AIRNOTES
December 2008

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SPECIALS
Wednesday, December 10
8:00 – 10:00 PM. - A Paul Winter Solstice Concert

Saturday, December 13
12:00 – 12:30 PM. - A CarTalk Christmas Carol Redux.

Thursday, December 18
8:00 – 10:00. St. Olaf Christmas Festival.

Friday, December 19
8:00 – 10:00 PM. -- Jazz for Tots
11:00 PM – 12:00 AM. Joy to the World.

Saturday, December 20
10:00 – 11:00 PM. The Pleasures of Winter
11:00 PM – 12:00 AM. Christmas With Madrigalia

Sunday, December 21
11:00 PM – 12:00 AM. Carols for Dancing

Monday, December 22
8:00 – 9:00 PM. The Rose Ensemble: An Early American Christmas.
10:00 – 11:00 PM. Echoes of Christmas
11:00 PM – 12:00 AM. Conspirare: Christmas at the Carillon

Tuesday, December 23
8:00 – 10:00 PM. Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Christmas Concert.
10:00 – 11:00 PM. A Chanticleer Christmas.
11:00 PM – 12:00 AM. A Choral Christmas Card

Wednesday, December 24
7:00 – 8:00 PM. Jazz Piano Christmas XIX.
8:00 – 9:00 PM. Welcome Christmas.
9:00 – 10:00 PM. Christmas with the Philadelphia Singers.
10:00 – 11:00 PM. Choirs & Carols: An NPR Christmas
11:00 PM – 12:00 AM. A Harpist’s Christmas with Yolanda Kondonassis.

Sunday, December 28
7:00 – 8:00 PM. Hanukkah Lights.

1 Monday
9:01a MORNING CONCERT includes:
HOTTETERRE: First Suite for Oboe, Second Book.
MOZART: String Quintet, C, K.515.
SHOSTAKOVICH: Cello Concerto No.2, Op.126.
HANSON: Symphony No.2, Op.30. “Romantic”
1:07p AFTERNOON CONCERT
PASCUZZI: American Celebration Overture
1:15 FAURE: Piano Quartet No. 2, g, Op. 45
1:51 WILLIAM HENRY FRY: Niagara Symphony
2:07 J.S. BACH: Toccata and Fugue, F, S. 540
2:24 JULES MOUQUET: La Flute de Pan, Op. 13
2:41 BUSONI: Variations and Fugue on Chopin’s C Minor Prelude, Op. 22
2:54 FALLA: El Amor Brujo-Ritual Fire Dance
3:00 CLASSICS FOR KIDS
3:07 BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5, c, Op. 67
3:42 ALBENIZ (arr. Marshall): Navarra
3:50 VIVALDI: Concerto for Four Violins, D, Op. 3, No. 1
8:00p GILMORE INTERNATIONAL KEYBOARD FESTIVAL
SOLOISTS: Concertante; Jeremy Denk, piano
Brahms: Quintet in F Minor for Piano and Strings, Op. 34
SOLOIST: Stephen Hough, piano
Webern: Variations, Op. 27
9:00p ECHOES OF A GOLDEN AGE
10:00p MILWAUKEE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
CONDUCTOR: Andreas Delfs
SOLOISTS: Jennifer Check, soprano; Jennifer Larmore, mezzo-soprano;
Milwaukee Symphony Chorus, Lee Erickson, director
MAHLER: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, Resurrection

2 Tuesday
9:01a MORNING CONCERT includes:
RESPIGHI: Pines of Rome
SHOSTAKOVICH: The Bolt-Suite from the Ballet, Op.27a
BEETHOVEN: Sonata in F for horn and piano, Op.17 (arr. Cello and piano
WAGNER: Tannhauser-Overture and Venusberg Music
1:07p AFTERNOON CONCERT
PFITZNER: Das Christelflein-Overture
1:22 KUHLAU: Flute Quintet No. 3, A, Op. 51, No. 3
1:45 WAGENSEIL: Symphony, C, WV 361
2:07 SCHUBERT: Rondo for Piano, Four Hands, A, D. 951
2:10 JOACHIM: Violin Concerto No. 2, d
2:52 TELEMANN: Recorder Sonata, C
3:00 FAURE: Requiem, Op. 48
3:39 MOZART: Rondo for Piano, D, K. 485
3:46 BARTOK: Two Portraits, Op. 5
8:00p AROUND KNOXVILLE
Echoes of Appalachia
9:30p Bands in Review
10:00p DEUTSCHE WELLE FESTIVAL CONCERTS
Bach Festival in Leipzig
J.S. BACH: Mass, G, BWV 236
J.S. BACH: Credo, C
C.P.E. BACH: Heilig

3 Wednesday
9:01a MORNING CONCERT includes:
VIVALDI: Concerto in c for treble recorder, RV 441
SCHUMANN: Concert sans orchestre, Op.14.
RUTTER: Suite Antique.
BERWALD: Symphonie serieuse (No.1)
1:00p DIALOGUE – WUOT’s monthly call-in program
2:00p AFTERNOON CONCERT
EDDIE PHOON: Winter Overture
2:07 WALTON: Five Bagatelles for Guitar
2:23 MOZART: Symphony No. 35, D, K. 385
2:46 AULIS SALLINEN: String Quartet No. 3
3:00 RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade, Op. 35
3:45 GRIEG: Lyric Pieces, Op. 38, No. 5 Spring Dance
3:48 GORDON LANGFORD: Sinfonietta
8:00 STUDIO 865 – WUOT’s Monthly Local Music Program : Mr. Mack
8:30 STUDIO 865's "The Flip Side" Guest: Bob Deck
9:00p SYMPHONYCAST
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
ALL BEETHOVEN:
King Stephen Overture
Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 4
11:00p PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Sir Andrew Davis, conductor; Anne Martindale Williams, cello
CORIGLIANO Phantasmagoria
ELGAR Cello Concerto
MOZART Symphony No. 39

4 Thursday
9:01a MORNING CONCERT includes:
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Serenade to Music. Soloists.
WAGNER: Die Meistersinger-Prelude to Act I.
J.S.BACH: Flute Sonata No.2, Eb, BWV 1031
HAYDN: Cello Concerto, C
1:07p AFTERNOON CONCERT
MARCEL POOT: Cheerful Overture
1:14 PAGANINI: La campanella, Op. 7
1:22 BREVAL: Symphonie Concertante for Clarinet, Bassoon and Horn
1:48 HAYDN: Piano Trio, G
2:05 DVORAK: Symphony No. 8, G, Op. 88
2:43 BARTOK: Ten Easy Pieces
3:00 RAVEL: Mother Goose
3:26 HUMMEL: Violin Sonata, D, Op. 50
3:46 WAGNER: Die Gotterdammerung-Dawn and Siegfried’s Rhine Journey
8:00p NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC LIVE
CONDUCTOR: Lorin Maazel
SOLOIST: Alisa Weilerstein, cello
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 6
Penderecki: Cello Concerto No. 2
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
10:00p AIG/NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
CONDUCTOR: Hans Graf
SOLOIST: Garth Greenup, trumpet
Schubert: Symphony No. 8
Arutiunian: Trumpet Concerto
Stravinsky: Firebird (1945)

5 Friday
9:01a MORNING CONCERT includes:
ELMER BERNSTEIN: Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra For Two Christophers.
BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No.30, Ab, Op.110.
MILHAUD: Concertino d’automne.
MOZART: Piano Concerto No.23 in A, K.488
1:07p AFTERNOON CONCERT
FIRST FRIDAY REQUESTS & NEW RELEASES
11:00p CLASSICAL 24

6 Saturday
6:00a EARLY MORNING CONCERT
12:00p OPERA -- Metropolitan Opera
Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde”
5:00p ALL THINGS CONSIDERED joined in progress
10:00p THIS AMERICAN LIFE – delayed from earlier in the day

7 Sunday
6:00a EARLY MORNING CONCERT
11:00p CLASSICAL 24

8 Monday
9:01a MORNING CONCERT includes:
TCHAIKOVSKY: The Nutcracker Suite.
WALTON: The Wise Virgins-Suite from the Ballet.
SCHUMANN: Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra, C, Op.131
IVES-SCHUMAN: Variations on “America”.
1:07p AFTERNOON CONCERT
MARCOS PORTUGAL: Il Duca di Foix-Overture
1:15 Christmas Music
1:20 ELGAR: Serenade for Strings, e, Op. 20
1:35 BRAHMS: F.A.E. Sonata for Violin and Piano-Scherzo
1:43 PAUL READE: Far from the Madding Crowd
3:00 CLASSICS FOR KIDS
3:07 BIZET (arr. Webster): Jeux d’enfants, Op. 22-excerpts
3:28 HAYDN: Symphony No. 101, D
8:00p GILMORE INTERNATIONAL KEYBOARD FESTIVAL
SOLOIST: David Owen Norris, piano
Mozart: Excerpts from Violin Sonatas
SOLOIST: Rafel Blechacz, piano
Chopin: Excerpts from 24 Preludes, Op. 28
SOLOISTS: Opus 21 Ensemble
Rzewski: Natural Things (World Premiere)
9:00p ECHOES OF A GOLDEN AGE
10:00p MILWAUKEE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Conductor: Carl St. Clair
Soloist: Leila Josefowicz, violin
RAVEL: Suite of Five Pieces from Ma Mère l’Oye (Mother Goose)
ADAMS: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
Conductor: Ludovic Morlot
Soloists: Milwaukee Symphony Chorus, Lee Erickson, director
RAVEL: Daphnis et Chloé (complete ballet music)

9 Tuesday
9:01a MORNING CONCERT includes:
HUMPERDINCK: Hansel und Gretel-Overture
GLUCK: Alessandro-Ballet.
GERSHWIN: Second Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra.
BRAHMS: String Sextet, Bb, Op.18
1:07p AFTERNOON CONCERT
HENRY PURCELL: The Double Dealer-Overture; Hornpipe
1:14 Christmas Music
1:21 FRANCAIX: Flute Concerto
1:47 RAVEL: Violin Sonata
2:06 GLAZUNOV: Symphony No. 2, f#, Op. 16
2:53 Christmas Music
3:00 RAUTAVAARA: Piano Concerto No. 3
3:30 Christmas Music
3:35 COATES: Rhodesia
3:43 LISZT: Symphonic Poem No. 10-Hamlet
8:00p AROUND KNOXVILLE
Bradley Hunter Welch-organ
Music by J.S. Bach, Mendelssohn, Buxtehude, Widor and others
9:30p Bands in Review
10:00p DEUTSCHE WELLE FESTIVAL CONCERTS
Beethoven Festival in Bonn
BEETHOVEN: Variations in G Major on Ich bin der Schneider Kakadu for Piano, Violin and Cello, Op. 121a
Sonata No. 5 in F Major for Violin and Piano, Op. 24, Spring
An die Hoffnung (To Hope), Op. 32
HINDEMITH: Quartet for Piano, Clarinet, Violin and Cello
BRAHMS: Quintet, b, for Clarinet, Two Violins, Viola and Cello, Op. 115
SCHUMANN: Quintet in E-Flat Major for Piano, Two Violins, Viola and Cello, Op. 44

10 Wednesday
9:01a MORNING CONCERT includes:
TCHAIKOVSKY-Belanger: Christmas Carols for Strings.
FAURE: Elegie, Op.24
TCHERPNIN: Five “Chinese” Concert Etudes, Op.52
KABALEVSKY: Violin Concerto, C, Op.48
1:07p AFTERNOON CONCERT
ROGER QUILTER: A Children’s Overture
1:21 JAN DUSSEK: Sonata for Violin, Cello and Piano, Op. 24, No. 3, Bb
1:38 BARBER: Medea-Suite, Op. 23
2:09 Christmas Music
2:15 STRAUSS: Oboe Concerto
2:42 Christmas Music
2:50 HANDEL: Flute Sonata No. 3 (Halle), b
3:00 RACHMANINOFF: Three Russian Songs, Op. 41
3:16 SCHUBERT: Arpeggione Sonata, a, D. 821
3:40 Christmas Music
3:44 SCHMITT: Symphony, D, Op. 1, No. 1
8:00p SPECIAL -- A Paul Winter Solstice Concert
10:00p PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Leonard Slatkin, conductor; Joshua Bell, violin
BARBER Essay No. 2
CORIGLIANO The Red Violin Concerto
MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition

11 Thursday
9:01a MORNING CONCERT includes:
REGER: Fantasia on “Wie schoen leucht’t uns der Morgenstern”, Op.40 #1.
SATIE: Trois Gymnopedies
COPLAND: Appalachian Spring
SIBELIUS: Symphony No.3 in C, Op.52
1:07p AFTERNOON CONCERT
RAFF (ed. MacDowell): Romeo and Juliet Overture
1:19 Christmas Music
1:26 MOZART: Adagio for Piano, b, K. 540
1:35 MENDELSSOHN: String Symphony No. 1, C
1:48 BUSONI: Chamber Fantasy on Bizet’s Carmen
1:58 Christmas Music
2:05 VIVALDI: Concerto for Four Violins, e, Op. 3, No. 4
2:14 JOHN WILLIAMS: Sinfonietta for Wind Ensemble
2:33 BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 7, D, Op. 10, No. 3
3:00 SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 6, b, Op. 54
3:33 WALTON: Toccata for Violin and Piano
3:49 Christmas Music
8:00p NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC LIVE
CONDUCTOR: Lorin Maazel
SOLOIST: Julia Fischer, violin
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 1
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5, Turkish
Schumann: Symphony No. 4
10:00p AIG/NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
CONDUCTOR: Neeme Järvi
SOLOIST: Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin
Svendsen: Norwegian Rhapsody No. 1
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5

12 Friday
9:01a MORNING CONCERT includes:
DUPRE: Six Antiphons for Christmas
GOSSEC: Christmas Suite.
SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata in c, D.958
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: A London Symphony (Symphony No.2)
1:07p AFTERNOON CONCERT
RAMEAU: Pigmalion-Overture
1:15 Christmas Music
1:22 TARTINI: Violin Sonata, g (Devil’s Trill)
1:38 MAHLER: Symphony No. 7, e
2:57 Christmas Music
3:00 RAVEL: Valses nobles et sentimentales
3:18 Christmas Music
3:23 ANNE DANICAN PHILIDOR: Recorder Sonata, d
3:33 HOLST: Brook Green Suite
3:43 HAYDN: Trio No. 109 for Baryton, Viola and Cello
11:00p CLASSICAL 24

13 Saturday
6:00a EARLY MORNING CONCERT
12:00p SPECIAL -- A Car Talk Christmas Carol Redux
12:30p OPERA -- Metropolitan Opera
Tchaikovsky’s “The Queen of Spades”
10:00p THIS AMERICAN LIFE
11:00p NIGHTMUSIC

14 Sunday
6:00a EARLY MORNING CONCERT
11:00p CLASSICAL 24

15 Monday
9:01a MORNING CONCERT includes:
DYSON: A Christmas Garland.
GREGOR JOSEPH WERNER: Christmas Pastorella
MOZART: Divertimento No.14, Bb, K.270.
HAYDN: String Quartet, Bb “Sunrise”.
1:07p AFTERNOON CONCERT
PROKOFIEV: American Overture, Bb, Op. 42
1:18 MOZART: Divertimento No. 11, D, K. 251
1:47 Christmas Music
1:52 HAYDN: Symphony No. 92, G
2:21 Christmas Music
2:27 SCHUBERT: Allegro for Piano Four Hands, a, D. 947
2:45 HERBERT: Auditorium Festival March
2:55 Christmas Music
3:00 CLASSICS FOR KIDS
3:07 BIZET: L’Arlesienne-Suite No. 2
3:26 Christmas Music
3:33 GERSHWIN (arr. Bennett): Porgy and Bess-Symphonic Picture
8:00p GILMORE INTERNATIONAL KEYBOARD FESTIVAL
SOLOIST: Stephen Hough, piano
Beethoven: Excerpt from Sonata in C Minor, Op. 111
CONDUCTOR: Raymond Harvey
SOLOISTS: Jeremy Denk, piano; Gilmore Festival Chamber Orchestra
Janacék: Capriccio for Piano, Left Hand and Winds
SOLOISTS: Lori Sims & Yu-Lien The, pianos
Messiaen: Excerpts from Vision de l’amen for Two Pianos
9:00p ECHOES OF A GOLDEN AGE
10:00p MILWAUKEE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Conductor: Andreas Delfs
Soloists: Jennifer Check, soprano; Carmella Jones, mezzo-soprano; Mark
Panuccio, tenor; Eric Owens, bass-baritone; Milwaukee Symphony Chorus, Lee Erickson, director
VERDI: Requiem

16 Tuesday
9:01a MORNING CONCERT includes:
FRY: Santa Claus, Christmas Symphony.
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on Greensleeves.
SCHUMANN: Papillons, Op.2
TELEMANN: Suite, Eb “La Lyra”
1:07p AFTERNOON CONCERT
RAVEL: Sheherazade Overture
1:24 RAVEL: Sheherazade-Three Poems
1:43 Christmas Music
1:52 SCHUBERT (arr. Liszt): Schwanengesang-Standchen
2:00 Christmas Music
2:10 ARCHDUKE RUDOLPH OF AUSTRIA: Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano
2:32 C.P.E. BACH: Flute Concerto, A
2:51 Christmas Music
3:00 BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 7, A, Op. 92
3:43 J.S. BACH: Toccata, Adagio and Fugue, C, S. 564
8:00p AROUND KNOXVILLE
Knoxville Wind Symphony Christmas Concert; Marshall Forrester, conductor
IAN MCDOUGALL: Bells
TAKASHI HOSKIDE: Christmas Carol Fantasy
JAMES BARNES: Variants on a Moravian Hymn
ALFRED REED: Russian Christmas Music
MORTON GOULD (arr.): Jingle Bells
ALFRED REED (arr.): Greensleeves
DAVID GORHAM: Symphonic Sketches
LEROY ANDERSON (arr.): A Christmas Festival
10:00p DEUTSCHE WELLE FESTIVAL CONCERTS
Beethoven Festival in Bonn, 2nd Concert
Gewandhaus Quartet performs.
An all-BEETHOVEN concert:
String Quartet in C Major, Op. 18, No. 4
String Quartet in C Major, Op. 59, No. 3 (Rasumovski Quartet 3)
String Quartet in B-Flat Major, Op. 130
Fugue in B-Flat Major for Two Violins, Viola and Cello, Ob. 133 (Große Fuge)

17 Wednesday
9:01a MORNING CONCERT includes:
GIUSEPPE TORELLI: Concerto a quattro in forma di Pastorale per il Santo Natale ( Concerto, g, Op.8 No.6).
BURT: A Christmas Greeting.
MOZART: Violin Concerto No.1 in Bb, K.207
SCHUMANN: Davidsbuendlertaenze, Op.6
1:07p AFTERNOON CONCERT
RAWSTHORNE: Overture for Farnham
1:14 Christmas Music
1:20 KUHLAU: Flute Quintet No. 1, D, Op. 51, No. 1
1:47 MOZART: Symphony No. 28, C, K. 200
2:12 Christmas Music
2:20 DELIUS: North Country Sketches
2:52 Christmas Music
3:00 SCRIABIN: The Poem of Ecstasy, Op. 54
3:21 Christmas Music
3:30 DEBUSSY: Images, Book 2
3:45 ALBINONI: Oboe Concerto, D, Op. 7, No. 6
3:55 Christmas Music
8:00p SYMPHONYCAST
Montreal Symphony Orchestra; Kent Nagano, conductor; Marie-Nicole Lemieux, contralto
STRAUSS: Also sprach Zarathustra
MOZART: Adagio and Fugue in C minor for Strings
MOZART: Arias from The Marriage of Figaro; The Clemency of Titus
STRAUSS: Till Eulenspiegel
10:00p PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Marin Alsop, conductor; Dame Evelyn Glennie, percussion
TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet
CORIGLIANO Conjurer Percussion Concerto
PROKOFIEV Excerpts from Romeo and Juliet

18 Thursday
9:01a MORNING CONCERT includes:
CORELLI: Concerto Grosso, Op.6 #8 “Fatto per la notte di natale”.
ANDERSON: A Christmas Festival.
J.S.BACH: Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C, bWV 564
TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto in D, Op.35
1:07p AFTERNOON CONCERT
REGER: Eine Lustspiel Overture, Op. 120
1:17 Christmas Music
1:25 INFANTE: Danses andalouses
1:42 PISTON: Tunbridge Fair
1:48 Christmas Music
1:53 BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 24, F#, Op. 78
2:05 HANDEL: Messiah-Part 1
3:00 DVORAK: Serenade for Strings, E, Op. 22
3:31 Christmas Music
3:41 RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: The Snow Maiden-Suite
3:55 Christmas Music
8:00p SPECIAL -- St. Olaf Christmas Festival
10:00p AIG/NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
CONDUCTOR: Neeme Järvi
SOLOIST: Yefim Bronfman, piano
Sibelius: The Oceanides
Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes by Weber
Stravinsky: Circus Polka
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3

19 Friday
9:01a MORNING CONCERT includes:
BRITTEN: Christ’s Nativity.
PHILIP LANE: Wassail Dances.
HAYDN: String Quartet, Op.55 #2, f “Razor”
OFFENBACH-Rosenthal: Offenbachiana.
1:07p AFTERNOON CONCERT
REICHA: Overture, D
1:20 CHOPIN: Mazurkas, Op. 7
1:31 HANDEL: Messiah-Parts 2 & 3
3:00 MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 12, A, K. 414
3:29 Christmas Music
3:33 SCHUBERT: String Quartet No. 10, Eb, D. 87
3:55 Christmas Music
8:00p SPECIAL -- Jazz for Tots
11:00p SPECIAL -- Joy to the World

20 Saturday
6:00a EARLY MORNING CONCERT
12:00p OPERA -- Metropolitan Opera
Massenet’s “Thais”
4:00p THIS AMERICAN LIFE
10:00p SPECIAL -- The Pleasures of Winter
11:00p SPECIAL – Christmas with Madrigalia

21 Sunday
6:00a EARLY MORNING CONCERT
11:00p SPECIAL – Carols for Dancing

22 Monday
9:01a MORNING CONCERT includes:
SCHUMANN: Symphony No.3, Eb, Op.97
BRAHMS: Violin Sonata, d, Op.108
BRITTEN: A Ceremony of Carols
CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in g, Op.6 #8. “Christmas Concerto”
1:07p AFTERNOON CONCERT
CHADWICK: Symphonic Sketches-Noel
1:17 VIVALDI: Concerto for Four Violins and Cello, b, Op. 3, No. 10
1:28 CHRISTMAS MUSIC
1:37 MENDELSSOHN: String Symphony No. 5, Bb
1:47 CHRISTMAS MUSIC
1:58 TELEMANN: Trio No. 6 for Two Violins and Continuo, D
2:10 RHEINBERGER: The Star of Bethlehem, Op. 164
3:00 CLASSICS FOR KIDS
3:07 MILHAUD: Suite provencale
3:23 CHRISTMAS MUSIC
3:30 FAURE (arr. Webster): Dolly Suite, Op. 56
3:47 christmas music
8:00p SPECIAL -- The Rose Ensemble: An Early American Christmas
9:00p ECHOES OF A GOLDEN AGE
10:00p SPECIAL -- . Echoes of Christmas
11:00p SPECIAL -- Conspirare: Christmas at the Carillon

23 Tuesday
9:01a MORNING CONCERT includes:
J.S.BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No.2, F
SCHUMANN: Piano Quartet, Eb
MOZART: Piano Concerto No.22, Eb
HANDEL: Messiah-Christmas Portion
1:07p AFTERNOON CONCERT
LEROY ANDERSON (arr.): Christmas Festival
1:19 HANDEL: Recorder Sonata, a, Op. 1, No. 4
1:31 CHRISTMAS MUSIC
1:40 LANGFORD: Rhapsody for Trombone
1:55 BRITTEN: A Ceremony of Carols
2:18 BORODIN: String Quartet No. 2, D
2:48 POULENC: Quatre motets pour le temps de Noel
3:00 BORODIN: Symphony No. 2, b
3:29 HUMMEL: Nocturne for Violin and Piano, Op. 99
3:47 CHRISTMAS MUSIC
8:00p SPECIAL -- Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Christmas Concert
10:00p SPECIAL -- A Chanticleer Christmas
11:00 SPECIAL -- A Choral Christmas Card

24 Wednesday
9:01a MORNING CONCERT includes:
TCHAIKOVSKY: The Nutcracker
Music of the Season
1:07p AFTERNOON CONCERT
ALFRED REED: Russian Christmas Music
1:25 LISZT: Three Liebestraume
1:42 WILLIAM HENRY FRY: Santa Claus, A Christmas Symphony
2:10 CHRISTMAS MUSIC
2:20 SAINT-SAENS: Christmas Oratorio, Op. 12
2:57 CHRISTMAS MUSIC
3:00 SIBELIUS: Luonnotar, Op. 70
3:11 CHRISTMAS MUSIC
7:00p SPECIAL -- Jazz Piano Christmas XIX
8:00p SPECIAL -- Welcome Christmas
9:00 SPECIAL -- Christmas with the Philadelphia Singers
10:00p SPECIAL -- Choirs & Carols: An NPR Christmas
11:00p SPECIAL -- A Harpist’s Christmas with Yolanda Kondonassis

25 Thursday
9:01a MORNING CONCERT
Automated music service from Minn. Public Radio
1:07p AFTERNOON CONCERT
Automated music service from Minn. Public Radio
8:00p NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC LIVE
CONDUCTOR: Ton Koopman
SOLOISTS: Sunhae Im, soprano; Andreas Scholl, countertenor; Jörg Dürmüller, tenor;
Detlef Roth, baritone; Westminster Symphonic Choir; Chorus; Joe Miller,
director
Handel: Messiah
10:00p AIG/NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
CONDUCTOR: Neeme Järvi
SOLOISTS: Twyla Robinson, soprano; Nancy Maultsby, mezzo-soprano; Westminster
Symphonic Choir
Mahler: Symphony No. 2

26 Friday
9:01a MORNING CONCERT includes:
MOZART: Horn Concerto No.1, D, K.412
GRIEG: Holberg Suite, Op.40
BACH: Magnificat, D, BWV 243
MOZART: Violin Concerto No.3 in G, K.216
1:07p AFTERNOON CONCERT
JAMES PIERPONT: Jingle Bells (arr. Gould); LEROY ANDERSON: Sleigh Ride
1:15 FELIX BERNARD (arr. Mason): Winter Wonderland; LEON JESSEL (arr. Gould): Parade of the Wooden Soldiers
1:22 HERBERT (arr. Cray): Babes in Toyland-March of the Toys
1:28 TCHAIKOVSKY: The Nutcracker, Op. 71
3:00 FRANCK: Symphony, d
3:38 POULENC: Sextet for Piano and Winds
11:00p CLASSICAL 24

27 Saturday
6:00a EARLY MORNING CONCERT
1:00p OPERA -- Metropolitan Opera
Mozart’s “The Magic Flute”
10:00p NIGHTMUSIC
RABAUD: Marouf, Cobbler of Cairo-Dances.
10:16 GIULIANI: Variations on a March by Cherubini, Op.110
10:30 RAVEL: Valses nobles et sentimentales
10:48 FAURE: Violin Sonata No.2 in e, Op.108
11:11 CLASSICS FROM THE ARCHIVES
GERSHWIN: Piano Concerto.
11:45 ROSSINI: Guillaume Tell-Overture.

28 Sunday
6:00a EARLY MORNING CONCERT
7:00p SPECIAL – Hanukkah Lights
11:00p CLASSICAL 24

29 Monday
9:01a MORNING CONCERT includes:
PROKOFIEV: Symphony No.5, Bb, Op.100
VIRGIL THOMSON: Acadian Songs and Dances
ARNAUD: Latin American Scenario.
J.S.BACH: Oboe Concerto, d, BWV 1059/1056
1:07p AFTERNOON CONCERT
ROZSA: Overture to a Symphony Concert
1:19 J.S. BACH (arr. Busoni): Violin Partita No. 2, d, S. 1004-Chaconne
1:35 DVORAK: American Suite, Op. 98b
2:00 COATES: The Three Elizabeths
2:23 SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 3, Eb, Op. 97
3:00 CLASSICS FOR KIDS
3:07 RESPIGHI: Three Botticelli Pictures
3:30 COUPERIN: Ordre No. 9-Allemande
3:37 IBERT: Flute Concerto
8:00p GILMORE INTERNATIONAL KEYBOARD FESTIVAL
SOLOISTS: Mitsuko Uchida and Friends
Messiaen: Excerpts from The End of Time
SOLOIST: Mitsuko Uchida, piano
Schubert: Sonata in C Minor, D. 958
9:00p ECHOES OF A GOLDEN AGE
10:00p MILWAUKEE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Conductor: Andreas Delfs
Soloist: Markus Groh, piano
LISZT: Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major for Piano and Orchestra
MAHLER: Symphony No. 5 in C-Sharp

30 Tuesday
9:01a MORNING CONCERT includes:
GLAZUNOV: Violin concerto, a, Op.82.
MOZART: Divertimento, D, K.251.
SCHUMANN: Symphony No.2 in C, Op.61.
HOWELLS: Suite for Orchestra “The B’s”
1:07p AFTERNOON CONCERT
REZNICEK: Raskolnikoff Overture
1:33 CZERNY: 20 Concert Variations on a Theme by Krumpholz, D, Op. 1
2:01 GRETCHANINOV: Snowflakes, Op. 47
2:19 BAZZINI: La Ronde des Lutins
2:26 HALVOR HAUG: Symphony No. 1
3:00 BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 2, Bb, Op. 19
3:32 C.P.E. BACH: Flute Sonata, a
3:44 RAVEL: Bolero
8:00p AROUND KNOXVILLE
Nouveau-Passe Jazz Orchestra; Russ Wilson, conductor
Program includes:
GERSHWIN: I’ve Got Rhythm; The Man I Love; Rhapsody in Blue
GUS ARNHEIM: Sweet and Lovely
COLE PORTER: What Is This Thing Called Love?
9:30p Bands in Review
10:00p DEUTSCHE WELLE FESTIVAL CONCERTS
Beethoven Festival in Bonn, 4th Concert
Orchestre National de France, Kurt Masur, conductor
An all-BEETHOVEN concert:
Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21
Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36
Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55, Eroica

31 Wednesday
9:01a MORNING CONCERT includes:
WAGNER: Die Gotterdammerung-Dawn and Siegfried’s Rhine Journey.
BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No.23 in f, Op.57 “Appassionata”
WAGNER: Tristan und Isolde-Prelude and Liebestod
D.C.HEATH: The Celtic (Concerto for soprano Saxophone & Strings)
1:07p AFTERNOON CONCERT
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: May Night-Overture
1:18 SCHUBERT: Octet for Winds and Strings, F, Op. 166
2:17 MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 20, d, K. 466
2:50 J.S. BACH: Trio Sonata for Flute, Violin and Continuo, G, S. 1038
3:00 PROKOFIEV: Symphony No. 5, Bb, Op. 100
3:45 DEBUSSY: Piano Preludes-Book 1-The Girl with the Flaxen Hair
3:50 ALBINONI: Oboe Concerto, Bb, Op. 7, No. 3
8:00p SYMPHONYCAST
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Edo de Waart, conductor; Janine Jansen, violin
TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto
SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish"
10:00p PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Andre Previn, conductor; Gretchen van Hoesen, harp
COPLAND Appalachian Spring Suite
PREVIN Harp Concerto (world premiere)
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 4

PROGRAM DETAILS
A Prairie Home Companion
Saturdays at 6 p.m./Sundays at 2 p.m.
6 A live broadcast performance from Town Hall, New York, NY
13 Same as above
20 Same as above
27 Same as above

The Thistle and Shamrock
Saturdays at 8 p.m.
6 Roots Run Deep
13 Ferintosh
20 Season's Greetings
27 Midwinter Sun

Sound & Spirit
Sundays at 12 noon
7 Angels
14 Blessed Virgin Mary
21 The Golden Dreydl
28 Cycles

Pipedreams
Sundays at 8 p.m.
7 The Nativity of the Lord
14 From East to West
21 An American Organist's Christmas
28 Seasonal Surprises

Echoes of a Golden Age
Mondays at 9 p.m.
1 The Metropolitan Opera 100 years ago
8 Mascagni’s Birthday
15 Messiah
22 An Echoes Christmas
29 Operetta

JAZZ IN DECEMBER 2008
6:32 p.m. Monday-Friday: “Improvisations”

Friday Nights:
8:00 Jazzset with DeeDee Bridgewater
5 from Fall 2008 at The Kennedy Center
12 Saxophonist John Ellis and Double-Wide at Jazz Standard
19 SPECIAL -- Jazz for Tots (produced by WUOT's Allan Ellstrom)
26 Woody Shaw Legacy Band: Brass Knights at Jazz Standard

9:00 Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz
5 Grace Kelly
12 Sam Reider
19 SPECIAL -- Jazz for Tots (produced by WUOT's Allan Ellstrom)
26 John Harmon

10:00 Last Set at Birdland
5 Collaborations between jazz and blues musicians
12 Birthdays of pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi, drummer Tony Williams, and vocalist Joe Williams
19 Birthdays of trombonist Bob Brookmeyer and pianist Bobby Timmons
26 Jazz played on unusual instruments