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Concert Hall Classics

Concert Hall Classics, hosted by Curt Timmons, offers three hours of stunning music, presenting extended selections from the KUCO library and his personal collection. The program allows KUCO listeners to indulge in their favorite masterworks as well as discover more unusual offerings.

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A Preview of Upcoming Programs on CHC

Monday, April 13, 2026

3-hour programs 11 am-2 PM & 9 PM-12 am Monday through Thursday

Evenings only during our Spring 2026 Fund Drive

Organ music of Leo Sowerby, Symphony for Organ and Orchestra of Aaron Copland; Historic recording of Francis Poulenc’s Concerto for Organ, Strings and Timpani with Charles Munch conducting; “Ein Feste Burg” with the Chicago Gargoyle Brass and Organ Ensemble

Part 1: Leo Sowerby: Fantasy for Flute Stops; Requiescat in pace: Symphony in G for Organ

Catherine Crozier plays the Aeolian-Skinner Organ at Saint John’s Chapel of the Groton School, Groton, Massachusetts (1987 digital)

Part 2a: Aaron Copland: Symphony for Organ and Orchestra

Wayne Marshall plays the CB Fisk Opus 100 organ in the Meyerson Symphony Center Hall – Dallas Symphony Orchestra conducted by Andrew Litton (1997 digital)

Part 2b: Francis Poulenc: Concerto for Organ Strings and Timpani

Berj Zamchochian plays the Boston Symphony Hall organ: Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Charles Munch (1960 analog)

Part 3: James Curnow: Rejouissance-Fantasia on “Ein Feste Burg” composed in 1987 for wind ensemble and arranged for brass and organ in 2011; Heinrich Schütz: Three Becker Psalms, Op. 5 arranged for brass qurtet; Johann Sebastian Bach: “Nun komm der heiden heiland,” BWV 659; Three Lutheran Chorales BWV 680, 687, and 651; Otto Nicolai: Church Festival Overture on “Ein Feste Burg,” Op. 31, originally for orchestra and arranged for brass and organ; Felix Mendelssohn: Organ Sonata No. 6 in d, Op. 65; an arrangement of the last movement of Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 5, the Reformation symphony Op. 107

Jared Stellmacher and Mark Sudeith, organists, with the 2006 Rogers Op. 1038 organ at St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church in the Curnow, Heinrich Schütz Bach “Nun Komm…”, and Mendelssohn Sonata; The 2001 Schantz Organ Op. 2300 at the Church of the Gesu, Marquette University Milwaukee, Wisconsin and the 1982 Casavant Op. 3544 in the First United Church of Oak Park, Illinois in the remaining works – Chicago Gargoyle Brass Ensemble conducted by Stephen Squires

 

Tuesday, April 14, 2026

The Martyrdom of Saint Sebstian by Claude Debussy; Ballet music to Daphnis et Chloe & One act opera L’infant et les sortilege by Maurice Ravel

Part 1: Claude Debussy: Le Martyre de saint Sébastien (The Martyrdom of St. Sebastian)

Suzanne Danco, soprano; Nancy Waugh and Marie-Lise de Montmollin, mezzo sopranos; Union Chorale de la Tour-de Peilz – L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande conducted by Ernest Amsermet (1954 analog stereo)

Part 2: Maurice Ravel: L’enfant et les sortilèges: Fantaisie lyrique en deux parties (The Child and the Spells: A Lyric Fantasy in Two Parts)

Soloists, and the Choir and Orchestra of French Television and Radio conducted by Lorin Maazel (1961 analog)

Part 3: Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé, symphonie chorégraphique

Choral ensemble Spirito; Orchestre National de Lyon conducted by Leonard Slatkin

 

Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Leonard Bernstein and the NYPO – Early & Late 1960s Columbia Masterworks recordings of Symphonic Standards

Part 1a: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Marriage of Figaro overture (1968 analog); Symphony No. 39 in E-flat, K. 543 (1961 analog)

Part 1b Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C, K551 (1968 analog)

Part 2: Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14 (1963 analog)

Part 3: Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in c minor, Op. 68 (1960 analog)

The New York Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Leonard Bernstein

 

Thursday, April 16, 2026

Early analog recordings of The Canadian Brass; The Artistry of trumpeters Gerard Schwarz and Niklas Eklund; The Millar Brass Ensemble

Part 1: Eldon Rathburn: Canadian Brass Rag; JS Bach (adapted): The Cathedral; GF Handel: A Royal Firework; Claude Debussy: Golliwog’s Cakewalk; Larry Crosley: Days Before Yesterday; Don Gillis: El Sueño; Erik Satie: Gymnopedie No. 1; Don Gillis: The Joust; Scott Joplin: The Entertainer Rag; Ragtime Waltz; The Favorite Rag; Sycamore Rag; Euphonic Sounds Rag; Rosebud March; Figleaf Rag and Easy Winners Rag; TK Filmore: ‘Lasses Trombone and Slim Trombone; Amazing Grace (arr.) Bourbon Street Medley: Just a Closer Walk with Thee-Tin Roof Blues-Muskrat Ramble

The Canadian Brass (taken from the 1970s analog CBC albums “Canadian Brass Plays Rags” and “Unexplored Territory”)

Part 2a: Johann Ernst Altenberg: Concerto in D (7 trumpets); Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in C (2 trumpets); Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber: Sonata in C (8 trumpets); Giuseppe Torelli: Sonata a cinqe No. 1 in G (Trumpet in A); Georg Philipp Telemann: Concerto in D (Piccolo trumpet in A)

New York Trumpet Ensemble, Gerard Schwarz, solo trumpeter; and The Y Chamber Symphony of New York conducted by Gerard Schwarz (1979 digital)

Part 2b: George Frederick Handel: Overture to Atalanta

Niklas Eklund, solo trumpet; Drottingholm Baroque Ensemble

Part 3: Sergei Prokofief: March, Op. 99; March from Love of Three Oranges; Tylaman Susato: Six Dances from La Danserie; Edvard Grieg: Funeral March; Jean Joseph Mouret: Rondeau; Thomas Morley: Now Is the Month of Maying; Giovanni Gabrieli: Sonata pian’ e forte; Canzona septimi toni, No. 2; Pavel Chesnokov: Salvation Is Created; Benjamin Britten; Russian Funeral; Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite de Danses (arr. by Jean Thilde)

The Millar Brass Ensemble (1995 digital)

 

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Monday, April 13, 2026

3-hour programs 11 am-2 PM & 9 PM-12 am Monday through Thursday

American Organs

Part 1a: Josef Reinberger: Sonata No. 16 in g-sharp minor, Op. 175

Bruce Stevens plays the 1913 Wirschling organ at Queen of All Saints Church, Brooklyn, New York

Sonata No. 17 in B major, Op. 181, subtitled “Fantasie-Sonate”

Bruce Stevens plays the 1860 E. & G.G. Hook organ at First Congregational Church, Woburn, Massachussets

Part 1b: Josef Reinberger: Organ Sonata No. 20 in F major, Op. 196, subtitled “Zur Friendesfeier”

Bruce Stevens plays the 1889 J.H. & C.H. Odell Organ at Corpus Christi Catholic Church, Baltimore, Maryland

Part 2: Edwin Henry Lemare: Concertstück in form of a Polonaise, Op 80; Rondo Capriccio (A Study in Accents), Opus 64; Toccata and Fugue in D minor Op 98; Lullaby, Opus 81; Sonata No. 1 in F, Op 95; Bell Scherzo, Op 89; Concertstück in form of a Tarantella, Op 90; Andantino in D-flat (1888); Fantasia and Fugue in E, Opus 99

Frederick Hohman plays the 1968 Aeolian-Skinner organ of Church of the Epiphany, Washington, D.C. 

Part 3: Louis Vierne: Three movements from his Fantasy Pieces, Op. 51

Jan Kraybill plays the Julia Irene Kaufman Casavant Fréres Op.3875 organ at Kauffman Center in Kansas City, Missouri

Tuesday, April 7, 2026

Music of Palestrina and Schütz – Vintage Vinyl Transcriptions

Part 1a: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Missa De beata virgine (1567); Tu es Petrus for six voices; Lauda Sion Salvatorum for eight voices

Spandauer Kantorei conducted by Martin Behrmann (1967 analog transcription)

Part 1b: Heinrich Schütz: Five Selections form Psalmen Davids, Op. 2 (1619)

Westphalian Choral and Instrumental Ensemble conducted by Wilhelm Ehmann (1966 analog transcription)

Part 2: Heinrich Schütz: Cantiones sacrae, Op. 4

Niedersächsicher Singkreis, Hannover, conducted by Willi Träder (1963 analog transcription)

Part 3: Heinrich Schütz: Musikalische Exequien (Musical Obsequies – Requiem), Op. 7

Westphalian Choir and Instrumental Ensemble conducted by Wilhelm Ehmann (1960s analog transcription)

 

Wednesday, April 8, 2026

Composer/Conductor Bernard Herrmann

Part 1: Joachim Raff: Symphony No. 5 in E,Op. 177 “Leonore”

London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Bernard Herrmann

Part 2: Film Music Suites: Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959); The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad (1958); The Day the Earth Stood Still (1950); Farenheit 451 (1966)

National Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Bernard Herrmann

Part 3: Bernard Herrmann: Moby Dick (cantata for Male Chorus, Soloists and Orchestra); For The Fallen

John Amis and Robert Bowman, tenor; David Kelly and Michael Rippon, bass; The Aeolian Singers (in Moby Dick) – London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Bernard Herrmann

 

Thursday, April 9, 2026

The American Brass Quintet and Friends; Empire Brass Quintet; New York Brass Choir – Vintage Vinyl Transcriptions

Part 1: Selections from “The Brass Band Journal” by G.W.E Freidrich, 1853; “Dodsworth’s Brass Band School” by Alan Dodsworth, 1853; “The Social Orchestra” by Stephen Foster, 1853; The Band of the 26th North Carolina Regiment (manuscript)

American Brass Quintet and Friends on period instruments

Part 2: Herbert L. Clarke: Cousins (ca. 1904); Arthur Pryor: Blue Bells of Scotland (ca. 1900); Herbert L. Clarke: The Maid of the Mist (ca. 1912); Paul Henneberg: Triplets of the Finest – Concert Polka (ca. 1925); Henry Fillmore: Trombone Family (ca. 1918/1920); Arthur Pryor: Polka – Exposition Echoes (ca. 1893); Ferdinand Gumbert: Cheerfulness (ca. 1860); Arthur Pryor: Thought s of Love – Valse de Concert (ca. 1887); Forrest L. Buchtel: Polka Dots (1935); Herbert L. Clarke: Twilight Dreams – Waltz Intermezzo (ca. 1913); Clay Smith: The Cascades – Polka Brilliant (ca. 1904)

Empire Brass Quintet and Friends

Part 3a: American Brass Band Revisited: Music from the John F. Stratton Military Band Series from repertoire in the Library of Congress (1978 analog transcription)

Empire Brass Quintet and members of the National Symphony Orchestra, Washington D.C. conducted by Fredrick Fennell

Part 3b: Scarborough Fair (arr. Soper); Leroy Anderson: Bugler’s Holiday; The Beatles: Eleanor Rigby (arr. Soper); Scott Joplin: Cascades (arr. Frankenpohl) (1976 analog transcription)

The New York Brass Choir

 

Previous Programs on CHC

Monday, March 30, 2026

3-hour programs 11 am-2 PM & 9 PM-12 am Monday through Thursday

Two recordings of historic restored organs in music of Pierre Du Mage and Louis Nicolas Clérambault with Michel Chapuis, organist; Gustav Leonhardt playing two Austrian organs in Schlägl and Klosternneuberg in music of German Baroque composers; an historic 1959 Teldec recording of three organ concerti of Handel played by Karl Richter

Part 1a: Pierre Du Mage (1674-1751): Premier livre d’orgue (1708)

Michel Chapuis on the François-Henri Cliquot organ at Cathedral de Poitiers, France

Part 1b: Louis Nicolas Clérambault (1676-1749): Premier livre d’orgue (1710)

Michel Chapuis on the François-Henri Cliquot organ at Cathedral de Poitiers, France

Part 2: Gustav Leonhardt plays Historic Organs in Austria: Johann Kaspar Kerll; Johann Jakob Froberger; Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer; Johannes Speth; Johann Pachelbel; and Gottlieb Muffat on the Egedacher organ in the Prämonstraten Abbey in Schlägl; and music of Jakob Hassler; Christian Erbach; Johannes Speth; Alessandro Poglietti; Johann Kaspar Kerll; Johann Pachelbel; and Gottlieb Muffat on the Freundt organ at Augustinian Canon monastery in Klosternneuberg

Part 3: George Frederic Handel; Op. 4 No. 1 in g minor; Op. 7 No. 1 in B-flat major; and Op. 4 No. 2 in B-flat major

Karl Richter plays the organ at St. Mark’s Church, Munich and conducts his chamber orchestra

Tuesday, March 31, 2026

Organ Music of JS Bach, Louis Vierne and Charles-Marie Widor

Bara Faustus’ Dream: Ayres, Ballads and Broken Consorts circa 1600; two extended cantatas of French Baroque composer Nicolas Bernier; and choral works of Italian Late Renaissance composer Emilio de’ Cavalieri

Part 1: Bara Faustus’ Dream: Mr .Francis Tregian His Choice: music of John Dowland, Richard Alison, Peter Philips, Alfonso Ferrabosco Junior, William Byrd; Giovanni Coperario, John Ward, Thomas Morley and several anonymous works

French instrumental and vocal ensemble Les Witches

Part 2: Nicolas Bernier (1665-1734): First Cantata Apollo or the God of Day, Night, and Comus: Second Cantata, Dawn

Robert Getchell (countertenor); Gaelle Mechaly, Hanna Bayodi, Anne-Marie Jacquin (soprano); Alain Buet (bass); accompanied by the orchestra Le Folies Francoises conducted by Patrick Cohen-Akenine

Part 3: Emilio de’ Cavalieri (1550-1602): selections from The Lamentations of Jeremiah

Vocal and instrumental ensemble Le Poème Harmonique conducted by Vincent Dumestre

 

Wednesday, April 1, 2026

Favorite Fifths

Part 1a: Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050

Harry Newstone conducting The Hamburg Chamber Orchestra – Gertrude Weitz, flute; Friedrich Würher, violin; Waldemar Döhling, harpsichord (1959 analog SAGA LP restoration)

Part 1b: Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat, Op. 73 “Emperor”

Claudio Arrau, piano; Staatskapelle Dresden conducted by Sir Colin Davis

Part 2a: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in c minor, Op. 67

William Steinberg conducting The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (1965 Command Classics analog)

Part 2b: Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5 “Reformation”

Paavo Järvi conducts the Tonhalle Orchester Zürich

Part 3: Finn Mortensen (1922-1983): Symphony Op. 5

Stavanger Symphony Orchestra conducted by Peter Szilvay

 

Thursday, April 2, 2026

Two recordings featuring the Russian-Israeli virtuoso trumpeter Sergei Nakariakov in recitals including Baroque, Classical and 20th century works; CD entitiled Four American Stories with The Baylor Brass

Part 1: André Jolivet: Concertino for Trumpet, Piano and Strings, with Alexander Markovich, pianist; Henri Tomasi: Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra; Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Concerto for trumpet and Orchestra in E-flat; Joseph Haydn: Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra in E-flat

Sergei Nakariakov, trumpet; Lausanne Chamber Orchestra conducted by Jesus Lopez-Coboz

Part 2: Antonio Vivaldi: Concert in B-flat for Trumpet RV 548; Georg Philipp Telemann: Concerto in D for Trumpet, two oboes and orchestra, with Linda Strommen and Thomas Tempel, oboes; Johann Baptist Georg Neruda: Concerto in E-flat for Trumpet, Strings and Continuo; Alessandro Marcello: Concerto in c minor for Trumpet and Strings; Johann Sebastian Bach: Angus Dei from B-minor Mass, arranged for flugelhorn, strings and basso continuo; and Georg Philipp Telemann: Concerto in D for Trumpet, Strings and basso continuo

Sergei Nakariakov, trumpet; The St. Paul Chamber Orchestra conducted by Hugh Wolff

Part 3: Herbert Haufrecht: Suite for Brass Quintet; Richard Willis: Epigrams; John Cheetham: A Brass Managerie; Anthony Plog: Four Sketches

The Baylor Brass: Wiff Rudd, trumpet; Mark Schubert, trumpet; Jeffrey Powers, horn; Brent Phillips, trombone; Kent Eshelman, tuba

 

Previous Programs on CHC

Monday, March 23, 2026

3-hour programs 11 am-2 PM & 9 PM-12 am Monday through Thursday

Organ Music of JS Bach, Louis Vierne and Charles-Marie Widor

Part 1: JS Bach: Selections from The Great Eighteen Choral Preludes, BWV 651-668

Marie-Claire Alain plays the Schnitger organ at the St. Laurenkirk of Alkmaar, North Holland

Part 2: Louis Vierne: Low Mass for the Deceased, Op. 62; Three Improvisations

Ben van Ooosten plays the Cavaille-Coll Organ, Saint-Antoine des Quinze-Vingts church, Paris

Part 3: Charles-Marie Widor: Organ Symphony No. 3, Op. 13 No. 3; Organ Symphony No. 6, Op. 42 No. 2

David M. Patrick plays the Harrison and Harrison organ of Coventry Cathedral

Tuesday, March 24, 2026

Conducting Artistry of Ernest Ansermet – The Russians 1

Part 1: Alexander Glazunov: Stenka Razin, op. 13; Anatoly Lyadov, Baba-Yaga, Op. 56; Kikamora, Op. 63; Eight Russian folksongs for orchestra, Op. 58; Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov: May Night Overture; Tale of Tsar Saltan suite, Op. 57

Part 2: Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Op. 35

Part 3: Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Festival Overture, Op. 36; Christmas Eve Suite; The Snow Maiden Suite

L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande conducted by Ernest Ansermet

 

 

Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Conducting Artistry of Ernest Ansermet – The Russians 2

Part 1: Modest Mussorgsky (arr. Ravel): Pictures at an Exhibition; Alexander Borodin: Polovtsian Dances Nos. 8 and 17; In the Steppes of Central Asia

Part 2: Igor Stravinsky: Suites 1 and 2 for small orchestra; Four Etudes for Orchestra;  Petrouchka (1911 ballet music)

Part 3: Sergei Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 in D, Op. 25; Cinderella, Op. 87 (ballet music suite)

L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande conducted by Ernest Ansermet

 

Thursday, March 26, 2026

Conducting Artistry of Ernest Ansermet – The Russians 3

Part 1: Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird (ballet music 1919 suite); Chant du Rossingnol (Song of the Nightingale, 1917)

Part 2: Igor Stravinsky: Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring, 1913); Pulcinella (ballet music, 1920)

Part 3: Sergei Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Op.64 (Ballet Music Suite No. 2)

L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande conducted by Ernest Ansermet

 

Previous Programs on CHC

Monday, March 16, 2026

3-hour programs 11 am-2 PM & 9 PM-12 am Monday through Thursday

Historic restored organs from the 17th century found in San Pedro Cholula, Puebla, and Tlacochahuaya, Oaxaca, Mexico, played by Francis Chapelet and Dominique Ferran; Recital of 19th century Romantic German and French organ works played by Hans-Christoph Becker-Foss

Part 1: Music of Francisco Soto de Langa (1534-1619); Antonio de Cabazon (1510-1566); Fancesco Correa de Arauxo (1586-1654); Pablo Bruna (1611-1679); Jan Pieterzoon Sweelinck (1562-1621; Samuel Scheidt (1587-1654)

Spanish organ specialist and organist Francis Chapelet plays the organ of San Pedro Cholula

Part 2: Music of Antonio de Cabazon (1510-1566); an anonymous work; Juan Bermudo (1510-1565); another anonymous work; Francisco Andreu, who flourished in the 17th century; Sebastian Aguliera de Heredia (1610-1657); Francisco Correa de Arauxo (1575-1654); Pablo Bruna (1611-1679); Juan Cabanilles (1677-1712)

French organist Dominique Ferran plays the 1678 Baroque Organo Iberico at San Jerónimo Tlacochahuaya, Oaxaca, Mexico.

Part 3: César Franck; Chorale for Organ in E major; Robert Schumann: Six Canons, Op. 56; Camille Saint-Saens: Berceuse in E major, Op. 105

Hans-Christoph Becker-Foss plays the organ at St. Stephani, Bremen, Germany

 

Tuesday, March 17, 2026

Motets for 2 and 3 voices by Claudio Monteverdi; Cantatas for solo alto voice by Antonio Caldara and George Frederic Handel, performed by Il Seminario Masicale under the direction of Gérard Lesne

Part 1: Claudio Monteverdi: Nigra sum; Surge propera; Ego sum pastor bonus; Laudate Dominum; O bone Jesu, illumine oculos meos; Suregns Jesus; Iusti tulerunt spolia; O quam pulchra es; Spuntava il di

Soloists Gérard Lesne, alto; Brigette Lesne, mezzo soprano; Josep Benet, tenor; Josep Cabré, baritone – Il Seminario Musicale and Tragicomedia led by Gérard Lesne

Part 2: Antonio Caldara: Solo cantatas Medea in Corinto; Soffri, mio caro Alcino; D’improvviso; and Vincino a un rioletto; Sonata da camera in D, Op. 2 no. 1; and Sonata à tre in c minor, Op. 1 No. 5

Alto soloist Gérard Lesne leads Il Seminario Musicale

Part 3: George Frederic Handel: Solo cantatas Splenda l’alba in oriente; La Lucrezia; an instrumental Trio Sontata in G, Op. 5 No. 4; Solo cantatas Mi palpita il cor; Carco sempre di gloria

Alto soloist Gérard Lesne leads Il Seminario Musicale

 

Wednesday, March 18, 2026

Four great recordings of Fourths: Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4; Beethoven’s 4th Symphony (bonus recording of the Leonore Overture No. 3); recent recording of Mendelssohn’s 4th Symphony; Tchaikovsky’s 4th Symphony

Part 1a: Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58

Claudio Arrau, pianist; Dresden Staatskapelle conducted by Sir Colin Davis (1987 Philips/VEB digital)

Part 1b: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B-flat, Op. 60

William Steinberg conducting The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (1962 Command Classics analog)

Part 1c: Ludwig van Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b (1962 Command Classics analog)

William Steinberg conducting The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

Part 2: Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in a minor, Op. post. 90 “Italian”

Paavo Järvi conducts the Tonhalle Orchester Zürich (2021 Alpha digital)

Part 3: Peter Ilylich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 4 in f minor, Op. 36

Eugene Ormandy conducting The Philadelphia Orchestra (1973 RCA Red Seal analog)

 

Thursday, March 19, 2026

The Borealis Wind Quintet in a collection of gems for wind quintet; Complete music for brass quintet by American composer Kevin McKee; The American Hoen Quartet joined with the Horns of the New York Philharmonic in concert; Music of Sain-Saens and Peter Meechan with the Chicago Gargoyle Brass and Organ Ensemble

Part 1: Nino Rota: Petite Offrande Musicale; Ferenc Farkas: Early 17th Century Hungarian Dances; Amy Beach: Pastorale for Wind Quintet; Gunther Schuller: Suite for Wind Quintet; Percy Grainger: Walking Tune; Joseph Turrin: Three Summer Dances; Vincent Persichetti: Pastoral for Wind Quintet; Darius Milhaud: La Cheminee du Roi Rene; Giulio Briccialdi: Potpourri Fantastico on Rossini’s Barber of Seville

The Borealis Wind Quintet: Katherine Fink, Flute; Tamar Beach Wells, Oboe; Kathryn Taylor, Clarinet; Dan Culpepper, Horn; Wayne Hileman, Bassoon

Part 2: Kevin McKee: Escape (2007); Iron Horse (2019); Vuelta Del Fuego (2008); Galleons and Cutlasses (2013); Semper Gratus (2021)

Jason Bergman and Sevetta Hall, trumpets; Lawrence Lowe, horn; Will Kimball, trombone; Dan Brice, tuba

Part 3: Kerry Turner: Take Nine Antiphonal Fanfare; Farewell to Red Castle; Barbara Allen; and Ghosts of Dublin; Eria Ewasen: Grand Canyon Suite; Leonard Bernstein: Overture to Candide; Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 5; Paul Desmond: Take Five; George Gershwin: I Got Rhythm

The American Horn Quartet and the horn section of The New York Philharmonic

 

Previous Programs on CHC

Monday, March 9, 2026

3-hour programs 11 am-2 PM & 9 PM-12 am Monday through Thursday

Keyboard artistry of English organist Ralph Downes and American organist Michael Farris

Part 1: Johann Sebastian Bach: Eleven variations on “Sei gegrüset, Jesu gütig:” Fugue in G; Toccata and Fugue in F; Charles-Marie Widor: Toccata in F from the Organ Symphony No. 5

Ralph Downes plays the organ at the Royal Festival Hall, London (1959 Pye analog stereo, restored LP)

Part 2: Charles-Marie Widor: Allegro from the Organ Symphony No. 6; Cesar Franck: Fantasie in A; Jehan Alain: 20th Fantasie; Louis Vierne: Finale of Organ Symphony No. 6; Maurice Durufle: Scherzo, Op.2 and Prelude and Fugue on the name Alain; Marcel Dupre: Variation on a Noel, Op. 20

Michael Farris plays the Casavant Organ in the Cathedral of Saint Peter, Erie, Pennsylvania

Part 3: Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C, BWV 564; Arvo Pärt: Annum per annum (Year by Year); Dietrich Buxtehude: Prelude in g minor; Robert Schumann: Sketches, op. 58

Michael Farris plays the C.B. Fisk organ, opus 101 in the Caruth Auditorium at Southern Methodist University, Dallas Texas

Tuesday, March 10, 2026

The Extraordinary Music of the Spanish Baroque

Part 1a: Selections from a CD entitled “Mas no puede ser” (No more can be): Cancion and pasacalles of several anonymous composers; cantada of Antono Literes (1673 to 1747); villancico and an instrumental work by Cristobal Galan (1630 to 1684); cantada and villancico of Jose de Torres (1670 to 1738); cantada of Francisco Valls (1665 to 1747); villancico and an instrumental work by Juan Frances de Iribarren (1698 to 1767)

Vocal soloists and the ensemble Al Arye Español led by Eduardo Lopez Banzo

Part 2: Selection of works from a CD entitled Ay Amor (Yes, My Love): Several anonymous vocal and instrumental works; zarzuelas “Azis y Galatea,” “Los Elementos’” and El estragon en la fineza o Jupiter y Semele’” of Anton Literes (1673 to 1747); zarzuelas “El impossible mayor en amor le venza Amor” and “Veneno es de amor la envida” of Sebastian Duron (1660 to 1716)

Vocal soloists and the ensemble Al Arye Español are led by Eduardo Lopez Banzo

Part 3: Selections from the CD “Quando muere el sol,” (When the sun dies): “Miserere” of Jose de Torres (1670 to 1738); Tono de Miserere of Juan de Navas (first quarter of the 17th century to the 1st quarter of the 18th century); Lamentation Segundo, del Jueves Santo, of Jose de Torres

Vocal soloists and the ensemble Al Arye Español led by Eduardo Lopez Banzo.

 

Wednesday, March 11, 2026

Rare early stereo recordings of conductor Leopold Stokowski – Works by Respighi, Khachaturian and Shostakovich

Part 1a: Ottorino Respighi: The Pines of Rome (1958 UA analog stereo)

Part 1b: Aram Khachaturian: Symphony No. 2 in E minor “The Bell” (1958 UA analog stereo)

Part 2: Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1 in F, Op. 10 (1958 UA analog stereo)

Symphony of the Air conducted by Leopold Stokowski

Part 3: Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11 in g minor, Op. 103 (1958 Capitol analog stereo)

Leopold Stokowski conducts the Houston Symphony Orchestra

 

Thursday, March 12, 2026

Renaissance and 20th Century Music for Brass Ensemble

Part 1: Andrea Gabrieli: Aria della Battaglia; Two sonatas and three canzons of Giovanni Gabrieli

Members of the Eastman Wind Ensemble conducted by Frederick Fennell (1961 Mercury analog stereo, restored LP)

Part 2a: Sonatas and Canzons of Giovanni Gabrieli

Brass ensembles of the Philadelphia Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra and Chicago Symphony Orchestra (1968 Columbia analog stereo)

Part 2b: Girolamo Frescobaldi: Canzons arranged for brass and organ

E. Power Biggs playing the Flentrop Organ in the Busch-Reisinger Museum, at Harvard University with the New England Brass Ensemble conducted by Richard Burgin (1959 Columbia analog stereo)

Part 3: Contemporary Masterpieces for Brass: Dallas Brass in music of Gershwin and Copland; Canadian Brass in music of Purcell and Jelly Roll Morton; Mixed ensemble Rythym and Brass in music of Scheidt and David Gluck; Bass Trombonist Douglas Yeo accompanied by the Black Dyke Mills Band in music of Grieg, Joy Webb and Stephen Bulla; Atlantic Brass Quintet in music of Anthony Holborn and Michael Praetorius (1998 digital)

 

Previous Programs on CHC

Monday, March 2, 2026

3-hour programs 11 am-2 PM & 9 PM-12 am Monday through Thursday

Murray/Lohuis Duo in music for solo violin and organ; Suite in G for organ and string orchestra by Ottorino Respighi; Three major works for organ by Max Reger

Part 1: Joseph Rheinberger: Overture from Sech Stücke, Op. 150, No. 6; John Stanley: Solo II, Op. 1 from 8 Solos for German Flute, Violin or Harpsichord; Leo Sowerby: Poem for Violin and Organ; Joachim Raff: Cavatina, Op. 85, No. 3; Stanley Weiner: Largo and Hallelujah for Violin and Organ, Op. 76; Max Reger: Largo from Suite im Alten Stil, Op. 93

Robert Murray, violinist and Ardyth Lohuis playing the 1951/1968 Aeolian-Skinner Op. 1110 organ at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, Richmond, Virginia

Part 2: Ottorino Respighi:  Suite in G for Organ and String Orchestra

Leslie Pearson, organist; Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Geoffery Simon

Part 3: Max Reger: Introduction, Passacaglia and Fugue in E minor, Op. 127; Organ Sonata No. 1 in f-sharp minor, Op. 33: The Organ Sonata No. 2 in D minor, Op. 60

Heinz Wunderlich, organist, playing the 1960/1970 Kemper Organ in the St. Jacobi Church, Hamburg

Tuesday, March 3, 2026

Choral/Orchestral music of Sir Edward Elgar: symphony/cantata The Black Knight; Excerpts from The Saga of King Olaf; New recording of the two-part oratorio The Dream of Gerontius

Part 1a: Sir Edward Elgar: The Black Knight, Op. 25

London Philharmonic Choir and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Charles Groves

Part 1b: Sir Edward Elgar: The Saga of King Olaf (selections)

Teresa Cahill, soprano; Philip Langridge, tenor; Brian Raynor Cook, bass; The London Philharmonic Choir and The London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Vernon Handley

Part 2: Sir Edward Elgar: “The Dream of Gerontius,” Op. 38 (Part One)

Part 3: Sir Edward Elgar: “The Dream of Gerontius,” Op. 38 (Part Two)

David Butt Philip as Gerontius; Karen Cargill as The Angel; Roland Wood as The Priest and The Angel of Agony; The Huddersfield Choral Society, the RNC Chamber Choir and the Orchestra of Opera North conducted by Martyn Brabbins

 

Wednesday, March 4, 2026

Four great recordings of Thirds from my collection: Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3; Beethoven’s 3rd Symphony; Mendelssohn’s 3rd Symphony; Ralph Vaughan Williams’ A Pastoral Symphony (3rd Symphony)

Part 1a: Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in c minor, Op. 37

Claudio Arrau, piano; Dresden Staatskapelle conducted by Sir Colin Davis

Part 1b: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat, Op. 55 “Eroica”

William Steinberg conducting The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

Part 2: Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in a minor, Op. 56 “Scottish”

Paavo Järvi conducts the Tonhalle Orchester Zürich

Part 3: Ralph Vaughan Williams: A Pastoral Symphony (Symphony No. 3)

Sir Adrian Boult conducting The New Philharmonia Orchestra

 

Thursday, March 5, 2026

The Vanderbilt University Wind Symphony in French and American compositions; The Cincinnati C-CM Wind Symphony in American classics arranged for winds; The US Air Force Band in original compositions for wind ensemble

Part 1: Serge Lancen: Rapsodie symphonique; Eugène Bozza: Ballade (arranged for Trombone & Wind Ensemble); Fisher Tull: Reflections on Paris; Florent Schmitt: Dionysiaques, Op. 62; Gabriel Fauré: Chant funéraire (aaranged for Wind Ensemble); Donald Grantham: J’ai été au bal

The Vanderbilt Wind Symphony conducted by Thomas E. Verrier

Part 2: Leonard Bernstein: Overture to Candide; William Schuman: George Washington Bridge; Aaron Copland: An Outdoor Overture and El Salon Mexico; William Schuman: Chester; H. Owen Reed: La Fiesta Mexicana

Eugene Corporon conducts The Cincinnati C-CM Wind Symphony

Part 3: Christopher Caliendo: Ender’s Game: The Concert Band Suite; Malcolm Arnold: Four Scottish Dances, Op. 59; Julie Giroux: Riften Wed; Ron Nelson: Savannah River Holiday

The United States Air Force Band conducted by Col. Larry H. Lang