Classical Listingsfiles.ctctcdn.com/ad6d7e4d101/dcc10580-d457-443f-82d2-d...Classical Listings February 2016 Monday 1 9 pm The Chicago Symphony Ludovic Morlot conducts with Denis Kozhukhin,

Classical Listings

February 2016

Monday 1

9 pm The Chicago Symphony Ludovic

Morlot conducts with Denis Kozhukhin,

piano. Gershwin: “An American in Paris.”

Ravel: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand.

Stravinsky: “Jeu de cartes.” Ravel: “La

valse.” Encore: Debussy: “Jeux.” Ravel:

“Rapsodie espagnol.”

Tuesday 2

8 pm Tuesday Night with Stratton Rawson.

“How to begin an opera” An opera

inquisition by Stratton Rawson in which

Stratton demonstrates the strategies

(successful and perhaps unsuccessful) that

have been tried to get an opera from the

footlights to your heart.

Wednesday 3

9 pm The Dallas Symphony Jaap van

Zweden conducts with Alisa Weilerstein,

cello. Elgar: Cello Concerto. Fauré:

“Pavane”; Requiem.

Thursday 4

9 pm The New York Philharmonic Iván

Fischer conducts with Leonidas Kavakos,

violin. Bartók: Romanian Folk Dances.

Dutilleux: “L’arbre des songes.”

Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2.

Friday 5

10 am Philharmonic Friday with Peter Hall.

9 pm The Cleveland Orchestra with host

Robert Conrad. Lorin Maazel conducts with

Bruno Leonardo Gelber, piano. An all-

Mozart program: Serenade No.13 in G, “Eine

Kleine Nachtmusik”; Symphony No. 13 in F,

K. 112; Symphony in D, K. 97; Piano

Concerto No. 26 in D, K. 537, “Coronation”;

Symphony No. 33 in B-flat, K. 319.

Saturday 6

1 pm The Metropolitan Opera (Live)

Mascagni: “Cavalliera rusticana.”

Leoncavallo: “Pagliacci.” Fabio Luisi

conducts with Violetta Urmana (Santuzza),

Yanghoo Lee (Turridu) and Ambrogio

Maestri (Alfio) in “Cav”; Barbara Frittoli

(Nedda), Roberto Alagna (Canio), George

Gagnidze (Tonio) and Alexey Lavrov (Silvio)

in “Pag.”

8 pm Fascinatin’ Rhythm with Michael

Lasser.

Sunday 7

1 pm Atop the Podium This week: John

Williams.

5 pm Philharmonic Friday (on Sunday)

with Peter Hall.

6 pm Chamber Music Society of Lincoln

Center with host Elliott Forrest. Mozart:

Duo in G for Violin and Viola, K. 423 (Ida

Kavafian, violin; Yura Lee, viola).

Tchaikovsky: String Sextet, “Souvenir de

Florence” (The Emerson String Quartet,

together with violist Paul Neubauer and cellist

Colin Carr).

7 pm Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

with Jim Cunningham. James Gaffigan

conducts with Gabriela Montero, piano.

Bates: “White Lies for Lomax.” Ravel: Piano

Concerto in G. Wagner: “Good Friday Spell”

from “Parsifal.” Mendelssohn: Symphony

No. 5, “Reformation.”

9 pm Millennium of Music with Robert

Aubry Davis.

10 pm Pipedreams with Michael Barone.

Some Southern Sonorities: Selections from

performances recorded during the recent

American Guild of Organists Southeast

Regional Convention centered in Charlotte,

NC.

Monday 8

9 pm The Chicago Symphony Riccardo

Muti conducts with Mitsuko Uchida, piano.

Schumann: Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op.

54. Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C, 944

(“Great”) Encore: Schubert: Symphony No.

3 in D, D. 200.

Tuesday 9


“How to end an opera” Once you’ve begun

your opera, the next problem is to end it in

such a way that it is indelibly memorable. In

this opera inquisition, Stratton demonstrates

the strategies composers have tried to get you

out of the opera house with either their tunes

or their names on your lips.

Wednesday 10


Zweden conducts with Conrad Tao, piano;

Mason Bates, electronica. Chavez: “Sinfonia

India.” Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a

Theme of Paganini. Mason Bates: “Liquid

Interface.” Dvořák: Symphony No.7.

Thursday 11

9 pm The New York Philharmonic Kurt

Masur conducts. Beethoven: Symphony No.

1 in C minor. Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 in

E.

Friday 12



Robert Conrad. George Szell conducts with

Saramae Endich, soprano; Florence Kopleff,

alto; Ernest Haefliger, tenor; Ezio Flagello,

bass; and the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus.

Beethoven: “Missa Solemnis.”

Saturday 13


Verdi: “Il Trovatore.” Marco Amiliato

conducts with Angela Meade (Leonora),

Dolora Zajick (Azucena), Marcello Giordani

(Manrico) and Dmitri Horostovsky (Count di

Luna).


Lasser.

Sunday 14

1 pm Atop the Podium This week: Serge

Koussevitzky.

4 pm Polska Wesele, “A Polish Wedding”

Eileen Koteras Elibol hosts a program that

explores the unique nature of a Polish

wedding, whether in old Poland or among

Polish neighborhoods across North America

with commentary by Sophie Hodorowicz

Knab, author of “Polish Wedding Customs

and Traditions” and Rev. Czeslaw Krysa,

pastor of St. Casimirs Church in Buffalo.


with Peter Hall.


Center with host Elliott Forrest. Wolf: Italian

Serenade for String Quartet (“The Orion

Quartet”). Mendelssohn: “Lieder ohne

Worte” (“Songs without Words”) (Jeremy

Denk, piano). Prokofiev: Violin Sonata No. 1

in F minor (Elmar Oliveira, violin; Frederick

Chiu, piano).


with Jim Cunningham. Gianandrea Noseda

conducts with Denis Kozhuhkin, piano.

Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D

minor. Rossini: Overture to “William Tell.”

Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 in D.


Aubry Davis.


Various Variants: With a good theme,

variation sets provide organists and

composers an exceptional opportunity to tour

the tonal resources of any instrument.

Monday 15

9 pm The Chicago Symphony Riccardo

Muti conducts. Bates: “Anthology of

Fantastic Zoology.” Tchaikovsky: Symphony

No. 5. Stravinsky: Suite from “The Firebird.”

Tuesday 16


R. Strauss: “Der Rosenkavalier.” This

legendary performance from the Salzburg

Festival in 1960 that opened the brand new

“grosse festspielhaus” was captured by

Austrian Radio. Herbert von Karajan

conducts the Vienna Philharmonic in this

opera with Lisa della Casa (Die

Feldmarschallin), Otto Edelmann (Baron

Ochs), Sena Jurinac (Octavian), Erich Kunz

(Faninal) and Hilde Güden (Sophie).

Wednesday 17


Zweden conducts with Nicholas Phan, tenor;

David Cooper, horn. Bach: Brandenburg

Concerto No.1. Britten: Serenade for Tenor,

Horn, and Strings. Beethoven: Symphony

No.1.

Thursday 18

9 pm The New York Philharmonic Alan

Gilbert conducts with Frank Huang, violin.

Salonen: L.A. Variations. R. Strauss: “Ein

Heldenleben.”

Friday 19



Robert Conrad. Mitsuko Uchida, conductor

and piano. Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 18 in

F, K. 459; Divertimento in B-flat, K. 137;

Piano Concerto No. 19 in B-flat, K. 456.

Saturday 20


Donizetti: “Maria Stuarda.” Riccardo Frizza

conducts with Sondra Radvanovsky (Maria

Stuarda); Elsa van den Heever (Elisabetta),

Celso Albelo, (Leicester) and Patrick Carfizzi

(Cecil).


Lasser.

Sunday 21

1 pm Atop the Podium This week: Carlos

Kleiber.


with Peter Hall.


Center with host Elliott Forrest. Brahms:

Intermezzo in E-flat, Op. 117, No. 1;

Rhapsody in E-flat, Op. 119, No. 4 (Shai

Wosner, piano). Brahms: Piano Quartet in G

minor, Op. 25 (Wu Han, piano; Daniel Hope,

violin; Paul Neubauer, viola; David Finckel,

cello).


with Jim Cunningham. Krzysztof Urbański

conducts with Noah Bendix-Balgley, violin.

Prokofiev: Russian Overture. Mussorgsky

(orch. Ravel): “Pictures at an Exhibition.”


Pipedreams Live! at Broadway Baptist: A

Texas-sized celebration of the 191-rank

Casavant organ in Fort Worth, featuring

regional soloists.

Monday 22

9 pm The Chicago Symphony Esa-Pekka

Salonen conducts with Christian Tetzlaff,

violin. Janáček: Overture to “From the House

of the Dead.” Dvořák: Violin Concerto in A

minor. Salonen: “Nyx.” Encore: Janáček:

“Sinfonietta.”

Tuesday 23


Verdi: “La Traviata.” Another legendary

performance recorded live at the opening of

the Salzburg Festival in 2005. On this

occasion Carlo Rizzi was on the podium

leading the Vienna Philharmonic. This is the

performance that made Anna Netrebko a star

as she assumed the role of Violetta. Equally

brilliant was the young tenor who sang

Alfredo, Rolando Villazón. Thomas Hampson

was on hand to portray Giorgio Germont.

Wednesday 24

9 pm The Dallas Symphony James

Gaffigan conducts with Peter Serkin, piano.

Prokofiev: Symphony No .3. Mozart: Piano

Concerto No. 19, K. 459. Rimsky-Korsakov:

“Capriccio espagnol.”

Thursday 25

9 pm The New York Philharmonic Alan

Gilbert conducts with Emanuel Ax, piano.

Brahms: “Tragic” Overture; Piano Concerto

No. 2 in B-flat. Beethoven: Symphony No. 7

in A.

Friday 26



Robert Conrad. Mitsuko Uchida, conductor

and piano. Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 9 in

E-flat, K. 271; “Jeunehomme”; Serenade No.

11, K. 375; Piano Concerto No. 21 in C, K.

467.

Saturday 27


Berg: “Lulu.” Lothar Koenigs conducts with

Marlis Petersen (Lulu), Susan Graham

(Gershwitz) and Daniel Brenna (Alwa).


Lasser.

Sunday 28

1 pm Atop the Podium This week: Jean

Martinon.


with Peter Hall.


Center with host Elliott Forrest. Bach: Partita

in A minor for Recorder, BWV 1013

(Michala Petri, recorder); Brandenburg

Concerto No. 1 in F, BWV 1046 (violinist

Daniel Phillips leads an ensemble of CMS

musicians). Vivaldi: Concerto in C for

Sopranino Recorder, Strings, and Continuo,

RV 443 (Michala Petri, recorder; Cho-Liang

Lin, Lee, violins; Richard O'Neill, viola; Fred

Sherry, cello; Peter Kolkay, bassoon; Kurt

Muroki, double bass; Anthony Newman,

harpsichord). Bach: Brandenburg Concerto

No. 3 in G, BWV 1048 (Ani Kavafian, Bella

Hristova, Erin Keefe, violins; Paul Neubauer,

Mark Holloway, Richard O'Neill, violas; Fred

Sherry, Jakob Koranyi, David Finckel, cellos;

Edgar Meyer, double bass; John Gibbons,

harpsichord).


with Jim Cunningham. Juraj Valčhua

conducts with Joshua Roman, cello. Wagner:

“Prelude und Liebestod” from “Tristan und

Isolde.” Tchaikovsky: “Romeo and Juliet”

Overture-Fantasy. Bizet: “Carmen” Suites 1

& 2.


Aubry Davis.


Music in the Museum: Performances on the

unique 1929 Skinner pipe organ that graces

the rotunda of the Cincinnati Museum Center.

Monday 29

9 pm The Chicago Symphony Esa-Pekka

Salonen conducts with Samuel Coles, flute

and Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano. Debussy:

“Syrinx.” Ravel: Piano Concerto in G minor.

Messiaen: “Turangalîla-symphonie.”

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