WNYC's Sara Fishko and 92Y's Hanna Arie-Gaifman went digging through 92Y's audio archives to bring us the greatest live performances from the stage of the Kaufmann Concert Hall.
Curated and hosted by Fishko, the 10-week series combines elements from different concerts over the past few years, designed to highlight a particular theme or performer with the radio listener in mind.
Program 1: Tokyo String Quartet
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Original Broadcast Date: April 26, 2008
92Y's string quartet-in-residence performs music by Haydn, plus a rarely-heard Septet by German composer Hanns Eisler, drawn from his own music for a Charlie Chaplin film.
Tokyo String Quartet
Martin Beaver, violin
Kikuei Ikeda, violin
Kazuhide Isomura, viola
Clive Greensmith, cello
HAYDN: String Quartet in C major, Op. 50, No. 2
Tokyo String Quartet
Performance date: Sat, Feb 9, 2008
EISLER: Septet No. 2 for Flute, Clarinet, Bassoon and String Quartet, "Circus"
Tokyo String Quartet
Tara Helen O'Connor, flute/piccolo
Alan R. Kay, clarinet
Frank Morelli, bassoon
Performance date: Sat, Feb 12, 2005
HAYDN: String Quartet in C major, Op. 33, No. 3, "Finale"
Tokyo String Quartet
Performance date: Sat, Feb 12, 2005
Program 2: Woodwinds
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Original Broadcast Date: May 3, 2008
Music for winds by Dvořák, Poulenc and Debussy is performed by an international cast: members of the Ensemble Wien-Berlin*, French pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, a member of the Nash Ensemble from London** and musicians from the New York Philharmonic.
DVOŘÁK: Serenade for Wind and Strings, Op. 44
Randall Ellis, Hansjörg Schellenberger*, oboe
Alexander Fiterstein, Norbert Täubl*, clarinet
Frank Morelli, Milan Turkovic*, bassoon
Harry Searing, contrabassoon
Stefan Dohr*, William Purvis, Stewart Rose, horn
Timothy Eddy, cello
Kurt Muroki, double bass
Performance date: Sun, Apr 17, 2005
POULENC: Sextet for Piano and Wind Quintet
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Musicians from the New York Philharmonic
Robert Langevin, flute
Joseph Robinson, oboe (retired)
Mark Nuccio, clarinet
Judith LeClair, bassoon
Philip Myers, horn
Performance date: Sun, Mar 13, 2005
DEBUSSY: Syrinx for Flute Solo
Philippa Davies**, flute
Performance date: Wed, Mar 21, 2007
Program 3: The Czechs
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Original Broadcast Date: May 10, 2008
It's a program of music from Central Europe, with Dvořák's Quintet in E-flat, featuring Chamber Music from 92Y's artistic director Jaime Laredo, and Martinů's Cello Sonata No. 3, performed by a 92Y favorite, Steven Isserlis.
DVOŘÁK: String Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 97
Arnold Steinhardt, violin
Michael Tree, violin
Jaime Laredo, viola
John Dalley, viola
Ronald Leonard, cello
Performance date: Wed, Dec 15, 2004
MARTINŮ: Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 3, H. 340
Steven Isserlis, cello
Ana-Maria Vera, piano
Performance date: Tue, Feb 7, 2006
Program 4: Tokyo String Quartet, Part 2
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Original Broadcast Date: May 17, 2008
The Quartet returns for two Viennese masterworks, and pianist Marc-André Hamelin offers some French impressions for contrast.
Tokyo String Quartet
Martin Beaver, violin
Kikuei Ikeda, violin
Kazuhide Isomura, viola
Clive Greensmith, cello
MAHLER: Quartet for Piano and Strings in A minor
Tokyo String Quartet
Reiko Uchida, piano
Performance date: Sat, May 7, 2005
SCHOENBERG: String Quartet No. 2, Op. 10
Tokyo String Quartet
Amy Burton, soprano
Performance date: Sat, May 7, 2005
DEBUSSY: Feux d'artifice from Préludes, Book 2
Marc-André Hamelin, piano
Performance date: Wed, Mar 28, 2007
Program 5: Dynamic Duos
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Original Broadcast Date: May 24, 2008
The Assad brothers perform Scarlatti, Perényi and Schiff take up Beethoven's Judas Maccabeus and pianist Jeremy Denk demonstrates his versatility by pairing up with tenor Paul Groves for Brahms and clarinetist Richard Stoltzman for Duparc.
SCARLATTI: Three Sonatas
Sonata in G major, K. 96 (arr. Sérgio Assad)
Sonata in D minor, K. 466 (arr. Assad)
Sonata in G minor, K. 141 (arr. Assad)
Sérgio and Odair Assad, guitars
Performance date: Sat, Dec 4, 2004
BEETHOVEN: Variations in G Major on "See the conqu'ring hero comes" from Judas Maccabaeus, WoO 45
Miklós Perényi, cello
András Schiff, piano
Performance date: Thu, Apr 12, 2007
BRAHMS: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano in E-flat Major, Op. 120, No. 2
Richard Stoltzman, clarinet
Jeremy Denk, piano
Performance date: Sat, Nov 6, 2004
DUPARC: Songs
"Chanson triste"
"Soupir"
"Sérénade"
"Phidylé"
Paul Groves, tenor
Jeremy Denk, piano
Performance date: Sun, Apr 10, 2005
Program 6: The 20th Century
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Original Broadcast Date: May 31, 2008
The diversity of the last century is on display with music by Debussy, Dallapiccola, Ligeti and Opperman, performed by several of this music's leading champions: Serkin, Laredo, Stoltzman and others.
DEBUSSY: Sonata for Flute, Viola, and Harp
Christian Tetzlaff, viola
Musicians from the New York Philharmonic
Robert Langevin, flute
Nancy Allen, harp
Performance date: Sun, Dec 5, 2004
DALLAPICCOLA: Tartiniana Seconda for Violin and Piano
Peter Serkin, piano
Jaime Laredo, violin
Performance date: Wed, Feb 21, 2007
LIGETI: Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet
Windscape
Tara Helen O'Connor, flute
Randall Wolfgang, oboe
Alan R. Kay, clarinet
Frank Morelli, bassoon
David Jolley, horn
Performance date: Sat, Feb 11, 2006
OPPERMAN: Un Seul for Clarinet Solo
Richard Stoltzman, clarinet
Performance date: Sat, Nov 6, 2004
Program 7: Pieces We Know and Love
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Original Broadcast Date: June 7, 2008
Soloists from the New York Philharmonic and Nash Ensemble perform beloved works, including Ravel's Introduction and Allegro and Brahms' Piano Quintet in F minor.
RAVEL: Introduction and Allegro for Flute, Clarinet, Harp and String Quartet
Nash Ensemble
Philippa Davies, flute
Richard Hosford, clarinet
Marianne Thorsen, violin
Malin Broman, violin
Lawrence Power, viola
Paul Watkins, cello
Lucy Wakeford, harp
Performance date: Wed, Mar 21, 2007
BRAHMS: Quintet for Piano and Strings in F minor, Op. 34
Yefim Bronfman, piano
Musicians from New York Philharmonic
Glenn Dicterow, violin
Sheryl Staples, violin
Cynthia Phelps, viola
Carter Brey, cello
Performance date: Sun, Jun 6, 2004
Program 8: Pieces We Might Love If We Knew Them Better ("Curiosities")
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Original Broadcast Date: June 14, 2008
Discover some new favorites with piano works by Sibelius, Debussy's arrangement for two pianos of Schumann's Six Pieces in Canonic Form, and Pavel Haas' Wind Quintet.
SIBELIUS: Ten Pieces, Op. 58
Olli Mustonen, piano
Performance date: Wed, Feb 16, 2005
HAAS: Wind Quintet, Op. 10
Ensemble Wien-Berlin
Wolfgang Schulz, flute
Hansjörg Schellenberger, oboe
Norbert Täubl, clarinet
Stefan Dohr, horn
Milan Turkovic, bassoon
Performance date: Sat, Apr 16, 2005
SCHUMANN/DEBUSSY: Six Pieces in Canonic Form for Two Pianos, Op. 56
Jonathan Biss, piano
Benjamin Hochman, piano
Performance date: Wed, Nov 15, 2006
Program 9: From Russia
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Original Broadcast Date: June 21, 2008
Prepare for 92Y's Russian Evolutions series with music for strings by Stravinsky and Shostakovich, performed by the illustrious Borodin Quartet, plus some Tchaikovsky heard through a Canadian's ears.
STRAVINSKY: Three Pieces for String Quartet
Borodin Quartet
Ruben Aharonian, violin
Andrei Abramenkov, violin
Igor Naidin, viola
Vladimir Balshin, cello
Performance date: Sat, Apr 2, 2005
SHOSTAKOVICH: String Quartet No. 3 in F major, Op. 73
Borodin Quartet
Performance date: Sat, Apr 2, 2005
HAMELIN: Etude No. 7 for Left Hand (arrangement of Tchaikovsky's Lullaby)
Marc-André Hamelin, piano
Performance date: Wed, Mar 28, 2007
Program 10: Marc-André Hamelin
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Original Broadcast Date: June 28, 2008
Canadian pianist Marc-André Hamelin is in recital, performing Mendelssohn's Songs without Words and some fiery selections by Franz Liszt.
MENDELSSOHN:
Lied ohne Worte in E major, Op. 19b, No. 1
Lied ohne Worte in C minor, Op. 38, No. 2
Lied ohne Worte in A major, Op. 19b, No. 4
Lied ohne Worte in A major, Op. 53, No. 6
LISZT: Réminiscences de Lucia di Lammermoor, S. 397
SCHUBERT/LISZT:
"Ständchen," D. 889
"Ave Maria," D. 839
LISZT: Hexaméron, S. 392
For all works:
Marc-André Hamelin, piano
Performance date: Wed, Mar 28, 2007