Piano Concerto in g (Jorge Bolet with Nürnburg Symphony) Genesis GCD106 Cola di Rienzo Overture (Rome Symphony) Naxos 8.537007 Symphony No. 1 (Rome Symphony) Naxos 8.537007 Solo piano music Arts 47770-2
Music by Giovanni Sgambati, Program 1
Runnicles and Mahler
Donald Runnicles, conductor Robert Chen, violin Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto Mahler: Symphony No. 5 Beethoven: Coriolan Overture (Fritz Reiner, conductor)
“The Marriage of Figaro”– Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The resourceful Figaro gets ready to marry his lovely Susanna – and endeavors to get his fiancée to the altar with her virtue still intact! His boss, the Count, has designs on Susanna and sees no reason to let her escape his noble snare, even if it means breaking the heart of his own long-suffering bride.
MOMS MABLEY (6/13/1961)
African American comedy pioneer Moms Mabley was Studs Terkel’s guest on June 13, 1961. Loretta Mary Aiken was born in 1894 and became a trailblazing performer known for her warm yet raunchy stand-up routines and popular albums.
Salonen Conducting Messiaen
CONDUCTOR: Esa-Pekka Salonen SOLOISTS: Yuja Wang, piano Valérie Hartman-Clavarie, ondes martenot MESSIAEN: Turangalîla Symphony
A Potpourri of Henry’s Favorites to Celebrate His Thousandth Program!
Brahms: Finale of Symphony No. 1 (Hamburg Radio Orchestra/Wilhelm Furtwängler) Tahra FURT-2010 Sarasate: Carmen Fantasy (Bronislaw Huberman, violin, with S Schultze, piano) Biddulph LAB-077-078 Puccini: Si, mi chiamano Mimi from La Bohème (Renata Tebaldi with RAI Rome Orchestra/Alberto Paoletto) Fonit-Cetra CDC-8 Mahler: Third movement of Symphony No 4 (Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/Willem Mengelberg) Pristine PASC-055 Bartok: Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin (Chicago Symphony/Istvan Kertesz) CSO …
Return of Yevgeny Kissin
Sir Andrew Davis, conductor Yevgeny Kissin, piano Bach-Davis: Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor Stravinsky: Divertimento, Suite from The Fairy’s Kiss Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 Granados: Danza Española No. 5 (encore) Brahms: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 5 (encore) Ravel: Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2 …
MOTHERS DAY (5/8/1981)
Thirty-five years ago this Mother’s Day, Studs Terkel presented this WFMT favorite: his music-based tribute to mothers, and fathers, too.
Boulez Conducts Mahler
CONDUCTOR: Pierre Boulez SOLOIST: Jessye Norman, soprano (Berg) Yvonne Minton, soprano (Mahler) BERG: Der Wein MAHLER: Symphony No. 3
Vienna Classical Music Tour (optional extension to Bavaria)
Join Carl Grapentine on a Classical Music Tour of Vienna in May!