FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5

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Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus
Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor
Figaro (Taddei) and Susanna (Moffo) plan to get married, but are thwarted by the lecherous intentions of Count Almaviva (Waechter), in turn defeated by a sympathetic Countess (Schwarzkopf) and the mischievous Cherubino (Cossotto). Disguises and plots lead to a happy ending. (Archival recording by the late Al Ruocchio) (3 hrs.)

Opera at Eight: Rodelinda
George Frideric Handel

Sophie Danemann [Rodelinda] ** Daniel Taylor [Bertarido] ** Adrian Thompson [Grimoaldo] ** Catherine Robbin [Eduige] ** Robin Blaze [Unulfo] ** Christopher Purves [Garibaldo] ** Raglan Baroque Players ** Nicholas Kraemer (No duration given)

Opera Encore: L'incoronazione di Dario
Antonio Vivaldi

John Elwes [Dario] ** Gerard Lesne [Statira] ** Henri Ledroit [Argene] ** Michel Verschaeve [Niceno] ** Isabelle Poulenard [Alinda] ** Agnes Mellon [Oronte] ** Isabelle Poulenard [Arpago] ** Dominique Visse [Flora Bervoix] ** John Elwes [Le Fantôme de Ciro] ** Michel Verschaeve [L'Oracle d'Apollo] ** Ensemble Baroque de Nice ** Gilbert Bezzina (conductor) (No duration given)

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Les Essentiels

Pour des raisons linguistiques, les œuvres du compositeur Arthur Sullivan et de son librettiste William S. Gilbert dépassent rarement les frontières des pays anglophones, mais savourons leurs délicieuses mélodies encore fredonnées outre-Manche

Entre 1871 et 1896, la collaboration des deux hommes a donné lieu à la création de 14 opéras-comiques. La qualité exceptionnelle des compositions de Sullivan mélangée aux paroles appliquées et complexes de Gilbert a fait de leurs productions des œuvres intemporelles qui sont, de nos jours, reprises dans un angle totalement neuf.

L'équipe

François-Xavier Szymczak
Camille Joste
Attaché(e) de production (1 hr., 30 min.)

SPECIAL PROGRAM [start time approximate]: THE AARON COPLAND ORGY
WHRB presents the 41-hour Aaron Copland Orgy® to commemorate the 125th anniversary of Copland’s birth in 1900. Across five days, we offer the chance to trace Copland’s musical journey in developing a distinctively American sound for concert music, from his early European-influenced works, to his jazz-tinged modernism in the 1920s, to more abstract works of the late 1920s and early 1930s, to spacious Americana in the 1930s and 1940s, to his excursions into serialism in the 1950s and 1960s. The Orgy® represents a rare opportunity in this anniversary year to explore his entire body of music, ranging from favorites such as Appalachian Spring and Fanfare for the Common Man, to other highly regarded works such as the Piano Variations and the Piano Fantasy, to lesser-heard gems and ar- rangements. Copland’s style was incredibly eclectic and evolved constantly over his life, and his music was a microcosm of many of the musical developments of the 20th century.
Times are approximate and subject to change.

1952-54, rev. 1955: The Tender Land; Comeaux, Hardy, Jette, Lehr, Dressen, Bohn, Sutton, Smuda, Fistad, Herber, Brunelle, Plymouth Music Series Chorus and Orchestra (Virgin)
1954: Song, “Dirge in Woods”; McCollum, Biltcliffe (Phoenix)
1954: Old American Songs, Set I for Voice and Orchestra; Warfield, Copland, Columbia Symphony Orchestra (CBS)
1954: “Laurie’s Song” from The Tender Land; Yeung, Linton
1954: Two Choral Arrangements from The Tender Land, “The Promise of Living,” “Stomp Your Foot”; Weiss, UCLA Madrigal Singers, Lands, Olstad (Cambria)
1955, rev. 1966: Canticle of Freedom; Thomas, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Utah Symphony (CBS Masterworks)
1956: Variations on a Shaker Melody for Band; Hamilton, U.S. Army Field Band (U.S. Army Field Band)
1957: Orchestral Variations; Thomas, San Francisco Symphony (approx. 3 hrs.)

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Les Essentiels

Pour des raisons linguistiques, les œuvres du compositeur Arthur Sullivan et de son librettiste William S. Gilbert dépassent rarement les frontières des pays anglophones, mais savourons leurs délicieuses mélodies encore fredonnées outre-Manche

Entre 1871 et 1896, la collaboration des deux hommes a donné lieu à la création de 14 opéras-comiques. La qualité exceptionnelle des compositions de Sullivan mélangée aux paroles appliquées et complexes de Gilbert a fait de leurs productions des œuvres intemporelles qui sont, de nos jours, reprises dans un angle totalement neuf.

L'équipe

François-Xavier Szymczak
Camille Joste
Attaché(e) de production (1 hr., 30 min.)