Thursday, November 1
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Bach, J.C.: Quintet in D; English Consort (DG Archiv)
Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 2; Shaham, Boulez, Chicago Symphony Orchestra (DG)
Bach, C.P.E.: Duetto in E; Hazelzet, Ogg (Channel Classics)
Mennin: Piano Concerto; Ogdon, Buketoff, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (CRI)
Liszt: Songs, "Oh! quand je dors," "Comment, disaient-ils," "S'il est un charmant gazon," "Enfant, si j'étais roi"; Fassbaender, Gage (DG)
Haydn: Symphony No. 86 in D; Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (DG)
Bach-Busoni: Chaconne in d; Cherkassky (Nimbus)
Telemann: Concerto in A for Flute, Violin, Cello and Strings; Standage, Colleguim Musicum 90 (Chandos)
Veress: Musica Concertante; Holliger, Camerata Bern (ECM)
Grieg: Norwegian Dances, Op. 35; Järvi, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra (DG)
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 30 in E, Op. 109; Pollini (DG)
Hindemith: Symphony, "Mathis der Maler"; Horenstein, London Symphony Orchestra (Chandos)
6:00 pm THE EVOLUTION OF MINIMALISM
The First Minimalists.
Feldman: Piano Three Hands; Woodward, Lane (Etcetera)
Young: The Second Dream of the High Tension Line Stepdown Transformer from Four Dances of China; Neill, Theater of Eternal Music Brass Ensemble (Gramavision)
7:00 pm HARVARD COMPOSERS
Composers who have either studied or taught at Harvard, from 18th Century undergraduate Samuel Holyoke to current faculty and students. This fall, there there will be a special emphasis on Walter Piston and his students, and in the spring, more recent composers.
Teacher and Student: Leon Kirchner and John Adams.
Kirchner: Quartet No. 3 for Strings and Electronic Tape; Beaux-Arts Quartet (Columbia LP)
Kirchner: Music for 12; Kirchner, Boston Symphony Chamber Players (Nonesuch)
Adams: Nixon in China (selections); de Waart, Orchestra of St. Lukes (Nonesuch)
Adams: Slonimskys Earbox; Nagano, Hallé Orchestra (Nonesuch)
8:00 pm CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA IN CONCERT
Donald Runnicles conducts.
Cimarosa: Concerto for Two Flutes; James Galway, Jeanne Galway
Mozart: Flute Concerto No. 2 in D, K. 314; James Galway
Elgar: Symphony No. 1 in A-flat
10:00 pm RECORD HOSPITAL
Friday, November 2
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
11:00 am WHATS HAPPENING
1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Spohr: Nonet, Op. 31; Vienna Octet (London LP)
Finney: Narrative for Cello and Chamber Orchestra; Fischer, London, Cleveland Chamber Symphony Orchestra (Albany)
Vivaldi: Trio in C for Violin, Lute, and Basso Continuo; Sparf, Lindberg, Ottesen, Wieslander (Bis)
Strauss, R.: Don Juan, Op. 20; Reiner, Chicago Symphony Orchestra (RCA)
Carissimi: Madrigal, "Il Ciarlatano"; Rooley, The Consort of Musicke (Deutsche Harmonia Mundi)
Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 2 in G, Op. 126; Gutman, Temirkanov, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RCA)
Paganini (arr. Schumann): Capricci, Op. 1, Nos. 1, 2, 3, 5, 9, 10, 17, 20; Oistrakh, Zertsalova (ABC LP)
Whalen: Shadows of October for Clarinet and String Orchestra; Estrin, Burkh, Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra (Arabesque)
Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28; Pires (DG)
Boccherini Cello Concerto No. 2 in D, G. 479; Hugh, Halstead, Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Naxos)
Villa-Lobos: String Quartet No. 1; Quarteto Latinoamericano (Dorian)
Ockeghem: Missa, "De Plus en Plus"; Orlando Consort (DG Archiv)
6:00 pm EVENING CONCERT
10:00 pm RECORD HOSPITAL
Saturday, November 3
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
9:00 am HILLBILLY AT HARVARD
1:00 pm HARVARD PIGSKIN PREVIEW
1:30 pm HARVARD FOOTBALL
Harvard at Columbia
4:30 pm CLASSICAL MUSIC INTERLUDE (time approx.)
6:45 pm HARVARD MENS HOCKEY
Harvard vs. Brown
9:30 pm THE DARKER SIDE
Sunday, November 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. Music includes Requiem setting by John Rutter.
12:30 pm NEWS
1:00 pm CRIMSON SPORTS TALK
1:30 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
6:00 pm HISTORIC PERFORMANCES
Arturo Toscanini
Brahms: Serenade No. 2 in A, Op. 16; NBC Symphony (RCA LP)
6:45 pm HARVARD MENS HOCKEY
Harvard vs. Dartmouth
9:30 pm SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE OPERA
midnight MONDAY MORNING STRIKE
Monday, November 5
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Tchaikovsky: Suite for Orchestra No. 3 in G, Op. 55; Marriner, Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra (Capriccio)
Schmelzer: Lamento a Tre con Basso Continuo; Freiburg Baroque Orchestra Concert (Deutsche Harmonia Mundi)
Grofé: Aviation Suite; Stulen, Promenade Orchestra (CBS LP)
Arriaga: String Quartet No. 2 in A; Voces String Quartet (MD+G)
Josquin: Missa "La Sol Fa Re Mi"; Tallis Scholars (Gimmell)
Shostakovich: Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87, No. 1 in C, No. 2 in a, No. 3 in G, No. 4 in e, No. 5 in D; Nikolaeva (Melodiya)
Bach: Cantata, S. 88, "Siehe, ich will viel Fischer aussenden"; Klein, Esswood, Equiluz, Egmond, Schmidt-Gaden, Harnoncourt, Tölzer Knabenchor, Concentus musicus Wien (Telefunken LP)
Busoni: Fantasia Contrappuntistica; Ogdon (Continuum)
Rautavaara: Flute Concerto, Op. 63; Gallois, Segerstam, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra (Ondine)
Grétry: String Quartet in G, Op. 3, No. 5; Haydn Quartet (Koch Schwann)
Nielsen: Symphony No. 3, Op. 27, "Sinfonia espansiva"; Guldbaek, Møller, Bernstein, Royal Danish Orchestra (CBS)
6:00 pm SHAKESPEARE IN MUSIC
Paine: Overture to Shakespeare's "As You Like It," Op. 28; Mehta, New York Philharmonic (New World)
Walton: As You Like It: A Poem for Orchestra after Shakespeare; Bott, Marriner, Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields (Chandos)
Berlioz: Beatrice et Bénédict: Overture and Entr'acte; Boulez, New York Philharmonic Orchestra (Sony)
Purcell: Timon of Athens; Dawson, Fisher, Covey-Crump, Elliott, George, Varcoe, Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists (Erato)
7:00 pm SPECIAL CONCERT
I: Early Music mini-preview.
II: Singers Lily Pons (1898-1976), Ninon Vallin (1886-Novemer 22, 1961), Giuseppe Anselmi (November 12, 1876-1929), and Joan Sutherland (born November 7, 1926).
III: Composer and conductor Constant Lambert (1905-51):
The Rio Grande; Greenbaum, Ripley, Lambert, BBC Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra (EMI)
Poems by Li-Po; Kenny, Martineau (EtCetera)
Concerto for Piano and Nine Players, first movement; Bennett, Dilkes, English Sinfonia (HMV LP)
Horoscope, suite; Lambert, Liverpool Philharmonic and Philharmonia Orchestras (EMI)
10:00 pm TOP TWENTY COUNTDOWN
Tuesday, November 6
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Martin: Piano Trio on Popular Irish Folk Tunes; Borodin Trio (Chandos)
Hoffmeister: Viola Concerto in D; Caussé, Solistes de Montpellier-Moscou (EMI)
Padilla: Lamentation for Maundy Thursday; O'Donnell, Westminster Cathedral Choir (Hyperion)
Rachmaninoff: The Isle of the Dead, Op. 29; Jansons, St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra (EMI)
Messiaen: Diptyque for Organ; Gillock (Milan)
Dittersdorf: Symphony in C, "La Prise de la Bastille"; Concerto Köln (Capriccio)
Schumann: Frauenliebe und -leben; Von Otter, Forsberg (DG)
Villa-Lobos: Symphony No. 4, "Victory"; St. Clair, Southwest Radio Symphony Orchestra of Stuttgart (cpo)
Grieg: String Quartet in g, Op. 27; Budapest String Quartet (Odyssey LP)
Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 2, Sz. 95; Kovacevich, Davis, BBC Symphony Orchestra (Philips)
Blow: Ode on the Death of Mr. Henry Purcell; Bowman, Chance, King, The King's Consort (Hyperion)
Beethoven: Concerto for Piano, Violin, Cello and Orchestra in C, Op. 56; Zeltser, Mutter, Ma, Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (DG)
6:00 pm THE MODERN STRING QUARTET
The Quartet as Confessional
Berg: Lyric Suite; LaSalle Quartet (DG)
Janacek: String Quartet No. 1, "The Kreutzer Sonata"; New World String Quartet (MHS)
7:00 pm POETRY IN SONG
Settings of poems of John Donne (1572-1631) by Galliennel, Krenek, Escot, Adams, Lloyd, Britten, Peyton, Wilson, and Gibbons. Part I.
8:00 pm NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Leonard Slatkin conducts.
Adams: Slonimskys Earbox
Thomson: Symphony on a Hymn Tune
McTee: Circuits, A Concert Overture
Carter: Variations for Orchestra
Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
10:00 pm RECORD HOSPITAL
Wednesday, November 7
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Albinoni: Oboe Concerto No. 2 in d, Op. 9; Messiter, Salter, Guildhall String Ensemble (RCA)
Franck: Violin Sonata in A; Meyers, De Silva (RCA)
Martinu: Symphony No. 2; Neumann, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra (Supraphon)
Haydn: Trio for Two Flutes and Harpsichord or Bassoon No. 3 in G; Rampal, Chulz, Audin (Sony)
Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain; Rubinstein, Jorda, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra (RCA)
Davies: Ave Maris Stella; New York New Music Ensemble (GM)
Handel: Concerto Grosso in F, Op. 3, No. 5; Hogwood, Handel and Haydn Society (Oiseau Lyre)
Ravel: Introduction and Allegro for Harp, Flute, Clarinet, and String Quartet; Ellis, Melos Ensemble (London)
Pärt: Seven Magnificat Antiphons; Hillier, Theatre of Voices (Harmonia Mundi)
Dowland: Five Dances; Munrow, Turner, Pugsley, Lumsden, van der Beek, Spencer (Angel LP)
Gounod: Symphony No. 2 in E-flat; Marriner, Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields (Philips)
Rodrigo: Tonadilla; S. Abreu, E. Abreu (Columbia LP)
Boccherini: Cello Concerto No. 4 in C, G. 481; Hugh, Halstead, Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Naxos)
Schlegel: Piano Quartet in C, Op. 14; Perry, Pacey, Ferschtman, Bingham (NM)
6:00 pm RENAISSANCE VOICES
Antoine Brumel (c.1460-c. 1515)
Lamentations; Phillips, Tallis Scholars (Gimell)
Magnificat secundi toni; Phillips, Tallis Scholars (Gimell)
Chanson, "De tout plongiet/ Fors seulement l'attente"; Munrow, Early Music Consort of London (EMI)
Heth. Cogitavit Dominus; Jennings, Chanticleer (Chanticleer Records)
7:00 pm THE 20TH CENTURY SYMPHONY
Simpson: Symphony No. 3; Horenstein, London Symphony Orchestra (Unicorn)
Berkeley: Symphony No. 3; Berkeley, London Philharmonic Orchestra (MHS LP)
8:00 pm NEW RELEASES
10:00 pm RECORD HOSPITAL
Thursday, November 8
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Wolf: Goethe Settings: Mignons I-IV, Philine; Lott, Parsons (Chandos)
McKay: Symphony for Seattle; Spain, Northwest Symphony Orchestra (Albany)
Couperin: Concert Royale No. 3 for Harpsichord and Viola da Gamba; New York Chamber Soloists (Decca LP)
Berg: Three Pieces for Orchestra; Levine, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (DG)
Pleyel: Oboe Quartet in D, Op. 25, No. 1; Feit, Volmer, Skabar, Skerjanec (Koch-Schwann)
Dukas: Symphony in C; Tortelier, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Chandos)
Josquin: Motets: "Veni, sancte Spiritus"; "De profundis clamavi"; Hillier, Hilliard Ensemble (Angel LP)
Svendsen: Two Swedish Folk Tunes for String Orchestra; Järvi, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra (Bis)
Ginastera: Impresiones de la Puna, for Flute and String Quartet; Zukerman, Shanghai Quartet (Delos)
Dittersdorf: Concerto for Harp and Orchestra; Robles, Brown, Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields (London)
Bliss: Triptych for Piano; Sturrock (Chandos)
Zelenka: Sinfonia a 8 concertanti in a ; Camarata Bern (DG Archiv)
Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 3 in d, Op. 108; Szeryng, Rubinstein (RCA)
6:00 pm THE EVOLUTION OF MINIMALISM
Steve Reichs Early Minimalism.
Four Organs; Steve Reich Ensemble (Nonesuch)
Clapping Music (Nonesuch)
Piano Phase; Clayton, Reich (Nonesuch)
7:00 pm HARVARD COMPOSERS
Students of Walter Piston, Part I: Gail Kubik, Claudio Spies, Robert Moevs.
Kubik: Symphonie Concertante for Piano, Viola, Trumpet, and Orchestra; Kubik, Orchestre de la Radiodiffusion française (RCA LP)
Spies: Bagatelle; Feinberg (CRI LP)
Moevs: Concerto Grosso for Piano, Percussion, and Orchestra; Maximilien, DesRoches, Fitz, Oddo, Patti, Payson, Weisberg, Orchestra of the 20th Century (CRI LP)
8:00 pm CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA IN CONCERT
Pinchas Zukerman conducts an all-Mozart concert.
Serenade No. 7 in D, K. 250 (248b), "Haffner", Movements 1-4; Zukerman as soloist
Symphony No. 35 in D, K. 385, "Haffner"
Violin Concerto No. 5 in A, K. 219; Zukerman as soloist
10:00 pm RECORD HOSPITAL
Friday, November 9
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
11:00 am WHATS HAPPENING
1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Clementi: Capriccio in e, Op. 47, No. 1; Hobson (Arabesque)
Holst: Lyric Movement for Viola and Small Orchestra; Tees, Hickox, City of London Sinfonia (Chandos)
Hume: Captaine Humes Pauin; Savall (Astrée)
Yoshimatsu: Saxophone Concerto "Cyber-Bird," Op. 59; Sugawa, Fujioka, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Chandos)
Taneyev: Piano Trio in D, Op. 22; Odeon Trio (ProArte LP)
Rameau: Dardanus, Suite; Brüggen, Orchestra of the 18th Century (Philips)
Hindemith: Kleine Kammermusik for Five Winds, Op. 24, No. 2; Syrinx Quintet (MD+G)
Charpentier: Nativité de la Vierge; Savall, Concert des Nations (Astrée)
Debussy: Préludes, Book II, Nos. 1-6; Richter (Turnabout LP)
Leon: Indigena; Kelley, Leon, Continuum (CRI)
Glinka: String Quartet No. 2 in F; Gostelradio Quartet (Vox)
Vivaldi: Beatus vir, RV 579; Gritton, Wyn-Davies, Denley, Daniels, Davies, George, King, Choir of the King's Consort, King's Consort (Hyperion)
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 1 in f, Op. 2, No. 1; Kempff (DG)
Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez; Söllscher, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (DG)
6:00 pm EVENING CONCERT
6:45 pm HARVARD MENS HOCKEY
Harvard at Vermont
10:00 pm RECORD HOSPITAL
Saturday, November 10
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
9:00 am HILLBILLY AT HARVARD
12:00 pm HARVARD PIGSKIN PREVIEW
12:30 pm HARVARD FOOTBALL
Harvard vs. Pennsylvania
3:30 pm CLASSICAL MUSIC INTERLUDE (time approx.)
6:00 pm EVENING CONCERT
6:45 pm HARVARD MENS HOCKEY
Harvard at Dartmouth
9:30 pm THE DARKER SIDE
Sunday, November 11
7:00 am BLUES
11:00 am MEMORIAL CHURCH SERVICE
Preacher: Dr. Ronald Sobel, Senior Rabbi of Congregation Emanu-El of the City of New York. Music includes "They shall not grow old" by Guest and "Lord, thou hast been our refuge" by Vaughan Williams.
12:30 pm NEWS
1:00 pm CRIMSON SPORTS TALK
1:30 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
6:00 pm HISTORIC PERFORMANCES
Fritz Kreisler
Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 8 in G, Op. 30, No. 3; Rachmaninoff (RCA LP)
Bach: Concerto for 2 Violins in d, S. 1043; Zimbalist (RCA LP)
Schubert: Violin Sonata in A, D. 574, "Duo"; Rachmaninoff (RCA LP)
Corelli-Kreisler: Sanctissima; Hugo Kreisler (RCA LP)
Grieg: Violin Sonata No. 3 in c, Op. 45; Rachmaninoff (RCA LP)
8:00 pm SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE OPERA
Bellini: I Puritani; Callas, Cattelani, di Stefano, Panerai, Rossi-Lemeni, Serafin, La Scala Chorus and Orchestra (EMI)
midnight MONDAY MORNING STRIKE
Monday, November 12
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Pärt: Fratres; Kramer, Jarrett (ECM)
Field: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat; O'Rourke, Bamert, London Mozart Players (Chandos)
Dowland: Lachrimae, Galliard to Lachrimae; O'Dette (Harmonia Mundi)
Respighi: Church Windows; Ormandy, Philadelphia Orchestra (Columbia LP)
Vivaldi: Concerto for Recorder, Oboe, Bassoon, and Harpsichord in g, RV 103; Verbruggen, Goodwin, Godburn, Toll (Harmonia Mundi)
Britten: Suite on English Folk Tunes, "A Time There Was," Op. 90; Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (EMI)
Borodin: String Quintet in f; New Budapest Quartet, Kertész (Marco Polo)
Harbison: Concerto for Double Brass Choir and Orchestra; Previn, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra (New World)
Bach: Suite for Cello Solo No. 3 in C, S. 1009; Demenga (ECM)
Bernstein: Songfest; Dale, Elias, Williams, Rosenshein, Reardon, Gramm, Bernstein, National Symphony Orchestra (DG)
Haydn: String Quartet in A, Op. 20, No. 6; Salomon String Quartet (Hyperion)
Vaughan Williams: Flos Campi for Viola, Voices, and Orchestra; Riddle, Del Mar, Bournemouth Sinfonietta Choir, Bournemouth Sinfonietta (Chandos)
6:00 pm SHAKESPEARE IN MUSIC
Wolpe: Music for Hamlet; Underwood, Blustine, Finckel (Koch)
Shostakovich: Incidental Music to Hamlet, Op. 32; Serov, Leningrad Chamber Orchestra (Melodiya)
Liszt: Symphonic Poem No. 10, "Hamlet"; Haitink, London Philharmonic Orchestra (Philips LP)
Tchaikovsky: Hamlet, Op. 67; Slatkin, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra (RCA)
7:00 pm SPECIAL CONCERT
I: The Boston Philharmonic Orchestra under Benjamin Zander performs Bachs Cantata No. 150, Seven Early Songs of Berg, and the Brahms Symphony No. 4 on November 15 at 7:30 and 18 at 3:00 at Sanders Theatre, 8:00 November 17 at Jordan Hall. (Info: 617-236-0999.) We hear them in a concert performance.
II: The Griller Quartet, which disbanded in 1961:
Haydn: String Quartet in C, Op. 33, No. 3, "Bird" (Dutton)
Bloch: String Quartet No. 2 (Dutton)
III: Conductor Sir Thomas Beecham (1879-1961)
Handel/Beecham: The Faithful Shepherd Suite; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (Columbia LP)
10:00 pm TOP TWENTY COUNTDOWN
Tuesday, November 13
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Bliss: Viola Sonata; Vardi, Sturrock (Chandos)
Kraus: Symphony in A, VB 128; Sundkvist, Swedish Chamber Orchestra (Naxos)
Granados: Escenas Romanticas; De Larrocha (Epic LP)
Adams: Violin Concerto; Kremer, Nagano, London Symphony Orchestra (Nonesuch)
Boyce: Trio Sonata No. 4 in g; Standage, Collegium Musicum 90 (Chandos)
Parry: Symphony No. 1 in G; Bamert, London Philharmonic Orchestra (Chandos)
Bartók: Five Songs, Op. 16; Hamari, Richter (DG LP)
Telemann: Overture in g; Harnoncourt, Concentus Musicus Wien (Telefunken LP)
Still: Ennanga, for Harp, Piano, and Strings; Pilot, V. Taylor, Chang, Forbes, G. Taylor, Churchill (New World)
Scriabin: Symphonic Poem in d; Demchenko, USSR Radio Symphony Orchestra (Russian Disc)
Hertel: Concerto in D for Trumpet, Two Oboes, and Two Bassoons; Basch, Kärcher, Vetter, Ventulett, Roscher, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (Schwann)
Palestrina: Missa Papae Marcelli; Tallis Scholars (Gimell)
6:00 pm THE MODERN STRING QUARTET
Bartók: String Quartet No. 1, Op. 7, Sz. 40; Hungarian String Quartet (DG LP)
Bartók: String Quartet No. 4, Sz. 91; Emerson String Quartet (DG)
7:00 pm POETRY IN SONG
Settings of poems of John Donne (1572-1631) by Galliennel, Krenek, Escot, Adams, Lloyd, Britten, Peyton, Wilson, and Gibbons. Part II.
8:00 pm NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Robert Shaw conducts.
Beethoven: Choral Fantasy, Op. 80; Lee Luvisi, piano, Choral Arts Society of Washington
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in d, Op. 125, "Choral"; Dominique Labelle, Nannette Soles, Richard Clement, Nathan Berg, Choral Arts Society of Washington
10:00 pm RECORD HOSPITAL
Wednesday, November 14
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Chou: Cursive for Flute and Piano; Sollberger, Wuorinen (CRI)
Volkmann: Cello Concerto; Blees, Cao, Symphony Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg (Turnabout LP)
Schoenberg: String Quartet No. 2 in f-sharp, Op. 10; Lear, New Vienna String Quartet (DG LP)
Turges: Magnificat; Carwood, Cardinall's Musick (ASV)
Rachmaninoff: Suite for Two Pianos No. 1, Op. 5; Ashkenazy, Previn (London LP)
Bach, J.C.: Piano Concerto in C, Op. 13, No. 1; Halstead, Hanover Band (CPO)
Tallis: Mass for Four Voices; Hilliard Ensemble (ECM)
Drattell: Clarinet ConcertoFire Dances; Shifrin, Schwarz, Seattle Symphony Orchestra (Delos)
Raff: Octet for Strings in C, Op. 176; Academy of St.-Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemble (Chandos)
Handel: Concerto Grosso in F, Op. 3, No. 4; Leppard, English Chamber Orchestra (Philips LP)
Villa-Lobos: Twelve Etudes for Guitar; Marcos (Relief)
Weber: Symphony No. 1 in C; Goodman, Hanover Band (Nimbus)
Sollberger: Chamber Variations for Twelve Players; Group for Contemporary Music (CRI)
6:00 pm RENAISSANCE VOICES
Clément Janequin (1474-1559)
Motet, "Congregati Sunt"; Visse, Ensemble Clément Janequin (Harmonia Mundi)
Chansons: "Il estoit une fillette," "Plus ne suys," "Le chant des oiseaux," "La guerre," "Toutes les nuictz"; Fabre-Garrus, A Sei Voce (Auvidis)
Mass, "L'Aveuglé Dieu"; Visse, Ensemble Clément Janequin (Harmonia Mundi)
7:00 pm THE 20TH CENTURY SYMPHONY
Stravinsky: Symphony No. 1 in E-flat; Järvi, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (Chandos)
Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements; Järvi, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (Chandos)
8:00 pm NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA IN CONCERT
Kurt Masur conducts.
Liszt: Les Preludes
Botti: Echo Tempo for Soprano, Percussion, and Orchestra; Susan Botti, soprano, Christopher Lamb, percussion
Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 43; Olli Mustonen
Prokofiev: Scythian Suite
10:00 pm RECORD HOSPITAL
Thursday, November 15
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Thomson: Symphony on a Hymn Tune; Hanson, Eastman-Rochester Orchestra (Mercury)
Leclair: Sonata No. 7 for Flute and Continuo; B. Kuijken, W. Kuijken, Kohnen (Accent)
Fauré: Masques et Bergamasques, Op. 112; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (DG)
Messaien: Catalogue d'Oiseaux No. 9, "La Bouscarle," No. 13, "Le Courlis Cendré"; Troup (Radio Canada LP)
Scriabin: La poème de l'extase, Op. 54; Maazel, Cleveland Orchestra (London LP)
Bach: Partita for Violin Solo No. 1 in b, S. 1002; Makarski (ECM)
Catalani: Contemplazione; Muti, La Scala Philharmonic Orchestra (Sony)
Vincentio: Madrigal, "Passa la nave mia"; Canzona, "La bella"; Madrigal, "Fiamma gentil"; Baines, Accademia Monteverdiana Consort, Jaye Consort of Viols (Bach Guild LP)
Haydn: Symphony No. 36 in E-flat; Hogwood, Academy of Ancient Music (Oiseau-Lyre)
Beach: Piano Trio, Op. 150; Lark Quartet (Arabesque)
Hellendaal: Concerto Grosso, Op. 3, No. 6; Goodman, European Community Baroque Orchestra (Channel Classics)
Corigliano: Phantasmagoria; Ma, Ax (Sony)
Nielsen: Symphony No. 4, Op. 29, "The Inextinguishable"; Rozhdestvensky, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra (Chandos)
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 10 in E-flat, Op. 74, "Harp"; Juilliard String Quartet (CBS LP)
6:00 pm THE EVOLUTION OF MINIMALISM
Steve Reichs Voice Work.
Its Gonna Rain (Nonesuch)
Different Trains; Kronos Quartet (Nonesuch)
7:00 pm HARVARD COMPOSERS
Students of Walter Piston, Part II: Irving Fine, Harold Shapero, Noël Lee.
Fine: Notturno for Strings and Harp; Hill, Hess, Foss, Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra (CRI)
Fine: Partita for Wind Quintet; New York Woodwind Quintet (Nonesuch)
Shapero: Nine-Minute Overture; Previn, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra (New World)
Lee: Dialogues; Böhn, Lee (CRI)
8:00 pm CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA IN CONCERT
Daniel Barenboim conducts.
Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro, K. 492, Overture
Sibelius: Violin Concerto in d; Nikolai Znaider
Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 in e, Op. 95, "From the New World"
10:00 pm RECORD HOSPITAL
Friday, November 16
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
11:00 am WHATS HAPPENING
1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Mompou: Prelude No. 6; de Larrocha (RCA)
Mozart: Symphony No. 29 in A, K. 201; Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra (Erato)
Grieg: Four Psalms, Op. 74; Hagegard, Kvam, Oslo Cathedral Choir (Nimbus)
Rouse: Trombone Concerto; Alessi, Alsop, Colorado Symphony Orchestra (RCA)
Alkan: Petits Préludes; Bowyer (Nimbus)
Barber: Piano Concerto; Browning, Slatkin, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra (RCA)
Lully: Petits Motets, "Dixit Dominus," "O Dulcissime," "Domine Salvum Regem"; Christie, Les Arts Florissants (Harmonia Mundi)
Hindemith: Pittsburgh Symphony; Tortelier, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Chandos)
Palestrina: Missa sine nomine; Vartolo, Soloists of the Cappella Musicale di S. Petronio di Bologna (Naxos)
Husa: Music for Prague 1968; Husa, Temple University Wind Symphony (Albany)
Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat, D. 960; Sofronitzki (Harmonia Mundi)
Britten: The Rescue of Penelope; Baker, Hagley, Wyn-Rogers, Ainsley, Dazeley, Nagano, Hallé Orchestra (Erato)
6:00 pm EVENING CONCERT
6:45 pm HARVARD MENS HOCKEY
Harvard vs. Cornell
9:30 pm RECORD HOSPITAL
Saturday, November 17
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
9:00 am HILLBILLY AT HARVARD
11:30 am HARVARD PIGSKIN PREVIEW
12:00 pm HARVARD FOOTBALL
THE GAME: Harvard at Yale
3:00 pm CLASSICAL MUSIC INTERLUDE (time approx.)
6:45 pm HARVARD MENS HOCKEY
Harvard vs. Colgate
9:30 pm THE DARKER SIDE
Sunday, November 18
7:00 am BLUES
11:00 am MEMORIAL CHURCH SERVICE
Preacher: The Reverend Mark D. W. Edington, Epps Fellow, Chaplain to Harvard College, Assistant Minister, and Senior Administer in the Center for the Study of World Religions. Music includes Boyces "Lord, thou hast been our refuge" performed with the Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra.
12:30 pm NEWS
1:00 pm CRIMSON SPORTS TALK
1:45 pm HARVARD WOMENS HOCKEY
Harvard vs. Minnesota
4:30 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT (time approx.)
6:00 pm HISTORIC PERFORMANCES
Budapest String Quartet
Brahms: String Quartet No. 3 in B-flat, Op. 67
Mozart: String Quartet No. 19 in C, K. 465, "Dissonant"
Franck: Piano Quintet in f; Curzon
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 7 in F, Op. 59, No. 1, "Razumovsky"
8:00 pm SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE OPERA
Rimsky-Korsakov: Snow Maiden; Arkhipova, Sokolik, Vedernikov, Elnikov, Fedoseyev, Moscow Radio Chorus and Symphony Orchestra (Columbia/Melodiya LPs)
midnight MONDAY MORNING STRIKE
Monday, November 19
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Rautavaara: Cantus Arcticus, Op. 61; Pekkanen, Klemetti Institute Symphony Orchestra (Finlandia)
Brahms: Four Ballades, Op. 10; Brendel (Philips)
Haydn: Missa Cellensis in honorem BVM, H.XXII:5, "Missa Sanctae Caeciliae"; Popp, Soffel, Laubenthal, Moll, Kubelik, Choir and Orchestra of the Bavarian Radio (Orfeo)
Rorem: The Nantucket Songs; Bryn-Julson, Rorem (CRI)
Roussel: Symphony No. 3 in g, Op. 42; Dutoit, Orchestre National de France (Erato)
Telemann: Sonata in e; Goebel, Musica Antiqua Köln (DG Archiv)
Bliss: Pastoral "Lie Strewn the White Flocks"; Jones, Fearon, Haslam, Hickox, The Sinfonia Chorus, Northern Sinfonia (Chandos)
Mozart: String Quintet No. 5 in D, K. 593; Hausmusik (EMI)
Adams: Harmonielehre; Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (EMI)
6:00 pm SHAKESPEARE IN MUSIC
Shostakovich: Music for Hamlet, Op. 116; Serebrier, Belgian Radio Symphony Orchestra (RCA)
Berlioz: Tristia, Op. 18; Boulez, Cleveland Orchestra and Chorus (DG)
Tesori: Music for Twelfth Night, selections; Kelly, Lincoln Center Production Musicians (Resmiranda)
7:00 pm SPECIAL CONCERT
Singers John Shirley-Quirk (born 1931), Adele Kern (1901-1980), Gerhard Hüsch (1901-84), Luise Helletsgruber (1901-67), Jorma Hynninen (born 1941), and Lotte Lehmann (1888-1976). Among the selections:
Purcell: Songs, "Man is for the woman made" and "Twas within a furlong of Edinborough Town"; Shirley-Quirk, Isepp (Saga)
Handel: Messiah, "The Trumpet Shall Sound"; Shirley-Quirk, Davis, London Symphony Orchestra, Lang (Philips)
Butterworth: Songs from A Shropshire Lad; Shirley-Quirk, Isepp (Saga)
Schumann: songs; Shirley-Quirk, Fleisher (Arabesque)
Britten: various selections; Shirley Quirk
Vaughan Williams: songs; Shirley-Quirk, Isepp (Saga)
Songs of Pfitzner and Kijlpinen; Hüsch
Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin, D. 795; Lehmann, Balogh, Ulanowsky (Columbia LP)
10:00 pm TOP TWENTY COUNTDOWN
Tuesday, November 20
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Mozart, L.: Sinfonia da Camera for Horn, Violin, Two Violas, and Thoroughbass in D; Jeurissen, Hettema, van der Heide, Oldeman, Waki, van Oosten (MD+G)
Takemitsu: Fantasma/Cantos; Stoltzman, Otaka, BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra (RCA)
Beach: Les Rêves de Colombine, Op. 65; Eskin (Northeastern)
Willaert: O Crux splendidior, Dulce Lignum; Stevens, Ambrosian Singers (Odyssey LP)
Berg: String Quartet, Op. 3; La Salle Quartet (DG)
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80; Thomas, London Symphony Orchestra (Sony)
Boismortier: Trio Sonata in e, Op. 37, No. 2; Epple, Bedford, Robbins, Fitch (Titanic)
Carter: Suite from Pocahontas; Dunkel, American Composers Orchestra (CRI)
Hüttenbrenner: 12 Organ Pieces for Communion; Haselböck (Schwann LP)
Milhaud: Symphony No. 2; Plasson, Orchestre du Capitole du Toulouse (DG)
Bach, C.P.E.: Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord Obligato in G, Wq. 88; London Baroque (Harmonia)
Alfonso X: Cantiga de Santa Maria No. 42, "A Virgen mui groriosa"; Ensemble Alcatraz (Nonesuch)
Czerny: Grande Sonate Brilliante in c, Op. 10; Tal, Groethuysen (Sony)
Moeran: Sinfonietta; Boult, London Philharmonic Orchestra (HNH LP)
Bach: Fantasia in G, S. 572; Walcha (DG LP)
Ravel: Concerto for Piano Left Hand and Orchestra in D; Casadesus, Ormandy, Philadelphia Orchestra (Sony)
Previn: Wedding Waltz; Taylor, Feld, Previn (Arabesque)
6:00 pm THE MODERN STRING QUARTET
War-Torn Germany
Pfitzner: String Quartet No. 3 in c, Op. 50; Austrian String Quartet (Vox)
Hindemith: String Quartet No. 6; Kocian Quartet (Chant du Monde)
Henze: String Quartet No. 1; Arditti Quartet (Wergo)
7:00 pm POETRY IN SONG
Settings of poems by Ben Johnson (1572-1637) by Farnaby, Quilter, Handel, Bush, and Browne.
8:00 pm NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Leonard Slatkin conducts.
Dukas: The Sorcerers Apprentice
Ravel: Shéhérazade; Frederica von Stade
Fauré: Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80
Canteloube: Songs of the Auvergne, selections; von Stade
Debussy: La Mer
10:00 pm RECORD HOSPITAL
Wednesday, November 21
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Ginastera: Piano Concerto No. 1; Martins, Leinsdorf, Boston Symphony Orchestra (RCA LP)
Mozart: Oboe Quintet in F, K. 370; Holliger, Orlando Quartet (Philips)
Vaughan Williams: Sancta Civitas; Langridge, Terfel, Hickox, Choristers of St. Paul's Cathedral, London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra (EMI)
Anonymous: Two Royal Dances, Four Royal Estampies; Ensemble Alcatraz (Nonesuch)
Grieg: Symphony in c; Rickenbacher, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (Schwann)
Bloch: Suite No. 2 for Violin Solo; Weilerstein (Arabesque)
Pergolesi: Salve Regina in c for Soprano and String Orchestra; Zádori, Németh, Capella Savaria (Harmonia Mundi)
Druckman: Other Voices; American Brass Quintet (New World)
Weber: Symphony No. 2 in C, J. 51; Schönzeler, London Symphony Orchestra (RCA LP)
Josquin: Motet, "Illibata Dei Virgo nutrix"; Parrott, Taverner Consort (EMI)
Britten: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, Op. 10; Boughton, English String Orchestra (Nimbus)
Telemann: Suite No. 6 in d for Transverse Flute, Violin and Continuo; B. Kuijken, S. Kuijken, W. Kuijken, Kohnen (Accent)
Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances, Op. 45; Gardiner, North German Radio Symphony Orchestra (DG)
6:00 pm RENAISSANCE VOICES
Nicolas Gombert (c. 1495-c.1560) & Thomas Crecquillon (c.1505-1557)
Gombert: Motet, "In illo tempore"; Brown, Henry's Eight (Hyperion)
Gombert: Magnificat octavi toni; Brown, Henry's Eight (Hyperion)
Gombert: Motet, "O Rex gloriae"; Brown, Henry's Eight (Hyperion)
Crecquillon: Motet: "Pater Peccavi"; Phillips, Tallis Scholars (Gimell)
Crecquillon: Chanson, "Petite fleur coincte et jolye"; Ensemble Clment Janequin (Harmonia Mundi)
Crecquillon: Motet, "Andreas Christi famulus"; Phillips, Tallis Scholars (Gimell)
7:00 pm THE 20TH CENTURY SYMPHONY
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 7 in c-sharp; Martinon, Orchestra of the Paris Conservatoire (London LP)
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 9 in E-flat; Järvi, Scottish National Orchestra (Chandos)
8:00 pm NEW RELEASES
10:00 pm RECORD HOSPITAL
Thursday, November 22
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Lassus: Exsultet; Theatre of Voices (Harmonia Mundi)
Alwyn: Symphony No. 4; Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra (Chandos)
Purcell: Suite a 4 in G, Z. 770; London Baroque (Harmonia Mundi)
Honegger: Cello Concerto; Rostropovitch, London Symphony Orchestra (Erato)
Arensky: Piano Trio No. 1 in d, Op. 32; Bronfman, Lin, Hoffman (Sony)
Helps: Gossamer Noons; Beardslee, Schuller, American Composers Orchestra (CRI)
Rheinberger: Organ Sonata No. 10 in b, Op. 146; Munns (Prezioso)
Delius: Paris: The Song of a Great City; Davis, BBC Symphony Orchestra (Teldec)
Krommer: Oboe Quartet No. 1 in C; Goodwin, Terzetto (Harmonia Mundi)
Carissimi: Jephte; Speiser, Lange, McCulloch, Huber, Geiger, Galling, Michel, Hörtnagel, Rilling, Spandauer Kantorei (Turnabout LP)
Bartók: For Children, Vol. I; Kraus (Vanguard)
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5 in D, Op. 107, "Reformation"; Gardiner, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (DG)
6:00 pm THE EVOLUTION OF MINIMALISM
Philip Glass Strict Minimalism.
Music in Twelve Parts; Philip Glass Ensemble (Nonesuch)
7:00 pm HARVARD COMPOSERS
8:00 pm CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA IN CONCERT
Christoph Eschenbach conducts.
Schubert (orch. Stein): Fantaisie Concertante in f
Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in b, D. 759, "Unfinished"
Liszt: Totentanz for Piano and Orchestra; Andre Watts
Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4
10:00 pm RECORD HOSPITAL
Friday, November 23
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
11:00 am WHATS HAPPENING
1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Field: Piano Sonata No. 2 in c; O'Rourke (Chandos)
Shostakovich: Festive Overture, Op. 96; Pletnev, Russian National Orchestra (DG)
Rameau: Suite for Harpsichord in e; Pinnock (CRD LP)
Schumann: Fantasie for Violin and Orchestra in C, Op. 131; Mutter, Masur, New York Philharmonic Orchestra (DG)
Foss: Solo for Piano; Supové (CRI)
Debussy: Boîte à joujoux; Jordan, Basel Symphony Orchestra (Erato)
Dunstable: Motet "Salve Regina misericordie"; Turner, Pro Cantione Antiqua (DG Archiv LP)
Bax: The Tale the Pine Trees Knew; Thomson, Ulster Orchestra (Chandos)
Beethoven: Quintet for Piano and Winds in E-flat, Op. 16; Perahia, Black, King, Halstead, Sheen (CBS)
Ludwig: Violin Concerto; Peskanov, Sleeper, University of Miami Symphony Orchestra (Albany)
Telemann: New Paris Quartets: Quartet No. 5; B. Kuijken, S. Kuijken, W. Kuijken, Leonhardt (Sony)
Bruckner: Symphony No. 3 in d; Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (DG)
6:00 pm EVENING CONCERT
6:45 pm HARVARD MENS HOCKEY
Harvard at Boston College
10:00 pm RECORD HOSPITAL
Saturday, November 24
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
9:00 am HILLBILLY AT HARVARD
1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
6:00 pm EVENING CONCERT
9:00 pm THE DARKER SIDE
Sunday, November 25
7:00 am BLUES
11:00 am MEMORIAL CHURCH SERVICE
Preacher: The Reverend Dr. Dorothy A. Austin, Associate Minister in the Memorial Church and University Chaplain. Music includes "Exsultate justi" by Ludovico da Viadana and "Praise to the Lord of Harvest" by Healey Willan.
12:30 pm NEWS
1:00 pm CRIMSON SPORTS TALK
1:45 pm HARVARD WOMENS HOCKEY
Harvard vs. Providence
4:30 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT (time approx.)
Mahler: Symphony No. 4 (premiered November 25, 1901); Halban, Walter, New York Philharmonic Orchestra (Sony)
6:00 pm HISTORIC PERFORMANCES
Sergei Rachmaninoff on RCA LPs.
Rachmaninoff: Isle of the Dead; Philadelphia Orchestra
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in c; Stokowski, Philadelphia Orchestra
Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 2 in b-flat
Chopin: Waltz in A-flat, Op. 42
Chopin: Waltz in A-flat, Op. 64
Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; Stokowski, Philadelphia Orchestra
8:00 pm SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE OPERA
Nielsen: Saul and David; Christoff, Young, Söderström, Horenstein (supplemented by Lazar), Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus (Unicorn)
midnight MONDAY MORNING STRIKE
Monday, November 26
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Muffat: Missa In Labore Requies; Junghänel, Cantus Cölln, Concerto Palatino (Harmonia Mundi)
Lourié: String Quartet No. 1; Utrecht String Quartet (ASV)
Field: Piano Concerto No. 7 in C; O'Rourke, Bamert, London Mozart Players (Chandos)
Gounod: Petite Symphonie for Winds; Faldner, Sinfonia Orchestra of Chicago (Koch)
Piston: Three New England Sketches; Slatkin, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra (RCA)
Frescobaldi: Toccata No. 10, Toccata No. 11, Ricercare No. 9, with 4 subjects; Leonhardt (Philips)
Mozart: Vesperae de Dominica, K. 321; Marshall, Cable, Evans, Roberts, Guest, Choir of St John's College, Cambridge, Wren Orchestra (London)
Busoni: An die Jugend, Kind. 254; Madge (Philips)
Pakhmutova: Trumpet Concerto in e-flat; Popov, Svetlanov, USSR State Radio Orchestra (Monitor LP)
Brahms: Four Serious Songs, Op. 121; DeGaetani, Kalish (Arabesque)
Hindemith: Symphony "Die Harmonie der Welt"; Tortelier, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Chandos)
6:00 pm SHAKESPEARE IN MUSIC
Beethoven: Coriolan Overture, Op. 62; Walter, Columbia Symphony Orchestra (Sony)
Shostakovitch: Music for King Lear (selections)
Berlioz: King Lear, Op. 4, Overture; Gibson, Scottish National Orchestra (Chandos)
Verdi: Ballabile from Macbeth; Levine, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Sony)
7:00 pm SPECIAL CONCERT
Falla (November 23, 1876-November 14, 1946): Concerto for Harpsichord, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Violin, and Cello; Falla, Moÿse, Bonneau, Godeau, Darrieux, Cruque (Columbia 78s)
Falla: Seven Popular Spanish Songs; Barrientos, Falla (EMI)
Rodrigo (born November 22, 1901, by most accounts): songs; Caballé, Zanetti (London LP)
Mieczyslaw Karlowicz (1876-1909): songs; Hiolski, Marchwinski (Muza LP)
Music of Gerald Finzi (1901-56): A centenary celebration.
When I set out for Lyonnesse, Farewell to Arms, Op.9; Spence, Handley, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra (Conifer)
Eclogue for piano and String Orchestra, Op. 10; Shelley, Hickox, City of London Sinfonia (EMI)
Two Sonnets, Op. 12; Evans, Handley, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra (Conifer)
Dies Natalis, Op. 8; Brown, Christopher Finzi, English Chamber Orchestra (Everest LP)
Prelude and Fugue for String Trio, Op. 24; Thamyse String Trio (Altarus LP)
Let us Garlands Bring, Op. 18; Faust, Stokan
Clarinet Concerto, Op. 31; Hacker, Boughton, English String
Orchestra (Nimbus)
Lo, the full, final sacrifice, Op.26;Spicer,Finzi Singers(Chandos)
Prelude for String Orchestra;Boughton, English String Orchestra
10:00 pm TOP TWENTY COUNTDOWN
Tuesday, November 27
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Moeran: Symphony in g; Handley, Ulster Orchestra (Chandos)
Schobert: Sonata for Harpsichord, Violin, and Cello in F, Op. 16, No. 4; Four Nations Ensemble (ASV)
Bruckner: Psalm 112; Best, Corydon Singers, English Chamber Orchestra (Hyperion)
Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 5 in B-flat, Op. 92; Borodin Quartet (EMI)
Giuliani: Concerto No. 1 in a for Guitar and String Orchestra, Op. 30; Williams, Tognetti, Australian Chamber Orchestra (Sony)
Byrd: Pavans and Galliards in c, G, a, and C; Moroney (Harmonia Mundi LP)
Iannaccone: Sea Drift; Plank, Clarion Wind Symphony (Albany)
Mendelssohn: Organ Sonata No. 1 in f, Op. 65, No. 1; Scott (Hyperion)
Porpora: Dixit Dominus; Frimmer, Popken, Meel, Mertens, Rovatkay, Cologne Chamber Choir, Capella Agosto Steffani (Calig)
Herrmann: Souvenir de Voyage, for Clarinet and String Quartet; Texas Festival Chamber Ensemble (Albany)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F, Op. 93; Walter, Columbia Symphony Orchestra (Sony)
6:00 pm THE MODERN STRING QUARTET
Quartets of the Soviet Union
Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 2 in A, Op. 68; Beethoven Quartet (Vanguard)
Prokofiev: String Quartet No. No. 2 in F, Op. 92; Chilingirian Quartet (Chandos)
7:00 pm POETRY IN SONG
Settings of poems by John Fletcher (1579-1625) by Gurney, Purcell, and Wilson.
8:00 pm NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Leonard Slatkin conducts.
Turnage: Three Screaming Popes
Vaughan Willliams: Symphony No. 4 in f
Elgar: Symphony No. 3 in c, elaborated from the composers sketches by Anthony Payne
10:00 pm RECORD HOSPITAL
Wednesday, November 28
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Bennett: Three Romances, Op. 14; Hobson (Arabesque)
Barber: Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Op. 24; Steber, Strickland, Dumbarton Oaks Chamber Orchestra (Sony)
Gesualdo: Madrigals: "Che fai meco, mio cor," "Ecco, moriro dunque!" "Ahi, gia mi discoloro," "Arde il mio cor"; Cera, Ensemble Arte-Musica (Tactus)
Nielsen: Clarinet Concerto; Goodman, Gould, Chicago Symphony Orchestra (RCA Victor LP)
Hindemith: Kammermusik No. 4, Op. 36, No. 3; Kulka, Chailly, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (London)
Bach: Cantata, S. 36, "Schwingt freudig, euch empor"; Augér, Schreckenbach, Schreier, Heldwein, Rilling, Gächinget Kantorei of Stuttgart, Bach Collegium of Stuttgart (Hänssler)
Rzewski: Piano Sonata; de Mare (OO Discs)
Ives: Symphony No. 2; Bernstein, New York Philharmonic Orchestra (DG)
Mozart: String Quartet No. 23 in F, K. 590; Shanghai Quartet (Delos)
Ravel: Daphnis and Chloe; Boulez, Berlin Radio Chorus, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (DG)
6:00 pm RENAISSANCE VOICES
Jacob Clemens non Papa (c. 1510-c. 1555)
Motet, "Carole magnus eras"; Van Nevel, Netherlands Chamber Choir (NM Classics)
Mass, "Pastores quidnam vidistis"; Phillips, Tallis Scholars (Gimell)
Motets: "Ego flos campi," "Tribulationes civitatum"; Phillips, Tallis Scholars (Gimell)
7:00 pm THE 20TH CENTURY SYMPHONY
Lutoslawski: Symphony No. 1; Lutoslawski, Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra (EMI)
Lutoslawski: Symphony No. 2; Lutoslawski, Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra (EMI)
8:00 pm NEW RELEASES
10:00 pm RECORD HOSPITAL
Thursday, November 29
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Paganini: Sonata for Violin and Guitar No. 4 in A; Shaham, Söllscher (DG)
Klami: Sea Pictures; Sakari, Iceland Symphony Orchestra (Chandos)
Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme by Corelli, Op. 42; Ashkenazy (London)
Bach, J.E.: Ode, "Das Vertrauen der Christen auf Gott"; Pregardien, Max, Rheinische Kantorei, Das Kleine Konzert (Capriccio)
Howe: Three Pieces after Emily Dickinson; Lywen, Steiner, Lamb, Martin (CRI)
Franck: Psyché; Barenboim, Orchestre de Paris (DG LP)
Ligeti: Ten Pieces for Wind Quintet; Vienna Wind Soloists (London LP)
Palestrina: Missa Brevis; Willcocks, King's College Choir, Cambridge (Seraphim LP)
Beethoven (attr.): Flute Sonata in B-flat; Galway, Moll (RCA)
Melartin: Symphony No. 2 in e; Grin, Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra (Ondine)
Leclair: Sonata for Two Violins in F, Op. 3, No. 4; Perlman, Zukerman (RCA)
Copland: Statements for Orchestra; Copland, London Symphony Orchestra (Everest)
Brahms: Piano Quintet in f, Op. 34; Fleisher, Juilliard Quartet (Odyssey LP)
6:00 pm THE EVOLUTION OF MINIMALISM
Evolving Philip Glass.
Violin Concerto; Kremer, Dohnányi, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (DG)
String Quartet No. 5; Kronos Quartet (Nonesuch)
7:00 pm HARVARD COMPOSERS
Earl Kim and Ivan Tcherepnin.
Kim: Where Grief Slumbers; Upshaw, Zori, Chang, Hu, Rinehart, Clarke, Poy, Bartlett, Coppock, Allen (Nonesuch)
Kim: Dear Linda; Yoo, Kim, Metamorphosen Chamber Ensemble (New World)
Tcherepnin, I.: Flores Musicales; Pearson, Smith, Tcherepnin (CRI)
8:00 pm CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA IN CONCERT
Lawrence Foster conducts.
Cherubini: Lodoiska, Overture
Berg: Violin Concerto; Pinchas Zukerman
Dukas: Symphony in C
10:00 pm RECORD HOSPITAL
Friday, November 30
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
11:00 am WHATS HAPPENING
1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Bach: Suite for Cello Solo No. 6 in D, S. 1012; Ma (Sony)
Wilson: Sinfonia; Ozawa, Boston Symphony Orchestra (New World)
Kreutzer: Grand Quintet in C for Oboe and String Quartet; Francis, Allegri String Quartet (Hyperion)
Khachaturian: Piano Concerto; Orbelian, Järvi, Scottish National Orchestra (Chandos)
Le Jeune: Magnificat; Higginbottom, Choir of New College, Oxford (Hyperion)
Janacek: Taras Bulba, Rhapsody for Orchestra; Rattle, Philharmonia Orchestra (EMI)
Suder: Wind Quintet (Three Movements for Five Winds); Munich Philharmonic Soloists (Calig)
Haydn: Symphony No. 49 in f, "La Passione"; Pinnock, English Concert (DG Archiv)
Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 4 in c, Op. 29; Petrov (Melodiya LP)
Mendelssohn String Symphony No. 8 in D; Pople, London Festival Orchestra (Hyperion)
Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time; Tashi (RCA)
6:00 pm EVENING CONCERT
6:45 pm HARVARD MENS HOCKEY
Harvard vs. St. Lawrence
10:00 pm RECORD HOSPITAL
Saturday, December 1
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
9:00 am HILLBILLY AT HARVARD
1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
1:30 pm TEXACO METROPOLITAN OPERA
Season preview, with taped highlights of past seasons, including historical performances going back to the early broadcast years.
4:30 pm CLASSICAL MUSIC INTERLUDE (time approx.)
6:00 pm EVENING CONCERT
6:45 pm HARVARD MENS HOCKEY
Harvard vs. Clarkson
9:30 pm THE DARKER SIDE
Sunday, December 2
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 Julian Wachner's Somerville Service and the anthem "Surge illuminare" by Byrd.
12:30 pm NEWS
1:00 pm CRIMSON SPORTS TALK
1:30 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
6:00 pm HISTORIC PERFORMANCES
Pablo Casals
Bach: Suite for Cello Solo No. 1 in G, S. 1007; (Angel LP)
Brahms: Piano Trio No. 1 in B, Op. 8; Stern, Hess (Sony LP)
Bach: Suite for Cello Solo No. 6 in D, S. 1012; (Angel LP)
Dvorak: Cello Concerto in b; Szell, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
8:00 pm SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE OPERA
Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Tebaldi, Horne, Dominguez, Bergonzi, Merrill, Ghiuselev, Gardelli, Chorus and Orchestra of the Saint Cecilia Academy of Rome (London)
midnight MONDAY MORNING STRIKE
Monday, December 3
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Delius: Over the Hills and Far Away; Lloyd-Jones, English Northern Philharmonia (Naxos)
Delden: Piano Trio, Op. 95; Komen (Radio Nederland)
Grieg: Two Nordic Melodies, Op. 63; Järvi, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra (DG)
Scarlatti: Sonata in C, K. 460; Pinnock (DG Archiv)
Sibelius: Two Serenades for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 69; Järvi, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra (Bis)
Taverner: Missa Sancti Wilhelmi; Christophers, The Sixteen (Hyperion)
Corigliano: Fern Hill; Bruffy, Kansas City Chorale (Nimbus)
Bridge: Cello Sonata in D; Gregor-Smith, Wrigley (ASV)
Schütz: Musikalische Exequien; Seers, Platt, Stafford, Lang, Robertson, Charlesworth, Wallington, Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, His Majesty's Sackbuts and Cornets (DG Archiv)
Nancarrow: String Quartet; Kronos Quartet (Nonesuch)
Mozart: Concerto in C for Flute, Harp, and Orchestra, K. 299; Baker, Jelinek, Janigro, I Solisti di Zagreb (Vanguard)
Bartók: Songs, Op. 15; Suderberg, Siki (Turnabout)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 1 in g, Op. 13, "Winter Dreams"; Svetlanov, USSR Symphony Orchestra (Melodiya LP)
6:00 pm SHAKESPEARE IN MUSIC
Smetana: Macbeth and the Witches; Smetacek, Prague Symphony Orchestra (Urania)
Strauss, R.: Symphonic Poem, Op. 23, "Macbeth"; Järvi, Scottish National Orchestra (Chandos)
Sullivan: Music for Henry VIII; Penny, RTE Concert Orchestra (Marco Polo)
7:00 pm SPECIAL CONCERT
A commemoration of Benjamin Britten, who died December 4, 1976, with some recordings not included in WHRB's Britten Orgy last May.
Simple Symphony; Neel, Boyd Neel Orchestra (Decca 78s - Pearl)
Sweet was the Song, King Herod and the Cock, The Oxen, Francie, Three Two-Part Songs; Corp, New London Children's Choir (Naxos)
Songs of Schubert, Copland, and Britten; Pears, Britten (HMV LPs, British Decca LP)
Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in g; Britten, English Chamber Orchestra (British Decca LP)
Mahler: Blumine movement from Symphony No. 1; Britten
Britten: Peter Grimes, selections; Pears, Cross, Goodall (see our centenary salute to Goodall as part of next Monday evening's program), BBC Theatre Chorus, Covent Garden Orchestra (EMI)
Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, selections; Pears, Ferrier, Cross, Brannigan, Britten, English Opera Group Orchestra (Gala)
Serenade for Tenor, Horn, and Strings; Pears, Brain, Britten, Boyd Neel String Orchestra (British Decca 78s/LP)
10:00 pm TOP TWENTY COUNTDOWN
Tuesday, December 4
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Martinu: Sinfonietta Giocosa; Jacobson, Vasary, Bournemouth Sinfonietta (Chandos)
Bach, C.P.E.: Trio in E for Two Flutes and Cello; Preston, McGegan, Pleeth, Hogwood (Oiseau-Lyre LP)
Fauré: Violin Concerto; Bonucci, Bátiz, Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra (ASV)
Shapero: Four Hand Sonata for Piano; Kopp, Lister (New World)
Chabrier: Larghetto for Horn and Orchestra; Janezic, Gardiner, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (DG)
Korngold: String Quartet No. 1 in A, Op. 16; Chilingirian Quartet (RCA)
Fayrfax: Maria Plena Virtute; Carwood, The Cardinall's Musick (ASV)
Strauss: Stimmungsbilder, Op. 9; Golub (Arabesque)
Vivaldi: Concerto Grosso in D, Op. 8, No. 11; Hogwood, Academy of Ancient Music (Oiseau-Lyre LP)
Meyerbeer: Clarinet Quintet in E-flat; Klöcker, Philharmonia Quartet of Berlin (Orfeo)
Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber; Järvi, Philharmonia Orchestra (Chandos)
Schobert: Piano Quartet in E-flat, Op. 14, No. 1; Sgrizzi, Banchini, Méjean, Bosbach (Harmonia Mundi)
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 2, "A London Symphony"; Thomson, London Symphony Orchestra (Chandos)
6:00 pm THE MODERN STRING QUARTET
Post-War Europe
Milhaud: String Quartet No. 17; Quatuor Arcana (Cybelia LP)
Holmboe: String Quartet No. 2, Op. 47; Kontra Quartet (dacapo)
7:00 pm POETRY IN SONG
Settings of poems by Robert Herrick (1591-1674) by Shifrin, Quilter, Martirano, Dyson, Delius, Robb, Rorem, Bax, and Carter.
8:00 pm NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Leonard Slatkin conducts.
Thomas: Orbital Beacons, Concerto for Orchestra
Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie
10:00 pm RECORD HOSPITAL
Wednesday, December 5
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Rochberg: Trio for Clarinet, Horn, and Piano; Liebowitz, Lorge, Darby (Koch)
Charpentier: De Profundis, H. 189; Degelin, De Reyghere, Mols, James, Meens, Van Croonenborgh, Devos, Gents Madricaalkoor & Cantabile Gend, Musica Polyphonica (Erato)
Chopin: Polonaise-Fantasie, Op. 61; Lortie (Chandos)
Pärt: Litany; Kaljuste, Hilliard Ensemble, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra (ECM)
Corelli: Trio Sonatas, Op. 1, Nos. 1, 7, 9; Standage, Comberti, Pleeth, North, Pinnock (DG Archiv)
Field: Divertissement No. 2 in A; ORourke, Bamert, London Mozart Players (Chandos)
Prokofiev: String Quartet No. 1 in b, Op. 50; Chilingirian Quartet (Chandos)
Busnois: In hydraulis, Anthoni usque limina, Je ne puis vivre; Blachly, Pomerium (Dorian)
Mozart: Sonata for Two Pianos, K. 448; Perahia, Lupu (CBS)
Enescu: Symphony No. 3, Op. 21; Rozhdestvensky, Leeds Festival Chorus, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Chandos)
Couperin: Concert No. 9 in E, "Il ritrarro dell'Amore"; Holliger, Jaccottet, Cervera (Philips LP)
Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. posth.; Midori, Mehta, Berlin Philharmonic (Sony)
6:00 pm RENAISSANCE VOICES
Orlando di Lassus (1529-1594)
Motets: "Salve Regina," "O gloriosa Domina"; Van Nevel, Laethem, Caals, Van Altena, Cabre, Concerto Palatino, Instrumental Ensemble Currende (Accent)
Resonet in laudibus à 5; Blachly, Pomerium (Deutsche Grammophon Archiv)
Magnificat, "Anima mea Dominum"; Ruhland, Capella Antiqua München, Niederaltaicher Scholaren (Sony)
Missa super Bella Amfitrit'altera; Patterson, Gloriae Dei Cantores (GDC)
7:00 pm THE 20TH CENTURY SYMPHONY
Schoenberg: Five Orchestral Pieces, Op. 16; Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (EMI)
Berg: Three Orchestral Pieces, Op. 6; Boulez, BBC Symphony Orchestra (Sony)
Webern: Six Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 6; de Leeuw, Schoenberg Ensemble (Radio Nederland)
8:00 pm NEW RELEASES
10:00 pm RECORD HOSPITAL
Thursday, December 6
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Cimarosa: Concerto for Two Flutes and Orchestra in G; Kudo, Rampal, Salzburg Mozart Orchestra (Sony)
Varèse: Intégrales; Weisburg, Contemporary Music Ensemble (Nonesuch LP)
Rameau: Pygmalion; Crook, Piau, Mellon, Michel-Dangre, Christie, Chorus and Orchestra of Les Arts Florissants (Harmonia Mundi)
Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 6 in F, Op. 80; Lindsay String Quartet (ASV)
Roussel: Symphony No. 4, Op. 53; Järvi, Detroit Symphony Orchestra (Chandos)
Gaultier, E. & D.: Pièces de luth in d; Junghänel (Deutsche Harmonia Mundi)
Beach: Piano Concerto in c-sharp, Op. 45; Polk, Goodwin, English Chamber Orchestra (Arabesque)
Rhodes: Museum Pieces; Livingston, Louisville String Quartet (CRI)
Stravinsky: Four Etudes for Orchestra; Boulez, Chicago Symphony Orchestra (DG)
Saint-Säens: Piano Trio No. 1 in F, Op. 18; Golub, Kaplan, Carr (Arabesque)
Rossi: Cantiques de Salomon; Boston Camerata (Harmonia Mundi LP)
Bax: Harp Quintet; Kanga, English String Quartet (Chandos)
6:00 pm THE EVOLUTION OF MINIMALISM
Adams: Phrygian Gates; Cheng-Cochran (Telarc)
Adams: Shaker Loops; Warren-Green, London Chamber Orchestra (Virgin Classics)
7:00 pm HARVARD COMPOSERS
Students of Walter Piston, Part IV: Daniel Pinkham and Frederic Rzewski.
Pinkham: Christmas Cantata; Teeters, Lenox Brass, Boston Cecilila, Christie (Koch)
Pinkham: Symphony No. 3; Sedares, London Symphony Orchestra (Koch)
Rzewski: Four North American Ballads; Supove (CRI)
8:00 pm CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA IN CONCERT
Daniel Barenboim conducts.
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 26 in D, K. 537; Barenboim as soloist
Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 in E
10:00 pm RECORD HOSPITAL
Friday, December 7
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
11:00 am WHATS HAPPENING
1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Regondi: Rêverie; The Giulio Regondi Guild (Bridge)
Ives: The Fourth of July; Strickland, Göteborg Symphony Orchestra (CRI LP)
Handel: Recorder Sonata in a, Op. 1, No. 4, HWV 362; Petri, Jarrett (RCA Victor)
Pflüger: Horn Concerto; Baumann, Zanotelli, Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra (Bayer)
Franck: Prelude, Chorale, and Fugue (piano duet version); Smith, Sellick (Nimbus)
Charpentier: Miserere, H. 219; Herreweghe, Choir and Orchestra of La Chapelle Royale (Harmonia Mundi LP)
d'Indy: String Quartet No. 1in D, Op. 35; Kodály Quartet (Marco Polo LP)
Henze: Sinfonia No. 6 for Two Chamber Orchestras; Henze, London Symphony Orchestra (DG LP)
Schumann: Five Songs, Op. 40; Von Otter, Forsberg (DG)
Rubbra: Violin Concerto, Op. 103; Little, Handley, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (Conifer)
Purcell: Fantasia No. 8, Z. 739; Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet (Oiseau-Lyre)
Kalinnikov: Two Intermezzi for Orchestra; Järvi, London Symphony Orchestra (Chandos)
Bacchus: Quartet for Diverse Flutes; Flute Force (CRI LP)
Bach: Motet, "Singet dem Herrn ein Neues Lied," S. 225; Herreweghe, La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale (HarmoniaMundi )
Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Cello Sonata, Op. 50; Green, Moyer (Biddulph)
6:00 pm EVENING CONCERT
6:45 pm HARVARD WOMENS HOCKEY
Harvard vs. Northeastern
10:00 pm RECORD HOSPITAL
Saturday, December 8
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
9:00 am HILLBILLY AT HARVARD
12:00 pm TEXACO METROPOLITAN OPERA
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Karita Mattila, Jill Grove, Ben Heppner, Matthew Polenzani, James Morris, Hans-Joachim Ketelsen, René Pape, James Levine conducting.
5:35 pm CLASSICAL MUSIC INTERLUDE (time approx.)
6:00 pm EVENING CONCERT
6:45 pm HARVARD MENS HOCKEY
Harvard at Brown
9:30 pm THE DARKER SIDE
Sunday, December 9
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 "The Angel Gabriel" by Edgar Pettman and "Angelus ad virginem" by Willcocks.
12:30 pm NEWS
1:00 pm CRIMSON SPORTS TALK
1:45 pm HARVARD WOMENS HOCKEY
Harvard vs. Niagra
1:30 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
6:00 pm HISTORIC PERFORMANCES
Vladimir Horowitz on RCA LPs.
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat, Op. 83; Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in b-flat, Op. 23; Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 in d, Op. 30; Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra
8:00 pm SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE OPERA
Berlioz: Beatrice et Bénédict; Eda-Pierre, Baker, Tear, Allen, Bastin, Davis, John Alldis Choir, London Symphony Orchestra (Philips)
midnight MONDAY MORNING STRIKE
Monday, December 10
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Ivanovs: Symphony No. 2 in d; Yablonsky, Latvian National Symphony Orchestra (Marco Polo)
Bruckner: Lancer-Quadrille; Brunner (cpo)
Cavalli: Magnificat; Baross, Béla Bartók Chorus and Orchestra of the Eötvös Loránd University (Hungaroton)
Sibelius: String Quartet in d, Op. 56, "Voces Intimae"; Gabrieli String Quartet (Chandos)
Bach, C.P.E.: Symphony for String Orchestra and Basso Continuo in b, Wq. 182/5; Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Chamber Orchestra (Capriccio)
Finzi: "Let Us Garlands Bring," Op. 18; Terfel, Martineau (DG)
Lassus: Five Lamentations of Job; Ensemble Vocal Raphael Passaquet (Harmonia Mundi LP)
Pleyel: Oboe Quartet in D, Op. 25, No. 1; Feit, Volmer, Skabar, Skerjanec (Koch Schwann)
Schnittke: Cello Concerto No. 1; Kliegel, Markson, Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra (Marco Polo)
Schmelzer: Sonata IV, from Sonatae unarum fidium; Romanesca (Harmonia Mundi)
Elgar: Three Bavarian Dances, Op. 27; Del Mar, Bournemouth Sinfonietta (Chandos)
Beethoven: Piano Trio in D, Op. 70, No. 1, "Ghost"; Stern, Rose, Istomin (Sony)
Hindemith: Symphonic Dances; Tortelier, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Chandos)
6:00 pm SHAKESPEARE IN MUSIC
Berlioz: Lélio, ou Le Retour à la vie, Op. 14b, excerpt; Barrault, Mitchinson, Shirley-Quirk, Boulez, London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra (Sony)
Sibelius: Incidental Music for The Tempest, Op. 109; Järvi, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra (BIS)
7:00 pm SPECIAL CONCERT
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Act III; conducted by Karl Böhm (died 1981), with Nissen, Teschemacher, Ralf, Fuchs, Sv. Nilsson, Dresden Opera Chorus, Saxon State Orchestra (German EMI LPs)
Wagner: Götterdämmerung, Act III, Scenes 2 and 3; Hunter, Remedios, Bailey, Grant, Curphey, Sadler's Wellls Opera Chorus and Orchestra under Reginald Goodall (1901-90) (Chandos)
10:00 pm TOP TWENTY COUNTDOWN
Tuesday, December 11
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Nicolai: Symphony in D; Rickenbacker, Bamberg Symphony Orchestra (Virgin)
Lees: Fantasy Variations; Hobson (Albany)
Geminiani: Concerto Grosso in D, Op. 3, No. 1; Hogwood, Academy of Ancient Music (Oiseau-Lyre)
Poulenc: Trio for Oboe, Bassoon, and Piano; Roseman, Baccourt, Kalish (Nonesuch LP)
Tye: Peterhouse Mass; Terpte, Ely Cathedral Choir (ASV)
Bach, W. F.: Eight Fugues, FK 31; Rousset (Harmonia Mundi)
Enesco: Rumanian Rhapsody No. 2 in D; Golschmann, Vienna State Opera Orchestra (Vanguard)
Schubert: Songs: "Ganymed," D. 544; "Im Frühling," D. 882; Lied der Mignon No. 3, D. 877, No. 4; "Gretchen am Spinnrade," D. 118; "Rastlose Liebe," D. 138; Studer, Gage (DG)
Hanson: For the First Time; Hanson, Eastman Philharmonia (Mercury)
Busoni: String Quartet No. 2 in d, Op. 26; Pellegrini Quartet (cpo)
Quantz: Flute Concerto in g; Galway, Faerber, Württemberg Chamber Orchestra of Heilbronn (RCA)
Bartók: Romanian Christmas Carols, Sz. 57, Series II; Sándor (Sony)
Berlioz: Harold in Italy, Op. 16; Caussé, Gardiner, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique (Philips)
6:00 pm THE MODERN STRING QUARTET
Carter: String Quartet No. 1; Arditti String Quartet (Etcetera)
Cage: String Quartet (in four parts); New Music String Quartet (Columbia LP)
7:00 pm POETRY IN SONG
Settings of poems by George Herbert (1593-1633) by Holst and Vaughan Williams.
8:00 pm NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Leonard Slatkin conducts.
Beethoven: The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43, Overture
Goldmark: Overture, Prometheus Bound, Op. 38
Liszt: Prometheus, Symphonic Poem No. 5
Wagner: Götterdämmerung, excerpts; Margaret Jane Wray, soprano
10:00 pm RECORD HOSPITAL
Wednesday, December 12
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Mozart: String Quartet No. 18 in A, K. 464; Salomon Quartet (Hyperion)
Glière: The Zaporozhy Cossacks; Downes, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Chandos)
Lôbo: Requiem; Phillips, The Tallis Scholars (Gimell)
Walker: Poème for Violin and Orchestra; Walker, London, Cleveland Chamber Symphony Orchestra (Albany)
Ravel: Chansons Madécasses; DeGaetani, Dunkel, Anderson, Kalish (Elektra Nonesuch)
Telemann: Overture-Suite in g, TWV 55:D1; Goodwin, Wood, McKenna, Grazzi, Pinnock, The English Concert (DG Archiv)
Martinu: String Quintet; Gadd, Soroka, Moog, Kuchar, Cho (Naxos)
Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C, D. 944, "Great"; Bernstein, Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra (DG)
Geminiani: Concerto Grosso "La Folia"; Purcell Quartet, Purcell Band (Hyperion)
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat, Op. 83; Richter, Leinsdorf, Chicago Symphony Orchestra (RCA)
6:00 pm RENAISSANCE VOICES
Claude Le Jeune (c. 1530-1600)
Motet, "Tristitia obsedit me"; Visse, Ensemble Clément Janequin (Harmonia Mundi)
Magnificat; Visse, Ensemble Clément Janequin (Harmonia Mundi)
Motet, "Benedicite Dominum"; Higginbottom, Choir of New College, Oxford (Hyperion)
Chansonnettes from "Les Printemps": "La bel'aronde", "Ôrôze reine des flers", "Je soupirois, é je plorois"; Feuillie, Ensemble Jacques Feuillie (Arion)
Te Deum; Raisin-Dadre, Ensemble Doulce Memoire (Astree)
7:00 pm THE 20TH CENTURY SYMPHONY
Henze: Symphony No. 4; Henze, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (DG)
Berio: Sinfonia; Berio, Swingle Singers; New York Philharmonic Orchestra (Columbia LP)
8:00 pm NEW RELEASES
10:00 pm RECORD HOSPITAL
Thursday, December 13
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Berwald: Symphony No. 1 in C, "Sinfonie singulière"; Järvi, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra (DG)
Certon: Chansons, "Je l'ay ayme," "C'est grand pitye," "Amour a tort," "Entre vous gentilz hommes," "Plus ne suys ce que j'ay este," "En esperant," "Se ta beaulte," "De tout le mal"; Cohen, Boston Camerata (Harmonia Mundi LP)
Druckman: Windows; Weisberg, Orchestra of the 20th Century (CRI)
Fauré: Huit pièces brèves, Op. 84; Stott (Hyperion)
Pergolesi: Stabat Mater for Soprano, Alto, and String Orchestra; Zádori, Ragin, Németh, Capella Savaria (Harmonia Mundi)
Schumann: String Quartet No. 2 in F, Op. 41, No. 2; Juilliard Quartet (Columbia LP)
Carter: Concerto for Orchestra; Gielen, Southwest German Radio Orchestra (Arte Nova)
Weiss: Lute Sonata in a, "Linfidèle"; Dombois (ABC Classics LP)
Martin: Concerto for Seven Wind Instruments, Timpani, Percussion, and Strings; Peck, Still, Brody, Elliot, Herseth, Clevenger, Friedman, Koss, Martinon, Chicago Symphony Orchestra (RCA)
Mozart: Quintet for Piano and Winds in E-flat, K. 452; Perahia, Black, King, Halstead, Sheen (CBS)
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 in d, Op. 30; Thibaudet, Ashkenazy, Cleveland Orchestra (London)
6:00 pm THE EVOLUTION OF MINIMALISM
A Minimalist Sick of Minimalism.
Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Machine; Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (EMI)
Adams: Harmonielehre; Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (EMI)
7:00 pm HARVARD COMPOSERS
Elliott Carter
String Quartet No. 2; Juilliard Quartet (Sony)
A Symphony of Three Orchestras; Boulez, New York Philharmonic Orchestra (Sony)
Elliott Carter and Charles Rosen in conversation (Bridge)
90+; Rosen (Bridge)
8:00 pm CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA IN CONCERT
Final broadcast in the series. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra national broadcast series has been unable to secure underwriting to continue, and reports are not optimistic that the picture will change anytime soon, although if it does, we will resume the series. In February, WHRB will present a different orchestra concert series in this time slot.
Daniel Barenboim conducts.
Verdi: Requiem; Deborah Voigt, Violeta Urmana, Johan Botha, René Pape, Chicago Symphony Orchestra Chorus
10:00 pm RECORD HOSPITAL
Friday, December 14
5:00 am JAZZ SPECTRUM
11:00 am WHATS HAPPENING
1:00 pm AFTERNOON CONCERT
Brahms: String Quintet No. 2 in G, Op. 111; Aronowitz, Amadeus Quartet (DG)
Barber: Cello Concerto, Op. 22; Ma, Zinman, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (CBS)
Rameau: Pièce de Clavecin en Concert No. 2; Brüggen, S. Kuijken, W. Kuijken, Leonhardt (Telefunken LP)
Elgar: Cockaigne (In London Town), Op. 40; Slatkin, London Philharmonic Orchestra (RCA)
Bach, J.C.: Sextet for Oboe, Two Horns, Violin, Cello, and Keyboard in C; English Concert (DG Archiv)
Peñalosa: Missa "Nunca fué pena mayor"; O'Donnell, Choir of Westminster Cathedral (Hyperion)
Reubke: Organ Sonata in c, "On the 94th Psalm"; Sander (MD+G)
Pärt: Tabula rasa; Kremer, Grindenko, Schnittke, Sondeckis, Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra (ECM)
Beethoven: Song Cycle: "An die ferne Geliebte"; Fischer-Dieskau, Moore (Orfeo)
Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta, Sz. 106; Bernstein, New York Philharmonic Orchestra (Sony)
Vivaldi: Sonata for Recorder, Bassoon, and Harpsichord in a, RV 86; Verbruggen, Godburn, Toll (Harmonia Mundi)
Stenhammar: Serenade, Op. 31; Järvi, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra (BIS)
6:00 pm EVENING CONCERT
10:00 pm RECORD HOSPITAL
Saturday, December 15
1:30 pm TEXACO METROPOLITAN OPERA
Strauss, R.: Arabella; Renée Fleming, Barbara Bonney, Raymond Very, Falk Struckmann, Eric Halfvarson, Christoph Eschenbach conducting.
5:15 pm EVENING CONCERT (time approx.)
7:15 pm HARVARD MENS HOCKEY
Harvard at Michigan
Sunday, December 16
11:00 am MEMORIAL CHURCH SERVICE
Preacher: The Reverend Barbara K. Lundblad, Joe R. Engle Associate Professor of Preaching, Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York. There will be guest musicians from the New England Conservatory.
6:00 pm HISTORIC PERFORMANCES
Wilhelm Furtwängler
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G, S. 1048; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (Heliodor LP)
Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 61; Menuhin, Philharmonia Orchestra (Seraphim LP)
Schubert: Rosamunde (selections); Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (Heliodor LP)
Schumann: Symphony No. 4 in d, Op. 120; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (Heliodor LP)
8:00 pm SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE OPERA
Scarlatti: Griselda; Freni, Lavani, Alva, Luchetti, Panerai, Bruscantini, Sanzogno, Chorus and Orchestra of RAI, Naples (MRF LPs)
Monday, December 17
7:00 pm SPECIAL CONCERT
WHRBs annual Christmas Program, with carols, spoken word, and classical music for the season. Includes Lionel Barrymore as Scrooge in Charles Dickenss A Christmas Carol. During this week other programs will include, but not be limited to, Christmas-related classical music.
Saturday, December 22
1:30 pm TEXACO METROPOLITAN OPERA
Verdi: La Traviata, June Anderson, Frank Lopardo, Anthony Michaels-Moore, Maurizio Benini conducting.
Saturday, December 29
1:30 pm TEXACO METROPOLITAN OPERA
Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel, Dawn Upshaw, Jennifer Larmore, Judith Forst, Stephanie Blythe, Kim Josephson, Charles Mackerras conducting.
INTERNET-ONLY SPORTS BROADCASTS:
November:
11/9 HARVARD WOMENS HOCKEY 6:45 pm
Harvard vs. Vermont
11/10 HARVARD WOMENS HOCKEY 6:45 pm
Harvard vs. Dartmouth
11/16 HARVARD MENS BASKETBALL 6:45 pm
Harvard vs. Fairfield
11/17 HARVARD WOMENS HOCKEY 1:45 pm
Harvard vs. Minnesota-Duluth
11/20 HARVARD MENS HOCKEY 6:45 pm
Harvard vs. Boston University
11/20 HARVARD WOMENS BASKETBALL 6:45 pm
Harvard vs. Boston University
11/24 HARVARD WOMENS HOCKEY 1:45 pm
Harvard vs. Brown
11/27 HARVARD MENS BASKETBALL 6:45 pm
Harvard vs. Northeastern
December:
12/1 HARVARD MENS BASKETBALL 1:45 pm
Harvard vs. Stonybrook
12/4 HARVARD WOMENS HOCKEY 6:45 pm
Harvard vs. Boston College
12/8 HARVARD MENS BASKETBALL 1:45 pm
Harvard vs. Colgate
12/11 HARVARD WOMENS BASKETBALL 6:45 pm
Harvard vs. Rhode Island
12/15 HARVARD MENS BASKETBALL 1:45 pm
Harvard vs. Dartmouth