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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, June 8, 2026

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

Concerti Edition

Part 1: Frederic Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1

Gina Bachauer, pianist; London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Antal Dorati (1963 Mercury analog)

Part 2a: Robert Schumann: Introduction and Allegro in d minor, Op. 134

Rudolf Serkin, pianist; Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

Part 2b: Johannes Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 in d minor, Op 15

Rudolf Serkin, pianist; Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

Part 3a: Peter Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in b minor, Op. 23

Mikhail Rudy, pianist; Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Mariss Jansons

Part 3b: Sergei Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 1 in c minor, Op. 18

Mikhail Rudy, pianist; Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Mariss Jansons

 

Tuesday, June 9, 2026

Choral Edition

Part 1: Northern Dutch Renaissance Choral Music: Johannes Ciconia (ca. 1335-1411): Gloria; Guillamme Dufay (ca. 1400-1474): Ave Regina & Alma Redemptorius mater; Josquin Des Prez (1445-1521): Tu solus qui facis mirabila; Jacob Obrecht (1450-1505): Salve Regina; Pierre de la Rue (ca. 1460-1518): O salutaris hostia; Adrian Willeart (1490-1562): Pater Noster; Jacobus Clemens non Papa (ca. 1510-1556): Carole magnus eras; Cipriano de Rore (1516-1565): Datemi pace; Hubert Waelrant (1517-1595): Musciens qui chantez; Jacobus de Kerle (1531-1591): Suscipiant, Domine; and Orlando Lassus (1532-1594): Jubilate Deo, Io to voria, and Tristis est anima mea

The Netherlands Chamber Choir conducted by Paul Van Nevel

Part 2: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621): Psalm 150; Psalm 33; Psalm 53; Hodie Christus natus est; and Te Deum laudamus with Peter Phillips conducting; Psalm 148; Ab Oriente; and Oraison Dominicale with Ton Koopman conducting; and De profundis conducted by William Christie

Netherlands Chamber Choir and instrumentalists in newly republished editions                                                              

Part 3: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Diligam te Domine; Psalm 109; Tanto tempore vobiscum; Psalm 77; Che giova posseder; Yeux qui guidez mon ame; Dolcissimo ben mio; O Domine, Jesu Christe; Psalm 114; Timor Domini; Mein junges laben hat ein end’; Qual vive Salamandra

The Netherlands Chamber Choir conducted by Paul van Nevel

 

Wednesday, June 10, 2026

Orchestral Edition

Part 1: Franz Paul Lachner: Symphony No. 5, Op. 52 “Passionata”

Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra of Košice conducted by Paul Robinson

Part 2: Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 (original 1876-1878 version edited by Robert Haas)

Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gunter Wand (1974 Harmonia Mundi analog)

Part 3: Bohuslav Martinů: Symphony No. 5

Bamberg Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jakub Hrůša

 

Thursday, June 11, 2026

Wind Ensemble Edition

Part 1a: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Wind Serenade No. 11 in E flat, K 375

Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble

Part 1b: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Wind Serenade No. 12 in c minor, K 388

Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble

Part 2: Ignaz Pleyel: Octet in B-flat; Sextet in E-flat; Sextet in B-flat; Octet in E-flat

Consortium Classicum performs on period instruments

Part 3a: Charles Gonoud: “Petite Symphonie” in B-flat for Nine Winds

Münchner Bläserakademie led by Alexander Brezina

Part 3b: Antonín Dvořák: Serenade for 10 Winds in d minor, Op. 44

Münchner Bläserakademie led by Alexander Brezina

 

Previous Programs on CHC

Monday, June 1, 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, June 2, 2026

Choral Edition: Concert of Renaissance, Classical and Romantic choral masterworks

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, June 3, 2026

Orchestral Edition:

Sinfonias of Antonio Caldara; String Concerti of Antonio Vivaldi; Music from Baroque Opera in Hamburg

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, June 4, 2026

Wind Ensemble Edition: The United States Marine Band: Symphonies of Wind Instruments

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, May 25, 2026

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

Concerti Edition

Part 1: Giuseppe Tartini (1692-1770): Concerto GT Catalog no. 291 in D for flute and strings; Concerto GT Catalog no. 292 in D for flute and strings; Concerto GT Catalog No. 293 in G for flute and strings; and Concerto GT Catalog No. 294 in D for flute and strings

Marzio Conti, baroque flute; Accademia Strumentale Italiana led by Giorgio Bernasconi

Part 2: Tomaso Albinoni: Concerto Op. 7 No. 12 in C for trumpet and organ, originally for oboe; GF Handel: Concerto No 2 in B for trumpet and organ, originally for oboe; Petronio Francescini: Sonata in D for two trumpets; Johann Wilhelm Hertel: Concerto in G for trumpet and organ, originally for oboe; GF Handel: Suite No. 3 in G for trumpet and organ, from Water Music; Georg Philipp Telemann: Fantasie in A for trumpet, originally for flute; Francesco Manfredini: Concerto in D for two trumpets and organ

Joachim Schäfer, piccolo trumpet; Uwe Komischke, second trumpet; Matthias Eisenberg playing the Thomas-Jann organ in the St. Martinskirche at Neinberg/Weser, Germany

Part 3: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791): Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra in E-flat, K. 365; the Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra, K. 242; the Fugue for two pianos in c minor, K. 426; and the Adagio and Fugue in c minor, K. 546, for two violins, viola and double bass

Duo Crommelynck, pianists; Orchestra Da Camera di Padova e Del Venuto conducted by Bruno Giuranna

Tuesday, May 26, 2026

Choral Edition

Part 1a: Claudio Monteverdi (baptized May 15, 1567-1643): Eighth Book of Madrigals (1638) – Madrigals of Love and War, Part 1 (sung in Italian): As by Heaven guided; The Battle between Tancredi and Clorinda; The Ballet of the Ingrate Women

Soloists and The Consort of Musicke are led by Anthoney Rooley

Part 2: Eighth Book of Madrigals (1638) – Madrigals of Love and War, Part 2 (sung in Italian): Let others sing of Mars; While lovely Angioletta; I burn with love; Whether the sea is calm; Nymph who barefoot; Sweetest nightingale; He who wants a happy heart; Lament of the nymph; Why do you run away, O Phyllis; Do not go away, coquette; Come, you charming shepherd-lads; Sweet bird

Soloists and The Consort of Musick are led by Anthony Rooley

Part 3: Eighth Book of Madrigals (1638) – Madrigals of Love and War, Part 3 (sung in Italian): Let others sing of Love; Now, while the sky; The insidious enemy surrounds

Soloists and The Consort of Musick are led by Anthony Rooley

 

Wednesday, May 27, 2026

Orchestral Edition

Part 1a: François Francœur (1698-1787): Suite of Sinfonias extracted from the various airs composed for the wedding celebrations of the Count of Artois, the future Charles the Tenth, and Marie-Thérése of Savoy in November 1773

Ensemble Stradivaria performing on period instruments conducted by Daniel Cuiller

Part 1b: Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764): Suite from Les Indes galantes (ballet héroïque)

Ensemble Stradivaria performing on period instruments conducted by Daniel Cuiller

Part 2: Antoine Mahaut (1719-ca.1785): Sinfonia No 1 in F for strings and continuo; the Sinfonia Op. 4 No. 4 for strings and continuo; the Sinfonia No. 5 in D for strings and continuo; a Concerto in D for flute, strings and continuo; Sinfonia Op. 11 No. 6 in A for strings and continuo

Camarata Leodiensis is led by Hubert Schoonbroodt; Baudoin Giaua, flutist in the Concerto

Part 3: Christoph(er) Ernst Friedrich Weyse (1774-1842): Symphony No. 1 in g minor; Symphony No. 7 in e-flat major

Concerto Copehagen performing on period instruments led by Lars Urlick Mortensen

 

Thursday, May 28, 2026

Brass Ensemble Edition – Empire Brass

Part 1: Mozart: Overture To The Impresario, K.486; the Allegro and Allegro vivace from The Abduction From The Seraglio, K.384; Rondo Alla Turka (From Piano Sonata No.11, K331); Contradanse, K.101; The Sleighride From The German Dances, K.605; Adagio In B-Flat Major, K.411; Sonata In C Major, K.545; Overture To The Marriage Of Figaro, K.492; Kyrie From Requiem, K.626; Rondo: Allegro From Quintet In E-Flat Major For Horn & Strings, K.407; March In C Major, K.408; Overture To The Abduction From The Seraglio, K.384; Alleluia From Exsultate, Jubilate, K.165; and Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, K.525

Personnel in this recording are Rolf Smedvig and Jeffery Curnow, trumpets with Matt Carson, Gary Peterson and Andrew Roe, assistant trumpets; Eric Ruske, horn; Scott A. Hartman, trombone with Douglas Wright, assistant trombone; and Samuel Pilafian, tuba, with Ken Amis, assistant tuba.

Part 2: Sevilla by Isaac Albéniz; La Fille Aux Cheveux De Lin by Claude Debussy; Miller’s Dance by Manuel De Falla; Movement II from Concierto De Aranjuez by Joaquín Rodrigo; Seguiriya by Joaquin Turina; Prélude From Suite Bergamasque by Debussy; La Marchande De Fleurs by Turina; Piece in the form of a Habañera by Maurice Ravel; Des Pas Sur La Neige by Debussy; Valses Nobles Et Sentimentales (Part I) by Ravel; Oriental From Danzas Españolas by Enrique Granados; Sarabande by Debussy; Fiesta De Las Calderas by Turina; Pour Invoquer Pan by Debussy; and Jolie Fille – La Moeita Del Barrio and Danza From Jardin Oriental by Turina

Personnel in this recording are Rolf Smedvig and Jeffery Curnow, trumpets; Eric Ruske, horn; Scott A. Hartman, trombone; and Samuel Pilafian, tuba, with Richard Jenson, percussion and Edward Flower, guitar

Part 3: Aram Khachaturian: Sabre Dance; Camille Saint Saëns: Danse Bacchanale from Samson and Delilah; George Bizet: Farandole; Dmitri Shostakovich: Festive Overture; George Bizet: Aragonaise from Carmen; Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov: Procession of The Sardar from Caucasian Sketches; Gabriel Fauré: Pie Jesu from Requiem; and Georges Enesco: Romanian Rhapsody No. 1

Personnel on this recording are Rolf Smedvig and Jeffery Curnow, trumpets; Eric Ruske, horn; Scott A. Hartman, trombone; and Samuel Pilafian, tuba

 

Previous Programs on CHC

Monday, May 11, 2026

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

GF Handel: Four Organ Concerti (1965 Historic Recordings); Poulenc Organ Concerto; Organ Showpieces from St. Paul’s Cathedral

Part 1: George Frederick Handel Concerto for Organ and Orchestra, Op. 4 No.3; Concerto No. 9 in B-flat, Op. 7, No. 3; Concerto No. 11 in g minor, Op. 7 No. 5; Concerto No. 14 in A Rudolf Ewerhart playing the Trinity Organ by Karl Joseph Riepp in Ottobueren, Bavaria, with Collegium Aureum performing on period instruments (1965 analog LP transcription)

Part 2: Francis Poulenc: Organ Concerto in g minor

George Malcolm playing the organ at St. John’s Chapel, Cambridge

Academy of St.-Martin-In-The-Fields conducted by Iona Brown

Part 3: Herbert Murrill; Carillon; Max Reger: Toccata in d minor, Op. 59, No. 5 & Fugue in d minor, Op. 5, No. 6; flor Peeters: Aria, Op. 51; Theodore Dubois: Toccata; Max Reger: Benedictus, Op. 59, No. 9; Cesar Franck: Choral No. 3 in a minor; Jean Langlais: “Te Deum”; Louis Vierne: Carillon de Westminster

Andrew Lucas plays the organ at St. Paul’s Cathedral, London

Tuesday, May 12, 2026

Beethoven Missa Solemnis (1965 Historic recording); Bruckner Requiem & Psalm 146 (1972 LP transcriptions)

Part 1: Ludwig van Beethoven: Missa solemnis in D major, Op. 123

Leonore Kirschstein, soprano; Jeanne Deroubaix contralto; Peter Schreier, tenor; Günther Morbach, bass; the Gürzenich-Orchester Köln and Gürzenich Chor Köln conducted by Günter Wand

Part 2: Anton Bruckner: Requiem in d minor

Soloists, Laubacher Kantorei and Instrumental-Ensemble Werner Keltsch conducted by Hans Michael Beuerle

Part 3: Anton Bruckner: Psalm 146

Hans-Sachs-Chor; Lehrergesangverein Nürnberg; Nürnberger Symphoniker conducted by Wolfgang Riedelbauch

 

Wednesday, May 13, 2026

Records & Reel Tapes I Grew Up With

Part 1: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F, Op. 68 “Pastorale”

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy (LP transcription)

Part 2: Hector Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

Eugene Ormandy conducting The Philadelphia Orchestra (1961 reel-to-reel tape)

Part 3: Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat

The New Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Otto Klemperer (1967 reel-to-reel tape)

 

Thursday, May 14, 2026

Armed Forces Band Series: US Marine Band; US Coast Guard Chamber Players; USAF Band of the Golden West

Part 1: “From The Keyboard” transcriptions: Toccata and Fugue in d minor, BWV 565 of Johann Sebastian Bach, transcribed by Staff Sergeant Ryan Nowlin; Sibling Revelry, written in 2004 by David Rakowski or keyboard and arranged for winds by the composer; Lento assai from Symphonic Dances, Op 45 by Sergei Rachmaninoff transcribed by Paul Lavender; The Engulfed Cathedral of Claude Debussy transcribed by Merlin Patterson; and Pictures At An Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky, transcribed from the Ravel orchestration by Paul Lavender

US Marine Band conducted by Co. Michael J. Colburn

Part 2: Richard Strauss: Suite in B-flat for 13 Wind Instruments, Op. 4 (1884)

US Coast Guard Band Chamber Players

Part 3: “First Flight”: Centennial Prelude of Jeremy Martin; Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines by Ron Goodwin, arr. by George Roumanis; Daedalus and Icarus from the suite “Through Countless Halls of Air” by F. Francis Macbeth; The Saoring Hawk by Timothy Mahr; King O’ The Clouds of George W. Hespe; An American Ode by George Roumanis; Eagle Squadron by Kenneth J. Alford; First Flight by Gregory W Yasinitsky; The Right Stuff by Bill Conti, arr. by Jim Curnow; Knights of the Air by Frank Frank

The USAF Band of the Golden West conducted by Major Douglas Monroe

 

Previous Programs on CHC

Monday, May 4, 2026

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

Baroque and Late Romantic Masters: Dietrich Buxtehude; Johann Pachelbel; Charles-Marie Widor

Part 1: Dieterich Buxtehde: Praeludium D major: Nun Bitten Wir Den Heiligen Geist; Mensch, Willt Du Leben Seliglich; Gelobet Seist Du, Jesu Christ; Toccata in G Major; Kommt Her Zu Mir, Spricht Gottes Sohn; Praeludium in G Minor; Es Ist Das Heil Uns Kommen Her; Puer Natus In Bethlehem; Praeludium C Major; Ach Herr, Mich Armen Sünder; Passacaglia in D Minor; Nun Komm, Der Heiden Heiland; Toccata in F Major; Von Gott Will Ich Nicht Lassen; Canzonetta in A Minor; Praeludium in A minor

Nicholas Danby plays the organ at St. Laurents, Alkmar, Holland

Part 2: Johann Pachelbel: Präludium, Fuga Und Ciacona in D minor; Nun Komm, Der Heiden Heiland; Meine Seele Erhebet Den Herren; Magnificat-Fuga; Gelobet Seist Du, Jesu Christ; Vom Himmel Hoch, Da Komm Ich Her, settings 1 & 2; Toccata In F; Wie Schön Leuchtet Der Morgenstern; Ciacona In F minor; Partita: Christus, Der Ist Mein Leben; Präludium Und Fuga In C minor; Toccata Und Ricercare In C minor

Werner Jacob plays the 1833 Joseph Callinet organ in Mollau, Alsace

Part 3: Charles-Marie Widor: Symphonie gothique, opus 70 (1895)

Joseph Nolan plays the Cavaillé-Coll organ of La Madeliene, Paris

Tuesday, May 5, 2026

Early, Middle and Late Romantic Choral Works

Part 1: Franz Schubert: Kyrie in B-flat, D. 45; Kyrie in d minor, D49; Mass in F, D105; Mass in G, D167

Lucia Popp and Helen Donath, sopranos; Brigette Fassbender, mezzo-soprano; Adolf Dallapozza and Peter Schreier, tenors; Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone; Chorus and Symphony Orchestra of the Bavarian Radio conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch

Part 2: Johannes Brahms: Liebeslieder Waltzes, Op. 52

Monteverdi Choir and soloists conducted by John Eliot Gardner

Part 3: Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Lobgesang (Song of Praise), Symphony no. 2, Op. 52

Anna Lucia Richter and Esther Dierkes, sopranos; Roben Tritschler, tenor; WDR Radio Choir; NDR Radio Philharmonic conducted by Andrew Manze

 

Wednesday, May 6, 2026

Bach and Beethoven: Early Digital and Classical Analog

Part 1a: Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral suite No. 1 in C, BWV 1066; Orchestral Suite No. 2 in b minor, BWV 1067 (1993 digital)

Deutsche Bachsolisten conducted by Helmut Winschermann

Part1b: Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D, BWV 1050 (1993 digital)

 Paul Meisen, flute; Christian Altenburger, solo violin; Irene Güdel, cello continuo; Johann Sonnleitner, harpsichord; Deutsche Bachsolisten performing on period instruments led by Helmut Winschermann

Part 2a: Ludwig van Beethoven: Coriolan Overture, Op. 62 (1956 analog)

Sir Adrian Boult conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra

Part 2b: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat, Op. 55 “Eroica” (1956 analog)

Sir Adrian Boult conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra

Part 3a: Ludwig van Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72 (1956 analog)

Sir Adrian Boult conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra

Part 3b: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in c minor, Op. 67 (1956 analog)

Adrian Boult conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra

 

Thursday, May 7, 2026

Giovanni Gabrieli: Music for Brass Ensemble; Art of the Baroque Trumpet: Virtuoso Music for Soprano Voice and Trumpet; Septura Brass Quintet: Music from Baroque Opera

Part 1: Giovanni Gabrieli: Canzon XVII (1615); Canzon septimi et octavi toni à 12; Canzon IX (1615); Canzon duodecimi toni I à 10; Canzon à 12 in Double Echo; Canzon XIV (1615); Canzon VII (1615) Canzon spetimi toni II à 8 (1597); Sonata pianʼ e forte, alla quarta bassa à 8 (1597); Canzon XXVIII (1608); Canzon XI (1615); Canzon noni toni à 8 (1597); Sonata XIII (1615); Canzon duodecimi toni III à 10 (1597); Canzon VIII (1615); Canzon noni toni à 12 (1597)

The London Symphony Brass led by Eric Crees

Part 2: George Frederic Handel: Eternal source of Light Divine; Let the bright Seraphim; Lascia ch’io pianga; Antonio Caldara: La vittoria segue; Johann Joseph Fux: Chi nel Camin d’onore; Luca Antonio Predieri: Pace una volta; Alssendro Stradella: Sinfonia avanti “Il Barcheggio” consisting of four movements: Spiritoso e staccato; Aria; Canzone; Aria; Alessandro Scarlatti: Arie con Tromba Sola

Niklas Eklund, baroque trumpet; Susanne Ryden, soprano; London Baroque performing on period instruments led by Charles Medlam and Edward H. Tarr

Part 3: Jean-Philippe RAMEAU (1683–1764): Suite from Dardanus (arr. Simon Cox); John BLOW (1649–1708): Venus and Adonis: A Mournful Masque (arr. Matthew Knight); Henry PURCELL (1659–1695): The Curious Impertinent (arr. Simon Cox); George Frideric HANDEL (1685–1759): Suite from Rinaldo (arr. Simon Cox)

Septura Brass Quintet: Alan Thomas and Simon Cox, Trumpets in B flat; Huw Morgan, Trumpet in E flat; Peter Smith, Tuba; Matthew Gee and Matthew Knight, Trombones; Dan West, Bass Trombone

 

Previous Programs on CHC

Monday, April 27, 2026

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

Baroque and Early Classical era concerti for oboe and oboe d’amore by Johann Sebastian Bach, Three ‘cello concerti of Joseph Haydn; Trumpet concerti by Hummel, Neruda, Bedrich Weber and Haydn

Part 1: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto in A, BWV 1055 for oboe d’amore, strings and continuo; Concerto in g minor, BWV 1056 for oboe, strings and continuo; Concerto in d minor, BWV 1059, for oboe, strings and continuo; Concerto in D, BWV 1053, for oboe d’amore, strings, continuo; and Concerto in c minor, BWV 1060, for oboe, violin, strings and continuo

Christian Hommel; oboe and oboe d’amore; Lisa Stewart, violin in BWV 1060; Cologne Chamber Orchestra conducted by Helmut Müller-Brühl

Part 2: Joseph Haydn: Concerto in D for ‘cello and orchestra, Hob. 7b No.2; Concerto No. 4 in D, Hob. 7b No. 4; and Concerto in C, Hob. 7b, No. 1

Maria Kliegel, ‘cellist; Cologne Chamber Orchestra conducted by Helmut Müller-Brühl

Part 3: Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Concerto in E for Trumpet and Orchestra; Johann Baptist Georg Neruda: Concerto in E-flat for trumpet and orchestra; Friedrich Dionys Weber: Variations in F for trumpet and orchestra; Joseph Haydn: Concerto in E-flat for trumpet and orchestra, Hob. 7e No. 1

Niklas Eklund, trumpet soloist; Swedish Chamber Orchestra conducted by Roy Goodman

Tuesday, April 28, 2026

Orchestral and vocal music of German Baroque Georg Philipp Telemann: Selection of overtures from Der Tafel Musik: Comic opera Pimpinone

Part 1: Georg Philipp Telemann: Overture in e minor for two flutes, strings and continuo; the Overture in D for trumpet, strings and continuo; and the Overture for two oboes, strings and continuo

Instrumental soloists: Frans Vester and Joost Tromp, flutes; Ad Mater and Lilian Lagaay, oboes; Maurice André, trumpet; Jaap Schröder and Jacques Holtmann, violins; Joke Vermuelen, viola; Brian Pollard, bassoon; Anner Bylsma, ‘cello; Gustav Leonhardt, harpsichord; led by Franz Brüggen

Part 2: Georg Philipp Telemann: Pimpinone: Die Ungleiche Heirat zwischen Vespetta und Pimpinone oder Das herrsch-süchtige Camer Mägden (The Unequal Marriage Between Vespetta and Pimpinone or The Domineering Chambermaid) – 1725 comic opera – Intermezzo 1

Part 3: Georg Philipp Telemann: Pimpinone – Intermezzi II and III

Uta Spreckelsen as Vespetta; Siegmund Nimsgern as Pimpinone; with Herbert Tachezi, harpsichord; Franz Josef Maier, violin; Alfred Sous, oboe; and Ensemble Florigeum Musicum directed by Hans Ludwig Hirsch

 

Wednesday, April 29, 2026

Four great recordings of Sixths and one 60th from my personal collection

Part 1a: Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-flat major, BWV 1050

Harry Newstone conducting The Hamburg Chamber Orchestra; Fritz Poth and Martin Ledig, violas; Hans Roder and Erwin Grtzbach, viola da gamba; Barna Berholty, ‘cello; the bass player’s name is unknown; and Karl Grebe, harpsichord (1959 SAGA LP transcription)

Part 1b: Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 60 in C major, Hoboken I/60 “Il distratto”

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Part 2a: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F “Pastorale” Op. 68

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

Part 2b: Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in b minor, Op. 74 “Pathetique”

Eugene Ormandy conducts The Philadelphia Orchestra (1968 RCA Victor analog)

Part 3: Bohuslav Martinů: Symphony No. 6 Fantaisies symphoniques

Berlin Symphony Orchestra conducted by Claus Peter Flor

Thursday, April 30, 2026

The Canadian Brass: Late analog and early digital recordings of music from the Renaissance to modern arrangements in three collections

Part 1: Anthony Holborne: Galliard and The Honeysuckle; Orlando Gibbons: The Silver Swan; Anthony Holborne: Heigh Ho Holiday; John Willbye: Oft I Have Vowed; Thomas Morley: My Bonny Lass; John Bull: Coranto Alarm; William Byrd: Fortune; Thomas Morley: Doe You Not Know; Richard Dering: Pavan; William Byrd: Lord Willoughby’s March; John Holmes: Thus Bonny-Boots; William Byrd: Jig; John Willbye: The Lady Oriana; Robert Johnson: The Satyr’s Dance; William Byrd: Pavan of Five Parts and Callino Casturame; Thomas Weelkes: O Care, Thou Wilt Dispatch Me; Anthony Holborne; Lullaby; and William Byrd: Fitzwilliam Suite

Personnel of The Canadian Brass are: Trumpet – Frederic Mills, Ronald Romm; French Horn – David Ohanian; Trombone – Eugene Watts; and Tuba – Charles Daellenbach

Part 2: Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue in d minor; Jean-Joseph Moret: Rondeau; Joahnn Pachelbel: Canon; Jeremiah Clarke: Trumpet Voluntary; Adriano Banchieri: Echo Fantasia; Bach: Little Fugue, Sheep May Safely Graze and Gigue Fugue: Giovanni Gabrieli: Canzon primi toni and Canzon septime toni; Henry Purcell: Suite in Six Movements; Gabrieli: Canzon 14; Heinrich Biber: Sonata a 7; Bach: Air on the G String; and George Frederic Handel: Suite from Water Music

The Canadian Brass; The English Chamber Orchestra Brass Ensemble conducted by Donald Fraser performing the Clarke; Banchieri, Gabrieli and Biber works

Part 3: The Canadian Brass Rag; The Cathedral; A Royal Firework; Golliwog’s Cakewalk; Days Before Yesterday; El Sueño; First Gymnopedie; The Joust; Entertainer Rag; Ragtime Waltz; The Favorite Rag; Sycamore Rag; Euphonic Sound Rag; Rosebud March; and Figleaf Rag

The Canadian Brass

Previous Programs on CHC

Monday, April 20, 2026

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

Organ masses of François Couperin; Organ music of German-Dutch composer Gerard Bunk and Dutch composer Hendrik Andriessen; Concert of Dutch Royal organs found in the Dutch Royal House Archives

Part 1: François Couperin: Organ Mass No. 1 for the use of the Parishes; Organ Mass No. 2 for use of the Convents

Anthony Newman plays the Fisk organ at Downtown Presbyterian Church in Rochester, New York

Part 2a: Gerard Bunk: Legend, Op. 29

Pieter van Dijk playing the Walcker organ at the Martinikerk in Doesburg, Netherlands

Part 2b: Hendrik Andriessen: Selections from Intermezzi for Organ, Nos. 13, 16, 19, 21, 24

Albert de Klerk playing the Cavaille-Coll organ at St. Augustine Church, Amsterdam

Part 3: Marius Brandts Buys: Variations on Wilhelmus van Nassouwe, played on the Immanuelchurch, Jakarta, Indonesia; Concerto in B-flat by Johan Andrea Colizzi; Johannes Albertus Groneman Trio Sonata in e minor; Giullaume Kühner Sophien Walzer; and the Marche funebrae of Deuard Gregior, played on the Gothic House organ in The Hague; Leopold Kozeluch Sonata La Chasse played on the organ at Beekbergen, Netherlands; Allegro in F and Nadndante and Vovace in G from Joannes de Grutter’s Carillonbook played on the Het Loo Palace organ in Alpendoorn; Jacob Bijster Variations on a Dutch tune; Johann August Just Allgro from Concerto in D; and Christiaan Frederick Hendriks Variations on the old Wilhelmus, played on the Schternach organ now located in Luxemburg

In all performances the organs are played by Gert Oost

Tuesday, April 21, 2026

Te Deum of Hector Berlioz from a live concert recorded in 1996: Sacred choral music of Maurice Duruflé; Rarely heard choral music of Alan Hovanhess

Part 1: Hector Berlioz: Te Deum, Op. 22

Voices of Ascension Chorus and Orchestra; Young Singers of Pennsylvania, John Aler, tenor soloist, Mark Kruczek, organist – conducted by Dennis Keene

Part 2: Maurice Duruflé,: Requiem, Op. 9; Messe Cum Jubilo, Op. 11; Notre Père

Patricia Spence, soprano, and François Le Roux, baritone (soloists in the Requiem and Mass)

Voices of Ascension Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Dennis Keene

Part 3: Alan Hovhaness: Magnificat, Op. 157; Psalm 23 (cantata derived in 1960 from his Symphony No. 12, Op. 188); Selection of shorter choral works: A Rose Tree Blossoms, Op. 246, No. 4; Jesus, Lover of My Soul, Op. 53b;Jesus Christ is Risen Today, Op. 100; The Lord’s Prayer, Op. 35; Peace Be Multiplied; O for a shout of Sacred Joy, Op. 161; Out of the Depths, Op. 142; O God, Our Help in Ages Past, Op. 137

The Choirs and Orchestra of St. John’s Cathedral, Denver, Colorado; organist Eric Plutz; conducted by Donald Pearson

 

Wednesday, April 22, 2026

Orchestral suite the opera Les Paladins of Jean-Philippe Rameau; Mozart’s Symphonies Nos. 38 and 39 conducted by Karl B Böhm; Bruckner’s Romantic symphony conducted by Herbert von Karajan

Part 1: Jean-Philippe Rameau; Orchestral suite the opera Les Paladins

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment on period instruments conducted by Gustav Leonhardt

Part 2: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 38 in D, K504, “Prague”; Symphony No. 39 in E-flat K543

Karl Böhm conducts the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Part 3: Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 (1880 Hass edition)

Herbert von Karajan conducts the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

 

Thursday, April 23, 2026

Concerts presented by The United States Heritage of America Air Force Band, The United States Navy Band, and The United States Marine Band

Part 1: John Stafford Smith: The Star-Spangled Banner, arr. L.H. Lang); Carolyn Bremer: Early Light; Dudley Buck: Festival Overture on the American National Air, arr. T. Watts and V. Osborne; E.E. Bagley: National Emblem; John Zdechlik: Celebrations; Louis Panella: American Red Cross; CW Parker: American Legion March ; Samuel Barber: Commando March; Jack Lawrence: Heave Ho! My Lads, Heave Ho!; Peter DeRose: The Song of the Seabees ; Julie Giroux: Fort McHenry Suite; Eric Ewazen: A Hymn for the Lost and the Living ; William Steffe: The Battle Hymn of the Republic, arr. Sammy Nestico, narrated by Colonel Jay Walsh; Armed Forces Salute arr. by Robert Cray; John Philip Sousa: The Stars and Stripes Forever

The United States Heritage of America Air Force Band conducted by Major Larry H. Lang

Part 2: James Curnow: Rejouissance (Fantasia On “Ein Feste Burg”); Henry Filmore: Rolling Thunder; Bryan Kidd: Concert Moods for Trumpet, with solo trumpet Chief Musician Robert Birch; Darius Milhaud: Suite Francaise; Cliftion Williams: Pastorale; Urban F. Carvalho: Song and Dance with alto soloist Dale Underwood; Edwin Franko Goldman: The Chimes of Liberty; Hugo Alfven: Swedish Rhapsody No. 1, Op. 19; Philip Sparke: Jubilee Overture

The United States Navy Band conducted by Commander Philip Howard Field

Part 3: William Schuman: American Hymn; Dmitri Shostakovich, October, Op. 131

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

 

Previous Programs on CHC

Monday, April 13, 2026

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

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)