Classical 94.5 Listings January 2016

Friday 1 10 am Philharmonic Friday with Peter Hall. 11 am New Year's Day from Vienna 2016 The Vienna Philharmonic presents its annual salute to the waltz on New Year's Day 2016. The orchestra has invited Mariss Jansons to welcome 2016 by conducting the annual New Year's concert. Hear the hit tunes of the Strauss family and others –polkas, gallops and waltzes, live from the Musikverein on New Year’s Day from Vienna. 9 pm The Cleveland Orchestra with host Robert Conrad. Franz Welser-Möst conducts an all-Brahms program: “Tragic Overture”; Symphony No. 3 in F; Symphony No. 2 in D. Saturday 2 1 pm The Metropolitan Opera (Live) J. Strauss, Jr: “Die Fledermaus.” James Levine conducts with Susanna Phillips (Rodelina), Lucy Crowe (Adele), Susan Graham (Orlofsky) and Toby Spence (Eisenstein). Sunday 3 1 pm Atop the Podium This week: Adrian Boult. 5 pm Philharmonic Friday (on Sunday) with Peter Hall. 6 pm Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center with host Elliott Forrest. Dvorak: Slavonic Dance in C, Op. 46, No. 1; Slavonic Dance in A-flat, Op. 46, No. 3 (Jeremy Denk, Wu Han, piano); Piano Quintet in A, Op. 81 (Jeremy Denk, piano; Ani Kavafian, Kristin Lee, violin; Paul Neubauer, viola; Andreas Brantelid, cello). 7 pm Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra with Jim Cunningham. Manfred Honeck conducts with Aleksey Igudesman, violin and Hyung-ki Joo, piano; “A New Year’s Gala.” 9 pm Millennium of Music with Robert Aubry Davis. 10 pm Pipedreams with Michael Barone. An Organist’s Yearbook: Our annual Olde Yeare-New Year reflection, with highlights from recent recordings, concert excerpts, prize-winning performances, memorial tributes and

more.

Monday 4 9 pm The Chicago Symphony Charles Dutoit conducts with Yo-Yo Ma, cello and Robert Chen, violin. Ravel: “Valses nobles et sentimentales.” Debussy: Symphonic Fragments from “The Martyrdom of St. Sebastian.” Saint-Saëns: “La muse et le poète.” Lalo: Cello Concerto. Encore: Debussy: “Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun.” Tuesday 5 8 pm Tuesday Night with Stratton Rawson. Tchaikovsky: “Cherevichki” (“The Little Shoes”). Tchaikovsky wrote this opera based on the Gogol’s short story, “Christmas Eve” in 1885. It was in fact a revision of an earlier opera that had fallen on deaf ears. Of this opera Tchaikovsky wrote, “I have no reserve in seeing “Cherevichki” as part of [the] opera repertoire in the future, and in musical terms I consider it my finest music.” Gannady Rozhdestvensky leads the orchestra and chorus of Teatro Lirico di Cagliari with Valeri Popov (Vakula, a smith), Ludmila Semcuik (Vakula’s mother, a witch), Albert Schagidullin (Bes, the devil), Vladimir Ognovenko (Cub, an old Cossack) and Ekterina Morosova (Cub’s daughter). Wednesday 6 9 pm The Dallas Symphony Jaap van Zweden conducts. Mahler: Symphony No. 9. Bach (arr. Stokowski): “Passacaglia and Fugue” in C minor. Thursday 7 9 pm The New York Philharmonic Semyon Bychkov conducts with Kirill Gerstein, piano. Rachmaninov: “Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.” Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11, “The Year 1905.” Friday 8 10 am Philharmonic Friday with Peter Hall. 9 pm The Cleveland Orchestra with host

Robert Conrad. Brett Mitchell, conducts the Cleveland Youth Orchestra. Adams: “The Chairman Dances.” Harris: Symphony No. 3. Berlioz: “Symphonie fantastique.” Saturday 9 1 pm The Metropolitan Opera (Live) Donizetti: “Anna Bolena.” Marco Amiliato conducts with Sondra Radvanosky (Anna), Jamie Barton (Jane Seymour), Tamara Munford (Smeaton), Stephen Costello (Richard Percy), Ildar Abdrazakov (Henry VIII). Sunday 10 1 pm Atop the Podium This week: Michel Plasson. 5 pm Philharmonic Friday (on Sunday) with Peter Hall. 6 pm Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center with host Elliott Forrest. Schubert: Fantasy in C, D. 934 (Benjamin Beilman, violin; Juho Pohjonen, piano). Mendelssohn: String Quartet in F minor, Op. 80 (Pacifica String Quartet). 7 pm Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra with Jim Cunningham. Yan Pascal Tortelier conducts with Lorna McGhee, flute. Grieg: from “Peer Gynt.” Nielsen: Flute Concerto. Borodin: “In the Steppes of Central Asia.” Scriabin: Symphony No. 4, “The Poem of Ecstasy.” 9 pm Millennium of Music with Robert Aubry Davis. 10 pm Pipedreams with Michael Barone. What’s New? Getting the New Year off to a fine start with a survey of some recent compact disc releases. Monday 11 9 pm The Chicago Symphony Asher Fisch conducts with Michael Barenboim, violin; Robert Chen, violin; Mathieu Dufour, flute; Eugene Izotov, oboe and William Buchman, bassoon. Wagner: “Siegfried Idyll.” Schoenberg: Violin Concerto. Mahler: Adagio from Symphony No. 10. Wagner: Prelude to “Parsifal.” Bach (arr. Koopman): Concerto in C, BWV 1064.

Tuesday 12 8 pm Tuesday Night with Stratton Rawson. Nielsen: “Maskarade.” Ludwig Holberg’s comedy “Mascaraden” was one of the most successful plays of the 19th Century. It spawned a vast amount of music, mostly in the form of incidental music. But it did also inspire one masterful opera by the Danish composer Carl Nielsen, who admired both “Die Meistersinger” and “Falstaff.” Despite the fact that “Maskarade” is a great comedic opera it is virtually unknown outside of Denmark. Here is the latest recording with Dane Michael Schønwandt leading the Danish National Symphony Orchestra and Choir. The mostly Danish cast is headlined by Stephen Milling who sings the role of Jeronimus, a comic creation worthy of being compared to Falstaff. Wednesday 13 9 pm The Dallas Symphony Jaap van Zweden conducts with Augustin Hadelich, violin. Bach (arr. Webern): “Ricercar” from “The Musical Offering.” Haydn: Symphony No. 98 in B-flat. Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D. Thursday 14 9 pm The New York Philharmonic Kurt Masur, conducts with Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Sylvia McNair, soprano; Florence Quivar, mezzo-soprano; Stuart Neil, tenor; Rene Pape, bass and the NY Choral Artists. Dvořák: Cello Concerto in B minor. Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, “Choral.” Friday 15 10 am Philharmonic Friday with Peter Hall. 9 pm The Cleveland Orchestra with host Robert Conrad. Lorin Maazel conducts with Catherine Bomstein, soprano; Susan Toth Shafer, mezzo-soprano; Rodney Keen, tenor; Daryl Phillips, bass and the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus. Schubert: Mass No. 4 in C, D. 452. Dallapiccola: “Songs of Imprisonment.” Hindemith: “Mathis der Maler” Symphony.

Saturday 16 1 pm The Metropolitan Opera (Live) Bizet: “Les Pêcheurs de Perles.” Gianandrea Noseda conducts with Diana Damrau (Leīla), Matthew Polenzani (Nadir) and Mariuz Kwiecien (Zurga). Sunday 17 1 pm Atop the Podium This week: Rafael Kubelik. 5 pm Philharmonic Friday (on Sunday) with Peter Hall. 6 pm Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center with host Elliott Forrest. Mozart: Sonata in C for Piano, Four Hands, K. 521 (Juho Pohjonen, Wu Han, piano). Beethoven: String Quartet in B-flat, Op. 18, No. 6 (Pacifica String Quartet). 7 pm Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra with Jim Cunningham. Juraj Valčuha, conducts with Nicola Benedetti, violin and the Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh. Rachmaninov: “The Isle of the Dead.” Szymanowski: Violin Concerto No. 1. Ravel: “Daphnis et Chloe.” 9 pm Millennium of Music with Robert Aubry Davis. 10 pm Pipedreams with Michael Barone. In Concert: We explore music old and new, introduce artists youthful and revered, and revel in fiery virtuosity, all on display in ‘live’ performances! Monday 18 9 pm The Chicago Symphony Riccardo Muti conducts with Rudolf Buchbinder, piano; Rosa Feola, soprano; Alisa Kolosova, mezzo-soprano; Saimir Pirgu, tenor; Michele Pertusi, bass and David McGill, bassoon. Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491; “Requiem.” Encore: Mozart: Bassoon Concerto in B-flat, K. 191. Tuesday 19 8 pm Tuesday Night with Stratton Rawson. Korngold: “Die tote Stadt.” Only recently has Korngold’s greatest opera found a place in the standard operatic repertoire. So somewhat

belatedly, we’ll hear the world premiere recording overseen by Austrian born Erich Leinsdorf with René Kollo and Carol Neblett singing the leading roles originally undertaken by Richard Tauber and Lotte Lehmann. The opera was recorded in Munich with the Munich Radio Orchestra and Chorus under the auspices of the Korngold Estate. Wednesday 20 9 pm The Dallas Symphony Jaap van Zweden conducts with Emanuel Ax, piano. Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 14 in E-flat, K. 449. Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8. Thursday 21 9 pm The New York Philharmonic Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts with Leila Josefowicz, violin. Salonen: Violin Concerto. Sibelius: Symphony No. 5. Friday 22 10 am Philharmonic Friday with Peter Hall. 9 pm The Cleveland Orchestra with host Robert Conrad. Christoph von Dohnányi conducts with Janos Starker, cello. Bartok: Two Portraits; Cello Concerto. Dvorak: Symphony No. 8 in G. Saturday 23 1 pm The Metropolitan Opera (Live) Wagner: “Tannhäuser.” James Levine conducts with Eva-Maria Westbroek (Elisabeth), Michelle DeYoung (Venus), Johan Botha (Tannhäuser) and Peter Mattei (Wolfram). Sunday 24 11 am Sunday Baroque with Suzanne Bona. 1 pm Atop the Podium This week: Daniel Barenboim. 5 pm Philharmonic Friday (on Sunday) with Peter Hall. 6 pm Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center with host Elliott Forrest. Crusell: Clarinet Quartet in E-flat, Op. 2 (Romie de Guise-Langlois, clarinet; Areta Zhulla, violin; Mark Holloway, viola; Timothy Eddy, cello).

Sibelius: String Quartet in D minor, Op. 56, “Voces intimae” (Escher String Quartet). 7 pm Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra with Jim Cunningham. Manfred Honeck conducts. Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor; Symphony No. 7 in A. 9 pm Millennium of Music with Robert Aubry Davis. 10 pm Pipedreams with Michael Barone. The Miller’s Tale: Conversations with, plus compositions and improvisations by the versatile and remarkable Minnesota-based organist Aaron David Miller. Monday 25 9 pm The Chicago Symphony Sakari Oramu conducts with Yuja Wang, piano. Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3. Nielsen: Symphony No. 5. Encore: Brahms: Serenade No. 2 in A. Tuesday 26 8 pm Tuesday Night with Stratton Rawson. Mozart: “Don Giovanni.” It’s the first great stereo recording of Mozart’s opera. Josef Krips leads the Vienna State Opera Chorus and the Vienna Philharmonic. The peerless Cesare Siepi is Don Giovanni and Fernando Corena sings his servant Leporello with Suzanne Danco (Anna), Anton Dermota (Ottavio), Lisa della Casa (Elvira), Walter Berry, (Masetto) and Hilde Gueden (Zerlina). Wednesday 27 9 pm The Dallas Symphony Jaap van Zweden conducts with Michelle DeYoung, mezzo-soprano; Matthias Goerne, baritone. Mozart: Symphony No. 25 in G minor, K. 183. Bartók: “Bluebeard’s Castle.” Thursday 28 9 pm The New York Philharmonic Jeffrey Kahane conducts from the keyboard with Michelle Kim, violin and Rebecca Young, viola. Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 17 in G, K.453; Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466; Sinfonia concertante in E-flat, K. 364. Friday 29

10 am Philharmonic Friday with Peter Hall. 9 pm The Cleveland Orchestra with host Robert Conrad. George Szell conducts with Abraham Skernick, viola. Corelli: Concerto grosso in G minor, Op. 6, No. 8, “Christmas.” Brahms: Variations on a theme by Haydn. Berlioz: “Harold in Italy.” Saturday 30 1 pm The Metropolitan Opera (Live) Puccini: “Turandot.” Paolo Carignani conducts with Nema Stemme (Turandot), Anita Hartig (Liu), Marco Berti (Calàf) and Alexander Tsymbalyuk (Timur). 11pm Music Through the Night Sunday 31 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. Haydn: String Quartet in G, Op. 77, No. 1 (Belcea Quartet). Dvorák: Piano Quartet in D, Op. 23 (Jeremy Denk, piano; Erin Keefe, violin; Richard O'Neill, viola; Andreas Brantelid, cello). 7 pm Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra with Jim Cunningham. Christoph König, conducts with Tim Fain, violin. Respighi: Overture to “Belfagor.” Glass: Violin Concerto No. 2. Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F. 9 pm Millennium of Music with Robert Aubry Davis. 10 pm Pipedreams with Michael Barone. The Glories of Great Britain: A selective sampler of some of the venues to be visited during the upcoming “Pipedreams Tour” in northern England and Scotland.