Program Guide 03-06-2016
Almanac
March 6
1831 premiere of Vincenzo Bellini's opera La sonnambula (The Sleepwalker) at the Teatro Carcano, Milan; the phrase Ah! non credea mirarti / Sì presto estinto, o fiore ("I did not believe you would fade so soon, oh flower") from Amina's final aria is inscribed on Bellini's tomb in the Catania Cathedral in Sicily.
1853 premiere of Giuseppe Verdi's La traviata (The Fallen Woman) at La Fenice in Venice; the premiere did not go well and the next day, Verdi wrote to a friend in what has become his most famous letter: "La traviata last night a failure. Was the fault mine or the singers'? Time will tell"; as of 2012, it was in first place on the Operabase list of the most-performed operas worldwide.
1870 Oscar Straus – Austrian composer of operettas, film scores and songs (d.1954); his original name was actually Strauss, but for professional purposes he deliberately omitted the final 's', since he wished not to be associated with the musical Strauss family of Vienna.
1897 Knudage Riisager – Estonian-born Danish composer (d.1974); his Trumpet Concertino (1933) is considered a leading example of Danish neoclassical music.
1930 Lorin Maazel – American conductor, violinist and composer (d.2014); Music Director of the Cleveland Orchestra from 1972 to 1982; held posts at L’Orchestre National de France, Pittsburgh Symphony, Bavarian Radio Symphony and the New York Philharmonic, among others.
1934 first performance of Benjamin Britten's A Simple Symphony in Norwich with the composer conducting an amateur orchestra; appears in Wes Anderson's film Moonrise Kingdom (2012), which prominently features many pieces by Britten.
1944 Dame Kiri Te Kanawa – New Zealand/Maori soprano (74 years old); has had a highly successful international opera career since 1968; in 2013, she appeared in Downton Abbey playing Dame Nellie Melba, the Australian operatic soprano.
1952 Marielle Labeque – French pianist (67years old); with Katia, member of the piano duo, the Labeque Sisters.
1975 Yannick Nézet-Séguin – Canadian conductor and pianist (44 years old); currently music director of the Orchestre Métropolitain (in Montreal), the Metropolitan Opera, and the Philadelphia Orchestra.
2000 premiere of The Handmaid’s Tale by Poul Ruders at the Royal Danish Opera in Copenhagen; based on the novel by Canadian writer Margaret Attwood; original production was sung in Danish, but the composer says he conceived the work in English.
Recording of the Week
Program Guide
LA PHILHARMONIC with Brian Lauritzen - Juraj Valcuha, Conductor; Martha Argerich, piano
00:06:00 00:17:06 Benjamin Britten Peter Grimes: Four Sea Interludes Op 33 Carlo Maria Giulini Philharmonia Orchestra EMI 67723
00:31:00 00:31:56 Robert Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor Op 54 Vienna Symphony Otto Klemperer Guiomar Novães, piano Vox 5501
01:15:00 00:26:08 Richard Strauss Death and Transfiguration Op 24 Michael Gielen Cincinnati Symphony Vox 5136
CLASSICAL WEEKEND
02:02:00 00:48:45 Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 1 in C minor Op 68 Lorin Maazel Cleveland Orchestra Decca 4787779
02:53:00 00:16:30 Knudage Riisager Fool's Paradise Suite No. 1 Op 33 Thomas Dausgaard Helsingborg Symphony DaCapo 224082
03:09:00 00:14:00 Knudage Riisager Fool's Paradise Suite No. 2 Op 33 Thomas Dausgaard Helsingborg Symphony DaCapo 224082
03:25:00 00:28:19 Franz Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 86 in D major Hugh Wolff St Paul Chamber Orchestra Teldec 46313
03:57:00 00:02:42 Sir Charles Hubert H. Parry Lady Radnor's Suite: Bourrée William Boughton English String Orchestra Nimbus 5068
04:00 INNOVATIONS with Mark Satola - featuring works by Cleveland area composers, presented in cooperation with the Cleveland Composers’ Guild
Margaret Brouwer: Skyriding 20th Century Consort (Centaur 2138) 13:27
Margi Griebling-Haigh: Sortilége (2010) Barrick Stees, bassoon; Randall Fusco, piano (CCG 09-25-11) 13:51
Eric Charnofsky: 5 by 5 (2011) Kenneth Johnson, Donna Jelen, violins; Mark Jackobs, viola; Julie Myers King, cello; Eric Charnofsky, piano (CCG 09-25-11) 18:22
H. Leslie Adams: Etude #4 in F-sharp Minor Thomas Otten, piano (Albany 1519) 6:23
04:57:00 00:01:50 Leos Janácek Lachian Dances: Celadná Dance Antoni Wit Warsaw Philharmonic Naxos 572695
05:00 MILLENNIUM OF MUSIC with Robert Aubry Davis: New from ECM - Recent releases from this often experimental label give us some contemporary takes on music from the past, including Gesualdo, Machaut, and music from the Armenian tradition.
MUSICA SACRA
06:04:00 00:11:32 Hector Berlioz Requiem: Lacrimosa Cleveland Orchestra Lorin Maazel Cleveland Orchestra Chorus Decca 4787779
06:17:00 00:10:15 Hector Berlioz Requiem: Sanctus Op 5 Cleveland Orchestra Lorin Maazel Kenneth Riegel, tenor; Cleveland Orchestra Chorus Decca 4787779
06:56:00 00:03:00 Healey Willan Hail, Gladdening Light Robert Hunter Bell St Mary Magdalene Church Choir VirginClas 45109
06:30 MUSIC AND THE SPOKEN WORD with Lloyd Newell & the Mormon Tabernacle Choir
07:00 PIPEDREAMS with Michael Barone: Theatre Pipes - a visit with Ken Double of the American Theatre Organ Society, with excerpts from recordings made at ATOS Conventions centered in Cleveland, Seattle, eastern Massachusetts, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Indianapolis and Philadelphia
JULE STYNE: Don’t rain on my parade, fr Funny Girl Clark Wilson (Robert Morton/Ohio Theatre, Columbus, OH).
TREVOR DUNCAN: March, fr A Little Suite Richard Hills (Wurlitzer/Aveni Music Salon, Cleveland, OH).
EUBIE BLAKE: Memories of you Skip Stine, trumpet; Ken Double (Kilgen/Palace Theatre, Canton, OH) ATOS 2009
RICHARD RODGERS: Have you met Miss Jones?, fr I’d rather be right Tony Fenelon (Wurlitzer/Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WA).
PERCY FAITH: Brazilian Sleigh Bells Donna Parker (Kimball/Cleveland High School, Portland, OR) ATOS 2010
TOMMY CONNOR: Be like a kettle and sing Ron Rhode (Wurlitzer/Hanover Theatre, Hanover, MA).
COLE PORTER: Love for sale, fr The New Yorkers Mark Herman (Wurlitzer/Shanklin Music Hall, Groton, MA).
WALTER MARKS: I’ve got to be me, fr Golden Rainbow Jonathan Ortloff (Wurlitzer/Providence Performing Arts Center, RI).
VINCENT YOUMANS: Sing Hallelujah!, fr Hit the Deck Chris Gorsuch (Shanklin Music Hall).
VINCENT YOUMANS: That forgotten melody Lyn Larsen (Wurlitzer/Trousdale Castle, Beverly Hills, CA).
MAX STEINER: King Kong March Chris Elliott (Wurlitzer/Plummer Auditorium, Fullerton, CA).
SAMMY FAIN: Secret love Walt Strony (Möller/Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, CA) ATOS 2012
08:00 WITH HEART AND VOICE with Peter DuBois: Lent 4 - The Fourth Sunday in Lent is often celebrated as “Laetare” Sunday, from the opening words of the Latin introit for the day. “Laetare” means “rejoice,” and music for this day will provide a brief respite from Lenten introspection and reflection
09:00 FROM THE TOP with Christopher O'Riley and America's finest young musicians; recorded October 24, 2014 - From Washington, D.C., this week’s program includes one of the youngest performers From the Top has ever featured: an 8-year-old Bolivian American pianist. He performs the music of Haydn with a delightfully infectious sense of freedom and joy. Also, an all-female percussion quartet brings us a mesmerizing piece written by a contemporary composer, and the show concludes with the sheer inspiration of a youth gospel choir
15-year-old violinist Kiarra Saito-Beckman (Jack Kent Cooke Young Artist) from Bend, Oregon, performs “Carmen Fantasie” by Franz Waxman (1906–1967), with pianist Christopher O’Riley.
17-year-old flutist Taiga Ultan (Jack Kent Cooke Young Artist) from Brooklyn, New York, performs Fantaisie for Flute and Piano by Philippe Gaubert (1879–1941), with pianist Christopher O’Riley.
8-year-old pianist Oscar Paz-Suaznabar (Jack Kent Cooke Young Artist) from Alexandria, Virginia, performs the third movement, Prestissimo, from Sonata No. 52 in G major, Hob. XVI:39, by Franz Joseph Haydn (1732–1809).
Alumni feature: 21-year-old percussionist Marcelina Suchocka from Chicago, Illinois, and now living in New York, New York, performs “Chega de Saudade” (No More Blues) by Antônio Carlos Jobim (1927–1994) and arranged by Gary Burton.
The Excelsis Percussion Quartet performs Prelude I and Chorus I from “Threads” by Paul Lansky (b. 1944).Percussionist Marcelina Suchocka; Percussionist Aya Kaminaguchi; Percussionist Mariana Ramirez; Percussionist Clara Warnaar
The Washington Performing Arts Children of the Gospel Choir performs “Praise Ye the Lord” by Scott Cumberbatch, with pianist Clifton Williams.
10:00 PERFORMANCE TODAY WEEKEND with Fred Child
Joseph Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in E-flat: 3. Allegro--Wynton Marsalis, trumpet; English Chamber Orchestra; Raymond Leppard, conductor Album: Joseph Haydn: NPR Milestones of the Millenium - Surprise and Farewell Sony 61700 Music: 4:39
Joaquin Turina: Sonata, Op. 61--Adam Holzman, guitar 92nd Street Y, New York, NY Music: 9:50
The Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Bob Lagerquist from Eugene, OR Music: 8:50
Puzzler Payoff: Frederic Chopin: Prelude No. 21--Yundi Li, piano Album: Chopin Preludes DG 23755 Music: 1:37
Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 87--Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Christian Zacharias, conductor Wooddale Church, Eden Prairie, MN Music: 22:38
11:00 PERFORMANCE TODAY WEEKEND
Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in d minor, Op. 76, No. 2--Danish String Quartet Music@Menlo, The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton, Atherton, CA Music: 19:15
Herbert Owen Reed: La Fiesta Mexicana: 1. Prelude & Aztec Dance; 3. Carnival--State Symphonic Band of Sao Paulo; Shawn Smith, conductor Instituto Pensarte, Sala Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil Music: 15:49
Conrad Tao: A walk (for Emilio)--Conrad Tao, piano Album: Pictures Warner 0825646056941 Music: 7:01
12:00 THE DENNIS LEWIN RADIO PROGRAM, turning you on to classical music; this week, the life and music of pianist Artur Rubinstein
Frédérick Chopin: Nocturne No.8 in D-Flat Op 27 No.1 (1836) (Naxos 8.110659-60 CD)
Mazurka No.5 in B-Flat Op 7 No.1 (1824-31) (Naxos 8.8.110656-57 CD)
Polonaise No.3 in A Op 40 No.1 "Heroic" (1838) (Naxos 8.111346 CD)
Polonaise No.5 in f-Sharp Op 44 (1841) (Naxos 8.111346 CD)
Polonaise No.6 in A-Flat Op 53 "Heroic" (1842) (Naxos 8.111346 CD)
Piano Concerto No.1 in e Op 11 (1830)--New Symphony Orchestra/Stanislaw Skrowaczewski (RCA 67902 CD)
Berceuse in D-Flat Op 57 (1843-44) (Naxos 8.111369 CD)
Francis Poulenc: Mouvements perpetuels (1918) (RCA 5665 CD)
Maurice Ravel: Miroirs: La vallee des cloches (1904-05) (RCA 5665 CD)
WCLV CLASSICAL WEEKEND with Nancy Sinning
14:00:00 00:01:53 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart German Dance in C major Orpheus Chamber Orchestra DeutGram 429783
14:01:00 00:02:09 Franz Schubert Graz Galop Vienna Ensemble Sony 47187
14:04:00 00:12:40 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Horn Concerto No. 2 in E flat major Scottish Chamber Orchestra Sir Charles Mackerras Eric Ruske, horn Telarc 80367
14:16:00 00:09:04 Ralph Vaughan Williams English Folk Song Suite John Wilson Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Avie 2194
14:50:00 00:26:51 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov The Golden Cockerel: Suite Lorin Maazel Cleveland Orchestra Decca 4787779
15:16:00 00:09:41 Luigi Cherubini The Portuguese Hotel: Overture Sir Neville Marriner Academy St. Martin in Fields EMI 54438
15:26:00 00:08:11 Antonio Vivaldi Flute Concerto in D major Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra Nicholas McGegan Janet See, flute Harm Mundi 905193
15:34:00 00:09:26 Richard Wagner The Ring Without Words: Finale Lorin Maazel Berlin Philharmonic Telarc 80154
15:43:00 00:13:54 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 15 in G major Nikolaus Harnoncourt Vienna Concentus Musicus DHM 75736
THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA ON THE RADIO with Robert Conrad - The Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst, conductor; Leif Ove Andsnes, piano – recorded live in Miami at Knight Concert Hall
16:04:00 00:18:55 Peter Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
16:26:00 00:29:53 Robert Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor Op 54
17:00:00 00:43:18 Peter Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 1 in G minor Op 1
17:50:00 00:10:04 George Gershwin Cuban Overture Lorin Maazel Cleveland Orchestra Decca 4787779
DINNER CLASSICS with Bill O’Connell
18:03:00 00:16:07 Georges Bizet L'Arlésienne Suite No. 2 Lorin Maazel Cleveland Orchestra Decca 4787779
18:22:00 00:15:57 George Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue Cleveland Orchestra Riccardo Chailly Katia Labèque, piano; Marielle Labèque, piano Decca 417326
18:41:00 00:17:47 Benjamin Britten A Simple Symphony Op 4 Orpheus Chamber Orchestra DeutGram 423624
18:59:00 00:02:53 Antonín Dvorák Slavonic Dance No. 15 in C major Op 72 Katia Labèque, piano; Marielle Labèque, piano Philips 426264
SYMPHONY AT SEVEN with John Simna
19:07:00 00:48:45 Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 1 in C minor Op 68 Lorin Maazel Cleveland Orchestra Decca 4787779
19:59:00 00:16:30 Knudage Riisager Fool's Paradise Suite No. 1 Op 33 Thomas Dausgaard Helsingborg Symphony DaCapo 224082
20:15:00 00:14:00 Knudage Riisager Fool's Paradise Suite No. 2 Op 33 Thomas Dausgaard Helsingborg Symphony DaCapo 224082
20:32:00 00:28:19 Franz Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 86 in D major Hugh Wolff St Paul Chamber Orchestra Teldec 46313
21:00 INNOVATIONS with Mark Satola - featuring works by Cleveland area composers, presented in cooperation with the Cleveland Composers’ Guild
Margaret Brouwer: Skyriding 20th Century Consort (Centaur 2138) 13:27
Margi Griebling-Haigh: Sortilége (2010) Barrick Stees, bassoon; Randall Fusco, piano (CCG 09-25-11) 13:51
Eric Charnofsky: 5 by 5 (2011) Kenneth Johnson, Donna Jelen, violins; Mark Jackobs, viola; Julie Myers King, cello; Eric Charnofsky, piano (CCG 09-25-11) 18:22
H. Leslie Adams: Etude #4 in F-sharp Minor Thomas Otten, piano (Albany 1519) 6:23
22:00 RELEVANT TONES with Seth Boustead: Just Intonation - Today we leave the world of equal-temperament behind and explore various contemporary pieces written for instruments in just intonation
Terry Riley: The Harp of New Albion- Premonition Rag (excerpt); Terry Riley, piano
Michael Harrison: Just Ancient Loops, II; Maya Beiser, vc.
Terry Riley: The Harp of New Albion Cadence on the Wind (excerpt); Terry Riley, piano
Lou Harrison: Serenade for Guitar Air; David Tannenbaum, guitar
John Adams: Dharma at Big Sur A New Day; BBC Symphony Orchestra/John Adams, conductor; Tracy Silverman, violin
Ben Johnson: Trio; Trio Amici
Kyle Gann: Fugitive Objects; Kyle Gann, piano
Martin Bresnick: Everything Must Go, II; Prism Saxophone Quartet
QUIET HOUR
23:02:00 00:05:32 Erich Wolfgang Korngold Much Ado About Nothing: Garden Scene Op 11 Gil Shaham, violin; André Previn, piano DeutGram 439886
23:07:00 00:11:06 Sergei Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet: Balcony Scene Lorin Maazel Cleveland Orchestra Decca 4787779
23:21:00 00:06:54 Robert Schumann Märchenbilder: Langsam Op 113 Yuri Bashmet, viola; Mikhail Muntian, piano RCA 60112
23:27:00 00:09:39 Johannes Brahms Adagio from Symphony No. 2 Op 73 Lorin Maazel Cleveland Orchestra Decca 4787779
23:39:00 00:07:13 Franz Liszt Years of Pilgrimage, 1st Year: Les Antonio Pompa-Baldi, piano Centaur 3280
23:46:00 00:07:53 Hector Berlioz Harold in Italy: Pilgrims' March Op 16 Cleveland Orchestra Lorin Maazel Robert Vernon, viola Decca 4787779
23:55:00 00:02:48 Alberto Ginastera Estancia: Twilight Idyll Gisèle Ben-Dor London Symphony Orchestra Naxos 570999
23:58:00 00:01:33 Frédéric Chopin Mazurka No. 24 in C major Op 33 Garrick Ohlsson, piano Arabesque 6730
