Program Guide 03-27-2016
Almanac
March 27
1808 Joseph Haydn gives his last public appearance at a performance of his oratorio The Creation in Vienna to mark the composer's 76th birthday on March 31st; Ludwig van Beethoven was in the audience and Antonio Salieri conducted.
1851 Vincent d'Indy – French composer and teacher (d.1931); his best-known pieces are probably the Symphony on a French Mountain Air (Symphonie sur un chant montagnard français) (1886), and Istar (1896), a symphonic poem in the form of variations in which the theme appears only at the end.
1892 Ferde Grofé – American composer, arranger and pianist (d.1972); arranger for the Paul Whiteman Orchestra, 1920-1932, memorably arranging Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue in 1924; his 1942 version for full orchestra is the one most frequently heard today; best known work is the Grand Canyon Suite.
1897 first performance of Sergei Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 1 in Moscow; ultimately considered a fine work but its premiere was an absolute failure due to under-rehearsal and the poor performance of conductor Alexander Glazunov; the failure sent Rachmaninoff into a period of musical writer’s block which he overcame with the aid of hypnosis, after which he produced his Piano Concerto No. 2.
1914 first performance of the original version of Ralph Vaughan Williams's A London Symphony (Symphony No. 2) at Queen’s Hall in London conducted by Geoffrey Toye; went through several revisions before reaching its final form in 1933.
1917 premiere of Giacomo Puccini's opera La rondine (The Swallow) in Monte Carlo at the Opéra du Casino; written as a Viennese operetta and never among the composer’s most successful scores (there are 3 different versions); Puccini’s editor, Tito Ricordi, dismissed it as "Bad Lehár".
1927 Richard Hayman – American composer, arranger and harmonica player (d.2014); for more than 30 years the principal arranger for the Boston Pops; pops conductor for the St. Louis Symphony, the Detroit Symphony and the Grand Rapids Symphony.
1949 Poul Ruders – Danish composer (70 years old); his Organ Symphony (2011) was a joint commission by the Dallas Symphony, Odense Symphony and the City of Birmingham Symphony.
1950 Maria Ewing – American mezzo-soprano (69 years old); studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music.
Recording of the Week
Program Guide
LA PHILHARMONIC with Brian Lauritzen - Gustavo Dudamel, conductor; Gerald Finley, baritone; Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
00:04:00 00:17:53 Maurice Ravel Le tombeau de Couperin
00:29:00 00:26:00 Kaija Saariaho True Fire
01:01:00 00:19:42 Maurice Ravel Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in D major
01:27:00 00:16:05 Maurice Ravel Boléro
CLASSICAL WEEKEND
02:02:00 00:31:08 Johannes Brahms Serenade No. 2 in A Op 16 Nicholas McGegan Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra PhiBaroque 5
02:35:00 00:33:21 Ferde Grofé Grand Canyon Suite Seattle Symphony Gerard Schwarz Ilkka Talvi, violin Delos 3104
03:10:00 00:45:11 Joachim Raff Symphony No. 3 in F major Op 153 Hilary Davan Wetton Milton Keynes City Orchestra Hyperion 66628
03:57:00 00:02:22 George Frideric Handel Water Music Suite No. 1: Air Jeannette Sorrell Apollo's Fire ApolloFire 2002
04:00 INNOVATIONS with Mark Satola - featuring works by Cleveland area composers, presented in cooperation with the Cleveland Composers’ Guild
Nicholas Underhill: Nocturne (1995) Katherine DeJongh, flute; Polish National Chamber Orchestra of Slupsk/Bohdan Jarmolowicz, cond. (Centaur 2585) 5:56
Dolores White: Four Art Songs Kimberly Jones, soprano; Dileep Gangolli, clarinet; Matthew Coley, marimba; Dianna Gould, piano (private CD) 15:29
Michael Leese: Music for Harp and Strings Jocelyn Chang, Dilling harp; Laura Martin, Mary Beth Ions, violins; Nicole Divall, viola; Heidi Albert, cello (private CD) 12:10
Jack Gallagher: Ancient Evenings and Distant Music (1971) Solaris Wind Quintet (Capstone 8677) 10:16
Daniel Mccarthy: Polarization for Symphonic Band (1993) Indiana State University Wind Ensemble/John Boyd, cond. (Truemedia 94127) 6:35
04:56:00 00:03:43 Sir Granville Bantock The Sea Reivers Vernon Handley Royal Philharmonic Hyperion 66450
05:00 MILLENNIUM OF MUSIC with Robert Aubry Davis: Three from the Early German Baroque - New recordings of music by Schein, Tobias Michael, and the remarkable sacred Song Book of Thomas Kingo.
MUSICA SACRA
06:04:00 00:02:24 William Byrd Haec dies John Rutter Cambridge Singers Collegium 107
06:08:00 00:20:55 Johann Sebastian Bach Cantata No. 31 "Der Himmel lacht, die Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra Ton Koopman Barbara Schlick, soprano; Kai Wessel, countertenor; Guy de Mey, tenor; Klaus Mertens, bass; Amsterdam Baroque Choir Erato 98536
06:30 MUSIC AND THE SPOKEN WORD with Lloyd Newell & the Mormon Tabernacle Choir
06:58:00 00:01:03 Thomas Morley Galliard "Can She Excuse" Los Angeles Guitar Quartet Delos 3132
07:00 PIPEDREAMS with Michael Barone: Music for Easter - A collection of choral works and organ solos in celebration of the Feast of the Resurrection
CHARLES CALLAHAN: Easter Victory Charles Callahan (1992 Heritage/All Saint’s Church, Buffalo, NY) Pro Organo 2231
MARTIN DÜBEN: Praeludium Pedaliter; Erstanden ist der heilig Christ (4 verses) Hans-Ola Ericsson (1997 Grönlunds/Morrfjärdens Church, Sweden) Bis 1103
JEAN-FRANÇOIS DANDRIEU: Easter Offertory (O Filii et Filiae) Michel Colin (1986 Cabourdin/ Notre Dame des Victoires, St. Raphaël, France) France Musique 001
DANIEL ROTH: Resurrexi Improvisation (with chant) Choeur gregorien de Paris/Thibaut Marlin, director; Eric Lebrun & Daniel Roth (1862 Cavaillé-Coll/St. Sulpice, Paris, France) JAV 179
CHARLES-MARIE WIDOR: Surrexit a mortuis, Op. 23, no. 1 Les Petits Chanteurs du Mont-Royal; Les Chantres Musiciens/Gilbert Patenaude, director; Jonathan Oldengarm & Vincent Boucher (1961 Beckerath/St. Joseph Oratory, Montreal, Quebec, Canada) ATMA 2.2718
PAUL de MALEINGREAU: Tumult in the Praetorium, fr Symphonie de la Passion, Op. 20 Harry Wilkinson (1931 Skinner/Girard College Chapel, Philadelphia, PA) Pro Organo 7144
WILLIAM BYRD: In resurrection tua. CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD: Ye choirs of new Jerusalem Hereford Cathedral Choir/Geraint Bowen, director; Peter Dyke (1892 Willis/Hereford Cathedral, England) Regent 478
PAUL WINTER: Overture to a New Day (Night into dawn; Dance of all beings) Paul Winter Consort; White Eagle Singers; Paul Halley (1951 Aeolian-Skinner/Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY) Living Music 028
08:00 WITH HEART AND VOICE with Peter DuBois: An Easter Celebration – ‘”Rise, heart! Thy Lord is Risen!” Peter DuBois shares glorious choral and organ music from around the world to celebrate the Resurrection
09:00 FROM THE TOP with Christopher O'Riley and America's finest young musicians; recorded February 13, 2016 - From San Jose, California, this week’s From the Top is an all-Californian show featuring young musicians exclusively from The Golden State. A multi-competition-winning choir from Northern California performs a traditional spiritual; a 16-year-old pianist performs a powerfully evocative piece by a Turkish composer; and we meet a teenage guitarist from San Francisco who, with very little resources, began in music by teaching himself through YouTube videos and has since emerged to become a very original composer
18-year-old violinist Tiffany Wee from Redlands, California, performs Banjo and Fiddle by William Kroll (19011980), with pianist Christopher O’Riley.
16-year-old clarinetist Andrew Moses from Los Angeles, California, performs the third movement, Sultry Waltz, and the first movement, Bop, from “Grooves” by Philip Parker (b. 1953), with pianist Christopher O’Riley.
18-year-old composer and guitarist Gianfranco Baltazar, originally from Peru and now living in San Francisco, performs his own work, “Mi Lima Antano” for guitar, violin, viola, and cello.
16-year-old pianist Leyla Kabuli from Davis, California, performs “Black Earth” by Fazil Say (b. 1970).
The Monte Vista Chamber Singers (winners of the “Local Vocals” competition) from Monte Vista High School in Danville, California, perform “Alleluia” by Jake Runestad (b. 1986) and “Rockin’ Jerusalem,” a traditional spiritual arranged by Stacey V. Gibbs (b. 1962.).
Clarinetist Andrew Moses performs the third movement, Allegro con fuoco, from Sonata for Clarinet and Piano by Francis Poulenc (18991963), with pianist Christopher O’Riley.
10:00 PERFORMANCE TODAY WEEKEND with Valerie Kahler
Peter Tchaikovsky (arr Walter Wollenweber): Nocturne--Sol Gabetta, cello; Munich Radio Orchestra; Ari Rasilainen, conductor Album: Sol Gabetta plays Tchaikovsky, Saint-Saens and Ginastera RCA 675951 Music: 4:13
Constant Lambert: Aubade heroïque--River Oaks Chamber Orchestra; Alastair Willis, conductor The Church of St. John the Divine, Houston, TX Music: 7:44
The Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant Peter Sagal from Chicago, IL Music: 7:59
Puzzler Payoff: Sergei Prokofiev: Visions fugitive; X. Ridicolosamente--John Lill, piano Album: Prokofiev: The Piano Sonatas Vol. 1 ASV 753 Music: 00:55
Peter Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 4 in G, Op. 61, 'Mozartiana'--Estonian National Symphony Orchestra; Nikolai Alexeev, conductor Estonia Concert Hall, Tallin, Estonia Music: 25:40
11:00 PERFORMANCE TODAY WEEKEND
Andrew Norman: Sabina--Calder Quartet Strings Music Festival, Strings Music Pavilion, Steamboat Springs, CO Music: 5:17
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G, Op. 58--Murray Perahia, piano; London Symphony Orchestra; Bernard Haitink, conductor NHK Music Festival, NHK Hall, Tokyo, Japan Music: 35:00
Eric Sahlstrom: Beethoven Polska--Eric Rydvall, nyckelharpa; Olav Luksengard Mjelva, hardanger fiddle; LutoSlowianie Orchestra; Maria Pomianowska, artistic director Chopin and his Europe International Music Festival, Witold Lutoslawski Polish Radio Concert Studio, Warsaw, Poland Music: 2:09
12:00 THE DENNIS LEWIN RADIO PROGRAM, turning you on to classical music; this week, the life and music of Van Cliburn
WCLV CLASSICAL WEEKEND with Nancy Sinning
14:00:00 00:05:24 Ralph Vaughan Williams Five Mystical Songs: Easter English Chamber Orchestra Matthew Best Sir Thomas Allen, baritone; Corydon Singers Hyperion 20420
14:05:00 00:03:05 Ralph Vaughan Williams Three Choral Hymns: Easter Hymn City of London Sinfonia Matthew Best Roger Judd, organ; Corydon Singers Hyperion 66569
14:08:00 00:18:43 Anderson & Roe Suite from Bach's 'St. Matthew Passion' Greg Anderson, piano; Elizabeth Joy Roe, piano Steinway 30033
14:27:00 00:05:50 Pietro Mascagni Cavalleria rusticana: Easter Hymn German Radio Philharmonic Karel Mark Chichon Elina Garanca, mezzo; Latvian Radio Choir; Saarbrücken Opera Chorus DeutGram 21327
14:50:00 00:29:08 Johann Sebastian Bach Cantata No. 66 "Erfreut euch, ihr English Baroque Soloists Sir John Eliot Gardiner Michael Chance, countertenor; Mark Padmore, tenor; Dietrich Henschel, baritone; Monteverdi Choir Archiv 463580
15:19:00 00:06:20 George Frideric Handel Messiah: I know that my Redeemer liveth Apollo's Fire Jeannette Sorrell Amanda Forsythe, soprano Avie 2208
15:25:00 00:06:50 John Ireland Greater Love Hath No Man London Symphony Orchestra Richard Hickox Paula Bott, soprano; Bryn Terfel, baritone; London Symphony Chorus Chandos 8879
15:32:00 00:04:07 Tomás Luis de Victoria O vos omnes Stile Antico Harm Mundi 807555
15:36:00 00:04:21 Orlando Gibbons I am the Resurrection and the life Stile Antico Harm Mundi 807555
15:40:00 00:03:43 George Frideric Handel Messiah: Hallelujah Cleveland Orchestra Robert Porco Cleveland Orchestra Chorus MAA 2008
THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA ON THE RADIO with Robert Conrad - The Cleveland Orchestra, Robert Shaw, conductor; soloists; Cleveland Orchestra Chorus
16:04:00 02:23:00 George Frideric Handel Messiah
DINNER CLASSICS with Bill O’Connell
18:33:00 00:04:58 Jean Lhéritier Surrexit pastor bonus Stile Antico Harm Mundi 807555
18:40:00 00:11:31 Johann Sebastian Bach Concerto after the Easter Oratorio in D major Reinhard Goebel Cologne Musica Antiqua Archiv 471150
18:54:00 00:04:21 Orlando Gibbons I am the Resurrection and the life Stile Antico Harm Mundi 807555
SYMPHONY AT SEVEN with John Simna
19:02:00 00:31:08 Johannes Brahms Serenade No. 2 in A Op 16 Nicholas McGegan Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra PhiBaroque 5
19:35:00 00:33:21 Ferde Grofé Grand Canyon Suite Seattle Symphony Gerard Schwarz Ilkka Talvi, violin Delos 3104
20:10:00 00:45:11 Joachim Raff Symphony No. 3 in F major Op 153 Hilary Davan Wetton Milton Keynes City Orchestra Hyperion 66628
21:00 INNOVATIONS with Mark Satola - featuring works by Cleveland area composers, presented in cooperation with the Cleveland Composers’ Guild
Nicholas Underhill: Nocturne (1995) Katherine DeJongh, flute; Polish National Chamber Orchestra of Slupsk/Bohdan Jarmolowicz, cond. (Centaur 2585) 5:56
Dolores White: Four Art Songs Kimberly Jones, soprano; Dileep Gangolli, clarinet; Matthew Coley, marimba; Dianna Gould, piano (private CD) 15:29
Michael Leese: Music for Harp and Strings Jocelyn Chang, Dilling harp; Laura Martin, Mary Beth Ions, violins; Nicole Divall, viola; Heidi Albert, cello (private CD) 12:10
Jack Gallagher: Ancient Evenings and Distant Music (1971) Solaris Wind Quintet (Capstone 8677) 10:16
Daniel Mccarthy: Polarization for Symphonic Band (1993) Indiana State University Wind Ensemble/John Boyd, cond. (Truemedia 94127) 6:35
21:56:00 00:03:43 Sir Granville Bantock The Sea Reivers Vernon Handley Royal Philharmonic Hyperion 66450
22:00 RELEVANT TONES with Seth Boustead: eighth blackbird at the MCA - Three-time Grammy-winning ensemble eighth blackbird performs music from their recent collaboration with the Sleeping Giant collective. A concert recorded live from the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, where they are currently resident artists
QUIET HOUR
23:02:00 00:06:55 Carl Reinecke Cavatina from Serenade for Strings Op 242 German Chamber Academy Neuss Johannes Goritzki Catherine Tunnell, cello CPO 999159
23:08:00 00:08:06 Johannes Brahms Adagio from Trio Op 114 Franklin Cohen, clarinet; Stephen Geber, cello; Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano Decca 425839
23:19:00 00:06:08 Frédéric Chopin Nocturne No. 8 in D flat major Op 27 Arthur Rubinstein, piano RCA 300350
23:25:00 00:09:34 Franz Schubert Andante from Symphony No. 5 Franz Welser-Möst Cleveland Orchestra MAA 60803
23:36:00 00:09:45 Ludwig van Beethoven Adagio from String Quartet No. 10 Op 74 Cleveland Quartet Telarc 80351
23:45:00 00:07:49 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Adagio from Clarinet Concerto Seattle Symphony Gerard Schwarz Jon Manasse, clarinet Harm Mundi 907516
23:55:00 00:02:49 Johannes Brahms Feldeinsamkeit Op 86 Zuill Bailey, cello; Awadagin Pratt, piano Telarc 32664
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