KWAX PROGRAM GUIDE

MAY, 2008

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SUNDAY

8 am--THE ORGAN LOFT.  An hour of music for the "king of instruments" with host Roger Sherman.  (Repeated at 6 pm.)

9 am—SUNDAY BAROQUE. Host Suzanne Bona explores the world of Baroque music.  Also at 6am and 4pm on Sundays.

11 am—WITH HEART AND VOICE. A weekly program of choral music, hosted by Richard Gladwell. (Repeated at 7pm).

Noon—SYMPHONYCAST.  A series of concerts featuring major European and American orchestras.

     4—Franz Welser-Most conducts the Cleveland Orchestra: Mozart, Symphony #28, K. 200; Debussy, Iberia; Dvorak, Symphony #9 (From the New World).

     11—Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the Los Angeles Philharmonic: Webern, Five Pieces for Orchestra; Mahler, Symphony #7.

     18—Vladimir Ashkenazy conducts the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra: Sibelius, Symphony #1; Rakastava; Symphony #7.

     25—Orpheus Chamber Orchestra: Bach, Brandenburg Concerto #3; Schumann, Overture, Scherzo and Finale; Christopher Theofanidis, Muse; Schumann, Piano Concerto (Christian Zacharias).  

2 pm--MY WORD.  A literary panel game from the BBC (repeat of Saturday morning broadcast).

2:30 pm--MY MUSIC.  A musical quiz from the BBC (repeat of Saturday morning broadcast).

3 pm--CLASSICAL GUITAR ALIVE!  An hour of music for the

classical guitar, presented by Tony Morris.

4 pm—SUNDAY BAROQUE (CONTINUED). Suzanne Bona brings you more music from the Baroque Period.                                  

6 pm—THE ORGAN LOFT.  (Repeat of program heard at 8am.)

7 pm—WITH HEART AND VOICE. (Repeat of program heard at 11am.) 

8:00pm

     4—MUSIC OF REMEMBRANCE: BRUNDIBAR.   In honor of Holocaust Memorial Day (May 2^nd), this program will center on the children’s opera Brundibar by Hans Krasa which received 55 performances in the World War II concentration camp at Terezin. Also interviews with a woman who, as a child, sang in those performances, and with playwright Tony Kushner who adapted the libretto from the original Czech.

     11—REMEMBERING KARAJAN. A centenary documentary on the career of Herbert von Karajan, with spoken contributions from musicians and others who worked with him, and extracts from some of his most acclaimed recordings.   Part I. Orchestral repertoire.

     18—REMEMBERING KARAJAN, Part II. Concerto and operatic repertoire.

     25—CHICAGO CHAMBER MUSICIANS. New series.  Clarinetist Larry Combs, violinists Jasmine Linn and Joe Genualdi and friends perform: Mozart, Clarinet Quintet in A, K. 581; Strauss, Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks. 

10 pm to 6 am--BEETHOVEN SATELLITE NETWORK. Music through the night with Peter Van De Graaff. 

6 am PERFORMANCE TODAY, with host Fred Child. Monday to Saturday. 8 am MONDAY-FRIDAY: EXPLORING MUSIC with Bill McGlaughlin.  Repeated at 7 pm.                                      

11:55 am--MONDAY-FRIDAY: ARTSLINE.

5 pm—MONDAY-FRIDAY: THE CONCERT HOUR, with Larry Bedford.

7 pm—MONDAY-FRIDAY: EXPLORING MUSIC with Bill McGlaughlin (Repeat of 8am program). 

MONDAY

6 pm—LA JOLLA MUSIC SOCIETY SUMMERFEST.  Chamber music performed by outstanding instrumentalists and singers.

8 pm-LIVE! AT THE CONCERTGEBOUW. Concerts from one of the world’s great concert halls in Amsterdam.

     5—Roberto Benzi conducts the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra Holland: Britten, Death in Venice Suite, Op. 88a; Poulenc, Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra (Igor Roma and Enrico Pace); Debussy, Images.

     12—Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducts the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra: Brahms, Tragic Overture in d, Op. 81; Schumann, Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra in C, Op. 131 (Thomas Zehetmair); Brahms, Symphony #2 in D, Op. 73.

     19—Frans Bruggen conducts the Orchestra of the 18^th Century: Beethoven, Symphony #1 in C, Op. 21; Symphony #5 in c, Op. 67. Franz Bruggen also conducts the Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra: Brahms, Serenade #1 in D, Op. 11

     26—Bernard Haitink conducts the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra: Pijper, Six symphonic epigrams; Berlioz, Les nuits d’ete; Ravel. Daphnis et Chloe (Collegium Vocale Ghent/La Chapelle Royale).                                                                                      

TUESDAY  

6pm—CENTER STAGE AT WOLF TRAP.   Performances from America’s National Park for the Arts.

8pm-COLLECTOR'S CORNER, with Henry Fogel.

     6—A Rarely-Heard Verdi Opera in a Great Italian Performance: I due Foscari (Gencer; Guelfi: Picchi; Serafin).

     13—Music of Asger Hamerik: Symphony #7 (Choral); Requiem.

     20—Music of New Zealand Composer Douglas Lilburn.

     27—Allan Pettersson, Symphony #12 (The Dead of the Square); Symphony #14.

WEDNESDAY 

6 pm—COMPACT DISCOVERIES, hosted by Fred Flaxman. 

8 pm—NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC THIS WEEK.

     7—Bramwell Tovey conducts: Glinka, Russlan and Ludmilla Overture; Prokofiev, Peter and the Wolf (Kevin Kline, narrator); Khachaturian, Adagio from Spartacus; Borodin, In the Steppes of Central Asia; Tchaikovsky, Capriccio Italien; Khachaturian, Sabre Dance.

     14—Charles Dutoit conducts: Mozart, Overture to The Marriage of Figaro; Beethoven, Piano Concerto #1 in C, Op. 15 (Martha Argerich); Rachmaninoff, Symphonic Dances; Ravel, La Valse.

     21—Bramwell Tovey conducts: Elgar, Pomp and Circumstance March #1; Grieg, Piano Concerto in a, Op. 16 (Joyce Yang); Smetana, The Moldau; Rossini, William Tell Overture.

     28—Ludovic Morlot conducts: Berlioz, Le Corsaire Overture; Mozart, Violin Concerto #2 in D, K. 211 (Gil Shaham); Tchaikovsky, Symphony #6 in b, Op. 74 (Pathetique); Bizet, Farandole from L’Arlesienne Suite #2.

THURSDAY

6 pm--HARMONIA.  A one-hour program devoted to early music.

8 pm——CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA.

     1—Franz Welser-Most conducts: Mozart, Symphony #28 in C, K. 200; Pintscher, Five Orchestra Pieces; Tchaikovsky, Symphony #6 in b, Op. 74 (Pathetique). 

     8—Herbert Blomstedt conducts: Mozart, Symphony #34 in C, K. 338; Brahms, Symphony #1 in e, Op. 68.

     15—Pinchas Steinberg conducts: Weber, Oberon Overture; Mendelssohn, Concerto for Violin and Piano in d (William Preucil and Jon Kimura Parker); Shostakovich, Symphony #19 in e, Op. 93.

     22—Mitsuko Uchida, pianist and conductor:  Mozart, Piano Concerto #6, K. 238; 9, K. 271; and 22, K. 482.

     29—Pierre Boulez conducts: Janacek, Sinfonietta; Bartok, Bluebeard’s Castle (Michelle DeYoung, John Relyea, and Ors Kifaludy, narrator).   

FRIDAY

6 pm--MILLENIUM OF MUSIC.  A program of early music hosted by Robert Aubry Davis.

8 pm—SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY.  

     2—Roberto Abbado conducts: Petrassi, Second Concerto for Orchestra; Britten, Violin Concerto, Op. 15 (Midori); Schumann, Symphony #4 in d, Op. 120.

     9—Michael Tilson Thomas conducts: Steve Reich, Variations for Winds, Strings and Keyboards; Schoenberg/Davin, Brettl-Lieder (Cabaret Songs): excerpts (Measha Brueggergosman); Mahler, Symphony #4 (Brueggergosman).

     16—Michael Tilson Thomas conducts: Balakirev, Russia; Kevin Volans, Atlantic Crossing (Marc-Andre Hamelin); Shostakovich, Symphony #5 in d, Op. 47.

     23—Vladimir Ashkenazy conducts: Borisova-Ollas, Kingdom of Silence; Rachmaninoff, Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (Simon Trpceski); Tchaikovsky, Symphony #3 in D (Polish).

     30—David Zinman conducts: Copland, Music for Movies; Korngold, Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35 (Hilary Hahn); Anders Hillborg, Liquid Marble; Kodaly, Hary Janos Suite.

SATURDAY     

9:00am-MY WORD. (repeated Sunday at 2pm).

9:30 am--MY MUSIC. (repeated Sunday at 2:30pm).

10:30am—METROPOLITAN OPERA.

     3—Mozart, The Abduction from the Seraglio, with Diana Damrau, Aleksandra Kurzak, and Matthew Polenzani.  Season finale.

10:00am—LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO.  NOTE EARLIER START TIME FOR OPERA BROADCASTS.

     10—Verdi, La Traviata.

     17—Adams, Doctor Atomic.

     24—Rossini, The Barber of Seville.

     31—Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin.

3 pm--PLAYED IN OREGON. Performances recorded around the state.

     3—Pianist Murray Perahia plays a Bach Partita. The New Century Saxophone Quartet tackles The Art of Fugue. 

     10—The Portland Youth Philharmonic, the Florestan Trio and the Double Reed Divas are featured.

     17—The Philharmonic Quartett Berlin.

     24—The Oregon Bach Festival: an interview with executive director, John Evans, and a look ahead to this summer’s festival.

     31—Mozart’s C Major String Quintet, K. 515 from Chamber Music Northwest, and pianist John Lill plays Mozart’s Sonata in F, K. 332.       

4 pm—A TRIP OUT TO THE MOVIES.  Rocky Lamanna presents film classics, past and present.

5 pm—SYMPHONIES BY THE NUMBER.  Rocky Lamanna explores complete sets of symphonies.  Swedish composer Kurt Atterberg is featured this month.   

8pm--CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA BROADCAST SERIES.

     3—Christoph von Dohnanyi conducts: Sibelius, Violin Concerto in d (Arabella Steinbacher); Bruckner, Symphony #4 (Romantic).

     10—Remembering Carlo Maria Giulini (born May 9, 1914): Prokofiev, Classical Symphony; Schubert, Unfinished Symphony; Stravinsky, Suite from Petrushka; Dvorak, Symphony #8 in G, Op. 88.

     17—Nicholas Kraemer conducts: Handel, Water Music Suite #2; Telemann, Suite from Tafelmusik; Haydn, Trumpet Concerto in E-flat (Christopher Martin); Symphony #90. Mikko Franck conducts a Suite from The Firebird by Stravinsky.

     24—Mark Elder conducts:  Delius, A Song of Summer; Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto #4 (Stephen Hough); Sibelius, Symphony #6 in d; Webern, Five Pieces for Orchestra; Brahms, Double Concerto in a, Op. 102 (violinist Robert Chen and cellist Jan Vogler); Webern, Five Pieces for Orchestra (played again).