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11/08 Music teacher leaves $4.7 million to her orchestra
11/05 3D-printed instruments showcased
10/28 Richard Gill, world-renowned conductor and music educator, dies age 76
10/18 Rustling Gum Wrapper Causes Brawl During Mahler 5
10/06 Montserrat Caballé, Revered Spanish Prima Donna, Dies at 85
09/27 $2.5m Mellon Foundation grant launches Boston classical music initiative
09/17 Eric Lu wins Leeds International Piano Competition
09/06 Italian Conductor Claudio Scimone has Passed Away
09/01 An All-but-Extinct Piano Plays Once More
08/24 George Walker, Trailblazing American Composer, Dies At 96
08/23 Ronald Arnatt, Composer, Organist, Teacher, Dead At 88
08/14 Iraq's National Symphony Orchestra play on despite unpaid wages
08/10 Cleveland Orchestra receives $9.3 million donation
07/26 Newly discovered viola impromptu by Shostakovich
07/20 Royal College Renames Program to Shift Antiquated Perceptions of Pianists
07/02 Vasily Petrenko: New Music Director of the RPO in 2021
06/16 The conductor Gennady Rozhdestvensky has died
06/05 Acoustic evolution of old Italian violins from Amati to Stradivari
06/04 Fabio Luisi Named Next Music Director of Dallas Symphony Orchestra
05/04 The Secret Life of a Music Director
04/14 Jean-Claude Malgoire died at the age of 77
04/13 Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony needs speeding up by 20 minutes, claims conductor
03/29 BBC NOW/Van Steen review – dynamic showcase of young Welsh composers
03/08 Composer John Williams to Bequeath His Life Work to The Juilliard School Library
03/02 Daniil Trifonov and His Teacher Dazzle With Dual Virtuosity
02/18 Hear How ‘Mozart in the Jungle’ Became a Music Showcase
02/02 François Girard’s production of Wagner’s “Parsifal” - Watch the Met Opera Stage a Sea of Blood
01/28 Barbara Hannigan leads list of Grammy Awards' classical winners
01/19 Meet the New Generation Leading Berlin’s Classical Scene
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This Week At The Classical Station
by Rob Kennedy
Thursday, November 15, 2018
Enjoy the magic of pianist Jorge Bolet's playing today. What's Playing has the details. Take us with you by listening on our app!
09:01 a.m. Schumann: Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129
10:01 a.m. Schubert: Fantasia in C, D. 760 "Wanderer Fantasy"
12:01 p.m. Strauss, Josef: Palms of Peace
01:01 p.m. Smetana: Vysehrad ~ Ma Vlast (My Fatherland)
02:01 p.m. Beethoven: Romance No. 2 in F for Violin, Op. 50
03:01 p.m. Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54
05:01 p.m. Wagner: Good Friday Music ~ Parsifal
10:01 p.m. Liszt: The Water Gardens at the Villa d'Este
After a court jester’s daughter is seduced, her aggrieved father puts out a contract on the seducer’s life. Join the late Al Ruocchio for an encore broadcast of Giuseppe Verdi’s Rigoletto this Thursday at 7:00 p.m. Eastern on the WCPE Opera House.
The curtain goes up at 7:00 p.m. Eastern on 89.7 FM in Central North Carolina, streaming everywhere on our apps and online. Don't forget that you can hear and watch most of the operas which we play on Opera House on our YouTube channel.
Photo: Metropolitan Opera
On November 15 we observe the birthdays of Cuban-born American pianist Jorge Bolet (1914-1990) and Argentine-Israeli conductor Daniel Barenboim (1942-). Jorge Bolet was considered one of the leading exponents of Romantic pianism according to the New York Times. While he is known these days primarily as a conductor, Daniel Barenboim began his career as a virtuoso pianist.
Photos: Daniel Barenboim/Monika Rittershaus; Jorge Bolet/Lindsay Nelson.
Wednesday, November 14, 2018
'I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame, I simply follow my own feelings' – W.A Mozart. Follow your feelings with our beautiful music. What's Playing has the details. Tell your smart speaker to play WCPE!
09:01 a.m. Mozart, L.: Sinfonia Pastorale in G
10:01 a.m. Copland: Billy the Kid Ballet Suite
12:01 p.m. Mendelssohn-Hensel: Andante cantabile
02:01 p.m. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 1 in G minor, Op. 13 "Winter Dreams"
03:01 p.m. Copland: Appalachian Spring
07:01 p.m. Mendelssohn-Hensel: Piano Trio in D, Op. 11
08:01 p.m. Copland: Four Dance Episodes ~ Rodeo
09:01 p.m. Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5 in A, K. 219 "Turkish"
On November 14 we observe the birthdays of three composers. Born on this day were Austrian composer Leopold Mozart (1719-1787), German composer Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel (1805-1847), and American composer Aaron Copland (1900-1990). The father of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was probably more successful as a teacher than as a composer. Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel wrote over 460 compositions. She received her early musical education from her mother who had been trained by a student of Johann Sebastian Bach. Referred to as "the Dean of American Composers", Aaron Copland created musical canvasses which seem to many people to capture the essence of what American music is, or should be.
Photos: Wikipedia.org
Tuesday, November 13, 2018
Today is the birthday of Massachusetts composer, organist and teacher George Whitefield Chadwick. We have three of his compositions and much more on our playlists today. What's Playing has the details.
09:01 a.m. Chadwick: Symphonic Sketches
10:01 a.m. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G, BWV 1048
12:01 p.m. Grieg: Wedding Day at Troldhaugen ~ Lyric Pieces, Op. 65
02:01 p.m. Chadwick: Suite Symphonique in E flat
03:01 p.m. Dvorak: Symphony No. 8 in G, Op. 88
07:01 p.m. Chadwick: Rip Van Winkle Overture
08:01 p.m. Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A, Op. 92
09:01 p.m. Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550
On November 13 we observe the birthdays of German composer Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow (1663-1712) and American composer George Whitfield Chadwick (1854-1931). Herr Zachow was George Frederic Handel's first teacher. Chadwick was one of a group of composers known as The Boston Six. The others in the group were Amy Beach, Arthur Foote, Edward MacDowell, John Knowles Paine, and Horatio Parker.
Photos: Wikipedia.org
Monday, November 12, 2018
The November edition of Renaissance Fare will feature music the pilgrims would have been listening to when they landed at Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607. We shall hear how the music changed from the late 15th to the early 17th centuries. Join George Douglas for Renaissance Fare on Monday, November 12, at 7:00 p.m. and again on Sunday, November 18, at 5:00 p.m.
The following groups will perform: The Baltimore Consort, David Munrow; New York Renaissance Band, Sally Logemann; Early Music Consort of London, David Munrow; Consort Veneto, Giovanni Toffano; Early Music New York, Frederick Renz; The Piffaro Band; John Rutter and the Cambridge Singers; Canadian Brass
Photo: Spanish School, of the early 17th century, Still Life with Roses, Fruit and a Lizard
This week Monday Night at the Symphony features the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Hear music of Mozart, Berlioz and Brahms, in performances led by Louis Langree, Robin Ticciati and Sir Charles Mackerras.
The concert begins at 8 p.m. Eastern on 89.7 FM in Central North Carolina and streaming everywhere online.
Photo: Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Music for a Monday which is observed as a holiday in much of the country. What's Playing has the details.
09:01 a.m. Haydn: Symphony No. 082 in C, "The Bear"
10:01 a.m. Borodin: Symphony No. 2 in B minor
12:01 p.m. Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D, BWV 1068
02:01 p.m. Dvorak: Slavonic Rhapsody in D, Op. 45 No. 1
03:01 p.m. Borodin: Overture and Polovtsian Dances ~ Prince Igor
07:01 p.m. Renaissance Fare
08:01 p.m. Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante in E flat, K. 364
08:33 p.m. Berlioz: Overture ~ Beatrice and Benedict
09:01 p.m. Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
10:01 p.m. Borodin: String Quartet No. 2 in D
On November 12 we observe the birthdays of Russian composer Alexander Borodin and French Canadian composer and teacher Jean Papineau-Couture. Educated as a chemist and a doctor, Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin studied composition with Mily Balakirev. While music was Borodin's secondary vocation, he did manage to find time to write several operas and symphonies, as well as dozens of works in various forms. Montreal native Jean Papineau-Couture graduated from the New England Conservatory of Music. He also studied with Nadia Boulanger. He was on the faculty of the Conservatoire de Musique du Québec à Montréal from 1946-1962.
Photos: Wikipedia.org
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