk: “Love Song” 9 Saturday Fantasy) 5 Tuesday 8:00 a.m. Mozart: Horn Concerto no. 3 in E-flat 4:00 p.m. Wolf-Ferrari: Overture to Susanna’s 8:00 a.m. Holst: Brook Green Suite Secret

9:00 a.m. Mendelssohn: Overture to A Barisonzi Laura photo: 9:00 a.m. Schumann: Fantasy in C Midsummer Night’s Dream 7:00 p.m. Dvořák: Scherzo Capriccioso 10:00 a.m. Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 5 10:00 a.m. Paine: Symphony no. 2 in A (In the 8:00 p.m. Saint-Saëns: The Muse and the Poet in E-flat (Emperor) Spring) 9:00 p.m. Mendelssohn: Symphony no. 4 in A 12:00 p.m. Chopin: Polonaise in A (Military) 11:00 a.m. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no. 2 in F (Italian) 2:00 p.m. Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 17 in G 12:00 p.m. Weber: Clarinet Concerto no. 1 10:00 p.m. Wolf-Ferrari: Suite Concertino in F 3:00 p.m. Rimsky-Korsakov: Espagnol in F Minor 13 Wednesday 7:00 p.m. Rossini: Overture to 1:00 p.m. Metropolitan Opera 9:00 a.m. Addinsell: “Warsaw Concerto” Nicholas McGegan b. 1950 8:00 p.m. Beethoven: Piano Sonata no. 15 in D 5:00 p.m. Paine: 10:00 a.m. Kalinnikov: Symphony no. 1 in G Minor (Pastoral) 10 Sunday 12:00 p.m. Suppé: Overture to Pique Dame 9:00 p.m. Borodin: Symphony no. 2 in B Minor 7:00 a.m. Mendelssohn: Variations Concertantes 2:00 p.m. Mozart: Piano Sonata no. 8 in A Minor 10:00 a.m. Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade 10:00 p.m. Copland: “Quiet City” 9:00 a.m. Bach: Cantata 124 (Meinen Jesum Lass 3:00 p.m. Schumann: Symphony no. 1 in B-flat 11:00 a.m. Borodin: Symphony no. 3 in A Minor (Spring) 6 Wednesday Ich Nicht) 12:00 p.m. Balakirev: “Overture on Three Russian 9:00 a.m. Giuseppe Sammartini: Cello Concerto 10:00 a.m. Kraus: Funeral Music for Gustav III 7:00 p.m. Respighi: The Birds Themes” 10:00 a.m. Bruch: Scottish Fantasy for Violin and 12:00 p.m. Ravel: Noble and Sentimental Waltzes 8:00 p.m. Kalinnikov: Symphony no. 2 in A 1:00 p.m. Metropolitan Opera Orchestra 1:00 p.m. Brahms: Violin Concerto in D 9:00 p.m. Dvořák: Cello Concerto in B Minor 5:00 p.m. Bizet: “Habanera” from Carmen 12:00 p.m. Scriabin: “Reverie” 2:00 p.m. Schumann: Cello Concerto in A Minor 10:00 p.m. Larsson: A Winter’s Tale 17 Sunday 2:00 p.m. Bruch: Violin Concerto no. 1 in G Minor 3:00 p.m. Ravel: Piano Concerto in G 14 Thursday 7:00 a.m. Tchaikovsky: “Cherubic Hymn” in C 3:00 p.m. Telemann: Suite in D for Viola da 4:00 p.m. Strauss II: Overture to Die Fledermaus 9:00 a.m. Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto 9:00 a.m. Bach: Cantata 13 (Meine Seufzer, Gamba and Strings 5:00 p.m. My Life in Music in E Minor Meine Tränen) 7:00 p.m. Kabalevsky: Suite from Colas Breugnon 11 Monday 10:00 a.m. Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 2 10:00 a.m. Haydn: The Seasons 8:00 p.m. Bruch: Concerto for Two Pianos in B-flat 9:00 a.m. Haydn: Symphony no. 85 in B-flat 12:00 p.m. Cui: Miniature Suite 12:00 p.m. Chopin: Barcarolle in F-sharp 9:00 p.m. Schumann: Symphony no. 4 in D Minor (The Queen) 1:00 p.m. Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition 1:00 p.m. Bach: Violin Concerto no. 1 in A Minor 10:00 p.m. Scriabin: Piano Sonata no. 2 in G-sharp 10:00 a.m. Glière: Harp Concerto in E-flat 2:00 p.m. Borodin: Polovtsian Dances from Minor (Sonata-Fantasie) 12:00 p.m. Weber: Overture to Oberon 2:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 4 in F Minor 7 Thursday 1:00 p.m. Bach: Orchestral Suite no. 2 in B Minor 3:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto no. 1 3:00 p.m. Handel: Suite in F from Water Music in B-flat Minor 9:00 a.m. Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending 2:00 p.m. Dvořák: Rusalka Fantasy 5:00 p.m. Saint-Saëns: “Havanaise” 4:00 p.m. Glazunov: Symphony no. 2 10:00 a.m. Beethoven: Symphony no. 4 in B-flat 3:00 p.m. Glière: Red Poppy Suite 6:00 p.m. R. Strauss: “Di Rigori Armato il Seno” in F-sharp Minor 11:00 a.m. Elgar: The Wand of Youth, Suite no. 1 7:00 p.m. Renaissance Fare from Der Rosenkavalier 5:00 p.m. Renaissance Fare 12:00 p.m. Mozart: Symphony no. 35 in D (Haffner) 8:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 5 in E 7:00 p.m. Thursday Night Opera House 1:00 p.m. Leclair: Violin Concerto in B-flat Minor 18 Monday 10:00 p.m. Debussy: “Clair de Lune” from Suite 8:00 a.m. S. Ward: “America the Beautiful” 2:00 p.m. Schubert: Symphony no. 6 in C 9:00 p.m. Britten: Variations and Fugue on a Bergamasque 3:00 p.m. Molino: Guitar Concerto in E Minor Theme of Purcell 9:00 a.m. Chabrier: Pastoral Suite 15 Friday 5:00 p.m. Wagner: Prelude to Act I of Die 10:00 p.m. Duruflé: “Agnus Dei” from Requiem 10:00 a.m. Cui: Suite (In the Popular Style) 8:00 a.m. Chopin: Polonaise in A-flat (Heroic) Meistersinger von Nürnberg 12 Tuesday 12:00 p.m. Chabrier: “Fête Polonaise” from King in 9:00 a.m. All-Request Friday Spite of Himself 7:00 p.m. Thursday Night Opera House 9:00 a.m. Handel: Concerto Grosso in C from 10:00 p.m. Poulenc: Sonata for and Piano Alexander’s Feast 10:00 p.m. Haydn: Piano Trio no. 25 in E Minor 2:00 p.m. Dvořák: Symphony no. 9 in E Minor (From the New World) 8 Friday 10:00 a.m. Brahms: Symphony no. 4 in E Minor 16 Saturday 3:00 p.m. Price: Symphony no. 1 in E Minor 8:00 a.m. Ravel: “Alborada del Gracioso” 12:00 p.m. Beethoven: Leonore Overture no. 3 8:00 a.m. Glinka: Memory of “A Summer Night in Madrid” 5:00 p.m. Steffe: “Battle Hymn of the Republic” 9:00 a.m. Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto no. 3 7:00 p.m. Humperdinck: Overture to Hansel Take advantage of the gift of music—with your year-end gift to WCPE! in D Minor and Gretel 20 21 program listings (january) program listings (january)

10:00 a.m. Haydn: Symphony no. 104 in D (London) 3:00 p.m. Mozart: String Quartet no. 17 10:00 a.m. Dvořák: Serenade in D Minor for Winds 12:00 p.m. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no. 6 in B-flat (Hunt) 12:00 p.m. Chopin: Impromptu no. 4 in C-sharp in B-flat 7:00 p.m. Mozart: Horn Concerto no. 3 in E-flat Minor (“Fantasie-Impromptu”) 2:00 p.m. Weber: Clarinet Concerto no. 2 in E-flat 8:00 p.m. Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A 1:00 p.m. Buxtehude: Trio Sonata in D 3:00 p.m. Dvořák: Violin Concerto in A Minor 9:00 p.m. Mozart: Symphony no. 38 in D (Prague) 2:00 p.m. Respighi: 6:00 p.m. Verdi: “Di Provenza il Mar” from 10:00 p.m. Mozart: “Ave Verum Corpus” 3:00 p.m. Brahms: Piano Concerto no. 1 photo: Kristin Hoebermann photo: La Traviata in D Minor 26 Tuesday 7:00 p.m. Thursday Night Opera House 5:00 p.m. Hérold: Overture to Zampa 8:00 a.m. Mozart: Overture to The Abduction to 7:00 p.m. Thursday Night Opera House 10:00 p.m. Schumann: Scenes from Childhood the Seraglio 10:00 p.m. Tavener: “Song for Athene” 22 Friday 9:00 a.m. Mozart: Piano Sonata no. 14 in C Minor 8:00 a.m. Schubert: Impromptu in G-flat, D. 899, 10:00 a.m. Mozart: Symphony no. 25 in G Minor 29 Friday no. 3 12:00 p.m. Mozart: 12 Variations in C on 8:00 a.m. Delius: “By the River” from Florida Suite 9:00 a.m. All-Request Friday “Twinkle, Twinkle” 9:00 a.m. All-Request Friday Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg b. 1961 (60th birthday) 10:00 p.m. Butterworth: “The Banks of Green 2:00 p.m. Mozart: Violin Concerto no. 5 in A 10:00 p.m. Arensky: Piano Trio no. 1 in D Minor Willow” (Turkish) 30 Saturday 23 Saturday 3:00 p.m. Mozart: Symphony no. 36 in C (Linz) 8:00 p.m. Copland: Appalachian Spring 8:00 a.m. Quantz: Flute Concerto in G 8:00 a.m. Vaughan Williams: Overture to 7:00 p.m. Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 21 in C 9:00 p.m. Brahms: Symphony no. 1 in C Minor, 9:00 a.m. Haydn: Cello Concerto no. 2 in D The Wasps 8:00 p.m. Mozart: Symphony no. 40 in G Minor op. 68 10:00 a.m. Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings in C 9:00 a.m. Clementi: Symphony no. 3 in G (The 9:00 p.m. Mozart: Violin Sonata in F 19 Tuesday Great National) 11:00 a.m. Falla: Three Dances from The Three- 10:00 p.m. Mozart: Rondo in A Minor Cornered Hat 9:00 a.m. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no. 4 in G 10:00 a.m. Mendelssohn: Octet in E-flat 27 Wednesday 12:00 p.m. Bruch: Kol Nidrei 10:00 a.m. Beethoven: Symphony no. 3 in E-flat 11:00 a.m. C.P.E. Bach.: String Symphony in A (Eroica) 8:00 a.m. Mozart: Overture to The Magic Flute 1:00 p.m. Metropolitan Opera 12:00 p.m. Elgar: Bavarian Dances 12:00 p.m. Fauré: “Après un Rêve” 9:00 a.m. Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 27 in B-flat 5:00 p.m. Herbert: Five Pieces for Cello 1:00 p.m. Metropolitan Opera 1:00 p.m. Bizet: Carmen Suite no. 1 10:00 a.m. Mozart: Violin Concerto no. 3 in G and Strings 5:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo 12:00 p.m. Mozart: Rondo from Serenade no. 7 2:00 p.m. R. Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Theme 31 Sunday Pranks in D (Haffner) 7:00 a.m. Schubert: ”Consecration of the Day” 24 Sunday 3:00 p.m. Schumann: Piano Concerto in A Minor 2:00 p.m. Mozart: Piano Sonata no. 11 in A 9:00 a.m. Bach: Cantata 144 (Nimm, Was Dein Ist, 7:00 a.m. Purcell: “Hear My Prayer, o Lord” 7:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture 3:00 p.m. Mozart: Quintet in E-flat for Piano und Gehe Hin) 9:00 a.m. Bach: Cantata 111 (Was Mein Gott Will, and Winds 8:00 p.m. Sibelius: Symphony no. 3 in C 10:00 a.m. Fiocco: Missa Solemnis in D das g’scheh Allzeit) 5:00 p.m. Mozart: Overture to Don Giovanni 9:00 p.m. Mozart: Serenade no. 9 in D (Posthorn) 12:00 p.m. Schubert: Sonata in A Minor 10:00 a.m. Rachmaninoff: Liturgy of St. John 7:00 p.m. Mozart: Serenade no. 13 in G (Eine (Arpeggione) 20 Wednesday Chrysostom Kleine Nachtmusik) 1:00 p.m. Bach: Orchestral Suite no. 3 in D 9:00 a.m. Dvořák: Slavonic Dances, op. 72 12:00 p.m. Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in E-flat 8:00 p.m. Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 20 2:00 p.m. Offenbach: Cello Concerto in G 10:00 a.m. Haydn: Symphony no. 100 in G 1:00 p.m. Frederick the Great: Flute Concerto no. in D Minor (Military) (Military) 3 in C 9:00 p.m. Mozart: Symphony no. 41 in C (Jupiter) 3:00 p.m. Grieg: In Autumn 12:00 p.m. Chausson: Two Dances from 2:00 p.m. E.T.A. Hoffmann: Symphony in E-flat 10:00 p.m. Mozart: “Laudate Dominum” from The Tempest 4:00 p.m. Schubert: Symphony no. 8 in B Minor 3:00 p.m. Enescu: Romanian Rhapsody no. 1 in A Solemn Vespers of the Confessor (Unfinished) 2:00 p.m. Donizetti: Ballet Music from La Favorita 4:00 p.m. Mendelssohn: Symphony no. 3 28 Thursday 5:00 p.m. Glass: “Echorus” 3:00 p.m. Liszt: Fantasy on Hungarian Folk in A Minor (Scottish) 9:00 a.m. Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto no. 2 Themes 5:00 p.m. Rodrigo: Fantasia for a Gentleman in G Minor 7:00 p.m. Schubert: Symphony no. 3 in D 25 Monday 8:00 p.m. Lalo: Cello Concerto in D Minor 9:00 a.m. Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 24 9:00 p.m. Chausson: Poème in C Minor 21 Thursday 10:00 a.m. Mozart: Symphony no. 39 in E-flat Listen to Great Classical Music 24-7 by 8:00 a.m. Offenbach: Overture to La Belle Hélène 12:00 p.m. Mozart: Overture to The Marriage streaming at TheClassicalStation.org! 9:00 a.m. Schumann: Concert Piece in F for Four of Figaro Horns and Orchestra 2:00 p.m. Mozart: Piano Sonata no. 12 in F 22 23 program listings (february) program listings (february)

February Featured Works 10:00 a.m. Hailstork: Two Romances for Viola and 10:00 a.m. Mendelssohn: Elijah Chamber Ensemble All programming is subject to change. For a 12:00 p.m. Bottesini: “Duetto” for Clarinet and complete list of a specific day’s music, go to 12:00 p.m. Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture Double Bass TheClassicalStation.org. 2:00 p.m. Chopin: Ballade no. 4 in F Minor 1:00 p.m. Still: Suite for Violin and Piano 3:00 p.m. Mendelssohn: Symphony no. 4 in A 2:00 p.m. Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez

1 Monday (Italian) 3:00 p.m. Haydn: String Quartet in B-flat (Sunrise) Nicholas Joubard photo: 9:00 a.m. Veracini: Overture no. 2 in F 5:00 p.m. Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue in D 4:00 p.m. Telemann: Viola Concerto in G 10:00 a.m. Herbert: Cello Concerto no. 2 in E Minor 7:00 p.m. Haydn: Symphony no. 96 in D (Miracle) 5:00 p.m. My Life in Music 12:00 p.m. Agrell: Sinfonia in A 8:00 p.m. Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto 8 Monday 2:00 p.m. Price: Concerto in One Movement in E Minor 8:00 a.m. Grétry: Overture to Le Magnifique 3:00 p.m. Herbert: Irish Rhapsody 9:00 p.m. Schubert: String Quartet no. 14 in D Minor (Death and the Maiden) 9:00 a.m. White, Joseph: Violin Concerto in 7:00 p.m. My Life in Music F-sharp Minor 10:00 p.m. Still: Miniatures for Oboe, Flute, 8:00 p.m. Brahms: Symphony no. 3 in F and Piano 10:00 a.m. Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 26 in D 9:00 p.m. Martinů: Symphony no. 4 (Coronation) 4 Thursday 10:00 p.m. Verdi: “Ave Maria” from Otello 12:00 p.m. Williams: Three Pieces from 8:00 a.m. Dett: “Juba” Schindler’s List 2 Tuesday Grant Llewellyn 9:00 a.m. Beethoven: Piano Sonata no. 15 in D 1:00 p.m. Dvořák: In Nature’s Realm 9:00 a.m. Smetana: The Moldau (Pastoral) b. 1960 (60th birthday) 2:00 p.m. Williams: Suite from Star Wars, Episode 10:00 a.m. Brahms: Violin Concerto in D 10:00 a.m. Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 6 VII—The Force Awakens 12:00 p.m. Bacheler: “Pavan” in B Minor (Pathétique) 3:00 p.m. Brahms: Symphony no. 1 in C Minor 11 Thursday 2:00 p.m. Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin 12:00 p.m. Chevalier de Saint-George: Symphony 7:00 p.m. Renaissance Fare 8:00 a.m. Borodin: In the Steppes of Central Asia 3:00 p.m. Schubert: String Trio in B-flat in G 8:00 p.m. Berlioz: 9:00 a.m. Elgar: Enigma Variations 5:00 p.m. Kreisler: Violin Concerto 1:00 p.m. Ireland: A London Overture 9:00 p.m. Beethoven: Symphony no. 7 in A 10:00 a.m. Dvořák: Piano Concerto in G Minor In Vivaldi’s Style 2:00 p.m. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no. 3 in G 10:00 p.m. Williams: “Hymn to the Fallen” from 12:00 p.m. Traditional: “Steal Away” 7:00 p.m. Suppé: “Light Cavalry” Overture 3:00 p.m. Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kijé Suite Saving Private Ryan 2:00 p.m. Sibelius: Symphony no. 2 in D 8:00 p.m. Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D 5:30 p.m. Strauss II: Tales from the Vienna Woods 9 Tuesday 3:00 p.m. Franck: Symphonic Variations 9:00 p.m. Dvořák: Symphony no. 8 in G 7:00 p.m. Thursday Night Opera House 9:00 a.m. Haydn: Symphony no. 6 in D (Morning) 6:00 p.m. Coleman: “Umoja” 10:00 p.m. Dowland: “Pavana” 10:00 p.m. Mozart: Piano Sonata no. 8 in A Minor 10:00 a.m. Price: Symphony no. 4 in D Minor 7:00 p.m. Thursday Night Opera House 3 Wednesday 5 Friday 12:00 p.m. Coleridge-Taylor: “Queen’s Waltz” 10:00 p.m. Joplin: “The Chrysanthemum” 9:00 a.m. Mendelssohn: Symphony no. 3 8:00 a.m. Joplin: “Solace” 2:00 p.m. Bach: Orchestral Suite no. 4 in D 12 Friday in A Minor (Scottish) 9:00 a.m. All-Request Friday 3:00 p.m. Dvořák: Symphony no. 7 in D Minor 8:00 a.m. Rimsky-Korsakov: Overture to 10:00 p.m. Donizetti: “Una Furtiva Lagrima” from 7:00 p.m. Copland: “An Outdoor Overture” May Night L’Elisir d’Amore 8:00 p.m. Still: Symphony no. 1 (Afro-American) 9:00 a.m. All-Request Friday 6 Saturday 9:00 p.m. Respighi: The Pines of Rome 10:00 p.m. Traditional: “Sometimes I Feel like a 8:00 a.m. Handel: Harp Concerto in B-flat Motherless Child” 10 Wednesday 9:00 a.m. Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D 8:00 a.m. Boyer: “Celebration Overture” 13 Saturday

photo: Christian Steiner photo: 10:00 a.m. Schubert: Sonatina in D 9:00 a.m. Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto no. 1 8:00 a.m. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no. 1 in F 11:00 a.m. Vivaldi: Concerto in G for Two in G Minor 9:00 a.m. Sor: Fantasy and Brilliant Variations Mandolins 10:00 a.m. Grieg: Norwegian Dances 10:00 a.m. Dett: Magnolia Suite 12:00 p.m. Chopin: Polonaise Fantasy in A-flat 12:00 p.m. Bonds: “Troubled Water” 11:00 a.m. Haydn: Symphony no. 45 in F-sharp 1:00 p.m. Metropolitan Opera 2:00 p.m. Sowande: African Suite Minor (Farewell) 5:00 p.m. Beethoven: Cello Sonata no. 4 in C, op. 12:00 p.m. Sor: Variations on a Theme by Mozart 102, no. 1 3:00 p.m. Liszt: Les Préludes 1:00 p.m. Metropolitan Opera 7 Sunday 6:00 p.m. Schubert: “Ave Maria” 7:00 p.m. Bellini: Trumpet Concerto in E-flat 5:00 p.m. Hailstork: Three Spirituals 7:00 a.m. Traditional: “Deep River” Joseph Kalichstein 8:00 p.m. Boyer: Symphony no. 1 14 Sunday 9:00 a.m. Bach: Cantata 126 (Erhalt uns, Herr, bei b. 1946 (75th birthday) Deinem Wort) 9:00 p.m. Schumann: Cello Concerto in A Minor 7:00 a.m. Schubert: “In Springtime” 24 25 program listings (february) program listings (february)

9:00 a.m. Bach: Cantata 23 (Du Wahrer Gott und 18 Thursday 22 Monday 6:00 p.m. Leoncavallo: “Vesti la Giubba” Davids Sohn) 8:00 a.m. Joplin: “Bethena” 8:00 a.m. Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody no. 2 from 10:00 a.m. Beethoven: Missa Solemnis in D 9:00 a.m. Bach: Concerto in D Minor for 9:00 a.m. Gade: Octet in F for Strings 7:00 p.m. Thursday Night Opera House 12:00 p.m. Valentines Day by advance request Two Violins 10:00 a.m. Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto no. 2 in 10:00 p.m. R. Strauss: “Befreit” 5:00 p.m. Renaissance Fare 10:00 a.m. Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 17 in G C Minor 26 Friday 15 Monday 12:00 p.m. Traditional: “Deep River” 12:00 p.m. Vivaldi: Mandolin Concerto in C 8:00 a.m. Joplin: “Gladiolus Rag” 8:00 a.m. Sousa: “The Stars and Stripes Forever” 1:00 p.m. Borodin: Nocturne from String Quartet 2:00 p.m. Vaughan Williams: English Folk 9:00 a.m. All-Request Friday no. 2 in D Song Suite 9:00 a.m. Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 23 in A 10:00 p.m. Bridge: “Spring Song” 2:00 p.m. Korngold: Fairy Tale Pictures 3:00 p.m. Haydn: Cello Concerto no. 1 in C 10:00 a.m. Still: Folk Suite no. 2 27 Saturday 3:00 p.m. Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony 5:00 p.m. Hailstork: “Fanfare on ‘Amazing Grace’” 12:00 p.m. Praetorius: Suite in D from Terpsichore 8:00 a.m. Parry: Lady Radnor’s Suite 5:00 p.m. Falla: “Ritual Fire Dance” 7:00 p.m. Chevalier de Saint-George: Violin 2:00 p.m. Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances 9:00 a.m. Schumann: Violin Concerto in D Minor 7:00 p.m. Thursday Night Opera House Concerto in D 3:00 p.m. Copland: Lincoln Portrait 10:00 a.m. Telemann: Burleske Suite 10:00 p.m. Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of 8:00 p.m. Gershwin: Concerto in F 4:00 p.m. Sousa: “Presidential Polonaise” a Faun 9:00 p.m. Dvořák: Symphony no. 9 in E Minor 11:00 a.m. Beethoven: Violin Sonata no. 6 in A 7:00 p.m. Dvořák: String Quartet no. 12 in F (From the New World) 12:00 p.m. Traditional: “O What a Beautiful City!” (American) 19 Friday 23 Tuesday 1:00 p.m. Metropolitan Opera 8:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 6 8:00 a.m. Boccherini: Cello Sonata in G 5:00 p.m. Puccini: “Un Bel di Vedremo” in B Minor (Pathétique) 9:00 a.m. All-Request Friday 9:00 a.m. Handel: Concerto Grosso in B-flat 9:00 p.m. Beethoven: Symphony no. 5 in C Minor 10:00 p.m. Boccherini: String Quintet in E 10:00 a.m. Bruch: Violin Concerto no. 1 in G Minor 28 Sunday 12:00 p.m. Still: Kaintuck, Poem for Piano and 7:00 a.m. Rossini: “O Salutaris Hostia” from 16 Tuesday 20 Saturday Orchestra 9:00 a.m. Tchaikovsky: Suite from Swan Lake 8:00 a.m. Price: “Fantasie Negre” 2:00 p.m. Beethoven: Symphony no. 1 in C 9:00 a.m. Bach: Motet no. 4 (Fürchte Dich Nicht, 10:00 a.m. Coleridge-Taylor: Ballade in A Minor 9:00 a.m. Beriot: Violin Concerto no. 8 in D 3:00 p.m. Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks Ich Bin bei Dir), BWV 228 12:00 p.m. Corigliano: “Lullaby for Natalie” 10:00 a.m. Schumann: Symphony no. 2 in C 7:00 p.m. Copland: Four Dance Episodes from 10:00 a.m. Dubois: The Seven Last Words of Christ 2:00 p.m. Ravel: Noble and Sentimental Waltzes 11:00 a.m. Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 5 Rodeo 12:00 p.m. Rossini: Overture to in E Minor 3:00 p.m. Schubert: Piano Quintet in A (Trout) 8:00 p.m. Handel: Water Music 1:00 p.m. Still: Symphony no. 3 (The Sunday 12:00 p.m. Czerny: Fantasia in F Minor 7:00 p.m. Haydn: Symphony no. 82 in C 9:00 p.m. Mendelssohn: Incidental Music from A Symphony) (The Bear) 1:00 p.m. Metropolitan Opera Midsummer Night’s Dream 2:00 p.m. Rossini: String Sonata no. 2 in A 8:00 p.m. Chopin: Piano Concerto no. 1 4:00 p.m. Brahms: Symphony no. 2 in D 24 Wednesday 3:00 p.m. Arban: Variations on “Casta Diva” in E Minor 5:00 p.m. Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat 9:00 a.m. Grieg: Piano Concerto in A Minor 4:00 p.m. Bizet: Symphony in C 9:00 p.m. Beethoven: Symphony no. 6 in F 5:00 p.m. Rossini: “Largo al Factotum” from The (Pastoral) 21 Sunday 10:00 a.m. Weber: Grand Duo Concertante for 7:00 a.m. Dowland: Song and Two Galliards Clarinet and Piano Barber of Seville 17 Wednesday 9:00 a.m. Bach: Motet no. 3 (Jesu, Meine Freude) 12:00 p.m. Dvořák: Prague Waltzes 9:00 a.m. Price: Symphony no. 1 in E Minor 10:00 a.m. Zelenka: Requiem in C Minor 2:00 p.m. Coleridge-Taylor: Petite Suite de Concert 10:00 a.m. Corelli: Concerto Grosso in C 12:00 p.m. Dett: Cinnamon Grove 3:00 p.m. Schubert: Symphony no. 9 in C (Great) Arezzo 12:00 p.m. Clarence C. White: “Levee Dance” 1:00 p.m. Delibes: Coppélia 7:00 p.m. Suk: Fantastic Scherzo 2:00 p.m. Saint-Saëns: Symphony no. 3 3:00 p.m. Brahms: for Violin and 8:00 p.m. Mozart: Symphony no. 36 in C (Linz)

in C Minor (Organ) Musica Amici photo: Cello in A Minor 9:00 p.m. Beethoven: Piano Trio in B-flat 3:00 p.m. Vieuxtemps: Violin Concerto no. 5 (Archduke) in A Minor 4:00 p.m. Coleman: Concerto for Wind Quintet 7:00 p.m. Bizet: L’Arlésienne Suite no. 1 5:00 p.m. Widor: Toccata from Symphony no. 5 in 25 Thursday F Minor for Organ 8:00 p.m. Schubert: Symphony no. 5 in B-flat 9:00 a.m. Telemann: Suite in A Minor for Flute 9:00 p.m. George T. Walker: “Lyric for Strings” and Strings 9:00 p.m. Berlioz: Harold in Italy 10:00 a.m. Goldmark: Rustic Wedding Symphony 12:00 p.m. Mozart: Horn Concerto no. 1 in D 2:00 p.m. Schumann: Symphony no. 3 in E-flat (Rhenish) Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli Planning your end-of-year charitable donation? Please remember WCPE! b. 1920 3:00 p.m. Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole 26 27 250th anniversary of beethoven’s birth lately we’ve read

By Nan Pincus Had he been born at a later date, it might Rough Ideas have been said that he had a face made for Ludwig van Beethoven’s 250th birthday is Stephen Hough December 16 this year. Everyone in the radio, as he described his visage, “Oh God, classical world is excited, and we at what a plague it is to one when he has so Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, fatal a face as mine.” But anything he was The Classical Station are no exception. 464 pages Listeners can expect to hear a wide variety of lacking in his physical beauty, he made up A review by Greysolynne Hyman Beethoven interpretations, from symphonies for with his the beauty of his music. to concertos, to and . Just us for Beethovenfest from December 14 You may know Stephen Hough as a concert pianist, but you probably don’t know that Ludwig van Beethoven’s work is as inexhaust- through 16, as The Classical Station celebrates he is a painter and prize-winning poet. This ible as it is thrilling. His stories are numer- Beethoven’s life and music with fantastic Renaissance man is the first classical musi- ous and dramatic, often emphasizing his releases, playing both landmark performances cian to have received a MacArthur Genius straddling of the mortal and immortal divide, and contemporary releases that will be future Grant. Mr. Hough’s newest book, Rough such as the story of his death, in which the classics. Among the wide range of works Ideas, is a collection of short essays, or as Viennese skies split with lightning. we’re delighted to broadcast will be Quatuor Ébène’s Beethoven Around the World, Stephen I might call them, “thought pieces.” They In total, Beethoven wrote nine symphonies, Hough’s Beethoven: The Piano Concertos, and are the result of notes about a wide range five of which are considered some of the the Malmö Symphony Orchestra’s Beethoven: of topics that he jotted down while he was most phenomenal ever written, five piano The Nine Symphonies.q waiting—at airports, on planes, and in hotel His analysis of pieces in the piano repertoire concertos, one violin concerto, sixteen string rooms. After reading one of these essays and is technically detailed. Some are especially quartets, thirty-two piano sonatas, two reflecting on it, I often felt that I had been challenging—“Dvořák’s Concerto for Ten masses, one opera, ten overtures, ten sonatas Goulding, Phil G, Classical Music: The 50 Greatest engaged in a conversation with a warm, Thumbs” (Piano Concerto in G Minor, op. for violin and piano, and five sonatas for Composer and Their 1,000 Greatest Works(New York: Ballantine Books, 1992), 131–145.. witty, and intelligent friend. 33). His analysis allows him to express the cello and piano. As you might expect from a concert pianist, beauty of the music as in the third move- almost three-quarters of the book is devoted ment of Schubert’s Piano Sonata in B-flat, to musical topics. It’s clear from the begin- in which the delicate touch and the inter- ning that this is a man with a sense of humor play of major and minor reflect the fragility who loves language. Even the title, Rough of human emotions. He also sets works Ideas, is a play on words. in the context of the composers’ lives and effects on their music. At the 1889 world’s Mr. Hough provides insights from a per- fair in Paris, Debussy heard the gamelan of former’s perspective. Even the pros are ner- Southeast Asia for the first time and then vous! For him, playing a piece is like having used the pentatonic scale in some of his photo: Peter Adamik / DG (2020) Peter photo:

photo: Timothy Greenfield-Sanders photo: a conversation with the composer. While we own compositions. marvel watching a pianist’s fingers and hands moving across the keyboard, there are more Stephen Hough’s Rough Ideas offers you the body parts involved, and each must be in an opportunity for an encounter with a multi- optimum position. dimensional genius. Yo-Yo Ma, Anne-Sophie Mutter, & “Passion” is a word that occurs often in Mr. Rough Ideas is available in hard cover, paper- Midori Gotō Hough’s description of a performance. He back, Kindle, and Nook formats. q points out something every audience mem- ber knows; we experience music as emo- Stephen Hough, Rough Ideas: Reflections on Music and tion—the composer’s, the performer’s, and, More (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2020), most important to us, our own reaction. 204–206.

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