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January 2005
Two Birthdays: Franz Schubert and Philip Glass
Monday, January 31, 2005
We're dedicating the entire program to two major composers who share a birthday tonight: Franz Peter Schubert and Philip Glass.
Summer Music
Sunday, January 30, 2005
We could all us a bit of summer right now, couldn't we? Well, if we can't get it outdoors, we'll at least get a taste of it indoors with some "Summer Music."
Two Birthdays: Auber and Wagenseil
Saturday, January 29, 2005
It’s another double birthday occasion. French composer François Auber arrived on this planet in 1782, while Austrian composer and pianist Georg Christoph Wagenseil showed up quite a bit earlier, in 1715.
A Birthday: John Tavener
Friday, January 28, 2005
John Tavener, the British composer known for his modern take on Orthodox religious music, was born this day in 1944. We celebrate his 61st birthday with several works.
Celebrating Mozart
Thursday, January 27, 2005
Tonight, we light the birthday candles (249 of them, to be exact) and raise a toast to the Granddaddy of Classical Music, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart!
Takács Takes on Beethoven
Wednesday, January 26, 2005
If you haven't seen the Takács Quartet at Lincoln Center this month performing the complete series of Beethoven String Quartets, you've got just two chances left. Or, you can also hear this highly acclaimed ensemble on tonight's program.
Beethoven's Shadow
Tuesday, January 25, 2005
After the appearance of Beethoven's monumental Ninth Symphony in 1824, German symphonists struggled under Beethoven's shadow to create works that would endure in comparison. One such composer was Johannes Brahms, who, some fifty-two years later, finally took up the gauntlet and threw his own formidable hat into the ring with his Symphony No. 1 in C Minor.
Birdsong
Monday, January 24, 2005
Evening Music takes flight tonight with some bird-themed works, including Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavaara's concerto for birds and orchestra, the "Cantus Arcticus."
Father of the Pianoforte
Sunday, January 23, 2005
Few people have heard of this celebrated composer, teacher, conductor, music publisher, and piano manufacturer (even though Beethoven thought his piano sonatas were better than Mozart’s). Tonight we’ll raise a birthday toast to the “Father of the Pianoforte,” Muzio Clemente.
Cozy Evening
Saturday, January 22, 2005
Grab a cup of hot tea, settle in for a cozy evening and escape the chill of winter as we serve up some heart-warming classics tonight!
Traditional to Contemporary
Friday, January 21, 2005
From the traditional to the contemporary, we’ll enjoy some lovely folk (and folk-inspired) music tonight. Plus, Evening Music highlights some upcoming New York performances by notable artists.
Boulez Brings Us Berlioz
Thursday, January 20, 2005
Tonight, Boulez brings us Berlioz with the ever-popular “Symphonie fantastique.” Also, we’ll honor the birthday of two celebrated composers: American Walter Piston (born in 1894), and the delightful Ernest Chausson, who was born on this day exactly 150 years ago!
Celebrating Sir Simon Rattle's Birthday!
Wednesday, January 19, 2005
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Sir Simon Rattle is celebrating his 50th birthday today, and so are we! His conducting skills will be much in evidence this evening, so stay tuned.
"Tempest" Offerings
Tuesday, January 18, 2005
Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” has inspired composers from day one; this evening we bring you a number of musical reactions to the bard’s last work.
"Four3"
Monday, January 17, 2005
It’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, so we’re honoring his memory with David Nathaniel Baker, Jr.’s "Through This Vale of Tears." Don’t miss this third-hour treasure!
From Nocturne to Quartet to Quintet
Sunday, January 16, 2005
Viennese composer Wenzel Thomas Matiegka’s Nocturne for flute, violin, and guitar was reworked by Franz Schubert, in order to make of it a quartet, but . . .
Marcel Grandjany Plays Debussy
Saturday, January 15, 2005
In 1941, the Budapest String Quartet asked harpist Marcel Grandjany to join them at the Library of Congress, where they played a work usually scored for harp and orchestra . . .
A Remarkable Mezzo
Friday, January 14, 2005
The remarkable mezzo-soprano Lorraine Hunt Lieberson sings Johann Sebastian Bach’s cantata, “Ich habe genug” this evening. Don’t miss her. She begins our second hour . . .
Four Rockin' Guitars
Thursday, January 13, 2005
When is a Bach Orchestral Suite not played by an orchestra? When the Brazilian Guitar Quartet get hold of it, rearrange it for four rockin’ guitars, and blow your mind. . .
After a Single Flower
Wednesday, January 12, 2005
Morton Feldman was born 79 years ago today. Let him speak for himself: “What I am after is somewhat like Mondrian not wanting to paint bouquets, but a single flower.”
Bernstein Conducts Britten
Tuesday, January 11, 2005
From Leonard Bernstein’s final concert, in 1990 with the Boston Symphony at Tanglewood, we bring you Benjamin Britten’s ‘Four Sea Interludes’ from “Peter Grimes.”
Fourteen Canons on the First Eight Notes...
Monday, January 10, 2005
During the winter of 1974-75, some previously unknown Bach works turned up in Strasbourg: fourteen canons on the first eight notes of the “Goldberg” Aria. We hear them this evening.
John Knowles Paine and the American Symphony
Sunday, January 09, 2005
It’s a birthday blast again this evening, as we tip a glass to the American composer John Knowles Paine, born in Portland, Maine in 1839.
Copland Conducts Copland
Saturday, January 08, 2005
“The Red Pony” Suite was arranged from Aaron Copland’s score for his fourth Hollywood commission, a 1948 movie based on the John Steinbeck novel.
The Music of Beth Anderson
Friday, January 07, 2005
According to Alan Gillmore, musicologist, the music of Beth Anderson offers “a refreshing simplicity without naivetédeeply felt, direct, and yes, beautiful.” We agree.
The Year 1905
Thursday, January 06, 2005
In this year of 2005, we hear a work honoring an uprising of 100 years ago, one that laid the groundwork for the eventual overthrow of the tyrannical Russian monarchy.
Birthday! Maurizio Pollini and Alfred Brendel
Wednesday, January 05, 2005
Two of the greatest living pianists were born this day, so it’s two birthday cakes to enjoy: one for Maurizio Pollini (1931), and the other for Alfred Brendel (1942). Pass the forks!
Birthday Honoree Josef Suk
Tuesday, January 04, 2005
Today we honor the birthday (1874) of Josef Suk, devoted protégé and son-in-law of Antonin Dvorák, and grandfather as well as namesake of the famous violinist Joseph Suk.
Horn Concerto
Monday, January 03, 2005
From the Deutsche Grammophon’s “The Chicago Principal,” our first hour features Mozart’s Horn Concerto No. 3, Dale Clevenger, principal French horn player of the Chicago Symphony, playing under Claudio Abbado.
Islamey
Sunday, January 02, 2005
Is Mily Balakirev’s “Islamey” (or Oriental Fantasy) really the most difficult piano work around, technically speaking? Andrei Gavrilov makes it sound easy. . .
First Number One
Saturday, January 01, 2005
On this first day of a new year, we feature works that have either No. 1 or Opus 1 in their titles, starting with Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 1.
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