Program Guide 04-01-2015
Almanac
April 1
April Fool's Day
1747 premiere of George Frideric Handel's oratorio Judas Maccabaeus at Covent Garden in London.
1866 Ferruccio Busoni – Italian composer, pianist, editor, writer, piano and composition teacher, and conductor (d.1924); early on he was advised by Brahms, later on he was a friend of Sibelius and taught for a while at the New England Conservatory; after hearing the Berlin premiere of Falstaff, he wrote a fan letter to Verdi but he never summoned the courage to send it; all in all, a fascinating figure.
1873 Sergei Rachmaninoff – Russian composer, pianist, and conductor (d.1943); one of the last great representatives of Romanticism in Russian classical music.
1913 premiere of Manuel de Falla's opera La vida breve (Life is Short) at the Casino Municipal in Nice, France.
1937 premiere of Gian-Carlo Menotti’s opera Amelia Goes to the Ball (Amelia al ballo) at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia; Menotti had written the work while still a student at Curtis; a year later, Amelia was presented by the Metropolitan Opera.
1946 first performance of Marc Blitzstein’s Airborne Symphony in New York City by the New York City Symphony Orchestra under Leonard Bernstein on April 1, 1946; renowned filmmaker Orson Welles served as narrator.
1954 premiere of Aaron Copland's opera The Tender Land at New York City Opera conducted by Thomas Schippers and directed by Jerome Robbins.
Recording of the Week
Program Guide
CLASSICAL MUSIC with Robin Grier
00:02:00 00:23:02 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart A Musical Joke Andrew Manze English Concert Harm Mundi 907280
00:27:00 00:40:11 Charles Ives Symphony No. 1 in D minor Neeme Järvi Detroit Symphony Chandos 9053
01:09:00 00:41:57 Wilhelm Stenhammar Symphony No. 2 in G minor Op 34 Neeme Järvi Gothenburg Symphony DeutGram 445857
01:53:00 00:24:09 Ernö Dohnányi Variations on a Nursery Song Op 25 Buffalo Philharmonic JoAnn Falletta Eldar Nebolsin, piano Naxos 572303
02:19:00 00:41:28 Franz Schubert Piano Sonata No. 17 in D major Emil Gilels, piano RCA 300350
03:02:00 00:20:27 Vincenzo Tommasini The Good-Humored Ladies: Suite Louis Lane Cleveland Orchestra Sony 60311
03:24:00 00:25:25 Albert Roussel Symphony No. 3 in G minor Op 42 Stéphane Denève Royal Scottish Nat'l Orch Naxos 570245
03:51:00 00:43:41 Felix Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night's Dream Incidental Boston Symphony Orchestra Seiji Ozawa Judi Dench, narrator; Kathleen Battle, soprano; Frederica von Stade, mezzo; Tanglewood Festival Chorus DeutGram 439897
04:37:00 00:41:32 Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 4 in E minor Op 98 Lorin Maazel Cleveland Orchestra Decca 4787779
05:20:00 00:16:31 Jean-Philippe Rameau Concert No. 6 en sextuor Christophe Rousset Les Talens Lyriques Decca 1845
05:38:00 00:06:00 Emmanuel Chabrier Suite pastorale: Scherzo-valse Neeme Järvi Orch de la Suisse Romande Chandos 5122
05:50:00 00:07:37 Peter Tchaikovsky Waltz from Symphony No. 6 Op 74 Yannick Nézet-Séguin Rotterdam Philharmonic DeutGram 4790835
CLASSICAL MUSIC with Jacqueline Gerber
06:07:00 00:03:10 William Kroll Banjo and Fiddle Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, vn; Sandra Rivers, piano EMI 54576
06:15:00 00:06:01 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Don Giovanni: Overture Jeannette Sorrell Apollo's Fire Koch Intl 7574
06:20:00 00:06:59 Antonín Dvorák Scherzo from String Quartet No. 13 Op 106 Cypress String Quartet Avie 2275
06:30:00 00:04:08 Manuel de Falla La vida breve: Spanish Dance No. 2 Brazilian Guitar Quartet Delos 3466
06:40:00 00:07:09 Ludwig van Beethoven Scherzo & Finale from Serenade Op 25 Joshua Smith, flute; Amy Lee, violin; Joanna Patterson Zakany, viola S&W 1
06:51:00 00:03:29 Domenico Zipoli Battaglia Imperiale Matthias Maute Ensemble Caprice Analekta 9957
06:52:00 00:03:11 Leos Janácek Idyll for Strings: Scherzo & Trio Gerard Schwarz Seattle Symphony Naxos 572698
06:57:00 00:03:00 Gabriel Pierné March of the Little Lead Soldiers Juanjo Mena BBC Philharmonic Chandos 10633
07:05:00 00:04:23 Gian Carlo Menotti Amelia Goes to the Ball: Overture James Conlon Metropolitan Opera Orchestra RCA 61509
07:10:00 00:06:56 Aaron Copland Danzón Cubano David Zinman Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Argo 440639
07:20:00 00:01:59 Jacques Ibert Histoires: Le petit âne blanc Salut Salon Warner 554295
07:20:00 00:02:21 Reinhold Glière The Red Poppy: Waltz Zdenek Mácal New Jersey Symphony Delos 3178
07:24:00 00:01:25 Henry Purcell The Gordian Knot Untied: Jigg Kevin Mallon Aradia Ensemble Naxos 570149
07:27:00 00:07:16 Ferde Grofé Grand Canyon Suite: On the Trail Seattle Symphony Gerard Schwarz Ilkka Talvi, violin Delos 3104
07:40:00 00:07:46 "PDQ Bach" Schleptet in E flat Peter Schickele I Virtuosi di Hoople Vanguard 72015
07:51:00 00:03:01 Sergei Rachmaninoff All-Night Vigil: Rejoice, O Virgin Op 37 Voces8 Decca 22601
07:55:00 00:03:43 Sergei Rachmaninoff Prelude No. 4 in D minor Op 23 Wu Han, piano ArtistLed 10701
08:07:00 00:05:08 Mikhail Glinka Ruslan and Ludmilla: Overture Lorin Maazel Cleveland Orchestra Decca 4787779
08:15:00 00:07:15 Maurice Ravel Menuet antique Pierre Boulez Cleveland Orchestra DeutGram 2121
08:23:00 00:02:04 Zez Confrey Dizzy Fingers Richard Dowling, piano Klavier 77035
08:27:00 00:05:36 Franz Schubert Polonaise in B flat major Chamber Orchestra of Europe Gidon Kremer Gidon Kremer, violin DeutGram 437535
08:31:00 00:03:50 Frédéric Chopin Waltz No.10 in B minor Op 69 Garrick Ohlsson, piano Arabesque 6669
08:40:00 00:05:03 Johann Sebastian Bach Finale from Solo Violin Sonata No. 2 Chris Thile, mandolin Nonesuch 535360
08:45:00 00:04:57 Peter Tchaikovsky The Sleeping Beauty: Blue Bird Pas de Mikhail Pletnev Russian National Orchestra DeutGram 457634
08:51:00 00:03:12 Astor Piazzolla Escualo Salut Salon Warner 554295
08:55:00 00:05:46 George Gershwin Selections from 'Girl Crazy' John Williams Boston Pops Orchestra Philips 426404
09:05:00 00:16:54 Claude Debussy Suite bergamasque Jun Märkl National Orchestra of Lyon Naxos 572583
09:27:00 00:02:39 John Philip Sousa March 'Semper Fidelis' Loras John Schissel Blossom Festival Band MAA 40601
09:35:00 00:03:28 Sergei Prokofiev Cinderella: Waltz John Mauceri Hollywood Bowl Orchestra Philips 438685
09:55:00 00:03:37 Florence Foster Jenkins Aria from Mozart's 'The Magic Flute' Florence Foster Jenkins, s; Cosme McMoon, piano RCA 61175
CLASSICAL MUSIC with Mark Satola
10:00:00 00:02:26 Sergei Rachmaninoff Etude-tableau in B minor Op 39 Yuja Wang, piano DeutGram 16606
10:03:00 00:04:09 Sergei Rachmaninoff Aleko: Women's Dance Paavo Järvi Cincinnati Symphony Telarc 80670
10:10:00 00:13:33 Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Trio Sonata in G major Aulos Ensemble Centaur 3068
10:27:00 00:04:35 Antonín Dvorák Slavonic Dance No. 9 in B major Op 72 Katia Labèque, piano; Marielle Labèque, piano Philips 426264
10:32:00 00:05:06 Camille Saint-Saëns Africa Fantasie Op 89 Salut Salon Warner 554295
10:41:00 00:04:19 Salut Salon Shark Medley Salut Salon Warner 554295
10:48:00 00:02:08 Henry Fillmore March "His Excellency" Loras John Schissel Virginia Grand Military Band WalkFrog 430
10:50:00 00:26:52 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Sonata No. 12 in F major Grigory Sokolov, piano DeutGram 4794342
11:20:00 00:09:38 Sergei Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dance No. 2 Op 45 Robert Spano Atlanta Symphony Orchestra ASO Media 1003
11:32:00 00:08:44 Ferruccio Busoni Divertimento Op 52 Rome Symphony Orchestra Francesco La Vecchia Laura Minguzzi, flute Naxos 572922
11:43:00 00:09:49 Georg Muffat Florilegium: Suite No.7 in G major Adrian Shepherd Cantilena Chandos 8448
11:54:00 00:03:56 Erich Wolfgang Korngold Baby Serenade: Overture Op 24 Werner Andreas Albert NW German Philharmonic CPO 999077
12:06:00 00:07:25 Sir Edward German Nell Gwyn: Overture John Wilson Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Avie 2194
12:15:00 00:06:39 Ralph Vaughan Williams The Poisoned Kiss: Overture George Hurst Bournemouth Sinfonietta Chandos 2419
12:24:00 00:04:30 Kara Karayev Seven Beauties: Waltz Rauf Abdullayev Moscow Radio & TV Symphony Delos 2009
12:30:00 00:04:54 Claude Debussy Tarantelle styrienne 'Danse' Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano Decca 460247
12:39:00 00:04:38 Camille Saint-Saëns Danse macabre Op 40 Salut Salon Warner 554295
12:45:00 00:10:12 Charles Ives Finale from Symphony No. 2 Ludovic Morlot Seattle Symphony SeattleSM 1003
THE BIG WORK AT ONE
13:02:00 00:40:46 Sergei Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 3 in A minor Op 44 Mikhail Pletnev Russian National Orchestra DeutGram 457598
13:44:00 00:14:13 Boris Blacher Variations on a Theme of Paganini Op 26 Sir Georg Solti Vienna Philharmonic Decca 452853
14:00 FIRST FRIDAYS with Angela Mitchell – members of The Cleveland Orchestra musicians joining musicians from the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra in the KeyBank Studio with WCLV’s Angela Mitchell
14:03:00 Sergei Prokofiev: String Quartet No. 1 in b minor, Op. 50 (Mvt 1)--Sonja Molloy*, violin; Daniel Fields, violin; Jack DeBouter, viola; Kastuaki Arakawa, cello
14:13:00 Dmitri Shostakovich: Piano Trio No.2 in e Op 67 (Mvts 3 & 4)--Carolyn Warner*, piano. Formosa Deppman, violin; and Matthew Fields, cello
14:35:00 Dmitri Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 8, Op. 110--Jessica Kwok, violin; Masayoshi Arakawa, violin; Claire Peyrebrune, viola and Martha Baldwin*, cello
(* members of The Cleveland Orchestra)
CLASSICAL MUSIC with Mark Satola
15:02:00 00:14:22 George Frideric Handel Organ Concerto No. 4 in F major Op 4 Brandenburg Consort Roy Goodman Paul Nicholson, organ Hyperion 67291
15:19:00 00:11:30 Ferruccio Busoni Symphonic Suite: Gavotte & Gigue Op 24 Arturo Tamayo Deutsches Symphonie Berlin Capriccio 10480
15:33:00 00:04:03 Sergei Rachmaninoff Paraphrase on Kreisler's 'Liebesleid' Olga Kern, piano Harm Mundi 907336
15:40:00 00:04:50 Sergei Rachmaninoff Scherzo in D minor Paavo Järvi Cincinnati Symphony Telarc 80670
15:47:00 00:09:24 Miklós Rózsa Overture to a Symphony Concert Op 26 Mariusz Smolij Budapest Symphony Orchestra Naxos 572285
15:58:00 00:04:28 Traditional Les deux guitares Salut Salon Warner 554295
CLASSICAL MUSIC with Bill O’Connell
16:07:00 00:02:08 Billy May Green Hornet: Theme Salut Salon Warner 554295
16:12:00 00:14:42 Donald Fraser Piano Concerto [in the Style of Mozart] in F major Hollywood Chamber Orchestra Grant Gershon Grant Gershon, piano Delos 3222
16:30:00 00:03:13 Merv Griffin Jeopardy: Think Music Malcolm Hamilton, harpsichord Delos 3222
16:36:00 00:03:29 Donald Fraser The Jetsons: Theme [in the Style of Grant Gershon Hollywood Chamber Orchestra Delos 3222
16:42:00 00:06:55 Ferruccio Busoni Comedy Overture Op 38 Francesco La Vecchia Rome Symphony Orchestra Naxos 572922
16:52:00 00:03:26 Camille Saint-Saëns The Carnival of the Animals: The Swan Angelika Bachmann, musical saw; Anne-Monika von Twardowski, pn Warner 554295
16:56:00 00:03:13 Richard Adler & Jerry Ross The Pajama Game: Hernando's Hideaway Arthur Fiedler Boston Pops Orchestra RCA 68793
17:05:00 00:05:13 Franz Schubert Scherzo No. 1 in B flat major Maria João Pires, piano DeutGram 427769
17:13:00 00:11:37 Sergei Rachmaninoff Finale from Piano Concerto No. 2 Op 18 Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Vasily Petrenko Simon Trpceski, piano Avie 2192
17:27:00 00:07:49 Sergei Rachmaninoff Suite from Bach's Violin Partita No. 3 Olga Kern, piano Harm Mundi 907336
17:40:00 00:06:12 Ferruccio Busoni Bagatelles Op 28 Per Enoksson, violin; Kathryn Stott, piano Bis 784
17:48:00 00:01:45 Johannes Brahms Lullaby Op 49 Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Kathryn Stott, piano Sony 510316
17:52:00 00:02:08 Camille Saint-Saëns Introduction & Royal March of the Lion Salut Salon Warner 554295
17:56:00 00:03:26 Felix Arndt Nola 'A Silhouette' Ronald Corp New London Orchestra Hyperion 67067
DINNER CLASSICS
18:09:00 00:25:07 Franz Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 60 in C Orpheus Chamber Orchestra DeutGram 437783
18:36:00 00:04:46 Sergei Rachmaninoff Aleko: Men's Dance Paavo Järvi Cincinnati Symphony Telarc 80670
18:43:00 00:02:22 Sergei Rachmaninoff Etude-tableau in A minor Op 39 Valentina Lisitsa, piano Decca 17091
18:47:00 00:06:08 Sergei Rachmaninoff Suite No. 2: Tarantella Op 17 Yefim Bronfman, piano; Emanuel Ax, piano Sony 61767
18:55:00 00:04:16 Sergei Rachmaninoff Prelude No. 1 in C sharp minor Op 3 Vassily Primakov, piano Bridge 9348
SYMPHONY AT SEVEN with John Simna
19:02:00 00:20:15 Sergei Prokofiev Lieutenant Kijé Suite Op 60 Paavo Järvi Cincinnati Symphony Telarc 80683
19:24:00 00:31:08 Max Bruch Scottish Fantasy Op 46 London Symphony Orchestra Jascha Horenstein David Oistrakh, violin Decca 4785437
WCLV ESSENTIAL CLASSICS
20:02:00 00:17:31 Richard Wagner A Siegfried Idyll Daniel Barenboim Chicago Symphony Orchestra Teldec 24224
20:21:00 00:34:02 Sergei Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor Op 18 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Fritz Reiner Van Cliburn, piano RCA 55912
21:00 CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER with Elliott Forrest: American Winds
21:05:00 00:10:00 Andrew Norman Light Screens Chamber Ensemble WFMT 1
21:19:00 00:11:12 Samuel Barber Summer Music Op 31 Reykjavik Wind Quintet Chandos 9174
21:39:00 00:16:00 Aaron Copland Sextet for Clarinet, 2 Violins, Viola, Chamber Ensemble WFMT 1
22:00 CITY CLUB FORUM – recorded today at The City Club of Cleveland, a citadel of free speech, Making the Unequal Metropolis: School Desegregation and Its Limits. Ansley T. Erickson, Assistant Professor, Teachers College, Columbia University
22:57:00 00:02:26 Léo Delibes Coppélia: Swanilda's Waltz Martin West San Francisco Ballet Orchestra Reference 125
QUIET HOUR
23:02:00 00:09:19 Joseph Joachim Notturno in A major Op 12 Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Sakari Oramo Daniel Hope, violin DeutGram 15312
23:11:00 00:07:34 Robert Schumann Bunte Blätter: Albumblätter Op 99 Vassily Primakov, piano LP Classic 1004
23:21:00 00:06:35 Alexandre Desplat L'Étreinte from Trois études Gloria Cheng, piano Harm Mundi 907635
23:27:00 00:11:49 Eric Whitacre The River Cam London Symphony Orchestra Eric Whitacre Julian Lloyd Webber, cello Decca 16636
23:41:00 00:05:33 Frédéric Chopin Nocturne No. 18 in E major Op 62 Rafal Blechacz, piano DeutGram 10870
23:46:00 00:07:15 Ludwig van Beethoven Romance No. 1 in G major Op 40 Royal Philharmonic Sir Eugene Goossens David Oistrakh, violin DeutGram 4793449
23:55:00 00:03:05 Albert Périlhou La vierge à la crèche La Pietà Angèle Dubeau Angèle Dubeau, violin Analekta 8730
