Category Archives: Classical

Carnegie Hall Live February Performances

February includes an all start line-up for Carnegie Hall Live with three worldclass concerts.

  • The Boston Symphony Orchestra and conductor Bernard Haitink take center stage on Tuesday, February 11 at 8:00 pm EST, for Brahms Symphony No. 4 and Funeral Music for Queen Mary by Steven Stucky (after Henry Purcell).
  • On Sunday, February 23 at 2:00 pm EST, we will showcase the superstar duo of Yo-Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax performing cello sonatas by Johannes Brahms.
  • And the February concerts conclude with Franz-Welser Most leading the Vienna Philharmonic in symphonies by Mozart and Bruckner, and Johannes Maria Staud’s On Comparative Meteorology on Wednesday, February 26 at 8:00 pm EST.

Jeff Spurgeon and Fred Child will co-host the program. Lengths and the broadcast windows will be announced in each performance’s week out reminder email.

Last Night of the Proms, the Mozart Festival and more from APM!

Last Night of the BBC Proms, September 7th

Last Night of the Proms is coming up, Saturday, September 7th! Join us as Marin Alsop becomes the first female conductor of the Last Night of the Proms, and mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato and violinist Nigel Kennedy join the BBC Symphony Orchestra and BBC Symphony Chorus in a concert that runs from Rossini and Handel arias to a mass sing-along.

• WHAT: APM’s Last Night of the Proms, hosted by Brian Newhouse
• WHEN: available Saturday, September 7th, 2013
• For complete artist and program listings, please visit the APM Stations website
New this year: in order to allow stations greater scheduling flexibility, the air window for Last Night of the Proms has been extended by a full day. That means you can bring this musical event to your listeners on the night of Saturday, September 7th or anytime on Sunday, September 8th. Here are the details:

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Carnegie Hall Live: Coming in April

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Dear Stations:

How time flies when you’re listening to great radio. Before the amazing second season of Carnegie Hall Live zips by and closes, bring your listeners these two beautiful concerts. Glorious chamber music performed by an ensemble of fiery young artists, and a soaring symphony in the grandest of traditions.
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Carnegie Hall Live this Wednesday, March 20: program update from APM

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Carnegie Hall has announced that the concert by the San Francisco Symphony and Michael Tilson Thomas originally scheduled for Wednesday, March 20 has been cancelled due to the orchestra’s current work stoppage. We at APM and WQXR regret this, but are pleased to announce that an outstanding concert from last season’s Carnegie Hall Live – the Berlin Philharmonic in Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 – will be fed to stations, on schedule, this Wednesday. This concert will be fed via the existing program page in Content Depot, which has been re-named to: “Carnegie Hall Live: Berlin Philharmonic Mar 20, 2013”. (You do not need to subscribe to a new page.)

The rundown is now available and an updated promo has been posted on Content Depot for your use in promoting this program:

Carnegie Hall Live: Berlin Philharmonic Mar 20, 2013
March 20, 2013 8 p.m. ET (2:59:00)

Berliner Philharmoniker
Sir Simon Rattle, Music Director and Conductor
Camilla Tilling, Soprano
Bernarda Fink, Mezzo-Soprano
Westminster Symphonic Choir
Joe Miller, Conductor
HUGO WOLF “Elfenlied”; “Der Feuerreiter”; “Frühlingschor”
GUSTAV MAHLER Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, “Resurrection”

Your station may air this program anytime within a 7-day window.

If you have any questions, please contact your Station Relations Representative.