Program Guide 03-15-2016
Almanac
March 15
1807 first public performance of Beethoven's Symphony No. 4 in Vienna conducted by the composer in a benefit concert at the home of Prince Franz Joseph von Lobkowitz.
1835 Eduard Strauss – Austrian composer (d.1916); member of the musical dynasty with his brothers Johann Strauss Jr and Josef Strauss.
1864 Johann Halvorsen – Norwegian composer, conductor and violinist (d.1935); best-known works today are the Entry March of the Boyars and the Passacaglia & Sarabande, duos for violin and viola based on themes by George Frideric Handel.
1900 Colin McPhee – Canadian composer and musicologist (d.1964); first Western composer to make an ethnomusicological study of Bali, and wrote music influenced by that study decades before such compositions became widespread.
1908 first performance of Maurice Ravel’s Rapsodie espagnole (Spanish Rhapsody), in Paris by the Orchestre des Concerts Colonne, conducted by Édouard Colonne.
1911 first performance of Alexander Scriabin’s Symphony No. 5 ‘Prometheus: Poem of Fire’ in Moscow, conducted by Serge Koussevitzky and with the composer performing the solo piano part.
1926 Ben Johnston – American composer (93 years old); composer of contemporary music in ‘just intonation’; in 1990 American critic John Rockwell called him "one of the best non-famous composers this country has to offer."
1928 Nicolas Flagello – American composer and conductor (d.1994); best known for his oratorio The Passion of Martin Luther King (1968), premiered in 1974.
1961 Fabio Biondi – Italian violinist and conductor (58 years old); in 1989, founded Europa Galante, an Italian ensemble specializing in baroque music.
2000 premiere of John Corigliano’s Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan at Carnegie Hall, by soprano Sylvia McNair and pianist Martin Katz; an orchestrated version of this song-cycle premiered in Minneapolis on October 23, 2003, with soprano Hila Plitmann and the Minnesota Orchestra conducted by Robert Spano.
Recording of the Week
Program Guide
00:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Robin Grier
00:02:00 00:38:22 Peter Tchaikovsky Suite No. 2 in C major Op 53
Neeme Järvi Detroit Symphony Chandos 9454
00:42:00 00:20:06 Colin McPhee Tabuh-Tabuhan
American Composers Orchestra Dennis Russell Davies Peter Basquin, piano; Christopher Oldfather, piano Argo 444560
01:04:00 00:34:34 Ludwig Spohr Nonet in F major Op 31 Vienna-Berlin Ensemble
Gerhart Hetzel, violin; Wolfram Christ, viola; Georg Faust, cello; Alois Posch, double bass DeutGram 427640
01:40:00 00:29:25 Alan Hovhaness Symphony No. 50 Op 360
Gerard Schwarz Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Telarc 80604
02:11:00 00:52:06 Johannes Brahms Piano Quartet No. 2 in A major Op 26
Emanuel Ax, piano; Isaac Stern, violin; Jaime Laredo, viola; Yo-Yo Ma, cello Sony 45846
03:05:00 00:20:17 Alexander Scriabin Symphony No. 5 Op 60
London Philharmonic Lorin Maazel Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano; Ambrosian Singers Decca 4785437
03:27:00 00:33:45 Robert Schumann Davidsbündlertänze Op 6
Stephen Hough, piano VirginClas 90770
04:03:00 00:48:55 Ralph Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 2
André Previn Royal Philharmonic Telarc 80138
04:54:00 00:24:35 Dmitri Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor Op 35
London Mozart Players Matthias Bamert Alain Lefèvre, piano; Paul Archibald, trumpet Analekta 9283
05:20:00 00:16:02 Ernest Chausson Poème Op 25 Monte Carlo Philharmonic
Yakov Kreizberg Julia Fischer, violin Decca 15535
05:38:00 00:06:20 Domenico Scarlatti Sonata in C major
Stephen Marchionda, guitar MD+G 9031587
05:51:00 00:07:03 Camille Saint-Saëns Marche héroïque in E flat Op 34
Charles Dutoit Philharmonia Orchestra Decca 4785437
06:00 BBC NEWS; CLASSICAL MUSIC with Jacqueline Gerber
06:07:00 00:03:39 Sergei Rachmaninoff Prelude No. 6 in G minor Op 23
Sviatoslav Richter, piano DeutGram 4795448
06:15:00 00:05:53 George Frideric Handel Finale from Organ Concerto No. 14 in A major
English Concert Trevor Pinnock Simon Preston, organ Archiv 413465
06:20:00 00:03:30 Edvard Grieg Peer Gynt: Anitra's Dance
Oivin Fjeldstad London Symphony Orchestra Decca 4785437
06:25:00 00:03:14 Joseph Fiala Finale from English Horn Concerto in C major
Potsdam Chamber Academy Albrecht Mayer Albrecht Mayer, English horn DeutGram 4792942
06:30:00 00:03:46 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Motet 'Ave verum corpus'
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra Ton Koopman Amsterdam Baroque Choir Erato 10705
06:33:00 00:02:48 Arcangelo Corelli Sarabande & Gigue from Concerto Grosso Op 6
Simon Murphy New Dutch Academy PentaTone 31
06:40:00 00:07:44 Johannes Brahms Intermezzo from Piano Quartet No. 1 Op 25
Wu Han, piano; Daniel Hope, violin; Paul Neubauer, viola; David Finckel, cello DeutGram 22906
06:51:00 00:02:29 Eduard Strauss Polka 'Bahn frei' Op 45
Erich Kunzel Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Telarc 80098
06:53:00 00:02:31 Johann Strauss Jr Polka 'Tritsch-Tratsch' Op 214
Nikolaus Harnoncourt Berlin Philharmonic Teldec 24489
06:55:00 00:02:12 Henry Fillmore March "Men of Ohio"
Loras John Schissel Virginia Grand Military Band WalkFrog 430
07:05:00 00:05:38 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Minuet & Finale from Serenade No. 13
Chamber Players of Canada Atma 2532
07:10:00 00:07:51 Ludwig van Beethoven Finale from Piano Trio No. 5 Op 70
Julian Rachlin, violin; Mischa Maisky, cello; Martha Argerich, piano DeutGram 4795096
07:20:00 00:03:34 Giacomo Puccini Suor Angelica: Intermezzo
Gianandrea Noseda BBC Philharmonic Chandos 10634
07:25:00 00:02:06 Huang Zi Plum Blossoms in the Snow
Xuefei Yang, guitar EMI 6322
07:30:00 00:04:18 Sergei Rachmaninoff Waltz Op 11
Antonio Pompa-Baldi, piano; Emanuela Friscioni, piano Centaur 3062
07:40:00 00:08:53 Gustav Mahler Scherzo from Symphony No. 1
Leonard Bernstein Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra DeutGram 4795448
07:50:00 00:02:33 George Gershwin Porgy and Bess: I Got Plenty of Nothing
Cleveland Orchestra Lorin Maazel Sir Willard White, baritone; Cleveland Orchestra Chorus Decca 4787779
07:55:00 00:03:19 Franz Liszt Paraphrase on Chopin's "My Joys"
Benjamin Grosvenor, piano Decca 16421
08:07:00 00:07:09 Johann Christian Bach Carattaco: Overture
Anthony Halstead Hanover Band CPO 999488
08:16:00 00:05:09 Maurice Ravel Jeux d'eau
Hélène Grimaud, piano DeutGram 24427
08:25:00 00:02:34 Gary Schocker Hypnotized: Together
Yolanda Kondonassis, harp; Jason Vieaux, guitar Azica 71297
08:27:00 00:03:08 Andrea Luchesi Piano Sonata in C [No. 2]
Roberto Plano, piano Concerto 2069
08:31:00 00:04:09 Bruce Broughton Silverado: Themes
Erich Kunzel Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Telarc 80141
08:40:00 00:07:05 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Minuet & Trio in C major
Nikolaus Harnoncourt Vienna Concentus Musicus DHM 75736
08:47:00 00:03:18 Jules Mouquet Suite for Winds: Scherzo
Robert J. Ambrose Atlanta Chamber Winds Albany 1127
08:51:00 00:03:07 Andrea Falconieri Ciaccona
Chamber Orchestra of Europe Daniel Hope, violin; Lorenza Borrani, violin; Members of DeutGram 13993
08:55:00 00:06:24 John Williams The Force Awakens: Main Title & Attack
John Williams Symphony Orchestra Disney 21772
09:05:00 00:18:10 Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor Op 13
Peter Takács, piano Cambria 1175
09:30:00 00:08:33 Dimitri Tiomkin Gunfight at the O.K. Corral: Suite
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Erich Kunzel Frankie Laine, vocalist; Ron McCroby, whistler; May Festival Chorus Telarc 80141
09:40:00 00:07:24 Antonio Vivaldi Concerto for 2 Trumpets in C major
Chamber Ensemble Genevieve Leclair Josh Rzepka, trumpet Rzepka 2010
09:55:00 00:04:38 Gustav Holst I Vow to Thee, My Country
BBC Concert Orchestra Barry Wordsworth Royal Choral Society; Della Jones, mezzo-soprano DeutGram 457196
09:56:00 00:03:22 Dmitri Shostakovich Dolls' Dances: Lyric Waltz
Bavarian Radio Symphony Esa-Pekka Salonen Lisa Batiashvili, violin DeutGram 15203
10:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Mark Satola
10:00:00 00:04:31 Leos Janácek In the Mists: No. 1
Hélène Grimaud, piano DeutGram 24427
10:04:00 00:03:50 Franz Liszt Two Concert Etudes: Waldesrauschen
Nelson Freire, piano Decca 4782728
10:08:00 00:12:27 Christian Sinding Suite for Violin & Orchestra in A minor Op 10
Pittsburgh Symphony André Previn Itzhak Perlman, violin EMI 62590
10:20:00 00:03:35 Emmanuel Chabrier Joyeuse Marche
Neeme Järvi Orch de la Suisse Romande Chandos 5122
10:24:00 00:04:20 Camille Saint-Saëns Marche militaire française Op 60
Geoffrey Simon London Philharmonic Cala 4031
10:50:00 00:31:11 Anton Rubinstein Piano Concerto No. 4 in D minor Op 70
BBC Scottish Symphony Michael Stern Marc-André Hamelin, piano Hyperion 67508
11:21:00 00:07:34 Franz Liszt Years of Pilgrimage, 3rd Year: Les jeux d'eau a la Villa d'Este
Hélène Grimaud, piano DeutGram 24427
11:28:00 00:08:43 George Gershwin Variations on 'I Got Rhythm'
Buffalo Philharmonic JoAnn Falletta Orion Weiss, piano Naxos 559705
11:37:00 00:08:17 Robert Schumann Blumenstück in D flat major Op 19
Daniel Gortler, piano Roméo 7281
12:07:00 00:09:17 Mikhail Glinka Spanish Overture No. 1
Sir Charles Mackerras London Symphony Orchestra Mercury 434352
12:16:00 00:04:55 Eduard Strauss Quadrille on Themes from "Carmen" Op 134
Claudio Abbado Vienna Philharmonic DeutGram 431628
12:21:00 00:06:35 Gabriel Fauré Barcarolle No. 5 in F sharp minor Op 66
Hélène Grimaud, piano DeutGram 24427
12:27:00 00:03:38 Jacques Offenbach The Tales of Hoffmann: Barcarolle
Prague Philharmonia Emmanuel Villaume Anna Netrebko, soprano; Elina Garanca, mezzo; Prague Philharmonic Choir DeutGram 12217
13:00 THE BIG WORK AT ONE
13:00:00 00:33:00 Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 4 in B flat major Op 60
Mikhail Pletnev Russian National Orchestra DeutGram 4776409
13:33:00 00:22:50 Muzio Clementi Piano Concerto in C major
Philharmonia Orchestra Francesco d'Avalos Pietro Spada, piano ASV 802
14:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Mark Satola
14:00:00 00:05:24 Frédéric Chopin Prelude No. 15 in D flat major Op 28
Daniil Trifonov, piano DeutGram 4791728
14:06:00 00:05:23 Toru Takemitsu Rain Tree Sketch No. 2
Hélène Grimaud, piano DeutGram 24427
14:15:00 00:20:06 Colin McPhee Tabuh-Tabuhan
American Composers Orchestra Dennis Russell Davies Peter Basquin, piano; Christopher Oldfather, piano Argo 444560
14:40:00 00:10:02 Isaac Albéniz Iberia: Almería
Hélène Grimaud, piano DeutGram 24427
15:01:00 00:15:52 Richard Strauss Don Juan Op 20
George Szell Cleveland Orchestra Sony 63123
15:19:00 00:10:59 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade: The Kalender Prince Op 35
Cleveland Orchestra Lorin Maazel Daniel Majeske, violin Decca 4787779
15:31:00 00:03:55 Franz Schubert The Twin Brothers: Overture
Christian Benda Prague Sinfonia Naxos 570329
15:39:00 00:07:06 Felix Mendelssohn Die Heimkehr aus der Fremde: Overture Op 89
Gerard Schwarz Seattle Symphony Naxos 572770
15:49:00 00:07:35 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Rondo from Piano Concerto No. 15
Berlin Philharmonic Daniel Barenboim Daniel Barenboim, piano Teldec 16827
16:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Bill O’Connell
15:58:00 00:05:24 Felix Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night's Dream: Nocturne Op 61
Riccardo Chailly Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Decca 4810778
16:07:00 00:03:08 Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco Love's Labour's Lost: Spanish Dance Op 167
Andrew Mogrelia Malmö Symphony Orchestra Naxos 572823
16:13:00 00:10:04 George Frideric Handel Concerto in F major
Trevor Pinnock English Concert Archiv 453451
16:27:00 00:05:09 Maurice Jarre Fatal Attraction: Theme
Maurice Jarre Royal Philharmonic Milan 35607
16:34:00 00:04:33 Johann Sebastian Bach Finale from Keyboard Concerto No. 6
Academy St. Martin in Fields Murray Perahia Murray Perahia, piano Sony 89690
16:41:00 00:08:23 Ludwig van Beethoven Adagio from Symphony No. 4 Op 60
Bruno Weil Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra Tafelmusik 1032
16:52:00 00:04:23 Johan Halvorsen Entry March of the Boyars
Neeme Järvi Bergen Philharmonic Chandos 10584
16:57:00 00:02:16 Leos Janácek Fanfare from Sinfonietta Op 60
Christoph von Dohnányi Cleveland Orchestra MAA 1032
17:05:00 00:05:23 Toru Takemitsu Rain Tree Sketch No. 2
Hélène Grimaud, piano DeutGram 24427
17:26:00 00:02:48 David Lang light moving
Hilary Hahn, violin; Cory Smythe, piano DeutGram 19103
17:30:00 00:04:58 Jack Gallagher Pavane from Sinfonietta for Strings
JoAnn Falletta London Symphony Orchestra Naxos 559652
17:40:00 00:05:50 Claude Debussy Preludes Book 1: La cathédral engloutie
Hélène Grimaud, piano DeutGram 24427
17:47:00 00:03:07 Johann Sebastian Bach WTC-1: Prelude & Fugue No. 2 in C minor
Hélène Grimaud, piano DeutGram 12504
17:52:00 00:03:27 Franz Schubert Minuet from Symphony No. 4
Pablo Heras-Casado Freiburg Baroque Orchestra Harm Mundi 902154
17:57:00 00:02:22 Jean Sibelius Belshazzar's Feast: Oriental Procession Op 51
Jukka-Pekka Saraste Finnish Radio Symphony Orch RCA 60434
18:00 BBC NEWS; DINNER CLASSICS
18:09:00 00:20:17 Alexander Scriabin Symphony No. 5 Op 60
London Philharmonic Lorin Maazel Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano; Ambrosian Singers Decca 4785437
18:31:00 00:04:43 Jorge Cardoso Milonga
Milos Karadaglic, guitar DeutGram 17000
18:38:00 00:05:09 Enrique Granados Spanish Dance No. 5 in E minor Op 5
Milos Karadaglic, guitar DeutGram 15579
18:45:00 00:08:53 Ludwig van Beethoven Leonore Overture No. 1 Op 138
Daniel Harding German Chamber Philharmonic VirginClas 45364
18:57:00 00:02:17 Mikis Theodorakis Epitáphios No. 4 'You Have Set, My Star'
Milos Karadaglic, guitar DeutGram 15579
19:00 SYMPHONY AT SEVEN with John Simna
19:02:00 00:16:59 Edvard Grieg Peer Gynt Suite No. 2 Op 55
Herbert Blomstedt San Francisco Symphony Decca 425857
19:21:00 00:35:19 Johan Halvorsen Symphony No. 1 in C minor
Neeme Järvi Bergen Philharmonic Chandos 10584
20:00 WCLV ESSENTIAL CLASSICS
20:02:00 00:14:23 Maurice Ravel Rapsodie espagnole
Vladimir Ashkenazy Cleveland Orchestra Decca 430413
20:38:00 00:38:15 Manuel de Falla The Three-Cornered Hat
BBC Philharmonic Juanjo Mena Raquel Lojendio, soprano Chandos 10694
20:58:00 00:01:10 Edvard Grieg Lyric Pieces Book 4: Norwegian Dance Op 47
Antonio Pompa-Baldi, piano Centaur 2930
21:00 CHICAGO SYMPHONY with Lisa Simeone - Edo de Waart, conductor; Augustin Hadelich, violin
21:04:00 00:15:23 Richard Strauss Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks Op 28
21:23:00 00:29:29 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major
21:55:00 00:40:19 John Adams Harmonielehre
22:39:00 00:14:08 Johann Christian Bach Symphony in G minor Op 6
Nicholas McGegan, conductor
22:58:00 00:01:21 Johannes Brahms Waltz No. 15 in A flat major Op 39
Yaara Tal, piano; Andreas Groethuysen, piano Sony 53285
23:00 QUIET HOUR
23:02:00 00:07:12 Gustav Holst The Planets: Neptune Op 32
Sir Andrew Davis BBC Philharmonic Chandos 5086
23:09:00 00:10:45 Frederick Delius Late Swallows
Sir John Barbirolli Hallé Orchestra EMI 65119
23:22:00 00:05:55 Johan Halvorsen Andante religioso
Bergen Philharmonic Neeme Järvi Marianne Thorsen, violin Chandos 10584
23:27:00 00:11:23 Johan Svendsen Andante from Octet for Strings Op 3
Kontra Quartet Lars Bjornkjaer, violin; Per Lund Madsen, violin; Bjarne Boie Rasmussen, viola; Lars Holm Johansen, cello Bis 753
23:41:00 00:07:42 Franz Joseph Haydn Adagio from String Quartet No. 62 Op 76
Takács Quartet Decca 421360
23:48:00 00:05:43 Ludwig van Beethoven Adagio from String Quartet No. 14 Op 131
Cypress String Quartet Cypress 2012
23:56:00 00:02:27 Johan Halvorsen La Mélancolie
Neeme Järvi Bergen Philharmonic Chandos 10584
23:56:00 00:03:11 Máximo Diego Pujol Preludio No. 2 "Tristón"
Jason Vieaux, guitar Naxos 553449
