Program Guide 03-10-2016
Almanac
March 10
1785 first performance of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21 at the Burgtheater in Vienna with the composer as soloist; the work had been completed the previous day; the Geza Anda recording for Deutsche Grammophon of the second movement Andante was featured in the 1967 Swedish film Elvira Madigan, a name that has been to this concerto ever since.
1839 Dudley Buck – American composer, organist and writer on music (d.1909); best known today for his organ composition, Concert Variations on the Star-Spangled Banner Op 23, which was later arranged into an orchestral overture.
1844 Pablo de Sarasate – Spanish violinist and composer (d.1908); on his talents as performer and composer, music critic George Bernard Shaw said that he "left criticism gasping miles behind him"; a number of works were dedicated to Sarasate, including Henryk Wieniawski's Violin Concerto No. 2, Édouard Lalo's Symphonie Espagnole, Camille Saint-Saëns' Violin Concerto No. 3 and his Introduction and Rondo capriccioso, Max Bruch's Scottish Fantasy, and Alexander Mackenzie's Pibroch Suite.
1877 first performance of Alexander Borodin's Symphony No. 2 by the Russian Musical Society in St. Petersburg; the most important large-scale work completed by the composer; took seven years to complete because Borodin’s time was spent on scientific research and teaching duties, as well as writing his opera Prince Igor.
1880 first performance of John Knowles Paine’s Symphony No. 2 ‘In Springtime’; the usually staid Boston audience went bonkers, complete with handkerchief-waving and shouting; historian Louis Elson compared the work’s final movement to Robert Schumann's Symphony No. 1, also subtitled ‘Spring’.
1892 Arthur Honegger – Swiss composer, though born in France and spent a large part of his life in Paris (d.1955); associated with Les Six, a group that also included composers Georges Auric, Germaine Tailleferre, Francis Poulenc, Darius Milhaud, and Louis Durey; he is featured on the Swiss 20 franc banknote.
1947 Andrew Parrott – English conductor, early-music scholar (71 years old); in 1973 founded the Taverner Choir, Consort and Players, early music ensembles based in London.
Recording of the Week
Program Guide
CLASSICAL MUSIC WITH ROB GRIER
00:02:00 00:28:18 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major Cleveland Orchestra George Szell Robert Casadesus, piano Sony 780837
00:32:00 00:49:18 Sir Edward Elgar Symphony No. 1 in A flat major Op 55 George Hurst BBC Philharmonic Naxos 550634
01:23:00 00:16:48 Manuel de Falla El amor brujo: Suite Vanessa Perez, piano Steinway 30036
01:42:00 00:53:18 Ernö Dohnányi Symphony No. 1 in D minor Op 9 Matthias Bamert BBC Philharmonic Chandos 9647
02:37:00 00:10:21 Arthur Honegger Concertino for Piano & Orchestra Montreal Symphony Orchestra Charles Dutoit Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano Decca 452448
02:49:00 00:53:19 Franz Schubert Mass No. 6 in E flat major Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Robert Shaw Benita Valente, soprano; Marietta Simpson, mezzo; Jon Humphrey, tenor; Glenn Siebert, tenor; Myron Myers, bass Telarc 80212
03:44:00 00:25:05 Richard Strauss Piano Sonata in B minor Op 5 David Golub, piano Arabesque 6664
04:11:00 00:27:59 Alexander Borodin Symphony No. 2 in B minor Sir Simon Rattle Berlin Philharmonic EMI 273
04:41:00 00:36:55 Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major Op 15 Symphony of the Air Josef Krips Arthur Rubinstein, piano RCA 300350
05:22:00 00:16:15 Carlos Baguer Symphony No. 18 in B flat Matthias Bamert London Mozart Players Chandos 9456
05:40:00 00:07:04 E. J. Moeran In the Mountain Country Vernon Handley Ulster Orchestra Chandos 8639
05:52:00 00:05:25 Sergei Rachmaninoff Vocalise Op 34 Michael Tilson Thomas San Francisco Symphony SF Sym 60
BBC NEWS; CLASSICAL MUSIC WITH JACQUELINE GERBER
06:07:00 00:03:19 Bedrich Smetana The Two Widows: Polka Christoph von Dohnányi Cleveland Orchestra Decca 444867
06:15:00 00:07:05 Henry Purcell Abdelazer: Suite Jeanne Lamon Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra Reference 2101
06:25:00 00:03:09 Johann Sebastian Bach Violin Partita No. 3: Gavotte Tasmin Little, violin Naked Vn 2008
06:30:00 00:04:20 Camille Saint-Saëns Marche militaire française Op 60 Geoffrey Simon London Philharmonic Cala 4031
06:33:00 00:02:07 Max Steiner Jezebel: Waltz John Mauceri Hollywood Bowl Orchestra Philips 438685
06:40:00 00:06:25 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Rondo from Piano Concerto No. 21 Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Jonathan Biss, piano EMI 17270
06:47:00 00:03:42 Antonio Salieri Cublai Overture Matthias Bamert London Mozart Players Chandos 9877
06:53:00 00:02:32 Goff Richards Homage to the Noble Grape: Champagne London Brass Teldec 46069
06:55:00 00:03:11 Sir Malcolm Arnold The Padstow Lifeboat Op 94 Jerry Junkin Dallas Wind Symphony Reference 66
07:05:00 00:05:38 Antonio Vivaldi Concerto for Strings in G major Andrew Parrott Taverner Players EMI 54208
07:13:00 00:09:18 Antonín Dvorák Carnival Overture Op 92 George Szell Cleveland Orchestra Sony 63151
07:23:00 00:02:50 Manuel de Falla The Three-Cornered Hat: Miller's Dance Vanessa Perez, piano Steinway 30036
07:25:00 00:02:12 Aaron Copland Billy the Kid: Celebration Hugh Wolff St Paul Chamber Orchestra Teldec 77310
07:30:00 00:06:05 Charles Ives A Concord Symphony: The Alcotts Michael Tilson Thomas San Francisco Symphony SF Sym 60
07:40:00 00:07:18 Johannes Brahms Scherzo from Piano Quintet Op 34 Cleveland Orch String Quartet Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano Decca 425839
07:50:00 00:04:55 Richard Wagner Tannhäuser: Pilgrims' Chorus Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Robert Shaw Men of; Atlanta Symphony Chorus Telarc 80333
07:55:00 00:02:10 Anthony Holborne Almaine 'The Night Watch' Jordi Savall Hespèrion XXI AliaVox 9813
BBC NEWS
08:07:00 00:04:45 Pablo de Sarasate Jota aragonesa Op 27 Julia Fischer, violin; Milana Chernyavska, piano Decca 4785950
08:15:00 00:09:03 Michael Torke Bright Blue Music David Zinman Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Ecstatic 92201
08:25:00 00:05:08 Claude Debussy Estampes: La soirée dans Grenade Vanessa Perez, piano Steinway 30036
08:33:00 00:03:11 Sir Edward Elgar Chanson de matin Op 15 Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Vernon Handley Natalie Clein, cello EMI 1409
08:40:00 00:06:17 Alexander Borodin Finale from Symphony No. 2 Gerard Schwarz Seattle Symphony Naxos 572786
08:47:00 00:02:59 Duke Ellington The River: Giggling Rapids JoAnn Falletta Buffalo Philharmonic Naxos 559737
08:52:00 00:05:33 John Williams Far and Away: Themes La Pietà Angèle Dubeau Angèle Dubeau, violin Analekta 8733
08:58:00 00:03:25 Percy Grainger Irish Tune from County Derry Marc-André Hamelin, piano Hyperion 66884
09:05:00 00:17:11 Percy Grainger Lincolnshire Posy Jerry Junkin Dallas Wind Symphony Reference 117
09:35:00 00:03:54 Pablo de Sarasate Spanish Dance No. 6 'Zapateado' Op 23 Nicola Hall, guitar Decca 430839
09:55:00 00:03:47 Robert Schumann Scherzo from String Quartet No. 1 Op 41 Cavani String Quartet Azica 71203
CLASSICAL MUSIC WITH MARK SATOLA
10:01:00 00:02:58 Manuel de Falla Homenaje 'Le tombeau de Claude Debussy' Vanessa Perez, piano Steinway 30036
10:04:00 00:03:46 Claude Debussy Preludes Book 2: La puerta del vino Vanessa Perez, piano Steinway 30036
10:11:00 00:13:06 Peter Tchaikovsky Festival Overture Op 15 Geoffrey Simon London Symphony Orchestra Chandos 9190
10:27:00 00:03:03 Fritz Kreisler Liebesfreud Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Gil Shaham, violin DeutGram 449923
10:32:00 00:03:49 Ludwig van Beethoven Scherzo from Symphony No. 8 Op 93 Sir John Eliot Gardiner Révolutionaire et Romantique Soli Deo 721
10:40:00 00:07:04 Franz Joseph Haydn Andante from Symphony No. 101 Marc Minkowski Musicians of the Louvre Naïve 5176
10:50:00 00:26:36 Robert Schumann Piano Quartet in E flat major Op 47 Wu Han, piano; Daniel Hope, violin; Paul Neubauer, viola; David Finckel, cello DeutGram 22906
11:00:00 00:03:25 Dmitri Shostakovich Tahiti Trot 'Tea for Two' Op 16 Mariss Jansons Philadelphia Orchestra EMI 55601
11:20:00 00:10:21 Arthur Honegger Concertino for Piano & Orchestra Montreal Symphony Orchestra Charles Dutoit Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano Decca 452448
11:33:00 00:08:37 Pablo de Sarasate Scottish Airs Op 34 Adele Anthony, violin; Akira Eguchi, piano Canary 7
11:45:00 00:08:57 Michael Haydn Symphony No. 34 in E flat major Matthias Bamert London Mozart Players Chandos 9352
BBC NEWS
12:06:00 00:07:45 Carl Maria von Weber Jubilation Overture Gustav Kuhn Dresden State Orchestra Capriccio 10052
12:17:00 00:06:09 Dudley Buck Festival Overture on 'The Star-Spangled St Louis Symphony Leonard Slatkin St Louis Symphony Chorus RCA 60983
12:25:00 00:05:38 Sergei Prokofiev War and Peace: New Year's Eve Waltz Neeme Järvi Philharmonia Orchestra Chandos 10538
12:33:00 00:03:54 Manuel de Falla El amor brujo: Ritual Fire Dance Vanessa Perez, piano Steinway 30036
12:40:00 00:04:37 Claude Debussy Images, Book 1: Reflets dans l'eau Simon Trpceski, piano EMI 272
12:47:00 00:09:17 Louis Moreau Gottschalk Bamboula Op 2 Cecile Licad, piano Naxos 559145
12:57:00 00:02:01 Léo Delibes Sylvia: Pizzicato Martin West San Francisco Ballet Orchestra Reference 125
BIG WORK AT ONE
13:00:00 00:48:54 Igor Stravinsky The Firebird Valéry Gergiev Mariinsky Theater Orchestra Philips 446715
13:51:00 00:06:10 Peter Tchaikovsky Suite No. 2: Waltz Op 53 Neeme Järvi Detroit Symphony Chandos 9454
14:01:00 00:04:31 Pablo de Sarasate Introduction & Tarantella Op 43 Abbey Road Ensemble Lawrence Foster Itzhak Perlman, violin EMI 55475
14:06:00 00:02:25 Pablo de Sarasate Gavota de Mignon Op 16 Gil Shaham, violin; Akira Eguchi, piano Canary 7
14:11:00 00:13:36 Johann Sebastian Bach Keyboard Concerto No. 4 in A major Australian Chamber Orchestra Richard Tognetti Angela Hewitt, piano Hyperion 67308
14:27:00 00:10:23 Luigi Cherubini Concert Overture in G major Sir Neville Marriner Academy St. Martin in Fields EMI 54438
14:41:00 00:11:48 Francis Poulenc Suite Française after Claude Gervaise Eric Parkin, piano Chandos 8847
14:54:00 00:04:03 Adolphe Adam Giselle: Grand Pas de Deux Erich Kunzel Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Telarc 80625
15:01:00 00:16:48 Manuel de Falla El amor brujo: Suite Vanessa Perez, piano Steinway 30036
15:20:00 00:11:03 Richard Wagner Tristan und Isolde: Act 1 Prelude Fabio Luisi Philharmonia Zürich Accentus 102
15:33:00 00:03:43 Antonio Vivaldi Concerto for Strings in G major Jeanne Lamon Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra Sony 62719
15:40:00 00:03:52 Ottorino Respighi Ancient Airs Suite No. 2: Danza rustica Jesús López-Cobos Lausanne Chamber Orchestra Telarc 80309
15:46:00 00:08:55 Leos Janácek Moravian Dances Antoni Wit Warsaw Philharmonic Naxos 572695
15:58:00 00:03:53 Manuel de Falla The Three-Cornered Hat: Dance of the Vanessa Perez, piano Steinway 30036
CLASSICAL MUSIC WITH BILL O'CONNELL
16:06:00 00:03:15 Manuel de Falla La vida breve: Spanish Dance No. 1 Vanessa Perez, piano Steinway 30036
16:13:00 00:11:06 John Knowles Paine Finale from Symphony No. 2 Op 34 JoAnn Falletta Ulster Orchestra Naxos 559748
16:28:00 00:04:05 Pablo de Sarasate Spanish Dance No. 5 'Playera' Op 23 Julia Fischer, violin; Milana Chernyavska, piano Decca 4785950
16:34:00 00:05:34 Pablo de Sarasate Spanish Dance No. 7 'Vito' Op 26 Julia Fischer, violin; Milana Chernyavska, piano Decca 4785950
16:41:00 00:07:14 Giovanni Gabrieli Sonata No. 20 à 22 Taverner Consort Andrew Parrott Members of EMI 54265
16:51:00 00:03:38 Arthur Honegger Danse de la chèvre Werner Zumsteg, flute Nimbus 5327
16:57:00 00:02:17 Dmitri Shostakovich Fugue No. 7 in A major Op 87 Matthias Maute Ensemble Caprice Analekta 9996
17:05:00 00:05:39 Randall Thompson Alleluia Timothy Seelig Turtle Creek Chorale Reference 49
17:26:00 00:09:08 Eric Whitacre Alleluia Eric Whitacre Eric Whitacre Singers Decca 16636
17:40:00 00:05:17 Alexander Borodin Scherzo from Symphony No. 2 Sir Simon Rattle Berlin Philharmonic EMI 273
17:47:00 00:03:08 Cécile Chaminade Etudes de concert: Scherzo Op 35 Joanne Polk, piano Steinway 30037
17:52:00 00:02:35 Johannes Brahms Hungarian Dance No. 20 in E minor Marin Alsop London Philharmonic Naxos 557429
17:57:00 00:02:01 Jean-Marie Leclair Recréation de Musique No. 2: Badinage Florilegium Channel 7595
BBC NEWS; DINNER CLASSICS WITH BILL O'CONNELL
18:09:00 00:14:23 John Knowles Paine Departure of Winter from Symphony No. 2 Op 34 JoAnn Falletta Ulster Orchestra Naxos 559748
18:26:00 00:03:46 Manuel de Falla La vida breve: Spanish Dance No. 2 Vanessa Perez, piano; Stephen Buck, piano Steinway 30036
18:32:00 00:03:46 Claude Debussy Preludes Book 2: La puerta del vino Vanessa Perez, piano Steinway 30036
18:38:00 00:14:49 Peter Tchaikovsky Mozartiana Suite: Theme & Variations Op 61 Neeme Järvi Philharmonia Orchestra Chandos 8777
18:55:00 00:03:28 Manuel de Falla The Three-Cornered Hat: Neighbors' Dance Vanessa Perez, piano Steinway 30036
KEYBANK SYMPHONY AT SEVEN WITH JOHN SIMNA
19:02:00 00:22:54 Antonín Dvorák Serenade for Winds in D minor Op 44 Vienna Philharmonic Myung-Whun Chung Members of DeutGram 471613
19:27:00 00:27:59 Alexander Borodin Symphony No. 2 in B minor Sir Simon Rattle Berlin Philharmonic EMI 273
19:57:00 00:02:22 Manuel Ponce Prelude in the Baroque style Christopher Parkening, guitar; David Brandon, guitar EMI 49406
ESSENTIAL CLASSICS WITH JOHN SIMNA
20:02:00 00:25:00 Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 1 in C major Op 21 Bruno Weil Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra Tafelmusik 1032
20:29:00 00:27:32 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major Camerata Salzburg Géza Anda Géza Anda, piano DeutGram 4793449
SYMPHONYCAST WITH ALISON YOUNG - Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel, conductor; Lang Lang, piano
21:04:00 00:38:21 Peter Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor Op 23
21:44:00 00:01:41 Frédéric Chopin Waltz No. 6 in D flat major Op 64
21:47:00 00:36:39 Carl Nielsen Symphony No. 4 Op 29 Sir Simon Rattle
22:25:00 00:31:45 Robert Schumann Symphony No. 3 in E flat major Op 97 LA Philharmonic--Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor (DeutGram 400062)
SHH! QUIET HOUR WITH JOHN SIMNA
23:02:00 00:02:58 Manuel de Falla Homenaje 'Le tombeau de Claude Debussy' Vanessa Perez, piano Steinway 30036
23:04:00 00:06:09 Erik Satie Gymnopédies Nos. 1 & 3 Louis Lane Cleveland Orchestra Sony 63056
23:11:00 00:06:21 Claude Debussy Images, Book 1: Hommage à Rameau Simon Trpceski, piano EMI 272
23:19:00 00:07:01 Ludwig van Beethoven Andante from Piano Quartet Op 16 Wu Han, piano; Arnaud Sussmann, violin; Beth Guterman, viola; David Finckel, cello CMS Studio 82503
23:26:00 00:06:33 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Andante from Piano Concerto No. 21 Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Jonathan Biss, piano EMI 17270
23:35:00 00:09:08 Peter Tchaikovsky Swan Lake: White Swan Pas de Deux Mariinsky Theater Orchestra Valéry Gergiev Kirill Terentiev, violin; Zenon Zalitsailo, cello Decca 10104
23:44:00 00:09:18 Alexander Glazunov Mazurka in G major Op 18 Konstantin Krimets Moscow Symphony Naxos 553538
23:55:00 00:03:34 Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov Caucasian Sketches Suite No. 1: In David Zinman Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Telarc 80378
