Playlist for KUCO's Concert Hall Classics with Curt Timmons

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.

A Preview of Upcoming Programs on CHC

Monday, February 23, 2026

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

Organ Symphonies of Guilmant, Widor & Jongen

Part 1: Alexandre Guilmant: Symphonie for organ and orchestra in d minor, Op. 42; Marche Elegiaque in c minor, Op. 74 for Organ, two oboes and string orchestra; Symphonie No. 2 for Organ and Orchestra in A, Op. 91

Paul Wißkirchen playing the organ at the Altenberg Cathedral in Altenberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany – Gürzenich Orchestra of Cologne conducted by Volker Hempfling.

Part 2: Charles-Marie-Jean-Albert Widor: Symphonie No. 3, Op. 69

Paul Wißkirchen playing the organ at the Altenberg Cathedral – Philharmonia Hungarica conducted by Volker Hempfling

Sinfonia Sacra

Paul Wißkirchen playing the organ at the Altenberg Cathedral – Gürzenich Orchestra of Cologne conducted by Volker Hempfling

Part 3: Joseph Jongen: Symphonie Concertante, op. 81

Ulrich Meldau playing the organ of the church in Enge, Zurich, Switzerland – Symphony Orchestra of Zurich conducted by Daniel Schweitzer

Toccata, Op. 104

Ulrich Meldau playing the organ of the church in Enge, Zurich, Switzerland

Tuesday, February 24, 2026

Johann Sebastian Bach: Three early cantatas; Mass in b minor

Part 1a: Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir (Out of the depths I call, Lord, to You), BWV 131

Part 1b: Herr, wie du willt, so schicks mit mir (Lord, as you will, so let it be done with me), BWV 73

Part 1c: Herr, gehe nicht ins Gericht mit deinem Knecht (Lord, do not pass judgment on Your servant), BWV 105

Chorus and Orchestra of Collegium Vocale, Ghent, conducted by Philippe Herreweghe

Part 2: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232 (Part 1) – Kyrie; Gloria

Part 3: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232 (Part 2) – Symbolum nicenum; Sanctus; Osanna; Benedictus; Osanna; Dona nobis pacem

Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Collegium Vocale, Ghent, conducted by Philippe Herreweghe

Wednesday, February 25, 2026

Arturo Toscanini conducts Wagner; Hans Rosbaud conducts Schubert; Hermann Scherchen conducts Mahler

Part 1: Arturo Toscanini: Final Concert April 4, 1954 (in stereo) – Richard Wagner; Prelude to Act 1 of Lohengrin; Dawn and Siegfried’s Rhine Journey from Götterdämmerung; Overture and Bacchanale from Tannhäuser; Prelude to Act 1 of Die Meistersinger von Nürnburg

Arturo Toscanini conducts the NBC Symphony Orchestra (1954 stereo)

Part 2: Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 4 in c minor, D. 417

Hans Rosbaud conducts the Concertgebouw Orchestra in concert (1961 mono)

Part 3: Gustav Mahler: Adagio from Symphony No. 10

Hermann Scherchen conducts the Vienna State Opera Orchestra (1952 mono)

Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D

Hermann Scherchen conducts the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (1954 mono)

Thursday, February 26, 2026

Program 4: The Air Combat Command Heritage of American Band

Part 1: Aria and Allegro for Soprano Saxophone and Concert Band by Gregory Pascuzzi with Staff Sgt Michael Marshall, saxophone; Fantasie Brilliante on Themes from ‘Carmen’ by Francois Bourne with Master Sgt Wayne Hedrick, flute; The Carnival of Venice by Jean Baptiste Arban with Senior Airman Kenneth Johnson, trumpet; Concerto for Clarinet by Artie Shaw with Senior Airwoman Sandra Haton, clarinet; Elegy for English Horn and Band by Jack Stamp with Senior Airwoman Nancy Montera, english horn; Allegro from Concerto for Bassoon and Band by Gordon Jacob with Master Sgt James Husak, bassoon; Tambourin Chinois by Fritz Kreisler with Senior Airman Reid Sockdill, xylophone; Canzonetta for Euphonium and Band by Aldo Rafael Forte with Technical Sgt Barbara Taylor, euphonium; Allegro from Concerto for Timpani and Band by Gordan Jacob with Senior Master Sgt James Nierescher, timpani; and Allegro from Tuba Concerto by Edward Gregson with Airman 1^st Class Philip Burke, tuba

The Air Combat Command Band is conducted by Lt. Col. Lowell E. Graham

Part 2: Charles Gounod: Petite Symphonie, Op. 90; Jean Francaix: Seven Dances for Winds

The Chamber Winds of the ACC Heritage of America Band

Part 3: Aldo Forte: Portraits; Warner Hutchinson: As The Stars Forever; John Wasson: Tangents; Stephen Bulla: Firestorm; Stephen Melillo: David

The Air Combat Command Heritage of America Band conducted by Commander Larry H Lang

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Monday, February 16, 2026

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

Program 1: 1981 Detlef Kleuker organ of the Cathedral du Chant L’Oiseau in Brussels Belgium; 1987 Grönlund Organ in Lulea Cathedral, Sweden; Restored organ in St. Andrew’s Cathedral, Bordeaux, France

Part 1: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in D, RV 230, transcribed by Jean Guillou; Robert Schumann: Four Sketches, Op. 58; Franz Liszt: Consolation in D-flat major; Keith John: Rhythmic Energy: Marcel Dupré: Suite, Op. 39; Serge Prokofiev: March, from Love for Three Oranges, arranged by Jean Guillou; Igor Stravinsky: Circus Polka, arranged by Keith John

Keith John plays the 1981 Detlef Kleuker organ of the Cathedral du Chant L’Oiseau in Brussels Belgium

Part 2: Olivier Messiaen: 8 Méditations

Hans-Ola Ericsson plays the 1987 Grönlund Organ in Lulea Cathedral, Sweden

Part 3: Leon Boëlmann: Suite Gothique; Jehan Alain: Le Jaredin Suspendu; Louis Vierne: Carillon de Westminster; Olivier Messiaen: Verset pour la Fête de la Dédicat; Joseph Bonnet: Variations de Concert; Gaston Litaize: Prélude et Danse Fugée; Jean Langlais: Prélude au Kyrie and Epilogue

Colin Andrews plays the restored organ in St. Andrew’s Cathedral, Bordeaux, France

Tuesday, February 17, 2026

Program 2: George Frederic Handel, Chandos Anthem No. 11 “Let God Arise”; Complete performance of the once thought lost 1745 oratorio of Dutch composer Willem Defesch, a direct contemporary of Handel

Part 1: George Frederic Handel: Chandos Anthem No. 11 “Let God Arise”

Lynne Dawson, soprano; Ian Partridge, tenor; The Sixteen Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Harry Christophers

Part 2: Willem De Fesch: Joseph (1745 oratorio) – Act 1 and 2

Part 3: Willem De Fesch: Joseph (1745 oratorio) – Act 3

Soloists; National Kinderkoor, the vocal ensemble Viri Cantores; Music ad Rhenum conducted by Jed Wentz

Wednesday, February 18, 2026

Program 3: Four Romantic era Dutch composers: Johannes van Bree, Johannes Verhulst, Johann Wagenaar, and Jan van Gilse; Symphonies of Dutch Classical composers Carolus Fodor and Johan Meder; 20^th century Dutch composer Hendrik Andriessen

Part 1: Johannes van Bree: Concert Overture in b minor – Overture to his 1835 opera Le bandit: Johannes Verhulst: Overture in c minor; Johann Wagenaar: Frithjof’s Sea Journey, Op. 5; – Concert overture Spring Awakening, Op. 11; Jan van Gilse; Concert Overture in c minor

Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jac van Steen

Part 2a: Carolus Antonius Fodor: Symphony No. 2 in G, Op. 13

Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra conducted by Anthony Halstead

Part 2b: Carolus Fodor: Symphony No. 3 in c minor, Op. 19

Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra conducted by Anthony Halstead

Part 2c: Johan Gabriel Meder; Symphony No. 4, Op. 1

Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra conducted by Anthony Halstead

Part 3a: Hendrik Franciscus Andriessen: Concerto for Oboe and String Orchestra

Henk Swinnen, oboist; Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra conducted by Thierry Fischer

Part 3b: Hendrik Andriessen: Canzona for ‘cello and orchestra

Michael Müller, ‘cello soloist; Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra conducted by Thierry Fischer

Part 3c: Hendrik Andriessen: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra

Tinta von Altenstadt, violin; Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra conducted by Thierry Fischer

Thursday, February 19, 2026

Spanish French horn ensemble Cornicinum Academicus Chorus; Seattle Trumpet Consort; Canadian ensemble Hannaford Street Silver Band

Part 1: L’udovit Rajter: Hunting Serenade for Five French Horns; Nikolay Tcherepnin: Suite for Four French Horns; Eugène Bozza: Suite for Four French Horns in F; Leopold Mechura: Quartet in B-flat; Franz Meixners: Variations on a Theme by Carl Maria von Weber; Lowell E. Shaw: Frippery in 6 Movements

French horn ensemble Cornicinum Academicus Chorus

Part 2: Leopold Mozart: Fanfare; C.P.E. Bach: March for the Ark; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Divertimento for Two Flutes, Five Trumpets and Timpani K.188; L.J. Ott: Three Fanfares for Two Brass Choirs and Timpani; 12-16. M. Gebauer Premiere Suite of Fanfares; Antonio Diabelli: Heroic Music for Six Trumpets and Timpani; Mozart: Divertimento for Two Flutes, Five Trumpets and Timpani K.187; Richard Wagner: Fanfare No. 1; S.R. Neukumm Three Fanfares: Richard Wagner: Fanfare No. 2: F. Davern Quartet No. 6 for Four Natural Trumpets; Antonin Dvořák: Fanfare; Richard Wagner Fanfare No. 3: M. Epstein: Two Canons for Seven Trumpets; Benjamin Britten: Fanfare for St. Edmundsbury

Seattle Trumpet Consort

Part 3: Godfrey Ridout: Fanfare: Calixa Lavallee: Overture: The Bridal Rose; James P. Clarke: The Lays of the Maple Leaf; J.Scott Irvine: Anniversary Overture; Howard Cable: Ontario Pictures; John Kim Bell: In The Land of Spirits; James Curnow: Jubilation; Howard Cable: Saturday’s Games; Traditional arranged by Howard Cable: The Carnival of Venice; Johnny Cowell: Rollercoaster

Hannaford Street Silver Band

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Monday, February 9, 2026

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

Organ Music of German Classical composers Justin Heinrich Knecht, Leopold Mozart and Johann Ernst Eberlin; Selection of French Romantic organ works; Symphonie IV in F Minor, Op. 13 of Charles-Marie Widor

Part 1: Justin Heinrich Knecht: Die durch ein Donnerwetter unterbrochne Hirtenwonne (The Shepherd’s Bliss Interrupted by a Thunderstorm); Justin Heinrich Knecht and Leopold Mozart: Der Morgan und Die Abend (The Morning and the Night); Justin Heinrich Knecht: Die Auferstehung Jesu (The Resurrection of Jesus)

1736 Fux Organ at the Klosterkirche Fürstenfeld played by Roland Muhr

Part 2: César Franck: Pièce Héroïque; Gabriel Pierné: Three Pieces; Louis Vierne: Clair de Lune, and Toccata; Camille Saint-Saëns: Prelude and Fugue in B major; Leon Boëllman: Suite Gothique; Romance and Finale from Louis Vierne’s Symphony No. 4 for Organ

The Organ at the Cathedral of St. Joseph, Hartford, Connecticut is played by John Rose

Part 3: Charles-Marie Widor: Symphonie IV in F Minor, Op. 13

Olivier Vernet plays the Cavaillé-Coll Organ of the Cathedral St. Croix d’Orleans, France

Tuesday, February 10, 2026

Stabat Mater text settings by three Baroque composers: Girolamo Abos, Giuseppe Tartini, and the Abbe Quirino Gasparini; The choral collection Theatrum Musicum of German Renaissance composer Samuel Capricornus; Two motets of Antonio Vivaldi

Part 1: Girolamo Abos: Stabat Mater; Giuseppe Tartini: Stabat Mater; The Abbe Quirino Gasparini: Stabat

Isabelle Poulenard and Isabelle Desrochers, sopranos; Martin Oro, alto; Bruno Le Levreur, plainchanter; Stradavari on authentic instruments led by Daniel Cuiller

Part 2: Samuel Friedrich Capricornus: Choral collection “Theatrum Musicum”

Le Parlement de Musique led by Martin Gester

Part 3: Antonio Vivaldi: motet Longe mala, unbrae, terrors, RV 629 for contralto, strings and continuo in g minor; O qui coeli terræque serenatis, RV 631, for soprano, strings and continuo in E-flat major

Anke Herrmann, soprano; Laura Polverelli, contralto; Academica Montis Regalis led by Alsseandro De Marchi

Wednesday, February 11, 2026

Baroque composers Francesco Barsanti and George Frederic Handel in Edinburgh, Scotland; Four string orchestra symphonies of the young Felix Mendelssohn; Short sinfonias of Muzio Clementi and Gioacchino Rossini

Part 1: Francesco Barsanti: Op. 3 Concerti Grossi, Nos. 1,2 and 3; George Frederic Handel’s aria Sta nell’ircana pietrosa tana from the opera Alcina, Concerto for French horns in F; and the March in F; Barsanti: Concerto Grosso in D, No. 4 and Concerto Grosso in D, No. 5

Emilie Renard, soloist in the Handel aria, Alec Frank-Gemmill and Joseph Walters, hornists in the Handel works, and Ensemble Marsyas led by Peter Whelan

Part 2: Muzio Clementi: Sinfonia in C, Op. 44; Gioacchino Rossini: Sinfonia “di Bologna”

The Chopin Chamber Orchestra is conducted by Winston Daniel Vogel

Part 3: Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony for strings No. 2 in D; No. 7 in d minor; No. 9 in c minor; and No. 10 in b minor

Ensemble Amati led by Raymond Dessaints

Thursday, February 12, 2026

1990s Summit Digital Recordings of The American Brass Quintet & The Atlantic Brass Quintet

Part 1: The American Brass Quintet: Elizabethan Dances and Ayres with music of John Adson, Thomas Weelkes, Thomas Morely, John Wilbye and several anonymous works; Venitian Canzoni of Gioseffo Guami; Claudio Merulo; Andrea Gabrieli; and Bastiano Chilese; Three Madrigals of Claudio Monteverdi; a Canzon of Giovanni Gabrieli; Fancies on Italian Madrigals, with music of Monteverdi, Luca Marenzio and Orazio Vecchi; Suite of Dances, with music of Thomas Simpson and William Brade; and Fancies, with music of John Ward; Anthony Holborne; Giovanni Coperario; and Gioseppe Giamberti

American Brass Quintet personnel in the recording are Raymond Mase, playing Bb, Eb, and piccolo trumpets; Chris Gekker playing Bb, Eb, piccolo trumpet and flugelhorn; David Wakefield, horn; Michael Powell, alto and tenor trombones; and John D. Rojak, bass trombone

Part 2: The Atlantic Brass Quintet: Georg Phillippe Telemann: Concerto in Bb; Anthony Holborne: Three Elizabethan Dances; Paul Peuerl: Canzon I; Michael Praetorious: Suite from “Terpsichore”; Johann Sebastian Bach: Contrapunctus IV; Victor Ewald Quintet No. 3, Op. 11 in D-flat; Eric Satie: Three Pieces; and Alexander Arutunian: Armenian Scenes

Atlantic Brass Quintet personnel in this recording areJoseph D. Foley and Jeffery Luke, trumpets; Robert Rasmussen; horn; John Faieta, trombone; and John Manning, tuba

Part 3: The American Brass Quintet in original brass music from the 20^th century: Eric Ewazen: Colchester Fantasy, composed in 1987; David Sampson: Morning Music, composed in 1986; Bruce Adolphe: Trisleion, composed in 1990; Robert Dennis: Blackbird Variations, composed in 1987; and David Snow: Dance Movements, composed in 1981

The American Brass Quintet personnel in this recording are Raymond Mase and Chris Gekker, trumpets; David Wakefield, horn; Michael Powell, trombones; and John D. Rojak, bass trombone

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Monday, February 2, 2026

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

Historic Northern Italian organs; Historic organs in Newportbury, Massachusetts

Part 1: Organs from the Lombardi region: The organ at Piacenza in the church of San Maria in music of Padre Davide da Bergamo played by Jos van Immerseel; the organ in Pavia at the church of San Maria del Carmine in music of Padre Davide da Bergamo played by Maurizio Ricci; the organ at Trivolzio in the church of Cornelio e Cipriano in music of Beethoven, Marco Enrico Bozzi and Vencenzo Petrali played by Stef Tuinistra

Part 2: Organs from the Napes and Venice regions: The Brussels-Anderlecht organ at St. Guido Cathedral, Naples in music of Girolamo Frecobaldi played by Peter van Djik; The organ at Pistoia,in the Duomo church in music of Nicolaas Woordhouder and August Heirich Wenck played by Peter van Djik and Stephen Taylor; the Brussels-Anderlecht organ at St. Guido Cathedral in music of Aurelio Bonellia and Gisbert Steenwick played by Peter van Djik; The Aghte-regal organ orginally from Venice in the Brussels Instrument Museum in music of BartelemoTromboncino played by Joris Verdin; the Candide di Cadore organ at San, Maria Assunta church, Venice, in music of Bernardo Pasquini, Baldassare Galuppi and Andrea Lucchesi played by Andrea Marcon; the Tai Cadore organ at San Candido church in Venice in music of Bernardo Pasquini, Mozart, and Baldassare Galuppi played by Leo van Doselaar; the Vincenza organ at San Corona in Venice in music of Vincenzo Petrali and Johannes Bernard van Bree played by Leo van Doselaar

Part 3: The Seven Historic Organs of Newportbury, Massachusets, played by Marian Ruhl Metson: EDWARD LITTLE WHITE: Grand March; Yankee Doodle with Variations; DAVID P. RUHL: Variations, Ein Schifflein sah ich fahren; LEWIS H. JOHNSON: Newburyport Polka – 1834 Joseph Alley / 1889 Hutchings / 1957 Fisk, First Religious Society, Unitarian; ANON.: Flowers of the Forest; GEORGE SHEARING: Amazing Grac; Charles IVES: Variations on America on the 1866 E. & G. G. Hook, Old South Church, Presbyterian; John ZUNDEL: Home Sweet Home (Variations); Johann Christian Heinrich RINCK: Mit sanften Stimmen; THOMAS COMER: Cutter Hamilton Quick Step on the 1863 William Stevens, St. Anna’s Chapel, Episcopal; Pietro A. YON: Humoresque L’organo primitive; BASIL HARWOOD: Communion on Hymn Tune Irish; ARTHUR BIRD: Improvisato on the 1875 Hutchings, Plaisted & Co., Immaculate Conception Church; CHARLES WESLEY: God Save the King with Variations; ANON.: German Waltz; The Downfall of Paris on the1838 Richard Pike Morss, South Meetinghouse, Seabrook; Claude-Benigne BALBASTRE: Marche des Marseillois et l’air Ça-Ira; Louis VIERNE: Prelude from 24 Pieces in Style Libre; ARTHUR CLIFTON: LaFayette’s Welcome March & Quick Step on the 1911 E. W. Lane / 1975 Stuart Organ Co., St. Louis de Gonzague Church; BENJAMIN CARR: Flute Voluntary; ARTHUR FOOTE: Oriental Sketch; DUDLEY BUCK: Concert Variations on The Star-Spangled Banner on the 1867 William Stevens, Belleville Congregational Church

Tuesday, February 3, 2026

Late Renaissance & Baroque Choral Music

Part 1: Jan Pieterzoon Sweelinck: Cantiones Sacre, Volume 1, Non omnis quidicit mihi, Domine; Ecce prandium meum paravi; Ab Oriente venerunt Magi; In te Domine speravi; Diligam te Domine, fortido mea; Beati pauperes spiritu; and Ecce nunc benedicite Dominum

Trinity College Chapel Choir conducted by Richard Marlow

Part 2: Henry Purcell: Royal and ceremonial odes: Arise My Muse, Ode written for Queen Mary’s Birthday, 1690; Ode for Saint Cecelia’s Day 1683 Welcome to All the Pleasures, and the ode for Queen Mary’s Birthday 1689, Now Does the Glorious Day Appear

Soloists and The King’s Consort performing on period instruments lead by Robert King

Part 3: William Boyce: Solomon (serenata, 1742)

Choir and orchestra of The Parley of Instruments conducted by Roy Goodman

Wednesday, February 4, 2026

ate Romantic and Early 20^th Century German Orchestral Works

Part 1: Richard Strauss: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in d minor

Boris Belkin, violinist; Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy

Part 2: Paul Hindemith: Noblissima Visione (complete ballet, Ko-ichiro Yamamoto, trombone); Five Pieces for String Orchestra, Op. 44, No. 4 (Emma McGrath violin)

Seattle Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gerard Schwarz

Part 3: Wilhelm Furtwaengler: Symphony No. 2 in e minor (1945/46)

Estonian National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Neemi Jaarvi

Thursday, February 5, 2026

Empire Brass quintet: Rare LP transcriptions

Part 1: The 1977 Sine Qua Non Analog Sessions

GF Handel: Aria; Palestrina: Ricercare del Primo Tuono; Albinoni: Suite en sol; Peuerl: Canzon No. 1; Pezel: Intrade, Sarabande and Bal; Purcell: King Arthur; des Prez: Heth sold ein meisken garn om win; JS Bach: Art of the Fugue – Contrapuntus No. 9; Fantasie in C; Gabrieli: Canzona per Sonare No. 2; Holbourne: Five Pieces: Marie-Golde; Patienca; The Choise; Last Will and Testament; The New Yere’s Gift; Priuli: Canzona Seconda a 6; Schein: Paduana & Galliard; Byrd: Alleluia, Alleluia; Scheidt: Canzona Bergamasca

Empire Brass Quintet: Rolf Smedvig, trumpet; Charles A. Lewis, trumpet; David Ohanian, French horn; Norman Bolter, trombone; Samuel Pilafian, tuba and euphonium

Part 2: The Digitech Sessions: The First 2 Digital Albums

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767): Sonata in B-flat Major for trumpet, bassoon, and harpsichord: Sonata in c minor for trumpet, bassoon, and harpsichord; Heroic Music

Rolf Smedvig, trumpet; Sherman Walt, bassoon (in Sonatas); Joyce Lindorf, harpsichord

Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000): Sharagan & Fugue, Op. 58; Paul Hindemith (1895-1963): Acht Stücke (Eight Pieces); Oskar Böhme (1870-1938): Sextet in E-flat minor, Op. 30; Antonin Dvorák (1841-1904) – Waltzes Nos. 1&4, Op. 54

Empire Brass Quintet: Rolf Smedvig, trumpet; Charles A. Lewis, flugelhorn/trumpet:David Ohanian, French horn; Donald Sanders, trombone: Samuel Pilafian, tuba; Timothy Morrison, trumpet (Böhme only)

Part 3: Empire Brass Plays Annie (Arranger: John Gale)

Annie; Maybe; Easy Street; You’re Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile; Something Was Missing; N.Y.C; It’s The Hard-Knock Life; I Don’t Need Anything But You; Little Girls; Tomorrow; A New Deal For Christmas; We’d Like To Thank You, Herbert HooverYou Won’t Be An Orphan For Long; I Think I’m Gonna Like It Here; Annie (Reprise)

Empire Brass Quintet: Rolf Smedvig, trumpet; Charles A Lewis, trumpet; David Ohanian, French horn; Mark Lawrence, trombone; J. Samuel Pilafian, tuba

Additional musicians: Derek Smith, piano; Jimmy Young, drums; Jay Berliner, guitar; John Beal, bass; David Carey, percussion

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Monday, January 26, 2026

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

Selections from The Montreal Organ Book with Kenneth Gilbert playing the The Wolff organ in Redpath Hall of McGill University, Montreal, Quebec; Charles-Marie Widor’s Symphony No. 4 for Organ with Olivier Vernet playing the Cavaille-Coll organ at the Cathedral St. Croix d’Orleans, France

Part 1: Livre d’orgue de Montréal 1724 (Montreal Organ Book) Part One

Part 2: Livre d’orgue de Montréal 1724 (Montreal Organ Book) Part Two

Kenneth Gilbert playing the Wolff organ in Redpath Hall of McGill University, Montreal, Quebec

Part 3: Charles-Marie Widor: Symphonie IV in F Minor, Op. 42

Olivier Vernet playing the Cavaille-Coll organ at the Cathedral St. Croix d’Orleans, France

Tuesday, January 27, 2026

Dutch Baroque composer Constantijn Huygens: 1647 collection entitled Pathodia sacra et profana occupati; Three secular cantatas of Johann Sebastian Bach in historic mid 1960s recordings with Rudolf Ewerhart conducting

Part 1: Constantijn Huygens: Pathodia sacra

Anne Grimm, soprano; Wilke te Brummelstrote, mezzo-soprano Nico van der Meel, tenor; Peter Kooij, bass; Leo van Doeselaar, organ; Siebe Henstra, harpsichord, Mike Fentross, theorbo; Mieneke van der Velden, viola da gamba

Part 2: Constantijn Huygens: Pathodia profana

Part 3: Johann Sebastian Bach: Three secular cantatas: Cantata No. 203 “Amore traditore” for bass, harpsichord and continuo

Claus Ocker, bass, with Rudolf Ewerhart, director

Cantata No. 209 “Non se che sia dolore”

Elizabeth Speiser, soprano soloist; Württemberg Chamber Orchestra conducted by Rudolf Ewerhart

Cantata No. 204 ”Ich bin in mir vergnügt” for soprano solo, flute, two oboes, strings and continuo

Elizabeth Speiser, soprano soloist; Württemburg Chamber Orchestra conducted by Rudolf Ewerhart

Wednesday, January 28, 2026

Seconds, Please! Some of my favorite second concerti and symphonies from my personal collection: Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with Claudio Arrau, pianist; Beethoven’s Second Symphony with William Steinberg conducting, a rare recording of Schubert’s Second Symphony with Karl Ristenpart conducting; Tchaikovsky’s Second Piano Concerto with Gary Graffman, pianist; “Little Russian” Second Symphony with Eugene Ormandy conducting

Part 1a: Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat, Op. 19

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

Part1b: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 in in D, Op. 36

William Steinberg conducting the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (1964 Command analog)

Part 2: Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 2 in B-flat, Op. 16

Karl Ristenpart conducting the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra (1967 Checkmate LP analog)

Part 3a: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major, Op. 44

Gary Graffman, pianist; Eugene Ormandy conducts The Philadelphia Orchestra (1965 Columbia analog)

Part 3b: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2 in in c minor, Op. 17 “Little Russian”

Eugene Ormandy conducts The Philadelphia Orchestra (1976 RCA Victor analog)

Thursday, January 29, 2026

Featuring The United States Marine Band conducted by Colonel Timothy Foley: Grand Scenes from Opera; Live in Concert; “Emblems”

Part 1: Richard Wagner (arr. Arthur Seidel): Grand Fantasie from Die Walküre; Giaochino Rossini (trans. Wenzel Sedlak): Overture to William Tell; Jules Massenet (trans. Verne Reynolds) Ballet Music from Le Cid; Pietro Mascagni (trans. Carl Ruggles): “Regina Coeli” from Cavalleria Rusticana; Jerónimo Giménez: Intermezzo from La Boda de Luis Alonso; and Giuseppe Verdi (trans. Donald Patterson): “Le Ballet de la Reine” from Don Carlos

The United States Marine Band conducted by Colonel Timothy Foley

Part 2: Tristan Keuris: Catena: Refrains and Variations for 31 Wind Instruments; Darius Milhaud: Suite français, Op. 248

The United States Marine Band conducted by Colonel Timothy Foley

Part 3: Vincent Persichetti: Symphony for Band (Symphony No. 6), Opus 69; Andrea Gabrieli (trans. Ghedini): Aria della battaglia; Aaron Copland: Emblem; Henry Purcell/arr. Steven Stucky: Funeral Music for Queen Mary; Paul Hindemith: Symphony in B-flat for Band

The United States Marine Band conducted by Colonel Timothy Foley

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Monday, January 19, 2026

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

Organ concerti of Czech Classical composer Frantisek Brixi; Transcriptions of concerti from Vivaldi’s 12-part L’estro armonico by JS Bach; Recital of famous organ encores with French organist Marie-Claire Alain

Part 1: Frantisek Brixi: Two Organ Concerti in in C major; Organ Concerto in D major

Jan Hora playing the organ in the House of Prayer of the Union of Brethren in Prague; Prague Chamber Orchestra conducted by Frantisek Vajnar

Part 2: Johann Sebastian Bach: Vivaldi’s 12-part L’estro armonico string concerti transcribed into concerti for organ:Op. 3 No. 10 in B minor, BWV 596, Concerto Op. 3 in C major, and Op. 3 No. 8 in A minor, BWV 593

Jean Gillou plays the great Kleuker-Steinmeyer organ of the Tonhalle, Zürich

Part 3: Johann Sebastian Bach: Choral BWV 645 “Wachet Auf, Ruft Uns Die Stimme”; Concerto BWV 593 In A Minor After Vivaldi (Allegro); Choral BWV 615 “In Dir Ist Freude”; Choral BWV 639 “Ich Ruf’ Zu Dir, Herr Jesus Christ”; Choral BWV 734 “Nun Freut Euch, Lieben Christen G’ Mein”; Concerto BWV 596 In D Minor After Vivaldi – Largo E Spiccato; and Fugue BWV 578 In G Minor; Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata K288 In D Major – Allegro; Louis-Claude Daquin: Noël No. 10 In G Major; Louis-Nicolas Clérambault: Suite No. 2 In G Minor; Claude Balbastre: Noël In D Major; César Franck: Pastorale in E major; Eugène Gigout: Toccata In B Minor; Johannes Brahms: Choral Prelude No. 10 Op. 122 “Herzlich Tut Mich Verlangen”; Louis Vierne: 3^rd Suite Op. 54, Impromptu; Albert Alain: Scherzo; Jehan Alain: Choral Dorien and Litanies

Marie-Claire Alain playing two organs the 1964 Kern organ at the Cathedral of Notre-Dame of the White Mantles in Paris, and the Cavaillé-Coll organ at the the Cathedral of St-Antoine of the 300, Paris

Tuesday, January 20, 2026

Music of French Baroque composer Jean-Baptiste Lully: Grand motet Miserere (1663); tragic opera Phaëton (1693)

Part 1: Jean-Baptiste Lully: Miserere

Isabelle Desrochers and Dominique Favat, sopranos; Richard Dugay, alto; Hervé Lamy, tenor; and Peter Harvey, bass-baritone; Le Concert Spirituel conducted by Hervé Niquet

Part 2: Jean-Baptiste Lully: Phaëton (Act 1 & beg. Of Act 2)

Part 3: Jean-Baptiste Lully: Phaëton (Concluding Act 2; Act 3-4-5)

Howard Crook as Phaëton; Rachel Vakar as Clymène; Jennifer Smith as Théone; Veronique Gens as Libye; and Gérard Thereul and Epaphus; Ensemble Vocal Sagittarius and Les Musiciens Du Louvre conducted by Marc Minkowski

Wednesday, January 21, 2026

Czech Classical composer Johann Baptist Vanhal: Two sets of his symphonies framing his choral Missa Solemnis

Part 1: Jan Baptist Vanhal: Symphonies in A major, in g minor and in D major

Prague Chamber Orchestra conducted by Oldrich Vlcek

Part 2: Jan Baptist Vanhal: Missa Solemnis in C

Soloists, Tower Voices of New Zealand; James Tibbles, organist; Aradia Ensemble conducted by Uwe Grodd

Part 3: Jan Baptist Vanhal: Four symphonies: d minor, A major, g minor and F major

Heidelberg Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Thomas Kalb

Thursday, January 22, 2026

The art of the Baroque trumpet with Niklas Eklund; Horn concerti of Classical era composer Jan Vaclav Stich-Punto; Bassoon concerti of Classical composer Franz Danzi

Part 1: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in C, RV 537 for two trumpets, strings and continuo; Vivaldi: Combatta un gentil cor from the opera “Tito Manlio”; Arcangelo Corelli: Sonata in D for trumpet, two violins and continuo; Marc’Antonio Ziani: Trombe d’Ausonia from the opera “La Flora” for soprano, trumpet and continuo; Giuseppe Torelli; Concerto in D for trumpet, strings and continou; Tomaso Albinoni: Vien con nuovo orribil Guerra from the opera “La Staira” for soprano, two trumpets, two oboes, strings and continuo; Torelli: Sonata in D for trumpet, strings and continuo; Baldassare Galuppi: All tromba dell Fama for soprano, trumpet, strings and continuo; Alessandro Stradella: Sinfonia avanti il Barcheggio for trumpet, two violins and continuo; Vivaldi: Agitata da due venti from the opera “Griselda” RV718 for soprano, strings and continuo; and Petrinio Franceschini: Sonata in D for two trumpets, strings and continuo

Niklas Eklund, solo Baroque trumpet; Maria Keohane, soprano; Jeffery Segal, Baroque trumpet; Wasa Baroque Ensemble led by Gabriel Bania and Edward H. Tarr

Part 2: Jan Vaclav Stich-Punto: Concerto No. 5 in F; Concerto No. 7 in E-flat; and Concerto No. 10 in F

Vladimira Klaska-Bouchlova, French horn; Prague Chamber Orchestra conducted by Frantisek Vajnar

Part 3: Franz Danzi: Four Bassoon Concerti

Albrecht Holder, bassoonist; Neubranderbuger Philharmonie conducted by Nicholas Pasquet