September 2009
MONDAY
September 7 New York Philharmonic
Archived highlights from some of Leonard Bernstein’s famed Young People’s Concerts. Specific program to be announced.
September 14 New York Philharmonic
BARBER: Adagio for Strings; Violin Concerto (Leonard Bernstein, cond.; Isaac Stern, violin); MAHLER: Das Lied von der Erde (Bruno Walter, cond.; Mildred Miller, Ernst Hafliger).
September 21 New York Philharmonic
BORODIN: Polovtsian Dances from “Prince Igor”; STRAVINSKY: The Firebird Suite; FALLA: The Three-Cornered Hat Suite (Leonard Bernstein, cond.); RAVEL: Daphnis et Chloe (Pierre Boulez, cond.).
September 28 New York Philharmonic
STRAVINSKY: Scenes de Ballet (Igor Stravinsky, cond.); BERNSTEIN: The Dybbuk Suite No. 2 (Leonard Bernstein, cond.); COPLAND: The Tender Land (Aaron Copland, cond.; Joy Clements; Claramae Turner; Richard Cassilly; Richard Fredericks; Norman Treigle; Choral Art Society).
TUESDAY
September 1 Live at the Concertgebouw Program to be announced.
September 8 Live at the Concertgebouw Program to be announced.
September 15 Live at the Concertgebouw Program to be announced.
September 22 Live at the Concertgebouw Program to be announced.
September 29 Live at the Concertgebouw Program to be announced.
WEDNESDAY
September 2 Collectors Corner with Henry Fogel
BANTOCK: Omar Khayam: II (Wyn-Rogers, Spence, Williams; BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Handley).
September 9 Collectors Corner with Henry Fogel
Franz Schmidt’s Piano Music for the Left Hand
September 16 Collectors Corner with Henry Fogel
The Flonzaley String Quartet
September 23 Collectors Corner with Henry Fogel
The Art of Rostropovich, Program 1
September 30 Collectors Corner with Henry Fogel
The Art of Rostropovich, Program 2
THURSDAY
September 3 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
RAMEAU: Nais Suite; J.S. BACH: Cantata No. 35; J.S. BACH: Orchestral Suite No. 4 (Frans Bruggen, cond.; Bejun Mehta, countertenor); HANDEL: Music for the Royal Fireworks (Nicholas McGegan, cond.).
September 10 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
RESPIGHI: Three Botticelli Pictures; RAVEL: The Tomb of Couperin; BRITTEN: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge; FAURE: Dolly (Xuian Zhang, cond.); WILLIAMS: Memoirs of a Geisha (Yo-Yo Ma, cello; John Williams, cond.).
September 17 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
DVORAK: In Nature’s Realm Overture; Romance in f; Song to the Moon from “Rusalka”; Cello Concerto in b; Symphony No. 8. Mark Elder, cond.; Rachel Barton Pine, violin; Patricia Racette, soprano; Alisa Weilerstein, cello.
September 24 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
WAGENAAR: Cyrano de Bergerac; LISZT: Piano Concerto No. 2; BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 5. Jaap van Zweden, cond.; soloist to be announced.
FRIDAY
September 4 SymphonyCast
MAHLER: Symphony No. 9. London Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink, cond.
September 11 SymphonyCast
PROKOFIEV: Overture on Hebrew Themes; BARTOK: Violin Concerto No. 2; DVORAK: Symphony No. 7. Budapest Festival Orchestra, Ivan Fischer, cond.; Leonidas Kavakos, violin
September 18 SymphonyCast
CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No. 2; R. STRAUSS: An Alpine Symphony. Staatskapelle Dresden, Fabio Luisi, cond.; Lang Lang, piano.
September 25 SymphonyCast
SCHUBERT: Rosamunde Overture; SCHUBERT (arr. Golijov): She Was Here; MAHLER: Symphony No. 4. Tonhalle Orchestra of Zurich, David Zinman, cond.; Dawn Upshaw, soprano.
WEEKENDS
SATURDAY
September 5 San Francisco Symphony
GLUCK: Orphee et Euridice Suite; MOZART: Clarinet Concerto; RAVEL: Pavane for a Dead Princess; BIZET: Symphony No. 1. Bernard Labadie, cond.; Carey Bell, clarinet.
San Francisco Opera
MOZART: Idomeneo. Cast: Kurt Streit, Alice Coote, Genia Kuhmeier, Iano Tamar, Alek Shrader. Donald Runnicles, cond.
Compact Discoveries A Bouquet of Roses
September 12 San Francisco Symphony
HAYDN: Te Deum for the Empress Maria Therese; Symphony No. 100, “Military”; Mass in C, “In Time of War.” Bernard Labadie, cond.; Christine Brandes, soprano; Kelley O’Connor, mezzo-soprano; John Tessier, tenor; Nathan Berg, bass-baritone; San Francisco Symphony Chorus.
San Francisco Opera
MUSSORGSKY: Boris Godunov. Cast: Samuel Ramey, Dimitry Vsevolod Grivnov, John Uhlenhopp, Vladimir Ognovenko, Vitalij Kowaljow, Andrew Bidlack, Ji Young Yang, Jack Gorlin. Vassily Sinaisky, cond.
Compact Discoveries Noel with Noel
September 19 San Francisco Symphony
TCHAIKOVSKY (arr. Stravinsky): Bluebird Pas de Deux from “Sleeping Beauty”; SHOSTAKOVICH: Violin Concerto No. 1; RACHMANINOV: Symphonic Dances. James Gaffigan, cond.; Vadim Gluzman, violin.
San Francisco Opera
DONIZETTI: The Elixir of Love. Cast: Inva Mula, Ramon Vargas, Giorgio Caoduro, Alessandro Corbelli, Ji Young Yang. Bruno Campanella, cond.
Compact Discoveries Don Gillis
September 26 San Francisco Symphony
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 3; Piano Concerto No. 2. Michael Tilson Thomas, cond.; Leif Ove Andsnes, piano.
San Francisco Opera
PUCCINI: La Boheme. Cast: Angela Gheorghiu, Piotr Beczala, Quinn Kelsey, Norah Amsellem, Chester Pidduck, Colby Roberts. Nicola Luisotti, cond.
Compact Discoveries Cartoon Classics
SUNDAY
September 6 Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3, “Eroica”; MOZART: Violin Concerto No. 1; Don Giovanni Overture. Andreas Delfs, cond.; Frank Almond, violin.
Cleveland Orchestra
STRAVINSKY: Dumbarton Oaks Concerto; BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 1; DUTILLEUX: Symphony No. 2, “Le Double”; RAVEL: Bolero. Franz Welser-Most, cond.
September 13 Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
R. STRAUSS: Serenade in E-flat, Op. 7; Metamorphosen; HOLST: The Planets. Edo de Waart, cond.; Milwaukee Symphony Chorus.
Cleveland Orchestra
STRAVINSKY: Symphonies of Winds; PROKOFIEV: Symphonia-Concertante for Cello & Orchestra; BEETHOVEN (arr. Mitropoulos): String Quartet in c, Op. 131. Franz Welser-Most, cond.; Truls Mork, cello.
September 20 Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
ADAMS: The Chairman Dances; WEBER: Clarinet Quintet; DVORAK: Symphony No. 9, “From the New World.” Edo de Waart, cond.; Todd Levy, clarinet.
Cleveland Orchestra
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 9. Franz Welser-Most, cond.
September 27 Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 3; MAHLER: Symphony No. 4. Edo de Waart, cond.; Heidi Strober, soprano; Sa Chen, piano.
Cleveland Orchestra
MOZART: The Marriage of Figaro. Franz Welser-Most, cond.; Michael Volle, baritone; Malin Hartelius, soprano; Martina Jankova, soprano; Ruben Drole, baritone; Isabel Leonard, mezzo-soprano.



