May, 2008 - WXXI

may2008CLASSICAL PROGRAMMING31Friday12:00pmMusic of Remembrance: Brundibar5/2 See page 27.1:00pmBackstage Pass5/30 See page 27.8:00pmAPM Symphony Cast5/2 Mozart: Symphony No. 28 Debussy: Ibéria Dvorák:Symphony No. 9, From the New World (ClevelandOrchestra; Franz Welser-Möst, cond)5/9 Webern: Five Pieces for Orchestra Mahler:Symphony No.7 (Los Angeles Philharmonic; Esa-Pekka Salonen, cond)5/16 Sibelius: Symphony No. 1, Rakastava, SymphonyNo. 7 (Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra;Vladimir Ashkenazy, cond)5/23 Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 Schumann:Overture, Scherzo and Finale Theofanidis: Muse(2007) Schumann: Piano Concerto (OrpheusChamber Orchestra; Christian Zacharias, p)5/30 Handel: Concerto Grosso Barber: Knoxville: Summerof 1915 Handel: Three Arias from Julius CaesarHaydn: Symphony No. 92, Oxford (Carolyn Sampson,s; Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan,cond)Saturday11:00amFascinatin’ Rhythm5/3 Get Out Those Old Records5/10 A Different View of Mom5/17 Waltzing on Tin Pan Alley5/24 Soldiers and Sailors5/31 I Want to Be a Popular Millionaire6:00pmA Prairie Home Companion5/3 A live broadcast from the Civic Center Auditorium,Bangor, ME.5/10 A live broadcast from the The Milwaukee Theater inMilwaukee, WI5/24 A live broadcast from the Filene Center at Wolf TrapNational Park, Vienna, VA with special guests RhondaVincent and the Rage.5/31 A live performance from Las Cruces, NM.8:00pmThistle & Shamrock with Fiona Ritchie5/3 Raise Your Voice Layers of harmony and massedvoices create stunning arrangements of traditionaland folk songs as we feature choirs from Scotlandand Brittany and some of Thistle & Shamrock’sfavorite bands in fuller voice.5/10 Welsh Roots Discover roots music from Wales withestablished and emerging artists, including masterof the Welsh triple harp Robin Huw Bowen andsinger-songwriter Meic Stevens.5/17 Words and Music We uncover musical connectionswith Stevenson, Yeats, Scott and other literaryfi gures in the company of Bonnie Rideout, LoreenaMcKennitt, Battlefi eld Band and Jean Redpath.5/24 Passing the Torch The future of Celtic music isdemonstrated by pairing emerging artists with themasters who inspired them, including North Carolinanative Andrew Magill and the great Chicago fi ddlerLiz Carroll.5/31 New Anthems Hear the Celtic anthems that inspiremass choruses in pubs and sporting venues, and theones that may do so in years to come.1:30pmMetropolitan Opera5/3 Mozart: Die Entführung aud dem Serail1:30pmLyric Opera of Chicago5/10 Verdi: La Traviata (in Italian) (Sir Andrew Davis, cond)5/17 John Adams: Doctor Atomic (in English)(Robert Spano, cond)5/24 Rossini: The Barber Of Seville (in Italian)(Donato Renzetti, cond)5/31 Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin (in Russian)(Sir Andrew Davis, cond)PHOTO: MARTY SOHLMetropolitan Opera >> Saturdays at 1:30pm