Our Philosophy
We believe music is the ultimate form of communication. Music goes straight to the heart, bypassing language and directly connecting human beings across cultures, even across time itself.
We also believe what the great composers knew—that theme and variation are the keys to success. You will hear plenty of favorites and pieces you have never heard before. We hope to delight you with different arrangements and introduce you to new music and new musicians we hope you will love. Finally, we believe in the big tent approach to presenting classical music here in Portland—there’s plenty of room for everyone and all are welcome. Thanks for listening.
Weekly Program Listing
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12/19/09 - Saturday
Programming for Dec. 19 - 26
Saturday, December 19
10AM Saturday Opera: The Metropolitan Opera’s live presentation of Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffman.
3PM First Impressions with John Pitman: J. S. Bach’s Inventions for keyboard, BWV 772-786, with pianist Till Fellner; Haydn’s Symphony No. 98 in B Flat with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Claudio Abbado conducting; Ernest Krahmer’s Introduction, Theme and Variations, Op 32, with Michala Petri, recorder, and Lars Hannibal, guitar
4PM The Score with Edmund Stone: Home for the Holidays
5PM From the Top: From the Top comes from the Mesa Arts Center in Mesa, AZ, with a program of accomplished musicians, including a sibling cello and violin duo playing Kodály.
6PM Chicago Symphony Orchestra: A retrospective from the CSO’s vast archives of commercial CDs features Brahms’ Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90, Stravinsky’s Symphony of Psalms and excerpts from Bach’s Mass in b minor.
8PM Club Mod with Robert McBride: Kontakion on the Nativity of Christ
Portland's Cappella Romana is featured in the premiere recording of a choral concerto by Richard Toensing.
10PM Night Music: Our own late night/overnight program, airing 10PM Saturday through 6AM Sunday, features classical music with the night in mind with hosts Edmund Stone and Andrea Murray.
Sunday, December 20
8AM Millennium of Music: A Norwegian Christmas: Organ and Voice, Part 2
More sacred works from the Nordic Voices and organ performances from The Norwegian Folk Museum (1723 organ) and the recent French-baroque organ constructed in the Ål Church in Hallingdal.
9AM St. Paul Sunday: Joyeux Noel
With each passing year, the hubbub around the holidays seems to crowd out more of the mystery and beauty of the season. Take an hour off this week as Bill welcomes soprano Ellen Hargis with lutenist Paul O'Dette. We'll journey back to France and Italy for 16th century Noels and then slip across the English Channel to hear Christmas pieces from the time of Shakespeare. Enjoy an extra special Christmas gift this week from Saint Paul Sunday.
10AM Classical Guitar Alive: This week's program features music from around the world, including works from Japan, Puerto Rico, Spain, Brazil, Australia, Estonia and Argentina.
3PM Request Show: Email your requests for this two-hour program to Edmund@allclassical.org
5PM Played in Oregon with Christa Wessel: ‘Tis the season
This week on Played in Oregon we’ll enjoy a selection of holiday music as performed by Oregon artists. We’ll deck the halls with music from the Oregon Bach Festival, In Mulieribus, Willamette Master Chorus, Trinity Consort, Portland Girlchoir and more. Happy Holidays from All Classical FM.
6PM New York Philharmonic: Esa-Pekka Salonen directs pianist David Fray in Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G Major, and the orchestra performs Bartók’s Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta and Debussy’s La Mer (The Sea).
8PM Vocal Chords: The first of a three-week presentation of Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, which comprises six individual cantatas written for the period of Advent, Christmas and Epiphany. Peter Schreier conducts (and sings the role of the Evangelist) the Leipzig Radio Chorus and Staatskapelle Dresden, with vocal soloists Helen Donath (as the Angel); Marjaba Lipsovsek, alto; Eberhard Buchner, tenor; and Robert Hall, bass (as Herod).
9PM The Organ Trail with Rene Marceau: Christmas in New York City
Take a trip on the Organ Trail as we visit New York City and the Church of St. Mary the Virgin in Lower Manhattan.
10PM Night Music: Our own late night/overnight program, airing 10PM Sunday through 6AM Monday, features classical music with the night in mind with your host Brandi Parisi.
Monday, December 21
7PM Handel's Messiah: A very special LIVE re-broadcast of Portland Baroque Orchestra's 2009 presentation of Handel's Messiah.
10PM Night Music: Our own late night/overnight program, airing 10PM Monday through 6AM Tuesday, features classical music with the night in mind with host Brandi Parisi.
Tuesday, December 22
12AM A Festival of Carols continues all day.
Wednesday, December 23
12AM A Festival of Carols continues all day.
Thursday, December 24
12AM A Festival of Carols continues all day.
7AM A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols LIVE from King’s College, Cambridge
A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols is the Christmas Eve service held in King's College Chapel. The service includes carols and readings from the Bible. The carols and readings vary from year to year with the exception of the opening carol, which is always Once in Royal David's City.
Friday, December 25
12AM A Festival of Carols continues all day!
Saturday, December 26
10AM Saturday Opera: The Metropolitan Opera’s live presentation of Richard Strauss’ Elektra
12N Top 100 Countdown to 2010
We launch our latest countdown for a few hours today, focusing on some selections from the official list, as well as several honorable mention selections.
3PM First Impressions with John Pitman: John Pitman has a conversation with violinist Rachel Barton Pine about her chamber group, Trio Settecento, and their new CD entitled, A German Bouquet.
4PM The Score with Edmund Stone: This week on The Score we boldly go where no man has gone before on Star Trek, the Franchise. Since its humble beginnings on television in 1966, Star Trek has spawned four more TV series and eleven feature films. We’ll energize ourselves through the music to some of them this week. Set the helm to warp speed as we journey through Space, the Final Frontier.
5PM From the Top: This week, From the Top broadcasts from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and proves that Iowa makes great music. Highlights include a phenomenal 17-year-old mandolin player who spends almost as much time raising chickens as he does playing music.
6PM Chicago Symphony Orchestra: Dutch violinist Janine Jansen makes her CSO debut as part of the orchestra’s Dvorak Festival playing the Violin Concerto in a minor, Op. 53. Sir Mark Elder conducts the orchestra in Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 10, and Symphony No. 7 in d minor, Op. 70.
8PM Club Mod with Robert McBride: MTT at 65
Michael Tilson Thomas, the music director of the San Francisco Symphony, celebrated his 65th birthday this week, and Club Mod joins the party with two hours of his exceptional recordings.
10PM Night Music: Our own late night/overnight program, airing 10PM Saturday through 6AM Sunday, features classical music with the night in mind with hosts Edmund Stone and Andrea Murray.
Suite for Flute and Piano, Op 116
