Program Guide 04-21-2016
Almanac
April 21
1899 Randall Thompson – American composer (d.1984); his most popular and recognizable choral work is Alleluia, commissioned by Serge Koussevitzky for the opening of the Berkshire Music Center at Tanglewood.
1918 premiere of Sergei Prokofiev's Symphony No. 1 ‘Classical’ in Petrograd (St. Petersburg) conducted by the composer; written in conscious emulation of the style of Joseph Haydn.
1933 Easley Blackwood – American composer, pianist and music professor (86 years old); author of a very substantial treatise on music, A Practical Musician's Guide to Tonal Harmony.
1937 premiere of Aaron Copland’s play-opera for high school The Second Hurricane at the Grand Street Playhouse in New York, with Lehman Engle conducting and Orson Welles directing the staged production; one professional adult actor, Joseph Cotton, also participated (he was paid $10).
1948 first performance of Vaughan Williams’s Symphony No. 6 at Royal Albert Hall in London, by the BBC Symphony, Sir Adrian Boult conducting; to post-war audiences who associated the work’s often violent character with the detonation of the atomic bombs over Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the composer said, "It never seems to occur to people that a man might just want to write a piece of music."
Recording of the Week
Program Guide
CLASSICAL MUSIC WITH ROB GRIER
00:02:00 00:30:34 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 29 in A major Claudio Abbado Orchestra Mozart Archiv 4777598
00:35:00 00:28:31 Alexander Borodin String Quartet No. 2 in D major Cleveland Quartet Telarc 80178
01:05:00 00:23:49 Randall Thompson The Testament of Freedom Dallas Wind Symphony Timothy Seelig Turtle Creek Chorale Reference 49
01:31:00 00:33:55 Claude Debussy Images for Orchestra Pierre Boulez Cleveland Orchestra DeutGram 435766
02:07:00 01:10:07 Jean Sibelius Kullervo Op 7 Los Angeles Philharmonic Esa-Pekka Salonen Marianne Rorholm, mezzo; Jorma Hynninen, baritone; Men of; Helsinki University Chorus Sony 52563
03:19:00 00:31:11 Jean-Philippe Rameau Dardanus: Suite Nicholas McGegan Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra Conifer 51313
03:52:00 00:27:17 Alexander Scriabin Piano Concerto in F sharp minor Op 20 London Philharmonic Lorin Maazel Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano Decca 4785437
04:21:00 00:27:46 Randall Thompson Symphony No. 2 in E minor Leonard Bernstein New York Philharmonic Sony 60594
04:51:00 00:28:05 Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor Op 111 Simone Dinnerstein, piano Telarc 80715
05:21:00 00:16:00 Johan Helmich Roman Oboe d'amore Concerto in D major Stockholm Sinfonietta Jan-Olav Wedin Alf Nilsson, oboe d'amore Bis 165
05:39:00 00:06:32 Luigi Boccherini Symphony No. 1 in D major Chiara Banchini Ensemble 415 Harm Mundi 901291
05:50:00 00:08:01 Ludwig van Beethoven Scherzo & Finale from Sonata No. 3 Op 2 HJ Lim, piano EMI 64952
BBC NEWS; CLASSICAL MUSIC WITH JACQUELINE GERBER
06:07:00 00:02:25 Randall Thompson Frostiana: The Pasture Dallas Wind Symphony Timothy Seelig Turtle Creek Chorale Reference 49
06:10:00 00:03:15 George Frideric Handel Finale from Organ Concerto No. 13 Academy of Ancient Music Richard Egarr Richard Egarr, organ Harm Mundi 807447
06:15:00 00:06:06 Maurice Ravel Scherzo from String Quartet in F major Daedalus Quartet Bridge 9202
06:30:00 00:04:17 Charles Ives Scherzo from Symphony No. 1 Neeme Järvi Detroit Symphony Chandos 9053
06:33:00 00:01:41 Johannes Brahms Hungarian Dance No. 10 in F major Yaara Tal, piano; Andreas Groethuysen, piano Sony 53285
06:40:00 00:09:19 Tomaso Albinoni Concerto à 6 for Trumpet & Winds in C major Wind Ensemble Bob van Asperen Wolfgang Basch, trumpet DHM 7976
06:50:00 00:01:42 Aram Khachaturian Masquerade: Waltz Salut Salon Warner 554295
06:52:00 00:01:53 Sulkhan Tsintsadze Miniatures: Satchidao Salut Salon Warner 554295
06:54:00 00:02:08 Robert Schumann Carnaval: Pierrot Op 9 Vassily Primakov, piano Bridge 9300
06:55:00 00:02:20 John Philip Sousa March 'El Capitán' Timothy Foley Nonpareil Wind Band EMI 54130
07:05:00 00:06:08 Emmanuel Chabrier España Neeme Järvi Orch de la Suisse Romande Chandos 5122
07:13:00 00:05:51 Ludwig van Beethoven Rondo from Piano Quartet in E flat major Op 16 Wu Han, piano; Arnaud Sussmann, violin; Beth Guterman, viola; David Finckel, cello CMS Studio 82503
07:20:00 00:05:07 Johann Sebastian Bach Cantata No.207: Chorus 'Vereinigte Richard Kapp Philharmonia Virtuosi of NY CBS 44651
07:30:00 00:04:50 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Mlada: Procession of the Nobles Gerard Schwarz Seattle Symphony Naxos 572787
07:33:00 00:01:11 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov The Tale of Tsar Saltan: Flight of the Shannon Lee, violin; Pamela Mia Paul, piano Telarc 80695
07:40:00 00:07:19 Alessandro Scarlatti Concerto Grosso No. 6 in E Fabio Biondi Europa Galante VirginClas 45495
07:48:00 00:02:30 Dmitri Shostakovich The Human Comedy: Waltz Op 37 Constantine Orbelian Moscow Chamber Orchestra Delos 3257
07:55:00 00:03:55 Claude Bolling Invention Sir Angel Romero, guitar; George Shearing, piano; Shelley Manne, percussion; Ray Brown, bass EMI 47192
07:58:00 00:01:30 Gilbert & Sullivan The Mikado: Three little maids from Welsh National Opera Orchestra Sir Charles Mackerras Marie McLaughlin, soprano; Anne Howells, mezzo-soprano; Janice Watson, soprano Telarc 80284
BBC NEWS
08:07:00 00:06:32 Franz Schubert Scherzo from Octet Cleveland Octet Sony 62655
08:15:00 00:08:52 Aaron Copland An Outdoor Overture Louis Lane Cleveland Orchestra Sony 62401
08:25:00 00:02:58 Franz Schubert Auf dem Wasser zu singen Daniel Hope, violin; Sebastian Knauer, piano DeutGram 15312
08:30:00 00:04:19 Salut Salon Shark Medley Salut Salon Warner 554295
08:40:00 00:08:19 Peter Tchaikovsky Scherzo from Symphony No. 6 Op 74 Evgeny Mravinsky Leningrad Philharmonic DeutGram 4795448
08:50:00 00:02:38 Igor Stravinsky Pétrouchka: Russian Dance Alpin Hong, piano MSR 1107
08:55:00 00:04:57 John Williams Empire of the Sun: Cadillac of the Skies Boston Pops Orchestra John Williams American Boychoir; Tanglewood Festival Chorus Sony 51333
09:05:00 00:12:32 Sergei Prokofiev Symphony No. 1 in D major Op 25 George Szell Cleveland Orchestra MAA 75
09:20:00 00:03:40 Percy Grainger Handel in the Strand City of London Sinfonia Richard Hickox Geoffrey Tozer, piano Chandos 9554
09:25:00 00:03:34 Cole Porter Night and Day John Williams Boston Pops Orchestra Sony 47235
09:35:00 00:09:22 Arturo Márquez Danzon No. 2 Alondra de la Parra Philharmonic Orch of Americas Sony 75555
09:55:00 00:03:27 George Frideric Handel Semele: Iris hence away Paris Orchestral Ensemble John Nelson Stephanie Blythe, mezzo VirginClas 45475
09:58:00 00:02:05 Pietro Lappi Canzon "La Seraphina" Philip Jones Brass Ensemble Decca 807
CLASSICAL MUSIC WITH MARK SATOLA
10:02:00 00:04:55 Randall Thompson Frostiana: Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Dallas Wind Symphony Timothy Seelig Turtle Creek Chorale Reference 49
10:08:00 00:02:25 Randall Thompson Frostiana: The Pasture Dallas Wind Symphony Timothy Seelig Turtle Creek Chorale Reference 49
10:13:00 00:12:26 Franz Schreker Ein Tanzspiel Kazuki Yamada Orch de la Suisse Romande PentaTone 518
10:27:00 00:02:01 Franz Schubert Moment Musical No. 3 in F minor Gil Shaham, violin; Göran Söllscher, guitar DeutGram 471568
10:31:00 00:03:22 Johann Sebastian Bach Orchestral Suite No. 3: Gavotte Monica Huggett Ensemble Sonnerie Avie 2171
10:37:00 00:04:40 Peter Tchaikovsky Suite No. 1: Gavotte Op 43 Sir Neville Marriner Stuttgart Radio Symphony Capriccio 10227
10:44:00 00:04:03 Manuel Ponce Chanson from Guitar Sonata No. 3 Milos Karadaglic, guitar DeutGram 17000
10:51:00 00:27:34 Robert Schumann Violin Concerto in D minor Cleveland Orchestra Christoph von Dohnányi Joshua Bell, violin Decca 444811
11:22:00 00:08:02 Francisco Tárrega Variations on 'The Carnival of Venice' Xuefei Yang, guitar EMI 6322
11:34:00 00:08:24 Ludwig van Beethoven Allegretto from Symphony No. 7 Op 92 Manfred Honeck Pittsburgh Symphony Reference 718
11:43:00 00:07:57 Gabriel Pierné Scherzo-Caprice in D major Op 25 BBC Scottish Symphony Ronald Corp Stephen Coombs, piano Hyperion 67348
11:53:00 00:04:52 Frederick Delius 3Air and Dance for Strings Royal Northern Sinfonia Richard Hickox Bradley Creswick, violin EMI 65067
BBC NEWS
12:06:00 00:07:00 Percy Grainger Children's March 'Over the Hills and Jerry Junkin Dallas Wind Symphony Reference 117
12:16:00 00:11:35 Georges Bizet Jeux d'enfants: Petite Suite Op 22 Lorin Maazel Cleveland Orchestra Decca 4787779
12:29:00 00:03:57 John Philip Sousa March of the Royal Trumpets Keith Brion Central Band of the RAF Naxos 559730
12:36:00 00:02:08 Camille Saint-Saëns Introduction & Royal March of the Lion Salut Salon Warner 554295
12:41:00 00:10:00 Anton Bruckner Scherzo from Symphony No. 4 Eugen Jochum Berlin Philharmonic DeutGram 4795448
12:53:00 00:04:06 Leroy Anderson Song of Jupiter BBC Concert Orchestra Leonard Slatkin David McCallum, trumpet Naxos 559356
BIG WORK AT ONE WITH MARK SATOLA
13:00:00 00:30:15 Bohuslav Martinu Symphony No. 5 Claus Peter Flor Berlin Symphony Orchestra RCA 7805
13:31:00 00:25:52 Zoltán Kodály Symphony in C Antal Doráti Philharmonia Hungarica Decca 443006
14:00:00 00:03:12 Astor Piazzolla Escualo Salut Salon Warner 554295
14:04:00 00:04:28 Traditional Les deux guitares Salut Salon Warner 554295
14:10:00 00:15:32 Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor Op 2 HJ Lim, piano EMI 64952
14:31:00 00:11:09 Alexandre Luigini Ballet égyptien: Part 1 Op 12 Richard Bonynge London Symphony Orchestra Decca 433864
14:46:00 00:09:20 George Frideric Handel Organ Concerto No. 2 in B flat major Op 4 Brandenburg Consort Roy Goodman Paul Nicholson, organ Hyperion 67291
14:57:00 00:01:40 Jean-Philippe Rameau Les Sauvages Grigory Sokolov, piano DeutGram 4794342
15:01:00 00:13:10 Giacomo Meyerbeer Dinorah: Overture Darrell Ang New Zealand Symphony Naxos 573195
15:16:00 00:11:10 Louis Moreau Gottschalk Symphony No. 2 Richard Rosenberg Hot Springs Festival Orchestra Naxos 559320
15:30:00 00:03:38 Leroy Anderson Horse and Buggy Leonard Slatkin BBC Concert Orchestra Naxos 559356
15:38:00 00:03:38 Edward White Puffin' Billy Ronald Corp New London Orchestra Hyperion 66868
15:45:00 00:09:37 Muzio Clementi Overture No. 1 in C major Francesco d'Avalos Philharmonia Orchestra ASV 803
15:55:00 00:02:08 Gabriel Pierné Cydalise: March of the Little Fauns Leonard Slatkin St. Louis Symphony RCA 7716
15:58:00 00:04:50 Benjamin Britten Peter Grimes: Sea Interlude No. 4 Paavo Järvi Cincinnati Symphony Telarc 80660
CLASSICAL MUSIC WITH BILL O'CONNELL
16:08:00 00:02:08 Edvard Grieg Peer Gynt: Act 5 Prelude 'Peer Gynt's Paavo Järvi Estonian National Symphony VirginClas 45722
16:14:00 00:10:28 Leopold Mozart Symphony in D Matthias Bamert London Mozart Players Chandos 10496
16:28:00 00:04:28 Sir William Walton Hamlet: Retribution & Threnody Andrew Penny RTÉ Concert Orchestra Dublin Naxos 553344
16:34:00 00:05:08 Erich Wolfgang Korngold Much Ado About Nothing: Overture Op 11 Werner Andreas Albert NW German Philharmonic CPO 999046
16:41:00 00:07:31 Randall Thompson Allegro from Symphony No. 2 Leonard Bernstein New York Philharmonic Sony 60594
16:52:00 00:02:08 Billy May Green Hornet: Theme Salut Salon Warner 554295
16:56:00 00:02:51 André Campra Idoménée: Rigaudon Empire Brass Robert Woods Michael Murray, organ Telarc 80218
17:05:00 00:05:06 Camille Saint-Saëns Africa Fantasie Op 89 Salut Salon Warner 554295
17:13:00 00:11:23 Felix Mendelssohn String Symphony No. 6 in E flat major Nicholas Ward Northern Chamber Orchestra Naxos 553161
17:27:00 00:07:39 Peter Tchaikovsky Valse-Scherzo Op 34 Philharmonia Orchestra Vladimir Ashkenazy Boris Belkin, violin Decca 4785437
17:40:00 00:02:33 Randall Thompson Pueri Hebraeorum Timothy Seelig Turtle Creek Chorale Reference 61
17:45:00 00:04:20 Franz Schubert Erlkönig Bryn Terfel, baritone; Malcolm Martineau, piano DeutGram 445294
17:52:00 00:03:26 Camille Saint-Saëns The Carnival of the Animals: The Swan Angelika Bachmann, musical saw; Anne-Monika von Twardowski, pn Warner 554295
17:57:00 00:02:21 Jean-Philippe Rameau Rondeau 'La Villageoise' Christopher O'Riley, piano CPI 3294112
BBC NEWS; DINNER CLASSICS WITH BILL O'CONNELL
18:09:00 00:17:34 Alexander Borodin Symphony No. 3 in A minor Gerard Schwarz Seattle Symphony Naxos 572786
18:29:00 00:04:38 Camille Saint-Saëns Danse macabre Op 40 Salut Salon Warner 554295
18:36:00 00:03:49 Johann Sebastian Bach Cantata No. 208: Sheep May Safely Graze Salut Salon Warner 554295
18:42:00 00:12:05 Richard Wagner Götterdämmerung: Dawn & Siegfried's Fabio Luisi Philharmonia Zürich Accentus 102
18:56:00 00:01:59 Jacques Ibert Histoires: Le petit âne blanc Salut Salon Warner 554295
KEYBANK SYMPHONY AT SEVEN WITH JOHN SIMNA
19:02:00 00:18:57 Edvard Grieg Lyric Suite Op 54 Neeme Järvi Gothenburg Symphony DeutGram 437524
19:23:00 00:32:59 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto No. 9 in E flat major Cleveland Orchestra Mitsuko Uchida Mitsuko Uchida, piano Decca 17181
ESSENTIAL CLASSICS WITH JOHN SIMNA
20:02:00 00:13:59 Sergei Prokofiev Symphony No. 1 in D major Op 25 Orpheus Chamber Orchestra DeutGram 423624
20:18:00 00:36:45 Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 7 in A major Op 92 Franz Welser-Möst Cleveland Orchestra MAA 20081
20:56:00 00:03:43 Frédéric Chopin Prelude No. 17 in A flat major Op 28 Grigory Sokolov, piano DeutGram 4794342
21:00 PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY with Jim Cunningham: Cinema Serenade Gala Concert - Itzhak Perlman, violin; Manfred Honeck, conductor
Alfred Newman: 20th Century Fox Fanfare (1938)
Franz von Suppé: Overture to Light Cavalry (1866)
Jacques Offenbach: Selections from Gaîté Parisienne (arr. M. Rosenthal) (1938)
Richard Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries from Die Walküre (1856)
Franz Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 (1847)
Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 5 (1869)
Herman Hupfeld: “As Time Goes By” from Casablanca (1931)
John Williams: Theme from Sabrina (1995)
Ennio Morricone: Love Theme from Cinema Paradiso (1988)
John Barry: Main Title from Out of Africa (1985)
John Williams: Theme from Far and Away (1992)
Erich Korngold: Marian and Love Theme from The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
John Williams: Theme from Schindler’s List (1993)
Carlos Gardel: Tango “Por Una Cabeza” from Scent of a Woman (1992)
Bonus: Andre Previn: Theme from Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962)--André Previn, conductor; Itzhak Perlman, violin
Karl Goldmark: Violin Concerto No. 1 (1877)[excerpts]--André Previn, conductor; Itzhak Perlman, violin
SHH! QUIET HOUR WITH JOHN SIMNA
23:00:00 00:05:04 Martin Mailman Autumn Landscape Op 4 Howard Hanson Eastman-Rochester Orchestra Mercury 434347
23:05:00 00:04:51 Randall Thompson Largo from Symphony No. 2 Leonard Bernstein New York Philharmonic Sony 60594
23:09:00 00:07:16 Aaron Copland Music for a Great City: Night Thoughts Leonard Slatkin St. Louis Symphony RCA 60149
23:19:00 00:09:27 Peter Tchaikovsky Sérénade mélancolique in B minor Op 26 Russian National Orchestra Yakov Kreizberg Julia Fischer, violin PentaTone 5186095
23:28:00 00:06:53 Jean Sibelius Pelléas et Mélisande: Death of Mélisande Op 46 Horst Stein Orch de la Suisse Romande Decca 4785437
23:37:00 00:05:39 Randall Thompson Alleluia Timothy Seelig Turtle Creek Chorale Reference 49
23:42:00 00:08:40 Samuel Barber Adagio for Strings Op 11 Brodsky Quartet Chandos 10801
23:53:00 00:03:15 Lars-Erik Larsson A Winter's Tale: Epilogue Op 18 Andrew Manze Helsingborg Symphony CPO 777671
23:56:00 00:02:37 Gabriel Fauré Après un rêve Op 7 Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Kathryn Stott, piano Sony 510316
