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Interview: Christine Weidinger

This interview with TheClassicalStation.org follows Christine Weidinger from an unlikely beginning in folk singing and skepticism about opera to a major international operatic career. She recounts her training, her Met auditions win, her years at the Metropolitan Opera, and the major singers and mentors who shaped her artistic life.

Christine Weidinger
Operatic Soprano

Bob Chapman
Host @WCPE

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Symphony No. 101 in D, "Clock"

Composed by

Josef Haydn (1732-1809)

Performed by

English Chamber Orchestra/Paillard

Label

RCA

Catalog Number

62564

Today's Playlist

8:41am Carnival Overture, Op. 92

Composed by

Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)

Performed by

Vienna Philharmonic/Eschenbach

8:52am Music selected by the announcer

9:01am Violin Concerto No. 3 in G, K. 216

Composed by

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Performed by

Manze/English Concert

9:26am Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21

Composed by

Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)

Performed by

Ax/Orch Age Enlightenment/Mackerras

9:59am Fantasia on Greensleeves

Composed by

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)

Performed by

Boston Pops/Fiedler

10:07am Guitar Quintet No. 9 in C, "Retreat from Madrid"

Composed by

Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805)

Performed by

Pepe Romero/Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemble

10:35am Suite No. 1 for 2 Pianos, Op. 5 "Fantaisie-tableaux"

Composed by

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)

Performed by

Trifonov/Babayan

11:00am Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67

Composed by

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)

Performed by

Richardson/London Symphony Orchestra/Sargent

11:27am Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue in D minor, BWV 903

Composed by

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Performed by

Burkard Schliessmann

11:40am Concerto in F for 3 Violins from Tafelmusik, Part II

Composed by

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)

Performed by

Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra/Koopman

11:55am Music selected by the announcer

12:01pm Manfred Symphony, Op. 58

Composed by

Peter I. Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

Performed by

Indianapolis Symphony/Leppard

12:56pm Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

Composed by

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), arr. Ignaz Friedman

Performed by

Ma/Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra/Koopman

1:00pm Les Deux Pigeons: Act I

Composed by

Andre Messager (1853-1929)

Performed by

Welsh National Opera Orchestra/Bonynge

1:31pm Les Deux Pigeons: Act II

Composed by

Andre Messager (1853-1929)

Performed by

Welsh National Opera Orchestra/Bonynge

2:06pm Gaité Parisienne

Composed by

Jacques Offenbach, arr. by Manuel Rosenthal

Performed by

Montreal Symphony/Dutoit

2:49pm Music selected by the announcer

3:00pm Symphony No. 092 in G, "Oxford"

Composed by

Josef Haydn (1732-1809)

Performed by

Vienna Philharmonic/Bernstein

3:30pm Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 "Pathetique"

Composed by

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Performed by

Jonathan Biss

3:49pm Summer from Four Seasons, RV 315

Composed by

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)

Performed by

Capucon/Lausanne Chamber Orchestra/Capucon

4:00pm Piano Concerto No. 25 in C, K. 503

Composed by

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Performed by

Perahia/English Chamber Orchestra

4:33pm Violin Concerto No. 11 in B flat

Composed by

Georg Philipp Telemann, attr.

Performed by

Brown/Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields

4:51pm Lullaby from African Suite

Composed by

Fela Sowande (1905-1987)

Performed by

CBC Vancouver Orchestra/Bernardi

5:00pm Overture to If I Were King

Composed by

Adolphe Adam (1803-1856)

Performed by

Detroit Symphony/Paray

5:07pm Piano Concerto No. 4 in G, Op. 58

Composed by

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Performed by

Cliburn/Chicago Symphony/Reiner

5:43pm Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis

Composed by

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)

Performed by

BBC Symphony/Davis

6:02pm Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, BWV 1041

Composed by

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Performed by

Oistrach/Vienna Symphony

6:18pm Suite populaire espagnole

Composed by

Manuel de Falla (1876-1946)

Performed by

Perlman/Sanders

6:33pm Fantastic Scherzo, Op. 25

Composed by

Josef Suk (1874-1935)

Performed by

Czech Philharmonic Orchestra/Mackerras

6:49pm Bagatelle in A minor, “Für Elise”

Composed by

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Performed by

Leon Fleisher

6:54pm Ave Maria, D. 839

Composed by

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

Performed by

Studer/London Symphony/Marin

7:02pm Lieutenant Kije Suite, Op. 60

Composed by

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)

Performed by

Netherlands Radio Philharmonic/Dorati

7:25pm The Three Elizabeths Suite

Composed by

Eric Coates (1886-1957)

Performed by

East of England Orchestra/Nabarro

7:48pm Estudiantina

Composed by

Emile Waldteufel (1837-1915)

Performed by

Gulbenkian Orchestra/Swierczewski

7:58pm Russian Easter Overture, Op. 36

Composed by

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)

Performed by

Mexico City Philharmonic/Batiz

8:15pm Miroirs

Composed by

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)

Performed by

Philippe Entremont

8:44pm Prairie Journal

Composed by

Aaron Copland (1900-1990)

Performed by

Buffalo Philharmonic/Falletta

8:58pm Concert Waltz No. 2, Op. 51

Composed by

Alexander Glazunov (1865–1936)

Performed by

Philharmonia/Svetlanov

9:09pm Cantata 66, "Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen"

Composed by

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Performed by

Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir/Koopman

9:36pm L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1

Composed by

Georges Bizet (1838–1875)

Performed by

French National Orchestra/Ozawa

9:57pm Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30

Composed by

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)

Performed by

Wang/Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra/Dudamel

10:39pm 3 Orchestral Pieces from Sigurd Jorsalfar, Op. 56

Composed by

Edvard Grieg (1843–1907)

Performed by

Utah Symphony Orchestra/Abravanel

10:56pm Symphony No. 3, Op. 36

Composed by

Henryk Gorecki (1933-2010)

Performed by

Upshaw/London Sinfonietta/Zinman

11:51pm Music selected by the announcer