Program Guide 03-29-2016
Almanac
March 29
1697 death of Nicolaus Bruhns – Danish-German composer and organist (age c. 32); despite being one of the most prominent organists and composers of his generation, few of his works exist today.
1806 first performance of Beethoven’s Leonore Overture No. 3, as part of the second, revised version of the opera Fidelio at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna.
1874 first performance of Antonín Dvorák's Symphony No. 3 in Prague, with the Prague Philharmonic conducted by Bedrich Smetana; the only three-movement symphony Dvorák wrote – there is no Scherzo.
1879 premiere of Tchaikovsky's opera Eugene Onegin in Moscow, conducted by Nikolai Rubinstein; the libretto follows very closely certain passages in Alexander Pushkin's novel-in-verse, retaining much of his poetry.
1882 first performance of Alexander Glazunov’s Symphony No. 1 in St. Petersburg; the symphony was a resounding success, but the audience was astonished to see a teenage boy come to the stage to take his bows in his school uniform; the composer was all of 16 years old; as for his aptitude in learning counterpoint, form, harmony and orchestration, his teacher Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov said that it seemed Glazunov had not progressed so much from day to day as from hour to hour.
1902 Sir William Walton – English composer (d.1983); especially known for his orchestral music; one of England’s most important composers between the time of Vaughan Williams and Britten; best-known works include Façade, the cantata Belshazzar's Feast, the Viola Concerto, the First Symphony, and scores for the Olivier Shakespeare films.
1911 first performance of George Whitefield Chadwick’s Suite symphonique by the Philadelphia Orchestra with the composer conducting.
1936 Sir Richard Rodney Bennett – English composer (d.2012); renowned for his film scores.
Recording of the Week
Program Guide
00:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Robin Grier
00:02:00 00:37:02 Frederick Delius Florida Suite
David Lloyd-Jones English Northern Philharmonia Naxos 553535
00:41:00 00:34:08 Antonín Dvorák Symphony No. 3 in E flat major Op 10
José Serebrier Bournemouth Symphony Warner 65775
01:17:00 00:19:01 Franz Schubert Fantasy in F minor
Leon Fleisher, piano; Katherine Jacobson, piano Sony 506416
01:38:00 00:34:04 Alexander Glazunov Symphony No. 1 in E Op 5
José Serebrier Royal Scottish Nat'l Orch Warner 68904
02:14:00 00:47:56 Franz Joseph Haydn Mass No. 3 in C major
Musicians of the Louvre Marc Minkowski Lucy Crowe, soprano; Nathalie Stutzmann, alto; Richard Croft, tenor; Luca Tittolo, bass; Louvre Musicians Chorus Naïve 5183
03:04:00 00:33:20 Zdenek Fibich Symphony No. 2 in E flat Op 38
Neeme Järvi Detroit Symphony Chandos 9328
03:39:00 00:39:32 Peter Tchaikovsky Suite No. 3 in G major Op 55
Vladimir Jurowski Russian National Orchestra PentaTone 61
04:20:00 00:32:19 Dmitri Shostakovich Symphony No. 6 in B minor Op 54
Vladimir Jurowski Russian National Orchestra PentaTone 68
04:54:00 00:24:16 Ferruccio Busoni Turandot Suite Op 41
Riccardo Muti La Scala Philharmonic Sony 53280
05:20:00 00:16:13 Jean Sibelius En saga Op 9
Horst Stein Orch de la Suisse Romande Decca 4785437
05:38:00 00:06:10 Percy Grainger Colonial Song
Jerry Junkin Dallas Wind Symphony Reference 117
05:50:00 00:07:28 Maurice Ravel Miroirs: Alborada del gracioso
Christoph von Dohnányi Cleveland Orchestra Teldec 44945
06:00 BBC NEWS; CLASSICAL MUSIC with Jacqueline Gerber
06:07:00 00:03:55 Johann Sebastian Bach Adagio from Toccata, Adagio & Fugue
José Serebrier Bournemouth Symphony Naxos 572050
06:15:00 00:08:53 Ludwig van Beethoven Leonore Overture No. 1 Op 138
Daniel Harding German Chamber Philharmonic VirginClas 45364
06:26:00 00:05:47 Alexander Voormolen Baron Hop Suite No. 1: Overture
Matthias Bamert The Hague Philharmonic Chandos 9815
06:32:00 00:02:11 Thomas Tallis If Ye Love Me
John Rutter Cambridge Singers Collegium 107
06:40:00 00:05:30 Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Finale from Cello Concerto
English Chamber Orchestra Sir Andrew Davis Matt Haimovitz, cello DeutGram 429219
06:47:00 00:04:09 Franz Joseph Haydn Rondo from Piano Sonata No. 58
András Schiff, piano Teldec 17141
06:51:00 00:03:20 Luigi Boccherini Minuet from String Quintet in E major Op 13
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra DeutGram 437782
06:55:00 00:03:11 John Philip Sousa March 'Sabre and Spurs'
Loras John Schissel Virginia Grand Military Band WalkFrog 430
07:05:00 00:05:34 Maurice Ravel Le tombeau de Couperin: Forlane
Alexander Schimpf, piano Oehms 867
07:10:00 00:07:45 Alexander Borodin In the Steppes of Central Asia
Valéry Gergiev Mariinsky Theater Orchestra Philips 470840
07:20:00 00:03:31 John Stanley Trumpet Voluntary
English Chamber Orchestra Anthony Newman Wynton Marsalis, trumpet Sony 66244
07:25:00 00:03:30 Gioacchino Rossini Galop from 'William Tell' Overture
Erich Kunzel Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Telarc 80141
07:30:00 00:03:14 Sergei Prokofiev The Stone Flower: Wedding Dance Op 118
Neeme Järvi Royal Scottish Nat'l Orch Chandos 10481
07:40:00 00:09:59 Georg Philipp Telemann Suite in b for Flute, Oboe, Bassoon & Continuo
European Baroque Soloists Denon 9614
07:50:00 00:02:07 Henry Purcell The Gordian Knot Untied: Minuet
Kevin Mallon Aradia Ensemble Naxos 570149
07:55:00 00:02:45 Johannes Brahms Liebeslieder Waltz No. 6 Op 52
Leon Fleisher, piano; Katherine Jacobson, piano Sony 506416
08:07:00 00:06:07 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Finale from Divertimento for String Trio
Albers Trio Tre Sorell 2010
08:15:00 00:07:10 Tylman Susato The Danserye: Renaissance Dances
Ludwig Güttler Güttler Brass Ensemble BerlinClas 1090
08:25:00 00:06:36 Fritz Kreisler Scherzo from String Quartet in A minor
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, vn; Benny Kim, violin; Masao Kawasaki, viola; Mats Lidström, cello EMI 56481
08:31:00 00:03:36 Leroy Anderson Saraband
Leonard Slatkin BBC Concert Orchestra Naxos 559357
08:40:00 00:07:48 Johann Strauss Jr Fledermaus Quadrille Op 363
Willi Boskovsky Vienna Philharmonic Decca 4785437
08:47:00 00:02:50 Manuel Infante Andalusian Dance No. 3
Sandra Shapiro, piano; Thomas Hecht, piano Azica 1201
08:52:00 00:02:53 Johann Sebastian Bach Partita for solo flute: Bourrée anglaise
Joshua Smith, flute Delos 3402
08:58:00 00:01:42 Sir William Walton Henry V: Touch her soft lips and part
Louis Lane Cleveland Orchestra Sony 48260
08:59:00 00:02:17 Sir William Walton Henry V: Agincourt Song
James Judd Florida Philharmonic Harm Mundi 907070
09:05:00 00:18:19 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 31 in D major
Jane Glover London Mozart Players ASV 647
09:28:00 00:05:20 Hector Berlioz The Trojans: Trojan March
David Zinman Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Telarc 80164
09:35:00 00:04:00 Sergei Prokofiev The Stone Flower: Maidens' Dance Op 118
Neeme Järvi Royal Scottish Nat'l Orch Chandos 10481
09:55:00 00:03:13 Richard Wagner Lohengrin: Act 3 Prelude
Franz Welser-Möst Cleveland Orchestra DeutGram 4778773
10:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Mark Satola
10:00:00 00:02:27 Michael Praetorius Terpsichore: Ballet
Christopher Parkening, guitar EMI 55052
10:03:00 00:03:48 Michael Praetorius Terpsichore: Four Voltes
New London Consort l'Oiseau 4759101
10:09:00 00:13:11 Johann Friedrich Fasch Concerto for 2 Horns in D major
Academy St. Martin in Fields Iona Brown Hermann Baumann, horn; Radovan Vlatkovic, horn; Iona Brown, violin Philips 416815
10:24:00 00:04:34 Peter Tchaikovsky The Sleeping Beauty: Polonaise
Mikhail Pletnev Russian National Orchestra DeutGram 457634
10:30:00 00:03:46 Antonio Salieri Angiolina: Overture
Matthias Bamert London Mozart Players Chandos 9877
10:38:00 00:03:57 Franz Joseph Haydn Il mondo della luna: Overture
Claudio Abbado Chamber Orchestra of Europe DeutGram 4778117
10:44:00 00:05:48 Jean Sibelius Kuolema: Scene with Cranes Op 44
Gidon Kremer Kremerata Baltica Nonesuch 287228
10:51:00 00:30:42 Sir William Walton Violin Concerto in B minor
London Symphony Orchestra André Previn Kyung Wha Chung, violin Decca 4785437
11:23:00 00:09:38 Joachim Raff In the Twilight from Symphony No. 3 Op 153
Hilary Davan Wetton Milton Keynes City Orchestra Hyperion 66628
11:36:00 00:07:07 Louis Antoine Dornel Oboe Sonata Les Délices
Debra Nagy, oboe Délices 2009
11:46:00 00:08:05 Louis Moreau Gottschalk Grand Fantasia Triumfal Op 69
Royal Philharmonic Moshe Atzmon Cristina Ortiz, piano Decca 414348
11:56:00 00:01:45 Gabriel Pierné Ramuntcho: Fandango
Juanjo Mena BBC Philharmonic Chandos 10633
12:06:00 00:07:44 Gioacchino Rossini L'Italiana in Algeri: Overture
George Szell Cleveland Orchestra IMG 75962
12:16:00 00:08:15 Peter Tchaikovsky Eugene Onegin: Waltz
Semyon Bychkov Berlin Philharmonic Philips 420237
12:27:00 00:04:45 Edvard Grieg Peer Gynt: Arabian Dance
Herbert Blomstedt San Francisco Symphony Decca 425857
12:33:00 00:04:57 William Bolcom Graceful Ghost Rag
Leon Fleisher, piano; Katherine Jacobson, piano Sony 506416
12:42:00 00:05:29 Carl Maria von Weber Overture to 'The Ruler of the Spirits'
Roy Goodman Hanover Band Nimbus 5154
12:49:00 00:08:54 Virgil Thomson Autumn Concertina
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Sir Neville Marriner Ann Mason Stockton, harp EMI 6612
13:00 THE BIG WORK AT ONE
13:01:00 00:44:16 Sir William Walton Symphony No. 1 in B flat minor
Leonard Slatkin London Philharmonic VirginClas 61146
13:46:00 00:11:52 Sir Arthur Bliss Mêlée Fantasque
David Lloyd-Jones Royal Scottish Nat'l Orch Naxos 557641
14:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Mark Satola
14:00:00 00:02:34 Ole Bull Solitude on the Mountain
Andrew Penny Orchestra of the Mill Lydian 18132
14:03:00 00:04:22 Johan Svendsen Scherzo from String Quartet Op 1
Kontra Quartet Bis 753
14:10:00 00:12:29 Franz Schubert Piano Sonata No. 5 in A flat major
András Schiff, piano Decca 440307
14:25:00 00:11:45 Édouard Lalo Le roi d'Ys: Overture
Armin Jordan Orchestre National de France Erato 45015
14:38:00 00:15:16 Michael Haydn Symphony No. 41 in F major
Matthias Bamert London Mozart Players Chandos 9352
14:55:00 00:03:40 Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari The Jewels of the Madonna: Serenata
Gianandrea Noseda BBC Philharmonic Chandos 10511
15:01:00 00:16:00 Carl Maria von Weber Konzertstück in F minor Op 79
Bavarian Radio Symphony Sir Colin Davis Gerhard Oppitz, piano RCA 68219
15:19:00 00:08:00 Franz Liszt Ballade No. 1 in D flat major
Roberto Plano, piano Azica 71222
15:29:00 00:04:19 Étienne Méhul Le trésor supposé: Overture
Michel Swierczewski Gulbenkian Orchestra Nimbus 5185
15:34:00 00:01:48 Anonymous The Agincourt Song
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble Decca 807
15:41:00 00:07:14 Sir William Walton Richard III: Prelude & Coronation
Academy St. Martin in Fields Sir Neville Marriner Ian Watson, organ Chandos 8841
15:49:00 00:09:47 Alexander Glazunov Concert Waltz No. 2 in F major Op 51
Neeme Järvi Bamberg Symphony Orfeo 157101
16:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Bill O’Connell
15:58:00 00:06:21 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Rondo from Piano Concerto No. 12
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra Leon Fleisher Leon Fleisher, piano Sony 743505
16:09:00 00:02:45 Johannes Brahms Liebeslieder Waltz No. 6 Op 52
Leon Fleisher, piano; Katherine Jacobson, piano Sony 506416
16:14:00 00:09:33 Alexander Glazunov Finale from Symphony No. 1 Op 5
José Serebrier Royal Scottish Nat'l Orch Warner 68904
16:29:00 00:02:45 Sir Richard Rodney Bennett Far from the Madding Crowd: Prelude
Kenneth Alwyn City of Prague Philharmonic Silva 1094
16:34:00 00:03:33 Sir Richard Rodney Bennett Murder on the Orient Express: Waltz
John Mauceri Hollywood Bowl Orchestra Philips 438685
16:41:00 00:08:18 Sir William Walton Scapino Comedy Overture
John Wilson Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Avie 2194
16:52:00 00:02:53 Johannes Brahms Hungarian Dance No. 17 in F sharp minor
Yaara Tal, piano; Andreas Groethuysen, piano Sony 53285
16:56:00 00:03:20 Peter Schickele Variations on a Theme by PDQ Bach from Serenade for Three
Verdehr Trio Crystal 745
17:05:00 00:04:26 Peter Tchaikovsky Eugene Onegin: Polonaise
David Zinman Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Telarc 80378
17:13:00 00:10:56 Antonín Dvorák Allegro from Symphony No. 3 Op 10
José Serebrier Bournemouth Symphony Warner 65775
17:27:00 00:07:54 Richard Strauss Second Waltz Sequence from 'Der Rosenkavalier'
Herbert Blomstedt Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Decca 4645
17:40:00 00:05:19 Sir William Walton Portsmouth Point Overture
Leonard Slatkin London Philharmonic VirginClas 61146
17:47:00 00:02:25 Sir William Walton Façade: Popular Song
Sir Neville Marriner Academy St. Martin in Fields Philips 420155
17:52:00 00:03:08 Sir Richard Rodney Bennett Barcarolle
Carol Rosenberger, piano Delos 3172
17:57:00 00:02:26 Howard Shore The Fellowship of the Ring: Concerning Hobbits
La Pietà Angèle Dubeau Angèle Dubeau, violin Analekta 8733
18:00 BBC NEWS; DINNER CLASSICS
18:09:00 00:16:22 Sir William Walton Henry V: Suite
James Judd Florida Philharmonic Harm Mundi 907070
18:28:00 00:03:45 Gabriel Fauré Berceuse Op 16
Rachel Barton Pine, violin; Matthew Hagle, piano Cedille 139
18:34:00 00:03:30 Victor Béraud Petite Reine Berceuse Op 24
Rachel Barton Pine, violin; Matthew Hagle, piano Cedille 139
18:39:00 00:13:16 Maurice Ravel La valse
Leon Fleisher, piano; Katherine Jacobson, piano Sony 506416
18:54:00 00:04:59 Jean Sibelius The Tempest: Berceuse Op 109
Leopold Stokowski Stokowski Symphony Orchestra Cala 542
19:00 SYMPHONY AT SEVEN with John Simna
19:02:00 00:20:33 Franz Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 63 in C major
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra DeutGram 427337
19:24:00 00:27:08 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Flute Concerto No. 1 in G major
Vienna Philharmonic Karl Böhm Werner Tripp, flute DeutGram 4795448
19:53:00 00:04:15 Georges Bizet L'Arlésienne Suite No. 1: Carillon
José Serebrier Barcelona Symphony Bis 1305
20:00 WCLV ESSENTIAL CLASSICS
20:02:00 00:09:08 Peter Tchaikovsky Marche slav Op 31
Zubin Mehta Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Teldec 90201
20:13:00 00:42:21 Peter Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 in F minor Op 36
Valéry Gergiev Vienna Philharmonic Philips 4113
21:57:00 00:02:33 Antonín Dvorák Legend No. 9 in D major Op 59
Sir Charles Mackerras Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Supraphon 3533
21:00 CHICAGO SYMPHONY with Lisa Simeone - Mitsuko Uchida, conductor/pianist; Dorothea Röschmann, soprano
21:07:00 00:20:53 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto No. 6 in B flat major
English Chamber Orchestra Jeffrey Tate Mitsuko Uchida, piano Philips 432082
20:36:00 00:26:19 Robert Schumann Frauenliebe und Leben Op 42
Linda Finnie, mezzo-soprano; Anthony Legge,piano Chandos 8786
22:08:00 00:31:37 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto No. 26 in D major
English Chamber Orchestra Murray Perahia Murray Perahia, piano CBS 39224
22:57:00 00:01:52 Ottorino Respighi The Fair
Jesús López-Cobos Cincinnati Symphony Telarc 80396
23:00 QUIET HOUR
23:00:00 00:05:17 Sir William Walton Two Pieces for Strings from "Henry V"
William Boughton English String Orchestra Nimbus 7020
23:05:00 00:10:39 Ralph Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music
Vernon Handley London Philharmonic Chandos 2419
23:18:00 00:08:16 Edvard Grieg Two Lyric Pieces Op 68
Neeme Järvi Gothenburg Symphony DeutGram 437520
23:26:00 00:08:48 Johannes Brahms Adagio from Violin Concerto Op 77
Cleveland Orchestra Christoph von Dohnányi Thomas Zehetmair, violin Teldec 44944
23:37:00 00:05:53 Frederick Delius A Song Before Sunrise
Richard Hickox Royal Northern Sinfonia EMI 65067
23:42:00 00:09:38 Sir William Walton Lento from Sonata for Strings
Guildhall Strings RCA 7846
23:52:00 00:02:31 Gabriel Fauré Dolly Suite: Dolly's Garden Op 56
Ludovic Morlot Seattle Symphony SeattleSM 1004
23:57:00 00:02:19 Umberto Giordano Fedora: Intermezzo
Gianandrea Noseda BBC Philharmonic Chandos 10634
