Program Guide

1.Monday
12:06/7:00pm Exploring Music
“Hit or Myth” – The Gods must be crazy! This week, we’ll survey the trials and tribulations of mortals and immortals, brought to life by Berlioz, Gluck, and Handel. Bill muses on works inspired by myths, with emphasis on the many symphonic and operatic works telling the stories of Orpheus (aka Orphee, L’Orfeo, or Black Orpheus) who was the first musician, the mortal to whom the gods gave the gift of music. We will listen to Monteverdi’s opera L’Orfeo performed by The English Baroque Soloists and His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts. Bill also takes a close look at works about Troilus and Cressida, Dido and Aeneas, and Venus and Adonis.
8:00pm Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
“Playing with Color and Form”
9:00pm Millenium of Music
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
Kandace Springs, piano/voice

2.Tuesday
12:06/7:00pm Exploring Music
“Hit or Myth”
8:00pm SymphonyCast
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Louis Langrée, conductor; Randall Goosby, violin; PERRY: Homunculus C.F.; TCHAIKOVSKY: Concerto in D for Violin and Orchestra; PROKOFIEV: Symphony No. 3
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
Terrell Stafford, trumpet

3.Wednesday
12:06/7:00pm Exploring Music
“Hit or Myth”
8:00pm San Francisco Symphony
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; Michelle DeYoung, mezzo-soprano; Golda Schultz, soprano; SFS Chorus; TREVOR WESTON: Push (World Premiere); MAHLER: Symphony No. 2 in c-minor
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
Terrell Stafford, trumpet

4.Thursday
12:06/7:00pm Exploring Music
“Hit or Myth”
8:00pm Chicago Symphony
Daniel Barenboim; Frederick Stock; Fritz Reiner, conductors; Maureen Forrester, contralto; Richard Lewis, tenor; SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 1, Op. 38, Spring; GOLDMARK: In Springtime; MAHLER: Das Lied von der Erde
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
Benny Green, piano

5.Friday
12:06/7:00pm Exploring Music
“Hit or Myth”
8:00 The New York Philharmonic
Alan Gilbert, conductor; Yefim Bronfman, piano; TCHAIKOVSKY: Polonaise from Eugene Onegin; PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16; RACHMANINOFF: Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
Stanley Turrentine, tenor saxophone

6.Saturday
7:00pm Jazz a la Carte
10:00am Radio Deluxe
12:00pm Saturday Classics
1:00pm The Metropolitan Opera
DONIZETTI: L’elisir D’amore (performance from April 6, 1974) – Max Rudolf, conductor; with Luciano Pavarotti, Judith Blegen, John Reardon, and Ezio Flagello
5:00pm All Things Considered
6:00pm American Routes
8:00pm A Michigan Saturday Night
9:00pm Folk Alley
10:00pm WoodSongs
11:00pm Sing Out!

7.Sunday
7:00am Pipedreams
“Magic at the Museum” – Revel in the sounds of the unique Skinner pipe organ in Cincinnati’s art deco Union Depot.
8:00 Choral Traditions
9:00 Sunday On Blue Lake
12:00 Great Lakes Concerts
1:00pm Grand Rapids Symphony
Marcelo Lehninger, conductor; Christopher Kantner, flute; Elizabeth Colpean, harp; MOZART: Concerto for Flute and Harp; GRIEG: Holberg Suite
3:00pm Concierto
5:00 All Things Considered
6:00 Radio Deluxe
8:00pm Jazz From Blue Lake
10:00pm Night Lights

 8.Monday
12:06/7:00pm Exploring Music
“Music of Ukraine” – Bill has been thinking a lot about Ukraine lately, so he created this new week exploring its music and storied history. We will hear works that evoke Ukraine’s folktales, and its landscape by Mykola Kolessa. Bill’s friend, pianist Lydia Artymiw, helped him collect more Ukrainian music, and he listened to her stories of her father’s homeland. She’ll share her recording of piano works by Vasyl Barvinsky, plus other solo piano pieces. Bill will end the week with Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 13 “Babi Yar” and Anthony Hopkins reading the Ukrainian poem by Yevtushenko that inspired its first movement. Join us this week for beautiful Ukrainian music!
8:00pm Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
“Schubert’s Great C major Quintet”
9:00pm Millenium of Music
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
Billie Holiday, voice

9.Tuesday
12:06/7:00pm Exploring Music
“Music of Ukraine”
8:00pm SymphonyCast
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor; SMETANA: Má Vlast
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
Charlie Rouse, tenor saxophone

 10.Wednesday
12:06/7:00pm Exploring Music
“Music of Ukraine”
8:00pm San Francisco Symphony
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; Golda Schultz, soprano; DANIEL KIDANE: Sun Poem; SIBELIUS: Luonnotar –The Spirit of Nature, Op. 70; STRAVINSKY: The Firebird
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
Alice Coltrane, piano/harp/Wurlitzer

11.Thursday
12:06/7:00pm Exploring Music
“Music of Ukraine”
8:00pm Chicago Symphony
Sir Georg Solti; Klaus Mäkelä, conductors; Scott Hostetler, English horn; CORIGLIANO: Tournaments Overture; SIBELIUS: The Swan of Tuonela, Op. 22; JIMMY LÓPEZ BELLIDO: Aino (US Premiere, CSO Co-commission); MAHLER: Symphony No. 5
10:00pm Jazz From Blue Lake
Art Tatum, piano

12.Friday
12:06/7:00pm Exploring Music
“Music of Ukraine”
8:00 New York Philharmonic
Jaap van Zweden, conductor; STRAVINSKY: Rite of Spring; DEBUSSY: La Mer; BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 7
10:00pm Jazz From Blue Lake
Herbie Hancock, piano/keyboards

13.Saturday
7:00pm Jazz a la Carte
10:00am Radio Deluxe
12:00pm Saturday Classics
1:00pm The Metropolitan Opera
J. STRAUSS: Die Fledermaus (celebrating the opera’s 150th anniversary with a performance from December 31, 1986) – Jeffrey Tate, conductor; with Kiri Te Kanawa, Håkan Hagegård, Judith Blegen, Tatiana Troyanos, David Rendall, Michael Devlin, Franz Mazura, and Otto Schenk
5:00pm All Things Considered
6:00pm American Routes
8:00pm A Michigan Saturday Night
9:00pm Folk Alley
10:00pm WoodSongs
11:00pm Sing Out!

14.Sunday
7:00am Pipedreams
“Console Comrades” – To alleviate the insular aspect of the usual organ practice session, our players have invited some interesting friends to join them.
8:00 Choral Traditions
9:00 Sunday On Blue Lake
12:00 Great Lakes Concerts
1:00pm Grand Rapids Symphony
Marcelo Lehninger, conductor; Vadim Gluzman, violin; VALENTIN SILVESTROV: Hymn – 2011; PROKOFIEV: Violin Concerto No.2; TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No.2, Little Russian
3:00pm Concierto
5:00 All Things Considered
6:00 Radio Deluxe

15.Monday
12:06/7:00pm Exploring Music
“Mozart: Bright Lights, Big City” – In 1781, when Mozart was 25, he got the boot from the archbishop and moved from his hometown of Salzburg to the music capital of Vienna. This cosmopolitan city opened Mozart’s eyes and ears to a creative world that he expresses so beautifully in his music. This week we will hear some of his greatest symphonies, piano concertos, and operas, all composed while he was living in Vienna.
8:00pm Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
“Beethoven & Brahms”
9:00pm Millenium of Music
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
Richard Davis, bass

16.Tuesday
12:06/7:00pm Exploring Music
“Mozart: Bright Lights, Big City”
8:00pm SymphonyCast
Oregon Symphony, David Danzmayr, conductor; Andy Akiho, steel pans  AKIHO: Beneath Lighted Coffers SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 9
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
Alex Anest, guitar

17.Wednesday
12:06/7:00pm Exploring Music
“Mozart: Bright Lights, Big City”
8:00pm San Francisco Symphony
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; Yuja Wang, piano; NIELSEN: Helios Overture; LINDBERG: Piano Concerto No. 3; BARTÓK: Concerto for Orchestra
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
Yusef Lateef, multi-instrumentalist

18.Thursday
12:06/7:00pm Exploring Music
“Mozart: Bright Lights, Big City”
8:00pm Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Walter Hendl, Georg Solti, Fritz Reiner, Daniel Barenboim, conductors; Jascha Heifetz, violin; Yvonne Minton, mezzo-soprano; Byron Janis, piano; Jacqueline du Pré, cello; SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto, Op.47; MAHLER: Songs of a Wayfarer; R.STRAUSS: Burleske in D Minor; DVOŘÁK: Cello Concerto, Op.104
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
Mal Waldron and Steve Lacy, piano and soprano saxophone

19.Friday
12:06/7:00pm Exploring Music
“Mozart: Bright Lights, Big City”
8:00pm The New York Philharmonic
Alan Gilbert, conductor; Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin; SEBASTIEN CURRIER: Time Machines; MAHLER: Symphony No. 5
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
Sun Ra, keyboards/big band leader 

20.Saturday
7:00pm Jazz a la Carte
10:00am Radio Deluxe
12:00pm Saturday Classics
1:00pm The Metropolitan Opera
PUCCINI: La Rondine – Speranza Scappucci, conductor; with Angel Blue, Jonathan Tetelman, Emily Pogorelc, and Bekhzod Davronov
5:00pm All Things Concsidere
6:00pm American Routes
8:00pm A Michigan Saturday Night
9:00pm Folk Alley
10:00pm WoodSongs
11:00pm Sing Out! 

21.Sunday
7:00am Pipedreams
“Bounteous Beauty from Buckfast” – Following the installation of a new pipe organ several years ago, the musical traditions of Buckfast Abbey have been richly documented.
8:00 Choral Traditions
9:00 Sunday On Blue Lake
12:00 Great Lakes Concerts
1:00pm Grand Rapids Symphony
Thomas Wilkins, conductor; BERNSTEIN: Three Dance Episodes from On the Town; COPLAND: Suite from Appalachian Spring; HOWARD HANSON: Symphony No.2, Romantic
3:00pm Concierto
5:00 All Things Considered
6:00 Radio Deluxe
8:00pm Jazz From Blue Lake
10:00pm Night Lights 

22.Monday
12:06/7:00pm Exploring Music
“Marlboro Music” – Each summer in Vermont, the sign that greets everyone coming to the Marlboro Music is “Caution: Musicians at Play.” Artistic director Mitsuko Uchida explained to Bill that Marlboro, founded in 1951, has a historic link that goes back directly to composers of the Second Viennese School, to Brahms, and all the way to Mozart and Haydn. Exploring Music’s summer visit reminded us of Mozart’s spirit when he dedicated six quartets to Papa Haydn: “Please… receive them kindly and be to them a father, guide, and friend!” Listen for this spirit of entrusting and sharing chamber music with this multi-generational family of Marlboro Music.
8:00pm Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
“20th Century Masterpieces”
9:00pm Millenium of Music
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
WFMT Jazz Network

23.Tuesday
12:06/7:00pm Exploring Music
“Marlboro Music”
8:00pm SymphonyCast
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Anthony McGill, director and clarinet; BRITTEN: Sinfonietta; BOULOGNE, CHEVALIER DE SAINTGEORGES: Clarinet Concerto in A; MOZART: Concerto in A for Clarinet and Orchestra
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
WFMT Jazz Network

24.Wednesday
12:06/7:00pm Exploring Music
“Marlboro Music”
8:00pm San Francisco Symphony
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; Bertrand Chamayou, piano; MUSSORGSKY: A Night on Bald Mountain; LISZT: Totentanz; BERLIOZ: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
WFMT Jazz Network

25.Thursday
12:06/7:00pm Exploring Music
“Marlboro Music”
8:00pm Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Anna Rakitina, conductor; Alisa Weilerstein, cello; ALL TCHAIKOVSKY: Capriccio Italien, Op. 45; Variations on a Roccoco Theme for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 33; Pezzo capriccioso, Op. 62; Suite from The Nutcracker, Op. 71a
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
Ella Fitzgerald, voice

26.Friday
12:06/7:00pm Exploring Music
“Marlboro Music”
8:00pm New York Philharmonic
Alan Gilbert, conductor; Christine Brewer, soprano; Jane Henschel, soprano; Anthony Dean Griffey, tenor; Eric Owens, bass-baritone; New York Choral Artists, Joseph Flummerfelt, director; BEETHOVEN: Overture to Egmont; HINDEMITH: Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber; BEETHOVEN: Missa solemnis, Op. 123
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
Jimmy Giuffre, reeds/composition

27.Saturday
7:00pm Jazz a la Carte
10:00am Radio Deluxe
12:00pm Saturday Classics
1:00pm The Metropolitan Opera
TERENCE BLANCHARD: Fire Shut Up In My Bones (performance from spring 2024) – Evan Rogister, conductor; with Ryan Speedo Green, Latonia Moore, and Brittany Renee
5:00pm All Things Considered
6:00pm American Routes
8:00pm A Michigan Saturday Night
9:00pm Folk Alley
10:00pm WoodSongs
11:00pm Sing Out!

 28.Sunday
7:00am Pipedreams
“Head Strong” – Magical and mysterious creations born in-the-moment creations by organists who improvise!
8:00 Choral Traditions
9:00 Sunday On Blue Lake
12:00 Great Lakes Concerts
1:00pm Grand Rapids Symphony
Ruth Reinhardt, conductor; Richard Britsch, horn; GRAŻYNA BACEWICZ: Overture; GLIÈRE: Horn Concerto; PROKOFIEV: Symphony No.7
3:00pm Concierto
5:00 All Things Considered
6:00 Radio Deluxe
8:00pm Jazz From Blue Lake
10:00pm Night Lights

 29.Monday
12:06/7:00pm Exploring Music
“Roaring 20s” – In the 1920s, concert halls rocked with everything from jazz to airplane propellers and radio became a multi-billion-dollar industry. Bill says art and literature flowed like bathtub gin. We’ll start this week in New York with the 1926 Metropolitan Opera premiere of John Alden Carpenter’s ballet Skyscrapers and end the week in the then-troubled city of Berlin with the early works of Kurt Weill.
8:00pm Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
“American Dances”
9:00pm Millenium of Music
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
Duke Ellington, composition/piano/bandleader

30.Tuesday
12:06/7:00pm Exploring Music
“Roaring 20s”
8:00pm SymphonyCast
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim, conductor; Martha Argerich, piano; BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 2; BRAHMS: Symphony No. 3
10:00pm Jazz from Blue Lake
Charles Mingus, bassist/bandleader