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June 2005

Children's Hour

Thursday, June 30, 2005

Mike Marshall’s “Child’s Play” gets the ball rolling for our “Children’s Hour,” featuring music devoted to the young at heart as well as those who are young in years.


Three Different Flutes

Wednesday, June 29, 2005

Three pieces with flute are featured in our first hour, and in the third of those, the soloist must manage three different flutes (not quite simultaneously).


Led Zeppelin Turned Classical

Tuesday, June 28, 2005

If you’d like to hear a Led Zeppelin tune turned into a “classical” work for guitar quartet, stay tuned. Ian Krouse’s “Labyrinth” is based on Led Zeppelin’s “Friends.” It rocks!


Classic Elements

Monday, June 27, 2005

Fire, earth, air, and water—the classic four elements—have inspired poets, philosophers, and musicians across the ages. Two composers offer very different interpretations late this evening.


Claudio Abbado, Buon Compleanno!

Sunday, June 26, 2005

It’s the birthday of one of the 20th century’s great conductors, Claudio Abbado (1933). His accomplishments and awards are too numerous to mention, so let’s just listen...


Music Party with Wu Han and David Finckel

Saturday, June 25, 2005

You won’t want to miss our 8:00pm Music Party, recorded on location at Caramoor, with pianist Wu Han and cellist David Finckel.


Meditative Mysticism

Friday, June 24, 2005

The meditative mysticism of Terry Riley’s mesmerizing “June Buddhas,” based on Jack Kerouac’s chronicles of his inner Dharmic journey, “Mexico City Blues,”culminates with the line, “Depend on vast motionless thought.”


A Little Nightmare Music

Thursday, June 23, 2005

The New York Philharmonic’s Summertime Classics schedule features “A Little Nightmare Music” on June 30th. A late-evening sneak preview of the music: Moussorgsky’s “A Night on Bald Mountain.”


The Big Sax Theory

Wednesday, June 22, 2005

In Darius Milhaud’s “La création du monde,” written for a Blaise Cendars’ ballet whose scenario derives from African legends, the world begins, not with a bang, but a saxophone.


Summer Solstice

Tuesday, June 21, 2005

While it felt like summer before, today is the true summer solstice, so we pay tribute to the season with Gerswin’s “Summertime” and Vivaldi’s ‘Summer’ from the “Four Seasons.”


A Musical Meditation

Monday, June 20, 2005

Paul Moravec won the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for his “Tempest Fantasy,” which he calls a “musical meditation on various characters, moods, situations, and lines of text” from the Shakespeare play.


Vladimir Horowitz—Sheer Genius

Sunday, June 19, 2005

Vladimir Horowitz, perhaps the greatest star of the 20th century’s pianistic firmament, was a captivating force even as a very senior performer playing Schumann’s “Scenes from Childhood.”


Creators at Carnegie

Saturday, June 18, 2005

“Creators at Carnegie,” from NPR, with jazz pianist and composer Fred Hersch is our first hour feature.


Journey to La Bella Italia

Friday, June 17, 2005

Music of an Italian persuasion dominates our first hour, so order a bit of pizza or pasta, vino bianco or rosso, and journey to la bella Italia via airwaves instead of airplanes.


Rameau Remembered

Thursday, June 16, 2005

Besides his operas, Baroque composer Jean-Philippe Rameau is remembered for his meticulous (and sometimes adventurous) approach to music theory. We’ll hear some musical reminiscences tonight from composer Hugh Aitken in his “Rameau Remembered,” plus a few choice pieces from the master himself.


Synthesis of The Old and The New

Wednesday, June 15, 2005

Estonian composer Arvo Pärt writes grand works that are shrouded in religious mysticism; employing a contemporary musical language with medieval overtones. Tonight we’ll explore this synthesis of the old and the new in Pärt’s cantata for strings and prepared piano, “Tabula rasa.”


In Memoriam Ruth Laredo

Tuesday, June 14, 2005

This evening we offer up a musical tribute to “America’s First Lady of Piano,” Ruth Laredo, who passed away last month at the age of 67.


George Rochberg

Monday, June 13, 2005

The American composer George Rochberg, who was born in 1918, died on May 29th of this year, so we’ll be hearing a lot from him on Evening Music this week.


The Emersons

Sunday, June 12, 2005

According to last year’s London Times, "... with musicians like [the Emerson Quartet members] there must be some hope for humanity." Judge for yourself this evening. (You’ll no doubt agree!)


Creators at Carnegie

Saturday, June 11, 2005

“Creators at Carnegie,” from NPR, will be the evening’s feature. Tonight: Making Music by John Adams—four recent compositions by America's most popular contemporary composer, performed at Zankel Hall


A Mysterious Musical World

Friday, June 10, 2005

“Come in!” invites the title of Vladimir Martynov’s work for two violins and strings. So we open our ears and enter this mysterious musical world ...


Happy Birthday, Cole Porter!

Thursday, June 09, 2005

Cole Porter, arguably America’s premiere 20th-century songwriter, was born this day in 1891. Feel free to hum along as we honor him with several selections, including “Night and Day.”


If You Love Horns

Wednesday, June 08, 2005

If you love horns, you’ll adore Robert Schumann’s Concertpiece in F, for four horns and orchestra. Schumann wrote of it: “It seems to be one of my best pieces.” Agreed.


Featuring Eliot Fisk

Tuesday, June 07, 2005

Eliot Fisk is being featured at four Carnegie Neighborhood concerts from June 9–12. Let us whet your appetite for these live appearances with a recorded performance...


Siegfried's Birthday

Monday, June 06, 2005

Siegfried, Richard Wagner’s youngest with Cosima von Bulow was born this day in 1869. We hear a work by him and two with Siegfried in the title from his dad.


A Birthday: Martha Argerich

Sunday, June 05, 2005

Martha Argerich, the amazing Argentinian-born pianist, born this day in 1941, dazzles with a dashing performance of Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1, Kiril Kondrashin leading the Bavarian Radio Symphony.


Creators at Carnegie

Saturday, June 04, 2005

“Creators at Carnegie,” from NPR, will be the evening’s feature. Soprano Dawn Upshaw joins the Orchestra of St. Luke’s under David Zinman.


Inspired Guitar Playing of Andrés Segovia

Friday, June 03, 2005

Our program begins and ends with the inspired guitar playing of Andrés Segovia, who inspired many compositions and who brought the guitar back into the popular sphere.


Afternoon Delight

Thursday, June 02, 2005

Daylight Savings Time makes the early hour of Evening Music seem like afternoon— a good time to hear that Debussy favorite, Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun.


A John Adam's Dedication

Wednesday, June 01, 2005

John Adams’s “The Dharma at Big Sur” will cause a big drama at Lincoln Center on June 6th, when the Los Angeles Philharmonic premieres it under the baton of Esa-Pekka Salonen.