***All KWAX programs are subject to change or delays, especially during fund-raising activities. Please listen to KWAX for information on our daily schedule. KWAX is located at 75 Centennial Loop, Eugene, OR 97401. Tel: 345-0800 or 1-800-422-4301.
SUNDAY
8 am--THE ORGAN LOFT. An hour of music for the "king of instruments" with host Roger Sherman. (Repeated at 6 pm.)
8 am SPECIAL: NEW YEAR’S DAY FROM VIENNA. The traditional concert with the Vienna Philharmonic and conductor Mariss Jansons.
9 am—SUNDAY BAROQUE. Host Suzanne Bona explores the world of Baroque music. Also at 6am.
11 am—WITH HEART AND VOICE. A weekly program of choral music. (Repeated at 7pm).
Noon—SYMPHONYCAST. A series of concerts featuring major European and American orchestras. 5—Orpheus Chamber Orchestra: Mendelssohn, The Fair Melusina Overture; Cynthia Wong, Memoriam; Haydn, Symphony #73 in D (La Chasse); Brahms, Violin Concerto (Gil Shaham). 12—Orpheus Chamber Orchestra: Hindemith, Kammermusik, Op. 24/1; Mozart, Andante for Oboe and Orchestra in B-flat (Albrecht Mayer); Bach, Concerto in A, BWV 1055 (Mayer); Andrew Norman, Apart, Together; Haydn, Symphony #103 in D (Drumroll). 19—Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the Los Angeles Philharmonic: Beethoven, Leonore Overture #2; Piano Concerto #2 (Emanuel Ax); Hillborg, Sirens (Hila Plitman, soprano; Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano). 26—Shoa-Chia Lu conducts the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra: Debussy, Images; Stravinsky, The Rite of Spring.
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. Repeated Wednesdays at 5pm. 4 pm—A DISTANT MIRROR. Alan Kelly presents Medieval, Renaissance and Early Baroque Music. 6 pm—THE ORGAN LOFT. (Repeat of program heard at 8am.) 7 pm—WITH HEART AND VOICE. (Repeat of program heard at 11am.)
8 pm MUSIC MOUNTAIN. Chamber music from one of the oldest chamber music festivals in the country.
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. MONDAY
5 pm—SOUNDS CHORAL, hosted by Marjorie Herman. 6 pm— THE CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER.
8 pm-LIVE! AT THE CONCERTGEBOUW. 6—Kazushi Ono conducts the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra: Escher, Musique pour l’esprit en deuil; Dutilleux, Violin Concerto (L’Arbre des songes) (Leonidas Kavakos); Visman, Ces concerts, riches de cuivre; Debussy, La Mer. 13—David Zinman conducts the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra: Beethoven, Symphony #1; Berlioz, Les nuits d’ete (Maria Riccarda Wesseling); Respighi, The Pines of Rome. 20—Robin Ticciati conducts the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra: Rautavaara, Cantus Arcticus (Concerto for Birds and Orchestra); Stravinsky, Violin Concerto (Eugene Ugorski); Sibelius, Symphony #2. 27—Giovanni Antonini conducts the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra: Locatelli, Introduzione teatrale in D, Op. 4/5; Tartini, Violin Concerto in A (Giuliano Carmignola); Vivaldi, Violin Concerto in D (Grosso mogul) (Carmignola); C.P.E. Bach, Symphony in F; Haydn, Symphony #92 (Oxford).
TUESDAY
5PM—THE PIANO MATTERS, hosted by David Dubal. 6pm—CENTER STAGE FROM WOLF TRAP. A new series hosted by Bill McGlaughlin and Rich Kleinfeldt.
8pm-COLLECTOR'S CORNER, with Henry Fogel. 7—Music of George Antheil, Part 1. 14—Music of George Antheil, Part 2. 21—Tchaikovsky’s Music for Piano and Orchestra (Stephen Hough, Minnesota Orchestra, conductor Osmo Vanska). 28—Giulietta Simionato, mezzo-soprano.
WEDNESDAY
5 pm—CLASSICAL GUITAR ALIVE, hosted by Tony Morris. 6 pm—COMPACT DISCOVERIES, hosted by Fred Flaxman.
8 pm—NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC THIS WEEK, hosted by Alec Baldwin. 1—Program to honor Debussy and Massenet. Kurt Masur, Leonard Bernstein, Zubin Mehta, with miscellaneous soloists: Massenet, Scenes pittoresques; Debussy, Saxophone Rhapsody; Images; Le Martyre de Saint Sebastien; Massenet, Pourquoi me reveiller from Werther. 8—Alan Gilbert conducts: Magnus Lindberg, Expo; Prokofiev, Piano Concerto#2 (Yefim Bronfman); Sibelius, Symphony #2; Valse triste. 15—Alan Gilbert conducts: Magnus Lindberg, Feria; Bartok, Piano Concerto #2 (Lang Lang); Prokofiev, Symphony #5. 22—Alan Gilbert conducts: Thomas Ades, Polaris; Berlioz, Les Nuits d’ete (Joyce DiDonato); Stravinsky, Symphony in Three Movements; Ravel, Daphnis and Chloe, Suite #2. 29—Born on February 29: Rossini and Reri Grist. Rossini, Stabat Mater (Thomas Schippers conducts with Martina Arroyo, Beverly Wolff, Tito del Bianco, Justino Diaz, Camerata Singers); Mahler, Symphony #4 (Leonard Bernstein conducts with soprano Reri Grist).
THURSDAY
5 pm—PLAYED IN OREGON, hosted by Christa Wessel. 6 pm--HARMONIA. A one-hour program devoted to early music.
8 pm—DEUTSCHE WELLE FESTIVAL CONCERTS. 2—Herrenchiemsee Festival. Kristjan Jarvi conducts the Gstaad Festival Orchestra: Strauss, Four passages from Intermezzo; Korngold, Violin Concerto (soloist TBA): Stravinsky, The Firebird. 9—Beethoven Festival in Bonn. Steve Reich, piano, percussion, with Synergy Vocals and Ensemble Modern: Reich, Drumming: Part One; Music for 18 Musicians. 16—Donaueschingen Festival of Contemporary Music. Orchestras and ensembles perform music by: Wolfgang Rihm, Wolfgang Mitterer, Lars Petter Hagen, Saed Haddad, and Iris ter Schiphorst. 23—Beethoven Festival in Bonn. Sir Colin Davis conducts the London Symphony Orchestra, Chorus and soloists Carmen Giannattasio, Sarah Connolly, Paul Groves, Matthew Rose: Beethoven, Missa Solemnis.
FRIDAY
5 pm—PICTURE PERFECT. Film Music with Ross Amico. 6 pm--MILLENIUM OF MUSIC. A program of early music hosted by Robert Aubry Davis.
8 pm—2011 SALZBURG FESTIVAL. 3—Ainars Rubikis conducts the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra: Debussy, Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun; Shostakovich, Cello Concerto #2 (Alisa Weilerstein); Britten, Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes; Stravinsky, The Firebird (1919 Suite), 10—Liederabend. Soprano Angela Denoke, with pianist Tai Balshai, and wind player Norbert Nagel, perform songs by Kurt Weill. 17—Cellist Yo-Yo Ma and pianist Kathryn Stott play sonatas by Schubert (Arpeggione), Shostakovich, Franck (A Major), as well as works by Piazzolla, Gismonti, Morricone, Falla and Saint-Saens. 24—Sir Colin Davis conducts the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra: Stravinsky, Symphony in Three Movement; Ravel, Sheherazade (Susan Graham); Tchaikovsky, Symphony #4 in f.
SATURDAY
9:00am-MY WORD. (repeated Sunday at 2pm). 9:30 am--MY MUSIC. (repeated Sunday at 2:30pm).
10:00am THE METROPOLITAN OPERA. 4—Donizetti, Anna Bolena (early start at 9am). 11—Wagner, Gotterdammerung (early start at 9am). 18—Rossini, The Barber of Seville. 25—Verdi, Ernani.
2 pm—THE SPANISH HOUR, hosted by Candice Agree. 3 pm--PLAYED IN OREGON. Performances recorded around the state. 4 pm—THE LOST CHORD, hosted by Ross Amico. Lost or forgotten musical gems. 5 pm—INDIVISIBLE BY 4, hosted by Ross Amico, featuring chamber music. 6 pm THE PIANO MATTERS, hosted by David Dubal. 7 pm—HALF PAST, hosted by Carl Hemmingsen, features music from the past half-century.
8pm--CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. 4—Michael Tilson Thomas conducts: Mahler, Blumine; Beethoven, Piano Concerto #3 in c (Jeremy Denk); Brahms/Schoenberg, Piano Quartet #1 in g. Also, Mozart, Flute Concerto in G, K. 313 with Mathieu Dufour as soloist and Daniel Barenboim conducting). 11—Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts: Matheson, Violin Concerto (Baird Dodge); Mahler, Symphony #6 in a. 18—Charles Dutoit conducts: Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto #2 (Kirill Gerstein); Shostakovich, Symphony #11; Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian Easter Overture. 25—Sir Mark Elder conducts: Berlioz, Le Corsaire Overture; Queen Mab Scherzo; Romeo at the Tomb of the Capulets; Harold in Italy (Lawrence Powers, viola). Also, Susan Graham sings Les Nuits d’ete with Pierre Boulez conducting.