Program Guide 04-15-2016
Almanac
April 15
1651 Domenico Gabrielli – Italian composer and virtuoso cellist (d.1696); born in Bologna, apparently not related to the Venetian Gabrieli’s.
1688 Johann Friedrich Fasch – German violinist and composer (d.1758); considered an important link between the Baroque and Classical periods.
1739 premiere of George Frideric Handel's biblical oratorio Israel in Egypt at King's Theater in the Haymarket, London; as an intermission feature, Handel's new Organ Concerto No. 13 ‘The Cuckoo and the Nightingale’ was also premiered.
1902 first performance of Ravel’s Pavane pour une infante défunte (Pavan for a Dead Princess, or more accurately: Pavan for a Princess of the Past) in Paris, by Ravel's friend Ricardo Viñes; the work was written in 1899, published in 1900; an orchestrated version followed in 1910.
1915 premiere of Manuel de Falla's ballet El amor brujo (Love, the Magician) in Madrid; distinctively Andalusian in character, with songs in Gypsy dialect; most famous excerpt is the Ritual Fire Dance.
1918 first performances of Prokofiev’s Piano Sonata No. 3 and Visions fugitives Op 22 in St. Petersburg (at the time, named Petrograd) by the composer.
1924 Sir Neville Marriner – English violinist and conductor (d.10/2/2016); while playing as chief second violinist in the London Symphony, founded the Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields in 1959.
1926 premiere of Douglas Moore’s opera The Pageant of P.T. Barnum by the Cleveland Orchestra, Nikolai Sokoloff conducting.
1927 first performance of Frederick Converse’s orchestral fantasy Flivver Ten Million (celebrating the 10-millionth Ford automobile produced), by the Boston Symphony, Serge Koussevitzky conducting.
Recording of the Week
Program Guide
CLASSICAL MUSIC with Robin Grier
00:02:00 00:30:50 Charles Gounod Symphony No. 2 in E flat major Sir Neville Marriner Academy St. Martin in Fields Philips 462125
00:35:00 00:22:39 Felix Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in D minor Basel Chamber Orchestra Daniel Hope Daniel Hope, violin DeutGram 4795305
01:00:00 00:19:05 Johann Friedrich Fasch Concerto for 2 Horns, Winds & Strings in D major Tempesta di Mare Chandos 783
01:21:00 01:09:20 Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor Gustavo Dudamel Simón Bolívar Symphony DeutGram 4795448
02:32:00 00:40:27 Johannes Brahms Violin Concerto in D major Op 77 Academy St. Martin in Fields Sir Neville Marriner Hilary Hahn, violin Sony 89649
03:14:00 00:24:07 Sergei Prokofiev Visions fugitives Op 22 Orion Weiss, piano Bridge 9355
03:40:00 00:15:04 Aaron Copland Music for Movies Leonard Slatkin St. Louis Symphony RCA 61699
03:57:00 00:43:58 Sir William Walton Richard III: A Shakespeare Scenario Academy St. Martin in Fields Sir Neville Marriner Ian Watson, organ Chandos 8841
04:43:00 00:36:21 Peter Tchaikovsky Suite No. 1 in D minor Op 43 Sir Neville Marriner Stuttgart Radio Symphony Capriccio 10227
05:21:00 00:16:01 Michael Haydn Symphony No. 25 in G major Matthias Bamert London Mozart Players Chandos 9352
05:39:00 00:06:04 Antonio Vivaldi Sinfonia for Strings in G major Trevor Pinnock English Concert Archiv 415518
05:51:00 00:06:12 Georges Bizet L'Arlésienne Suite No. 1: Prelude José Serebrier Barcelona Symphony Bis 1305
CLASSICAL MUSIC with Jacqueline Gerber
06:07:00 00:03:01 Leroy Anderson A Trumpeter's Lullaby BBC Concert Orchestra Leonard Slatkin Catherine Moore, trumpet Naxos 559357
06:15:00 00:07:51 Giles Farnaby Suite of Six Dances Philip Jones Brass Ensemble Decca 807
06:25:00 00:10:08 Johann Friedrich Fasch Sinfonia for Strings in G minor Tempesta di Mare Chandos 783
06:40:00 00:09:53 Antonio Vivaldi Concerto for 2 Violins in A minor Basel Chamber Orchestra Daniel Hope Daniel Hope, violin; Simos Papanas, violin DeutGram 4795305
06:51:00 00:01:15 Sir William Walton Façade: Polka Sir Neville Marriner Academy St. Martin in Fields Philips 420155
06:55:00 00:02:58 Kenneth J. Alford Colonel Bogey March John Williams Boston Pops Orchestra Sony 46747
07:05:00 00:05:29 Emmerich Kálmán Miss Sunshine: Overture Peter Falk WDR Symphony Cologne LaserLight 14165
07:10:00 00:07:57 Alessandro Scarlatti Sinfonia di Concerto Grosso No. 4 in E minor I Musici William Bennett, flute; Hans Elhorst, oboe Philips 400017
07:20:00 00:03:05 Georges Bizet L'Arlésienne Suite No. 1: Menuetto Olga Kern, piano Harm Mundi 907336
07:25:00 00:02:34 Lord Berners Polka David Lloyd-Jones Royal Ballet Sinfonia MarcoPolo 223711
07:30:00 00:03:45 Felix Mendelssohn Scherzo from Piano Trio No. 2 Op 66 Emanuel Ax, piano; Itzhak Perlman, violin; Yo-Yo Ma, cello Sony 52192
07:40:00 00:01:51 Carl Nielsen The Mother: The Fog is Lifting Judith Hall, flute; Elinor Bennett, harp Nimbus 5247
07:43:00 00:08:49 Michael Torke Javelin John Williams Boston Pops Orchestra Sony 62592
07:55:00 00:02:17 Tylman Susato The Danserye: Bergeret "Dont vient cela" New London Consort Members of l'Oiseau 436131
07:57:00 00:01:46 Leonard Bernstein Divertimento for Orchestra: Turkey Trot John Morris Russell Cincinnati Pops Orchestra FanfareCin 4
08:07:00 00:05:13 Franz Joseph Haydn Minuet & Finale from Symphony No. 28 Christopher Hogwood Academy of Ancient Music l'Oiseau 430082
08:15:00 00:04:21 Paul Halley Appalachian Morning John Williams Boston Pops Orchestra Sony 48224
08:21:00 00:07:46 Sir Arthur Sullivan The Mikado: Overture Sir Neville Marriner Academy St. Martin in Fields Philips 434916
08:30:00 00:05:10 Jo Knümann Romanian Basel Chamber Orchestra Daniel Hope Daniel Hope, violin; Avi Avital, mandolin; Jacques Ammon, piano DeutGram 4795305
08:31:00 00:03:24 Erik Satie Gymnopédie No. 2 Bruce Levingston, piano Sono Lumin 92148
08:40:00 00:08:31 Ludwig van Beethoven Allegro vivace from Symphony No. 8 Op 93 Sir John Eliot Gardiner Révolutionaire et Romantique Soli Deo 721
08:51:00 00:02:19 Ralph Vaughan Williams Linden Lea Brian Kay Huddersfield Choral Society Chandos 2419
08:53:00 00:02:01 Joaquín Rodrigo I come from the poplars, Mother Christopher Parkening, guitar; David Brandon, guitar EMI 49406
08:55:00 00:06:09 Richard Hayman March Medley Erich Kunzel Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Telarc 80122
09:11:00 00:16:03 Ralph Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending Academy St. Martin in Fields Sir Neville Marriner Iona Brown, violin Decca 414595
09:32:00 00:05:00 Brian Dykstra Curly Maple Rag Barrick Stees, bassoon; Brian Dykstra, piano Centaur 3161
09:35:00 00:04:09 Claude Debussy Pour le piano: Prélude Barry Douglas, piano RCA 68127
CLASSICAL MUSIC with Mark Satola
10:01:00 00:03:48 George Frideric Handel Berenice: Minuet Sir Neville Marriner Academy St. Martin in Fields EMI 47027
10:05:00 00:01:46 George Frideric Handel Minuet from Trio Sonata in G major Op 5 I Furiosi Baroque Ensemble Dorian 90802
10:09:00 00:12:47 Václav Pichl Symphony in B flat major Matthias Bamert London Mozart Players Chandos 9740
10:24:00 00:05:39 Gabriel Fauré Scherzo from Piano Quartet No. 1 Op 15 Emanuel Ax, piano; Isaac Stern, violin; Jaime Laredo, viola; Yo-Yo Ma, cello Sony 48066
10:32:00 00:03:38 Lars-Erik Larsson Pastoral Andrew Manze Helsingborg Symphony CPO 777671
10:39:00 00:06:30 Joaquín Rodrigo Soleriana: Pastorale Enrique Bátiz Royal Philharmonic EMI 67435
10:47:00 00:02:09 Franz Schubert Graz Galop Vienna Ensemble Sony 47187
10:51:00 00:26:07 Manuel de Falla El amor brujo Philharmonia Orchestra Carlo Maria Giulini Victoria de los Angeles, sop. EMI 64746
11:18:00 00:07:50 Luigi Cherubini Medea: Overture Sir Neville Marriner Academy St. Martin in Fields EMI 54438
11:29:00 00:09:53 Antonio Vivaldi Concerto for 2 Violins in A minor Basel Chamber Orchestra Daniel Hope Daniel Hope, violin; Simos Papanas, violin DeutGram 4795305
11:42:00 00:06:56 Sergei Prokofiev Piano Sonata No. 3 in A minor Op 28 Andrei Gavrilov, piano DeutGram 435439
11:52:00 00:06:34 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Scherzo-Finale from Sinfonietta Op 31 André Anichanov St Petersburg State Symphony Naxos 550812
12:06:00 00:08:59 Ralph Vaughan Williams The Wasps: Overture Sir Neville Marriner Academy St. Martin in Fields Philips 442427
12:17:00 00:11:46 Jacques Offenbach Orpheus in the Underworld: Ballet Michel Swierczewski Gulbenkian Orchestra Nimbus 5303
12:32:00 00:03:04 Sir Edward Elgar Salut d'amour Op 12 Basel Chamber Orchestra Daniel Hope Daniel Hope, violin; Jacques Ammon, piano DeutGram 4795305
12:39:00 00:04:10 Manuel de Falla El amor brujo: Ritual Fire Dance Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos London Symphony Orchestra MCA 25887
12:45:00 00:13:13 Franz Liszt Fantasy on Beethoven's "The Ruins of Budapest Symphony Orchestra Karl Anton Rickenbacher Leslie Howard, piano Hyperion 67401
THE BIG WORK AT ONE
13:01:00 00:33:34 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto No. 22 in E flat major Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Jonathan Biss, piano EMI 17270
13:51:00 00:05:13 Alexander Borodin Petite Suite: Intermezzo Gennady Rozhdestvensky Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Chandos 9386
13:59:00 00:02:21 Ralph Vaughan Williams Just as the Tide was Flowing John Rutter Cambridge Singers Collegium 120
CLASSICAL MUSIC with Mark Satola
14:02:00 00:04:06 Percy Grainger Spoon River Jerry Junkin Dallas Wind Symphony Reference 117
14:09:00 00:15:29 Victor Herbert Five Pieces for Cello & Strings Academy St. Martin in Fields Sir Neville Marriner Lynn Harrell, cello Decca 417672
14:28:00 00:11:57 Frederick S. Converse Flivver Ten Million JoAnn Falletta Buffalo Philharmonic Naxos 559116
14:42:00 00:14:54 Bedrich Smetana Má vlast: The High Castle Sir Colin Davis London Symphony Orchestra LSO Live 516
14:52:00 00:06:01 Gioacchino Rossini Tancredi: Overture Orpheus Chamber Orchestra DeutGram 415363
15:00:00 00:20:56 Sir Michael Tippett Fantasia Concertante on a Theme by Sir Neville Marriner Academy St. Martin in Fields Philips 4756117
15:23:00 00:08:19 Bechara El-Khoury Unfinished Journey Basel Chamber Orchestra Daniel Hope Daniel Hope, violin DeutGram 4795305
15:34:00 00:03:44 Johann Sebastian Bach Fugue in G minor Yannick Nézet-Séguin Philadelphia Orchestra DeutGram 19032
15:41:00 00:05:23 Johannes Brahms Fugue from Handel Variations Op 24 Vassily Primakov, piano LP Classic 1004
15:49:00 00:08:02 Franz Schubert Finale from Symphony No. 2 Sir Colin Davis Dresden State Orchestra RCA 68545
CLASSICAL MUSIC with Bill O’Connell
15:58:00 00:05:10 Jo Knümann Romanian Basel Chamber Orchestra Daniel Hope Daniel Hope, violin; Avi Avital, mandolin; Jacques Ammon, piano DeutGram 4795305
16:08:00 00:02:46 George Frideric Handel Xerxes: Largo 'Ombra mai fu' Paris Orchestral Ensemble John Nelson Stephanie Blythe, mezzo VirginClas 45475
16:13:00 00:11:02 Ralph Vaughan Williams Five Variants of 'Dives & Lazarus' Sir Neville Marriner Academy St. Martin in Fields Philips 442427
16:28:00 00:06:00 Maurice Ravel Pavane for a Princess of the Past Ludovic Morlot Seattle Symphony SeattleSM 1002
16:36:00 00:02:42 Paul Schoenfield Four Souvenirs: Square Dance Caroline Goulding, violin; Christopher O'Riley, piano Telarc 80744
16:41:00 00:07:12 George Gershwin Three Preludes Michael Tilson Thomas, piano CBS 44798
16:51:00 00:03:56 Felix Mendelssohn Finale from Violin Concerto in D minor Basel Chamber Orchestra Daniel Hope Daniel Hope, violin DeutGram 4795305
16:56:00 00:02:51 Leroy Anderson Belle of the Ball Leonard Slatkin BBC Concert Orchestra Naxos 559313
17:05:00 00:05:32 Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco Love's Labour's Lost: Sarabande Op 167 Andrew Mogrelia Malmö Symphony Orchestra Naxos 572823
17:27:00 00:08:00 John Rutter First movement from "Beatles" Concerto Royal Philharmonic John Rutter Peter Rostal, piano; Paul Schaefer, piano Decca 1821
17:40:00 00:04:50 Steve Reich Duet Basel Chamber Orchestra Daniel Hope Daniel Hope, violin; Simos Papanas, violin DeutGram 4795305
17:47:00 00:02:34 Giuseppe Verdi Otello: Act 2 Finale 'Oath Duet' Vienna Philharmonic Herbert von Karajan Mario del Monaco, tenor; Aldo Protti, baritone Decca 4785437
17:52:00 00:03:02 Michel Colombier Emmanuel London Symphony Orchestra Keith Lockhart Anne Akiko Meyers, violin eOne 7792
17:57:00 00:01:53 Josef Strauss Jockey Polka Op 278 Willi Boskovsky Vienna Philharmonic Decca 4785437
DINNER CLASSICS
18:09:00 00:20:36 Ottorino Respighi La boutique fantasque: Suite Sir Neville Marriner Academy St. Martin in Fields Philips 420485
18:32:00 00:04:23 Jules Massenet Cendrillon: March of the Princesses Sir Neville Marriner Academy St. Martin in Fields Capriccio 10569
18:39:00 00:03:53 Virgil Thomson The River: Finale Sir Neville Marriner Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra EMI 6612
18:45:00 00:08:26 Charles Gounod Finale from Symphony No. 2 Sir Neville Marriner Academy St. Martin in Fields Philips 462125
18:56:00 00:02:26 Virgil Thomson The Plow that Broke the Plains: Cattle Sir Neville Marriner Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra EMI 6612
SYMPHONY AT SEVEN with John Simna
19:02:00 00:15:07 Sir Arnold Bax Tintagel Vernon Handley BBC Philharmonic Chandos 10122
19:19:00 00:36:21 Peter Tchaikovsky Suite No. 1 in D minor Op 43 Sir Neville Marriner Stuttgart Radio Symphony Capriccio 10227
19:58:00 00:01:34 César Cui Orientale Op 50 Midori, violin; Robert McDonald, piano Sony 52568
WCLV ESSENTIAL CLASSICS
20:02:00 00:11:26 Felix Mendelssohn String Symphony No. 1 in C major Nicholas Ward Northern Chamber Orchestra Naxos 553161
20:15:00 00:40:27 Johannes Brahms Violin Concerto in D major Op 77 Academy St. Martin in Fields Sir Neville Marriner Hilary Hahn, violin Sony 89649
20:57:00 00:02:20 Claude Debussy Children's Corner: Dr. Gradus ad Paul Crossley, piano Sony 53111
CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER with Elliott Forrest: Stormy Seas
21:03:00 00:13:23 Gustav Mahler Piano Quartet Movement in A minor
Wu Han, piano; Daniel Hope, violin; Paul Neubauer, viola; David Finckel, cello
21:16:00 00:41:38 Johannes Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor Op 34
Jon Kimura Parker, piano; Danish String Quartet
22:00 CITY CLUB FORUM – recorded today at The City Club of Cleveland, a citadel of free speech, $2 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America. Kathryn J. Edin, Ph.D.
QUIET HOUR
23:02:00 00:06:31 Ludwig van Beethoven Cavatina from String Quartet No. 13 Op 130 Cypress String Quartet Cypress 2012
23:08:00 00:09:37 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Adagio from Violin Concerto No. 5 Academy St. Martin in Fields Sir Neville Marriner Rachel Barton Pine, violin Avie 2317
23:20:00 00:15:08 Ralph Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis Sir Neville Marriner Academy St. Martin in Fields Decca 414595
23:37:00 00:09:10 Johannes Brahms Ballade No. 4 in B major Op 10 Alessio Bax, piano Signum 309
23:46:00 00:06:57 Carl Maria von Weber Romanza from Clarinet Concerto No. 2 Op 74 Academy St. Martin in Fields Sir Neville Marriner Andrew Marriner, clarinet Philips 432146
23:55:00 00:04:15 Ralph Vaughan Williams Fantasia on 'Greensleeves' Sir Neville Marriner Academy St. Martin in Fields Decca 414595
23:57:00 00:02:39 Einojuhani Rautavaara Whispering Hilary Hahn, violin; Cory Smythe, piano DeutGram 19103
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