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Programmer’s Picks After a truncated 2019-20 season and more than a year of encore presentations, live performances at the Met are back! In December, hear Puccini’s Tosca, a familyfriendly version of Mozart’s Magic Flute, and a 150th anniversary production of Verdi’s Aida.
Saturdays, 12:00 pm
Wednesday 1 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news and weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 10:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am. 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, and the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. Emil von Reznicek Donna Diana: Overture – Royal Scottish National Orch/Lance Friedel. Naxos 8.573418. [6:01] 11:00 Franz Schubert 16 German Dances, D 783 – Alfred Brendel, p. Philips 446923-2 (5). [10:42] 12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts: Pianist Vicente Della Tonia live from Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist 1:00 Johan Svendsen Two Icelandic Melodies (1877) – Iceland Sym Orch/Petri Sakari. Chandos CHAN-9028. [6:56] Giovanni Gabrieli Jubilate Deo – Cambridge Singers, La Nuova Musica/ John Rutter. Collegium COLCD-134. [5:00] 2:00 Peter Tchaikovsky Swan Lake, Op. 20: Suite – London Sym/André Previn. EMI CDM4-89485-2. [22:54] 3:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including 70 Essential Years at 4:00 pm, and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm. Peggy GlanvilleHicks Etruscan Concerto (1954) – Keith Jarrett, p; Brooklyn Phil/Dennis Russell
WFMT’s 70th Anniversary Day of Celebration Join us for a special day of performances by singers and instrumentalists – live from NEIU’s Jewel Box Recital Hall. Also enjoy selected archival audio celebrating 70 Essential Years of WFMT. A complete listing is on page 24.
Monday, December 13, 10:00 am
Davies. Musicmasters 67089-2. [13:55] Peter Tchaikovsky Suite No. 4 in G, Op. 61, Mozartiana – Scottish Chamber Orchestra/José Serebrier. ASV CDDCA-719. [25:02] Giuseppe Sammartini Concerto grosso in G minor, Op. 5, No. 6, “Christmas” – English Chamber Orch/ Simon Preston.[15:03] 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Jaime Laredo – violinist, conductor, chamber musician, and teacher. 8:00 A Hanukkah Celebration with Chicago a cappella: Jonathan Miller, founder and artistic director of Chicago a cappella, shares the group’s performances of music for the Jewish Festival of Lights. 9:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin 10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree commemorating Hannukah 11:00 Evening Music on WFMT
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12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore including news and weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 10:00 am; and Carl’s Almanac at 7:30 am. 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including New Releases this hour, Daily Excursion at 11:00 am, Music in Chicago at 12:00 pm, and the Afternoon Masterwork at 2:00 pm. Francis Poulenc Clarinet Sonata – Michael Collins, cl; Noriko Ogawa, p. BIS 2497. [13:20] 11:00 Hector Berlioz Les Troyens: Royal Hunt and Storm
Most live performances on WFMT are broadcast from the Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio.
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Handel’s Messiah Music of the Baroque presents Handel’s most iconic oratorio. Nicholas Kraemer leads the chorus and orchestra with soloists Sherezade Panthaki, Allyson McHardy, Brian Giebler, and Matthew Brook. This concert was dedicated to the memory of Jim Mabie.
Sunday, December 26, 3:00 pm
Music – Covent Garden Orch/ Sir Colin Davis. [9:35] Music in Chicago, plus: Josef Suk Fantastic Scherzo, Op. 25 – Buffalo Phil Orch/JoAnn Falletta. Naxos 8.572323. [15:06] Nico Muhly Motion – Aurora Orch/Nicholas Collon. Decca 4782731. [7:25] Johann Sebastian Bach Orchestra Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 – Carol Wincenc, f; Kristin Lee & Ian Swensen, v’s; Paul Neubauer, vi; Dane Johansen, vc; Scott Pingel, db; Wu Han, hc. Music@ Menlo Live 2012. [16:57] Felix Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 – Anne Akiko Meyers, v; Philharmonia Orch/Litton. RCA 61700-2. [27:19] Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including 70 Essential Years at 4:00 pm, and The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm. 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, Op. 64: Morning Dance – Buffalo Phil Orch/JoAnn Falletta. Beau Fleuve Records 605996-998524. [2:12] Sergei Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64: The Young Juliet – Buffalo Phil Orch/ JoAnn Falletta. Beau Fleuve Records 605996-998524. [4:04] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 36 in C, K. 425, Linz – London Mozart Players/Jane Glover. ASV CDDCA-647. [28:26] Trad English Coventry Carol – Yolanda Kondonassis, h. Telarc CD-80446. [2:32] Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Jaime Laredo – violinist, conductor, chamber musician, and teacher. Evenings with Kerry Frumkin Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Onstage:
Engelbert Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel with Anna Christy, s; Heidi Grant Murphy, s; Judith Forst, ms; Susanne Mentzer, ms; Janice Taylor, ms; Robert Orth, br; Milwaukee Symphony Women’s Chorus; Milwaukee Children’s Choir; Andreas Delfs, conductor. 11:00 Evenings with Kerry Frumkin
In the Spotlight Erin Morley
Eurydice by Matthew Aucoin and Sarah Ruhl The new broadcast season of the Metropolitan Opera begins with an Orpheus and Eurydice for the 21st century. Based on Sarah Ruhl’s acclaimed play, the brilliant American composer Matthew Aucoin reimagines the familiar Greek myth from Eurydice’s point of view. The technically dazzling coloratura soprano Erin Morley stars in the title role — audiences may remember her silver-toned Sophie from a recent broadcast of Der Rosenkavalier. With baritone Joshua Hopkins (Belcore in Lyric’s Elixir of Love), countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński (MOB”s Vocal Concertos in 2018), baritone Nathan Berg, and tenor Barry Banks, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin.
Saturday, December 4 12:00 pm
Photo: Paola Kudacki
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