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WCLV Program Guide 06-19-2021

00:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with John Mills

00:01:36  William Grant Still: Land of Romance from 'Africa'    (1930) Lara Downes, piano   Steinway 30016 6:48

00:09:10  George Walker: Lyric for Strings    (1941)  Chicago Sinfonietta Paul Freeman Cedille 061 5:17

00:15:48  Richard Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder    (1858) Measha Brueggergosman, soprano Cleveland Orchestra Franz Welser-Möst Deutsche Gram 4778773 20:06

00:38:28  Paul Moravec: Sanctuary Road    (2017) Laquita Mitchell, soprano Oratorio Society of New York Orchestra Kent Tritle Naxos 559884 49:51

01:31:46  Terrance McKnight: 'Write It!' - Reflections on 'Sanctuary Road'    (2018) Laquita Mitchell, soprano Oratorio Society of New York Orchestra Kent Tritle Naxos 559884 20:30

01:53:51  Kyle Gann: Going to Bed - Homage to Philip Glass    (2012) Lara Downes, piano   Flipside Music  6:06

 

02:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Peter Van de Graaff

02:00:00            Viola, Anselm    Bassoon Concerto         Maria Cortada, hc          Discant N/A       5:17

02:05:17            Sarasate, Pablo de        Faust' Fantasy after Gounod      Angel Jesus Garcia, v; Orch/Miguel Ortega            Rtve Musica      Sarasate - Obra Completa Vol 1 11:36

02:16:53            Berthelemy, Félix-Charles          Fantasie Brillante on Themes from Meyerbeer's 'L'Africaine'        Bert Lucarelli, ob, Manhattan String Quartet   Price-Less         The Bel Canto Oboe: Opera Paraphrases And Fantaisies            10:01

02:26:54            Massenet, Jules            Hérodiade' (1881)          San Francisco Opera Orch/Valery Gergiev          Sony            Massenet: Hérodiade     1:30

02:28:24            Khachaturian, Aram       Spartacus' Ballet Suite No. 1 (1955)        Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi            Chandos           Khachaturian: Spartacus Suites 25:55

02:54:19            Chopin, Frédéric            Preludes, Op.28            Louis Lortie, p   Chandos           Chopin: 24 Preludes, Prelude in C-Sharp Minor and Andante Spianato Et Grande Polonaise Brillante    1:41

03:00:00            Debussy, Claude           Préludes,' Bk 1  Ruth Laredo, p  Ess.a.y My First Recital 2:25

03:02:25            Beethoven, Ludwig van  Bagatelle in a, 'Für Elise,' WoO 59          Ruth Laredo, p  Ess.a.y My First Recital  2:34

03:04:59            Kuhlau, Friedrich           Elisa,' Op 29      Danish National Radio Sym Orch/Michael Schonwandt    MHS            Kuhlau: Overtures          11:20

03:16:19            Beethoven, Ludwig van  Andante favori' in F, WoO 57      Dmitry Paperno, p         Cedille  Through the Years    9:03

03:25:22            Johnsone, John Rogero' Christopher Wilson; Shirley Rumsey, l's  Naxos   John Johnsone 1:36

03:26:58            Finzi, Gerald     Suite fr 'Love's Labours Lost,' Op 28       English String Orch/William Boughton            Nimbus Finzi: Suite From Love's Labours Lost, Clarinet Concerto 27:05

03:54:03            Johnsone, John Galliard to La Vecchia Pavan'     Christopher Wilson; Shirley Rumsey, l's  Naxos   John Johnsone          1:39

 

04:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with John Mills

04:01:30  George Walker: Piano Sonata No. 1    (1953) Heidi Louise Williams, piano   Albany 1790 17:27

04:20:16  Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt: Marietta's Lied    (1920) Barbara Hendricks, soprano Philadelphia Orchestra Franz Welser-Möst EMI 56169 5:12

04:26:59  Gustav Mahler: Songs of a Wayfarer    (1884) Jessye Norman, soprano Berlin Philharmonic Bernard Haitink Philips 426257 19:27

04:49:59  Florence Price: Symphony No. 1 in e    (1932)  Fort Smith Symphony John Jeter Naxos 559827 37:19

05:30:22  Franz Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 2 in A-Flat    (1861) André Watts, piano Dallas Symphony Andrew Litton Telarc 80429 20:40

05:52:29  Sergei Prokofiev: Scherzo from Flute Sonata Op 94   (1943) Brandon Patrick George, flute   Hänssler 18039 5:23

 

06:00 CONCIERTO with Frank Dominguez: Celebrating the Latin contribution to classical music

06:01:00 Isaac Albéniz: El Puerto, from Iberia  Lang Lang, piano  Sony Classical 771901

06:05:50 Ernesto Lecuona: Canto del Guajiro Thomas Tirino, piano BIS 754 

06:08:08 Manuel Ponce: Estrellita  Jorge Federico Osorio, piano  Cedille Records 086                             

06:11:43 Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Hamlet, Fantasy Overture, Op. 67  Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela  Gustavo Dudamel  Deutsche Grammophon 001529602

06:33:11 Manuel de Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain  Martha Argerich, piano  Orchestre de Paris  Daniel Barenboim  Erato  88255

07:00:50 Mauro Giuliani: Guitar Concerto No. 3 in F, Op. 70  Angel Romero, guitar  English Chamber Orchestra  Raymond Leppard  EMI Classics 47986

07:31:28 Carlos Chávez: Symphony No. 4, "Sinfonía Romántica"  Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra  Enrique Bátiz  ASV 942

07:55:37 Anatol Liadov: Russian Dance  Andrés Díaz, cello; Samuel Sanders, piano  Sono Luminus 90188

 

08:00 PERFORMANCE TODAY WEEKEND with Valerie Kahler

Traditional, arr. Terence Blanchard: A City Called Heaven Jubilant Sykes, baritone; Terence Blanchard, piano Album: Jubilant Sykes Sony Classical Music: 4:20

Margaret Bonds: Spiritual Suite: The Bells Lara Downes, piano Album: Some of These Days Flipside Music: 3:35

Florence Price: Some Of These Days Lara Downes, piano Album: Some of These Days Flipside Music: 2:37

William Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony, Movements 1-2 Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Järvi, conductor Album: Still: Symphony No. 2 / Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony / Ellington: Harlem Chandos 9226 Music: 20:54

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: 24 Negro Melodies, Op. 59, Movement 23: Steal Away Frances Walker Slocum, piano Album: Coleridge-Taylor: 24 Negro Melodies, Op. 59 Orion 7806 Music: 3:51

Antonin Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, From the New World, Movement 1 Aspen Philharmonic Orchestra; Ludovic Morlot, conductor Aspen Music Festival and School, Benedict Music Tent, Aspen, CO Music: 11:22

Craig Hella Johnson: Considering Matthew Shepard: We Tell Each Other Stories Conspirare; Craig Hella Johnson, conductor Album: Considering Matthew Shepard Harmonia Mundi 807638 Music: 4:03

David Del Tredici: Mandango, Movements 1-2 Marc Peloquin, piano Album: Mandango: The Complete Works of David Del Tredici Vol. 2 Albany Records TR1702 Music: 8:03

Robert Savage: AIDS Ward Scherzo Sara Laimon, piano Album: Robert Savage: An Eye-Sky Symphony New World Records NWCR790 Music: 9:28

Anne Leilehua Lanzilotti: Ko'u inoa Andrew Yee, cello and vocals Personal recording Andrew made for composer Music: 6:47

Warren Zevon and Dolly Parton, arr. Brian Mummert: Keep Me in your Heart/Light of a Clear Blue Morning Brian Mummert, voice; Danielle Buonaiuto, voice; Jules Biber, cello; Kevin Devine, harpsichord ChamberQueer and The Westerlies Fest, Online Music: 03:16

Andrew Yee: The Light After Andrew Yee, cello and vocals (At home concert) Comfort At One Series, Trinity Church Wall Street, New York, NY Music: 4:51

Mari Esabel Valverde: When Thunder Comes David Galvan, piano; CSU Long Beach Bob Cole Conservatory University Choir; Josh Palkki, conductor Album: We Can Mend the Sky MPR Recording Music: 03:46

Omar Thomas: We Will Know, Movement 1 Hymn Nedelka Prescod, vocals; Omar Thomas Large Ensemble Album: We Will Know: An LGBT Civil Rights Piece in Four Movements SoundSilence Records Music: 3:51

 

10:00 CLASSICAL WEEKEND with Jacqueline Gerber

10:03:10  Georges Bizet: Carmen: Habanera 'L'amour est un oiseau rebelle'    (1875) Denyce Graves, mezzo-soprano Munich Radio Orchestra Maurizio Barbacini RCA 63509 3:44

10:08:31  William Grant Still: Festive Overture    (1944)  Royal Philharmonic Arthur Bennet Lipkin Cambria 1060 7:54

10:20:25  Robert Russell Bennett: A Symphonic Picture of Gershwin's 'Porgy & Bess'    (1942)  Philadelphia Orchestra Eugene Ormandy Sony 62402 24:56

10:48:37  Richard Strauss: Four Songs Op 27   (1894) Barbara Hendricks, soprano   EMI 55594 12:11

 

11:00 CLASSICS FOR KIDS with Naomi Lewin; CLASSICAL WEEKEND

11:10:11  Duke Ellington: Come Sunday    (1945) Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano   Decca 460811 4:49

11:16:32  Ulysses Kay: Six Dances for String Orchestra    (1954)  Westphalian Symphony Paul Freeman Vox 5157 19:55

11:39:32  Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Partita No. 2: Chaconne  BWV 1004 (1720) Awadagin Pratt, piano   EMI 55025 14:48

11:55:15  Hugo Alfvén: The Mountain King: Dance of the Shepherd Girl    (1923)  Malmö Symphony James DePreist BIS 570 4:06

 

12:00 FROM THE TOP with America's finest young musicians - Juneteenth - Co-hosted by Kevin Olusola (the cellist and beatboxer from the acapella supergroup, Pentatonix) along with pianist Peter Dugan, this special program commemorates the holiday, Juneteenth.   We meet outstanding young black musicians performing works by black composers including music by Coleridge-Taylor, Sam Cooke, Florence Price and a new work by a young composer.  These excellent young players discuss what Juneteenth means to them and the black experience in classical music

The Davidson Fine Arts Magnet School Chorus, Director Phillip Streetman with 18-year-old soloist, Zanaiah Billups performs There is a Balm in Gilead, traditional arranged by Moses Hogan.

Najee Greenlee, 18, clarinet, from Flint, Michigan along with violiinists Aidan Krieger and Valerie Xu-Friedman, violist Emma Boyd and cellist Gabriel Hennebury (all teenagers studying at the Interlochen Arts Academy) performs Clarinet Quintet in F Sharp Minor, Op. 10, Mvmt 2: Larghetto affetuoso by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

Ebun Oguntola, 15, composer, from Fayetteville, NY presents her own work, “The Dimensions” performed by host Peter Dugan, piano and From the Top alumni violinists Charles Yang and Doori Na

Host Peter Dugan, piano performs “A Child is Born” by Thad Jones

Emma Spence, 12, cello, from Los Altos, CA along with pianist Jeremy Lenk, performs Adoration by Florence Price

Kevin Olusola, cello, with alums Hannah White, violin and Clifton Williams, keyboards performs A Change is Gonna Come by Sam Cooke arranged by Matt Jones

 

13:00 CLASSICAL WEEKEND with John Mills

13:02:50  George Walker: Folk Songs for Orchestra    (1990)  Cleveland Chamber Symphony Edwin London Albany 270 11:34

13:16:34  Chevalier de Saint-Georges: Scene from 'Ernestine'    (1777) Faye Robinson, soprano London Symphony Paul Freeman Sony 586215 6:08

13:24:16  William Grant Still: Symphony No. 1    'Afro-American' (1931)  Detroit Symphony Neeme Järvi Chandos 9154 24:06

13:50:07  George Gershwin: Catfish Row - Suite from 'Porgy & Bess'    (1935) Audra McDonald, soprano San Francisco Symphony Michael Tilson Thomas RCA 68931 41:24

14:34:24  Florence Price: Allegro from Symphony No. 1    (1932)  Fort Smith Symphony John Jeter Naxos 559827 16:30

14:53:03  Johannes Brahms: Alto Rhapsody Op 53   (1869) Jessye Norman, soprano Philadelphia Orchestra Riccardo Muti Philips 426253 12:22

15:11:20  Wynton Marsalis: The Fiddler and the Dancing Witch    (1998) Wynton Marsalis, narrator Orchestra of St Luke's Robert Sadin Sony 60283 19:18

15:32:08  Franz Danzi: Concertante for Flute & Clarinet Op 41   (1814) Demarre McGill, flute Chicago Youth Symphony Allen Tinkham Cedille 187 20:38

15:54:20  Adolphus Hailstork: Epitaph for a Man Who Dreamed    (1979)  Chicago Sinfonietta Paul Freeman Cedille 061 7:37

 

16:00 SPECIAL Let Freedom Ring: A Musical Celebration of Juneteenth with Lara Downes

Florence Price: Dances in the Canebreaks--Chicago Sinfonietta/Mei-Ann Chen (Cedille 'Project W') 9:28

William L. Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony--Detroit Symphony/Neeme Järvi (Chandos 'Still: Symphony No.2; Ellington: Harlem') 28:27

Jessie Montgomery: Starburst--String Orchestra (Azica 'Strum') 3:24

Lettie B. Alston: Lift Every Voice and Sing--Lara Downes, piano (Rising Sun) 6:08

Bob Marley: Redemption Song--The Kanneh-Masons (Decca 'Carnival of the Animals') 3:51

Anonymous: Amazing Grace--Jessye Norman, soprano; Ambrosian Singers; Royal Philharmonic/Sir Alexander Gibson (Philips 'The Jessye Norman Collection: Her Greatest Performances in Opera and Song') 3:19

 

17:00 FILM AT FIVE with Bill O’Connell: Adolph Deutsch—From Broadway to Hollywood

George Gershwin: Waltz in C from ‘Pardon My English’—Leonard Pennario, piano (EMI 64668) 3:32

Adolph Deutsch: The Maltese Falcon: Suite—Moscow Symphony/William Stromberg (Marco Polo 225169) 6:46

Adolph Deutsch: George Washington Slept Here: Suite—Moscow Symphony/William Stromberg (Marco Polo 225169) 9:30

Adolph Deutsch: The Band Wagon: Main title—MGM Studio Orchestra/Adolph Deutsch (TCM 72253) 1:56

Adolph Deutsch: The Band Wagon: Carriage Ride & Dancing in the Dark—MGM Studio Orchestra/Adolph Deutsch (TCM 72253) 5:22

Adolph Deutsch: Seven Brides for Seven Brothers: Barn Dance—MGM Studio Orchestra/Adolph Deutsch (TCM 71966) 5:51

Adolph Deutsch: High Sierra: Suite—Moscow Symphony/William Stromberg (Marco Polo 225169) 3:47

Adolph Deutsch: Northern Pursuit: Suite—Moscow Symphony/William Stromberg (Marco Polo 225169) 7:05

Adolph Deutsch: The Mask of Dimitrios: Suite—Moscow Symphony/William Stromberg (Marco Polo 225169) 6:43

 

18:00 FOOTLIGHT PARADE: SOUNDS OF THE AMERICAN MUSICAL with Bill Rudman: "The Testosterone Brigade" - Full-blooded manly men in musicals -- 90 years worth -- ranging from Dennis King and Al Jolson to Patrick Wilson and Lin-Manuel Miranda

18:00:00            00:00:51            George and Ira Gershwin           Fascinating Rhythm       William Bolcom Songs by Gershwin           Nonesuch         979151-2

18:00:55            00:03:15            R.Rodgers-Lorenz Hart  The Lady Is a Tramp      Frank Sinatra    Pal Joey            Capitol  W912

18:04:07            00:04:55            Claude DeMetrius          Hard-Hearted Woman    Elvis Presley     Elvis's Greatest Jukebox Hits     RC        97863-67555

18:06:09            00:01:25            Sigmund Romberg-Oscar Hammertstein The Riff Song   Gordon MacRae            The Desert Song     Angel    S-37319

18:08:12            00:00:45            Rudolph Friml-Brian Hooker       Song of the Vagabonds Dennis King      Star-Spangled Rhythm          Smithsonian      RD111

18:08:53            00:00:49            Sigmund Romberg-O.Hammerstein         Stouthearted Men          Jerry Hadley            Golden Days     RCA     09026-62681

18:10:09            00:01:29            Ray Henderson-Sam Lewis        I'm Sitting on Top of the World   Al Jolson          Al Jolson at Warner Bros.  Rhino    R272544

18:11:57            00:01:15            R.Rodgers-Lorenz Hart  Mimi     Maurice Chevalier          American Songbook Series: Rodgers & Hart Rhino    RD048-6

18:14:02            00:02:38            Cole Porter       Where Is the Life That Late I Led?          Alfred Drake      Kiss Me, Kate --Original B'way Cast     Sony    SK60538

18:16:40            00:01:48            Cole Porter       Where Is the Life That Late I Led?          Howard Keel     Kiss Me, Kate -- Film Soundtrack         Rhino    R272152

18:18:33            00:02:08            R.Rodgers-O.Hammerstein        This Nearly Was Mine    Ezio Pinza         South Pacific -- Original B'way Cast    Sony    SK60722

18:21:09            00:01:33            R.Rodgers-O.Hammerstein        Song of the King           Yul Brynner       The King and I -- Film Soundtrack       Angel    7777-64693

18:23:04            00:02:42            R.Adler-Jerry Ross        Small Talk         John Raitt, Janis Paige  The Pajama Game -- Original B'way Cast       Sony    SK89253

18:25:45            00:00:50            R.Adler-Jerry Ross        There Once Was a Man Harry Connick, Jr.,Kelli O'Hara   The Pajama Game -- B'way Revival  Columbia          CK90035

00:26:48            00:01:47            Arthur Freed-Nacio Herb Brown Singin' in the Rain          Gene Kelly        Singin' in the Rain -- Film Soundtrack Rhino    R274497

18:29:00            00:02:11            Leonard Bernstein-Stephen Sondheim   The Jet Song    Company          West Side Story -- Original B'way Cast       Sony   SK60724

18:31:04            00:03:15            Johnny Mercer-Gene dePaul      Lonesome Polecat        Company          Seven Brides for Seven Brothers -- Film Soundtrack    Rhino    R271966

18:35:02            00:01:37            Harry Warren-Al Dubin  42nd Street       Jerry Orbach     42nd Street -- Original B'way Cast     RCA     RCD1-3891

18:37:10            00:02:16            Frank Loesser   Luck Be a Lady Marlon Brando  Guys & Dolls     Decca B'way     012-159-112

18:39:26            00:02:48            John Kander-Fred Ebb  Woman Anthony Quinn  Zorba -- 1983 Revival    RCA            RCD1-4732

18:42:51            00:03:10            Jerry Herman     I Won't Send Roses       Robert Preston  Mack and Mabel -- Original B'way Cast        MCA     MCAD-10523

18:47:11            00:01:41            Lin-Manuel Miranda       My Shot            Lin-Manuel Miranda       Hamilton -- Original B'way Cast        Atlantic 551093-2

18:48:51            00:01:48            David Yazbek    Man      Patrick Wilson   The Full Monty  RCA     09026-63739

18:51:12            00:01:48            George and Ira Gershwin           Sweet and Low Down    Joshua Bell       Gershwin Fantasy Sony    SK60659

18:53:03            00:03:53            Richard Rodgers           Filler: Nobody Told Me   Richard Kiley    No Strings -- Original B'way Cast        DRG     DRG19065

 

19:00 SYMPHONY AT SEVEN with John Simna

19:04:42  Duke Ellington: The River: Suite    (1971)  Detroit Symphony Neeme Järvi Chandos 9154 26:45

19:33:15  William Grant Still: Africa    (1930)  Fort Smith Symphony John Jeter Naxos 559174 27:41

 

20:00 SATURDAYS FROM SEVERANCE with Robert Conrad - The Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst; Joseph Lulloff, alto saxophone – recorded live in Severance Hall in 2005

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 36 in C K 425 'Linz'

Ingolf Dahl: Concerto for Alto Saxophone & Wind Ensemble

Antonin Dvorak: Symphony No. 5 in F Op 76

21:50:55  Gioacchino Rossini: La gazza ladra: Overture    (1817)  Cleveland Orchestra Lorin Maazel Decca 4787779 9:55

 

22:00 WEEKEND RADIO with Robert Conrad – Wayne and Shuster's "Frontier Psychiatrist" and the Chorale and Finale from Peter Schickele's "Oedipus Rex"… "Trumpet Volunteer" by Peter Sellers… Richard Perlmutter and "The Kings and Queens of England"… Jan C. Snow and This Week in the Media

 

23:00 QUIET HOUR with Rob Grier

23:03:28  Duke Ellington: Solitude    (1935) Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano   Decca 460811 5:15

23:08:44  Sergei Prokofiev: Andante from Flute Sonata Op 94   (1943) Brandon Patrick George, flute   Hänssler 18039 3:46

23:12:31  George Walker: Lyric for Strings    (1941)  Cleveland Chamber Symphony Edwin London Albany 270 6:10

23:19:40  Paul Juon: Adagio from Viola Sonata Op 15   (1901) Eliesha Nelson, viola   Sono Luminus 92136 6:06

23:25:46  Robert MacGimsey: Sweet Little Jesus Boy    (1934) Jessye Norman, soprano   Philips 432546 4:34

23:30:20  William Grant Still: Mother and Child    (1943)  Manhattan Chamber Orchestra Richard Auldon Clark Newport 85596 7:18

23:37:39  Hazel Scott: Peace of Mind    (1955) Lara Downes, piano   Rising Sun 2 3:42

23:42:01  William Grant Still: Afro-American Symphony: Sorrow    (1931)  Detroit Symphony Neeme Järvi Chandos 9154 5:14

23:47:16  Duke Ellington: Solitude    (1935) Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano   Decca 460811 5:15

23:52:31  Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita for solo flute: Sarabande  BWV 1013 (1718) Brandon Patrick George, flute   Hänssler 18039 4:53

23:57:56  Charles S. Brown: A Song without Words    (1974) Rachel Barton Pine, violin   Cedille 182 3:09