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1 SATURDAY
12:00 A.M. Music Through the Night
5:00 Howard’s Day Off with Howard Dicus. My Wild Irish Show, Part 2. We’ll hear music of the Irish composer who pre-echoed Chopin, and melodious 20th century composers like Kinsella and Beckett.
10:00 From the Top
11:00 Classical Guitar Alive! with Anthony Morris.
1:00 P.M. World of Opera WAGNER Das Rheingold. Ilian Paterson (Wotan); Albert Dohman (Alberich); Sarah Connolly (Fricka); Roberto Sacca (Loge); Markus Eiche (Donner); Tansel Akzeybek (Froh); Andreas Conrad (Mime); Caroline Wenborne (Freia); Karl-Heinz Lehner (Fafner); Gunther Groisbock (Fasolt); Nadine Weissmann (Erda); Alexandra Steiner (Woglinde); Stephanie Houtzeel (Wellgunde); Wiebke Lehmkuhl (Flosshilde); Bayreuth Festival Orch. & Chorus; Marek Janowski, cond. Das Rheingold gets Wagner’s monumental Ring cycle off to a rousing start, in a quickly-paced drama introducing a fanciful world of vivid characters and world-shaping pasions.
5:00 The Score with Edmund Lowe.
6:00 A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor.
8:00 The Thistle & Shamrock with Fiona Ritchie. More New Sounds. Fiona handpicks more of the best new sounds from the summer crop of new releases by rising and well-established artists.
9:00 Fascinatin’ Rhythm with Michael Lasser.
10:00 Millennium of Music with Robert Aubrey Davis. The Sixteen and Italian Masters.
11:00 Music Through the Night
2 SUNDAY
12:00 A.M. Music Through the Night
5:00 Classical 24
8:00 With Heart & Voice with Peter Dubois.
9:00 Sunday Brunch with Gene Schiller. Enjoy three hours of your favorite music, as requested by the listeners of Hawaii Public Radio. To make your choice from our “musical brunch buffet” write to Sunday Brunch, Hawaii Public Radio, 738 Kaheka St., Honolulu, HI 96814. Or e-mail your request to us at: hprmusic@hawaiipublicradio.org (Subject: Sunday Brunch).
1:00 P.M. SymphonyCast Last Night of the 2016 BBC Proms HARROLD Raze; BUTTERWORTH The Banks of Green Willow; BORODIN Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor; DONIZETTI Una furtive lagrima from L’Elisir d’Amore; BRITTEN Matinees Musicales; DOVE Our revels now are ended; VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Serenade to Music; DONIZETTI Ah, mes amis! from La Fille du Regiment; ARNE Rule Brittania; Juan Diego Florez, tenor; BBC Sym. Orch. & Chorus; Sakari Oramo, cond.
3:00 Sunday Baroque. A celebration of beloved and appealing music from the baroque era (1600-1750) and the years leading up to it. Enjoy the tuneful and lively music of Bach, Vivaldi and Handel – and music by their talented contemporaries and predecessors – as part of the mix of familiar favorites and new surprises.
4:00 Harmonia with Angela Mariani.
5:00 Weekend Radio with Robert Conrad. Way past bedtime stories: Joey Carter’s “Daddy tell me a Story,” “Story Time” from Saturday Night Live; Joyce Grenfell’s “Nursery School;” and Monty Python’s “Hello, Children.” Robert Conrad reads his “The Frabus Loves Raspberry Ripple Ice Cream.” Jan C. Snow asks for “Quiet Please.” This Week in the Media.
6:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center SCHUBERT Ballet Music #2 from Rosamunde; Benjamin Beilman, violin; Yekwon Sunwoo, piano; SCHUBERT Erlkonig; Yunpeng Wang, baritone; Inon Barnatan, piano; ZEMLINSKY String Quartet #2; Escher Quartet
7:00 Singing and Other Sins with Gary Hickling. Henri Duparc. Guest/host producer Blair-Boone Migura draws upon his French language background to share his passion for this fascinating yet enigmatic composer of French melodie in part one of this two-part series focusing on Duparc’s life from 1848-1871.
8:00 New Sounds
9:00 The Early Muse with Ian Capps. Young Handel in Rome. A fresh young Handel arrived in Rome in 1707 and embraced the brilliant Italian style of oratorios, operas and sacred motets over two immensely productive years. Hear arias from La Resurrezione, Agrippina and Psalm 110, including some sung by a brilliant young Russian soprano, Julia Lezhneva.
10:00 Music from the Hearts of Space. Take a journey through inner space with music that evokes the feeling of the cosmos.
11:00 Music Through the Night
3 MONDAY
12:00 A.M. Music Through the Night
8:30 Morning Café with Gene Schiller. Get the day going with a refreshing blend of music, The Writer’s Almanac, special features…and more music. Today’s theme: Mostly Baroque.
10:00 Morning Concert with Gene Schiller. SCHUBERT Rosamunde Overt.; National Phil. Orch.; Leopold Stokowski, cond.; RACHMANINOFF Piano Conc. #1 in f-sharp; Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano; Cleveland Orch.; Vladimir Ashkenazy, cond.; BOCKLIN Sym. #2 in e, Bocklin; Stuttgart Phil. Orch.; Jorg Peter Weigle, cond.
12:00 P.M. Performance Today
2:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin. Verdi, Part 1. This week, we begin a two-week survey investigating the life and music of Giuseppe Verdi, a towering figure in Italian art and perhaps the greatest composer of 19th century opera. We’ll explore the nooks and crannies of Verdi’s repertoire, including a trip to Medieval Spain, Shakespeare’s Scotland, and even France! Despite Verdi being known for his work in opera, an art form intimately connected with language, his music transcends words.
3:00 Masterworks Hour with Gene Schiller. PROKOFIEV The Love for Three Oranges Suite; London Sym. Orch.; Antal Dorati, cond.; SCRIABIN Poem of Fire; Dmitri Alexeev, piano; Philadelphia Orch. & Chorus; Riccardo Muti, cond.
6:06 Evening Concert with Craig DeSilva. HOLST St. Paul Suite; Bournemouth Sinfonietta; Richard Studt, cond.; SPOHR Septet in a; Nash Ensemble; MOZART Sym. #41 in C, Jupiter; Vienna Phil. Orch.; James Levine, cond.
8:00 Cleveland Orchestra TBA
10:00 Music Through the Night
4 TUESDAY
12:00 A.M. Music Through the Night
8:30 Morning Café with Gene Schiller. Get the day going with a refreshing blend of music, The Writer’s Almanac, special features…and more music. Today’s theme: Exotic Birds.
10:00 Morning Concert with Gene Schiller. GROFE Mississippi Suite; The Beau Hunks; Jan Stulen, cond.; GRIFFES Clouds; Buffalo Phil. Orch.; JoAnn Falletta, cond.; BARBER Souvenirs; Atlanta Sym. Orch.; Yoel Levi, cond.; CHADWICK Sym. #3 in F; Detroit Sym. Orch.; Neeme Jarvi, cond.
12:00 P.M. Performance Today
2:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin. Verdi, Part 1.
3:00 Masterworks Hour with Gene Schiller. WEBER Der Freischutz Overt.; Boston Pops Orch.; Arthur Fiedler, cond.; MENDELSSOHN A Midsummer Night’s Dream Suite; Detroit Sym. Orch.; Paul Paray, cond.
6:06 Evening Concert with Craig DeSilva. LISZT Orpheus; Dresden Phil. Orch.; Michel Plasson, cond.; SAINT-SAENS Piano Conc. #1 in D; Jean-Philippe Collard, piano; Royal Phil. Orch.; Andre Previn, cond.; BORODIN Sym. #2 in b; Rotterdam Phil. Orch.; Valery Gergiev, cond.
8:00 Collector’s Corner with Henry Fogel. The Callas “Macbeth.”
10:00 Music Through the Night
5 WEDNESDAY
12:00 A.M. Music Through the Night
8:30 Morning Café with Gene Schiller. Get the day going with a refreshing blend of music, The Writer’s Almanac, special features…and more music. Today’s theme: Classics of Chamber Music.
10:00 Morning Concert with Gene Schiller. LISZT From the Cradle to the Grave; London Phil. Orch.; Bernard Haitink, cond.; SCHUMANN Sym. #4 in d; Detroit Sym. Orch.; Paul Paray, cond. STILL Sahdji; London Sym. Orch.; Paul Freeman, cond.
12:00 P.M. Performance Today
2:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin. Verdi, Part 1.
3:00 Masterworks Hour with Gene Schiller. R. STRAUSS Serenade in B-flat; Stokholm Phil. Orch.; Paavo Berglund, cond.; DOHNANYI Violin Conc. #1 in d; Michael Ludwig, violin; Buffalo Phil. Orch.; JoAnn Falletta, cond.
6:06 Evening Concert with Craig DeSilva. SIEGFRIED WAGNER Concertino; Andrea Lieberknecht, flute; Rheinland-Pfalz Phil. Orch.; Werner Andreas Albert, cond.; STRAVINSKY Pulcinella Suite; Atlanta Sym. Orch.; Yoel Levi, cond.; SCHUBERT Sym. #2 in B-flat; Royal Concertgebouw Orch.; Nikolaus Harnoncourt, cond.
8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra SCHONBERG Kol Nidrei; Alberto Mizrahi, narrator; Chicago Symphony Chorus; SHOSTAKOVICH Suite on Verses of Michelangelo Buonarotti; Ildar Abdrazakov, bass; MASON BATES Anthology of Fantastic Zoology; BERLIOZ Fantasy on “The Tempest” by Shakespeare, from Lelio; Chicago Symphony Chorus; Riccardo Muti, cond.
10:00 Music Through the Night
6 THURSDAY
12:00 A.M. Music Through the Night
8:30 Morning Café with Gene Schiller. Get the day going with a refreshing blend of music, The Writer’s Almanac, special features…and more music. Today’s theme: The Perfect Performance.
10:00 Morning Concert with Gene Schiller. NEWMAN Flute Sonata #1; Hal Ott, flute; Peter Longworth, piano; CHEVALIER DE SAINT-GEORGES Violin Conc. in a; Rachel Barton Pine, violin; Encore Chamber Orch.; Daniel Hege, cond.; KLENAU Sym. #1 in f; Odense Sym. Orch.; Jan Wagner, cond.
12:00 P.M. Performance Today
2:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin. Verdi, Part 1.
3:00 Masterworks Hour with Gene Schiller. ROSSINI String Sonata #3 in C; Bologna Muncipal Theater Orch.; Riccardo Chailly, cond.; GOUNOD Petite Sym. for Winds; Sinfonia Orch. of Chicago; Barry Faldner, cond.
6:06 Evening Concert with John Zak. OFFENBACH La Belle Helene Overt.; City of Birmingham Sym. Orch.; Louis Fremaux, cond.; CANTELOUBE Songs of the Auvergne; Anna Moffo, soprano; American Sym. Orch.; Leopold Stokowski, cond.; RODRIGO Concierto Andaluz; Romero Family; San Antonio Sym. Orch.; Victor Alessandro, cond.
8:00 New York Philharmonic WEBERN Im Sommerwind; SCHONBERG Pelleas und Melisande; IVES Sym. #2; Alan Gilbert, cond.
10:00 Music Through the Night
7 FRIDAY
12:00 A.M. Music Through the Night
8:30 Morning Café with Gene Schiller. Get the day going with a refreshing blend of music, The Writer’s Almanac, special features…and more music. Today’s theme: Beautiful Sounds.
10:00 Morning Concert with Gene Schiller. HUMPERDINCK Overture, Prayer & Interlude from Hansel Und Gretel; Jennifer Larmore, mezzo-soprano; Ruth Ziesak, soprano; Bavarian Radio Sym. Orch.; Donald Runnicles, cond.; DVORAK The Golden Spinning Wheel; Berlin Phil. Orch.; Simon Rattle, cond.; CORIGLIANO The Pied Piper; James Galway, flute; Eastman Philharmonia; David Effron, cond.
12:00 P.M. Performance Today
2:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin. Verdi, Part 1.
3:00 Masterworks Hour with Gene Schiller. HUMMEL Trumpet Conc. in E-flat; Maurice Andre, trumpet; Berlin Phil. Orch.; Herbert von Karajan, cond.; BIZET Sym. in C; National Phil. Orch.; Leopold Stokowski, cond.
6:06 Evening Concert with John Zak. BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata #14 in c-sharp, Moonlight; Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
6:30 Special! Opera Preview A behind-the-scenes look at HOT’s new production of Puccini’s La Boheme.
7:00 Evening Concert with John Zak. ELGAR Violin Conc. in b; Pinchas Zukerman, violin; St. Louis Sym. Orch.; Leonard Slatkin, cond.+
8:00 Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra RACHMANINOFF Sym. #2 in e; BARBER Essay #1; SHOSTAKOVICH Sym. #1 in f; Edo de Waart, cond.
10:00 Music Through the Night
8 SATURDAY
12:00 A.M. Music Through the Night
5:00 Howard’s Day Off with Howard Dicus. Ludwig van Ordinaire. Another edition of “in the shadows of Beethoven,” the music of von Weber, Czerny and Reis, some of it quite great, if not AS great as Beethoven.
10:00 From the Top
11:00 Classical Guitar Alive! with Anthony Morris.
1:00 P.M. World of Opera BELLINI I Puritani. Javier Camarena (Lord Arturo Talbot); Diana Damrau (Lady Elvira); Nicola Teste (Lord Giorgio Walton); Miklos Sebestyen (Lord Gualtiero Walton); Ludovic Tezier (Sir Riccardo Forth); Antonio Lozano (Sir Bruno Robertson); Annalisa Stroppa (Enrichetta di Francia); Teatro Real Orch. & Chorus; Evelino Pido, cond. When Bellini moved to Paris in the 1830s, he declared that French composers and audiences had “little understanding of real song.” He apparently decided to remedy that. I Puritani – Bellini’s first opera for Paris – is blessed by a raft of his finest melodies.
5:00 The Score with Edmund Lowe.
6:00 A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor.
8:00 The Thistle & Shamrock with Fiona Ritchie. Gaelic Voices. This week, explore the branches of contemporary song sprouting from the roots of some very old vocal traditions.
9:00 Fascinatin’ Rhythm with Michael Lasser.
10:00 Millennium of Music with Robert Aubrey Davis. Three from Brilliant Classics.
11:00 Music Through the Night
9 SUNDAY
12:00 A.M. Music Through the Night
5:00 Classical 24
8:00 With Heart & Voice with Peter Dubois.
9:00 Sunday Brunch with Gene Schiller. Enjoy three hours of your favorite music, as requested by the listeners of Hawaii Public Radio. To make your choice from our “musical brunch buffet” write to Sunday Brunch, Hawaii Public Radio, 738 Kaheka St., Honolulu, HI 96814. Or e-mail your request to us at: hprmusic@hawaiipublicradio.org (Subject: Sunday Brunch).
1:00 P.M. SymphonyCast GABRIELA LENA FRANK Escaramuza; GRIEG Piano Conc. in a; Gabriela Montero, piano; BERLIOZ Symphonie Fantastique; Houston Sym. Orch.; Andres Orozco-Estrada, cond.
3:00pm SPECIAL: NPR Presidential Debate Coverage
5:00pm SPECIAL: The Takeaway Debate Rewind Live Call-In
6:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center TELEMANN Suite in G for Strings, Don Quixote; Daniel Phillips, Arnaud Sussmann, violins; Yura Lee, viola; Daniel McDonough, cello; David Grossman, double bass; Kenneth Weiss, harpsichord; VIVALDI Sonata in a, RV 43; Efe Baltacigil, cello solo; Dane Johansen, cello; Paul O’Dette, lute; John Gibbons, harpsichord; BACH Conc. in d, BWV 1043; Alexander Sitkovetsky and Daniel Hope, violins; CMS ensemble
7:00 Singing and Other Sins with Gary Hickling. Henri Duparc. Guest/host producer Blair-Boone Migura draws upon his French language background to share his passion for this fascinating yet enigmatic composer of French melodie in part two of this two-part series focusing on Duparc’s life from 1871-1933.
8:00 New Sounds
9:00 The Early Muse with Ian Capps. The Villancico on Two Continents. The villancico was a form of music unique to Spain, a merger of poetic love songs with burlesque ensaladas, containing a religious moral. The secular model was reluctantly accepted over time in Spanish churches, then exploded in boisterous popularity throughout the New World.
10:00 Music from the Hearts of Space. Take a journey through inner space with music that evokes the feeling of the cosmos.
11:00 Music Through the Night
10 MONDAY
12:00 A.M. Music Through the Night
8:30 Morning Café with Gene Schiller. Get the day going with a refreshing blend of music, The Writer’s Almanac, special features…and more music. Today’s theme: Pure Melody.
10:00 Morning Concert with Gene Schiller. BLISS Things to Come Suite; Royal Phil. Orch.; Charles Groves, cond.; GALLAGHER Adagio from Sym. #2; London Sym. Orch.; JoAnn Falletta, cond.; DVORAK Cello Conc. in b; Natalia Gutman, cello; Philadelphia Orch.; Wolfgang Sawallisch, cond.
12:00 P.M. Performance Today
2:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin. Verdi, Part 2. Join us for the second part of our two-week series featuring Verdi with more of his operas and other works, both iconic and underappreciated.
3:00 Masterworks Hour with Gene Schiller. HUGUES Grand Concerto Fantasy on Verdi’s “Un Ballo in Maschera;” Jean-Pierre Rampal & Claudi Arimany, flute; John Steele Ritter, piano; DUPIN Fantasy on themes from Verdi’s “La Traviata;” Alexander Trostiansky, violin; I Musici de Montreal; Yuli Turovsky, cond.
6:06 Evening Concert with Craig DeSilva. HANDEL Concerto Grosso in F; Op. 6, No. 2; Concentus Musicus Wien; Nikolaus Harnoncourt, cond.; BRAHMS Variations & Fugue on a Theme by Handel; Van Cliburn, piano; TCHAIKOVSKY Serenade for Strings; London Chamber Orch.; Christopher Warren-Green, cond.
8:00 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Moonlight Masquerade Gala Concert. Gil Shaham, violin; Manfred Honeck, cond.
10:00 Music Through the Night
11 TUESDAY
12:00 A.M. Music Through the Night
8:30 Morning Café with Gene Schiller. Get the day going with a refreshing blend of music, The Writer’s Almanac, special features…and more music. Today’s theme: Homage to the Classics.
10:00 Morning Concert with Gene Schiller. MEULEMANS Horn Conc. #1; Andre Van Driessche, horn; Brussels Radio & TV Sym. Orch.; Alexander Rahbari, cond.; R. STRAUSS Dance Suite (after Couperin); Tokyo Metropolitan Sym. Orch.; Hiroshi Wakasugi, cond.; MOZART Sym. #36 in C, Linz; Vienna Phil. Orch.; James Levine, cond.
12:00 P.M. Performance Today
2:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin. Verdi, Part 2.
3:00 Special! Opera Preview A behind-the-scenes look at HOT’s new production of Puccini’s La Boheme.
6:06 Evening Concert with Craig DeSilva. ENESCU Rumanian Rhapsody #2; Vienna Sym. Orch.; Vladimir Golschmann, cond.; RESPIGHI Fountains of Rome; Chicago Sym. Orch.; Fritz Reiner, cond.; GERSHWIN Piano Conc. in F; Earl Wild, piano; Boston Pops Orch.; Arthur Fiedler, cond.
8:00 Collector’s Corner with Henry Fogel. The Cortot/Thibaud/Casals Trio.
10:00 Music Through the Night
12 WEDNESDAY
12:00 A.M. Music Through the Night
8:30 Morning Café with Gene Schiller. Support your favorite radio station by making a pledge for Celebration 2016.
10:00 Morning Concert with Gene Schiller. Celebration 2016 continues.
12:00 P.M. Performance Today Celebration 2016 continues.
2:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin. Celebration 2016 continues.
3:00 Masterworks Hour with Gene Schiller. Celebration 2016 continues.
6:06 Evening Concert with Craig DeSilva. Celebration 2016 continues.
8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra TCHAIKOVSKY The Tempest; TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo & Juliet; MAHLER Sym. #4 in G; Rosa Feola, soprano; Riccardo Muti, cond.
10:00 Music Through the Night
13 THURSDAY12:00 A.M. Music Through the Night
8:30 Morning Café with Gene Schiller. Celebration 2016 continues.
12:00 P.M. Performance Today Celebration 2016 continues.
2:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin. Celebration 2016 continues.
3:00 Masterworks Hour with Gene Schiller. Celebration 2016 continues.
6:06 Evening Concert with John Zak. Celebration 2016 continues.
8:00 New York Philharmonic IVES The Unanswered Question; BEETHOVEN Piano Conc. #4 in G; Emmanuel Ax, piano; WEBERN Symphony, Op. 21; SCHUMANN Sym. #2 in C; Alan Gilbert, cond.
10:00 Music Through the Night
14 FRIDAY12:00 A.M. Music Through the Night
8:30 Morning Café with Gene Schiller. Celebration 2016 continues.
10:00 Morning Concert with Gene Schiller. Celebration 2016 continues.
12:00 P.M. Performance Today Celebration 2016 continues.
2:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin. Celebration 2016 continues.
3:00 Masterworks Hour with Gene Schiller. Celebration 2016 continues.
6:06 Evening Concert with John Zak. Celebration 2016 continues.
8:00 Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra GRIEG Piano Conc. in a; Jon Kimura Parker, piano; SCHUBERT Sym. #8 in b, Unfinished; SIBELIUS Sym. #7 in C; Lawrence Renes, cond.
10:00 Music Through the Night
15 SATURDAY
12:00 A.M. Music Through the Night
5:00 Howard’s Day Off with Howard Dicus. 10th Anniversary Show!!! Begging Show!!
10:00 From the Top Celebration 2016 continues.
11:00 Classical Guitar Alive! with Anthony Morris.
1:00 P.M. World of Opera PUCCINI Tosca. Angela Gheorghiu (Tosca); Jonas Kaufmann (Cavaradossi); Bryn Terfel (Scarpia); Ryan Speedo Green (Angelotti); Alfred Sramek (Sacristan); Benedikt Kobel (Spoletta); Marcus Pelz (Sciarrone); Vienna State Opera Orch. & Chorus; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, cond. Puccini’s thriller careens violently from passion-driven corruption to torture, murder and suicide – proving that even the most sensational entertainment can make an artistic statement that’s both enduring, and profoundly beautiful. This production from Vienna features an outstanding cast, and a superb performance by tenor Jonas Kaufmann as Cavaradossi.
5:00 The Score with Edmund Lowe. Celebration 2016 continues.
6:00 A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor. Celebration 2016 continues.
8:00 The Thistle & Shamrock with Fiona Ritchie. Fiddle Styles. Sample a variety of fiddle flavors across this hour of tunes from the wide world of Celtic music.
9:00 Fascinatin’ Rhythm with Michael Lasser.
10:00 Millennium of Music with Robert Aubrey Davis. Renaissance Masters.
11:00 Music Through the Night
16 SUNDAY
12:00 A.M. Music Through the Night
5:00 Classical 24
8:00 With Heart & Voice with Peter Dubois. Celebration 2016 continues.
9:00 Sunday Brunch with Gene Schiller. Celebration 2016 continues.
1:00 P.M. SymphonyCast Celebration 2016 continues.
3:00 Sunday Baroque. Celebration 2016 continues.
4:00 Harmonia with Angela Mariani. Celebration 2016 continues.
5:00 Weekend Radio with Robert Conrad. Celebration 2016 continues.
6:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Celebration 2016 continues.
7:00 Singing and Other Sins with Gary Hickling. Recent Releases. A fascinating pile of art song CDs has been accumulating and I’ll sample songs with orchestra by Michael Csanyi’ Wills; Walter Braunfel’s Lieder; A CD called “A Maiden’s Heart” that features the voice of soprano Mirella Hagen in Lieder of Strauss, Thuille, and Wolf; songs of Bohusalv Martinu; and finally “Selected Romances” of Tchaikovsky performed by Nadia Krasteva.
8:00 New Sounds
9:00 The Early Muse with Ian Capps. The King’s Chamber. Most of the royal music of 17th century France was grand, public and designed to impress the world with the King’s power and wealth. But there was also much more intimate music for the King’s private chamber.
10:00 Music from the Hearts of Space. Take a journey through inner space with music that evokes the feeling of the cosmos.
11:00 Music Through the Night
17 MONDAY
12:00 A.M. Music Through the Night
8:30 Morning Café with Gene Schiller. Celebration 2016 continues.
10:00 Morning Concert with Gene Schiller. Celebration 2016 continues.
12:00 P.M. Performance Today Celebration 2016 continues.
2:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin. Celebration 2016 continues.
3:00 Masterworks Hour with Gene Schiller. Celebration 2016 continues.
6:06 Evening Concert with Craig DeSilva. Celebration 2016 continues.
8:00 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra MOZART Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat; Noah Bendix-Balgley, violin; Randolph Kelly, viola; STRAVINSKY The Firebird Suite; RAUTAVAARA Cantus Arcticus; Manfred Honeck, cond.
10:00 Music Through the Night
18 TUESDAY
12:00 A.M. Music Through the Night
8:30 Morning Café with Gene Schiller. Celebration 2016 continues.
10:00 Morning Concert with Gene Schiller. Celebration 2016 continues.
12:00 P.M. Performance Today Celebration 2016 continues.
2:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin. Celebration 2016 continues.
3:00 Masterworks Hour with Gene Schiller. Celebration 2016 continues.
6:06 Evening Concert with Craig DeSilva. Celebration 2016 continues.
8:00 Collector’s Corner with Henry Fogel. Music by Vincent D’Indy. Program 1 of 2.
10:00 Music Through the Night
19 WEDNESDAY
12:00 A.M. Music Through the Night
8:30 Morning Café with Gene Schiller. Celebration 2016 continues.
10:00 Morning Concert with Gene Schiller. Celebration 2016 continues.
12:00 P.M. Performance Today Celebration 2016 continues.
2:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin. Celebration 2016 continues.
3:00 Masterworks Hour with Gene Schiller. Celebration 2016 continues.
6:06 Evening Concert with Craig DeSilva. Celebration 2016 continues.
8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra DEBUSSY Gigues from Images; BARTOK Violin Conc. #2; Gil Shaham, violin; RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazad Susanna Malkki, cond.
10:00 Music Through the Night
20 THURSDAY12:00 A.M. Music Through the Night
8:30 Morning Café with Gene Schiller. Celebration 2016 continues.
10:00 Morning Concert with Gene Schiller. Celebration 2016 continues.
12:00 P.M. Performance Today Celebration 2016 continues.
2:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin. Celebration 2016 continues.
3:00 Masterworks Hour with Gene Schiller. Celebration 2016 continues.
6:06 Evening Concert with John Zak. Celebration 2016 continues.
8:00 New York Philharmonic MAHLER Sym. #3; Petra Lang, mezzo-soprano; Women of the Westminster Symphony; The American Boychoir; Alan Gilbert, cond.
10:00 Music Through the Night
21 FRIDAY12:00 A.M. Music Through the Night
8:30 Morning Café with Gene Schiller. Celebration 2016 continues.
10:00 Morning Concert with Gene Schiller. Celebration 2016 continues.
12:00 P.M. Performance Today Celebration 2016 continues.
2:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin. Celebration 2016 continues.
3:00 Masterworks Hour with Gene Schiller. Celebration 2016 continues.
6:06 Evening Concert with John Zak. Celebration 2016 continues.
8:00 Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra ELGAR In the South; SIBELIUS Violin Conc. in d; Karen Gomyo, violin; DUKAS La Peri; STRAVINSKY The Firebird Suite; Christopher Seaman, cond.
10:00 Music Through the Night
22 SATURDAY
12:00 A.M. Music Through the Night
5:00 Howard’s Day Off with Howard Dicus. Three Gs and other Tuneful Russians. Everyone likes Tchaikovsky and Rimsky-Korsakov, but it is a curious thing about Russian music that there is much to enjoy in the lower ranks of Russian composers like Glinka, Gliere and Glazunov.
10:00 From the Top
11:00 Classical Guitar Alive! with Anthony Morris.
1:00 P.M. World of Opera RAMEAU Les Indes Galantes. Lisette Oropesa (Hebe/Zima); Goran Juric (Bellone); Ana Quintans (L’Amour/Zaire); Tareq Nazmi (Osman/Ali); Elsa Benoit (Emilie); Cyril Auvity (Valere/Tacmas); Francois Lis (Huascar/Don Alvaro); Anna Prohaska (Phani/Fatime); Mathias Vidal (Don Carlos/Damon); John Moore (Adario); Munich Festival Orch; Balthasar Neumann Chorus; Ivor Bolton, cond. Rameau’s spectacular, globe-trotting drama features extravagant scenes in locales ranging from a Turkish island in the Indian Ocean, to the Inca Empire of Peru, a Persian festival of flowers, and the “savage” forests of North America.
5:00 The Score with Edmund Lowe.
6:00 A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor.
8:00 The Thistle & Shamrock with Fiona Ritchie. Sea Sound. Images and moods of the sea emerge this week from traditional to new music, including classical sounds of William Jackson’s work for fiddles, pipes, woodwind and strings: A Scottish Island.
9:00 Fascinatin’ Rhythm with Michael Lasser.
10:00 Millennium of Music with Robert Aubrey Davis. Women’s Voices.
11:00 Music Through the Night
23 SUNDAY
12:00 A.M. Music Through the Night
5:00 Classical 24
8:00 With Heart & Voice with Peter Dubois.
9:00 Sunday Brunch with Gene Schiller. Enjoy three hours of your favorite music, as requested by the listeners of Hawaii Public Radio. To make your choice from our “musical brunch buffet” write to Sunday Brunch, Hawaii Public Radio, 738 Kaheka St., Honolulu, HI 96814. Or e-mail your request to us at: hprmusic@hawaiipublicradio.org (Subject: Sunday Brunch).
1:00 P.M. SymphonyCast BACH Orch. Suite #3 in D; BACH Conc. for Two Violins in d; Martin Chalifour, Nathan Cole, violins; HAYDN Sinfonia Concertante in B-flat; Ariana Ghez, oboe; Whitney Crockett, bassoon; Robert deMaine, cello; SCHUBERT Sym. #3 in D; Los Angeles Phil. Orch.; Nicholas McGegan, cond.
3:00 Sunday Baroque. A celebration of beloved and appealing music from the baroque era (1600-1750) and the years leading up to it. Enjoy the tuneful and lively music of Bach, Vivaldi and Handel – and music by their talented contemporaries and predecessors – as part of the mix of familiar favorites and new surprises.
4:00 Harmonia with Angela Mariani.
5:00 Weekend Radio with Robert Conrad. Broadcast news explored by Bob & Ray, the Little Review, George Carlin, Peter Schickele, and Firesign Theatre. Richard Howland-Bolton discusses “Panic.” This Week in the Media.
6:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center BACH Brandenburg Conc. #1 in F; BACH Brandenburg Conc. #5 in D; BACH Brandenburg Conc. #3 in G; CMS ensemble
7:00 Singing and Other Sins with Gary Hickling. Ned Rorem’s 93rd Birthday Interview. Blair-Boone Migura joins Gary Hickling in a telephone interview with the greatest living American composer, Ned Rorem. We’ll also play his song cycles and instrumental works.
8:00 New Sounds
9:00 The Early Muse with Ian Capps. Lutheran Composers: The 2nd Generation. Martin Luther set a new course for music as well as worship. The Early Muse celebrates Reformation Week with powerful music by three successors to the first Lutheran generation, whose star has often been eclipsed by Michael Praetorius – Leonhard Lechner, Hans Leo Hassler and Christophorus Demantius.
10:00 Music from the Hearts of Space. Take a journey through inner space with music that evokes the feeling of the cosmos.
11:00 Music Through the Night
24 MONDAY
12:00 A.M. Music Through the Night
8:30 Morning Café with Gene Schiller. Get the day going with a refreshing blend of music, The Writer’s Almanac, special features…and more music. Today’s theme: Mostly Baroque.
10:00 Morning Concert with Gene Schiller. STENHAMMAR Excelsior Overt.; Gothenburg Sym. Orch.; Neeme Jarvi, cond.; PAUER Bassoon Conc.; Karel Bidlo, bassoon; Czech Phil. Orch.; Karel Ancerl, cond.; HANUS Sym. #2; Czech Phil. Orch.; Karel Ancerl, cond.
12:00 P.M. Performance Today
2:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin. TBA
3:00 Masterworks Hour with Gene Schiller. ARENSKY Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky; St. Petersburg Camerata; Saulius Sondeckis, cond.; HALVORSEN Sym. #1 in c; Trondheim Sym. Orch.; Ole Kristian Ruud, cond.
6:06 Evening Concert with Craig DeSilva. MOZART Horn Conc. #4 in E-flat; Dennis Brain, horn; Philharmonia Orch.; Herbert von Karajan, cond.; MENOTTI Triplo Concerto a Tre; London Sym. Orch.; David Amos, cond.; PIERNE Excerpts from Ramuntcho; Lorraine Phil. Orch.; Jacques Houtmann, cond.
8:00 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra BRAHMS Piano Conc. #2 in B-flat; Emanuel Ax, piano; ORFF O Fortuna from Carmina Burana; VERDI La Forza del Destino Overt.; BOITO Final Psalmody from the Prologo to Mefistofele; All-University Choir; Manfred Honeck, cond.
10:00 Music Through the Night
25 TUESDAY
12:00 A.M. Music Through the Night
8:30 Morning Café with Gene Schiller. Get the day going with a refreshing blend of music, The Writer’s Almanac, special features…and more music. Today’s theme: Operatic Rarities.
10:00 Morning Concert with Gene Schiller. CRESTON Choreographic Suite; Seattle Sym. Orch.; Gerard Schwarz, cond.; SPOHR Violin Conc. #8 in a, in modo di scena cantante; Hilary Hahn, violin; Swedish Radio Sym. Orch.; Eiji Oue, cond.; TCHAIKOVSKY Manfred Sym.; Royal Concertgebouw Orch.; Riccardo Chailly, cond.
12:00 P.M. Performance Today
2:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin. TBA
3:00 Masterworks Hour with Gene Schiller. CHOPIN Scherzo #4 in E; Ivo Pogorelich, piano; GRIEG Symphonic Dances; Bournemouth Sym. Orch.; Paavo Berglund, cond.
6:06 Evening Concert with Craig DeSilva. MARTINU Flute Sonata; James Galway, flute; Philip Moll, piano; HAYDN Sinfonia Concertante in B-flat; Moscow Virtuosi; Vladimir Spivakov, cond.; BARBER Piano Conc.; John Browning, piano; St. Louis Sym. Orch.; Leonard Slatkin, cond.
8:00 Collector’s Corner with Henry Fogel. Music of Vincent D’Indy. Program 2 of 2.
10:00 Music Through the Night
26 WEDNESDAY
12:00 A.M. Music Through the Night
8:30 Morning Café with Gene Schiller. Get the day going with a refreshing blend of music, The Writer’s Almanac, special features…and more music. Today’s theme: The Wonderful World of Vinyl.
10:00 Morning Concert with Gene Schiller. GRIEG Haugtussa; Anne Sofie van Otter, mezzo-soprano; Bengt Forsberg, piano; KNECHT Grande Symphonie, Le Portrait musical de Nature; Hofkapelle Stuttgart; Frieder Bernius, cond.; BEETHOVEN Excerpts from The Creatures of Prometheus; Orpheus Chamber Orch.
12:00 P.M. Performance Today
2:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin. TBA
3:00 Masterworks Hour with Gene Schiller. SCHUMANN Introduction & Allegro Appassionato in G; Rudolf Serkin, piano; Philadelphia Orch.; Eugene Ormandy, cond.; STRAVINSKY Petrushka Suite; Berlin Phil. Orch.; Leopold Stokowski, cond.
6:06 Evening Concert with Craig DeSilva. BARTOK Two Pictures; Philadelphia Orch.; Eugene Ormandy, cond.; DVORAK String Quartet in F, American; Missouri Winds; MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition; London Sym. Orch.; Leonard Slatkin, cond.
8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra PROKOFIEV Lt. Kije Suite; MACMILLAN Veni, Veni, Emmanuel; Cynthia Yeh, percussion; REVUELTAS Sensemaya; LUTOSLAWSKI Conc. for Orchestra; Carlos Miguel Prieto, cond.; LUTOSLAWSKI Cello Conc.; Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Esa-Pekka Salonen, cond.
10:00 Music Through the Night
27 THURSDAY12:00 A.M. Music Through the Night
8:30 Morning Café with Gene Schiller. Get the day going with a refreshing blend of music, The Writer’s Almanac, special features…and more music. Today’s theme: Film Fanatic.
10:00 Morning Concert with Gene Schiller. REVUELTAS Sensemaya; Sym. Orch.; Leopold Stokowski, cond.; PONCE Concierto del Sur; Pablo Sainz Villegas, guitar; Philharmonic Orch. of the Americas; Alondra de la Parra, cond.; VILLA-LOBOS Choros #11; Ralf Gothoni, piano; Finnish Radio Sym.; Sakari Oramo, cond.
12:00 P.M. Performance Today
2:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin. TBA
3:00 Masterworks Hour with Gene Schiller. MAHLER Songs of a Wayfarer; Mildred Miller, mezzo-soprano; Columbia Sym. Orch.; Bruno Walter, cond.; BRUCH Violin Conc. #2 in d; Itzhak Perlman, violin; Israel Phil. Orch.; Zubin Mehta, cond.
6:06 Evening Concert with John Zak. PUCCINI Capriccio Sinfonico; La Scala Phil. Orch.; Riccardo Muti, cond.; HOVHANESS Mysterious Mountain; Chicago Sym. Orch.; Fritz Reiner, cond.; WALTON Violin Conc.; Tasmin Little, violin; Bournemouth Sym. Orch.; Andrew Litton, cond.
8:00 New York Philharmonic TCHAIKOVSKY Polonaise from Eugene Onegin; PROKOFIEV Piano Conc. #2 in g; Yefim Bronfman, piano; RACHMANINOFF Sym. #2 in e; Alan Gilbert, cond.
10:00 Music Through the Night
28 FRIDAY12:00 A.M. Music Through the Night
8:30 Morning Café with Gene Schiller. Get the day going with a refreshing blend of music, The Writer’s Almanac, special features…and more music. Today’s theme: New Names, New Recordings.
10:00 Morning Concert with Gene Schiller. HAYDN Sym. #96 in D, Miracle; Detroit Sym. Orch.; Paul Paray, cond.; BLOCH Violin Conc.; Elmar Oliveira, violin; National Sym. Orch. of Ukraine; John McLaughlin Williams, cond.; CHABRIER Excerpts from Le Roi Malgre Lui; Barbara Hendricks, soprano; Gino Quilico, baritone; Orch. & Chorus of Radio France; Charles Dutoit, cond.
12:00 P.M. Performance Today
2:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin. TBA
3:00 Masterworks Hour with Gene Schiller. WIENIAWSKI Legende; Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin; Vienna Phil. Orch.; James Levine, cond.; RAFF Sym. #4; Milton Keynes City Orch.; Hilary Davan Wetton, cond.
6:06 Evening Concert with John Zak. HERBERT Five Pieces; Lynn Harrell, cello; Academy of St. Martin; Neville Marriner, cond.; COPLAND Rodeo; Buffalo Phil. Orch.; JoAnn Falletta, cond.; RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Sym. #2, Antar; U.S.S.R. Sym. Orch.; Evgeny Svetlanov, cond.
8:00 Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Sym. #6 in e; BEETHOVEN Sym. #3 in E-flat, Eroica; Carlos Kalmar, cond.
10:00 Music Through the Night
29 SATURDAY
12:00 A.M. Music Through the Night
5:00 Howard’s Day Off with Howard Dicus. Soviet Dissidents and Toadying Functionaries. While Prokofiev and Shostakovich were globally famous, what were the other Soviet composers doing?
10:00 From the Top
11:00 Classical Guitar Alive! with Anthony Morris.
1:00 P.M. World of Opera ROSSINI La Donna del Lago. Juan Diego Florez (Giacomo/Uberto); Salome Jica (Elena); Marko Mimica (Douglas); Michael Spyres (Rodrigo); Varduhi Abrahmyan (Malcolm); Ruth Iniesta (Albina); Francisco Brito (Serano/Bertram); Teatro Communale Orch. & Chorus, Bologna; Michele Mariotti, cond. In 1819, Rossini cashed in on an Italian taste for all things Scottish, with this opera based on a narrative by Sir Walter Scott. This production from the Rossini Opera Festival, in the composer’s hometown, features the acclaimed tenor Juan Diego Florez.
5:00 The Score with Edmund Lowe.
6:00 A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor.
8:00 The Thistle & Shamrock with Fiona Ritchie. Myth and Legend. Delve into myth, legend and mystery this week in ballads and tunes of Celtic origin and inspiration.
9:00 Fascinatin’ Rhythm with Michael Lasser.
10:00 Millennium of Music with Robert Aubrey Davis. Three from CPO.
11:00 Music Through the Night
30 SUNDAY
12:00 A.M. Music Through the Night
5:00 Classical 24
8:00 With Heart & Voice with Peter Dubois.
9:00 Sunday Brunch with Gene Schiller. Enjoy three hours of your favorite music, as requested by the listeners of Hawaii Public Radio. To make your choice from our “musical brunch buffet” write to Sunday Brunch, Hawaii Public Radio, 738 Kaheka St., Honolulu, HI 96814. Or e-mail your request to us at: hprmusic@hawaiipublicradio.org (Subject: Sunday Brunch).
1:00 P.M. SymphonyCast ROSSINI William Tell Overt.; ELGAR Cello Conc. in e; Truls Mork, cello; BERLIOZ Symphonie Fantastique; Los Angeles Phil. Orch.; Leonard Slatkin, cond.
3:00 Sunday Baroque. A celebration of beloved and appealing music from the baroque era (1600-1750) and the years leading up to it. Enjoy the tuneful and lively music of Bach, Vivaldi and Handel – and music by their talented contemporaries and predecessors – as part of the mix of familiar favorites and new surprises.
4:00 Harmonia with Angela Mariani.
5:00 Weekend Radio with Robert Conrad. A “Little Red Riding Hood” orgy with variations on the story by Thurber Carnival, Henry Morgan, Mickey Katz and Steve Allen. Jan C. Snow promotes “Meat Eater’s TV.” This Week in the Media.
6:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center MOZART Grande Sestetto Concertante after Sinfonia Concertante K. 364; Erin Keefe, Jorja Fleezalis, violins; Paul Neubauer, Richard O’Neill, violas; Li-Wei Qin, Efe Baltacigil, cellos; BRITTEN Cello Sonata in C; David Finckel, cello; Wu Han, piano
7:00 Singing and Other Sins with Gary Hickling.
8:00 New Sounds
9:00 The Early Muse with Ian Capps. All Souls Day. November 1st honors the faithful departed on the Day of the Dead. The Early Muse marks the day with one of the earliest polyphonic Requiem Masses by Antoine Brumel, also the first one to include the fearsome Sequence – Dies Irae, Day of Wrath.
10:00 Music from the Hearts of Space. Take a journey through inner space with music that evokes the feeling of the cosmos.
11:00 Music Through the Night
31 MONDAY
12:00 A.M. Music Through the Night
8:30 Morning Café with Gene Schiller. Get the day going with a refreshing blend of music, The Writer’s Almanac, special features…and more music. Today’s theme: Scary Music.
10:00 Morning Concert with Gene Schiller. BEETHOVEN Consecration of the House Overt.; Vienna Phil. Orch.; Claudio Abbado, cond.; SAINT-SAENS Violin Conc. #2 in C; Philippe Graffin, violin; BBC Scottish Sym. Orch.; Martyn Brabbins, cond.; GRECHANINOV Sym. #3; Russian State Orch.; Valery Polyansky, cond.
12:00 P.M. Performance Today
2:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin. Nationalism. Nationalism on its own is a dangerous force, but it has led to a number of wonderful bits of music. This edition of Exploring Music examines what happens when a powerful pride in national identity winds its way into a composer’s head. This week, we cover music from Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Romania on Monday, Hungary on Tuesday, France on Wednesday, and then rounding out the week with music from Scandinavia (Thursday) and Russia to Albion (Friday).
3:00 Masterworks Hour with Gene Schiller. PIZZETTI La Pisanella; Orch. de la Suisse Romande; Lamberto Gardelli, cond.; KODALY Peacock Variations; London Sym. Orch.; Istvan Kertesz, cond.
6:06 Evening Concert with Craig De Silva. AUBER Le Cheval de Bronze Overt.; Detroit Sym. Orch.; Paul Paray, cond.; GIULIANI Guitar Conc. in A; Kazuhito Yamashita, guitar; Leos Janacek Chamber Orch.; SCHUMANN Piano Quintet in F; Artur Rubinstein, piano; Guarneri Quartet
8:00 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra MACMILLAN Brittania; BRUCH Violin Conc. #1 in g; Pinchas Zukerman, violin; ELGAR Enigma Variations; Manfred Honeck, cond.
10:00 Music Through the Night