Music from Northwestern on WFMT 2012

For the eighth consecutive year, Northwestern University's Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music and WFMT-FM 98.7 will broadcast a weekly Sunday afternoon radio series showcasing Northwestern music faculty, ensembles, distinguished alumni, and guest artists in performance and conversation. This winter's four-week Music from Northwestern series will air four hour-long shows each Sunday at 4 p.m. CST from January 8 through 29, 2012. The series will also be available via live, streaming audio at wfmt.com.

WFMT program host and Northwestern University alumnus Kerry Frumkin will host the broadcasts. Richard Van Kleeck, director of concert activities for the Bienen School of Music, is co-producer of the Winter 2012 WFMT radio broadcasts along with Jesse McQuarters.

Check this page regularly for programming updates.

Program #801: Sunday, January 8, 4 p.m.

Eric Whitacre, Sleep

Symphonic Wind Ensemble, conducted by Mallory Thompson

Watch a virtual choir of vocalists from around the world performing Sleep.

Ernst von Dohnanyi, excerpts from Sextet in C Major:

III. Allegro con sentimento

IV. Finale -- Allegro vivace, giocoso

James Giles, faculty piano; Gerardo Ribeiro, faculty violin; Steven Cohen, faculty clarinet; Gail Williams, faculty horn; Alisa Seavey, student viola; Richard Narroway, student cello

David Maslanka, Symphony No. 4

Symphonic Wind Ensemble, conducted by Mallory Thompson

Watch the Symphonic Wind Ensemble perform Maslanka's Symphony No. 4 in the making of their new release, rising. 

Program #802: Sunday, January 15, 4 p.m.

Program will also include interviews with Steve Cohen and Robert Harris.

George Frideric Handel (trans. R. Sauer), Overture: Music for the Royal Fireworks

Northwestern University Brass Ensemble, conducted by Gail Williams

W. A. Mozart, Serenade in C Minor, K. 388, No. 12

Allegro

Andante

Menuetto (In Canone), Trio (In Canone al rovescio)

Allegro

Faculty: Scott Hostetler (oboe), Steve Cohen (clarinet), Lewis Kirk (bassoon), and Gail Williams (horn)

Students: Jonathan Thompson (oboe), Ben Adler (clarinet), Nick Nelson (bassoon), and Kathryn Petrarulo (horn)

Robert A. Harris, excerpts from Gloria

I. Gloria in excelsis Deo (Chorus)

III. Domine Deus (Soprano Solo and Chorus)

IV. Quoniam tu solus sanctus (Chorus and Soprano Solo)

University Chorale, University Chorus, Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra, Robert A. Harris (conductor) and Rachel Sparrow (soprano)

Program #803: Sunday, January 22, 4 p.m.

Franz Liszt, "Aux Chapelle de Guillaume Tell" from Années de pèlerinage, Volume 1

James Giles, piano

Krzysztof Penderecki, Notturno: Adagio and Scherzo: Vivacissimo from Quartet for Clarinet, Violin, Viola, and Cello

J. Lawrie Bloom, clarinet; Blair Milton, vioiln; Yukiko Ogura, viola; Stephen Balderston, cello

Zoltán Kodály, Allegro serioso, non troppo from Duo for Violin and Cello, Op. 7

Blair Milton, violin; Stephen Balderston, cello

Ottorino Respighi, Moderato from Sonata for Violin and Piano in B Minor

Gerardo Ribeiro, violin; James Giles, piano

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Duet Scene from Romeo and Juliet

Kurt R. Hansen, Romeo; Nancy Gustafson, Juliet; Kathryn Wills, Nurse; Karina Kontorovitch, piano

Victor Goines, Ballad

Victor Goines, clarinet; Aaron Diehl, piano; Philip Kuehn, bass; Marion Felder, drums

Victor Goines, Anniversary

Victor Goines, clarinet; Aaron Diehl, piano; Philip Kuehn, bass; Marion Felder, drums; Ruben Alvarez, congas, bongos, and guacharaco; Felipe Fraga, whistles, repinique, surdo, cuica, tamborim, agogo

Program #804: Sunday, January 29, 4 p.m.

Scott McAllister, Black Dog

Andrew Hudson, clarinet (Concerto Competition winner) with the Symphonic Wind Ensemble, conducted by doctoral conducting assistant Leah McGray

Jacques Offenbach, "Ah, que j'aime les militaires" from La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein

Kate McGookey, La Grande Duchesse; male chorus; Alan Darling, piano

Jacques Offenbach (libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy), Act III, Scene 1 from La Périchole

Elisa Sutherland, Périchole; Ace Gangoso, Piquillo; Stephen Richardson, Don Andrés; Alan Darling, piano

Gustav Holst, excerpts from The Planets

     I. Mars, the Bringer of War

     III. Mercury, the Winged Messenger

     IV. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity

     VI. Uranus, the Magician

     VII. Neptune, the Mystic

Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Victor Yampolsky; Women of University Chorale and Alice Millar Chapel Choir