Friday, August 1, at 8:00 pm
Guest Diana Krall
Singer/pianist Diana Krall is one of the true superstars in the music world today. The amazing performer has brought a new energy to the jazz scene and new fans to the music. Krall made her first appearance on Piano Jazz in 1995, just as her career was about to take off. Performances include Krall's versions of "I've Got the World on a String" and "I'm a Lucky So and So."
Saturday, August 2, at 1:30 pm
Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff
Adapting Shakespeare successfully for the opera house proved an impossible task for countless composers. But it didn't faze Verdi. He wrote three hit Shakespeare operas: Macbeth, Otello, and this week's opera, Falstaff, which ranks among the most brilliant of all Verdi's masterpieces. Shakespeare's outwardly comic play tells reams about the human condition, and Verdi took the deceptively profound tale and made it still richer and more rewarding. Carlo Rizzi conducts the Welsh National Opera Orchestra and Chorus.
Bryn Terfel (Falstaff); Janice Watson (Alice Ford); Imelda Drumm (Meg Page); Anne-Marie Owens (Mistress Quickly); Anthony Mee (Dr. Caius); Neil Jenkins (Bardolph); Claire Ormshaw (Nanetta); Rhys Merion (Fenton); Christopher Purves (Ford)
Saturday, August 2, at 8:00 pm
Dick Wallace hosts this locally produced folk music show. Playlists are available at the Music Americana archive page.
Saturday, August 2, at 9:00 pm
Harry O'Donoghue hosts this locally produced Celtic music program. Playlists are available at the Green Island archive page.
Sunday, August 3, at 12:00 noon
Guests Ilya Gringolts, violin; Christopher Guzman, piano
Bela Bartok: Violin Sonata No. 2
Antonin Dvorak: Romances
Maurice Ravel: Tzigane
Sunday, August 3, at 1:00 pm
From the Top surfs over to Maui for an exciting lineup of young performers, including an outstanding double-bassist performing a hypnotic piece by François Rabbath, and an extraordinary finale featuring two piano ensembles from Honolulu. We'll hear violinist Kaori Matsui, age 16, from Cincinnati, Ohio; pianist Jacob DeForest, 17, from Paia, Hawaii; double bassist Kiyoe Wellington, 15, from Kaneohe, Hawaii; guitarist Joseph Lee, 13, from Bedford, Texas; and ten pianists from the Ellen Masaki School in Honolulu: Yulia Sharipova, 15, Tyler Ramos, 12, Andrew Ramos, 15, Alda Lam, 15, and Laura Bleakley, 16; amd Irwin Jiang, 16, Maile Cha, 16, Rachel Stanton, 14, Annie Kwok, 12, and T.J. Tario, 13.
Thursday, August 7, at 8:00 pm, and Sunday, August 10, at 10:00 pm
J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2
Behzad Ranjbaran: Piano Concerto (world premiere)
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 3
(Robert Spano, conductor; Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano)
Friday, August 8, at 8:00 pm
Guest Mel Tormé
Mel Tormé was a man of many talents - singer, composer, lyricist, drummer, arranger, producer and actor. Of course, it was his distinctive, mellow voice that earned him the nickname "the Velvet Fog." On this encore program, Tormé performs his own tunes "Stranger In Town" and "Born to Be Blue," and other favorites including "Dream Dancing" and "Time After Time."
Saturday, August 9, at 1:30 pm
Jules Massenet: The Portrait of Manon
Francis Poulenc: The Human Voice
Ever wonder what happened to poor old Des Grieux, after he lost the love of his life so tragically in Massenet's Manon? Well, the first work in this double-bill answers that question. It's followed by a dramatic and vocal tour de force for a single singer - Poulenc's emotional roller-coaster The Human Voice. The Glimmerglass Opera Orchestra is conducted by Andrew Bisantz in the Massenet and by Stewart Robertson in the Poulenc.
Massenet: Kristine Winkler (Aurore); Theodore Baerg (Des Grieux); Colin Ainsworth (Jean); Bruce Reed (Tiberge)
Poulenc: Amy Burton (Elle)
Saturday, August 9, at 8:00 pm
Dick Wallace hosts this locally produced folk music show. Playlists are available at the Music Americana archive page.
Saturday, August 9, at 9:00 pm
Harry O'Donoghue hosts this locally produced Celtic music program. Playlists are available at the Green Island archive page.
Sunday, August 10, at 12:00 noon
Guests Dawn Upshaw, soprano; Gilbert Kalish, piano
Franz Schubert: Im Frühling (No. 70)
Gustav Mahler: Two songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn
Claude-Achille Debussy: Trois Chansons de Bilitis
Bela Bartok: Three Hungarian Folksong Settings, Op. 64 and Op.92
John Harbison: Two songs from Mirabai Songs
William Bolcom: Two songs from Cabaret Songs, Volume I
Sunday, August 10, at 1:00 pm
Cleveland Institute of Music's beautiful Mixon Concert Hall is host to this week's show. We feature a 10-year-old pianist performing a virtuosic piece from Liszt and a trio of siblings from Ohio giving a joyous interpretation of Kodaly. Our young performers are: violinist Alena Merimee, 15, from Strongsville, Ohio; marimba player Joshua Jones, 16, from Chicago; pianist Daniel Song, 10, from Springfield, Pennsylvania; trombonist Joseph Hudson, 16, from Lexington, Kentucky; and the Playing Hoopes Trio (Alexandra Hoopes, 15, violin; Chad Hoopes, 13, violin; and Anna Hoopes, 17, viola) from Shaker Heights, Ohio.
Thursday, August 14, at 8:00 pm, and Sunday, August 17, at 10:00 pm
Osvaldo Golijov: Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind
Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird
(Robert Spano, conductor; Todd Palmer, clarinet)
(Final program of ASO's broadcast season)
Friday, August 15, at 8:00 pm
Guest Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock is one of the most influential players and composers on the modern jazz scene. A true innovator and ardent explorer, Hancock's musical ideas have pushed boundaries and transcended musical genres. In an encore program, Hancock solos on his own tune "Dolphin Dance," then joins McPartland for "That Old Black Magic."
Saturday, August 16, at 1:30 pm
Gioacchino Rossini: The Barber of Seville
Glimmerglass Opera's jewel-like theater is the perfect venue for the crystalline textures and intimately-detailed vocals of Rossini's comic masterpiece. In short, it's the perfect place to hear why many consider Barber a nearly perfect operatic comedy. David Angus conducts.
Aaron St. Clair (Figaro); Katharine Goeldner (Rosina); John Tessier (Figaro); Eduardo Chama (Bartolo); Daniel Sumegi (Basilio); Judith Christin (Berta)
Saturday, August 16, at 8:00 pm
Dick Wallace hosts this locally produced folk music show. Playlists are available at the Music Americana archive page.
Saturday, August 16, at 9:00 pm
Harry O'Donoghue hosts this locally produced Celtic music program. Playlists are available at the Green Island archive page.
Sunday, August 17, at 12:00 noon
Guests Charles Wadsworth and Friends: Chee-Yun, violin; Todd Palmer, clarinet; Andres
Diaz, cello; Wendy Chen, piano
Antonin Dvorak: Waldesruhe, Op.68, No. 5
Antonin Dvorak: Slavonic Dance in e minor, Op. 72, No. 2
Antonin Dvorak: Slavonic Dance in C major, Op 46, No. 1
Felix Mendelssohn: Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano No 1 in d minor, Op.49: movements II and III
Robert Schumann: Fantasy Pieces for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 73
Stephen Prutsman: I’ve Got Rhythm—Not
Sunday, August 17, at 1:00 pm
From the Top heads to the Sunshine State for a show recorded at Peabody Auditorium in Daytona Beach, where a 13-year-old flutist takes inspiration from Jethro Tull and a multi-talented teen soprano performs Gilbert and Sullivan. We'll hear from violinist Mia Laity, 15, from Phoenix, Arizona; euphonium player Brian Logan, 17, from Tallahassee, Florida; flutist Jake Chabot, 13, from Orlando, Florida; soprano Andrea Carroll, 18, from Washington, DC; and pianist John Wen, 14, from Iowa City, Iowa.
Thursday, August 21, at 8:00 pm, and Sunday, August 24, at 10:00 pm
A special performance by the Cleveland Orchestra, recorded on March 30, 2008, at the Rivercenter in Columbus.
Roberto Sierra: Fandangos
Maurice Ravel: Daphnis and Chloe: Suite No. 2
Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
(Franz Welser-Möst, conductor)
Friday, August 22, at 8:00 pm
Guest Norah Jones
Norah Jones is one of the most popular musicians in the world today. Her soulful vocals and her love of jazz standards were on display when she joined McPartland at the 2003 Tanglewood Jazz Festival. The sold-out crowd enjoyed Jones' version of Ellington's "Meloncholia," for which she wrote new lyrics, as well as duets of "Walkin' My Baby Back Home" and "Summertime."
Saturday, August 23, at 1:30 pm
Gaetano Donizetti: Lucie de Lammermoor
With Lucia di Lammermoor, Donizetti translated a celebrated tragedy by Sir Walter Scott into Italian, and came up with one of bel canto opera's greatest hits. But he also translated it into French, and that's the version we hear in this program. Sarah Coburn's performance of the famous "mad scene" is a can't-miss moment. Beatrice Jona Afron conducts the Glimmerglass Opera Orchestra and Chorus.
Sarah Coburn (Lucie); Chad A. Johnson (Arthur); Earle Patriarco (Henri); Raúl Hernández (Edgard); Craig Phillips (Raymond); Bryon Grohman (Gilbert)
Saturday, August 23, at 8:00 pm
Dick Wallace hosts this locally produced folk music show. Playlists are available at the Music Americana archive page.
Saturday, August 23, at 9:00 pm
Harry O'Donoghue hosts this locally produced Celtic music program. Playlists are available at the Green Island archive page.
Sunday, August 24, at 12:00 noon
Guests eighth blackbird
Derek Bermel: Tied Shifts: movement I
Frederic Rzewski: Les Moutons des Panurge
Ashley Fure: Inescapable
Fred Lerdahl: Fantasy Etudes
Sunday, August 24, at 1:00 pm
From the Top comes from Nazareth College in Rochester, New York, this week with a speed skating 17-year-old guitarist from North Carolina and a teenage quartet performing Haydn. Our soloists are: oboist Zoë Hilbert, 17 from Oak Park, Illinois; mezzo-soprano Mairin Srygley, 17, from Baltimore, Maryland; pianist Harvest Zhang, 15, from Rochester, New York; guitarist Kimani Griffin, age 17, from Winston-Salem, North Carolina; and the Compass String Quartet from New York state (violinist William Cho, 18, violinist Kieran Hanlon, 17, violist Michael Sabatka, 18, and cellist Stephen Ryck, 18).
Friday, August 29, at 8:00 pm
Guest Ahmad Jamal
Ever since his 1958 live album from Chicago's Pershing Lounge, Ahmad Jamal has been recognized as a major force in jazz. In this encore program, Jamal reprises two signature pieces from that session when he duets with McPartland on "Poinciana" and "But Not for Me." He also demonstrates his artistry as a composer, soloing on his own tune "Without You."
Saturday, August 30, at 1:30 pm
Benjamin Britten: Death in Venice
Few if any 20th-century composers mastered opera as thoroughly as Benjamin Britten, and this Glimmerglass production brings us one of his finest efforts - a bleak, beautiful, and extraordinarily moving work based on the short novel by Thomas Mann. Stewart Robertson conducts.
William Burden (Aschenbach); David Pittsinger (The Traveller/Fop/Manager/Barber/Leader of the Players/Dionysus); Bruce Reed (Hotel Porter); Craig Phillips (Clerk); John Gaston (Apollo); Nicola Bowie (Lady of the Pearls)
Saturday, August 30, at 8:00 pm
Dick Wallace hosts this locally produced folk music show. Playlists are available at the Music Americana archive page.
Saturday, August 30, at 9:00 pm
Harry O'Donoghue hosts this locally produced Celtic music program. Playlists are available at the Green Island archive page.
Sunday, August 31, at 12:00 noon
Guests St. Lawrence String Quartet
Franz Josef Haydn: Quartet in E flat major, Op. 33, No. 2 (The Joke): movement II
Jonathan Berger: Doubles (2004)
Maurice Ravel: Quartet in F major: movements I and II
Jonathan Berger: Eli Eli (in memory of Daniel Pearl)
Sunday, August 31, at 1:00 pm
This week From the Top comes from its home at New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall in Boston with seven accomplished musicians all under the age of 14, including a piano trio performing a work by 13-year-old composer Matthew Woodard. We'll hear: violinist Alice Ivy-Pemberton, 10, from New York City; pianist Stella Wong, 13, from New York City; cellist Lev Mamuya, 11, from Newton Highlands, Massachusetts; and the Maggiore Trio from New York state (violinist JiEun "Anna" Lee, 12, cellist Taeguk Mun, 13, and pianist Alice Burla, 11).
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