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Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra 1997/98 Season
National Broadcast Schedule (January-June 1998)


JANUARY 6, 1998
Mozart and Haydn

(r. 9/13/97) Baroque Ib (UCC)
BOLCOM: "Commedia"
MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat, K. 291 ("Jeunehomme")
HAYDN: Symphony No. 104 in D ("London")
--Hugh Wolff, conductor; Richard Goode, piano

JANUARY 12, 1998
Beethoven's Eroica

(r. 10/31/97) Masterworks III (Ordway)
DAVID SCHIFF: "Stomp"
RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3 in Eb, Op. 55 ("Eroica")
--Hugh Wolff, conductor; Mihaela Ursuleasa, piano

JANUARY 19, 1998
(r. 10/7/95) Encore - Watts Plays Beethoven (Ordway)
STRAVINSKY: "Danses Concertantes"
HAYDN: Symphony No. 98 in B-flat
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat, Op. 73 ("Emperor")
--Hugh Wolff, conductor; Andre Watts, piano

JANUARY 26, 1998
Virtuosic Galway

(r. 10/25/97) Masterworks II (Ordway)
ROSSINI: "The Italian Girl in Algiers" Overture
CIMAROSA: Concerto in G for 2 Flutes
MERCADANTE: Flute Concerto in e (Galway)
MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 4 in A, Op. 90 ("Italian")
--James Galway, conductor and flute; Julia Bogorad, flute

FEBRUARY 2, 1998
Touring the British Isles

(r. 11/21/97) Masterworks IV (Ordway)
ELGAR: Introduction & Allegro, Op. 47
SIR PETER MAXWELL DAVIES (arr): Renaissance Scottish Dances
HOLST: "St. Paul's" Suite, Op. 29, no. 2
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: "The Lark Ascending"
HOLST: A Fugal Concerto, Op. 40, no. 2
DAVIES: "An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise"
--Christopher Hogwood, conductor; Romuald Tecco, vn; Julia Bogorad, fl; Kathryn Greenbank, ob

FEBRUARY 9, 1998
Guitar Duo

(r. 12/5/97) Masterworks VI (Ordway)
WOLF: Italian Serenade
GLASS: "Facades"
ADAMS: "Gnarly Buttons"
RODRIGO: "Concierto Madrigal" for 2 Guitars
SERGIO ASSAD: "Fantasia Carioca"
--John Adams, guest conductor; Sergio & Odair Assad,guitars; Timothy Paradise, clarinet; Sabina Thatcher, vla

FEBRUARY 16, 1998
Handel's Water Music

(r. 12/12/97) Baroque III (Wooddale Church)
HANDEL: "Berenice" Overture
VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in G, R. 310
VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in a, R. 356
VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in D, R. 230
VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in E, R. 265
BACH: Chaconne in d, fr Solo Violin Partita No. 2, S. 1004 HANDEL: "Water Music" Suite No. 2 in D
--Bobby McFerrin, conductor and voice; James Ehnes, violin

FEBRUARY 23, 1998
(r. 1/9/98) Masterworks VII - Fidelio in Concert (Ordway)
BEETHOVEN: Fidelio, Op. 72
--Hugh Wolff, conductor; Christine Brewer, s (Leonore); Gary Lakes, t (Florestan); Gary Martin, b (Rocco); Karen Clift, s (Marzelline); Richard Clement, t (Jaquino); Kelly Anderson, bar (Don Pizarro); Peter Halverson, b (Don Fernando); Minnesota Chorale

MARCH 2, 1998
Ax Plays Chopin

(r. 1/23/98) Masterworks VIII (Ordway)
BRIGHT SHENG: "Four Postcards" (world premiere)
CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No. 1 in e, Op. 11
MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 3 in a, Op. 56 ("Scottish")
--Hugh Wolff, conductor; Emanuel Ax, piano

MARCH 9, 1998
March 9: (r. 11/25/95) Encore - Skrowaczewski Conducts (Ordway)
WEBER: "Abu Hassan" Overture
PENDERECKI: Sinfonietta for Strings
HARBISON: Flute Concerto
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 4 in Bb, Op. 60
--Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor; Marina Piccinini, flute

MARCH 16, 1998
Nadja Plays Bach

(r. 1/15/98) Baroque IV (Ordway)
BACH (arr. Malloch): "The Art of Fuguing" (selections)
BACH: Violin Concerto in E, S. 1042
BACH: Concerto in C for Oboe and Violin, S. 1060
BACH (arr. Malloch): "The Art of Fuguing" (selections)
--Hugh Wolff, conductor; Nadia Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin; Kathryn Greenbank, oboe

MARCH 23, 1998
(r. 10/14/95) Encore - Classical Percussion (Ordway)
ROSSINI: "The Italian Girl in Algiers" Overture
VIVALDI: Concerto for Percussion (from Recorder Concerto
in C, transcribed by E. Glennie)
MIYOSHI: Concerto for Marimba and Strings
TORKE: Adjustable Wrench for Chamber Ensemble
MOZART: Symphony No. 38 in D, K. 504 ("Prague")
--Hugh Wolff, conductor; Evelyn Glennie, percussion

MARCH 30, 1998
Music of World War II

(r. 12/16/95) Encore (Ordway)
BARBER: Capricorn Concerto
BRITTEN: Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings
HAAS: Study for String Orchestra
BERNSTEIN: Clarinet Sonata with String Orchestra
MESSIAEN: Intermede, fr "Quartet for the End of Time"
COPLAND: Clarinet Concerto
--Hugh Wolff, conductor & piano; Richard Stoltzman, clarinet; Steven Stollen, tenor; Herbert Winslow, fh; Julia Bogorad, f; Linda Strommen, ob; Gary Bordner, tpt; Romuald Tecco, vn; Joshua Koestenbaum, vcl

APRIL 6, 1998
Beethoven's Leonore

(r. 2/13/98) Masterworks IX (Ordway)
BEETHOVEN: "Leonore" Overture No. 1, Op. 138
SCHUMANN: Piano Concerto in a, Op. 54
BEETHOVEN: "Leonore" Overture No. 2, Op. 72
BEETHOVEN: "Leonore" Overture, No. 3, Op. 72a
--Hugh Wolff, conductor; Bruno Leonardo Gelber, piano

APRIL 13, 1998
Beethoven's Second

(r. 2/20/98) Masterworks X (Ordway)
BRITTEN: Suite on English Folk Tunes, Op. 90
("A time there was...")
PROKOFIEV: Violin Concerto No. 2 in g, Op. 63
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 36
--Ivan Fischer, guest conductor; Leila Josefowicz, violin

APRIL 20, 1998
McNair Sings

(r. 2/27/98) Masterworks XI (Ordway)
HANDEL: "Julius Caesar" Overture -
1. "Venere bella per un istante"
2. "Piangero la sorte mia"
3. "Da tempeste il legno infranto"
HANDEL: "Terpsichore" Ballet Music
MOZART: "Idomeneo" Overture, Aria (:Padre, germani, addio!"), and Ballet Music
--Christopher Hogwood, conductor; Sylvia McNair, soprano

APRIL 27, 1998
Hogwood and Petri

(r. 2/17/96) Encore (Ordway)
HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in d, Op. 3, no. 5
TELEMANN: Recorder Concerto in D
VIVALDI: Recorder Concerto in C, R. 443
GARY KULESHA: "Conceits" for Solo Recorder
HAYDN: Symphony No. 79 in F
--Christopher Hogwood, conductor; Michala Petri, recorder

MAY 4, 1998
Death and the Maiden

(r. 4/3/98) Masterworks XIII (Ordway)
JARON LANIER: (world premiere)
SAINT-SAENS: Piano Concerto No. 2 in g Op. 22
SCHUBERT (trans. Andy Stein): Symphony in d
(after Quartet No. 14, "Death and the Maiden", D. 810)
--Hugh Wolff, conductor; Andre Watts, piano

MAY 11, 1998
Pachelbel's Canon

(r. 4/24/98) Baroque VI (Wooddale Church)
VIVALDI (arr. Rousseau): Concerto in D for Flute Solo ("Spring")
PACHELBEL: Canon & Gigue in D
VIVALDI: Concerto in C for 2 Trumpets, R. 537
HANDEL: Concerto a due cori No. 2 in F
BACH: Concerto in D for 3 Violins, S. 1064
HANDEL: "Royal Fireworks" Music
--Christopher Hogwood, conductor; Julia Bogorad, flute; Gary Bordner, trumpet; Lynn Erickson, trumpet

MAY 18:
(r. 1/6/96) Encore (Ordway)

BRITTEN: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge
LIGETI: Cello Concerto
TCHAIKOVSKY: Variations on a Rococco Theme, Op. 35
BRAHMS: Variations on a Theme of Haydn, Op. 45
--Hugh Wolff, conductor; Lynn Harrell, cello

MAY 25:
(r. 2/3/96) Encore (Ordway)

MOZART: The Marriage of Figaro Overture, L. 492
MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 20 in d, K. 466
Improvisations by Bobby McFerrin and Chick Corea
BIZET: Symphony in C
--Bobby McFerrin, conductor; Chick Corea, piano

JUNE 1:
(r. 5/8/98) Baroque VII (Ordway)

HAYDN: Symphony No. 53 in D (Imperial) (alternate finale)
HANDEL: Organ Concerto No. 10 in d, Op. 7, no. 4
LOCATELLI: Concerto Grosso in F, Op. 7, no. 4
MOZART: 1 Church Sonatas for Organ and Strings (K.328/336))
HAYDN: Symphony No. 53 in D (entire)
--Nicholas McGegan, guest conductor; John Butt, organ
(chamber organ by Daniel Jaeckel)

JUNE 8:
(r. 5/29/98) Beethoven I (Ordway)

BEETHOVEN: Concert Aria, Ah! perfido, Op. 65
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G, Op. 58
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5 in c, Op. 67
--Hugh Wolff, conductor; Camellia Johnson, soprano; Helene Grimaud, piano

JUNE 15:
(r. 1/13/96) Encore (Ordway)

HANDEL: Agrippina Sinfonia
ZUMAYA: Sol-fa de Pedro
HANDEL: Teseo Overture
ZUMAYA: Celebren, publiquen
HANDEL: Samson Sinfonia (Act 1)
JERUSALEM: Kyrie & Gloria, fr Polychoral Mass
HANDEL: Alceste Grand Entree
JERUSALEM: Dixit Dominus
--Hugh Wolff, conductor; Chanticleer Choral Ensemble

JUNE 22:
(r. 3/23/96) Encore (Ordway)
DVORAK: Czech Suite, Op. 39
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat, Op. 19
JANACEK: On an Overgrown Path (piano solo, excerpts)
JANACEK (arr. Martin Bresnick): On an Overgrown Path
--Christopher Hogwood, conductor; Barry Douglas, piano

JUNE 29:
(r. 4/6/96) Encore (Ordway)
BEETHOVEN: Missa Solemnis in D, Op. 123
--Hugh Wolff, conductor; Elzbieta Szymtka, s; Marietta Simpson,
ms; John Aler, t; Richard Zeller, b; The Dale Warland
Singers


Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Broadcasts
Summer 1998 - 'best of'


Summer Program #1
Uplink: Monday, July 6, 1998
Faure by McFerrin
Bobby McFerrin, conductor
The Minnesota Chorale
Barbara Bonney, soprano
Eugene Perry, baritone
MOZART Cassation in G, K. 63 (selections)
MOZART Motet, Exsultate jubilate, K. 165
FAURE Requiem, Op 48

Summer Program #3
Uplink: Monday, July 20, 1998
Rhapsody in Blue
Andre Litton, conductor and piano
Charles Ullery, bassoon
IVES Symphony No. 3 (The Camp Meeting)
ANDRE JOLIVET Bassoon Concerto (1949)
COPLAND Three Latin American Sketches
MILHAUD La Creation du Monde, Op 81
GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue

Summer Program #4
Uplink: Monday, July 27, 1998
Virtuosic Strings
Dmitry Sitkovetsky, conductor and violin
MOZART Divertimento in B-flat, K. 137
BACH (trans. Sitkovetsky) Goldberg Variations, S. 988

Summer Program #5
Uplink: Monday, August 3, 1998
A Chanticleer Encore
Christopher Hogwood, conductor
Chanticleer Vocal Ensemble
VIVALDI Credo in E minor, RV. 591
VIVALDI Concerto in C for Strings, RV. 114
PALESTRINA Motet, O Bone Jesu
LASSO Motet, Surge, propera amica mea
PALESTRINA Motet, Gaude, Barbara
VIVALDI Concerto in G minor for Strings, RV. 157
GABRIELI Magnificat for 12 Voices
VASILY TITOV Motet, The Angel Cried Out
GABRIELI Sonata in C for Three Violins and Continuo
VIVALDI Three Vespers Psalms

Summer Program #6
Uplink: Monday, August 10, 1998
Dvorak and Mozart
Dennis Russell Davies, conductor
Ursula Oppens, piano
DVORAK (arr. Davies) Five Bagatelles, Op 47
GYORGY LIGETI Piano Concerto (1985)
MOZART Rondo in D, K. 382
MOZART Symphony in D, K. 250 (from Haffner Serenade)

Summer Program #7
Uplink: Monday, August 17, 1998
German Masterworks
Christopher Hogwood, conductor
Jon Kimura Parker, piano
WEBER Symphony No. 2 in C
MENDELSSOHN Piano Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op 25
SCHUBERT Music for unaccompanied solo piano
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 8 in B Minor, D. 759 (Unfinished)

Summer Program #8
Uplink: Monday, August 24, 1998
Romantic Violin
Hugh Wolff, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
MEL POWELL Settings for Small Orchestra (1992)
HENRI VIEUXTEMPS Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op 37
RAVEL Tzigane
BRAHMS Serenade No. 1 in D, Op 11

Summer Program #9
Uplink: Monday, August 31, 1998
Bobby's Baroque Friends
Bobby McFerrin, conductor
JOSEPH FIALA Concerto in E-flat for Two Horns
Herbert Winslow, Paul Straka, French horn
J.S. BACH Concerto in d for Two Violins, S. 1043
Romuald Tecco, Thomas Kornacker, violin
BACH Allegro (1st movement) from Violin Concerto No. 1 in a, S. 1041
Bobby McFerrin, voice
ALBIONI Concerto in C for Two Oboes, Op 9, no. 9
Kathryn Greenbank, Thomas Tempel, oboe
BACH Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor, S. 1067
Julia Bogorad, flute

Summer Program #10
Uplink: Monday, September 7, 1998
Watts Plays Beethoven
Hugh Wolff, conductor
Andre Watts, piano
STRAVINSKY Danses Concertantes
HAYDN Symphony No. 98 in B-flat
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat, Op 73 (Emperor)

Summer Program #11
Uplink: Monday, September 14, 1998
Skrowaczewski Conducts
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor
Marina Piccinini, flute
WEBER Abu Hassan Overture
PENDERECKI Sinfonietta for Strings
HARBISON Flute Concerto
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 4 in B-flat, Op 60

Summer Program #12
Uplink: Monday, September 12, 1998
Nadja and Sharon
Hugh Wolff, conductor
Sharon Isbin, guitar
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin
HAYDN Symphony No. 92 in G (Oxford)
RODRIGO Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar and Orchestra
BARBER Adagio for Strings
BARBER Violin Concerto, Op 14

Summer Program #13
Uplink: Monday, September 28, 1998
Classical Percussion
Hugh Wolff, conductor
Evelyn Glennie, percussion
ROSSINI Overture to The Italian Girl in Algiers
VIVALDI (trans. E. Glennie) Concerto for Percussion (from Recorder Concerto in C)
MIYOSHI Concerto for Marimba and Strings
TORKE Adjustable Wrench for Chamber Ensemble
MOZART Symphony No. 38, Prague





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