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      Playlist for Thursday, June 27, 2024

      12:00 - 6:00 am

      12:00 am

      Aram Khachaturian: "Song-Poem" (1929)

      Hideko Udagawa, v; Boris Berezovsky, p
      Khachaturian: Sonata and Dances

      Koch 3-7571-2

      12:05 am

      D'Erlanger: "Poème" in D

      Philippe Graffin, v; BBC Welsh National Orch/David Lloyd-Jones
      The Romantic Violin Concerto -- 10

      Hyperion CDA-67838

      12:13 am

      Alexander Scriabin: Two Poems, Op 71 (1914)

      #1, "Fantastique"

      Daniele Pollini, p
      Daniele Pollini

      DG 4816917

      12:14 am

      Luigi Boccherini: Flute Quintet in G, Op. 17/5

      Alexandre Magnini, f; Janacek Quartet
      Boccherini: Flute Quintets, Op 17

      Naxos 8.553719

      12:23 am

      Gabriel Fauré: Piano Quintet #2 in c, Op 115

      Nash Ensemble
      Violin Sonata, Dolly Suite, Etc

      CRD 3505

      12:55 am

      Reynaldo Hahn: "Le rossignol éperdu"

      #42, "Le Petit Mail"

      Yoonie Han, p
      Reynaldo Hahn - Le Rossignol Eperdu

      Steinway & Sons 30108 (2)

      1:00 am

      Arcangelo Corelli: Sonata da chiesa in d, Op 1/11

      English Concert Members
      Trio Sonatas

      DG Archiv 419614-2

      1:05 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Church Sonata No. 13 in G, K. 274

      Bohuslav Matousek, v; Collegium Jaroslav Tuma
      Mozart: Complete Edition

      Brilliant Classics 92540 (170)

      1:09 am

      Leevi Madetoja: "Miniatures," Op. 21

      No. 5, "Children's March"

      Mika Rännäli, p
      Intimate Garden

      Alba ABCD-206 (2)

      1:11 am

      Leevi Madetoja: Symphony #2 in E-Flat, Op 35

      Iceland Sym Orch/Petri Sakari
      Madetoja: Symphonies Nos 1 & 2

      Chandos CHAN-9115

      1:55 am

      Leevi Madetoja: Three Pieces for Piano, Op. 17

      No. 2, "A Little Romance"

      Mika Rännäli, p
      Intimate Garden

      Alba ABCD-206 (2)

      2:00 am

      Jean-baptiste FORQUERAY: Clavier Suite No. 5

      "La Rameau"

      Mitzi Meyerson, hc
      Pieces De Clavecin

      MD+G Recordings 6051101-2 (2)

      2:05 am

      Jean-Phillipe Rameau: "Dardanus"

      Suite

      Music of the Baroque/Thomas Wikman
      Music of the Baroque

      Mintel Archive 6

      2:36 am

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Premier Livre de Pièces de Clavecin" (1706)

      "Sarabande"

      Jory Vinikour, hc

      Sono Luminus DSL-92154

      2:37 am

      Georges Bizet: "Nocturne" in D

      Peter Vanhove, p
      Bizet Piano Music

      Pavane ADW-7515

      2:42 am

      Georges Bizet: "Carmen" Suite No. 1

      London Sym Orch/Neville Marriner
      Bizet: Suites "Carmen" 1 & 2, "L'Arlésienne" 1 & 2

      MHS 512121-K

      2:55 am

      Georges Bizet: "The Carmen Ballet"

      "Bolero"

      Philadelphia Virtuosi Chamber Orch, Ethos Percussion Group/Daniel Spalding
      Shchedrin: Carmen Fantasy; Liszt/Spalding: Hungarian Fantasy

      Connoisseur CD-4213

      3:00 am

      Edvard Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Op. 71

      No. 4, "The Wood's Peace"

      Israela Margalit, p
      Lyric Pieces

      Koch 3-7143-2

      3:05 am

      Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: "Love's Labour's Lost," Op 167

      Four Dances

      Malmö Sym Orch/Andrew Mogrelia
      CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO, M.: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 / 4 Dances for Love's Labour's Lost (Marangoni, Malmo Symphony, Mogrelia)

      Naxos 8.572823

      3:21 am

      Guy Woolfenden: Love's Labour's Lost

      "The Owl and the Cuckoo"

      Yvonne Howard, ms, English Serenata
      Sweet Swan of Avon: Music For Shakespeare

      Meridian CDE-84301

      3:26 am

      Anthony Bernard: Song, When that I was an a little tiny boy

      Jamie MacDougall, t, David Ponsford, p
      Sweet Swan of Avon: Music For Shakespeare

      Meridian CDE-84301

      3:27 am

      Gerald Finzi: Suite fr "Love's Labours Lost," Op 28

      English String Orch/William Boughton
      Spirit of England Volume 1

      Nimbus NI-5210/3 (4)

      3:54 am

      Thomas Arne: Song, "Blow,Blow Thou Winter Wind"

      Rogers Covey-Crump, t; Folger Consort
      A Distant Mirror

      Delos D/CD-1003

      4:00 am

      Charles Koechlin: "Les Heures Persanes", Op 65

      #16, "Derviches dans la nuit"

      Herbert Henck, p

      Wergo WER-60137

      4:05 am

      Ludwig (Louis) Spohr: Clarinet Concerto #2 in E-Flat, Op 57

      Julian Bliss, cl (b 1989); St Martin's Academy/Kenneth Sillito
      Krommer * Spohr * Clarinet Concertos

      EMI 79786-2

      4:30 am

      Johann Strauss II: Persischer Marsch, Op. 289

      Vienna Phil/Carlos Kleiber
      1992 New Year's Concert

      Sony SK-48376

      4:32 am

      Henry Cowell: "Persian Set" (1957)

      Manhattan Chamber Orch/Richard Auldon Clark
      Persian Set

      Koch 3-7220-2

      4:48 am

      Charles Ives: "Three Page Sonata" (1945)

      Peter Lawson, p

      Virgin 91163-2

      4:55 am

      Henry Cowell: "Old American Country Set"

      Blarneying Lilt

      Manhattan Chamber Orch/Richard Clark
      Persian Set

      Koch 3-7220-2

      5:00 am

      Gioachino Rossini: "Il Signor Bruschino"

      Overture

      London Classical Players/Roger Norrington
      Rossini: Overtures

      EMI/Ang CDC7-54091-2

      5:04 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quartet No. 22 in B-Flat, K. 589

      American String Quartet
      Mozart; Complete String Quartet Box Set

      Musicmasters 67194-2 (6)

      5:27 am

      Michael CAVENDISH: Madrigal, Come, gentle swains

      London Pro Cantione Antiqua/Ian Partridge
      The Triumphs Of Oriana

      DG Archiv 2533347

      5:28 am

      William Walton: "Orb and Sceptre," Coronation March (1953)

      Philharmonia Orch/David Willcocks
      Walton: Crown Imperial · Fanfares

      Chandos CHAN-8998

      5:35 am

      Michael Tippett: Suite in D for the Birthday of Prince Charles

      English Northern Philharmonia/Michael Tippett
      Tippett conducts Tippett - Ritual Dances

      Nimbus NI-5217

      5:53 am

      Thomas Robinson: A Plaine Song

      Los Romeros
      Los Romeros: Telemann, Bach, Scarlatti, Loeilliot, Dowland

      Philips 9500536

      6:00 - 10:00 am

      6:00 am

      Mornings with Dennis Moore

      Including news and weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and "Carl’s Almanac" at 7:30 am.

      6:03 am

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "Souvenir d'un lieu cher," Op. 42

      I. "Méditation"

      Maxim Vengerov, v; Vag Papian, p; Virtuosi Violin Ensemble
      Maxim Vengerov: 5 Classic Albums

      Warner 5099998443529

      6:14 am

      Ludwig van Beethoven: "Zur Namensfeier" ("Name Day") Overture, Op 115

      Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur
      Beethoven: Overtures / Kurt Masur

      Pro Arte CDD-392

      6:21 am

      John Baptist Cramer: Piano Quintet in B-Flat, Op. 79

      III. Rondo

      Nepomuk Fortepiano Quintet
      Schubert & Cramer: Piano Quintets

      Brilliant Classics 93771

      6:29 am

      Gioachino Rossini: "L'Italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers)"

      Overture

      Royal Opera House Orch/Carlo Rizzi
      Gioachino Rossini: Overtures

      Conifer 55004-2

      6:39 am

      Mia Makaroff: "Butterfly"

      La Caccina
      Becoming

      La Caccina [Becoming]

      6:44 am

      Frédéric Chopin: Polonaise No. 6 in A-Flat, Op. 53, "Heroic"

      Martha Argerich, p
      Great Pianists of the 20th Century: Martha Argerich II

      Philips 456703-2 (2)

      6:51 am

      Paul Hindemith: "Suite of French Dances"

      Philharmonia Orch/José Serebrier
      Hindemith: Violin Concerto; Kammermusik No. 4; Suite of French Dances; Concerto for Orchestra

      ASV CDDCA-945

      7:02 am

      Giovanni Gabrieli: "Jubilate Deo"

      Music of the Baroque Choir & Brass/Edward Zelnis
      O Be Joyful - Renaissance Brass & Choral Music - Music of the Baroque

      Music of the Baroque 2006

      7:09 am

      George Frideric Handel: "Solomon"

      Act 3 Sinfonia, "Arrival of the Queen of Sheba"

      Orpheus Chamber Orch
      Adagio • Canon

      DG 429390-2

      7:13 am

      Camille Saint-Saëns: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28

      Noah Geller, v; Kansas City Sym/Michael Stern
      Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3 'Organ'

      Reference RR-136

      7:24 am

      Dave Brubeck: "The Duke"

      Quartet San Francisco
      QSF Plays Brubeck

      Violin Jazz Recordings JCCD-106

      7:31 am

      Joseph Canteloube: Songs of the Auvergne, Set 1

      "Baïlèro (Shepherd's Song)"

      Anna Moffo, s; American Sym Orch/Leopold Stokowski
      Canteloube: Songs of the Auvergne

      RCA 62600-2

      7:38 am

      Claude Debussy: Prelude No. 24, "Feux d'artifice"

      Berlin Phil/Simon Rattle
      Debussy: La Mer

      EMI CDC5-58045-2

      7:44 am

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565

      Philadelphia Orch/Wolfgang Sawallisch
      Stokowski Transcriptions * Sawallisch

      EMI CDC5-55592-2

      7:54 am

      Nicola Porpora: "Polifemo"

      Aria, "Alto Giove"

      Jan Vogler, vc; La Folia Baroque Orch
      Concerti di Venezia

      Sony 88843090012

      8:02 am

      Maurice Ravel: "Menuet antique"

      Cleveland Orch/Pierre Boulez
      Ravel / Debussy - Shéhérazade / Le Tombeau De Couperin / Ballades De Villon / Anne Sofie Von Otter/Pierre Boulez

      DG B0002121-02

      8:10 am

      Marco Uccellini: "Aria sopra la Bergamasca"

      Palladian Ensemble
      An Excess of Pleasure

      Honest Entertainment CD-5010

      8:15 am

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Divertimento in D, K. 136

      Dresden Staatskapelle/Herbert Blomstedt
      Mozart: Instrumental music / Dresden Staatskapelle/Herbert Blomstedt

      Ars Vivendi 2100215

      8:27 am

      Ben E. King: "Stand by Me"

      Altius Quartet
      Dress Code

      Navona NV-6078

      8:31 am

      Antonín Dvořák: "In Nature's Realm" Overture, Op 91

      Royal Phil Orch/John Farrer
      In Nature's Realm Overture, Carnival Overture

      ASV CDDCA-794

      8:45 am

      Franz Schubert: "Moments musicaux," D 780

      No. 1 in C

      Alfred Brendel, p
      Schubert Edition

      Brilliant Classics 94870

      8:51 am

      Mikhail Glinka: "Valse-Fantaisie"

      Radio France Phil/Paavo Järvi
      Ballet Russes

      Virgin 45609-2

      9:03 am

      Irene Britton Smith: Violin Sonata (1947)

      Dawn Wohn, v; Emely Phelps, p
      Unbounded: Music by American Women

      Delos DE-3599

      9:19 am

      Georges Bizet: "Patrie" Overture, Op 19

      French National Orch/Seiji Ozawa
      Bizet: Symphony in C, Carmen Suite, Jeux d'enfants, Overture "Patrie"

      EMI CDD7-63898-2

      9:33 am

      Muzio Clementi: Piano Sonata in C, Op. 33, No. 3, "Quasi Concerto"

      Finale, "Presto"

      Vladimir Horowitz, p
      Horowitz Plays Clementi

      RCA 7753-2

      9:40 am

      Clara Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 7

      Finale, "Allegro non troppo"

      Elizabeth Rich, p; Janáček Phil/Dennis Burkh
      Clara Wieck Schumann & Carl Maria von Weber: Piano Concertos

      Centaur CRC-2283

      9:52 am

      Giacomo Puccini: "Crisantemi"

      I Solisti Italiani
      More of the Most Relaxing Classical Music In The Universe

      Denon CO-18070

      10:00 am - 2:00 pm

      10:00 am

      Midday with Lisa Flynn

      Including the "Daily Excursion" at 11:00 am and "Music in Chicago" at 12:00 pm.

      10:00 am

      Hosted by Robbie Ellis.

      10:00 am

      Sergei Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27

      III. "Adagio"

      Danill Trifonov & Sergei Babayan, p's
      Rachmaninoff for Two

      DG 4864805

      10:12 am

      William Walton: "Orb and Sceptre," Coronation March

      City of Birmingham Sym Orch/Louis Frémaux
      Walton: Façade Suite, Gloria, Te Deum

      EMI CDC7-47512-2

      10:20 am

      Johannes Brahms: String Quartet No. 3 in B-flat, Op. 67

      I. "Vivace"

      Quatuor Agate
      Brahms: The String Quartets

      Appassionato APP-003

      10:32 am

      Jean-Philippe Rameau: Concerto No. 6 in G minor, "La Poule"

      Les Talens Lyriques/Christophe Rousset
      Rameau: Six concerts en sextuor

      Decca B0001845-02

      10:50 am

      Sofiane Pamart: "Sicilia"

      Sofiane Pamart, p
      Planet Gold

      Urban PIASU-166D

      10:55 am

      Felix Mendelssohn: "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Op. 61

      "Wedding March"

      Zürich Tonhalle Orch/Paavo Järvi
      Mendelssohn: Symphonies

      Alpha 1004

      11:01 am

      Vally Weigl: "New England Suite"

      Lee Carroll Levine, cl; Roy Christensen, vc; Amy Dorfman, p
      Music for the Appalachian Trail

      Gasparo GSCD-236

      11:20 am

      Benjamin Britten: "Soirées musicales," Op. 9 (after Rossini)

      London Phil Orch/Adrian Boult
      Benjamin Britten:‎ The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra, Four Sea Interludes

      EMI CDM7-63777-2

      11:31 am

      Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Flute Concerto in G, Wq 169 (H 445)

      I. "Allegro di molto"

      Patrick Gallois, f; CPE Bach Chamber Orch/Peter Schreier
      Flute Concertos from Sanssouci

      DG 439895-2

      11:44 am

      Tania Giannouli: "Inland Sea"

      Tania Giannouli, p; Andreas Polyzogopoulos, tr; Kyriakos Tapikis, oud
      In Fading Light

      Rattle RAT-D105

      11:49 am

      Claude Debussy: "Petite Suite"

      I. "En bateau"

      Répercussion
      Fantaisies Classiques

      Atma ACD2-2141

      11:54 am

      Giuseppe Verdi: "Macbeth"

      Chorus of Scottish refugees, "Patria oppressa"

      La Scala Cho & Orch/Riccardo Muti
      Verdi: Famous Choruses

      EMI CDR5-69846-2

      12:02 pm

      Aram Khachaturian: "Masquerade" Suite

      Waltz & Mazurka

      Chicago Harp Quartet
      Rush Hour Concerts: Chicago Harp Quartet (June 11, 2024)

      Classical Music Chicago

      12:11 pm

      Felix Mendelssohn: Trumpet Overture, Op. 101

      Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur
      Mendelssohn: Overtures

      Berlin Classics 0091572-BC

      12:21 pm

      Johann Gottlieb Graun: Viola da Gamba Concerto in A minor

      I. Allegro moderato

      Opera Prima/Cristiano Contadin, viga
      J. G. Graun: Cantatas & Viola da Gamba Concerto

      CPO 555 284-2

      12:33 pm

      Heitor Villa-Lobos: "Melodia Sentimental" (1958)

      Jessica Warren, f; Avalon String Quartet; John Floeter, db
      Acentos

      Filarmonika FILA-0103

      12:36 pm

      Alberto Ginastera: "Impresiones de la Puna"

      Jessica Warren, f; Avalon String Quartet
      Acentos

      Filarmonika FILA-0103

      12:45 pm

      Mily Balakirev: "Islamey"

      USSR Sym Orch/Yevgeny Svetlanov
      Lyapunov: Symphony No. 1, Solemn Overture; Balakirev: Islamey

      Melodiya SUCD-1000172

      12:54 pm

      Florence Price: String Quartet in A minor

      IV. Finale, "Allegro"

      Ragazze Quartet
      But Not My Soul: Price, Dvořák & Giddens

      Channel Classics CCS-45724

      1:01 pm

      Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 26 in D minor, "Lamentatione"

      Philharmonia Hungarica/Antal Dorati
      Haydn: The Complete Symphonies

      Decca 4781221 (33)

      1:18 pm

      Laurindo Almeida: "Lament in Tremolo Form"

      William Chapman Nyaho, p
      Kete: Piano Music of Africa and the African Diaspora

      MSR Classics MS-1708

      1:24 pm

      Antonio Vivaldi: Flute Concerto in A minor, R. 440

      Katy Bircher, f; La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler
      Vivaldi: The French Connection 2

      Avie AV-2218

      1:34 pm

      Bohuslav Martinů: Piano Quintet, H. 35

      Graffe String Quartet; Michiko Otaki, p
      Dawn of Czech Modernism

      Český Rozhlas CRO-545-2

      1:55 pm

      Lili Boulanger: "D'un matin de printemps"

      Chicago Youth Sym Orch/Allen Tinkham
      Introductions Turns 15

      WFMT [Introductions Turns 15]

      2:00 - 7:00 pm

      2:00 pm

      Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

      Including "The Unrush Hour" at 5:00 pm.

      2:00 pm

      Florence Price: Symphony No. 3 in C minor

      III. "Juba"

      Women's Phil/Apo Hsu
      Florence Price - Orchestral Music

      Koch 3-7518-2

      2:07 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: "Leonore" Overture No. 2 in C, Op. 72a

      German Chamber Phil Bremen/Daniel Harding
      Beethoven: Overtures

      Virgin 45364

      2:20 pm

      Edvard Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Op. 43

      Leif Ove Andsnes, p
      Grieg: Piano Concerto, Sonata Op. 7, Lyric Pieces Op. 43, 54, and 65

      Virgin 59300-2

      2:36 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quartet No. 17 in B-Flat, K. 458, "Hunt"

      American String Quartet
      Mozart: The Complete String Quartets

      Musicmasters 67194-2 (6)

      2:58 pm

      Frédéric Chopin: "Études," Op. 25

      No. 8 in D-flat, "Sixths"

      Yunchan Lim, p
      Yunchan Lim: Chopin Études

      Decca 4870122

      3:00 pm

      François Devienne: Flute Concerto No. 4 in G

      Patrick Gallois, f; Swedish Chamber Orch
      Devienne: Flute Concertos, Vol. 1 - Nos. 1-4

      Naxos 8.573230

      3:18 pm

      Franz Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat

      Yundi Li, p; Philharmonia/Sir Andrew Davis
      Chopin/Liszt: Piano Concerto No 1 * Yundi Li/Philharmonia Orchestra/Andrew Davis

      DG B0008236-02

      3:37 pm

      Ina Boyle: String Quartet in E minor

      Piatti Quartet
      Boyle, Vaughan Williams, Moeran & Ireland

      Rubicon RCD-1098

      3:57 pm

      Julius Fučík: "Entry of the Gladiators," Op. 68

      Royal Liverpool Phil Orch/Libor Pešek
      The Moldau

      Virgin 59285-2

      4:00 pm

      Hector Berlioz: "Roméo et Juliette," Op. 17

      "Love Scene"

      San Francisco Sym & Cho/Michael Tilson Thomas
      Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette

      SFS Media 0074

      4:19 pm

      Peter Tchaikovsky: "The Nutcracker," Op. 71

      #12, Divertissement

      Chicago Sym Orch/Fritz Reiner
      Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1, Nutcracker Ballet Suite

      RCA 68530-2

      4:32 pm

      Johann Sebastian Bach: Two-Violin Concerto in D minor, BWV 1043

      Isaac Stern & Itzhak Perlman, v's; New York Phil/Zubin Mehta
      Double Violin Concerto and Violin Concertos Nos. 1 and 2

      CBS MK-36692

      4:49 pm

      Erik Satie: Three "Gymnopédies"

      Christopher Parkening, g
      The Artistry of Christopher Parkening

      EMI CDC7-54853-2

      4:56 pm

      Aaron Copland: "Old American Songs" Set 2

      No. 4, "At the River"

      St. Charles Singers, Elgin Sym Orch/Robert Hanson
      Copland: Piano Concerto * The Tender Land

      Naxos 8.559297

      5:00 pm

      Luigi Boccherini: "Night Music in the Streets of Madrid," Op. 30, No. 6

      Orquestra Barroca Casa da Música/Andreas Staier
      À Portuguesa - Iberian Concertos & Sonatas

      Harmonia Mundi HMM-902337

      5:17 pm

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony in D, K. 51/K 46a

      Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
      Mozart: The Complete Symphonies

      L'Oiseau-Lyre 452496-2 (19)

      5:23 pm

      Ottorino Respighi: "Trittico botticelliano"

      I. "La Primavera"

      New Zealand Sym Orch/Andrew Schenck
      Respighi: Trittico Botticelliano, The Birds, Ancient Airs & Dances

      Stradivari SCD-8013

      5:29 pm

      Pablo de Sarasate: "Caprice basque," Op. 24

      Julia Fischer, v; Milana Chernyavska, p
      Julia Fischer: Sarasate

      Decca 4785950

      5:36 pm

      Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 15 in D, Op. 28, "Pastoral"

      Annie Fischer, p
      Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Vol. 6

      Hungaroton HCD-31631

      6:00 pm

      Antonín Dvořák: "Humoresque" in G-Flat, Op. 101, No. 7

      Chicago Sym Orch Wind Quintet
      Encore! - Chicago Symphony Woodwind Quintet

      Audiophile AP-17

      6:02 pm

      Alexander Borodin: "Prince Igor"

      Polovtsian Dances

      Paris Conservatory Orch/René Leibowitz
      An Evening of Opera - René Leibowitz

      Chesky CD-61

      6:15 pm

      Stephen Dodgson: "Tournament for Twenty Fingers"

      Part 2: III. "A Bohemian Entertainment"

      Emma Abbate & Julian Perkins, p
      Tournament for Twenty Fingers

      BIS BIS-2578

      6:23 pm

      Igor Stravinsky: "Le Baiser de la fée"

      Divertimento

      Orch de Paris/Semyon Bychkov
      Stravinsky: Petrouchka, Divertimento / Semyon Bychkov

      Philips 432145-2

      6:49 pm

      Maurice Ravel: "Daphnis et Chloé"

      Part 3: Pantomime; "Danse générale"

      Chicago Sym Cho & Orch/Bernard Haitink
      Daphnis et Chloé; Poulenc Gloria

      CSO Resound 901906

      7:00 pm

      7:00 pm

      Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

      The Viola. The viola is the middle sister of the stringed instruments, sitting between the violins and the cellos, and playing in a clef written just for her. The viola is often misunderstood and mistaken for a “larger violin” or sometimes either forgotten about or made the butt of jokes. But the viola sings with a dark richness that composers loved! Mozart, Brahms, and Dvorak played the viola; Hindemith did too. These composers, plus many more, figured out how to let this instrument have her day in the sun with concertos, tone poems, and orchestral solos.

      8:00 pm

      8:01 pm

      Joaquín Rodrigo: "Concierto para una fiesta"

      David Russell, g; Naples Phil/Erich Kunzel
      Rodrigo: Concierto De Aranjuez And More / David Russell, Erich Kunzel

      Telarc CD-80459

      8:32 pm

      Édouard Lalo: Cello Concerto in D minor

      Johannes Moser, vc; Prague Phil/Jakub Hrůša
      Dvořák & Lalo Cello Concertos

      Pentatone PTC 5186 488

      9:00 pm

      9:00 pm

      Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival

      Erwin Schulhoff Five Pieces for String Quartet; Miami String Quartet; Debussy "En Blanc et Noir (In White and Black)" for Two Pianos; Gilles Vonsattel, Inon Barnatan, pianos; Moritz Moszkowski Suite in G Minor, Op. 71; Jennifer Gilbert, Daniel Phillips, violins; Katia Skanavi, piano.

      10:00 pm - 12:00 am

      10:00 pm

      The New York Philharmonic This Week

      Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2; Emanuel Ax, piano; "Tragic Overture;" Beethoven Symphony No. 7; Alan Gilbert, conductor.