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Fiesta! with Elbio Barilari
Exploring Music
We’ll hear pianist Matthew Hagle in sonatas to honor the Beethoven anniversary, and an international holiday-themed concert by the Wicker Park Choral Singers. And Chicago Baroque specialists perform a 17th-century Christmas cantata.
Elbio Barilari goes back in time for little-known Spanish and Latin-American Christmas music, including portions of the Missa Pastoril para Noite de Natal by Brazil’s José Maurício Nunes Garcia. And listen for Jose Feliciano’s Feliz Navidad.
As a musical response to the scourge of violence in the world, Host Bill McGlaughlin plays peaceful, inspiring music from Bach and Mozart to Vaughan Williams to Bill Evans for a thoughtprovoking Christmas week series.
Mondays, December 7, 14, 21, 8:00 pm
Saturday, December 19, 7:00 pm
Weekdays, December 21-25, 7:00 pm
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 Alberto Ginastera Danzas Argentinas, Op. 2 – Pola Baytelman, p. Elan 82288 (2). [8:11] Ottorino Respighi Ancient Airs and Dances for the Lute, set 1 – La Pietà/ Angèle Dubeau, v. Analekta FL2-3125. [14:09] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Arcangelo Corelli Concerto grosso in C, Op. 6/10 – Europa Galante/Fabio Biondi. Opus 111 OPS-30-155. [10:49] 11:00 Daily Excursion: Darius Milhaud Saudades do Brasil, Op. 67: set 2 – William Bolcom, p. Nonesuch 71316-2. [11:10] 12:00 Music in Chicago, plus: Henry Cowell Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 10 – Celia Nicklin, ob; St. Martin’s Academy/Sir Neville Marriner. Argo 417818-2. [6:50] 1:00 Music for the Afternoon • Johann Sebastian Bach Flute Sonata in E-Flat, BWV 1031: II. Siciliano; Chorale-prelude, Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (Now Come, Saviour of the Heathens), BWV 659a; Chorale- prelude, Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Sleepers wake), BWV 645 – Wilhelm Kempff, p. DG 439672-2 (2). [13:03] Richard Wagner Lohengrin: Preludes to Acts 1 & 3 – Chicago Sym/Daniel Barenboim. Teldec 99595-2. [13:20] Giuseppe Verdi I Vespri Siciliani: Four Seasons Ballet: Autumn – Munich Radio Orch/Roberto Abbado. RCA 62651-2. [9:23] 2:00 Afternoon Masterwork: Johannes Brahms Piano
Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat, Op. 83 – Leon Fleisher, p; Cleveland Orch/George Szell. Sony MH2K-63225 (2). [47:26] 3:00 William Walton Orb and Sceptre, Coronation March 1953 – Royal Liverpool Phil/ Sir Charles Groves. EMI CDZ7-62528-2. [7:13] Benjamin Britten Gloriana: Courtly Dances – Julian Bream Consort. RCA 61589-2. [10:05] Sergei Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet Suite: Morning Dance, Montagues and Capulets, The Young Juliet – Buffalo Phil/JoAnn Falletta. Beau Fleuve Records 605996-998524. [11:23] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Violin concertos 8:00 From the CSO’s Archives: The First 130 Years – Works given their US premieres by the Chicago Symphony and Theodore Thomas – Glazunov: Concert Waltz No. 2 (/Frederick Stock). Dukas: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (/Jean Martinon). Elgar: Enigma Variations (/ Sir Georg Solti). Sibelius: The Swan of Tuonela (Grover Schiltz, eh/Herbert Blomstedt). Strauss: Don Quixote (Janigro, Preves/Reiner). 10:00 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center – Beethoven: String Quartet in E-Flat, Op. 74, Harp. Plus: Haydn. 11:00 Evening Music on WFMT
Wednesday 2 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
All prerecorded music on 98.7WFMT is provided by the Richard and Mary L. Gray Music Library.
Most live performances on 98.7WFMT are broadcast from the Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio.
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6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 Giovanni Gabrieli Jubilate Deo – Music of the Baroque Choir & Brass/Edward Zelnis. MOB 2006. [6:24] Johann Sebastian Bach Clavier Concerto No. 6 in F, BWV 1057 – St. Martin’s Academy/Murray Perahia, p. Sony SK-89690. [15:39] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Franz Liszt Mephisto Waltz No. 1 – Chicago Sym/Sir Georg Solti. London 443444-2. [10:40] 11:00 Daily Excursion: Felix Mendelssohn The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave) Overture, Op. 26 – Vienna Phil/Christian Thielemann. DG 4745022. [10:20] 12:00 Music in Chicago 12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts: The Lincoln Trio live from the Cultural Center 1:00 Music for the Afternoon • Heitor Villa-Lobos Bachianas Brasileiras No. 9 – French National Radio Orch strings/ Villa-Lobos. EMI CDU5-669642. [10:56] Various Lament in Tremolo Form; Eleanor Alberga If the Silver Bird Could Speak – William Chapman Nyaho, p. MSR Classics MS-1708. [7:48] Bach Flute Sonata in E, BWV 1035 – Gary Schocker, f; Jason Vieaux, g. Azica ACD-71230. [13:08] 2:00 Afternoon Masterwork: Ludwig van Beethoven Fantasy for Piano, Chorus, and Orchestra, Op. 80 Choral Fantasy – Rudolf Serkin, p; Marlboro Festival Cho & Orch/Peter Serkin. Sony SM2K-89200 (2). [20:01] 3:00 Antonin Dvorák American Suite in A, Op. 98b – Royal Liverpool Phil/Libor Pesek. Virgin Classics 90723-2. [22:39] Mark O’Connor Strings and Threads Suite – Mark O’Connor, v; Metamorphosen Chamber Orch/Scott Yoo. Sony SK-89660. [15:29] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including a newscast at 4:00 pm and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Violin concertos
In the Spotlight Photo: Courtesy of WFMT / Bill Richert
Tuesday 1
Jessye Norman
From the CSO’s Archives: The First 130 Years The first December program focuses on works by European composers, including Elgar’s Enigma Variations and Strauss’s Don Quixote with cellist Antonio Janigro and violist Milton Preves. The following week, hear an all-Bartok performance under the baton of composer and frequent guest conductor Pierre Boulez featuring soprano Jessye Norman. The series also marks this month’s Beethoven anniversary with the Piano Concerto No. 4 interpreted by Van Cliburn and the Eroica Symphony conducted by Sir Georg Solti. For Christmas week, guest conductor Claudio Abbado leads works by Tchaikovsky, including the Nutcracker Suite. And the final program of the month spotlights several other guest conductors: Neeme Jaervi, Pierre Monteux, Leopold Stokowski, and John Williams.
Tuesdays, 8:00 pm
8:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin 10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree 11:00 Evening Music on WFMT
