Ryan Bancroft leads the LA Phil in a series of "larger than life" works, including Carl Nielsen's Symphony No. 4 and Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 24, featuring pianist Yeol Eum Son. The concert also features the U.S. premiere of Anders Hillborg's "Sound Atlas". (Part of the WFMT Orchestra Series)
Enjoy great music programming all weekend long: From the Top Saturdays at noon, Classical Guitar Alive Saturdays at 5 pm, With Heart and Voice Sundays at 1 pm, and Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Sundays at 8 pm.
Robert Aubry Davis explores the sources and mainstreams of European music for the thousand years before the birth of Bach. Tune in Fridays at 10 pm and Mondays at noon.
Upcoming and Noteworthy - For Your Listening Pleasure This Weekend
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A tribute to the late Gary Graffman this Friday (1/9, rebroadcast Saturday 1/10)
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One of the most “edited” operas is featured on this week’s Sunday Opera (1/11 3:00 p.m.) in a recording featuring a dream cast featured in a 1966 recording performing the five-act version that’s missing only the ballet – or is it? It’s a tale of lost love, jealousy, and the Spanish Inquisition with Giuseppe Verdi’s 1867 opera “Don Carlo.” -
Even though the winter hasn’t been too awful for our section of the country, I’m still hearing many people moaning that they want spring. With that in mind, on this week’s Dress Circle (1/11 7:00 p.m.) we’re going to jump ahead to March (when the spring equinox hits) with some Marches from the Musicals.
Each week Bill explores a different theme in classical music with illuminating commentary and musical examples, over the course of time sampling from all genres and eras of classical music. This week: "Francis Poulenc" - The range of Poulenc's pieces are on display this week— from witty parody to deep tragedy and everything in between.
Between the Keys - Encore Broadcast 6 PM on Saturdays
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Keyboard Sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti this Friday (12/26, rebroadcast Saturday 12/27)
The Piano Matters - Encore Broadcast Sunday at Noon
Enjoy conversations with and performances by classical musicians of local, national and international fame Thursdays at 3 pm and Saturdays at 4 pm on Cadenza - winner of the 2014 ASCAP Deems Taylor/Virgil Thomson Awards. This week: Pianist Marc-André Hamelin.
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