Tuesday, January 2

 

   12:00   pm   THE VINCENT D’INDY SESQUICENTENARY ORGY

Paul Marie Théodore Vincent D’Indy was born in Paris in 1851.  Raised by his grandmother, he played piano and studied harmony with Lavignac and later with Franck, and went on to become a composer and teacher.  In his time with the Société Nationale de Musique and as director of the Schola Cantorum he sought to revitalize French music and bring to it the Germanic influences he treasured.  D’Indy’s early works show the influence of Bach, Beethoven, and Wagner, and his Catholicism is evident in his familiarity with Gregorian Chant.  Later in his life, however, his work became noticeably lighter, simpler, and happier.  His composition and teaching had a profound influence on French musical culture.  In commemoration of D’Indy’s 150th birthday, we present a brief survey of his works.

Times listed below are only approximate.

1878: Piano Quartet in a, Op. 7; Kratz, Oepen, Gmelin, Weichert (Koch)

1878: La Forêt enchantée, Op.8; Dervaux, Orchestre Philharmonique de Pays de la Loire (Arabesque LP)

1873-81: Wallenstein, Op. 12; Dervaux, Orchestre Philharmonique de Pays de la Loire (Arabesque LP)

1881: Le Poème des montagnes, for Piano, Op. 15; Doyen (MHS LP)

1882: Helvetia: Aarau, Schinznach, and Laufenburg, Op. 17; Joly (cybella LP)

1884: Lied for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 19; Webber, Tortelier, English Chamber Orchestra (Philips)

1884: Diptyque méditerranéen, Op. 28; Prêtre, Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra (EMI)

1886: Suite in D In Olden Style, for Trumpet, Two Flutes, and Strings, Op. 24; Glantz, Baker, C. Monteux, Guilet String Quartet (Heliodor LP)

1886: Symphony On a French Mountain Air, Op. 25; Henriot-Schweitzer, Munch, Boston Symphony Orchestra (RCA Victrola LP)

     3:00   pm

1887: Trio for Clarinet, Cello, and Piano in B-flat, Op. 29; Moraguès, Coin, Cohen (Adès)

1888: Fantasy on French Popular Themes, Op. 31; Cousu, Nopre, Württemberg Philharmonic Orchestra (Marco Polo)

1890-91: Karadec, Op. 34; Paillard, Paillard Chamber Orchestra (Erato LP)

1891: Tableaux de voyage: Six Pieces, Op. 36; Nopre, Württemberg Philharmonic (Marco Polo)

1881-95: Prelude to Act I of Fervaal, Op. 40; Wolff, Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux (Timpani)

1881-95: Fervaal, Op. 40; Mollien, Grancher, Germain, Capderou, Le Conte, Orchestra and Chorus of French Radio (MRF LPs)

     6:00   pm

1896: Istar, Op. 42; Rudolf, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (Decca LP)

1897: String Quartet No. 2 in E, Op. 45; Kodály Quartet (Marco Polo)

1902-03: Symphony No. 2 in B-flat, Op. 57; DePriest, Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra (Koch)

1905: Jour d’été à la montagne, Op. 61; Janowski, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France (Erato)

1909: Menuet sur le nom d’Haydn, Op. 65; Fingerhut (Chandos)

1912: Chanson et Danses, Op. 50; Sylvan Winds (Koch)

1918: Sarabande and Menuet, for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, and Piano, (arr. from Op. 24), Op. 72; Cantin, Bourgue, Portal, Wallez, Cazalet, Rogé (London)

1919-21: Poème des Rivages, Op. 77; Prêtre, Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra (EMI)

1929: Piano Trio in G, Op, 98; Prat, Gaugué, Paik (Valois)

   10:00   pm   THE CHRIS SMITHER ORGY

Hailed by many as the greatest acoustic-blues guitar player living today, singer-songwriter Chris Smither has established himself as one of the most important figures in the modern blues world.  This New Orleans-born son of a Tulane professor learned to play by imitating a Lightnin’ Hopkins album, and he hasn’t looked back since.  From his early days playing in Harvard Square coffeehouses during the 1960s blues revival to his recent work as an internationally acclaimed artist, Smither has proven himself as both brilliant songsmith and fine interpreter of classic blues. “His lean, precise songwriting is an arrow shot to the emotional core and his covers are revelatory,” one critic writes.  Best known for his wondrous originals, Smither has won blues greats BB King and Bonnie Raitt, the latter of whom recorded two of his classics, “Love You Like a Man” and “I Feel the Same.”

“Think of a wandering Zen troubadour with a blue guitar, a hot finger-picking style and a gravelly voice that could make any material sound deep and cool,” writes the Associated Press.  This one-man band, with his grand voice, stomping foot, blues-drenched guitar, and abiding interest in the problem of evil, will astound and impress the listener as we march through his exhaustive collection of blues mastery, exploring this Boston native’s talents as a lyricist, composer, and acoustic guitarist.

 

Wednesday, January 3

 

     4:00   am   THE ECM ORGY

The ECM Orgy explores the history of the seminal independent label founded by Manfred Eicher. Established at a time where free jazz and fusion seemed the only commercially viable venues for jazz musicians, ECM has created an alternative for musicians and listeners alike, with a trademark sound and style.  We will go through hundreds of releases produced in more than 30 years by the Bavarian label, playing both famous and lesser known records by musicians such as Bill Frisell, Paul Bley, Keith Jarrett, Jan Garbarek, Enrico Rava, Nils Petter Molvaer, John Surman, Kenny Wheeler, Dave Holland, Louis Sclavis and many more. This Orgy has been prepared in collaboration with Mr. Eicher, who will be interviewed from his headquarters in Munich.

 

Thursday, January 4

 

                         THE ECM ORGY CONTINUES

 

Friday, January 5

 

     5:00   am   JAZZ INTERLUDE

     7:00   am   THE EDMUND RUBBRA ORGY

Edmund Rubbra (1901-1986) was one of the finest British composers of the 20th century.  He was a student of Cyril Scott and Gustav Holst, with an individual style shaped by his love of Tudor music and, above all, his profound spirituality.  Rubbra’s sensitive, subtle handling of voices and instruments complements the organic logic of his musical thought, culminating in epiphanies of chaste grandeur and ecstatic, bittersweet purity.

Times listed below are only approximate.

Rosa Mundi, Op. 2; Chadwell, Perrett (ASV)

The Virgin’s Cradle Song, Op. 3, No.1; Christophers, The Sixteen (Collins Classics)

Two Songs, Op. 4; Chadwell, Perrett (ASV)

Song, “Orpheus With His Lute,” Op. 8, No. 2; Chadwell, Perrett (ASV)

My Tocher’s the Jewel (trad. Scottish; arr. Rubbra), Op. 10; King’s Singers (EMI)

Violin Sonata No. 1, Op. 11; Osostowicz, Dussek (Dutton)

A Hymn to the Virgin, Op. 13, No. 2; Chadwell, Perrett (ASV)

Phantasy for Two Violins and Piano, Op. 16; Osostowicz, Manson, Dussek (Dutton)

Song, “Take, O Take, These Lips Away,” Op. 22, No. 1; Walker, Johnson (Hyperion)

Four Pieces for Violin and Piano, Op. 29; Osostowicz, Dussek (Dutton)

Violin Sonata No. 2, Op. 31; Osostowicz, Dussek (Dutton)

Four Medieval Latin Lyrics, Op. 32; Varcoe, Hickox, City of London Sinfonia (Chandos)

String Quartet No. 1 in f, Op. 35; Sterling String Quartet (Conifer)

Five Motets, Op. 37; Martin, Voces Sacrae (ASV)

Sinfonia Concertante, Op. 38; Shelley, Hickox, BBC National Orchestra of Wales (Chandos)

   10:00   am

Five Spenser Sonnets for Tenor and String Orchestra, Op. 42; Hill, Schönzeler, City of London Sinfonia (Virgin Classics)

Symphony No. 1, Op. 44; Hickox, BBC National Orchestra of Wales (Chandos)

Amoretti: Five Spenser Sonnets for Tenor and String Quartet, Op. 43; Hill, Endellion String Quartet (Virgin Classics)

Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 45; Handley, New Philharmonia Orchestra (Lyrita)

Orchestration of Brahms’ Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 47; Järvi, London Symphony Orchestra (Chandos)

Symphony No. 3, Op. 49; Del Mar, Philharmonia Orchestra (Lyrita)

     1:00   pm

Improvisations on Virginal Pieces by Giles Farnaby, Op. 50; Schönzeler, Bournemouth Sinfonietta (Chandos)

Five Madrigals, Op. 51; Voces Sacrae, Judy Martin (ASV)

Two Madrigals, Op. 52; Voces Sacrae, Judy Martin (ASV)

Symphony No. 4, Op. 53; Del Mar, Philharmonia Orchestra (Lyrita)

The Morning Watch, Op. 55; Hickox, BBC National Chorus and Orchestra of Wales (Chandos)

A Tribute, Op. 56; Del Mar, Philharmonia Orchestra (Lyrita)

Soliloquy for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 57; Sommer, Handley, London Symphony Orchestra (BBC Radio Classics)

Cello Sonata in g, Op. 60; Wallfisch, York (Marco Polo)

Festival Overture, Op. 62; Handley, New Philharmonia Orchestra (Lyrita)

Symphony No. 5 in B-flat, Op. 63; Hickox, BBC National Orchestra of Wales (Chandos)

Suite, “The Buddha,” Op. 64; Endymion Ensemble (Dutton)

Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in A-flat, Op. 65; Patterson, Gloriae Dei Cantores (Gloriae Dei Cantores)

     4:00   pm

Missa in Honorem Sancti Domenici, Op. 66; O’Donnell, Westminster Cathedral Choir (Teldec)

Meditazioni sopra “Coeurs Désolés,” Op. 67; Munrow, Malcolm (Angel LP)

Piano Trio in One Movement, Op. 68; Osostowicz, Salmon, Dussek (Dutton)

Tenebrae, Op. 72; Patterson, Gloriae Dei Cantores (Gloriae Dei Cantores)

String Quartet No. 2 in E-flat, Op. 73; Sterling String Quartet (Conifer)

Viola Concerto in A, Op. 75; Golani, Handley, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (Conifer)

Three Motets, Op. 76; Webber, Choir of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge (ASV)

Song of the Soul, Op. 78; Hickox, Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chorus, City of London Sinfonia (Chandos)

Ode to the Queen, Op. 83; Bickley, Hickox, BBC National Orchestra of Wales (Chandos)

     6:45   pm   HARVARD MEN’S HOCKEY

Harvard vs. Union

10:00 pm THE EDMUND RUBBRA ORGY CONTINUES

Symphony No. 6, Op. 80; Hickox, BBC National Orchestra of Wales (Chandos)

Star of the Mystic East, Op. 81; Martin, Voces Sacrae (ASV)

Salutation, Op. 82; Patterson, Gloriae Dei Cantores (Gloriae Dei Cantores)

Piano Concerto in G, Op. 85; Binns, Handley, London Symphony Orchestra (BBC Radio Classics)

Fantasy on a Theme of Machaut for Flute, Harpsichord, and String Quartet, Op. 86; Boyd, Harbach, Castleman, Gigante, Lenz, Frame (Albany)

Two Sonnets, Op. 87; Hodgson, Navratil, Swallow (Pearl LP)

Symphony No. 7 in C, Op. 88; Boult, London Philharmonic Orchestra (Lyrita)

Improvisation for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 89; Harth, Whitney, Louisville Orchestra (Louisville Records LP)

Mary Mother, Op. 90; Martin, Voces Sacrae (ASV)

 

Saturday, January 6

 

 midnight THE EDMUND RUBBRA ORGY CONTINUES

Cantata Pastorale for Tenor, Flute, Cello and Harpsichord, Op. 92; Boute, Boyd, Frame, Harbach (Albany)

Entrez y tous, Op. 93; Martin, Voces Sacrae (ASV)

Festival Gloria, Op. 94; Patterson, Gloriae Dei Cantores (Gloriae Dei Cantores)

Missa à 3, Op. 98; Martin, Voces Sacrae (ASV)

Oboe Sonata in C, Op. 100; Maxwell, Dussek (Dutton)

Variations on “The Shining River,” Op. 101; Newsome, Black Dyke Mills Band (Chandos)

     1:30   am

Pezzo Ostinato for Harp, Op. 102; Griffiths (EMI)

Violin Concerto, Op. 103; Little, Handley, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (Conifer)

Variations on a Phrygian Theme for Solo Violin, Op. 105; Osostowicz (Dutton)   

The Beatitudes, Op. 109; Martin, Voces Sacrae (ASV)

Lauda Sion, Op. 110; Martin, Voces Sacrae (ASV)

String Quartet No. 3, Op. 112; Sterling String Quartet (Conifer) 

Three Hymn Tunes, Op. 114; Webber, Choir of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge (ASV)

The Jade Mountain, Op. 116; Chadwell, Perrett (ASV)

Inscape, Op. 122; Hickox, Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chorus, City of London Sinfonia (Chandos)

Improvisation for Solo Cello, Op. 124; Gill (ASV)

Discourse for Cello and Harp, Op. 127; Gill, Perrett (ASV)

Veni, Creator Spiritus, Op. 130; Hickox, Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chorus, City of London Sinfonia (Chandos)

Symphony No. 8, Op.132 (Hommage à Teilhard de Chardin); Del Mar, Philharmonia Orchestra (Lyrita)

Violin Sonata No. 3, Op. 133; Osostowicz, Dussek (Dutton)

     5:00   am

Advent Cantata, “Natum Maria Virgine,” Op. 136; Varcoe, Hickox, Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chorus, City of London Sinfonia (Chandos)

The Holy Dawn, Op. 135; Martin, Voces Sacrae (ASV)

Piano Trio No. 2, Op. 38 Osostowicz, Salmon, Dussek (Dutton)

Symphony No. 9, Op. 140 (Sinfonia Sacra); Dawson, Jones, Roberts, Hickox, BBC National Chorus and Orchestra of Wales (Chandos)

Transformations, Op. 141; Perrett (ASV)

Fanfare for Europe, Op. 142; Stobart, Locke Brass Ensemble (Chandos)

Symphony No. 10 (Sinfonia da Camera), Op. 145; Hickox, BBC National Orchestra of Wales (Chandos)

Overture Resurgam, Op. 149; Del Mar, Philharmonia Orchestra (Lyrita)

String Quartet No. 4, Op. 150; Sterling String Quartet (Conifer)

Symphony No. 11, Op. 153; Hickox, BBC National Orchestra of Wales (Chandos)

Duo for English Horn and Piano, Op. 156; Maxwell, Dussek (Dutton)

Mass in Honour of St. Teresa of Avila, Op. 157; Martin, Voces Sacrae (ASV)

Sinfonietta for Large String Orchestra, Op. 163; Schönzeler, City of London Sinfonia (Virgin Classics)

     9:00   am   HILLBILLY AT HARVARD

     1:00   pm   CLASSICAL MUSIC INTERLUDE

     1:30   pm   METROPOLITAN OPERA

Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Karita Mattila, Hei-Kyung Hong, Ben Heppner, Matthew Polenzani, Sergei  Leiferkus, René Pape, James Levine conducting.

     4:30   pm   CLASSICAL MUSIC INTERLUDE

     6:45   pm   HARVARD MEN’S HOCKEY

Harvard vs. Rensselaer

   10:00   pm   THE ERIK SATIE ORGY

All hail the Master of Arcueil!  Claude Debussy suggested that Satie’s fundamental failure was to have been born in the wrong era—the modern world could hardly appreciate a medieval composer of such depth. From his early Gymnopédies, which earned him the honorific title of “Gymnopédiste,” to his “instantaneous” ballet Relâche, we attempt to recreate Satie’s timeless life in music.  The Satie Orgy will feature a live performance of Vexations and other works, as well as readings from the composer’s sense-defying writings.

Times listed below are only approximate.

1885: Valse-ballet Op. 62; Clidat (Forlane)

1885: Fantaisie-valse; Clidat (Forlane)

1886: Three Songs of 1886: “Les anges”;  “Elegies”, Op. 19; “Sylvie”, Op. 20; Mesplé, Ciccolini (Arabesque LP)

1886: Trois ogives; de Leeuw (Philips)

1886: Les fleurs; Mesplé, Ciccolini (Arabesque LP)

1887: Three Sarabandes; de Leeuw (Philips)

1888: Three Gymnopédies; de Buchy (Weesp)

1887: Chanson; Mesplé, Ciccolini (Arabesque LP)

 

Sunday, January 7

 

  midnight THE ERIK SATIE ORGY CONTINUES

1889-91: Six Gnossiennes; de Leeuw (Philips)

1891: Le fils des étoiles; Clidat (Forlane)

1891: Première pensée Rose + Croix; Clidat (Forlane)

1890: Six Gnossiennes (1-3 orch. Lanchberry, 4 and 6 Debussy, 5 Roland-Manuel); Lanchberry, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (Angel LP)

1892: Four Preludes: Fete donnée par des Chevaliers Normands en l’honneur d’une jeune demoiselle, Prelude d’Eginhard, 1er Prelude Nazareen, 2ème Prelude Nazareen; Barbier (Accord)

1893: Danses gothiques; de Leeuw (Philips)

1892: Sonneries de la Rose & Croix: Air de l’Ordre, Air du Grand Maître, Air du Grand Prieur; Cerha, Die Reihe Ensemble (Vox)

1894: Prélude de la porte heroïque du ciel (drame ésotérique); de Leeuw (Philips)

1895: Pages mystiques: 1. Prière; de Leeuw (Philips)

1895: Pages mystiques: 2. Vexations (organ); Désarbre (Mandala)

1895: Messe des pauvres; Désarbre, Paris Renaissance (Mandala)

1897: Je te veux; Bonazzi, Glazer (Vox)

1897: Caresse; Clidat (Forlane)

1897: Pièces froides: Trois Airs à faire fuire, Trois Danses de travers; de Leeuw (Philips)

1899 (-1929): Jack-in-the-box (pantomine, orch. Milhaud); Abravanel, Utah Symphony Orchestra (Vanguard LP)

ca. 1900: Petite ouverture à danser; de Leeuw (Philips)

ca. 1900: Poudre d’or; Clidat (Forlane)

ca. 1902: Tendrement (Hyspa); Gedda, Ciccolini (Angel LP)

ca. 1900: Le Piccadilly; Clidat (Forlane)

ca. 1900: Geneviève de Brabant (marionette opera; Contamine de Latour); Auriacombe, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire (EMI)

1903: Trois morceaux en forme de poire; Février, Auric (Adès LP)

1904: La Diva de l’empire; Mesplé, Ciccolini (Arabesque LP)

     3:00   am

1906: Passacaille; Clidat (Forlane)

1905: Trois Mélodies sans paroles: Rambouillet, Les Oiseaux, Marienbad; Danceries (Denon)

1906: Prélude en tapisserie; Clidat (Forlane)

1903: Trois Morceaux en forme de poire (orch. Desormiere); Abravanel, Utah Symphony Orchestra (Vanguard)

1906-13: Songe creux; Clidat (Forlane)

1906: Chanson médiévale; Mesplé, Ciccolini (Arabesque LP)

1906-8: Douze Petits Chorals; Clidat (Forlane)

1908-12: Aperçus désagréables: Pastorale, Choral, Fugue; Glazer, Deas (Vox)

1910-11: Deux Rêveries nocturnes; Clidat (Forlane)

1910-11: Nouvelles pièces froides: Sur un mur, Sur un arbre, Sur un pont; Clidat (Forlane)

1911: En habit de cheval; Glazer, Deas (Vox)

1912: Véritables préludes flasques (pour un chien); de Buchy (Weesp)

1912: Préludes flasques (pour un chien); Clidat (Forlane)

1913: Croquis et agaceries d’un gros bonhomme en bois; Clidat (Forlane)

1913: Embryons desséchés: d’Holothurie; d’Edriophthalma; de Podophthalma; Varsano (CBS LP)

1913: Descriptions automatiques: Sur un vaisseau, Sur une lanterne, Sur un casque; Clidat (Forlane)

1913: Embryons desséchés (orch. Cerha); Cerha, Die Reihe Ensemble (Vox)

1913: Vexations; Marks (London)

     6:00   am

1913: Chapitres tournés en tous sens; Clidat (Forlane)

1913: Les pantins dansent; Mesplé, Benoit, Bertin, Dervaux, Chorus of the Théatre National de l’Opéra de Paris (EMI)

1913: En habit de cheval; Rosenthal, Orchestre National de France (Adès LP)

1913: Menus propos enfantins; Clidat (Forlane)

1913: Peccadilles importunes; Clidat (Forlane)

1913: Enfantillages pittoresques; Clidat (Forlane)

1913: Le piège de Méduse (lyric comedy in one act, text also by Satie); Bertin, Deschamps, Falcucci, Laurence, Ciccolini, Lamoureux Concerts Orchestra (Angel LP)

1913: Vieux sequins et vieilles cuirasses; Clidat (Forlane)

1914: Choses vues à droite et à gauche (sans lunettes): Choral hypocrite, Fugue à tatons, Fantaisie musculaire; Taylor, Glazer (Vox)

1914: Heures séculaires et instantanées; Clidat (Forlane)

1914: Trois poèmes d’amour: “Ne suis que grain de sable,” “Suis chauve de naissance”, “Ta parure est secrète”; Bacquier, Ciccolini (Angel LP)

1914: Les Trois Valses du précieux dégouté; Clidat (Forlane)

1914: Cinq grimaces pour ‘Le songe d’une nuit d’été’ (Shakespeare); Abravanel, Utah Symphony Orchestra (Vanguard)

1914: Sports et divertissements; de Buchy (Weesp)

1915: Avant-dernières pensées; Pöntinen (Bis)

1916-17: Parade (ballet réaliste, Cocteau, Massine, Picasso); Auriacombe, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire (Angel LP)

1917: Pages mystiques: 3. Harmonies 1, 2 & 3; Désarbre (Philips)

1916: Trois Mélodies: “Daphénéo” (Farque), “La Statue de Bronze” (Godebska), “Le Chapelier” (Chalupt); Cuenod, Parsons (Nimbus)

1917: Sonatine bureaucratique; Clidat (Forlane)

1917-18: Socrate (Plato, trans. Cousin); Escribano, Bedard, Iiyama, Lorenz, Cerha, Die Reihe Ensemble (Vox)

     9:00   am

1919: Cinq Nocturnes; Clidat (Forlane)

1919: Trois petites pièces montées: De l’enfance de Pantagruel, Marche de Cocagne, Jeux de Gargantua; Cerha, Die Reihe Ensemble (Vox)

1920: Quatre petites mélodies: Elégie (Lamartine), Danseuse (Cocteau), Chanson (18th century), Adieu (Radiguet); Bonazzi, Glazer (Vox)

1920: La belle excentrique: Grande ritournelle, Marche franco-lunaire, Valse des mystérieux baiser dans l’oeil, Cancan grand mondian; Cerha, Die Reihe Ensemble (Vox)

1924: Mercure (ballet, Massine, Picasso); Abravanel, Utah Symphony Orchestra (Vanguard)

1920: Premier menuet; Clidat (Forlane)

1923: Ludions: Air du rat, Spleen, La grenouille americaine, Air du poete, Chanson du chat; Bonazzi, Glazer (Vox)

1924: Entr’acte Cinématographique from Relâche; de Froment, Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg (Vox)

1924: Relâche (instantaneous ballet, Picabia, Börlin); Auriacombe, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire (Angel LP)

   11:00   am   MEMORIAL CHURCH SERVICE

Preacher: The Reverend Peter J. Gomes, Plummer Professor of Christian Morals and Pusey Minister in The Memorial Church.  Music includes “Eternal light” by Leo Sowerby and “There shall a star come out of Jacob” by Mendelssohn.

   12:30   pm   CLASSICAL MUSIC INTERLUDE

     1:45   pm   HARVARD WOMEN’S HOCKEY

Harvard vs. Cornell

     4:30   pm   THE STANLEY TURRENTINE ORGY

Stanley Turrentine’s thick, booming tone is unmistakable in tenor sax circles.  A most highly regarded soul jazz musician, Turrentine impresses whether playing the blues, an old standard, or straight-ahead, swing-influenced jazz.  Blue Note reviewer Dudley Williams writes, “The Turrentine tenor displays none of the weak-kneed and frazzle-buttocked bleatings of many tenor sax deviates, but relies on the truly large tone of the big tenor sounds of the old masters.”  Turrentine’s association with Shirley Scott, in and out of the studio, and his work with Jimmy Smith left us with some of the finest soul and groove jazz of all time.  Stanley Turrentine suffered a stroke in September, 2000, and passed away shortly thereafter. The Stanley Turrentine Orgy is a celebration of this man’s music and the big sound he left behind.

 

Monday, January 8

 

     5:00   pm   THE EARTH, WIND, AND FIRE ORGY

Some say it is their virtuosic horn section, some the high quality and creativity of their songwriting, and some the sheer soul of their singing, but whatever it is about Earth, Wind & Fire, they stand among the most innovative and successful bands of the funk era, an influence on funk, jazz, rap, R & B, and even rock artists, with no close imitators, quite possibly because no one else can imitate their tight, complex, layered arrangements and legendary live performances.

Earth, Wind & Fire also bring an African consciousness and racial pride to pop music, with bandleader Maurice White pioneering use of the kalimba (a sort of small African thumb-piano) symbolizing the group’s purpose.  Earth, Wind & Fire’s larger philosophy is an enthusiastic gospel of hope and love.  Tracks such as Devotion, That’s The Way of the World, and Shining Star have become anthems of optimism, and their message remains relevant today.  This twenty-four hour compilation of EWF’s music takes us from their self-titled debut album in 1971 through their most recent release, In the Name of Love.

 

Tuesday, January 9

 

     5:00   pm   THE ARTUR SCHNABEL ORGY

Artur Schnabel (1872-1951) is perhaps best known as one of the twentieth century’s greatest interpreters of Beethoven’s piano music.  Schnabel once described his life’s ultimate goal as “seeing the musician through music, rather than music through the musician.” Fifty years after his death, Schnabel’s groundbreaking recordings of Beethoven, Mozart and Schubert remain revelatory and exciting documents.  We survey these and other recordings of Bach, Brahms, Schumann and Weber, as well as samplings of Schnabel’s chamber music collaborations and his compositions.

Beethoven recordings are on Angel/Seraphim LPs unless noted; Schubert, Mozart, and chamber music recordings are on Arabesque CDs unless noted.

Times listed below are only approximate.

 

Beethoven: Sonata No. 27 in e, Op. 90

Beethoven: Rondo a Capriccio, Op. 129, “Rage Over the Lost Penny”

Beethoven: Six Bagatelles, Op. 126

Beethoven: Sonata No. 26 in E-flat, Op. 81a, “Les Adieux”

Beethoven: Sonata No. 29 in B-flat, Op. 106, “Hammerklavier”

     7:00   pm

Schubert: Allegretto in c, D. 915

Schubert: Marche Militaire in E-flat, D. 733, No. 3; Karl-Ulrich Schnabel

Schubert: Four Impromptus, D. 899

Schubert: Moments Musicaux, D. 780

Schubert: Four Impromptus, D. 935

Schubert: Klavierstück in E-flat, D. 946, No. 2 (Private recording)

Schubert: Sonata in D, D. 850

Schubert: Sonata in A, D. 959

Schubert: Sonata in B-flat, D. 960

Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15 (APR)

Weber: Invitation to the Dance, J. 260 (APR)

   11:15   pm   CHAMBER MUSIC

Brahms: Trio in B, Op. 8; Szigeti, Fournier (Arbiter)

Brahms: Violin Sonata in A, Op. 100; Szigeti (Arbiter)

 

Wednesday, January 10

 

 midnight

Schumann: Quintet in E-flat, Op. 44; Pro Arte Quartet (EMI/Toshiba LP)

Dvorak: Quintet in A, Op. 81; Pro Arte Quartet

Mozart: Quartet in g, K. 478; Pro Arte Quartet

Schubert: Quintet in A, D. 667, “Trout”; Hobday, Pro Arte Quartet

     2:30   am COMPOSITIONS BY SCHNABEL

Violin Sonata (1935); Zukofsky, Oppens (CP2)

Notturno for voice and Piano (1914); Fischer-Dieskau, Reimann (Orfeo)

Piano Sonata (1922); Tozer (Chandos)

String Quartet No. 3 (1923-4); La Salle Quartet (DG)

Dance Suite for Piano (1921); Tozer (Chandos)

     5:00   am

Mozart: Concerto No. 21 in C, K. 467 (cadenzas: Schnabel); Sargent, London Symphony Orchestra

Mozart: Concerto No. 24 in c, K. 491 (cadenzas: Schnabel); Susskind, Philharmonia Orchestra

Mozart: Concerto No. 19 in F, K. 459; Sargent, London Symphony Orchestra

Mozart: Rondo in a, K. 511

Mozart: Sonata in F, K. 332

Mozart: Sonata in B-flat, K.5 70

Mozart: Sonata in a, K. 310

     7:45 a.m.

Brahms: Rhapsody in g, Op. 79, No. 2 (APR)

Brahms: Intermezzo in a, Op. 116, No. 2 (APR)

Brahms: Intermezzo in E-flat, Op. 117, No. 1 (APR)

Bach: Italian Concerto in F, S. 971 (EMI)

Bach: Toccata in c, S. 911 (EMI)

Bach: Toccata in D, S. 912 (EMI)

Bach: Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue in d, S. 903 (EMI)

     9:00   am

Beethoven: Sonata No. 2 in A, Op. 2, No. 2

Beethoven: Sonata No. 17 in d, Op. 31, No. 2

Beethoven: Sonata No. 11 in B-flat, Op. 22

Beethoven: Sonata No. 13 in E-flat, Op. 27, No. 1

Beethoven: Sonata No. 21 in C, Op. 53, “Waldstein”

Beethoven: Concerto No. 4 in G, Op. 58; Sargent, London Symphony Orchestra (Arabesque LP)

Beethoven: Concerto No. 5 in E-flat, Op. 73; Sargent, London Symphony Orchestra

    (Arabesque LP)

Beethoven: Sonata in No. 9 in E, Op. 14, No. 1

   12:00   pm

Beethoven: Sonata No. 3 in C, Op. 2, No. 3

Beethoven: Sonata No. 5 in c, Op. 10, No. 1

Beethoven: Sonata No. 16 in G, Op.31, No. 1

Beethoven: Sonata No. 22 in F, Op. 54

Beethoven: Sonata No. 30 in E, Op. 109

Beethoven: Sonata No. 32 in c, Op. 111

Beethoven: 33 Variations on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120

     4:00   pm   THE TEJANO/NORTEÑO ORGY

Tejano and Norteño music is a regional music born a “border music” but now extended beyond the Southern Texan and Northern Mexican regions to all parts of the United States, Mexico, and the world.  The music includes sounds of the accordion, bajo sexto, saxophone, and tambora, with the styles of cumbias, corridos, rancheras, and boleros.  The Orgy will present some of the more influential Tejano and Norteño artists of the past and present, including Los Alegres de Teran, Cornelio Reyna, Ramon Ayala, Los Tigres del Norte, Flaco Jimenez, Fito Olivares, Selena, Intocable, and others.  Largely marginalized as “low class” music among some Mexicans, those of Mexican decent, and Latinos in general, it was not even recognized in the Latin Grammy Awards, which somehow found room for the non-Latin N’Sync on their television broadcast.  This Orgy covers some of the more celebrated names in the music’s past and present, ending with a tribute to Zenaida—a folk character who is the focus of many songs (rancheras and corridos) in the Tejano, Norteño, and other Regional Mexican music traditions and styles.

 

Thursday, January 11

 

 midnight ROCK INTERLUDE

     5:00   am   THE CELTIC ORGY

Although no single term can fully incorporate the variety of music that has come out of the Celtic tradition, the Celtic Orgy attempts to unite many aspects of Celtic music in an exploration of rhythms, instrumentation, and history, spanning the musical traditions of the six Celtic language regions (Ireland, Scotland, Isle of Man, Cornwall, Brittany, and Wales) as well as music arising within the Celtic diaspora regions (such as Cape Breton, Newfoundland, and the United States. 

What began centuries ago across the Atlantic has continued through a folk tradition including bardic storytelling, work songs, drinking songs, and instrumental music.  Traditional music will be featured in authentic forms, as well as in styles from the Celtic revival of the 1970s, when many artists, ethnologists, and enthusiasts rallied to record traditional songs and continue the development of Celtic music with the introduction of new instruments and new songs in old styles, and by preserving the spirit of many traditions within modern music.  We feature many groups central to this revival (The Chieftains, Altan, De Dannan), along with a some rare recordings of their forerunners and emerging successors from labels such as Green Linnet, Shanachie, and Compass.  Other highlights: an examination of the lesser-known aspects of Breton music and an hour devoted to modern music.

     4:00   pm   THE ROBERT WYATT ORGY

Robert Wyatt was a founding member of the Soft Machine, who helped transform the late-sixties psychedelic scene in Britain into something more lasting.  Through successive albums, Soft Machine soon moved toward a more jazz-based fusion with rock music, punctuated by Wyatt’s distinctive drumming and vocals, and attracted a massive following across Europe.  After extensive touring, Wyatt left Soft Machine intending to pursue a solo career, but instead assembled Matching Mole, who released two critically acclaimed LPs before tragedy struck.

In 1973, Wyatt fell from a third floor window during a party, leaving him paralyzed from the waist downwards.  From that day on, he concentrated his efforts into solo recordings, mixing simple and effective keyboard melody lines with poignant lyrics, often filled with personal and political references.  The results proved both haunting and reflective. He has collaborated with Henry Cow, Carla Bley, Brian Eno, Syd Barrett, and Scritti Politti.  Who is this Marxist who has a hit recording of a Monkees song, this man who has appeared on Rough Trade’s “Wanna Buy a Bridge” compilation of the most scathing art punk in Europe after being a recipient of the Grand Prix de l’Académie Charles Cros in France?  The Robert Wyatt Orgy attempts an answer.

Robert Wyatt, confined to a wheelchair for twenty-five years, has demonstrated more musical and conceptual mobility than any of his peers. He has been inspired by Charlie Haden’s Liberation Music Orchestra, and performed an anti-Falklands War song, written for him by Elvis Costello.  The Robert Wyatt Orgy will conclude with his 1997 album Shleep, which celebrates the world of dreams.  Whether Wyatt’s work inhabits the free jazz kingdom, the psychedelic phylum, or the art punk subspecies, we celebrate it all.

 

Friday, January 12

 

     2:00   pm   THE JEAN-PIERRE RAMPAL ORGY

As the first international concert flutist, Jean-Pierre Rampal brought his instrument into a position of prominence which it had not enjoyed since the eighteenth century.  Rampal was born in Marseille in 1922, and he studied at the Conservatory there with his father.  He attended medical school for three years before abandoning it during the Nazi occupation to study at the Paris Conservatoire, and he began his long performing career in 1945.  He worked tirelessly to expand the flute repertoire, discovering forgotten flute music from previous centuries and performing the music of contemporary composers, many of whom he knew personally, such as Poulenc, Boulez, and Jolivet.

In commemoration of Rampal’s death in May, we present a range of recordings which span the many aspects of the artist’s musical life: concert soloist, chamber musician, teacher, collaborator and scholar. 

Mercadante: Flute Concerto in e; Scimone, I Solisti Veneti (RCA LP)

Prokofiev: Flute Sonata in D, Op. 94; Veyron-Lacroix (Odyssey LP)

Giuliani: Grand Sonata in A for Flute and Guitar, Op. 85; Bartoli (Odyssey LP)

Bernstein: Halil; Bernstein, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (DG)

Roussel: Two Songs with Flute, Op. 26; Battle (Sony)

Telemann: Scherzo for Two Flutes and Harpsichord No. 1 in A; Kudo, Ritter (Sony)

Jolivet: Suite en Concert for Flute and Percussion; Jolivet, J.-C. Casadesus, Drouet, Masson, François (RCA LP)

Mozart: Flute Quartet in D, K. 285; Stern, Accardo, Rostropovich (CBS)

Ibert: Three Short Pieces for Wind Quintet; Pierlot, Lancelot, Coursier, Hongne (Oiseau-Lyre LP)

Gianella: Concerto Lugubre in c for Flute and Orchestra; Scimone, I Solisti Veneti (RCA LP)

Corrette: Concerto Comique in C, Op. 8, No. 3, “Margoton”; Baron, Bennett, Veyron-Lacroix, Soyer (Connoisseur Society LP)

Doppler: Hungarian Duettino for Two Flutes and Piano, Op. 36; Kudo, Ritter (Sony)

Martinu: Flute Sonata; Ritter (Sony)

Quantz: Flute Concerto in G; Roussel, Orchestre Antiqua Musica (Mercury LP)

Kuhlau: Trio for Two Flutes and Piano in G, Op. 119; Arimany, Ritter (Delos)

Poulenc: Flute Sonata; Veyron-Lacroix (Odyssey LP)

Mozart: Flute Concerto in G, K. 313; Stern, Jersualem Music Center Chamber Orchestra (RCA LP)

Bach: Partita in a for Solo Flute, S. 1013;  (RCA LP)

     6:45   pm   HARVARD MEN’S HOCKEY

Harvard at Princeton

   10:00   pm   THE KICK BACK AND GROOVE ORGY

Kick Back and Groove as we send out the most gritty Soul and Groove Jazz in our collection.  Dance to the sounds of Joe Henderson, Herbie Hancock, Horace Silver, Lee Morgan, and Art Blakey.  In addition, you’ll hear plenty of B-3 organ-playing Smiths: Lonnie, Dr. Lonnie, Lonnie Liston, and Jimmy.  Requests are welcome.

 

Saturday, January 13

 

     9:00   am   HILLBILLY AT HARVARD

     1:00   pm   CLASSICAL MUSIC INTERLUDE

     1:30   pm   METROPOLITAN OPERA

Verdi: Il trovatore; Marina Mescheriakova, Dolora Zajick, Neil Shicoff, Roberto Frontali, Dimitri Kavrakos, Carlo Rizzi conducting.

     4:30   pm   NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA IN CONCERT

Kurt Masur conducting.

Martin: Six Monologues from Everyman; Thomas Quasthoff

Brahms: A German Requiem, Op. 45; Heidi Grant Murphy, Quasthoff, American Boychoir, New York Choral Artists

     6:45   pm   HARVARD MEN’S HOCKEY

Harvard at Yale

   10:00   pm   THE HISTORY OF HIP-HOP ORGY

The History of Hip-Hop Orgy continues a WHRB tradition.  We will begin at Hip-Hop’s origins, pre-school breaks, and then live mixing of songs in chronological order, from old school to the present, for a marathon set lasting eight hours.

 

Sunday, January 14

 

     6:00   am   THE SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON II ORGY

Few artists bridged the gap between early and later blues, and, in the process, helped define the growth of the art form, as well as Sonny Boy Williamson II.  This legendary blues harp player was a driving force in blues from his earliest experiences rubbing elbows with Robert Johnson to his last recordings with groups like the Yardbirds.

Born illegitimate in Mississippi, Aleck Ford, a.k.a. “Rice” Miller, a.k.a. Sonny Boy Williamson II, rose to fame from a youth spent farming through his regular appearances on the King Biscuit Time radio program, which showcased some of the greatest Arkansas and Delta bluesmen of the Great Depression.  Sonny Boy followed the blues north to Chicago in the 1950s, planting himself in the middle of the growing blues scene there.  By the time the other Sonny Boy, John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, was murdered by icepick in 1948, it was clear that Sonny Boy II was on his way to overtaking him as “the true Sonny Boy Williamson.”

The Sonny Boy Williamson II Orgy will celebrate this king of bluesmen with a full review of his life’s work — from the Delta to Chicago.

   11:00   am   MEMORIAL CHURCH SERVICE

Preacher: The Reverend Dr. Lawrence E. Carter, Sr., Dean of the Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel at morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia.  Music includes Lauds by George Dyson and Elijah Rock by Jester Hairston.

 

THE GIUSEPPE VERDI ORGY®

Born in 1813, Giuseppe Verdi is considered by many to have been the premier opera composer of his century.  By the time of his death, January 27, 1901, his vast output included nearly thirty operas, a requiem, numerous songs and vocal pieces, instrumental music, and a string quartet as well.   

The Verdi Orgy commemorates the centenary of his death with virtually all of his music, allowing the observation of changes in style over the course of his lifetime.  Because of time restrictions, we reluctantly limited ourselves to one complete version of most works that were modified later, but in most cases we include some of the music added at the later date.  The works below are listed for the most part in chronological order, with a couple of modifications for convenience of listening.  There are also two brief segments devoted to “historical singers,” singers from the first half of the 20th century and singers whom we were not able to include in any of the complete operas.  Lastly, towards the end of the orgy we pay tribute to the great conductor Arturo Toscanini, the only one of our conductors in this Orgy to have known and played under Verdi, with two of Toscanini's greatest recordings.

 

Special thanks to Robert Dennis for his invaluable help in planning this orgy.

 

Times listed below are only approximate.

 

   12:30   pm      

1826(?): Quattro Duetti Sacri; WHRB Ensemble

1820s(?): Waltz in F; Holmes (rec. by WHRB)

1832(?)-35: Scene for two tenors and orchestra, “Io la vidi”; Pavarotti, Savastano, Abbado, La Scala Orchestra (CBS)

1835: Song, “Brindisi” (first version); O’Neill, Surgenor (Collins)

1836(?): Tantum Ergo; WHRB Ensemble

1838: Sei Romanze; Takacs, Falvai (Hungaroton LP)

1839: Oberto, conte di San Bonifacio; Dimitrova, Baldani, Bergonzi, Panerai, Gardelli, Munich Radio Orchestra  (Orfeo)

1839: Notturno, “A tre voci”; WHRB Ensemble

     4:00   pm

1839: Songs, “L'esule” and “La seduzione”; M. Price, Parsons (DG)

1840: Un giorno di regno; Norman, Cossotto, Carreras, Wixell, Sardinero, Gardelli, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (Philips LP)

1842: Nabucco; Scotto, Obratsova, Luchetti, Manuguerra, Ghiaurov, Muti, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra (Angel)

     9:00   pm

1843: I lombardi; Deutekom, Domingo, Raimondi, LoMonaco, Gardelli, Ambrosian Singers, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra  (Philips)

 

Monday, January 15

 

 midnight

1844: Ernani; Sutherland, Pavarotti, Nucci, Burchuladze, Bonynge, Orchestra and Chorus of the Welsh National Opera (London)

1844: I due Foscari; Gencer, Picchi, Guelfi, Serafin, Orchestra and Chorus of La Fenice (Classica)

1844: I due Foscari, scena, “Dal più remoto esilio…Sì, lo sento, Iddio mi chiama”; Pavarotti, Savastano, Abbado, La Scala Orchestra (CBS)

     4:30   am

1842: Song, “Chi I bei m'adduce ancora”; Scotto, Scalera (Nuovo Era)

1844: Song, “E la vita un mar d'affanni”; Scotto, Scalera (Nuovo Era)

1845: Giovanna d'Arco; Caballé, Domingo, Milnes, Levine, Ambrosian Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra (Angel)

1845: Alzira; Cotrubas, Araiza, Bruson, Rootering, Gardelli, Munich Radio Orchestra (Orfeo)

1845: Sei Romanze; Takacs, Falvai (Hungaroton LP)

     9:00   am

1846: Attila; Deutekom, Bergonzi, Milnes, Raimondi, Gardelli, Ambrosian Singers, Royal Philharmonic  (Philips)

1846: Attila, aria, “Oh, dolore”; Pavarotti, Abbado, Orchestra of La Scala (CBS)

1847: I masnadieri; Caballé, Bergonzi, Raimondi, Cappuccilli, Gardelli, Ambrosian Singers, New Philharmonic Orchestra (Philips)

1847: Song, “Il Poveretto”; M. Price, Parsons (DG)

     2:00   pm

1847: Jérusalem; Merscheriakova, Giordani, Scandiuzzi, Rouillon, Luisi, Geneva Grand Theatre Chorus, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (Philips)

1848: Il corsaro; Caballe, Norman, Carreras, Mastromei, Gardelli, Ambrosian Singers, New Philharmonica (Philips)

     7:00   pm   HISTORIC INTERPRETERS, PART I

Twice during this Verdi orgy we set aside time to sample the singing of singers from decades ago or whom we were not able to include in any of the complete operas.  Lawrence Tibbett, Enrico Caruso, and Rosa Ponselle are just some.  Part II will be broadcast Wednesday  at 8:00 pm. 

     8:00   pm

1849: La battaglia di Legnano; Ricciarelli, Carreras, Manuguerra, Ghiuselev, Gardelli, Chorus and Orchestra of the Austrian Radio (Philips)

1849: Luisa Miller; Moffo, Bergonzi, Verrett, MacNeil, Tozzi, Flagello, Cleva, RCA Italian Opera Orchestra and Chorus (RCA)

 

Tuesday, January 16

 

     1:00   am

1850: Stiffelio; Sass, Carreras, Manuguerra, Ganzarolli, Gardelli, Chorus and Orchestra of the Austian Radio (Philips)

1849: Song, “L'abandonee”; Scotto, Scalera (Nuova Era)

1850: Song, “Barcarola”; WHRB Ensemble

1855: Les vêpres siciliannes; Brumaire, Bonhomme, Peyrottes, Baran, Rossi, BBC Concert Orchestra (Arkadia)

1855: Les vêpres siciliannes, Romanza, “A toi que j'ai cherie”; Pavarotti, Abbado, Orchestra of La Scala (CBS)

1851: Rigoletto; Berger, Merriman, Peerce, Warren, Tajo, Cellini, Robert Shaw Chorale, RCA Orchestra (RCA LP)

   10:00   am

1853: Il trovatore; Price, Cossotto, Domingo, Milnes, Mehta, New Philharmonic Orchestra  (RCA)

1853: Il trovatore, ballet music; Almeida, National Opera Orchestra of Monte Carlo (Philips LP)

     1:15   pm

1853: La traviata; Callas, Kraus, Sereni, Ghione, Orchestra and Chorus of the San Carlos (EMI)

1850: Song, “Al tuo bambino”; Scotto, Scalera (Nuovo Era)

1858: Song, “Sgombro o gentil”; Scotto, Scalera (Nuovo Era)

1858: Song, “La Preghiera del Poeta”; Scotto, Scalera (Nuova Era)

     3:30   pm

1857: Aroldo; Caballe, Cecchele,  Pons, Queler, Westchester Choral Society, Oratorio Society of New York, Opera Orchestra of New York (CBS)

1859: Un ballo in maschera; Arroyo, Grist, Cossotto, Domingo, Cappuccilli, Muti, Covent Garden Chorus, New Philharmonic Orchestra (EMI)

1862: Inno delle nazioni; Pavarotti, Levine, Philharmonia Orchestra (London)

1863: Song, “Il brigidino”; Scotto, Scalera (Nuovo Era)

     8:30   pm

1865: Macbeth; Verrett, Domingo, Cappuccilli, Ghiaurov, Abbado, Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala (DG)

1847: Macbeth: music from the 1847 version; Cossotto, Carreras, Milnes, Raimondi, Muti, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, New Philharmonia Orchestra (Angel LP)

 

Wednesday, January 17

 

 midnight

1867: Don Carlo; Ricciarelli, Valentini Terrani, Domingo, Nucci, Raimondi, Ghiaurov, Abbado, Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala (DG)

1869: La forza del destino; Price, Cossotto, Domingo, Milnes, Levine, John Alldis Choir, London Symphony Orchestra (RCA)

1862: La forza del destino: Final scenes from the first version; Gorchakova, Grigorian, Putilin, Kit, Gergiev, Kirov Opera Orchestra and Chorus (Philips)

1869: Song, “Stornello”; O’Neill, Surgenor (Collins)

     8:00   am

1871: Aida, Overture; Abbado, Orchestra of La Scala (CBS)

1871: Aida; Tebaldi, Simionato, Bergonzi, MacNeil, Karajan, Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (London)

1873: String Quartet in e; Guarneri Quartet (RCA LP)

1874: Messa da Requiem; Schwarzkopf, Ludwig, Gedda, Ghiaurov, Giulini, Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra (EMI)

     1:00   pm

1880: Ave Maria ; M. Price, Parsons (DG)

1880: Pater Noster; Wolf, Philharmonia Chorus of Stuttgart (Calig)

1857: Prelude to Simon Boccanegra; Abbado, Orchestra of La Scala (CBS)

1881: Simon Boccanegra; Freni, Carreras, Cappuccilli, Ghiaurov, van Dam, Abbado, Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala (DG)

1887: Otello; Nelli, Vinay, Valdengo, Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus (RCA)

1887: Otello, ballet music; Almeida, National Opera Orchestra of Monte Carlo (Philips)

1890: Laudi alla Vergine; Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus (London)

     5:30   pm

1893: Falstaff; Nelli, Stich-Randall, Merriman, Elmo, Madasi, Valdengo, Guarrera, Toscanini, Robert Shaw Chorale, NBC Symphony Orchestra (RCA)

     8:00   pm   HISTORIC INTERPRETERS, PART II

     9:00   pm

1894: Song, “Pieta Signor” ; Scotto, Scalera (Nuovo Era)

1898: Ave Maria; Giulini, Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra (EMI)

1898: Stabat Mater; Giulini, Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra (EMI)

1898: Te Deum; Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus (London)

   10:00   pm   THE NO WAVE ORGY

Like the sounds which characterized its music, the No Wave scene was explosive and dense, occurring almost entirely in New York City’s Lower East Side from about 1978-1982.  A consciously avant-garde art movement, No Wave was an outgrowth of mid-70s punk as well as a reaction to the poppier, keyboard-driven New Wave that was then emerging.  No Wave often eschewed song structure in favor of pushing the experimentalism of earlier bands like Pere Ubu to its logical extreme. Harsh, abrasive, and complex, No Wave bands were fascinated by the pure noise which could be created by an electric guitar.  Sacrificing melody and other rock conventions, No Wavers explored the raw nature of their medium, and their efforts ranged  from the aggressive and noisy guitar washes of DNA to the atonal, dissonant, and ambitious compositions of Glenn Branca. 

The No Wave Orgy will begin with some of its influences, noisier and more experimental bands from the first punk wave and before, and then turn to the stylistic explorations from 1978 through 1982, with central figures like vocalist/guitarist Lydia Lunch and saxophonist James Chance (who performed together in Teenage Jesus and the Jerks), DNA, Mars, Eight-Eyed Spy, Bush Tetras, Chance’s later No Wave/funk project the Contortions, The Muffins, The Residents, The Raybeats, Ut, Theoretical Girls, and more, as well as the definitive No Wave recording, the  1978 Brian Eno-produced compilation No New York, which features material from Chance and the Contortions, Teenage Jesus, DNA, and Mars.  Then, some less central parts of the scene, like Glenn Branca’s symphonic arrangements, and bands like Y Pants, plus bands outside of New York whose styles tended in the same direction, like The Birthday Party. Finally, we’ll try to assess some of the impact No Wave has had on later music, first by sampling Lunch’s moderately successful later records and examining the No Wave-influenced formula of Sonic Youth, and then by taking a quick look at contemporary movements in guitar noise.  Interviews.

 

Thursday, January 18

 

                         THE NO WAVE ORGY CONTINUES

 

Friday, January 19

 

   10:00   pm   THE TECH ORGY

Once again  the Tech Department of WHRB invades the studio.  This year, for the first time, we present The Tech Radio Circus: Music, Mayhem, and More.  A splendid time is guaranteed .

 

Saturday, January 20

 

 midnight THE DENNIS BROWN ORGY

Born in Jamaica West Indies in 1957, Dennis Brown began his musical career at the age of nine.  He gave birth to several classics such as “Sitting and Watching,” “Revolution,” “Cassandra,” “Here I Come,” and many more.  Brown’s music is often considered to be the most colorful reggae ever.  He is the “Prince of Reggae,” bested only by the king of reggae music, Bob Marley.  Interestingly, Marley has repeatedly referred to Brown as his favorite reggae artist.  Brown recorded nearly 80 albums on 30 different labels.   He died at the age of forty-two on July 1, 1999, in Kingston, Jamaica.

     4:00   am   HIP-HOP INTERLUDE

     9:00   am   HILLBILLY AT HARVARD

     1:00   pm   METROPOLITAN OPERA

Busoni: Doktor Faust; Katarina Dalayman, Robert Brubaker, David Kuebler, Thomas Hampson, Peter Rose, James Levine conducting.

     4:30   pm   THE WOMEN IN BLUES ORGY

Women blues artists are usually given less prominence than male artists, partly because women have had fewer opportunities to spend time roaming around as performers.  But there are many women who have made important contributions to the blues.  This Orgy presents a survey of artists from Bessie Smith to recent figures such as Candye Kane and Shemekia Copeland, following the changes in blues from the 1920’s to the present.

     9:00   pm   THE NIGHT TRAIN ORGY

RHYTHM 95 once again invites you to ride with THE NIGHT TRAIN for an all-night tour through the world of classic Rhythm and Blues.  THE NIGHT TRAIN will present the artists and songs that helped to make American R&B one of the most significant American cultural influences of the 20th century.

Particular musical tribute will be paid to the American cities and geographic regions that served as the centers for classic R & B recording labels and their distinct styles.  These include Detroit (Motown), Memphis (Stax), Philadelphia (Philly International), Chicago (Chess), Miami (TK), and New York (Atlantic).  Areas that later emerged as centers for Urban Contemporary music, such as Los Angeles (Solar), Atlanta (LaFace), Minneapolis (Paisley Park) and New York (Tommy Boy) will also be featured.  

In addition to highlighting such popular artists as James Brown, Barry White, Marvin Gaye, Aretha Franklin, and Boys II Men, THE NIGHT TRAIN will also feature many artists whose influences on the music were far greater than their commercial success.  These include Linda Jones, Johnny Taylor, the New Birth, Jerry Butler, and Jimmy Forrest, who wrote the instrumental standard from which this presentation takes its name.  Requests will be accepted.

 

Sunday, January 21

 

     6:00   am   THE WOMEN IN BLUES ORGY CONTINUES

   11:00   am   MEMORIAL CHURCH SERVICE

Preacher: His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios, Primate of the Greek Orthodox Church in America and Exarch of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.  Music includes the Cantique de Jean Racine of Fauré and “Ubi caritas Gabriel” by Duruflé.

   12:30   pm   CLASSICAL MUSIC INTERLUDE

     1:00   pm   JOHN GIELGUD TRIBUTE

John Gielgud, one of the most admired actors of the twentieth century, died May 21 at the age of 96, equalled in stature perhaps only by Laurence Olivier.  Gielgud was active as an actor almost to the very end, with nearly three quarters of a century before the public.  His mellifluous tone and beautifully detailed performances were known to the world, although the greatest number knew him as the butler to Dudley Moore's Arthur in the film of that name.  Early in his career he was recognized as gifted and imaginative.  Although he attempted a wide range of roles and not all were right for him, nonetheless the variety of characters he undertook was surprisingly great when all was, literally, said and done.  We pay tribute to him with recordings dating back as far as his twenties and as recent as a few years ago.

We include speeches and sonnets by Shakespeare from the BBC in the 1940's-1960's, from the famous Columbia LPs of the 1950's, and from 78's made in the late 1930's (Pearl CD).  We will hear scenes from Congreve's The Way of the World with Edith Evans from 1943 (HMV LP), providing a mini-tribute within this Gielgud retrospective to that great lady of the theatre, who died 25 years ago.  And we will hear Gielgud in more modern repertory as well, plus scenes from Macbeth with Irene Worth, Romeo and Juliet (RCA Victor LPs), Chekhov's Ivanov (RCA Victor LPs), Sheridan's School for Scandal (Command LPs), and the final Lear.  We open with our earliest recording, from 1931, a scene from J.B. Priestley's The Good Companions, wherein he is joined by Adele Dixon, Laurence Baskcomb, and Deering Wells (EMI LP).

     5:00   pm   BEGGAR'S OPERA  

Music from a famous 1940 production of The Beggar's Opera directed by John Gielgud; Michael Redgrave, Audry Mildmay, Roy Henderson, Constance Willis, et al., conducted by Michael Mudie (HMV 78's-Pearl)

     6:00   pm   SIEGMUND ROMBERG ORGY

Operetta composer Siegmund Romberg, born July 29, 1987, died fifty years ago this year, November 10, 1951.  Recordings are RCA Victor LPs except where noted.

Her Soldier Boy (1917); Ringholz, Hunsberger, Eastman-Dryden Orchestra (Arabesque LP)

Maytime; MacDonald, Eddy

Blossom Time (1921); MacDonald, Eddy, Hunt, Galjour

The Student Prince (1924); Lanza (RCA Victor), Stevens (Columbia LP), Romberg and his orchestra

Princess Flavia (1925); Marsh, Kline, Baker, Murphy, Bourdon, Victor Light Opera Company (Victor 78)

The Desert Song (1926)

My Maryland (1927); Galjour, Cornell, Robert Shaw, Robert Shaw

The Love Call (1927); James, Shilkret, The Troubadours (Victor 78)

The New Moon (1928); MacDonald, Eddy

East Wind (1931); Munn, Jacques Renard Orchestra

May Wine (1935); Hunt, Romberg, orchestra

The Night is Young (1935); Cornell, Shaw, Robert Shaw Chorale

Forbidden Melody (1936); Joy, Victor Light Opera Company (Victor 78)

Maytime (film, 1937); MacDonald, Eddy

The Girl of the Golden West (film, 1938); MacDonald, Eddy

Sunny River (1941); Cameron, Shaw, Robert Shaw Chorale

Up in Central Park (film, 1948); Evans (Decca 78-Metropolitan Opera CD)

The Girl in Pink Tights (1954, posth.); Hunt, Diehl

     8:00   pm   IVOR NOVELLO ORGY

Ivor Novello (1893-1951) was one of Britain's most popular operetta composers.  Our tribute comes from period original cast recordings reissued on EMI-World Records LPs, except for the first two items.

Song, “Keep the Home Fires Burning” (1917); John McCormack (Victor 78)

Song, “And Her Mother Came Too” from the Revue A to Z (1921); Jack Buchanan (HMV 78-Monmouth Evergreen LP)

Glamorous Night (1934); Mary Ellis, Trefor Jones, Elisabeth Welch

Careless Rapture (1937); Dorothy Dickson, Olive Gilbert, Novello, Charles Prentice, Drury Lane Theatre Orchestra

Crest of the Wave (1938); Dickson, Gilbert, Edgar Elmes, Prentice, Drury Lane Orchestra

The Dancing Years (1939); Ellis, Gilbert, Novello, Prentice, Drury Lane Orchestra

Arc de Triomphe (1943); Ellis, Welch, Peter Graves

King's Rhapsody (1949); Vanessa Lee, Gilbert, Denis Martin, Novello

Gay's the Word (1951); Cicely Courtneidge, Lizbeth Webb, Thorley Waters

   11:00   pm   CLASSICAL MUSIC

 

 

Monday, January 22

 

 midnight ROCK

     5:00   am   JAZZ

            

THE DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH ORGY®

 

Dmitri Shostakovich, one of the preeminent and most prolific composers of the twentieth century, was born on September 25, 1906 in St. Petersburg.  His first symphony, composed at the age of eighteen for his graduation from the Leningrad Conservatory, was considered nothing short of a masterpiece, and he was almost immediately proclaimed by critics to be the leading Soviet composer of his generation.  However, Shostakovich did not remain in popular or political favor for very long.  Many of his works were labelled bourgeois and not sufficiently proletarian, and he was the target of two major and countless minor Stalinist and Soviet purges.  Shostakovich found himself in the difficult position of trying to please the authorities while writing music that he believed in.  Despite constant and often terrifying pressure, Shostakovich’s output was extensive, original, and innovative (though this originality and innovation often provoked the political reactions he was trying to avoid).  He composed in all genres, producing fifteen symphonies, fifteen string quartets, more than thirty film scores, operas, concerti, chamber music, sonatas, song cycles, solo works, and transcriptions and orchestrations of other composers’ works.  He was a friend of many of the leading Soviet musicians, including Mstislav Rostropovich, Kyril Kondrashin, Evgeni Mravinsky, Galina Vishnevskaya, and Rudolf Barshai, and he dedicated many works to them.  Shostakovich remained productive as a composer until his death in Moscow on August 9, 1975.

During this four-day Orgy, we shall hear virtually all of Shostakovich’s recorded output in chronological order, from the first works of a shy, serious child, to the last, gloomy compositions of a man frustrated by the Soviet musical establishment.  These works comprise only about three quarters of works catalogued by opus number, as many works, most of them film scores, have never been heard, recorded, or published outside of the former Soviet Union.  There will also be three sections devoted to historic performances of Shostakovich, many of them featuring the composer himself.

 

     8:00   am

1919: Scherzo in f-sharp, Op. 1; Rozhdestvensky, USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra (Melodiya)

1919: Minuet, Prelude, and Intermezzo for Piano; Postnikova (Melodiya LP)

1919: Murzilka; Postnikova (Melodiya LP)

1920: Five Preludes for Piano; Jones (AVM)

1921: Rimsky-Korsakov: “I Waited in the Grotto” (orchestration); Ablaberdyeva, Rozhdestvensky, USSR Academic Symphony Orchestra (Melodiya-Vox LP)

1921: Theme and Variations in B-flat, Op. 3; Rozhdestvensky, USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra (Melodiya)

1922: Two Fables of Krylov, Op. 4; Borisova, Rozhdestvensky, USSR Academic Symphony Orchestra (Melodiya-Vox LP)

1922: Three Fantastic Dances, Op. 5; Ortiz (EMI)

1922: Suite in f-sharp for Two Pianos, Op. 6; Arutiunian, Babadjanian (Chandos LP)

1923: Scherzo in E flat, Op. 7; Rozhdestvensky, USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra (Melodiya)

1923: Piano Trio No. 1 in c, Op. 8; Chung Trio (EMI)

1924: Symphony No. 1 in f, Op. 10; Järvi, Scottish National Orchestra (Chandos)

1924: Prelude and Scherzo for String Octet, Op. 11; Zehetmair, Phillips, Beyerle, Stocker, Hagen Quartet (ECM)

1926: Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 12; Zilberstein (DG)

1927: Ten Aphorisms, Op. 13; Varvarova (Chant du Monde)

   11:00   am

1927: Symphony No. 2 in B, Op. 14, “October”; Haitink, London Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra (London)

1927: The Nose, Op. 15; Akimov, Byelich, Sasulova, Tarkhov, Druzhinin, Lomonosov, Rozhdestvensky, Chorus and Orchestra of the Moscow Chamber Opera (Chant du Monde)

1928: Tahiti Trot (Tea for Two), Op. 16; Järvi, Scottish National Orchestra (Chandos)

1928: Two Pieces by Domenico Scarlatti for Wind Orchestra, Op. 17; Rozhdestvensky, USSR Wind Ensemble (Melodiya-Vox LP)

1928: New Babylon, Op. 18; Judd, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (Capriccio)

     3:00   pm

1928: Six Romances on Words by Japanese Poets, Op. 21; Rozhdestvensky, Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra (Melodiya-Vox LP)

1929: The Bedbug, Op. 19 (suite); Rozhdestvensky, USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra (Melodiya)

1929: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat, Op. 20, “First of May”; Rozhdestvensky, USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra (Melodiya)

1929: The Age of Gold, Op. 22; Rozhdestvensky, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra (Chandos)

1929: Overture to Dressel’s Armer Kolombus, Op. 23; Rozhdestvensky, Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra (Melodiya-Vox LP)

     6:30   pm   HISTORIC PERFORMANCES (PART I)

     9:00   pm

1930: Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, Op. 29; Vishnevskaya, Gedda, Petkov, Tear, Finnlä, Rostropovich, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra (EMI)

1930: Alone, Op. 26 (suite); Rozhdestvensky, Soloists’ Ensemble of the USSR Academic Symphony Orchestra (Melodiya)

 

Tuesday, January 23

 

 midnight

1930: The Bolt, Op. 27; Rozhdestvensky, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra (Chandos)

1930: Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms (transcription for two pianos); Postnikova, Schnittke (Melodiya LP)

1931: The Golden Mountains (suite), Op. 30a; Mnatsakanov, State Cinematographic Symphony Orchestra (Citadel)

1931: Two Pieces for String Quartet; Fitzwilliam String Quartet (London)

1931: Hypothetically Murdered (reconstructed by McBurney), Op. 31a; Elder, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (United)

     4:00   am

1932: Hamlet (suite), Op. 32a; Järvi, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra (DG)

1932: Counterplan, Op. 33; Mnatsakanov, Byelorussian Radio and TV Symphony Orchestra (Russian Disc)

1932: Twenty-Four Preludes for Piano; Viardo (Nonesuch)

1933: Concerto No. 1 in c for Piano, Trumpet, and Orchestra, Op. 35; Kissin, Kan, Spivakov, Moscow Virtuosi (RCA)

1933: The Tale of a Priest and His Servant Balda, Op. 36; Pankratov, Safenin, Ustinova, Manukhov, Kalinovsky, Romanova, Ludko, Matusov, Senchurov, Kozhin, Chorus and Orchestra of the Maly Opera, Leningrad (Melodiya LP)

1933: The Human Comedy, Op. 37; Serov, Leningrad Chamber Orchestra (Melodiya)

1934: Suite for Jazz Orchestra No. 1; Chailly, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (London)

1934: The Limpid Stream, Op. 39 (rev. Rozhdestvensky); Rozhdestvensky, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra (Chandos)

     7:45   am

1934: Cello Sonata in d, Op. 40; Ma, Ax (CBS)

1934: Moderato for Cello and Piano; Harrell, Ashkenazy (London)

1934: Three preludes for String Quartet, Piano, and Trumpet, from Girl Friends, Op. 41a; Semyannikov, Shanin, Makshantsev, Mnozhin, Postnikova, Pushkarev (Melodiya LP)

1935: Five Fragments for Small Orchestra, Op. 42; Ashkenazy, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (London)

1935: Symphony No. 4 in c, Op. 43; Järvi, Scottish National Orchestra (Chandos)

1936: Waltz from The Return of Maxim, Op. 45; Grafenauer, Brunner, Maisenberg (ECM LP)

1936: Four Romances on Verses of Pushkin, Op. 46 (orchestration completed by McBurney); Kharitonov, Elder, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (United)

   10:00   am

1937: Symphony No. 5 in d, Op. 47; Bernstein, New York Philharmonic Orchestra (CBS)

1938: String Quartet No. 1 in C, Op. 49; Borodin Quartet (EMI)

1938: Vyborg District (Part 3 of Maxim Film Trilogy), Op. 50; Mnatsakanov, Byelorussian Radio and TV Symphony Orchestra (Russian Disc)

1938: Suite for Jazz Orchestra No. 2; Chailly, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (London)

1938: Funeral March from The Great Citizen, Opp. 52, 55; Mnatsakanov, Byelorussian Radio and TV Symphony Orchestra (Russian Disc)

1938: The Man with a Gun, Op. 53; Mnatsakanov, Byelorussian Radio and TV Symphony Orchestra (Russian Disc)

1939: Symphony No. 6 in b, Op. 54; Berglund, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra (EMI)

1939: The Silly Little Mouse, Op. 56 (reconstructed by Tiles); Mnatsakanov, Byelorussian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra (Citadel)

     1:00   pm

1940: Piano Quintet in g, Op. 57; Richter, Borodin Quartet (EMI)

1940: Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov (re-orchestration), Op. 58, Scene at the Palace; Shtokolov, Slovtsova, Kuznetsova, Grudina, Ulyanov, Eltsin, Orchestra of the Leningrad Kirov Theater (Columbia LP)

1940: Incidental Music to King Lear, Op. 58a (excerpts); Romanova, Serov, Leningrad Chamber Orchestra (Melodiya)

1940: Ten Songs of the Fool from King Lear, Op. 58a; Nesterenko, Rozhdestvensky, USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra (Melodiya LP)

1940: Strauss, J.: Excursion Train Polka (orchestration); Rozhdestvensky, Moscow Philharmonic Academic Symphony Orchestra (Melodiya-Vox)

1940: The Adventures of Korzinkina, Op. 59 (suite); Rozhdestvensky, USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra and Chorus (Melodiya)

1941: Balakirev: Polka for Harp Duet in f-sharp (transcription); Paramonova, Pashinskaya (Melodiya LP)

     3:00   pm

1941: Symphony No. 7 in C, Op. 60, “Leningrad”; Bernstein, Chicago Symphony Orchestra (DG)

1941: The Gamblers; Tarkhov, Rybasenko, Belykh, Kurpe, Sarkisov, Radionik, Rozhdestvensky, Leningrad Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra (Melodiya LP)

1942: Piano Sonata No. 2 in b, Op. 61; Viardo (Nonesuch)

     5:45   pm

1943: Symphony No. 8 in c, Op. 65; Mravinsky, Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra (Philips)

1944: Zoya, Op. 64; M. Shostakovich, Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra and Chorus (Melodiya-Angel LP)

1944-68: Fleishman: Rothschild’s Violin (completion); Safiulin, Martynov, Naumenko, Burnasheva, USSR Ministry of Culture Chamber Choir and Symphony Orchestra (Melodiya LP)

     8:00   pm

1944: Piano Trio No. 2 in e, Op. 67; Beaux Arts Trio (Philips LP)

1944: String Quartet No. 2 in A, Op. 68; Borodin Quartet (EMI)

1945: Symphony No. 9 in E-flat, Op. 70; Rozhdestvensky, USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra (Melodiya)

1946: String Quartet No. 3 in F, Op. 73; Borodin Quartet (EMI)

1947: The Young Guards (suite), Op. 75a; Gamburg, USSR Cinematographic Orchestra (Melodiya)

1947: Pirogov (suite), Op. 76a; Serebrier, Belgian Radio Symphony Orchestra (RCA)

   11:00   pm

1947: Violin Concerto No. 1 in a, Op. 77; Oistrakh, Mitropolous, New York Philharmonic Orchestra (Sony)

1948: Rayok; Ghiuselev, Storojev, Tesarowicz, Volodos, Rostropovich, Audite Nova Vocal Ensemble (Erato)

 

Wednesday, January 24

 

 midnight

1948: From Jewish Folk Poetry, Op. 79; Dorliac, Dolukhanova, Maslennikov, Richter (Melodia-HMV)

1948: From Jewish Folk Poetry, orchestration, Op. 79a; Söderström, Wenkel, Karczyzkowski, Haitink, Concertgebouw Orchestra (London)

1948: Michurin (suite), Op. 78a; Serebrier, Belgian Radio Symphony Orcestra and Chorus (RCA)

1949: Song of the Forests, Op. 81; Petrov, Ivanovsky, Boys’ Chorus of the Moscow Choral School, USSR Russian Chorus, Moscow Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra (Melodiya-Angel LP)

1949: The Fall of Berlin (suite), Op. 82a; Serebrier, Belgian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus (RCA)

1949: String Quartet No. 4 in D, Op. 83; Borodin Quartet (EMI)

1949: Ballet Suite No. 1 (arr. Atovmian); Järvi, Scottish National Orchestra (Chandos)

     3:15   am

1950: Twenty-Four Preludes and Fugues for Piano, Op. 87; Nikolaeva (Melodiya)

1951: Ten Russian Folksongs; Popov, Moscow Academy of Choral Singing (Saison Russe)

1951: Ten Poems on Texts by Revolutionary Poets, Op. 88; Popov, Moscow Academy of Choral Singing (Saison Russe)

1951: The Unforgettable Year 1919, Op. 89; Gauk, State Radio Orchestra of the USSR; Alexeev, Maksymiuk, English Chamber Orchestra (Monitor, Angel LPs)

1951: Ballet Suite No. 2 (arr. Atovmian); Järvi, Scottish National Orchestra (Chandos)

     8:00   am

1952: The Sun Shines on Our Motherland, Op. 90; Kondrashin, RSFSR Russian Chorus, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra89 (Melodiya-Angel LP)

1952: Four Monologues on Verses of Pushkin, Op. 91 (orch. Rozhdestvensky); Safiulin, Rozhdestvensky, USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra (Melodiya LP)

1952: Seven Doll’s Dances; Margalit (Koch)

1952: Ballet Suite No. 3 (arr. Atovmian); Järvi, Scottish National Orchestra (Chandos)

1952: String Quartet No. 5 in B-flat, Op. 92; Borodin Quartet (EMI)

1953: Ballet Suite No. 4 (arr. Atovmian); Järvi, Scottish National Orchestra (Chandos)

1953: Symphony No. 10 in e, Op. 93; Järvi, Scottish National Orchestra (Chandos)

1953: Concertino for Two Pianos in a, Op. 94; Arutiunian, Babadjanian (Chandos LP)

1954: Festival Overture in A, Op. 96; Pletnev, Russian National Orchestra (DG)

1954: Five Romances on Verses by Dolmatovsky, Op. 98; Gmirya, Ostrin (Melodiya LP)

1955: The Gadfly (suite), Op. 97a; Chailly, Philadelphia Orchestra (London)

1956: Spanish Songs, Op. 100; Eisen, Bogdanova (Melodiya)

     noon

1956: String Quartet No. 6 in G, Op. 101; Borodin Quartet (EMI)

1957: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F, Op. 102; Ogden, Foster, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (Angel LP)

1957: Symphony No. 11 in g, Op. 103, “The Year 1905”; Stokowski, Houston Symphony Orchestra (EMI)

1958: Moskva, Cheryomushki, Op. 105; Baturkin, Gelakhova, Goujov, Prokina, Polyansky, Rozhdestvensky, Russian State Symphonic Cappella, Residentie Orchestra of The Hague (Chandos)

     4:30   pm

1959: Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat, Op. 107; Rostropovich, Ormandy, Philadelphia Orchestra (Sony)

1960: String Quartet No. 7 in f-sharp, Op. 108; Borodin Quartet (EMI)

1960: Satires, Op. 109; Vishnyevskaya, Rostropovich (Revelation)

1960: String Quartet No. 8 in c, Op. 110; Borodin Quartet (EMI)

1960: Five Days—Five Nights, Op. 111; Judd, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (Capriccio)

1960: Novorossik Chimes; Ashkenazy, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (London)

1961: Symphony No. 12 in d, Op. 112, “The Year 1917”; Haitink, Concertgebouw Orchestra (London)

1962: Symphony No. 13 in b-flat, Op. 113, “Babi Yar”; Rintzler, Haitink, Concertgebouw Orchestra and Chorus (London)

     8:30   pm   HISTORIC PERFORMANCES, PART II

 

Thursday, January 25

 

 midnight

1956-63: Katerina Izmailova (Revision of Lady Macbeth of Mitensk), Op. 114; Andreyeva, Yefimov, Bulavin, Yeliseyev, Provatorov, Stanislavsky/Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Drama Theater Chorus and Orchestra (Melodiya-Angel LP)

1962: Two Choruses after Davidenko; Rozhdestvensky, USSR Ministry of Culture Chamber Choir and Symphony Orchestra (Melodiya LP)

     3:00   am

1959: Mussorgsky: Khovanschina (re-orchestration), Op. 106; Gadjev, Ghiaurov, Ghiuselev, Kaludov, Miltcheva, Tchakarov, Sofia National Opera Orchestra and Chorus (Sony)

1962: Mussorgsky: Songs and Dances of Death (orchestration); Vishnevskaya, Rostropovich, London Symphony Orchestra (Angel LP)

1963: Overture on Russian and Kirghiz Folk Themes, Op. 115; M. Shostakovich, Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra (Melodiya-Angel LP)

1963: Schumann: Cello Concerto in a (re-orchestration), Op. 125; Lusanov, Rozhdestvensky, USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra (Melodiya LP)

1964: Hamlet (suite), Op. 116a; Grin, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (Capriccio)

     8:00   am

1964: String Quartet No. 9 in E-flat, Op. 117; Borodin Quartet (EMI)

1964: String Quartet No. 10 in A-flat, Op. 118; Borodin Quartet (EMI)

1964: The Execution of Stepan Razin, Op. 119; Gromadsky, Yurlov, RSFSR Russian Chorus, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra (Melodiya LP)

1965: A Year is Like a Lifetime, Op. 120; M. Shostakovich, Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus (Melodiya-Angel LP)

1965: Five Romances on Texts from the Magazine Krokodil, Op. 121; Nesterenko, Schenderovich (Melodiya-HMV LP)

1966: String Quartet No. 11 in f, Op. 122; Borodin Quartet (EMI)

1966: Preface to the Complete Collection of My Works and Brief Reflections on this Preface, Op. 123; Nesterenko, Schenderovich (Melodiya-HMV LP)

   10:30   am

1966: Cello Concerto No. 2 in g, Op. 126; Rostropovich, Ozawa, Boston Symphony Orchestra (DG)

1967: Seven Romances on Poems of Alexander Blok, Op. 127; Söderström, Ashkenazy, Fitzwilliam String Quartet (London)

1967: Spring, Spring, Op. 128 (orch. Rozhdestvensky); Nesterenko, Rozhdestvensky, USSR Mininstry of Culture Symphony Orchestra (Melodiya LP)

1967: Violin Concerto No. 2 in c-sharp, Op. 129; Oistrakh, Kondrashin, Moscow Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra (Melodiya LP)

1967: Funeral and Triumphal Prelude, Op. 130; Ashkenazy, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (London)

1967: October, Symphonic Poem in c, Op. 131; Dudarova, Moscow Symphony Orchestra (Melodiya)

1967: Sofya Perovskaya, Op. 132; Mnatsakanov, Byelorussian Radio and TV Symphony Orchestra (Russian Disc)

1968: String Quartet No. 12 in D-flat, Op. 133; Borodin Quartet (EMI)

1968: Violin Sonata, Op. 134; Oistrakh, Richter (Melodiya)

     2:00   pm   HISTORIC PERFORMANCES, PART III

     3:30   pm

1969: Symphony No. 14, Op. 135; Vishnevskaya, Reshetin, Barshai, Moscow Chamber Orchestra (Russian Disc)

1970: Faithfulness, Op. 136; Ernesaks, Estonian State Male Chorus (Melodiya-Angel LP)

1970: King Lear, Op. 137; Jurowski, Berlin Radio Symphony Chorus and Orchestra (Capriccio)

1970: String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat, Op. 138; Borodin Quartet (EMI)

1971: Six Romances on Verses by English Poets, Op. 140; Nesterenko, Barshai, Moscow Chamber Orchestra (Columbia-Melodiya LP)

     5:45   pm

1971: Symphony No. 15 in A, Op. 141; Haitink, London Philharmonic Orchestra (London)

1972: Braga: Serenada (transcription); Sokolenko, Kolmakova, Suptel, Postnikova (Melodiya LP)

1973: String Quartet No. 14 in F-sharp, Op. 142; Taneyev Quartet (Melodiya-Columbia LP)

1973: Six Poems of Marina Tsvetayeva, Op. 143a; Bogacheva, Barshai, Moscow Chamber Orchestra (Columbia-Melodiya LP)

1974: String Quartet No. 15 in e-flat, Op. 144; Taneyev Quartet (Melodiya-Columbia LP)

     8:00   pm

1974: Suite on Verses of  Michelangelo Buonarroti, Op. 145a; Nesterenko, M. Shostakovich, Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra (Melodiya-Columbia LP)

1975: Four Verses of Captain Lebyadkin, Op. 146; Nesterenko, Schenderovich (Melodiya-HMV LP)

1975: Beethoven: Song of the Flea (orchestration); Nesterenko, Rozhdestvensky, Ensemble of Soloists (Melodiya-Vox LP)

1975: Viola Sonata, Op. 147; Bashmet, Richter (Melodiya)

10:00 pm        THE LIMELIGHT ORGY

The Limelight Record label began as a pet project of Robin McBride, a Mercury Records A&R rep with a penchant for challenging jazz.  This once obscure label is now revered as one of the cultural outlets of the late sixties exploring the emerging sonic possibilties of a worldwide musical underground.  Whether it was the hard bop of such as John Coltrane and Roland Kirk or the highbrow avant-garde of French composer Pierre Henry’s “musique concrète,” Limelight was committed to releasing the most cutting edge music.  During the label’s run, Limelight issued nearly 75 LPs in distinctive, sometimes psychedelic, gatefold sleeves with extensive liner notes, plus a handful of 45s.  The first two-thirds of the label’s output focus on a wide spectrum of jazz styles, from venerated players such as Earl ‘Fatha’ Hines and Dizzy Gillespie to the smooth, West Coast, “cool” style of Chet Baker and Gerry Mulligan to the newer idioms of Eric Dolphy, Charles Mingus, and Les McCann.

As the label found a following among jazz afficionados, it was subsumed into Mercury.  Then, in an almost abrupt change, the label began to explore a more diverse set of genres, releasing work by leading European electronic composers while also surveying underground currents in rock in LPs by psych bands such as 50 Foot Hose, Bengt Hambreus, and Mecki Mark Men. The label took on a new image as a purveyor of “head” music aimed at the growing counter-culture in a post-Woodstock era, cashing in on and continuing the energy of daring jazz experimentation.

The Limelight Records Orgy presents a rare opportunity to hear the entire Limelight catalogue and will also feature interviews with Mr. McBride and some of the Limelight artists.

 

Friday, January 26

 

                         THE LIMELIGHT ORGY CONTINUES

 

Saturday, January 27

 

     9:00   am   HILLBILLY AT HARVARD

     1:00   pm   METROPOLITAN OPERA

Verdi: Aida; Deborah Voigt, Olga Borodina, Luciano Pavarotti, Mark Delavan, Gennady Bezzubenkov, Hao Jiang Tian, James Levine conducting.

     5:00   pm   (time approx.) CLASSICAL MUSIC INTERLUDE

     6:45   pm   HARVARD MEN’S HOCKEY

Harvard vs. New Brunswick

     9:30   pm   THE LIMELIGHT ORGY CONTINUES

 

Sunday, January 28

 

   11:00   am   MEMORIAL CHURCH SERVICE

Preacher: The Reverend Dr. Dorothy A. Austin, Associate Minister in the Memorial Church and University Chaplain.

   12:30   pm   THE SACRED HARP ORGY

Across the country singers gather, in small local groups or large regional conventions, to sing from the Sacred Harp.  All are welcome and everyone sings; this is not a performance.  The singers arrange themselves by vocal parts in a hollow square, facing in, and take turns leading songs from the center of the square.  The music, all sacred, is a collection of deliberate, homophonic “plain tunes,” complex and stirring “fugues,” and elaborate “anthems.”  Harmonies are open fifths and octaves, untempered scales, incomplete voicings, and parallel octaves.  Voices come straight from the chest and are often brassy or reedy, and always loud.  The sound is best in the center of the square, where the air truly shakes. 

Sacred Harp singing began in colonial New England and quickly spread to the south, where it exists in an unbroken tradition sung by black and white communities alike, and later to the west.  Since the establishment of National, New England, and Midwest conventions, as well as many state conventions in the 1970s and 80s, Sacred Harp has enjoyed a considerable revival in all parts of the country.  For further information (on which we have drawn), Warren Steel and Keith Willard maintain informative websites at www.mcsr.olemiss.edu/~mudws/harp.html and www.fasola.org.  We are also indebted to singer-composer Bruce Randall for his assistance; he will be heard discussing Sacred Harp at 6 pm.

The music ranges from Anonymous colonial pieces and music by known composers such as Billings and Stephenson to more recent efforts, and performers range from concert performers such as Joel Cohen and the Boston Camerata, Paul Hillier and His Majestie's Clerkes, and the Waverly Consort to recordings from Sacred Harp conventions.

   10:00   pm   THE OSCAR PETERSON ORGY

Oscar Peterson’s dazzling technique and impeccable sense of swing have well established his status at the very top of the jazz piano world.  Born in Canada, he was introduced to American audiences in 1949, and has since recorded as prolifically as anyone in the business.  His extraordinary career has included collaborations with Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole, Count Basie, Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Stan Getz, and Charlie Parker (among many others) as well as a smaller number of solo efforts.  However, he is perhaps best known for his work during the ‘50s and early ‘60s in the trio setting, first with Ray Brown and Herb Ellis, and later with Ellis’s replacement, Ed Thigpen.

Peterson is often thought of as a traditionalist virtuoso, single-handedly preserving the Tatum legacy, although his musical style and personality are certainly unique and distinct from Tatum’s.  Oscar himself acknowledges Teddy Wilson, Nat Cole, and James P. Johnson as his greatest influences, but it is probably most accurate to say that Peterson absorbed nearly everything in jazz piano that came before he did.  And lest anyone doubt Oscar’s stylistic creativity or originality, it should be noted that even innovators such as the late Bill Evans list him among their greatest influences.

In addition to his pianistic skills, Peterson is a first-rate jazz composer.  A particularly famous example of his work (his first major composition) is the Canadiana Suite, an evocation of his homeland later orchestrated by Phil Nimmons.  Furthermore, his more recent albums have produced a steadily growing number of well-known Peterson originals.  Though limited to playing with his right hand by a 1993 stroke, Peterson continues to perform and record.  This 42-hour Orgy presents a survey of his tremendous output over the last half-century.  (Continues tomorrow and also Tuesday morning.)

 

Monday, January 29

 

                        THE OSCAR PETERSON ORGY CONTINUES

 

Tuesday, January 30

 

 midnight THE GREAT AMERICAN STEAK RELIGION ORGY

Great American Steak Religion is the name of a Canadian hardcore record label that put out several seminal albums and singles in the mid-90s, as well as a number of other solid efforts.  This Orgy will focus on the bands that appeared on that label (such as His Hero is Gone, Shotmaker, and Union of Uranus), working through each band’s discography and any other related goodies we pick up.  Many of the records blow away their American contemporaries, and as all of these records were released in limited number, they are still much sought after.

     7:00   am   THE OSCAR PETERSON ORGY CONTINUES

   11:00   pm   THE GREAT AMERICAN STEAK RELIGION ORGY CONTINUES

 

Wednesday, January 31

 

     6:00   am   THE RON CARTER ORGY

The formation of the second Miles Davis quintet in the early 1960’s represents a major turning point in jazz, as it is the last major stage in Davis’s career before he took off into a variety of new, more experimental and controversial directions. This quintet also represents a certain passing of the torch in jazz history. In choosing four musicians (Carter, Herbie Hancock, Tony Williams, and Wayne Shorter) up to twenty years his junior, Davis assembled an incubator for a new generation of jazz. This generation pushed jazz to its limits and, some would suggest, perhaps a bit past them at times—shattering the hegemony, the boundaries, and the continuity of mainstream jazz, and occasionally rescuing it as well.

Davis, Hancock, Shorter, and Carter all had their roles in this explosion. As a bassist, though, Carter is probably the most universal.  While Hancock and Shorter took things in their own directions, Carter provided a bass for a huge array of artists and groups.  In this respect, Ron Carter both actively nurtured the more conventional jazz tradition and pushed forward individual ventures into new ground.  Because of his artistic eclecticism and his bassist ubiquity, Carter represents an ideal specimen for studying the meandering path of modern jazz. The Ron Carter Orgy will present a brief sampling of this man’s brilliant career. Starting from early recordings with Carter the sideman and then the watershed of jazz that is the second Davis Quintet, WHRB will follow Carter as he lays down the bass line for a half-century of jazz.

 

Thursday, February 1

 

 midnight   RECORD HOSPITAL

     5:00   am   JAZZ SPECTRUM

   11:00   am   JAZZ WITH AN ACCENT

Two hours dedicated to jazz from all over the world.  For playlists and information on the music, send e-mail to jazzaccent@whrb.org to subscribe to Jazz with an Accent’s mailing list.

     1:00   pm   AFTERNOON CONCERT

Dukas: La Péri; Zinman, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra (Philips LP)

Cornago: Missa de la Mapa Mundi; Hillier, His Majestie’s Clerkes (Harmonia Mundi)

McKinley: Concerto for the New World; Cortese, Manhattan School of Music Chamber Sinfonia (MMC)

Reicha: Wind Quintet No. 12 in c, Op. 91, No. 6; Albert Schweitzer Quintet (cpo)

Madetoja: Symphony No. 3 in A, Op. 55; Sakari, Iceland Symphony Orchestra (Chandos)

Lawes: Fantasia-Suite Set No. 1 in g for Two Violins, Bass Viol and Organ; London Baroque (Harmonia Mundi)

Korngold: Sinfonietta, Op. 5; Albert, Northwest German Philharmonic Orchestra (cpo)

Howe: Suite for String Quartet and Piano; Meyers, Lywen, Steiner, Lamb, Martin (CRI)

Rosetti: Symphony in G, A. 40; Bamert, London Mozart Players (Chandos)

Gesualdo: Motets: Ave Dulcissima Maria; Prescibus et Mertis; Ave, Regina Coelorum; Maria, Mater Gratiae; Phillips, Tallis Scholars (Gimell)

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C, Op. 15; Tan, Norrington, London Classical Players (EMI)

     6:00   pm   EVENING CONCERT

     7:00   pm   FOUR REASONABLE PEOPLE: MUSIC FOR STRING QUARTET

Lutoslawski: String Quartet; Kronos Quartet (Nonesuch)

Gubaidulina: Quartet No. 4; Kronos Quartet (Nonesuch)

Górecki: String Quartet No. 1, Op. 62, “Already it is Dusk”; Kronos Quartet (Nonesuch)

     8:00   pm   CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA IN CONCERT

Daniel Barenboim and Jean Martinon conducting.

Busoni: Lustspiel Overture; Barenboim

Mahler: Symphony No. 3 in d; Martinon

   10:00   pm RECORD HOSPITAL

 

Friday, February 2

 

     5:00   am   JAZZ SPECTRUM

     1:00   pm   AFTERNOON CONCERT

Danzi: Quartet for Bassoon and String Trio No. 3 in B-flat, Op. 40; Smith, Coull, Curtis, Todd (ASV)

Stravinsky: Four Etudes for Orchestra; Boulez, Chicago Symphony Orchestra (DG)

Frescobaldi: Partite Sopra l’Aria Della Romanesca; Party (Desmar LP)

Schoeck: Elegie, Op. 36; Loosli, Hug, Bern Chamber Ensemble (Jecklin-Disco)

Svendsen: String Octet in A, Op. 3; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemble (Chandos)

Biber: Battalia; Huggett, European Community Baroque Orchestra (Channel Classics)

Bartók: Fifteen Hungarian Peasant Songs for Piano; Richter (CBS LP)

Stamitz: Organ Concerto No. 1 in D; Veselá, Válek, Dvorak Chamber Orchestra (Supraphon)

Kirchner: Music for 12; Boston Symphony Chamber Players (Nonesuch)

Haydn: Symphony No. 47 in G; Solomons, L’Estro Armonico (CBS)

Fauré: Piano Quartet No. 1 in c, Op. 15; Hubeau, Gallois-Montbrun, Lequien, Navarra (Erato)

Weber: Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in E-flat, Op. 74, J. 118; Johnson, Schwartz, English Chamber Orchestra (ASV)

     6:00   pm   EVENING CONCERT

     6:45   pm   HARVARD MEN’S HOCKEY

Harvard vs. Colgate

   10:00   pm RECORD HOSPITAL

 

Saturday, February 3

 

     5:00   am   JAZZ SPECTRUM

     9:00   am   HILLBILLY AT HARVARD

     1:00   pm   METROPOLITAN OPERA

Bizet: Carmen; Janice Watson, Olga Borodina, Richard Leech, Franck Ferrari, Bertrand de Billy conducting.

     5:00   pm   CLASSICAL MUSIC INTERLUDE

     6:00   pm   EVENING CONCERT

     6:45   pm   HARVARD MEN’S HOCKEY

Harvard vs. Cornell

     9:30   pm THE DARKER SIDE

 

Sunday, February 4

 

     7:00   am   BLUES

   11:00   am   MEMORIAL CHURCH SERVICE

Preacher: The Reverend Peter J. Gomes, Plummer Professor of Christian Morals and Pusey Minister in The Memorial Church.

   12:30   pm   NEWS

     1:00   pm   CRIMSON SPORTS TALK

     1:30   pm   AFTERNOON CONCERT

     6:00   pm   HISTORIC PERFORMANCES

Michael Rabin I

Paganini: Caprices, Op. 1, Nos. 1, 5, 9, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 21, 24 (Sony)

Dvorak, arr. Kreisler: Slavonic Dance in e, Op. 46, No. 2; Balsam (Sony)

Engel, arr. Zimbalist: Sea Shell; Balsam (Sony)

Kroll: Banjo and Fiddle; Balsam (Sony)

Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20, No. 1; Voorhees, Columbia Symphony Orchestra (Sony)

Glazunov: Concerto in a, Op. 82; Matacic, Philharmonia Orchestra (EMI)

Paganini: Concerto No. 1 in D, Op. 6; Matacic, Philharmonia Orchestra (EMI)

     8:00   pm   SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE OPERA

Rossini: Tancredi; Jo, Podles, Olsen, Spagnoli, de Micco, Lendi, Zedda, Capella, Brugensis, Collegium Instrumentale Brugense (Naxos)

midnight   MONDAY MORNING STRIKE

 

Monday, February 5

 

     5:00   am   JAZZ SPECTRUM

     1:00   pm   AFTERNOON CONCERT

Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words, Book II, Op. 30; Jones (Nimbus)

Byrd: Mass for Three Voices; Pro Cantione Antiqua (DG Archiv LP)

Boccherini: String Quartet in A, Op. 39, G. 213; Boccherini Quartet (Channel)

Tournemire: Symphony No. 3 in D, Op. 43, “Moscow 1913”; Almeida, Moscow Symphony Orchestra (Marco Polo)

Corelli: Sonatas, Op. 6: No. 4 in D, No. 5 in a, No. 6 in E; Purcell Quartet (Chandos)

Finzi: Concerto for Clarinet and String Orchestra, Op. 31; King, Francis, Philharmonia Orchestra (Hyperion)

Bertini: Sextet for Piano, Two Violins, Viola, Cello, and Bass in E, Op. 90; Sextetto Classico (MD+G)

Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-flat, S. 1051; Hogwood, Academy of Ancient Music (Oiseau-Lyre)

Cowell: Cello Sonata; Krosnick, Kalish (Arabesque)

     4:45   pm   HARVARD MEN’S HOCKEY

Beanpot Tournament: Harvard vs. Boston College

     7:30   pm   HANDEL SPECIAL (time approx.)

Handel: Organ Concerto tba

Handel: L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato; Brandes, Dawson, Daniels, Bostridge, Miles, Nelson, Bach Choir, Ensemble Orchestral de Paris (Virgin Classics)

   10:00   pm   TOP TWENTY COUNTDOWN

 

Tuesday, February 6

 

     5:00   am   JAZZ SPECTRUM

     1:00   pm   AFTERNOON CONCERT

Foote: A Night Piece; Still, Braithwaite, New Zealand Chamber Orchestra (Koch)

Haydn: Piano Sonata in c, Hob. XVI:20; Brendel (Philips)

Hindemith: Concert Music for Brass and Strings; Brain, Hindemith, Philharmonia Orchestra (EMI)

Uccellini: Sonata III, Op. VII; Romanesca (Harmonia Mundi)

Berwald: Symphony No. 2 in D, “Sinfonie capricieuse”; Järvi, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra (DG)

Walton: Piano Quartet; McCabe, English String Quartet (Meridian)

Fayrfax: Missa Regali ex Progenie; Carwood, The Cardinall’s Musick (ASV)

Kernis: String Quartet No. 2; Lark Quartet (Arabesque)

Dreyschock: Piano Concerto in d; Lane, Willen, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (Hyperion)

Leclair: Sonata for Strings in d, Op. 4, No. 3; Purcell Quartet (Chandos)

Glazunov: Symphony No. 7 in F, Op. 77; Järvi, Bamberg Symphony Orchestra (Orfeo)

     6:00   pm   THEME AND VARIATIONS

Theme: Tallis: Tunes for Archbishop Parkers Psalter; Phillips, Tallis Scholars (Gimell)

Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis; Haitink, London Philharmonic Orchestra (EMI)

Theme: Corelli: Sonata in G, Op. 5, No. 12, “La Folia”; Verbruggen, Gibbons (Titanic)

Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme of Corelli; Ashkenazy (London)

     7:00   pm   POETRY IN SONG

Poetry of Elizabeth Bishop

Carter: “Mirror in which to Dwell: Six Poems of Elizabeth Bishop”; Fitz, Wyner, Speculum Musicum (CBS Masterworks)

Broza: “The Art of Losing”; Broza (Aviv)

Rorem: “Visits to St. Elizabeth’s”; Curtin, Rorem (Columbia LP)

     7:45   pm   HARVARD WOMEN’S HOCKEY

Beanpot Tournament: Harvard vs. Boston College

   10:30   pm   RECORD HOSPITAL

 

Wednesday, February 7

 

     5:00   am   JAZZ SPECTRUM

     1:00   pm   AFTERNOON CONCERT

Lassus: Prophetiae Sibyllarum; Hilliard Ensemble (ECM)

Field: Piano Concerto No. 6 in C; O’Conor, Fürst, New Irish Chamber Orchestra (Onyx)

Gideon: Cello Sonata; Mohr, Bronstein (New World)

Hoffmann: Miserere in b-flat; Laki, Laurich, Killebrew, Baldin, Hillebrand, Bader, Köln Radio Chorus (Koch Schwann)

van Delden: String Sextet; Hoogeveen, Koch, Benyacs, van der Leest, Kooistra, Lambooij (Radio Nederland)

Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen; Hagegård, Masur, New York Philharmonic Orchestra (Teldec)

Gibbs: Sonata in d, Op. 1, No. 1; The Locatelli Trio (Hyperion)

Hindemith: Symphonic Dances; Tortelier, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Chandos)

Dvorak: Piano Quintet in E-flat, Op. 87; Pressler, Emerson String Quartet (DG)

Dohnányi: Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 27; Wallin, Francis, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra (cpo)

     6:00   pm   THE 20TH CENTURY SYMPHONY

Langgaard: Symphony No. 4, “Fall of the Leaf”; Järvi, Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Chandos)

Nørgard: Symphony No. 4; Segerstam, Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Chandos)

     7:00   pm MUSIC OF MODERN FRANCE

“Music of Modern France” presents an overview of the major French composers of the twentieth century, from the Impressionism of Debussy to the Neo-Classicism of Poulenc to the most recent developments at IRCAM.

Piano Works of Debussy and Ravel

Debussy: Préludes (selections); Zimerman (DG)

Debussy: “Reflets dans l’eau,” from Images; Haas (Erato)

Ravel: Valses Nobles et Sentimentales; de Larrocha (RCA)

Ravel: “Scarbo” from Gaspard de la Nuit; Argerich (DG)

     8:00   pm NEW RELEASES

   10:00   pm RECORD HOSPITAL

 

Thursday, February 8

 

     5:00   am   JAZZ SPECTRUM

   11:00   am   JAZZ WITH AN ACCENT

     1:00   pm   AFTERNOON CONCERT

Erbach: Ricercar Secundi Toni; Tachezi (Teldec)

Foss: American Landscapes for Guitar and Orchestra; Isbin, Wolff, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra (Virgin)

MacDowell: Three Songs, Op. 11; Hampson, Guzelimian (Teldec)

Alfvén: Symphony No. 4 in c, Op. 39; Söderström, Winbergh, Westerberg, Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra (Bluebell)

Amon: Quartet for Flute, Violin, Viola, and Cello in D, Op. 84; Vester, R. Kussmaul, J. Kussmaul, Bylsma (BASF LP)

Diepenbrock: Symphonic Suite, “Electra”; Vonk, Residentie Orchestra of the Hague (Chandos)

Carreira: Two Organ Works: Avé Maria a Quatro, Quarto Tento a Quatro; Brauchli (Titanic)

Popper: Cello Concerto in e, Op. 24; Ostertag, Paternosto, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (Koch-Schwann)

Berio: Notturno (Quartetto III); Alban Berg Quartet (EMI)

Haydn: Sinfonia Concertante in B-flat, Op. 84, Hob. I:105; Spivakov, Milman, Utkin, Minkowski, Moscow Virtuosi (RCA)

Nielsen: String Quartet No. 1, Op. 13; Zapolski Quartet (Chandos)

Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in b, D. 759, “Unfinished”; Wand, Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra (RCA)

     6:00   pm   EVENING CONCERT

     7:00   pm   FOUR REASONABLE PEOPLE: MUSIC FOR STRING QUARTET

Gielen: String Quartet, “Un Vieux Souvenir”; LaSalle Quartet (DG)

Dutilleux: String Quartet, “Ainsi La Nuit”; Juilliard String Quartet (Sony)

     8:00   pm   CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA IN CONCERT

Daniel Barenboim conducting.

Thomas: Aurora for Piano and Orchestra; Barenboim

Mahler: Symphony No. 7 in e

   10:00   pm RECORD HOSPITAL

 

Friday, February 9

 

     5:00   am   JAZZ SPECTRUM

     1:00   pm   AFTERNOON CONCERT

Karlowicz: Eternal Songs, Op. 10; Salwarowski, Silesian Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra (Chant du Monde)

Ginastera: String Quartet No. 2; Juilliard Quartet (Columbia LP)

Mozart: Divertimento in B-flat, K. 137; Spivakov, Moscow Virtuosi (RCA)

Milhaud: Sonata for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, and Piano, Op. 47; Cantin, Bourgue, Portal, Rogé (London)

Lully: Motets: Regina Coeli, O Sapientia; Christie, Les Arts Florissants (Harmonia Mundi)

Messiaen: Le Tombeau resplendissant; Chung, Orchestra of the Bastille Opera (DG)

Scarlatti, D.: Sonatas in D: K. 490, 491, 492; Ross (Erato)

Liszt: Fantasy on Themes from Beethoven’s Ruins of Athens, for Piano and Orchestra; Jandó, A. Ligeti, Budapest Symphony Orchestra (Laserlight)

Poulenc: Flute Sonata; Poulain, Hovora (Adda)

Corelli: Concerto Grosso in B-flat, Op. 6, No. 5; McGegan, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra (Harmonia Mundi)

Elgar: Harmony Music No. 5; Athena Ensemble (Chandos)

Schoenfield: Vaudeville; Nelson, New World Symphony (Argo)

Mendelssohn: Viola Sonata in c; Gieler, Bloomer (RN Classic)

Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2 in g, Op. 16; Gutierrez, Järvi, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (Chandos)

     6:00   pm   EVENING CONCERT

     6:45   pm   HARVARD MEN’S HOCKEY

Harvard at Dartmouth

10:00 pm RECORD HOSPITAL

 

Saturday, February 10

 

     5:00   am   JAZZ SPECTRUM

     9:00   am   HILLBILLY AT HARVARD

     1:00   pm   AFTERNOON CONCERT

     1:30   pm   METROPOLITAN OPERA

Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; Michele Crider, Youngok Shin, Elena Zaremba, Franco Farina, Alexander Agache, Plácido Domingo conducting.

     5:00   pm   CLASSICAL MUSIC INTERLUDE

     6:00   pm   EVENING CONCERT

     9:00   pm THE DARKER SIDE

 

Sunday, February 11

 

     7:00   am   BLUES

   11:00   am   MEMORIAL CHURCH SERVICE

Preacher: Rabbi Julia Neuberger, Chief Executive, King’s Fund.

   12:30   pm   NEWS

     1:00   pm   CRIMSON SPORTS TALK

     1:30   pm   AFTERNOON CONCERT

     6:00   pm   HISTORIC PERFORMANCES

Michael Rabin II

Bach: Sonata No. 3 in C, BWV 1005 (EMI)

Ysaÿe: Sonata in d, Op. 27, No. 3 (EMI)

Ysaÿe: Sonata in c, Op. 27, No. 4 (EMI)

Tchaikovsky: Concerto in D, Op. 35; Galliera, Philharmonia Orchestra (EMI)

Bruch: Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46; Boult, Philharmonia Orchestra (EMI)

     8:00   pm   SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE OPERA

Handel: Serse; Forrester, Popp, Tyler, Lehanne, Brannigan, Vienna Academy Chamber Choir, Vienna Radio Orchestra (Westminister)

midnight   MONDAY MORNING STRIKE

 

Monday, February 12

 

     5:00   am   JAZZ SPECTRUM

     1:00   pm   AFTERNOON CONCERT

Milhaud: Nine Preludes for Organ, Nos. 1 and 2; Bowers-Broadbent (ECM)

Saint-Saëns: Havanaise for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 83; Chung, Dutoit, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (London LP)

Notari: Songs: “Intenerite voi,” “Occhi miei,” “Su la riva del Tebro,” “Piangono al pianger mio,” Occhi, un tempo mia vita,” “Cirate, occhi, girate,” “Ahi, che s’acresce”; Kirkby, Tubb, Rooley (Hyperion LP)

Hindemith: Horn Concerto; Brain, Hindemith, Philharmonia Orchestra (Angel LP)

Soler: Sonata No. 20 in c-sharp; van Asperen (Astrée)

Schuman: Carols of Death; Rosenbaum, New York Virtuoso Singers (CRI)

Schmelzer: Lamento a tre con basso continuo in B-flat; Freiburg Baroque Orchestra Consort (Deutsche Harmonia Mundi)

Bax: Cello Concerto; Wallfisch, Thomson, London Philharmonic Orchestra (Chandos LP)

Reicha: Andante for Wind Quintet No. 2 in F; Albert Schweizer Quintet (cpo)

Drattel: Lilith; Schwarz, Seattle Symphony (Delos)

Albéniz: Cantos De España; de Larrocha (London LP)

Clemens non Papa: Motet and Mass, Pastores quidnam vidistis; Phillips, Tallis Scholars (Gimell)

Schubert: String Quartet No. 13 in a, Op. 29, D. 804; Juilliard String Quartet (CBS LP)

Corelli: Concerto Grosso in C, Op. 6, No. 10; Banchini, Christensen, Ensemble 415 (Harmonia Mundi)

Rachmaninoff: Fantasie-Tableau, Op. 5; Thorson, Thurber (Paula)

 

 • • Please note that the finals of the Men's and Women's Beanpot Hockey Games are today and tomorrow.  If the Men won last week, the game will be at 7:45 pm, and classical music will continue till then.  If Harvard did not prevail, the game will be at 4:45 pm, with an Evening Conert around 7:30 pm.  Tuesday, if Harvard won, there will be a game at 7:45 pm and the Cleveland Orchestra concert will be rescheduled to a later date.

 

     4:45   pm   HARVARD MEN’S HOCKEY (see above)

Beanpot Tournament Consolation Championship: Harvard vs. Boston University or Northeastern.

     6:00   pm   WAR AND MUSIC (see above)

Anonymous: The Baffled Knight; Hogwood, Academy of Ancient Music (Oiseau-Lyre)

Bull: Coronto, “Battle”; Hogwood, Academy of Ancient Music (Oiseau-Lyre)

Purcell: From Hardy Climes; King’s Consort (Hyperion)

Purcell: Dangerous Toils of War; King’s Consort (Hyperion)

Guerrero: Missa de la Batalla Escoutez; O’Donnell, Westminister Cathedral Choir, His Majesty’s Sackbuts and Cornets (Hyperion)

     7:30   pm   EVENING CONCERT (see above)

     7:45   pm   HARVARD MEN’S HOCKEY (see above)

Beanpot Tournament Championship: Harvard vs. Boston University or Northeastern (Will be broadcast if Harvard wins on February 5)

   10:00   pm   TOP TWENTY COUNTDOWN

 

Tuesday, February 13

 

     5:00   am   JAZZ SPECTRUM

     1:00   pm   AFTERNOON CONCERT

Porpora: Cello Concerto in G; Moses, Scimone, I Solisti Veneti (Erato LP)

Martino: From the Other Side; O’Connor, Gordon, Ferrari, Kampmeier (Koch)

Brahms: Nänie, Op. 82; Shaw, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus (Telarc)

Croft: Incidental Music to “Courtship-a-la-Mode”; Goodwin, The London Oboe Band (Harmonia Mundi)

Pierné: Concertstück for Harp and Orchestra; Laskine, Martinon, National Orchestra of the ORTF (MHS LP)

Haydn, M.: String Quintet in C, P. 108; L’Archibudelli (Sony)

Bartók: Kossuth; Fischer, Budapest Festival Orchestra (Philips)

Martini: Salve Regina; Wickham, The Clerk’s Group (ASV)

Schubert: Symphony No. 3 in D, D. 200; C. Kleiber, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (DG)

Joachim: Hebrew Melodies (Impressions of Byron’s Poems), Op. 9; Gieler, Bloomer (Radio Nederland)

Gould: Soundings; Gould, Louisville Orchestra (Albany)

Krommer: Oboe Quartet No. 1 in C; Goodwin, McDonald, Rogers, Gough (Harmonia Mundi)

Respighi: Sinfonia Drammatica; Nazareth, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra (Records International)

     6:00   pm   THEME AND VARIATIONS

Theme: Rameau: Pièce de Clavecin en Concert No. 2, “La Laborde”; Brüggen, S. Kuijken, W. Kuijken, Leonhardt (Telefunken LP)

Dukas: Variations, Interlude and Finale on a theme of Rameau; Fingerhut (Chandos)

Theme: Corelli: Concerto Grosso in F, Op. 6, No. 2; Banchini, Ensemble 415 (Harmonia Mundi)

Tippett: Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli; Tunenell, Ellison, McCrae, Tippett, Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Virgin)

Hagen: Variations on a Theme of Locatelli; Schneiderman (Titanic)

     7:00   pm   POETRY IN SONG

Poetry of William Carlos Williams

Harbison: “Words from Paterson”; Sylvan, Boston Symphony Chamber Players (Nonesuch)

Rorem: “The Dance,” “Nantucket”; Bryn-Julson, Rorem (CRI)

Paulus: “The Dance”; Sperry, Vallecillo (Albany)

Babbitt: “The Widow’s Lament in Spring”; DeGaetani (Nonesuch)

     7:45   pm   HARVARD WOMEN’S HOCKEY (see announcement above in Monday listings)

Beanpot Tournament Championship: Harvard vs. Boston University or Northeastern (Will be broadcast if Harvard wins on Febuary 6)

     8:00   pm   (if no hockey) CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA IN CONCERT

Since our Program Guide was printed, WHRB has been informed that the concert originally scheduled for this time slot would probably not be provided to radio stations.  There will be either a different Cleveland concert here or, if there is a hockey game (see announcement above in the Monday listings), no Cleveland concert tonight.

   10:00   pm   RECORD HOSPITAL

 

Wednesday, February 14

 

     5:00   am   JAZZ SPECTRUM

     1:00   pm   AFTERNOON CONCERT

Holmboe: Concerto for Recorder, String Orchestra, Celesta, and Vibraphone, Op. 122; Petri, Kamu, English Chamber Orchestra (RCA)

Glinka: String Quartet No. 2 in F; Gosteleradio Quartet (Vox)

Schütz: Concert in the Form of a Burial Mass; Herreweghe, La Chapelle Royale (Harmonia Mundi)

Franck: Piano Trio in b, Op. 1, No. 3; The Bekova Sisters (Chandos)

Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 2 in D, Hob. VIIb:2; Monighetti, Mai, Akademie für Alte Musik of Berlin (Harmonia Mundi)

Taverner: Missa Gloria Tibi Trinitas; Christophers, The Sixteen (Hyperion)

Rubinstein: Symphony No. 1 in F; Stankovsky, CSSR State Philharmonic Orchestra (Marco Polo)

Adams: The Wound-Dresser; Sylvan, Tanaka, Gekker (Nonesuch)

Quantz: Flute Concerto in G; Gallois, Schreier, CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra (DG)

Schoenberg: String Quartet No. 1 in d, Op. 7; LaSalle Quartet (DG)

     6:00   pm   THE 20TH CENTURY SYMPHONY

Bartók: Scherzo from Symphony in E-flat; Lehel, Budapest Symphony Orchestra (Hungaroton LP)

Lajtha: Symphony No. 1, Op. 24; Pasquet, Pécs Symphony Orchestra (Marco Polo)

Kodály: Symphony in C; Dorati, Philharmonica Hungarica (London LP)

     7:00   pm MUSIC OF MODERN FRANCE

Messaien’s Orchestral Music

“Joie du sang des étoiles,” from Turangalîla-Symphonie; Chung, Orchestra of the Bastille Opera (DG)

Oiseaux Exotiques; Loriod, Neumann, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra (Candide LP)

Sept Haïkaï; Boulez, Cleveland Orchestra (DG)

Un Sourire; Chung, Orchestra of the Bastille Opera (DG)

     8:00   pm   NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA IN CONCERT

André Previn conducting.

Previn: Diversions

Korngold: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35; Gil Shaham

Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B-flat, Op. 60

   10:00   pm RECORD HOSPITAL

 

Thursday, February 15

 

     5:00   am   JAZZ SPECTRUM

   11:00   am   JAZZ WITH AN ACCENT

     1:00   pm   AFTERNOON CONCERT

Rameau: Pièce de Clavecin en concert No. 5; Brüggen, S. Kuijken, W. Kuijken, Leonhardt (Telefunken LP)

Britten: Symphony for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 68; Wallfisch, Bedford, English Chamber Orchestra (Chandos)

Chopin: Piano Sonata in b, Op. 58 No. 3; Ohlsson (Laserlight)

Telemann: Suite for Flute and Strings; Baker, Janigro, I Solisti di Zagreb (Vanguard)

Stenhammar: String Quartet No. 1 in C, Op. 2; Fresk Quartet (Caprice)

Glass: Violin Concerto; Kremer, Dohnányi, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (DG)

Mozart: Fantasy for Organ in f, K. 608; Tachezi (Teldec)

Ives: Symphony No. 4; Ling, Dohnányi, Cleveland Orchestra, Cleveland Chorus (London)

Krommer: Wind Sextet in B-flat; Consortium Classicum (Claves)

Tallis: Spem in alium; Tallis Scholars (Gimell)

Schnittke: Canon in Memory of I. Stravinsky (1971); Kronos Quartet (Nonesuch)

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in b, Op. 74, “Pathétique”; Mravinsky, Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra (DG)

     6:00   pm   EVENING CONCERT

     7:00   pm   FOUR REASONABLE PEOPLE: MUSIC FOR STRING QUARTET

Johnston: Amazing Grace; Kronos Quartet (Nonesuch)

Barber: String Quartet, Op. 11; Emerson String Quartet (DG)

Glass: String Quartet No. 5; Kronos Quartet (Nonesuch)

Ives: Scherzo: Holding Your Own; Emerson String Quartet (DG)

     8:00   pm   CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA IN CONCERT

Daniel Barenboim conducting.

Mahler: Songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn; Waltraud Meier, Bo Skovhus

Varèse: Amériques

   10:00   pm RECORD HOSPITAL

 

Friday, February 16

 

     5:00   am   JAZZ SPECTRUM

     1:00   pm   AFTERNOON CONCERT

Liszt: Soirées de Vienne (Valses-caprices) after Schubert, Nos. 1 & 2; Imreh (Connoisseur)

Kancheli: Symphony No. 5; Kakhidze, Georgian National Orchestra (Elektra Nonesuch)

Donizetti: String Quartet No. 13 in A; Revolutionary Drawing Room (cpo)

Eechaute: Night Poem for French Horn and Orchestra; Driessche, Rahbari, Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra of Brussels (Discover)

Lawes: Suite No. 7 in a; North, O’Dette, Purcell Quartet (Chandos)

Auber: Rondo for Cello and Orchestra; Ostertag, Paternostro, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (Koch Schwann)

Bliss: Clarinet Quintet; Hilton, Lindsay String Quartet (Chandos LP)

Handel: Anthem for the Foundling Hospital; Nelson, Kirkby, Bowman, Hill, Thomas, Preston, Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Academy of Ancient Music (Oiseau-Lyre LP)

Ravel: Sonata for Violin and Cello; Kantorow, Muller (Erato)

Haydn: Symphony No. 39 in g; Pinnock, English Concert (DG Archiv)

Harbison: String Quartet No. 2; Lydian String Quartet (Harmonia Mundi)

Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in a, RV 357; Spivakov, Moscow Virtuosi (RCA)

Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-flat, Op. 44; Pressler, Emerson String Quartet (DG)

     6:00   pm   EVENING CONCERT

     6:45   pm   HARVARD MEN’S HOCKEY

Harvard vs. Clarkson

   10:00   pm RECORD HOSPITAL

 

Saturday, February 17

 

     5:00   am   JAZZ SPECTRUM

     9:00   am   HILLBILLY AT HARVARD

     1:00   pm   AFTERNOON CONCERT

     1:30   pm   METROPOLITAN OPERA

Rossini: I’Italiana in Algeri; Jennifer Larmore, Paul Austin Kelly, Alessandro Corbelli, Samuel Ramey, Bruno Campanella conducting.

     4:30   pm   CLASSICAL MUSIC INTERLUDE

     6:00   pm   EVENING CONCERT

     6:45   pm   HARVARD MEN’S HOCKEY

Harvard vs. St. Lawrence

     9:30   pm THE DARKER SIDE

 

Sunday, February 18

 

     7:00   am   BLUES

   11:00   am   MEMORIAL CHURCH SERVICE

Preacher: Kathleen Norris, author.

   12:30   pm   NEWS

     1:00   pm   CRIMSON SPORTS TALK

     1:30   pm   AFTERNOON CONCERT

     6:00   pm   HISTORIC PERFORMANCES

Walter Gieseking plays Schumann I

Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6 (Dante)

Carnaval, Op. 9 (Dante)

Sonata No. 1 in f-sharp, Op. 11 (Dante)

Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13 (Arbiter)

     8:00   pm   SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE OPERA

Wagner: Die Feen; Gray, Lovaas, Laki, Anderson, Studer, Alexander, Orth, Hermann, Moll, Rootering, Helm, Sawallisch, Bavarian Radio Chorus and Orchestra (Orfeo)

midnight   MONDAY MORNING STRIKE

 

Monday, February 19

 

     5:00   am   JAZZ SPECTRUM

     1:00   pm   AFTERNOON CONCERT

Boykan: Elegy for Soprano and Ensemble; Bryden, Hoose, Brandeis Contemporary Chamber Players (CRI)

Speer: Seven Wind Pieces from “Newgebachne Taffel-Schnitz”; Haarlem Trumpet Consort (Teldec)

Prokofiev: Symphony No. 3 in c, Op. 44; Chailly, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (London)

Schubert: Piano Sonata in G, D. 894; Schiff (London)

Weber: Andante and Hungarian Rondo for Viola and Orchestra, Op. 35, J. 79; Caussé, Les Solistes de Montpellier-Moscou (EMI)

Sibelius: Seven Songs, Op. 13; Hynninen, Gothóni (Finlandia)

Haydn: Symphony No. 55 in E-flat, “The Schoolmaster”; Solomons, L’Estro Armonico (CBS LP)

Brumel: Missa Et ecce terrae motus; Phillips, Tallis Scholars (Gimell)

Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in g, Op. 26; Vengerov, Masur, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra (Teldec)

Ravel: Piano Trio in a; Kantrow, Muller, Rouvier (Erato)

     6:00   pm   WAR AND MUSIC

Monteverdi: Il Combattimento de Tancredi e Clorinda; Brand, Rivenq, Semellaz, Christie, Les Arts Florissants (Harmonia Mundi)

Monteverdi: Madrigals, Book VIII (selections); Leppard, Members of the Glyndebourne Chorus (Philips)

     7:00   pm   SPECIAL CONCERT

Johannes Bernardus van Bree (born January 29, 1801): Allegro Moderato for Four String Quartets; Leitner, members of the Residentie Orchestra of The Hague (Olympia)

In December we commemorated the fiftieth anniversary of the death of E.J. Moeran and tonight present part II of our tribute to him.

Lonely Waters; Dilkes, English Sinfonia (EMI)

Song from Housman's Ludlow Town; Shirley-Quirk, Isepp (Saga)

String Trio; Pougnet, Riddle, Pini (British Columbia-Dutton)

Piano Music; Parkin (MHS LP)

Violin Concerto: Sammons, Boult, BBC Symphony Orchestra (April 28, 1946, Symposium)

Wolf-Ferrari (born January 12, 1876): Songs from the Italian Songbook; Schwarzkopf, Moore (Angel LP)

John Alden Carpenter (February 28, 1876-April 26, 1951): Songs; Bampton (Victor 78-New World LP)

Carpenter: Skyscrapers; Klein, London Symphony Orchestra (Angel LP)

Preview of the upcoming concert by the Boston Modern Orchestra Project February 23 at Jordan Hall (see BMOP.org; tickets: (617-536-2412).

   10:00   pm   TOP TWENTY COUNTDOWN

 

Tuesday, February 20

 

     5:00   am   JAZZ SPECTRUM

     1:00   pm   AFTERNOON CONCERT

Denisov: Symphony; Barenboim, Orchestre de Paris (Erato)

Lassus: O Deus; Exsultet; Elliott, Hillier, Theatre of Voices (Harmonia Mundi)

Rheinberger: Drei geistliche Gesänge, Op. 69; Conte, Choir of St. Clement’s (Dorian)

Sims: “String Quartet No. 2 (1962)” for Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Viola, and Cello; Pittman, Boston Musica Viva (CRI)

Glazunov: Concert Waltz No. 1 in D, Op. 47; Svetlanov, USSR Symphony Orchestra (Melodiya)

Bach: Concerto in C for Three Harpsichords, BWV 1064; Moroney, Rousset, Hogwood (Oiseau Lyre)

Arnold: Symphony No. 2, Op. 40; Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra (Chandos)

Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12; Kissin (Philips)

Buxtehude: Membra Jesu Nostri, BuxWV 75; Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Fretwork (DG Archiv)

Beethoven: String Quartet in c, Op. 18, No. 4; Smithson String Quartet (Deutsche Harmonia Mundi)

     6:00   pm   THEME AND VARIATIONS

Themes of Georg Friedrich Handel

Theme: “See the Conquering Hero Comes” from Judas Maccabeus

Beethoven: Twelve Variations on “See the Conquering Hero Comes”; Ma, Ax (CBS)

Theme: Handel: Aria from Suite No. 1 in B-flat; Schiff (Teldec)

Brahms: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel; Rogé (Teldec)

     7:00   pm   POETRY IN SONG

Poetry of Ezra Pound

Hoiby: “An immortality”; Stewart, Hoiby (CRI)

Lerdahl: “Eros”; Morgan, Collage, Lerdahl (CRI)

Lessard: Fragments from the Cantos (SRS)

Pound: “Testament”; Soloists of the Western Opera Theater, Associated Students of the University of California, Hughes (Fantasy)

Koch: “An immortality,” “The Tea Shop,” “Tame Cat”; Reardon, Herbert (Serenus)

     8:00   pm   CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA IN CONCERT

Kurt Masur conducting.

Haydn: Symphony No. 85 in B-flat, “La Reine”

Bartók: Divertimento for Strings

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1 in f, Op.10

10:00 pm   RECORD HOSPITAL

 

Wednesday, February 21

 

     5:00   am   JAZZ SPECTRUM

     1:00   pm   AFTERNOON CONCERT

Melartin: Symphony No. 3 in F, Op. 40; Grin, Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra (Ondine)

Telemann: Quartet in d for Two Flutes, Recorder, Bassoon, and Basso Continuo; Vester, Tromp, Brüggen, Pollard, Leonhardt (Telefunken LP)

Husa: Monodrama (Portrait of an Artist); Smith, Lousiville Orchestra (Louisville)

Hänsel: String Quartet in G; Zurich Chamber Musicians (Jecklin-Disco)

Franco: Salve Regina; O’Donnell, Westminster Cathedral Choir (Hyperion)

Farrenc: Trio for Flute, Cello, and Piano in e, Op. 45; Keen, Butterworth, Ambache (Carlton)

Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements; Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (EMI)

Haydn: Piano Trio No. 38 in D, Hob. XV:24; London Fortepiano Trio (Hyperion)

Harbison: Oboe Concerto; Bennett, Blomstedt, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra (London)

Fauré: Violin Sonata No. 2 in e, Op. 108; Grumiaux, Crossley (Philips LP)

Bach: Cantata S. 106, Actus Tragicus, “Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit”; Töpper, Haefliger, Adam, Richter, Munich Bach Chorus and Orchestra (DG Archiv)

Schubert: Piano Sonata in A, D. 959; Perahia (CBS LP)

     6:00   pm   THE 20TH CENTURY SYMPHONY

Sir Michael Tippett.

Praeludium for Brass, Bells, and Percussion; London Brass (Teldec)

Symphony No. 2; Davis, London Symphony Orchestra (London)

     6:45   pm   HARVARD WOMEN’S HOCKEY

Harvard vs. Brown

     9:30   pm (time approx.) CLASSICAL MUSIC INTERLUDE

   10:00   pm RECORD HOSPITAL

 

Thursday, February 22

 

     5:00   am   JAZZ SPECTRUM

   11:00   am   JAZZ WITH AN ACCENT

     1:00   pm   AFTERNOON CONCERT

Arensky: Piano Trio in d, Op. 32; Moscow Trio (Chant du Monde)

Palestrina: Four Motets: Sicut cervus, Sitivit anima mea, O beata et gloriosa trinitas, O vera suma sempiterna trinitas; Herreweghe, La Chapelle Royale (Ricercar)

Brahms: Eight Piano Pieces, Op. 76; Goode (Nonesuch LP)

Villa-Lobos: Concerto for Guitar and Small Orchestra; Sollscher, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (DG)

Marais: Suite for Viol in G, Book 3, No. 7; Savall, Koopman, Smith (Astrée)

Svendsen: Symphony No. 2 in B-flat, Op. 15; Järvi, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra (BIS)

Lutoslawski: Preludes and Fugue for 13 Solo Strings; Lutoslawski, National Chamber Orchestra in Warsaw (Polskie Nagrania)

Kraus: Mortuary Music; Parkman, Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble (Musica Sveciae)

Childs: A Box of Views; Sierra Wind Quintet (Cambria)

Raff: Symphony No. 5 in E, Op. 177, “Lenore”; Herrmann, London Philharmonic Orchestra (Unicorn)

     6:00   pm   EVENING CONCERT

     7:00   pm   FOUR REASONABLE PEOPLE: MUSIC FOR STRING QUARTET

Debussy: String Quartet in g, Op. 10; Juilliard String Quartet (Sony)

Ravel: String Quartet in F; New World String Quartet (IMP)

     8:00   pm   CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA IN CONCERT

William Eddins conducting.

Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story

Stevens: Journey, Concerto for Contrabass Tuba and Orchestra; Gene Pokorny

Copland: Symphony No. 3

   10:00   pm RECORD HOSPITAL

 

Friday, February 23

 

     5:00   am   JAZZ SPECTRUM

     1:00   pm   AFTERNOON CONCERT

Vivaldi: Trio for Recorder, Oboe, and Bassoon in g, RV 103; Camerata Köln (Deutsche Harmonia Mundi)

Debussy (orch. Caplet): La Boîte à joujoux; Jordan, Basel Symphony Orchestra (Erato)

Adams: Phrygian Gates; Cheng-Cochran (Telarc)

Dietrich: Violin Concerto in d, Op. 30; Maile, López-Cobos, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (Schwann LP)

Caroso: Contrapasso Nuovo, Alta Vittoria; Renaissonics (Titanic)

Cimarosa: Concerto for Two Flutes and Orchestra in G; Rampal, Kudo, Salzburg, Mozarteum Orchestra (Sony)

Schumann: Liederkreis, Op. 24; Shirley-Quirk, Fleisher (Arabesque)

Rózsa: Hungarian Nocturne; Sedares, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (Koch)

Powell: Sonata teutonica, Op. 24; Johnson (CRI)

Heinichen: Cantata, “Warum toben die Heiden”; Goebel, Musica Antiqua Köln (DG Archiv)

Prokofiev: String Quartet No. 1 in b, Op. 50; Chilingirian Quartet (Chandos)

Mozart: Symphony No. 39 in E-flat, K. 543; Brüggen, Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century (Philips)

     6:00   pm   EVENING CONCERT

     6:45   pm   HARVARD MEN’S HOCKEY

Harvard at Rensselaer

   10:00   pm RECORD HOSPITAL

 

Saturday, February 24

 

     5:00   am   JAZZ SPECTRUM

     9:00   am   HILLBILLY AT HARVARD

     1:00   pm   AFTERNOON CONCERT

     1:30   pm   METROPOLITAN OPERA

Mozart: Così fan tutte, K. 588; Melanie Diener, Susan Graham, Dawn Upshaw, Paul Groves, Rodney Gilfry, Michele Pertusi, Patrick Summers conducting.

     5:30   pm   CLASSICAL MUSIC INTERLUDE

     6:00   pm   EVENING CONCERT

     6:45   pm   HARVARD MEN’S HOCKEY

Harvard at Union

     9:30   pm THE DARKER SIDE

 

Sunday, February 25

 

     7:00   am   BLUES

   11:00   am   MEMORIAL CHURCH SERVICE

   12:30   pm   NEWS

     1:00   pm   CRIMSON SPORTS TALK

     1:45   pm   HARVARD WOMEN’S HOCKEY

Harvard at Northeastern

     4:45   pm   AFTERNOON CONCERT

     6:00   pm   HISTORIC PERFORMANCES

Walter Gieseking plays Schumann II

Kinderszenen, Op. 15 (Arbiter)

Fantasy, Op. 17 (Dante)

Three Romances, Op. 28 (Music and Arts)

Waldszenen, Op. 82 (Music and Arts)

Concerto in a, Op. 54; Furtwängler, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (DG)

     8:00   pm   SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE OPERA

Cherubini: Medea; Callas, Scotto, Picassini, Picchi, Serafin, Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala (EMI)

midnight   MONDAY MORNING STRIKE

 

Monday, February 26

 

     5:00   am   JAZZ SPECTRUM

     1:00   pm   AFTERNOON CONCERT

Beach: Piano Concerto in c-sharp, Op. 45; Polk, Goodwin, English Chamber Orchestra (Arabesque)

Lawes: Set à Six in g; Oberlin Consort of Viols (Classic Masters)

Mathias: Lux Aeterna; Lott, Cable, Walker, Scott, Willcocks, Robinson, Bach Choir, Choristers of St. George’s Chapel, London Symphony Orchestra (Chandos LP)

Haydn: Piano Trio in A-flat, Hob. XV:14; Beaux Arts Trio (Philips LP)

Honegger: Mouvement Symphonique No. 3; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (Erato)

Dowland: Galliard to Lachrimae, Robert Earl of Essex’s, After a Galliard by Daniel Bachelar, Lord Viscount Lisle’s, On Awake Sweet Love, The Frog Galliard, an unnamed Galliard; O’Dette (Harmonia Mundi)

Arne: Organ Concerto No. 5 in g; Williams, Shepherd, Cantilena (Chandos LP)

Onslow: Quintet for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, and Bassoon in F, Op. 8, No. 3; Stalder Quintet (Jecklin-Disco)

Suk: Asrael Symphony, Op. 27; Belohlavek, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra (Chandos)

Bach: Partita for Violin Solo No. 2 in d, S. 1004; Szeryng (DC LP)

     6:00   pm   WAR AND MUSIC

Haydn: Missa in Tempore Belli in C, “Paukenmesse”; Blegen, Fassbaender, Ahnsjö, Sotin, Bernstein, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus (Philips)

Jannequin-Verdelot: La Guerre; King’s Consort (Angel LP)

     7:00   pm   SPECIAL CONCERT

Preview with guests and music of these upcoming concerts:

1) Paul van Nevel and the Huelgas Ensemble performing motets of Dufay March 2 (See BEMF.org or call the Boston Early Music Festival at 617-661-1812).

2) Martin Pearlman and Boston Baroque perform Mozart's Requiem (Levin edition) and The Beneficent Dervish March 1 and 3 at Jordan Hall.  (Tickets and information: 617-484-9200, or at BostonBaroque.org.)

3) Benjamin Zander and the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra in Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius February 28 in Symphony Hall.  (Tickets: 617-868-6696 or see bostonphil.org.)

   10:00   pm   TOP TWENTY COUNTDOWN

 

Tuesday, February 27

 

     5:00   am   JAZZ SPECTRUM

     1:00   pm   AFTERNOON CONCERT

Haydn: String Quartet in B-flat, Op. 20, No. 1; Quatuor Mosaïques (Astrée)

Tcherepnin, N.: Le Destin, Three Symphonic Fragments on a Ballad of Edgar Allan Poe, Op. 59; Rudin, Musica Viva Orchestra (Olympia)

Rebel: Sonata for Violin and Continuo No. 8 in d; Manze, Egarr, Linden (Harmonia Mundi)

Coates: Symphony No. 1, “Music on Open Strings”; Howarth, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (cpo)

Morales: Motets: Jubilate Deo omnis terra; Lamentabatur Jacob; Pastores, dicite, quidnam vidistis; Pro Cantione Antiqua (DG Archiv LP)

Reger: Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Johann Adam Hiller, Op. 100; Järvi, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (Chandos)

Ligeti: Sonata for Solo Viola; Zimmermann (Sony)

Rosetti: Symphony in D, A12/KI12; Bamert, London Mozart Players (Chandos)

Tippett: Piano Sonata No. 1; Perahia (Sony)

Geminiani: Concerto Grosso in e, Op. 3, No. 3; Kuijken, La Petite Bande (Deutsche Harmonia Mundi)

Schubert: String Quartet No. 5 in B-flat, D. 68; Melos Quartet (DG LP)

Brahms: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 77; Mutter, Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (DG)

     6:00   pm   THEME AND VARIATIONS

Themes of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Theme: “Schnelle Füße rascher Mut” from The Magic Flute, K. 620; Crass, Wunderlich, Diskeau, Böhm, Berlin Phillarmonic Orchestra (DG)

Sor: Variations for Guitar on a Theme from Mozart’s The Magic Flute, Op. 9; Fernàndez (London)

Theme: Piano Sonata in A, K. 331; Pires (DG)

Reger: Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Mozart; I. Vintschger, J. Vintschger (Jecklin)

Theme: Piano Concerto No. 19 in F, K. 459; Rabinovitch, Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto (Teldec)

Busoni: Duettino Concertante in F on a Theme of Mozart; Bruk, Taimov (Philips)

     7:00   pm   POETRY IN SONG

Poetry of Theodore Roethke

Imbrie: Five Roethke songs; Members of Parnassus, Korf (New World)

Bolcom: Symphony No. 4, 2nd movement (“The Rose”); Morris, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Slatkin (New World)

Bolcom: Seven Poems; Sperry, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Davies (Nonesuch)

     8:00   pm   CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA IN CONCERT

Christoph von Dohnányi conducting, Dagmar Peckova, mezzo-soprano.

Lindberg: Cantigas

Berio: Folksongs

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 in f, Op. 36

   10:00   pm   RECORD HOSPITAL

 

Wednesday, February 28

 

     5:00   am   JAZZ SPECTRUM

     1:00   pm   AFTERNOON CONCERT

Mosonyi: Grand Nocturne for Piano, Violin, and Cello (Serenade in D); Kassai Trio (Marco Polo)

Handel: Concerto Grosso in A, Op. 6, No. 11; Hogwood, Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra (Oiseau-Lyre)

Tishchenko: Piano Sonata No. 9, Op. 114; Rutstein (Albany)

Strauss, R.: Sonatina for Sixteen Winds No. 2 in E-flat; Hickox, Haffner Wind Ensemble of London (Chandos)

Bach, C. P. E.: Organ Sonata No. 1 in A, Wq. 70, No. 1; Münch (Christophorus)

Alfonso X: Cantigas: No. 100, “Santa Maria, strela do dia”; No. 389, “A que pera parayso”; Binkley, Schola Cantorum Basiliensis (Harmonia Mundi LP)

Piston: Quintet for Flute and String Quartet; Dwyer, Portland String Quartet (Northeastern)

Chopin: Grand Fantasia on Polish Airs for Piano and Orchestra in A, Op. 13; Ax, Mackerras, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (Sony)

Uccellini: Sonata over Toccata V, Op. IV; Romanesca (Harmonia Mundi)

Mahler: Symphony No. 7 in e; Chailly, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (London)

     6:00   pm   THE 20TH CENTURY SYMPHONY

Paul Hindemith.

Symphonia serena; Tortelier, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Chandos)

Pittsburgh Symphony; Tortelier, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Chandos)

     7:00   pm MUSIC OF MODERN FRANCE

Dutilleux I

Symphonie No. 2, “Le Double”; Bychkov, Orchestre de Paris (Philips)

Ainsi la Nuit; Juilliard String Quartet (Sony)

     8:00   pm NEW RELEASES

   10:00   pm RECORD HOSPITAL