Wednesday, November 1
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Vivaldi: Concerto di Camera in g, RV 105; Camerata Köln (Deutsche Harmonia Mundi)
Debussy: Sonata for Flute, Viola, and Harp; Ellis, Members of the Melos Ensemble (London)
Tower: Music for Cello and Orchestra; Harrell, Slatkin, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra (Nonesuch)
Mozart: Quintet for Piano and Winds in E-flat, K. 452; Brendel, Holliger, Brunner, Baumann, Thunemann (Philips)
Cowell: Variations for Orchestra; Strickland, Polish National Radio Orchestra (CRI)
Biber: Violin Sonata No. 5; Romanesca (Harmonia Mundi)
Ives: Three Places in New England; Slatkin, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra (RCA)
Morton: Three Songs, “Le souvenir de vous me tue”, “Que pourroit plus”, “Plus j’ay le monde regardé”; Page, Gothic Voices (Hyperion)
Reger: Four Symphonic Poems after Paintings by Arnold Böcklin; Albrecht, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (Koch-Schwann)
Weber: Trio for Flute, Cello, and Piano in g, Op. 63; Adorján, Pergamenshikov, Gililov (Orfeo)
Handel: Cantata, “Donna, che in ciel di tanta luce splendi”, HWV 233; Von Otter, Goebel, Musica Antiqua Köln (DG Archiv)
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 9 in C, Op. 59, No. 3, “Rasumovsky”; Alban Berg Quartet (EMI)
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 in E-flat, Op. 82; Vänskä, Lahti Symphony Orchestra (BIS)
6:00 pm EVENING CONCERT
7:00 pm THE 20TH CENTURY SYMPHONY
Nielsen: Hymnus Amoris, Op. 12; Nielsen, Elming, Elkrog, Hoyer, Ditlevsen, Segerstam, Copenhagen Boys’ Choir, Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Chandos)
Simpson: Symphony No. 6; Handley, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (Hyperion)
8:00 pm NEW RELEASES
10:00 pm RECORD HOSPITAL
Thursday, November 2
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
11:00 am JAZZ WITH AN ACCENT
Dedicated to jazz and improvised music from every corner of the world: Asia, Africa, America, Europe, Oceania...
1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Copland: Dance Symphony; Copland, London Symphony Orchestra (Sony)
Sor: Sonata for Solo Guitar in c, Op. 25; Fernández (London)
Messiaen: Éclairs sur l’Au-Delà; Chung, Orchestra of the Bastille Opera of Paris (DG)
Tallis: Lamentations of Jeremiah; Hilliard, Hilliard Ensemble (ECM)
Dittersdorf: Symphony in C, “La Prise de la Bastille”; Concerto Köln (Capriccio)
Tcherepnin, I.: Five Songs; Dry, Dautricourt, I. Tcherepnin (CRI)
Mendelssohn: Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra in A-flat; Frith, Tinney, O Duinn, RTE Sinfonietta (Naxos)
Rameau: Pièce de clavecin en concert No. 2; Brüggen, S. Kuijken, W. Kuijken, Leonhardt (Telefunken LP)
Scriabin: Symphony No. 2 in c; Golovschin, Moscow Symphony Orchestra (Naxos)
6:00 pm EXOTICISM IN MUSIC
Lalo: Symphonie espagnole, Op. 21; Heifetz, Steinberg, RCA Symphony Orchestra (RCA LP)
Glinka: Jota Aragonesa (Spanish Dance); Kostelanetz (Columbia LP)
Debussy: “Soiree dans Grenade” from Estampes; Casadesus (Columbia LP)
7:00 pm FOUR REASONABLE PEOPLE: MUSIC FOR STRING QUARTET
Haydn: String Quartet in D, Op. 33, No. 6, “Russian”; Quatuour Mosaïques (Astrée)
Mozart: String Quartet in D, K. 499; Salomon String Quartet (Hyperion)
8:00 pm CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA IN CONCERT
Christoph Eschenbach conducting and piano
soloist.
Turnage: Evening Songs
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23 in A, K. 488
Schumann: Symphony No. 2 in C, Op. 61
10:00 pm RECORD HOSPITAL
Friday, November 3
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Britten: Suite for Solo Cello No. 1, Op. 72; Rostropovich (London LP)
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat, K. 271; Levin, Hogwood, Academy of Ancient Music (Oiseau-Lyre)
Bolcom: Quintet; American Brass Quintet (New World)
Taverner: Missa Mater Christi Sanctissima; Christophers, The Sixteen (Hyperion)
Reinecke: Trio in B-flat for Clarinet, Horn, and Piano; Rodenhäuser, Gaag, Deutsch (Audite)
Leclair: Violin Concerto in F, Op. 10, No. 4; Standage, Collegium Musicum 90 (Chandos)
Rorem: The Nantucket Songs; Bryn-Julson, Rorem (CRI)
Sibelius: Pohjola’s Daughter, Op. 49; Barbirolli, Hallé Orchestra (Angel LP)
Haydn: Piano Sonata in E-flat, Hob. XVI:49; Brendel (Philips)
Bartók: Divertimento for String Orchestra, Sz. 113; Boulez, Chicago Symphony Orchestra (DG)
Croft: Incidental Music to Courtship-a-la-Mode; Goodwin, London Oboe Band (Harmonia Mundi)
Nielsen: Symphony No. 1 in g, Op. 7; Blomstedt, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra (London)
6:00 pm SECULAR MUSIC BEFORE 1450
Trouvères, Jongleurs
6:45 pm HARVARD MEN’S HOCKEY
Harvard at Brown
10:00 pm RECORD HOSPITAL
Saturday, November 4
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
9:00 am HILLBILLY AT HARVARD
12:00 pm HARVARD PIGSKIN PREVIEW
12:30 pm HARVARD FOOTBALL
Harvard vs. Columbia
3:30 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
6:00 pm EVENING CONCERT
9:00 pm THE DARKER SIDE
Sunday, November 5
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. Music includes Haydn’s Missa brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo, H.XXII:7, “Little Organ Mass”.
12:30 pm NEWS
1:00 pm CRIMSON SPORTS TALK
1:45 pm HARVARD WOMEN’S HOCKEY
Harvard vs. Minnesota
4:30 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
6:00 pm HISTORIC PERFORMANCES
Gregor Piatigorsky
Schumann: Cello Concerto in a, Op. 129; Barbirolli, London Philharmonic Orchestra (Pearl)
Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 2 in g, Op. 2, No. 5; Schnabel (Pearl)
Brahms: Cello Sonata No. 1 in e, Op. 38; Rubinstein (Pearl)
Dvorak: Cello Concerto in b, Op. 104; Ormandy, Philhadelphia Orchestra (Sony)
8:00 pm SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE OPERA
Schubert: Alfonso und Estrella; Prey, Mathis, Adam, Fischer-Dieskau, Schreier, Suitner, Berlin Radio Chorus, Staatskapelle Berlin (Berlin Classics)
midnight MONDAY MORNING STRIKE
Monday, November 6
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Schubert: Piano Sonata in A-flat, D. 557; Schiff (London)
Messiaen: Concert à quatre; Cantin, Holliger, Loriod, Rostropovich, Chung, Orchestra of the Bastille Opera of Paris (DG)
Bach, C. P. E.: Quartet No. 1 in a for Flute, Viola, Cello, and Harpsichord, Wq. 93; Hünteler, Engel, Darmstadt, Trimborn (ex libris)
Heinichen: Lamentationes Jeremiae prophetae; Köhler, Dürmüller, Nolte, Goebel, Musica Antiqua Köln (DG Archiv)
Reicha: Wind Quintet No. 8 in a, Op. 91, No. 2; Albert Schweitzer Quintet (cpo)
Fauré: Ballade for Piano and Orchestra in F-sharp, Op. 19; Collard, Plasson, Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse (EMI)
Bryars: String Quartet No. 1 (“Between the National and the Bristol”); Balanescu Quartet (Argo)
Janacek: Taras Bulba, Rhapsody for Orchestra; Rattle, Philharmonia Orchestra (EMI)
Ockeghem: Missa Quinti Toni; Wickham, Clerks’ Group (ASV)
Telemann: Suite for Three Oboes and Strings; von der Goltz, Freiburg Baroque Orchestra (Deutsche Harmonia Mundi)
Shapero: Piano Sonata No. 1; Boriskin (New World)
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in a, Op. 56, “Scottish”; Abbado, London Symphony Orchestra (DG)
6:00 pm EVENING CONCERT
7:00 pm SPECIAL CONCERT
WHRB celebrated the Aaron Copland centenary with his complete music last May. Tonight we hear a few works in unusual recordings not included in that comprehensive survey, including Copland conducting the French National Orchestra in his Piano Concerto with soloist Noel Lee (EtCetera) and conducting an ensemble with Benny Goodman in his Clarinet Concerto (Columbia LP), The New York Quartet (Mieczyslaw Horszowsi, Alexander Schneider, Milton Katims, and Frank Miller, Columbia LP) performing the Quartet for Piano and Strings (they gave the premiere), Serge Koussevitzky leading the Boston Symphony Orchestra in the Lincoln Portrait with Melvyn Douglas (Victrola LP), and the Appalachian Spring Suite with the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra under Dr. James Yannatos.
10:00 pm TOP TWENTY COUNTDOWN
Tuesday, November 7
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Lalo: Cello Concerto in d; Rostropovich, Dubrovsky, USSR Symphony Orchestra (Russian Disc)
Ligeti: Musica Ricercata; Aimard (Sony)
Bach: Suite for Orchestra No. 1 in C, S. 1066; S. Kuijken, La Petite Bande (Deutsche Harmonia Mundi)
Saint-Saëns: Oboe Sonata in D, Op. 166; Rapier, Amlin (Boston)
Hoffmeister: Viola Concerto in D; Caussé, Les Solistes de Montpellier-Moscou (EMI)
Dowland: Six Pieces from Lachrimae, “Lachrimae Antiquae”, “Sir John Souch his Galiard”, “Lachrimae Antiquae Novae”, “M. Henry Noell his Galiard”, “Lachrimae Gementes”, “The Earle of Essex Galiard”; Hesperion XX (Astrée)
Berg: Three Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 6; Levine, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (DG)
Telemann: Sonata (Septet) in e; Goebel, Musica Antiqua Köln (DG Archiv)
Chadwick: Symphony No. 3 in F; Järvi, Detroit Symphony Orchestra (Chandos)
Buxtehude: Praeludium in g, BuxWV 150; Praeludium in C, BuxWV 136; Praeludium in D, BuxWV 139; Vogel (MD+G)
Gade: The Crusaders, Op. 50; Rørholm, Westi, Cold, Rasmussen, Canzone Chorus, Da Camera Chorus, Kor 72, Musikstuderendes Chamber Chorus, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra (BIS)
6:00 pm THE MOOD, THE MOMENT
Anger
7:00 pm POETRY IN SONG
Poetry of Théophile de Gautier.
Reyer: Symphonie orientale en cinq tableaux; Ottenthal, Lazzaretti, Glashof, Guida, Radio Sympony Orchestra of Berlin (Capriccio)
8:00 pm ELECTION SPECIAL
Our coverage includes up-to-the-minute returns throughout the night; live reports from campaign headquarters around Boston and around the country; interviews with prominent national politicians, journalists, and academics; and flashbacks from election nights past. Themes under focus throughout the night will include the history of elections, the state of American voter participation, the future of third parties, and the role of the media.
11:00 pm RECORD HOSPITAL
Wednesday, November 8
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Handel: Concerto Grosso in g, Op. 6, No. 6; Pearlman, Boston Baroque (Telarc)
Hindemith: Viola Sonata; Kashkashian, Levin (ECM)
Cherubini: Solemn Mass in G for the Coronation of Louis XVIII; Muti, London Philharmonic Chorus and Orchestra (EMI)
Pablo: Fragmento; Arditti, Alberman, Andrade (Disques)
Berlioz: Cléopatre; Baker, Davis, London Symphony Orchestra (Philips)
Farina: Capriccio Stravagante; Ricercar Consort (Ricerar)
Varèse: Arcana; Chailly, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (London)
Marenzio: Madrigal, “Se Quel Dolor”; Ensemble Clément Janequin (Harmonia Mundi)
Fine: Symphony 1962; Fine, Boston Symphony Orchestra (Phoenix)
Chopin: Polonaise No. 7 in A-flat, Op. 61, “Polonaise Fantastique”; Horowitz (RCA)
Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasilieras No. 4; López-Cobos, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (Telarc)
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat, Op. 106, “Hammerkavier”; Kempff (DG)
6:00 pm EVENING CONCERT
7:00 pm THE 20TH CENTURY SYMPHONY
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Symphony No. 6; Haitink, London Philharmonic Orchestra (EMI)
Symphony No. 8; Boult, London Philharmonic Orchestra (EMI)
8:00 pm NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA IN CONCERT
Sir Colin Davis conducting; Judith LeClair,
bassoon.
Schubert: Symphony No. 1 in D, D. 82
Mozart: Bassoon Concerto in B-flat, K. 191
Haydn: Symphony No. 98 in B-flat
10:00 pm RECORD HOSPITAL
Thursday, November 9
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
11:00 am JAZZ WITH AN ACCENT
1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Ginastera: Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 22; Votapek (Ivory Classics)
Grieg: Symphonic Dances, Op. 64; Järvi, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra (DG)
Couperin, F.: Le Parnasse ou l’Apothéose de Corelli; Christie, Rousset (Harmonia Mundi)
Harrison: Double Concerto for Violin and Cello with Javanese Gamelan; Goldsmith, King, Winant, Mills College Gamelan Ensemble (TR LP)
Boccherini: String Quintet in g, Op. 37, No. 2; Stradivari Quintet (MHS LP)
Kabalevsky: Cello Concerto; Isserlis, Litton, London Philharmonic Orchestra (Virgin)
Perotin: Organum, “Sederunt principes”; Hillier, Hilliard Ensemble (ECM)
Haydn: Symphony No. 10 in D; Shepherd, Cantilena (Chandos)
Prokofiev: Violin Sonata No. 1 in f, Op. 80; Prouvost, Rahman El Bacha (Forlane)
Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat, R. 455; Berezovsky, Wolff, Philharmonia Orchestra (Teldec)
Zelenka: Sonata for Two Oboes, Bassoon, and Continuo No. 4 in g; Dombrecht, Ebbinge, Bond, van der Meer, Kohnen (Accent)
Elgar: Symphony No. 2 in E-flat, Op. 63; A. Davis, BBC Symphony Orchestra (Teldec)
6:00 pm EXOTICISM IN MUSIC
Rachmaninoff: Song, “Sing O lovely one”, Op. 4, No. 4; Leiferkus, Shelley (Chandos)
Rachmaninoff: Oriental Sketch; Laredo (Columbia LP)
Saint-Saëns: Africa, Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra; Tacchino, Froment, Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg (Vox)
7:00 pm FOUR REASONABLE PEOPLE: MUSIC FOR STRING QUARTET
Schnittke: Quartet No. 3; Kronos Quartet (Nonesuch)
Stravinsky: Three Pieces; Chilingirian Quartet (Conifer Classics)
Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 7 in f-sharp, Op. 108; Borodin String Quartet (EMI)
8:00 pm CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA IN CONCERT
Markus Stenz conducting.
Mussorgsky: A Night on Bare Mountain
Ives: Three Places in New England
Strauss, R.: An Alpine Symphony, Op. 64
10:00 pm RECORD HOSPITAL
Friday, November 10
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Field: Piano Sonata in E-flat, Op. 1, No. 1; O'Rourke (Chandos)
Bax: Overture, Elegy, and Rondo; Wordsworth, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra (Marco Polo)
Wilms: String Quartet in g, Op. 25, No. 1; Nomos Quartet (NM Extra)
Stenhammar: Excelsior!, Symphonic Overture, Op. 13; Sundkvist, Royal Scottish National Orchestra (Naxos)
Machaut: Four Songs, “Hé! Dame de valour”, “Une vipère”, “Ma fin est mon commencement”, “De toutes flours”; Orlando Consort (DG Archiv)
Offenbach: Serenade in C for Strings; Starek, RIAS Sinfonietta (Koch Schwann)
Bacchus: Quartet for Diverse Flutes; Flute Force (CRI)
Bach: Cantata, “Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis”, S. 21; Schlick, Lesne, Crook, Harvey, Herreweghe, La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale (Harmonia Mundi)
Ravel: Sonatine; de Larrocha (RCA)
Chávez: Symphony No. 2, “Sinfonia India”; Thomas, New World Symphony Orchestra (Argo)
Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 1 in F, Op. 5, No. 1; Maisky, Argerich (DG)
Boyce: Symphony No. 4 in F; Pinnock, English Concert (DG Archiv)
Rosenberg: String Quartet No. 12, "Quartetto riepilogo"; Copenhagen String Quartet (Caprice)
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A, K. 622; Brymer, Davis, London Symphony Orchestra (Philips)
6:00 pm SECULAR MUSIC BEFORE 1450
The Italian Istanpitta: Ghaetta, Chominciamento di Gioia, Isabella, Tre Fontane, Belica, Parlamento, In Pro, Principio di Virtù
6:45 pm HARVARD MEN’S HOCKEY
Harvard vs. Vermont
10:00 pm RECORD HOSPITAL
Saturday, November 11
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
9:00 am HILLBILLY AT HARVARD
12:00 pm HARVARD PIGSKIN PREVIEW
12:30 pm HARVARD FOOTBALL
Harvard at Pennsylvania
3:30 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
6:00 pm EVENING CONCERT
6:45 pm HARVARD MEN’S HOCKEY
Harvard vs. Dartmouth
9:30 pm THE DARKER SIDE
Sunday, November 12
7:00 am BLUES
11:00 am MEMORIAL CHURCH SERVICE
Preacher: The Reverend Dr. Fleming Rutledge, Theologian and Preacher. Music includes a Te Deum by Mrs. H.H.A. Beach and a setting of Lux Aeterna by Elgar.
12:30 pm NEWS
1:00 pm CRIMSON SPORTS TALK
1:30 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
6:00 pm HISTORIC PERFORMANCES
Reginald Kell
Bartók: Contrasts for Clarinet,Violin, and Piano; Ritter, Rosen (Decca LP)
Saint-Saëms: Clarinet Sonata, Op. 167; Smith (Decca LP)
Hindemith: Clarinet Sonata; Rosen (Decca LP)
Stravinsky: Three Pieces for Solo Clarinet (Decca LP)
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A, K. 622; Sargent, London Philharmonic Orchestra (Testament)
8:00 pm SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE OPERA
Verdi: La Forza del Destino (Original St. Petersburg Version); Gorchakova, Grigorian, Putilim, Kit, Borodina, Gergiev, Kirov Opera and Chorus (Philips)
midnight MONDAY MORNING STRIKE
Monday, November 13
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Lôbo: Motets, “O quam suavis est, Domine”, “Quam pulchri sunt”, “Ave Regina caelorum”, “Versa est in luctum”, “Ave Maria”; Phillips, Tallis Scholars (Gimell)
d’Indy: String Quartet No. 1 in D, Op. 35; Kodály Quartet (Marco Polo)
Still: La Guiablesse; Jackson, Berlin Symphony Orchestra (Koch)
Mozart: Piano Sonata in B-flat, K. 333; Arrau (Philips)
Revueltas: Suite from La Noche de los Mayas; de la Fuente, Orquesta Sinfónica de Jalapa (Catalyst)
Mazzocchi: Sacrae Concertationes No. 11, “Vide, Domine, afflictionem nostram”, and 18, “Lamento di David”; Jacobs, Netherland Chamber Choir (Harmonia Mundi)
Gounod: Symphony No. 2 in E-flat; Marriner, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields (Philips)
Fine: Fantasia for String Trio; Quan, Martin, Finckel (CRI)
Vivaldi: Concerto in G for Two Mandolins, Strings, and Harpsichord, RV 532; Scimone, I Solisti Veneti (Erato)
Rachmaninoff: Piano Trio No. 2 in d, Op. 9, “Elégiaque”; Serebryakov, Vaiman, Rostropovich (Melodiya)
6:00 pm EVENING CONCERT
6:00 pm TRIBUTE TO LUISE VOSGERCHIAN
The late Luise Vosgerchian, former Chairman of the Department of Music at Harvard, touched many lives as teacher, performer, mentor, colleague. A pupil of Nadia Boulanger, she brought similarly personal qualities to teaching which made her among the most memorable figures in the lives of those with whom she came in contact, and a legendary figure at Harvard.
Tonight we rejoice in the life of Luise Vosgerchian in an extended program of her performances, her own words, and recollections of family, friends, colleagues, and former students, including a number of performing musicians.
10:00 pm TOP TWENTY COUNTDOWN
Tuesday, November 14
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Reger: Twelve Waltz Caprices, Op. 9; Tal, Groethuysen (Sony)
Haydn: Symphony No. 17 in F; Hogwood, Academy of Ancient Music (Oiseau Lyre)
Machaut: Trois Chansons, “Tant doucement”, “Comment peut on”, “De Fortune”; Lawrence-King, Parrott, Taverner Consort (EMI)
Dvorak: The Golden Spinning Wheel; Kosler, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra (Opus)
Ligeti: Trio for Violin, Horn, and Piano; Gawriloff, Baumann, Besch (Wergo)
Pachelbel: Partita No. 6 in B flat for Strings and Continuo; Paillard, Paillard Chamber Orchestra (MHS LP)
Haas: String Quartet No 2, Op. 7; Hawthorne String Quartet (London)
Linek: Organ Concerto in C; Veselá, Jílek, Bohuslav Martinu Chamber Orchestra (Supraphon)
Zwilich: Concerto for Trumpet and Five Players; Smith, Mehta, Kaufman, Freeman, Deak, Wingreen (New World)
Mendelssohn: String Symphony No. 7 in D; Pople, London Festival Orchestra (Hyperion)
Schnittke: Piano Quintet; Graffman, Moscow String Quartet (Fine Arts)
Glazunov: Symphony No. 8 in E-flat, Op. 83; Järvi, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orfeo)
6:00 pm THE MOOD, THE MOMENT
Despair, anguish, pain
7:00 pm POETRY IN SONG
Poetry of Théophile de Gautier.
Berlioz: Les Nuits d’été; de los Angeles, Munch, Boston Symphony Orchestra (RCA Victor)
Berlioz: Song, “L’Île inconnue”; Walker, Vignoles (Hyperion LP)
Berlioz: Songs, “Irlande”, “La Belle voyageuse”, “La Captive”, “Feuillets d’album”, “Zaide”; Baker, Hickox, City of London Sinfonia (Virgin Classics)
Lalo: Song, “L’esclave”; Zylis-Gara, Ivaldi (Rudolphe)
8:00 pm CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA IN CONCERT
Franz Welser-Möst conducting, with violin
soloist William Preucil.
Gruber: Charivari: An Austrian Journal
Bernstein: Serenade after Plato’s Symposium, for Violin and Orchestra
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B-flat, Op. 60
10:00 pm RECORD HOSPITAL
Wednesday, November 15
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Weber: Symphony No. 2 in C, J. 51; Schönzeler, London Symphony Orchestra (RCA)
Handel: Recorder Sonata in C, Op. 1, No. 7; Linde, Hogwood, Ros (Angel LP)
Adams: Fearful Symmetries; Adams, Orchestra of St. Luke’s (Elektra Nonesuch)
Röntgen: Cello Sonata in a, Op. 41; Hoogeveen, Grosz (Radio Nederland)
Bach, J. C.: Psalm, “Confitebor tibi Domine”; Holl, Hampson, Alexander, Hamari, Harnoncourt, Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam (Teldec)
Praetorius: Dances from “Terpsichore”; Träder, Ferdinand Conrad Instrumental Ensemble (Nonesuch LP)
Weill: Concerto for Violin and Wind Orchestra, Op. 12; Tanaka, Rudel, Orchestra of St. Luke’s (Musicmaster)
Seger: Fugue for Organ in f; Slechta (Supraphon LP)
Meulemans: Horn Concerto No. 1 ; van Driessche, Rahbari, Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra of Brussels (Discover)
Couperin, A-L.: Deuxième Quatuor à Deux Clavecins; Christie, Fuller (Harmonia Mundi)
Stravinsky: Symphony in C; Bernstein, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (DG)
Schubert: String Quintet in C, D. 956; Frank, Galimir, Tenenbon, Wiley, Lichten (Sony)
6:00 pm EVENING CONCERT
7:00 pm THE 20TH CENTURY SYMPHONY
Arthur Honegger
Symphony No. 4; Vasary, Bournemouth Sinfonietta (Chandos)
Symphony No. 5; Dutoit, Bavarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Erato)
8:00 pm NEW RELEASES
10:00 pm RECORD HOSPITAL
Thursday, November 16
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
11:00 am JAZZ WITH AN ACCENT
1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Glass: Mad Rush, for Organ; Joyce (Catalyst)
Paganini: Sonata for Grand Viola and Orchestra; Koch, Cao, Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg (Turnabout LP)
Schmidt: Quintet for Piano, Clarinet, Violin, Viola, and Cello in A; Vienna Chamber Musicians (Preiser)
Warren: Singing Earth; Hampson, Ferden, Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra (Cambria)
Philip the Chancellor: Clavus pungens acumine; Sequentia (Deutsche Harmonia Mundi)
Pettersson: Symphony No. 5; Atzmon, Malmö Symphony Orchestra (BIS)
Chopin: Cello Sonata in g, Op. 65; Scholes, Breitman (Titanic)
Heinichen: Concerto in F; Goebel, Musica Antiqua Köln (DG Archiv)
Debussy: Images, Book I; Boguet (Tudor)
Dittersdorf: Oboe Concerto in G; Holliger, Füri, Camerata Bern (DG Archiv)
Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 14 in f-sharp, Op. 142; Borodin String Quartet (EMI)
Borodin: Symphony No. 2 in b; Gergiev, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra (Philips)
6:00 pm EXOTICISM IN MUSIC
Gamelan Influence, Part 1
Debussy: Pagodes, from Estampes; Casadesus (Columbia LP)
Debussy: Fantaisie for Piano and Orchestra; Kars, Gibson, London Symphony Orchestra (London LP)
Ravel: Laideronette Imperatrice des Pagodes, from Ma Mere l’Oye; Giulini, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (Sony)
Ravel: La Vallee des Cloches, from Miroirs; Casadesus (Sony)
7:00 pm FOUR REASONABLE PEOPLE: MUSIC FOR STRING QUARTET
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 4 in c, Op. 18, No.4; Amadeus Quartet (DG)
Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 in d, D. 810, “Death and the Maiden”; Emerson String Quartet (DG)
8:00 pm CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA IN CONCERT
Christoph Eschenbach conducting.
Takemitsu: From Me Flows What You Call Time; Nexus Percussion Ensemble
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat, Op. 55, “Eroica”
10:00 pm RECORD HOSPITAL
Friday, November 17
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Grainger: The Warriors; Gardiner, Philharmonia Orchestra (DG)
Muffat: Toccata duedecima in G; Tachezi (Teldec)
Britten: Les Illuminations, Op. 18; Rolfe-Johnson, Glover, London Mozart Players (ASV)
Haydn: String Quartet in D, Op. 64, No. 5, “The Lark”; Amadeus Quartet (DG)
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 4 in c, Op. 44; Rogé, Dutoit, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (London LP)
Telemann: Concerto in D; Basch, van Asperen (Deutsche Harmonia Mundi)
Berlioz: Waverley Overture, Op. 2b; Davis, London Symphony Orchestra (Philips LP)
Prokofiev: Cello Sonata in C, Op. 119; Turovsky, Edlina (Chandos)
Knechtl: Horn Concerto in D; Tuckwell, Brown, Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields (London)
Bloch: Piano Quintet No. 1; Posnak, Portland String Quartet (Arabesque)
Mozart: Symphony No. 25 in g, K. 183; Hogwood, Academy of Ancient Music (Oiseau-Lyre)
Ravel: String Quartet in F; Juilliard String Quartet (Sony)
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat, Op. 19; Fleisher, Szell, Cleveland Orchestra (CBS)
6:00 pm SECULAR MUSIC BEFORE 1450
The French and English Estampie: Eight Estampie Royals, Kalenda Maia, Souvent Souspire, Robertsbridge Codex
6:45 pm HARVARD MEN’S HOCKEY
Harvard at Cornell
10:00 pm RECORD HOSPITAL
Saturday, November 18
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
9:00 am HILLBILLY AT HARVARD
12:00 pm HARVARD PIGSKIN PREVIEW
12:30 pm HARVARD FOOTBALL
Harvard vs. Yale
3:45 pm HARVARD MEN’S HOCKEY
Harvard at Colgate
6:30 pm EVENING CONCERT
9:00 pm THE DARKER SIDE
Sunday, November 19
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. Music includes Bach’s Cantata, “Schmücke dich, O liebe Seele”, S. 180, with the Bach Society Orchestra joining the Harvard University Choir.
12:30 pm NEWS
1:00 pm CRIMSON SPORTS TALK
1:30 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
6:00 pm HISTORIC PERFORMANCES
Nathan Milstein I: The 1946 and 1953 Library of Congress Recitals (Bridge)
Bach: Sonata for Solo Violin in g, S. 1001
Bach: Partita for Solo Violin in d, S. 1004
Beethoven: Violin Sonata in F, Op. 24, “Spring”; Balsam
Milstein, Paganiniana (Variations)
Chopin: Nocturne in c-sharp, arr. Milstein; Blatt
Wieniawski: Scherzo Tarantelle; Blatt
8:00 pm SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE OPERA
Mozart: La Finta Semplice; Donath, Ihloff, Berganza, Moser, Johnson, Holl, Lloyd, Hager, Mozarteum Ochester Salzburg (Orfeo)
midnight MONDAY MORNING STRIKE
Monday, November 20
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Dallapiccola: Liriche Greche for Voice and Ensemble; Morrison, Dallapiccola Ensemble (Nuova Era)
Franck: Violin Sonata in A; Mutter, Orkis (DG)
Eliasson: Concerto for Bassoon and Strings; Sonstevold, Kanyas; Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra (Caprice)
Marais: Suite for Two Viols and Continuo in d; Savall, Coin, Koopman, Smith (Astrée)
Widor: Symphony Sacra for Organ and Orchestra, Op. 81; Wisskirchen, Hemptling; Philharmonia Hungarica (Motette)
Vanhal: Viola Sonata in E-flat; Spelina, Hala (Supraphon)
Rubbra: Symphony No. 8, Op. 132; Hickox; BBC National Orchestra of Wales (Chandos)
Glinka: Trio Pathétique for Piano, Clarinet, and Cello in d; Hacker, Lange, Barnett (Oiseau-Lyre LP)
Bloch: Suite Modale for Flute and String Orchestra; Still, Braithwaite, New Zealand Chamber Orchestra (Koch)
Chopin: Fantasy in f, Op. 49; Ohlsson (Arabesque)
Martinu: La Revue de Cuisine; Campbell, Festival of Sound Ensemble (CBC Records)
Mundy: Vox Patris Caelestis; Phillips, Tallis Scholars (Gimmel)
Schumann: Piano Concerto in a, Op. 54; Pollini, Abbado, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (DG)
6:00 pm EVENING CONCERT
7:00 pm SPECIAL CONCERT
Last Spring WHRB paid tribute to Sir Arthur Sullivan in an extensive Orgy ® of music he wrote outside his collaboration with Sir William Gilbert. Tonight, two days before the centenary of his death (November 22, 1900), we celebrate his memory with some of the finest moments of his output, including sizeable amounts of Gilbert and Sullivan, including many historical recordings of the great Savoyards of the past, and a centenary tribute within a tribute to Isidore Godfrey, the devoted conductor of the D'Oyly Carte Company from the 1930's to the 1960's, who was born about two months before Sir Arthur died (September 27, 1900).
10:00 pm TOP TWENTY COUNTDOWN