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**WEDNESDAY, *DECEMBER 3***

GMT 0025/EST 7:25PM (Tuesday)				GMT 0025/EST 7:25PM (Tuesday)
	METROPOLITAN OPERA New York City, New York, USA		128K AAC	128K MP3		schedule
	0025 7:25PM	SPECIAL PROGRAM: The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess -- L I V E Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus Conductor ..... Kwamé Ryan Bess ..... Brittany Renee Clara ..... Vuvu Mpofu Serena ..... Latonia Moore Maria ..... Denyce Graves Sportin' Life ..... Frederick Ballentine Porgy ..... Alfred Walker Crown ..... Ryan Speedo Green Jake ..... Benjamin Taylor (Approx. 3 hrs., 40 min.)

GMT 0100/EST 8:00PM (Tuesday)				GMT 0100/EST 8:00PM (Tuesday)
	VivaLaVoce (a service of WETA) Washington, DC, USA		128K MP3	128KAAC		schedule
	0100 8:00PM	Opera at Eight: Der Freischütz Carl Maria von Weber René Kollo (tenor) [Max] Hildegard Behrens (soprano) [Agathe] Peter Meven [Kaspar] Helen Donath [Ännchen] Hermann Sapell [Kilian] Raimund Grumbach [Kuno] Kurt Moll [Eremit] Wolfgang Brendel [Ottokar] Rolf Boysen [Samiel] Irmgard Lampert [Brautjungfern 1] Adelheid Schiller [Brautjungfern 2] Erika Rüggeberg [Demoiselle d'honneur 1] Renate Freyer [Demoiselle d'honneur 2] Theodor Nicolai [Ein Jäger] Bavarian Radio Chorus and Symphony Orchestra Rafael Kubelik (conductor) (No duration given)**
	WMNR Monroe, Connecticut, USA		56K MP3M			schedule
	0100 8:00PM	Evening at the Opera: Peter Shimkin: Contemporary Singers, Part Seven During each program, we welcome listener calls at 203-268-9667 for requests and comments (4 hrs.)

GMT 0520/EST 12:20AM				GMT 0520/EST 12:20AM
	YLE KLASSINEN Finnish Radio		256K AAC			schedule
	0523 12:23AM	SPECIAL PROGRAM: Falvetti: Il Diluvio universale (Vedenpaisumus), oratorio (Fernando Guimarães, tenori, Mariana Flores, sopraano, Matteo Bellotto, basso, Evelyn Ramírez Muñoz, altto, Fabian Schofrin, kontratenori, Magali Arnault, sopraano, ja Caroline Weynants, sopraano, sekä Namurin kamarikuoro ja Cappella Mediterranea/Leonardo Garcia Alarcon). (1 hr., 6 min.)

GMT 0800/EST 3:00AM				GMT 0800/EST 3:00AM
	VivaLaVoce (a service of WETA) Washington, DC, USA		128K MP3	128KAAC		schedule
	0800 3:00AM	Opera Encore: Serse (Xerxes) George Frideric Handel Judith Malafronte [Serse (Xerxes)] Jennifer Smith (soprano) [Romilda] Lisa Milne (soprano) [Atalanta] Susan Bickley [Amastre] Brian Asawa [Arsamene] David Thomas [Elviro] Dean Ely [Ariodate] Hanover Band and Chorus Nicholas McGegan (conductor) (No duration given)

GMT 0810/EST 3:10AM				GMT 0810/EST 3:10AM
	YLE KLASSINEN Finnish Radio		256K AAC			schedule
	0810 3:10AM	SPECIAL PROGRAM: Kontratenori Jochen Kowalski laulaa aarioita oopperoista Rinaldo, Julius Caesar, Xerxes, Giustino, Alcina, Rodelinda ja Mitridate (C.Ph.E. Bach-kamariork./Hartmut Haenchen). (1 hr., 2 min.)

GMT 1800/EST 1:00PM				GMT 1800/EST 1:00PM
	WHRB Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA		64K AAC+	128K MP3		schedule
	1800 1:00PM	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. 1935: Two Children’s Pieces for Piano, “Sunday Afternoon Music”, “The Young Pioneers”; Smit (Columbia) 1935: Song, “What Do We Plant?”, for Women’s Chorus and Piano; Abitz, Davison (Mich.) Junior HIgh Choir (live, 1977) 1932-36: El Salón México; Koussevitzky, Boston Symphony Orchestra (Biddulph) 1936: The Second Hurricane; Bernstein, Soloists and Chorus of the High School of Music and Arts, New York Philharmonic (Duration unclear)

GMT 1900/EST 2:00PM				GMT 1900/EST 2:00PM
	FRANCE MUSIQUE Paris, FRANCE		192K AAC	96K AAC		schedule
	1900 2:00PM	SPECIAL PROGRAM: Centenaire Luciano Berio (2/2) avec l'Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France et Marzena Diakun Mercredi 3 décembre 2025 Le Concert du soir Traversée temporelle avec Berio, Mahler et Werner - au son de voix chantées ou parlées sur des fons électroniques et symphonique entremêlés - avec l'Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France et Marzena Diakun. Concert donné le 29 novembre 2025 à 20 heures en l'Auditorium de la Maison de la Radio et de la Musique à Paris Co-production Radio France / Ensemble Ars Nova / Ircam – Centre Pompidou pour le centenaire Luciano Berio 2/2 - dans le cadre de la saison Unanimes PROGRAMME Gustav Mahler (1860 - 1911), Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976) : What the Wild Flowers Tell Me (1941) Second mouvement de la Symphonie n° 3 transcrit pour orchestre de chambre par Benjamin Britten Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France Marzena Diakun, direction Héloïse Werner (née en 1991) : Siren suite - pour soprano et orchestre (2025) Commande de Radio France (création mondiale du nouvel arrangement) Héloïse Werner, soprano Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France Marzena Diakun, direction Entretien avec la compositrice Héloïse Werner Luciano Berio (1925 - 2003), Edoardo Sanguineti (1930 - 2010), Dante Alighieri (1265 - 1321), Thomas Stearns Eliot (1888 - 1965), Ezra Pound (1885 - 1972) : Laborintus II – pour voix, ensemble et bande magnétique (1965) Serge Maggiani, récitant Ensemble Ars Nova Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France Marzena Diakun, direction David Lescot, dramaturgie Yann Brecy, électronique Ircam et conseil informatique musicale Ircam Jérémie Bourgogne, diffusion sonore Ircam L'APRÈS-CONCERT Entretien avec Cristina Berio, la fille de Cathy Berberian et Luciano Berio John Lennon (1940-1980) / Paul McCartney (né en 1942) : Ticket to Ride Cathy Berberian, mezzo-soprano Guy Boyer, arrangement et clavecin Enr. décembre 1966 (Paris) Telescopie PIC 11 Cathy Berberian (1925-1983) : Stripsody Cathy Berberian, mezzo-soprano Wergo 60054-50 Luciano Berio (1925-2003) : Circles Cathy Berberian, mezzo-soprano Francis Pierre, harpe Jean-Pierre Drouet, percussions Jean-Claude Casadesus, percussions Enr. 1962 EL Records ACME370CDX Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) : La lettera amorosa Cathy Berberian, mezzo-soprano Bruno Canino, clavecin Enr. novembre 1970 (Milan) Wergo 60054-50 Luciano Berio (1925-2003) : Folk Songs (extraits) Cathy Berberian, mezzo-soprano Juilliard Ensemble Luciano Berio, direction Enr. décembre 1968 (New York City) RCA 09026 62540 2 L'équipe Arnaud Merlin Producteur de radio Céline Parfenoff Réalisation Nelly Portal Collaboration (2 hrs.)

GMT 2300/EST 6:00PM				GMT 2300/EST 6:00PM
	CESKY ROZHLAS 3 - VLTAVA Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC		256K (VBR) OGG VORBIS	128K (VBR) OGG VORBIS	256K MP3	schedule
	CESKY ROZHLAS - D-Dur Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC		256K OGG VORBIS 192K WMP 9 128K OGG VORBIS	80K MP3 M 64K WMP 9 48K OGG VORBIS M	32K MP3M 32K WMP 9 M 22K OGG VORBIS M	schedule
	2300 6:00PM	Opera: Giovanni Paisiello: Il barbiere di Siviglia ovvero La precauzione inutile (Lazebník sevillský aneb Zbytečná opatrnost) Dramma giocoso o 2 dějstvích, libreto Giuseppe Petrosellini podle komedie Le Barbiere de Séville, ou la Précaution inutile od Pierra-Augustina Carona de Beaumarchaise. Osoby a obsazení: Hrabě Almaviva, Patrizio Saudelli Rosina, schovanka Bartolova, Marina Ivanova Don Bartolo, sevillský lékař, Giancarlo Tosi Figaro, sevillský lazebník, Gianpiero Ruggeri Don Basilio, učitel zpěvu, Ezio Maria Tisi Giovinetta, služka Bartolova, Mojca Vedernjak Svegliato, sluha Bartolův, Christian Tschelebiew Notář, Guido Boesi Starosta, Klaudiusz Kaplon zpívá a hraje Sbor a Orchestr Festivalu v Putbusu, řídí Wilhelm Keitel - Franz Xaver Mozart: Six polonaises mélancoliques, op.17. Hraje Robert Markha - Johannes Brahms: Smyčcový kvintet č. 2 G dur, op. 111. Hrají Pavel Haas Quartet a Pavel Nikl - Giovanni Paisiello-Johann Nepomuk Wendt: Der Barbier von Sevilla. Harmoniemusik pro 2 hoboje, 2 klarinety, 2 lesní rohy, 2 fagoty a kontrabas. Hraje Consortium Classicum - Petr Iljič Čajkovskij: Suita č. 3 G dur pro orchestr, op. 55. Hraje Symfonický orchestr hlavního města Prahy FOK, řídí Jiří Bělohlávek Připravil a uvádí Libor Dřevikovský (4 hrs., 1 min.)

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