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Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin
In 2010, Sir Colin Davis led two programs: one of works by Beethoven and Mahler, and a second of Elgar’s Violin Concerto, with Nikolaj Znaider playing the same Guarnerius violin that Fritz Kreisler used at the concerto’s premiere.
Gustav Mahler wrote, “A symphony should be like the world: it must embrace everything.” In his symphonies, he sought to embrace love, the natural world, all life – even death. Bill devotes two weeks to Mahler’s symphonies and songs.
Born in 1939, Leo Brouwer is one of Cuba’s leading musicians, and he’s still composing. The much shorter life of Alejandro Garcia Caturla (1906-1940) was spent in the dual pursuits of music and the law. Host Elbio Barilari looks at both this month.
Fridays, September 10 and 17, 9:00 pm
Weeknights, September 13-24, 7:00 pm
Saturdays, September 18 and 25, 7:00 pm
12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 Peter Tchaikovsky The Months (The Seasons), Op. 37b: August-September – Christoph Eschenbach, p. Ondine ODE-1104-5. [6:17] Kurt Weill Knickerbocker Holiday: September Song – Daniel Hope, v; Zürich Chamber Orch. DG 4796922. [2:51] Frédéric Chopin Fantasy on Polish National Airs, Op. 13 – Jan Lisiecki, p; NDR Phil/Krzysztof Urbanski. DG 4796824. [14:57] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Anatol Liadov The Enchanted Lake, Op. 62 – Cincinnati Pops/Erich Kunzel. Telarc CD-80657. [8:08] 11:00 Leonard Bernstein On the Town: Three Dance Episodes – Bournemouth Sym/Marin Alsop. Naxos 8.559177. [10:31] 12:00 Music in Chicago 12:15 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts: Violist Jordan Bak and pianist Ji Yung Lee live from the Cultural Center. 1:00 Music for the Afternoon • Arthur Sullivan Overture in C, In Memoriam – RTÉ Concert Orch/Andrew Penny. Naxos 8.555181. [11:46] George Frideric Handel Trio Sonata in G, Op. 5, No. 4 – London Baroque. Harmonia Mundi HMC-901389. [12:38] 2:00 Afternoon Masterwork: Robert Schumann Carnaval, Op. 9 – Kirill Gerstein, p. Myrios Classics MYR-013. [30:38]
3:00 Jacques Ibert Flute Concerto – Emmanuel Pahud, f; Zürich Tonhalle Orch/David Zinman. EMI CDC5-575632. [20:02] Jean Sibelius Swanwhite incidental music, Op. 54: Suite – Royal Phil/Sir Thomas Beecham. BBC Music BBCL-4041-2 (2). [21:22] 4:00 Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm 7:00 Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Beethoven and That Danged Metronome 8:00 BBC Proms Concerts 2021: The BBC Welsh Orchestra conducted by Elim Chan; Sol Gabetta, cello – Purcell: Dido’s Lament. Elizabeth Ogonek: Cloudline. SaintSaens: Cello Concerto No. 1. Brahms: Symphony No. 4 10:00 Baroque&Before with Candice Agree 11:00 Evening Music on WFMT
Thursday 2 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff 6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 Ernesto Nazareth Batuque (Tango característico); Tango, Ouro sobre Azul – Clélia Iruzun, p. Lorelt LNT-139. [8:39] George Frideric Handel Water Music Suite No. 2 in D – St. Luke’s Orch/ Sir Charles Mackerras. Telarc CD-80344. [10:26] William Walton The Wise Virgins Suite: Sheep May Safely Graze – London Phil/Bryden Thomson. Chandos CHAN-8871. [6:34] 10:00 Midday with Lisa Flynn, including today’s new release, plus: Frédéric
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Chopin Andante Spianato and Grand Polonaise in E-Flat, Op. 22 – Benjamin Grosvenor, p. Decca 4785334. [12:56] Joaquín Turina Sinfonía sevillana, Op. 23 – London Phil/Enrique Bátiz. EMI CDC7-49542-2. [24:31] Music in Chicago, plus: Georg Philipp Telemann Two-Trumpet Concerto in E-Flat—H. Hardenberger & M. Laird, tr’s; St. Martin’s Academy/Iona Brown. Philips 420954-2. [11:29] Music for the Afternoon • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Romance, Op. 39 – Callum Smart, v; Richard Uttley, p. Orchid Classics ORC100149. [10:43] Sergei Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64: Romeo and Juliet Before Parting – Royal Concertgebouw Orch/ Myung-Whun Chung. DG 439870-2. [9:14] Afternoon Masterwork: Johannes Brahms Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56a – Philadelphia Orch/Riccardo Muti. Philips 426299-2. [19:00] Carl Maria von Weber Piano Concerto No. 2 in E-Flat, Op. 32 – Nikolai Demidenko, p; Scottish Chamber Orch/Sir Charles Mackerras. Hyperion CDA-66729. [21:34] Edvard Grieg Lyric Suite, Op. 54 – Gothenburg Sym/Neeme Järvi. DG 419431-2. [19:20] Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree, including The Unrush Hour between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: Beethoven and That Danged Metronome Evenings with Kerry Frumkin The Los Angeles Philharmonic in Concert: Zubin Mehta, conductor; Yefim Bronfman, piano – Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2; Symphony No. 2. Evening Music on WFMT
Friday 3 12:00 Through the Night with Peter Van De Graaff
6:00 Mornings with Dennis Moore 9:00 Elinor Remick Warren The Crystal Lake – Polish Radio-TV Sym/Szymon Kawalla. Cambria CD-1042.
In the Spotlight Photo: Courtesy of Intermusica
Wednesday 1
Fiesta: Two Cubans
Ryan Bancroft
2021 BBC Promenade Concerts Enjoy several performances from “the Proms,” an annual tradition in London’s Royal Albert Hall featuring both new and familiar music. Featured are three works by former Chicago Symphony composers-in-residence: Elizabeth Ogonek’s Cloudline; Dance Foldings by the Chicago-based, award-winning composer Augusta Read Thomas; and Auditorium by Mason Bates. Four different UK orchestras are spotlighted: the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, the Bournemouth Symphony, the Philharmonia Orchestra, and the BBC Symphony, with conductors Elim Chan, Ryan Bancroft, Kirill Karabits, Santtu-Matias Rouvali, and Sakari Oramo. Don’t miss the popular Last Night of the Proms, which will include audience participation toward the end of the concert with its traditional patriotic favorites.
Wednesdays 8:00 pm
