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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, July 20, 2026

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

Concerti Edition

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

Walter Gieseking, pianist: Herbert von Karajan conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra (1951 EMI analog)

Part 1b: John Field: Piano Concerto No. 4 in E-flat

Míceál O’Rourke, pianist; London Mozart Players conducted by Matthias Bamert

Part 2a: Robert Schumann: Introduction and Allegro appassionato for piano and orchestra in G major, Op. 92

Rudolf Serkin, pianist; The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy (Columbia analog)

Part 2b: Johannes Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat, Op. 83

Rudolf Serkin, pianist; The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy (1960 Columbia analog)

Part 3: Sergei Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G minor, Op. 40

Mikhail Rudy, pianist; St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Mariss Jansons

 

Tuesday, July 21, 2026

Choral Edition

Part 1: Classic Russian hymns from the Baroque and Classical periods

Part 2: Russian choral music of Tchaikovsky, Alezandrov, Cheskonov, and Kalasky

Part 3: Choral music of the Russian Church after the 1917 Russian Revolution

 

Wednesday, July 22, 2026

Orchestral Edition

Part 1: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony in B minor, Opus 58

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy (1976 RCA Victor analog)

Part 2: Antonin Dvořák: Symphony No. 8 in G, Op. 88

Antal Dorati conducting The London Symphony Orchestra (1959 Mercury analog)

Part 3: Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 5

Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra conducted by Sir Donald Runnicles

 

Thursday, July 23, 2026

Winds Edition

Part 1: Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713 to 1780): Fantasy in f minor for oboe and organ; Georg Muffat (1653 to 1704); Toccata No. 11 for organ; Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 to 1750): Sinfonia in c minor from Cantata BWV 21; Sinfonia in b minor from Cantata BWV 249; Georg Philipp Telemann (1681 to 1767): Sonata in a minor; Johann Sebastian Bach: Sinfonia in f minor from Cantata BWV 12 and Sinfonia in F major from Cantata BWV 156; Vincent Lübeck (1654 to 1740): Prelude and Fugue in g minor for organ; and George Frederic Handel (1685 to 1756): Sonata in B-flat “Fitzwilliam”

Jérôme Simonpoli, oboist; Daniel Matrone playing the 1990 Gérald Guillemin organ of Cathedral d’Agde, France

Part 2: Concert of flute music by French, Dutch, German, Italian and Spanish composers Crecquillon, Gervaise, Gombert, Festa, Janequin, Sermisy, Van Eyck, Frescobaldi, Castello, Riccio, Marini, Senfl and others

Nancy Hadden playing various transverse flute with the Renaissance Flute Consort; Erin Headley, viola da gamba; Andrew Lawrence-King, harps; Colin Tilney, harpsichord

Part 3: MAT MATSUMUNE: Les Tisserandes; MIGUEL BERNAL JIMENEZ: Carteles; AMY JO DUELL (completed by ENRIQUE GONZALEZ-MEDINA): Prairie Dawn, with Melissa Chalsma, actor; JENNI BRANDON: Spider Suite; ROBERT MUCZYNSKI: Fragments; LEE MORGAN: Ceora; SILVESTRE REVUELTAS: Cinco Canciones para Niños; ASTOR PIAZZOLA: Oblivion; ANGEL GREGORIO VILLOLDO: El Choclo; RICHARD RODGERS and LORENZ HART: My Funny Valentine; RAY PIZZI: Doodley-Doo; and Linguine

The Ceora Winds: Michelle Matsummune, flute and piccolo; Heather Millette, clarinet; Christin Webb, bassoon; T.J. Troy, percussion

Pervious Programs on CHC

Monday, July 13, 2026

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

Organ Recital Editiom

Program 1: Concert featuring the Marcusson organ of Hadersley Cathedral, Denmark; The Sandtner organ of Villingen Minster, Germany; music of Belgian composer Joseph Jongen played on three organs in Brussels, London and Detroit

Part 1: Bohuslav Martinu: Vigilia; Antonin Dvorak: Prelude and Fugue in g minor; Leos Janacek: Two Compositions for Organ and the organ solo Postlude from the Gladolitic Mass; Viteszlav Noak: Prelude on a Moravian Song; Anton Bruckner: Prelude and Fugue in c minor; Ludwig van Beethoven: Adagio for Mechanical Organ; Peter Planyavsky: Perpetuum Mobile and Toccata alla Rumba

John Scott Whitely plays the Marcussen organ in Hadersley Cathedral, Denmark

Part 2: Sigfried Karg-Elerrt: Partita in E, Op. 100; Organ Sonata IV, Op. 68 of Francis Jackson

Graham Barber plays the Sandtner organ of Villingen Minster, Germany,

Part 3: Joseph Jongen: Choral, Op. 37 No. 3; Scherzetto Op. 108, No 1; Prayer, Op. 108, No. 2, played on the 1912 Merklin organ of Notre Dame de Laeken, Brussels;  Gaudeamus Verset for the celebration of Assumption; Légende (unfinished by Jongen and completed by organist John Scott Whitely) played on the 1989 Daniel Pilzecker organ in St. Jude’s Church, Detroit; Improvisation-Pastorale played on the 1912 Merklin organ of Notre Dame de Laeken, Brussels; Marche Religieuses, Op. 38 No. 1 played on the restored 1960 JW Walker organ at York Minster, London; Larghetto, Op. 38 No. 2 played on the 1912 Merklin organ of Notre Dame de Laeken, Brussels; Sarabande in the ancient style played on the 1989 Daniel Pilzecker organ in St. Jude’s Church, Detroit; and the Sonata Eroica, Op. 94 played on the restored 1960 JW Walker organ at York Minster, London

John Scott Whitely, organist

Tuesday, July 17, 2026

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

Choral Edition

Program 2: Madrigalian motets from the Jacobean era in England; American Choral Gems with Quire Cleveland; Choral music of William Boyce, Orlando Gibbons and Charles Villiers Stanford with the Choir of Rochester Cathedral

Part 1: Five-voice motets: Richard Nicolson (fl1595-1639): Cantate Domino; Alfonso Ferrabosco Jr (c1575-1628): Ego dixi Domine and Convertere Domine; Martin Peerson (c1572-1651): Laboravi in gemitu meo; Thomas Lupo (1571-1627/8): Miserere mei; Thomas Ravenscroft (c1590-c1635): Ne læteris; Alfonso Ferrabosco Jr: O nomen Jesu; Martin Peerson: O rex gloriæ; Six-voice motets by Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656): Celebrate Jehovam; John Wilbye (1574-1638): Homo natus de muliere; Robert Ramsey (fl1616-1644): In monte Oliveti; John Mundy (c1555-1630): Judica me Deus; William Byrd (1539/40-1623): Laudate Dominum; Thomas Weelkes (1576-1623): O vos omnes; William Byrd: Venite exultemus; George Kirbye (died 1634): Vox in Rama; Seven-voice motet John Tomkins (1586-1638): Cantate Domino; Eight-voice motet by Hieronymous Prætorius (1560-1629): Laudate Dominum

Quire Cleveland conducted by Ross W. Duffin

Part 2: John Stafford Smith: The Star-Spangled Banner ( in the 1814 version arr. by Ross Duffin); Thomas Ravenscroft: Psalm 98 from 1640; John Playford: Psalm 23 from 1608; James Lyon: “The Lord descended from above” from 1761; William Billings: When Jesus wep’t the falling tear from 1770; The dying Christian’s last farewell from 1704; I am the rose of Sharon from 1778; Daniel Read: “Down steers the Bass” from 1768; William Billings: “Modern Music” from 1781; Lowell Mason: O look to Golgotha from 1843; Amazing Grace from 1847 arr. by William Walker; J.E. Spilman: “Flow gently, sweet Afton” from 1857; Stephen Foster: “Come where my love lies dreaming” from 1855; Oliver Wendell Holmes: “Hymn of Peace” from 1869; Patti Stair: “Minuet” from 1903; Amy Beach: “Through the house give glimmering light” from 1897; Patti Stair: “So sweet is she” from 1916; Edward MacDowell: “The Witch” from 1898; Nathaniel Dett: “Don’t be weary, traveler” from 1920; and Dudley Buck: “Hymn to music” from 1877

Quire Cleveland conducted by Ross W. Duffin

Part 3: Charles Villiers Stanford: Te Deum and Jubilate in C; Orlando Gibbons: Short Service; William Boyce Te Deum and Jubilate

The Choir of Rochester Cathedra, with Roger Sayer, organist, is conducted by Barry Ferguson

 

Wednesday, July 18, 2026

Orchestral Edition – Canadian orchestras

Part 1: Russian composers: Dmitri Shostakovich: Festival Overture; Alexander Borodin: Overture to Prince Igor; Dmitri Kabalevsky: Overture to Colas Breugnon; Mikhail Glinka: Overture to Russlan and Ludmilla

Uri Mayer conducts the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra.

Part 2: Healy Willan: Overture to an Unwritten Comedy; Poem for Strings; Godfrey Ridout: George III, His Lament; Ian McDougall: Andante from the Concerto for Clarinet; Jean Coulthhard: The Bird of Dawning Singeth All Night Long; Rudolf Komorous: Serenade for Strings; Andre Prevost: Scherzo for String Orchestra

The CBC Vancouver Symphony Orchestra is conducted by Mario Bernardi

Part 3: Aaron Copland: Quiet City, with Jerold Gerbrecht, trumpet and Roger Cole, English horn; Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings; Victor Herbert; John Corigliano: Elegy; Charles Ives: The Unanswered Question; Charles Tomlinson Griffes: Poem for Flute and Orchestra, with Kathleen Rudolf, flute; David Diamond: Rounds for String Orchestra

The CBC Vancouver Symphony Orchestra conducted by Mario Bernardi

 

Thursday, July 19, 2026

Wind Ensemble Edition

Part 1a: François-Joseph Gossec: Symphonie Militaire; Louis-Emmanuel Jadin: Overture in F; Gossec: Marche lugubre; Luigi Cherubini: Hymne à la Victoire; Jean-Xavier Lefèvre: Hymne à l’Agriculture; Rouget de Lisle: Hymne à la liberté

The wind ensemble The Wallace Collection is conducted by its founder John Wallace

Part 1b: Hector Berlioz: Symphonie funèbrae et triumphale

Leeds Festival Chorus and the Wallace Collection conducted by John Wallace

Part 2: Jaromir Weinberger: Polka from Schwanda the Bagpiper: Howard Cable: Newfoundland Rhapsody; Donald Coakley: Lyric Essay; Camille Saint-Saens: Pas redouble; John Barnes Chance: Variations on a Korean Folk Song; Carl Maria von Weber: Fantasia and Rondo; Sir Artur Sullivan: Pineapple Poll Suite; James Gayfer: Canadian Landscape; Robert Farnon: Excerpts from the works of Robert Farnon; Healey Willan: Élégie héroïque; R.E.J. Milne: Auprès de ma blonde

Edmonton Wind Ensemble is conducted by Harry Pinchin

Part 3: Jack Stamp: Aloft!; Mark Watter: Forged in Fire; James Barnes: The Gathering of Eagles; Master Sergeant Aldo Rafeal Forte: Synergy! Concerto for Band: John Heins: Concerto for Clarinet and Band, with Charles West, soloist; Ron Nelson: To The Airborne; Robert Jager: Lord, Guard and Guide; and Robert Crawford: The U.S. Air Force Song

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

Previous Programs on CHC

Monday, July 6, 2026

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

Concerto Edition

Part 1: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto No. 1 in d minor BWV 1052; Concerto No. 2 in E major BWV 1053; Concerto No. 7 in g minor BWV 1058

Andreas Staier, harpsichord; Freiberger Barockorchester led by Petra Müllejans

Part 2: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto No. 3 in D major BWV 1054; Concerto No. 4 in A BWV 1055; Concerto No. 5 in f minor BWV 1056; Concerto No. 6 in F major BWV 1057

Andreas Staier, harpsichord; Freiberger Barockorchester led by Petra Müllejans

Part 3a: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante for Four Winds in E♭ major, K. 297b

Susanne Kaiser, flute; Ann-Kathrin Brüggemann, oboe; Javier Zafra, bassoon; Erwin Wielinga, horn; Freiberger Barockorchester led by Gottfried von der Goltz

Part 3b: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Flute and Harp, K. 299

Susanne Kaiser, flute, Mara Galassi, harp; Freiberger Barockorchester led by Gottfried von der Goltz

Tuesday, July 7, 2026

Choral Edition

Part 1: Gaspar Fernández (1566-1629): Duerme Niño Descanza, Pues el Mismo Dios Procura; Zagalejo de Perlas; Dónde Vas Zagala Hermosa; Pablo Bruna (1611-1679): Tiento de Falsas; Juan Guitiérrez de Padilla (1590-1664): Las Estrellas Se Rien; Francisco de Vidales (1632-1702): Los Que Fueron un Buen Gusto; José de Loaysa (1751-1839): Vaya, Vaya de Cantos de Amores; Antonio de Salazar (c. 1650-1715): Tarará Aquí Yo Soy Antón; Juan Garcia (c. 1618-1678): Hermoso Amor Que Forzas Tus Flechas; Antonio de Salazar: Un Ciego Que Contrabajo Canta and Digan, Digan Quién Vio Tal; Fabián Jimeno: Ay, Ay Galeguiños

Coro de la Catedral de México is led by Guillermo López Nava

Part 2: Antonio Caldara (c. 1670-1736): Crucifixus a 16; Antonio Gabrieli (1510-1586): De profundis; Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643): Toccata Chromatica; Giovanni Gabrieli (c. 1553-1612): Hodie complete sunt; Orlando de Lassus (c. 1532-1594): Missa bell’Amfitrit’ Altera

The Sixteen are conducted by Harry Christophers

Part 3: Johann Sebastian Bach: Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten BWV 202; Ich habe genug, BWV 82; Liebster Jesu, Mein Verlangen, BWV 32

Dominique Labelle, soprano; Sanford Sylvan, baritone; Sarasa Ensemble

 

Wednesday, July 8, 2026

Orchestral Edition

Part 1a: Vítězslav Novák (1870-1949): Maryša, Op. 18 (dramatic overture 1898)

Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jiri Starek

Part 1b: Vítězslav Novák: Slavic Suite, Op. 32 (1903)

Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jiri Starek

Part 1c: Antonín Dvořák: American Suite in A major, Op. 98b   

Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jiri Starek

Part 2: Antonin Dvořák: Symphony No. 7 in d minor, Op. 70

Antal Dorati conducts The London Symphony Orchestra

Part 3: Josef Suk (1874-1935): Symphony No. 2 “Asrael”

Jakub Hrůša conducts The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

 

Thursday, July 9, 2026

Wind Ensemble Edition

Part 1a: Jean-Baptiste Lully: Ballet music from Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme (The would-be gentleman,1670); Les Nopces de Village (A Village Wedding,1663); Cadmus et Hermoine (tragédie en musique,1673)

The London Oboe Band directed by Paul Goodwin

Part1b: André Danican Philidor (c.1646-1730): La Mariage de la Grosse Cathos (Fat Kate’s Marriage, comic mascarade 1688)

The London Oboe Band directed by Paul Goodwin

Part 2: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade No. 4 in D major, K. 203 “Colloredo”

Collegium Aureum led by Franzjosef Maier

Part 3a: György Ligeti (1923-2006): Six Bagatelles (1953); Ten Pieces for Wind Quintet (1968)

Claude Debussy Wind Quintet

Part 3b: Leoš Janáček (1854-1928):Youth (woodwind sextet 1924)

Members of the Claude Debussy Quintet

Part 3c: Leoš Janáček: Concertino for piano, two violins, viola, clarinet, French horn and bassoon (1925)

Philippe Cassard, pianist; members of The Claude Debussy Quintet

 

Previous Programs on CHC

Monday, June 29, 2026

Organ/Concerto Edition

Part 1: Félix-Alexandre Guilmant: Organ Sonata No. 5 in c minor, Op. 80; Sonata No. 6 in b minor, Op. 86; Grand Choeur in g minor; Was Gott thut

 Daniel Roth plays the Calvaille-Coll organ at St. Sulpice Church Paris

Part 2: Francis Poulenc: Organ Concerto in g minor

Philippe Lefervre playing the organ of the Notre-Dame Cathedral, Paris

Orchestre National de Lille conducted by Jean-Claude Casadesus

Part 3a: Marcel Dupre: Concerto in e minor for organ, Op. 31

Daniel Jay McKinley playing the 1942 Aeolian-Skinner Organ at the First Christian Church, Columbus, Indiana – Columbus Indiana Philharmonic conducted by David Bowen

Part 3b: Marcel Dupre: Cortege et Lintanie, Op. 19, No. for organ and flute, with Kathy Dell, flutist; Poeme Heroique, Op. 33 for organ with trumpets, trombones and field drum – Ingrid Rebstock, Marcus Goddard and Phil Bernstein, trumpets; Vincent Lane, Bradley Schrock and Angeleeta Sosnowski, trombones; and Jim Strain, field drum

Part 3c: Marcel Dupre: Symphony in g minor for organ and orchestra, Op. 25

Daniel Jay McKinley playing the 1942 Aeolian-Skinner Organ at the First Christian Church, Columbus, Indiana – Columbus Indiana Philharmonic conducted by David Bowen

Tuesday, June 30, 2026

Choral Edition: Gloriæ Dei Cantores (Latin for “Singers to the Glory of God”) 40-voice choir

Part 1: Music of Johann Sebastian Bach: Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit (God’s time is the very best time), BWV 106, Actus tragicus; Prelude and Fugue in G, BWV 550, played by organist David Chalmers on the great organ of Methuen Memorial Music Hall in Massachusetts; the solo bass cantata Der Friede Sei Mit Dir, BWV 158, Francis Hempel, bass soloist; Toccata, Adagio and Fugue BWV 564, SharonRose Pfeiffer, organist; and the motet Jesu Meine Fruede

Gloriæ Dei Cantores and the Gloriæ Dei Cantores Instrumental ensemble conducted by Elizabeth C. Patterson

Part 2: Choral music of Joseph Rheinberger: Three Motets, Op. 133; the Mass in F for male chorus and organ, Op. 190; Tribulationes from Five Hymns, Op. 140; The Mass in g minor for female choir and organ, Op. 187; and the Mass in E-flat, Op. 109

Gloriæ Dei Cantores conducted by Elizabeth C. Patterson

Part 3: American Composers: Howard Hanson: How excellent Thy Name; Randall Thompson: The Lord Is My Shepherd

Gloriæ Dei Cantores conducted by Elizabeth C. Patterson

 

Wednesday, July 1, 2026

Orchestral Edition

Part 1: Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 9 in d minor

Chicago Symphony conducted by Riccardo Muti

Part 2: Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D

Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jesus Lopez-Cobos

Part 3: Johannes Brahms: Variations on a theme by Haydn

Sir John Barbirolli conducts the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (1969 EMI)

Thursday, July 2, 2026

Wind Ensemble Edition

Part 1: Collection of historic concert band favorites: Umberto Giordano: Selections from Andrea Chénier; Emmanuel Chabier: España Rhapsodie; Haydn Wood: Tone Poem, Mannin Veen; Camille Saint-Saëns: Marche militaire francaise from Suite algérienne, Opus 60; Jaromír Weinberger: Polka and Fugue from Schwanda, the Bagpiper; Franz Liszt: Finale from the Symphonic Poem Mazeppa; Amilcare Ponchielli: Dance of the Hours from La Gioconda; Giuseppe Verdi: Triumphal March from Aida; Richard Wagner: “Elsa’s Procession to the Cathedral” from Lohengrin; Sir William Walton’s Coronation March, “Crown Imperial”

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

Part 2: Leonard Bernstein: Symphonic suite from the 1954 film On The Waterfront

The US Marine Band conducted by Lt. Col. Jason K. Fettig

Part 3: Original works for concert band and recent transcriptions of concert favorites: Dmitri Shostakovich (trans. Patterson*): Festive Overture, Opus 96; H. Owen Reed’s three-movement La Fiesta Mexicana; music of Emmanuel Chabrier (trans. Patterson): Fete Polonaise” from Le Rois magré lui; and concluding with a transcription of Ottorino Respighi’s Feste Romane

The US Marine Band conducted by Col. Michael J. Coburn

 

Previous Programs on CHC

Monday, June 22, 2026

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

Concerti Edition

Part 1: Georg Muffat (1653-1704): Concerto Grosso No. 1 in D; No. 2 in g minor; No. 3 in A; and No. 5 in G

Ensemble 415 led by Chiara Bianci and Jesper Christensen

Part 2: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in C for Sopranino Recorder RV 444; Concerto in F for Treble Recorder RV 442; Concerto in a minor for Sopranino Recorder RV 445; Concerto in c minor for Treble Recorder RV 441; and Concerto in C for Sopranino Recorder RV 443

Michael Schneider recorder player; Camarata Köln performing on period instruments

Part 3: Georg Philipp Telemann: Concerto in e minor for recorder, transverse flute and strings; Concerto in c minor for violin, oboe and strings; Concerto in a minor for two recorders and strings; Concerto in b minor for transverse flute and string; Concerto in d for two oboe d’amore, ‘cello and strings; and Concerto in b-flat for oboe, violin, two transverse flutes and strings

Soloists accompanied by Camarata Köln performing on period instruments

Tuesday, June 23, 2026

Choral Edition

Part 1a: Ralph Vaughan Williams:  Mass in g minor (1920-21)

Richard Hickox Singers; London Symphony Chorus conducted by Richard Hickox

Part 1b: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Six Choral Songs to be Sung in Time of War (1939)

Richard Hickox Singers; London Symphony Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Richard Hickox

Part 1c: Ralph Vaughan Williams:  Serenade to Music (1938)

Soloists and the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Adrian Boult (1969 EMI analog)

Part 2: Italian composer Enrico Miaroma’s Light; British composer Alexander L’Estrange’s Oculi omnium; Czech composer Zdenek Lukáš’ Dies irae; Felix Mendelssohn’s Richte mich, Gott; German composer Wolfram Buchenberg’s Erbarme dich; British composer Herbert Howells: Requiem; American composer Jake Runestad’s Psalm 121; Spanish composer Tomás Luis De Victoria’s O vos omnes, written in 1585; the traditional tune The Dying Soldier as arranged by Mack Wilberg and Nigel Short; American composer Susan Labarr’s I Hear Thy Voice

Baylor A Cappella Choir conducted by Brian Schmidt

Part 3: Healy Willan: Miss brevis No. 13 in g minor; Missa brevis No. 2 in f minor; Missa brevis no. 5 in f-sharp minor; Now is the healing time decreed; Tenebrae of Maundy Thursday; The royal banners go forward; Tenebrae of Good Friday; Faithful Cross; Tenebrae of Holy Saturday; Missa brevis No. 7 in g minor; Missa brevis No. 8 in d minor

Gallery Choir and Ritual Choir of the Church of Church of Saint Mary Magdalene conducted by Robert Hunter Bell

 

Wednesday, June 24, 2026

Orchestral Edition

Part 1a: Peter van Anrooy (1879-1954): Piet Hein Rhapsodie for Orchestra

Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kees Bakels

Part 1b: Cornelis Dopper (1870-1939): Ciaconna Gotica

Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kees Bakels

Part 1c: Cornelis Dopper: Symphony No. 7 “Zuider Zee”

Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kees Bakels

Part 2: Willem Pijper (1894-1947): Symphony No. 1 of 1917, subtitled “Pan,” with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Richard Dufallo in concert March 4, 1983; the Symphony No. 2 composed in 1921, with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Roelof van Driesen in concert September 4, 1986; and the Symphony No. 3 of 1926, with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Richard Dufallo, in concert October 23, 1981

Part 3a: Willem Pijper: Piano Concerto (1927)

Theo Bruins, pianist; Rotterdam Philharmonic conducted by Roelof van Driesen, recorded in concert on September 4, 1986

Violin Concerto (1939)

Gerard Hettima, violinist; Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Lucas Vis, in concert April 12, 1984

Part 3b: Willem Pijper: Six Symphonic Epigrams (1928)

Simon Rattle conducts The Rotterdam Philharmonic

 

Thursday, June 25, 2026

Winds Edition

Part 1: Johann Friederich Fasch (1688-1758): Concerto in D for Flute, Oboe, Strings and continuo; Concerto in g minor for Oboe, Strings and Continuo; Concerto in G for Oboe, 2 Violins, Strings and Continuo; Concerto in e minor for Flute, Oboe, Strings and Continuo; Concerto in G for Oboe, Strings and Continuo; Concerto in c minor for 2 Oboes, Bassoon, Strings and Continuo

Hans-Peter Westermann and Piet Dhont, oboes; Karl Kaiser, flute; Michael McCraw, bassoon; Mary Utiger and Paula Kibildis, violins; Hajo Bäss, viola; Rainer Zipperling, ‘cello; Hans Koch, Violone (the predecessor to the modern double bass); and Harald Hoeren, harpsichord

Part 2: Antonin Dvořák (arr. Ulf-Guido Schäfer and Volker Grewel): Slavonic Dances, Op. 46 Nos. 2 and 8; Slavonic Dances Op. 72 No. 2 and 7; the String Quartet Op. 96 in F; 5 Bagatelles, Op. 47

Members of the Ma’alot Quintet

Part 3a: Darius Milhaud: Chamber Symphonies Nos. 1-6

Ensemble Villa Musica; vocalists Susanne Leitz, soprano; Ulricke Gmeiner, alto; Gerhart Nennemann, tenor; and Reiner Holthaus, bass who perform in Chamber Symphony No. 6

Part 3b: Darius Milhaud: The Dreams of Jacob, Op. 294

Members of Ensemble Villa Musica