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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, August 24, 2026

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

Concerti Edition: Historic recordings of Four Violinists from the Golden Age of Vinyl

Part 1a: Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 61

Alan Loveday, violin; Royal Danish Orchestra conducted by George Hurst

Part 1b: Eduard Lalo: Violin Concerto in F, Op. 20

Miriam Solovieff, violin; Vienna State Opera Orchestra conducted by Henry Swoboda

Part 2: Johannes Brahms Violin Concerto in D, Op. 77

Endre Wolf, violin; London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Adrian Boult

Part 3a: Peter Tchaikovsky: Concerto in D for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 35

Hyman Bress, violin; London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Adrian Boult

Part 3b: Pablo de Sarasate: Ziguernerweisen, Op. 20

Hyman Bress, violin; London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Adrian Boult

 

Tuesday, August 25, 2026

Choral Edition

Part 1: William Byrd: Mass for 3 voices

The Tallis Scholars directed by Peter Phillips

Part 2: Pelham Humfrey: Verse Anthems O give thanks unto the lord; O Lord my God; Have mercy upon me, O God; By the waters of Babylon; Lift up your heads; Hear, O heavens; Hear my prayer, O God; Hear my crying, O God; Like as the hart

Donna Deam, soprano; Drew Minter, countertenor; Rogers Covey-Drump and John Potter, tenors; and David Thomas, bass; Choir of Clare College, Cambridge; Romanesca on period instruments led by Nicholas McGegan

Part 3: Franz Schubert: Mass in A-flat major D678; Mass in C D452

Lucia Popp and Helen Donath, sopranos; Brigette Fassbaender, mezzo-soprano; Adolf Dallpozza, tenor; Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone; Chorus and Symphony Orchestra of the Bavarian Radio conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch

 

Wednesday, August 26, 2026

Orchestral Edition

Part 1: Antonio Caldara: 12 Sinfonias

Orquestra Barroca de la Universidad de Salamanca conducted by Angel Sampedro

Part 2: Antonio Vivaldi: Eight String Concerti

I Virtuosi dell’Ensemble di Venizia

Part 3: Georg Caspar Schürmann: Suite from the opera Ludovicus Pious; Phillip Heinrich Erlebach: Overture No. 4; Reinhard Keiser: Sinfonia from the opera The Ridiculous Prince Jodelet; George Frederic Handel: Suite of Dances from Almira

 Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

 

Thursday, August 27, 2026

Winds Edition

Part 1: Igor Stravinsky: Symphonies of Wind Instruments; Aaron Copland: Suite from the 1948 film The Red Pony; David Rakowski: Ten Of A Kind for Clarinet Section and Wind Ensemble; Joaquin Rodrigo; Adagio para Orquesta de Instrumentos de Viento; Lento maestoso and Finale from Symphony No. 2 of Charles Ives (transcription by Jonathan Elkus)

The United States Marine Band conducted by Colonel Timothy W. Foley

Part 2: Morton Gould: The Star-Spangled Banner (1976); William Schuman: American Hymn (1981)

The United States Marie Band conducted by Colonel Jason K. Fettig

Part 3: Michael Gandalfi: Flourishes and Meditations on a Renaissance Theme; Percy Grainger: In A Nutshell (transcribed for band by Master Segeant Donald Patterson); Scott Lindroth Passage: Gustav Holst: Suite from The Perfect Fool, Op. 39 (transcribed by Dale Harpman); William Bolcolm: First Symphony for Band

The United States Marine Band conducted by Colonel Michael J. Colburn

Previous Programs on CHC

Monday, August 17, 2026

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

Concerti Edition

Part 1: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in C RV 559 for 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, strings and continuo; Concerto in a minor RV 497 for bassoon, strings and continuo; Concerto in d minor for 2 violins, 2 recorders, 2 oboes, bassoon, strings and continuo; Concerto in C RV 534 for two oboes, strings and continuo; Concerto in B-flat RV 548 for oboe, violin, strings and continuo; Concerto in d minor RV 454 for oboe, strings and continuo; Concerto in C for 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, strings and continuo

Soloists and Orchestra Barocco Zefira led by Alfredo Bernadini

Part 2: Georg Philipp Telemann: Suite in a minor for recorder and orchestra; Concerto in F for recorder, bassoon and orchestra; and Concerto in a minor for recorder, viola da gamba and orchestra

Soloists and Collegium Pro Musica performing on period instruments conducted by Stefano Bagliano

Part 3a: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto I in D, K. 107

Ronald Brautigam, fortepianist; Die Kölner Akademie conducted by Michael Alexander Willens

Part 3b: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466

Seong-Jin Cho, pianist; The Chamber Orchestra of Europe conducted by Jannick Nézet-Séguin

Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Choral Edition

Part 1: Domenico Zipoli (1688-1726): incomplete Mass in F for Soloists, Chorus, Strings and basso continuo (missing the Benedictus and Agnus Dei); soloists Nani Landau, soprano; Angles Abad, alto; Robert Britos, tenor; Leo Viola, cello; Mario Videla, organ; Cantoria of the Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help; and chamber orchestra conducted by Monsignor Jesús Gabriel Segade; Sonata in A for Violin and basso continuo; Cantata for alto solo and basso continuo, with Margarita Zimmerman, alto; Claudio Baraviera, cello; and Mario Videla, keyboard

Part 2: Esteban Salas (1725-1803): Salve Regina in d minor; Salve Regina in c minor; Mass in g minor; Requiem Mass

Exaudi Chorus of Cuba and the Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos directed by Maria Felicia Peréz

Part 3: Esteban Salas: Cantatas: Qué dulce melodía; Resuenen armoniosos; Vayan unas especies; Pues la fábrica de un templo; Respirad, o mortales; Oigan una nueva; Eschuchen de concento

Exaudi Choir of Cuba conducted by Maria Felicia Peréz

 

Wednesday, August 10, 2026

Orchestral Edition

Part 1: Antonio Vivaldi: Sinfonia In F-major RV 703 to Bajazet; Sinfonia In C-major RV 725 to L’Olimpiade; Sinfonia In G-major RV 739 to La Verita’ In Cimento; Violin Concerto In C-minor “Amato Bene” RV 761; Sinfonia In C-major RV 729 to Ottone In Villa; Concerto In F-major RV 571 for Violin, 2 Oboes, 2 Horns, and Bassoon; Sinfonia In C-major RV 709 to La Dorilla; Sinfonia In C-major RV 711 to Il Farnace; Sinfonia In G-major RV 149; Concerto In D-minor RV 128 for 2 violins and viola; Sinfonia In C-major RV 717 to Il Giustino

L’Arte Dell’Arco directed by Christopher Hogwood.

Part 2: Ludwig van Beethoven: Coriolan Overture, Op. 62; Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b; Egmont Overture, Op. 84

Herbert von Karajan conducting The Philharmonia Orchestra (1953 English Columbia analog mono)

Part 3: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Waltz and Polonaise from the opera Eugen Onegin; Marche Slav, Op. 31, and Capriccio italien, Op. 45; Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32

Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy (1965 Columbia Masterworks; 1972/1976 RCA Victor, all analog)

 

Thursday, August 10, 2026

Winds Edition

Part 1a: Franz Paul Lachner (1803-1890): Septet in E-flat major (1824)

Part 1b: Robert Fuchs (1847-1927): Clarinet Quintet in E-flat, Op. 102 (1914)

Villa Musica Ensemble

Part 2: Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartet in E-flat, Op. 12 (arr. Watson); William Grant Still (1895 – 1978): Lyric Quartet, subtitled “Musical Portraits of Three Friends” (arr. Watson); George Gerswin (1898-1938): Three Preludes for Piano (arr. Watson)

Ken Watson and Trevor Mowry, oboes; Tessa Vinson, English horn; Chris McFarland, bassoon

Part 3: Robert Spittal (b. 1963): Consort for Ten Winds (2005); Leslie Bassett (1923-2016): Wind Music: Five Movements for Wind Sextet (1975); Tim Jansa (b. 1974): Morning Sides (2010); Esther W. Ballou (1915-1973: Suite for Winds (1957); Daniel Pinkham (1923-2006): Five Times Two (2004)

The Atlanta Winds conducted by Robert J. Ambrose

 

Previous Programs on CHC

Monday, August 10, 2026

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

Organ Edition

Part 1: Giovanni Battista Pescetti: Organ Sonata in c minor; Johann Pachelbel: Ciaccona in d minor. Jan Pieterzoon Sweelinck: Unter der Linten grüne; John Stanley: Voluntary in C, Op. 5 No. 1

Peter Hurford plays the 1976 KB Blank organ in the Bethlehemkerk, Papendrecht, Holland

Part 2: Louis Vierne: Fantasy Pieces, Op. 53; Four selections from the 24 Pieces in Free styles, Books 1 and 2, Op. 31; Organ Symphony No. 6, Op. 59

Janice Beck plays the 1992 Casavant Op. 3689 organ at Bel Air Presbyterian Church, Los Angeles

Part 3: Louis Marchand: Grand Dialogue; Johann Sebastian Bach: Allein Gott in der Höh sei Her, BWV 662; Michaelangelo Rossi: Toccata Setima; Johannes Brahms: Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele, Op. 122, No. 5; César Franck: Prelude, Fugue and Variations, Op. 18; JS Bach: Prelude and Fugue in E-flat, BWV 552; Joyce Jones: Improvisation on the Japanese folksong Aka tonba (Red Dragonfly); Two works of Charles-Marie Wider: Andante from the Symphonie gothique, No. 9, Op. 70; and Toccata from Symphony No. 5, Op. 42

 Barbara Bruns plays the two organs installed at Christ Church in Andover, Massachusetts; the 2012 CB Fisk, Op 137 grand organ and the 2020 CB Fisk Op.157 portativ organ

Tuesday, August 11, 2026

Choral Edition

Part 1: Giovanni Perluigi Palestrina: Song of Songs: No. 19 Adiuro vos filiae Ierusalem; No. 20, Caput eius aureum optimum; No. 21, Dilectus meus descendit in hortum suum; Missa Ave Regina caelorum

The Sixteen conducted by Harry Christophers

Part 2: Jan Baptist Verrijt: Flammae divinae, Op. 5

Consort of Musicke led by Anthony Rooley

Part 3: Reinhard Keiser: St Mark Passion “Jesus Christus ist um unsrer Missetat willen verwundet” (ca. 1717)

Parthenia Vocal and Parthenia Baroque conducted by Christian Brembeck

Wednesday, August 12, 2026

Orchestral-Concerti Edition

Part 1: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Violin in g minor BWV 1056R Concerto for Three Violins in D BWV 1064R

Isabelle Faust, soloist in the Concert BWV 1052R; Muriel Cantoreggi and Christoph Poppen, violinists, in BWV 1064R, accompanied by the Bach-Collegium Stuttgart conducted by Helmut Rilling

Part 2: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: (Bassett) Clarinet concerto in A, K. 622; Bassoon Concerto in B-flat K. 191; Concerto for Oboe in C K. 314

Erich Hoeprich on basset clarinet; Dennis Godburn on bassoon; Marc Schachman on oboe

Orchestra of the Old Fairfield Academy conducted by Thomas Crawford

Part 3: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Flute in G, K.313; Concerto for Flute in D, K. 314; Concerto for Flute and Harp in C, K. 299

Sandra Miller, flute; Victoria Blake playing an 1831 Domeny of Paris 42-string single action harp Orchestra of the Old Fairfield Academy conducted by Thomas Crawford

 

Thursday, August 13, 2026

Brass Edition

Part 1: Georg Philipp Telemann: Concerti No. for Three Clarino trumpets; Orlando di Lasso: Sicut Rosa; Henry Purcell: Symphony from Act IV of The Fairy Queen; Petronio Franeschini: Sonata in D for two solo trumpets; Orlando di Lasso: Fulgebunt justi; Giuseppe Torelli: Sinfonia á 4; Michael Praetorius: Gelobet seist du Jesu Christ and Vom Himmel Hoch; Henry Purcell: Symphony from Act IV of King Arthur; Johann Vierdanck: Capriccio No. IV and No. V á 3 cornetti; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in C for two trumpets

Trumpeters Barbara Butler and Charles Geyer along with Jeff D. Biancalana and Jeffery Hickey; Music of the Baroque Orchestra conducted by Thomas Wikman.

Part 2: Tomaso Albinoni: Concerto in D, Op. 7 No. 6; George Frederick Handel: Concerto No. 3 in g minor; Georg Philipp Telemann Concerto in B; Tomaso Albinoni: Concerto in F; Pietro Baldassare: Sonata No. 1 in F; Jean Baptiste Loiellet: Sonata in C; Roberto Valentino: Sonata in F

Joachim Schäfer, trumpet; Frank Walther, alto trombone; Bratislava Chamber Orchestra conducted by Anton Popovich

Part 3: Ferdinand David: Concertino in E-flat for Trombone and Orchestra, Op. 4; Ernst Sachse: Concertino in B-flat for Trombone and Orchestra; Friedebald Gräfe: Concert Piece in B-flat for Trombone and Orchestra; Eugen Reiche Concerto No. 2 in A for Trombone and Orchestra

Jürgen Hensel, trombonist; Berlin Ensemble conducted by Heinz Fricke

Previous Programs on CHC

Monday, August 3, 2026

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

 Organ Edition

Part 1: Passacaglia and Fugue in c minor, BWV 582, the Pastorale in F, BWV 590, The Prelude-Fantasia and Fugue in g minor, BWV 542, known as the Great, the Prelude and Fugue in a minor, BWV 543, the Prelude and Fugue in b minor, BWV 544, Prelude and Fugue in C, BWV 545

E. Power Biggs playing the Flenthrop organ at the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University (1964 and 1971 analog)

Part 2: Clavier-Übung III (German Organ Mass)

Carl B. Staplin playing the Dobson Op. 61 organ at Faith Lutheran Church, Des Moines, Iowa; Faith Lutheran Church Chancel Choir conducted by Eric Dale Knapp

Part 3: Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C, BWV 564; Partita on Sei gegrüset, Jesu gütig

Jonathan Biggers, organist, on the 1992 Fritts organ at Arizona State University

Tuesday, August 4, 2026

Choral Edition

Part 1: Georg Philipp Telemann: “Die Auferstehung und Himmelfahrt Jesu” (The Resurrection and Ascension of Jesus), Telemann-Werke Verzeichnis 6

Soloists; Rheinische Kantorei; Das Kleine Konzert performing on period instruments conducted by Herman Max

Part 2: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Die Auferstehung und Himmelfahrt Jesu (The Resurrection and Ascension of Jesus)

Soloists; La Petite Bande on period instruments, led by Sigiswald Kujken

Part 3: Johann Sebastian Bach: Wahrlich, wahrlich, ich sage euch (Truly, truly I say to you), BWV 86; Bisher habt ihr nichts gebeten in meinem Namen (Until now you have asked for nothing in My name), BWV 87

The Bach Ensemble conducted by Helmut Rilling

Wednesday, August 5, 2026

Orchestral Edition

Part 1: Antonin Dvorak: Symphony No. 1 in c minor “Bells of Zlonice”

Czech Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Vaclav Neumann (1972 analog)

Part 2: Zdenek Fibich: Symphony No. 3

Brno State Philharmonic conducted by Jiri Belholavek (1981 digital)

Part 3: Bedrich Smetana: Ma Vlast

Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jaroslav Krombohlk

 

Thursday, August 6, 2026

Wind Ensemble Edition

Part 1: Rejouissance (Fantasia On “Ein Feste Burg”) by James Curnow, Rolling Thunder by Henry Filmore, Concert Moods for Trumpet by Chief Musician Bryan Kidd, with soloist Chief Musician Robert Birch; Suite Francais by Darius Milhaud; Wedding Dance from “Hasseneh” by Jacques Press; Pastorale by Clifton Wiliams; Song and Dance by Urban F. Carvalho, with Dale Underwood, alto sax soloist; The Chimes of Liberty by Edwin Franco Goldman; Swedish Rhapsody No. 1, Op. 19 by Hugo Alfven; Philip Sparkes’ Jubilee Overture

The US Navy Concert Band conducted by Commander Philip Howard Field.

Part 2: Marche Hongroise of Hector Berlioz; Sir William Walton’s Crown Imperial; March from Symphonic Metamorphosis by Paul Hindemith; Die Meistersinger by Richard Wagner; Mars from The Planets by Gustav Holst; Cakewalk Suite by Hershey Kay; The Purple Carnival by Harry J. Alford; The Sinfonians by Clifton Williams; Valdres by Johanes Hannsen; St. Julien by A.W.Hughes; Hot Trombone by Harry J. Alford; St. Louis Blues by W.C. Handley

USAF Tactical Air Command Band, Langley Air Force Base, conducted by Major Lowell E. Graham

Part 3: Aaron Copland: An Outdoor Overture; Paul Creston: Celebration Overture

The United States Air Force Band conducted by Lt. Col. Lowell E. Graham