Program Guide 04-27-2016
Almanac
April 27
1749 first performance of Handel’s Music for the Royal Fireworks in London’s Green Park, celebrating the end of the War of the Austrian Succession and the signing of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle in 1748.
1812 Friedrich von Flotow – German composer (d.1883); active mainly in France and best known for his opera Martha (1847).
1867 premiere of Charles Gounod's opera Roméo et Juliette at the Théâtre Lyrique in Paris.
1894 Nicolas Slonimsky – Russian-born American conductor, author, pianist, composer and lexicographer (d.1995); best known for his reference works, the Thesaurus of Scales and Melodic Patterns and the Lexicon of Musical Invective; also edited Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians.
1927 Robert Page – American choral conductor (died 8/7/16 at 89); Cleveland Orchestra Director of Choruses, 1972-1989.
1927 premiere of Jaromir Weinberger’s opera Schwanda the Bagpiper in Prague at the National Theater; the Polka and Fugue from this score is a pops favorite.
Recording of the Week
Program Guide
00:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Robin Grier
00:01:00 00:30:25 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major Cleveland Orchestra George Szell Robert Casadesus, piano Sony 780837
00:34:00 00:56:44 Sir Edward Elgar Symphony No. 2 in E flat major Op 63 Sir Andrew Davis BBC Symphony Orchestra Teldec 74888
01:35:00 00:31:50 Felix Mendelssohn Octet for Strings in E flat major Op 20 Cleveland Quartet Meliora String Quartet Telarc 80142
02:09:00 00:42:05 Gabriel Fauré Requiem Op 48 Philharmonia Orchestra Carlo Maria Giulini Kathleen Battle, soprano; Andreas Schmidt, bass; Philharmonia Chorus DeutGram 4795448
02:52:00 00:31:06 Franz Liszt Piano Sonata in B minor Yuja Wang, piano DeutGram 4795448
03:25:00 00:28:17 Giovanni Battista Viotti Violin Concerto No. 22 in A minor Brandenburg Orchestra Roy Goodman Elizabeth Wallfisch, violin Hyperion 66840
03:57:00 00:30:13 Felix Mendelssohn String Quartet No. 5 in E flat major Op 44 Pacifica Quartet Cedille 82
04:30:00 00:25:05 Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Flute Concerto in G major CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra Peter Schreier Patrick Gallois, flute DeutGram 439895
04:58:00 00:25:27 Maurice Ravel Piano Trio Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano; Joshua Bell, violin; Steven Isserlis, cello Decca 425860
05:25:00 00:17:31 William Wallace Villon Martyn Brabbins BBC Scottish Symphony Hyperion 66848
05:45:00 00:06:20 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Rondo in D major Vladimir Horowitz, piano DeutGram 4795448
05:52:00 00:05:57 Scott Joplin Bethena Brian Dykstra, piano Centaur 3340
06:00 BBC NEWS; CLASSICAL MUSIC with Jacqueline Gerber
06:07:00 00:03:06 Franz Schreker Ein Tanzspiel: Menuett Kazuki Yamada Orch de la Suisse Romande PentaTone 518
06:15:00 00:08:47 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Finale from Symphony No. 41 Jeannette Sorrell Apollo's Fire Koch Intl 7574
06:24:00 00:04:23 Georges Bizet L'Arlésienne Suite No. 2: Intermezzo José Serebrier Barcelona Symphony Bis 1305
06:28:00 00:06:26 Giovanni Palestrina Tu es Petrus Massimo Palombella Sistine Chapel Choir DeutGram 4795300
06:40:00 00:08:46 Jaromir Weinberger Schwanda the Bagpiper: Polka & Fugue Erich Kunzel Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Telarc 80595
06:51:00 00:03:24 Clarence Woods Slippery Elm Rag Brian Dykstra, piano Centaur 3340
06:55:00 00:02:39 Joseph J. Richards March 'Shield of Liberty' Col. Lowell Graham USAF Heritage of America Band Klavier 11139
07:05:00 00:05:13 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart The Abduction from the Seraglio: Thomas Fey Heidelberg Symphony Hänssler 98269
07:10:00 00:07:03 Ludwig van Beethoven Variations on the 'Turkish March' Op 76 Emil Gilels, piano EMI 69509
07:20:00 00:03:03 Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari The Secret of Susanna: Overture Lance Friedel Royal Scottish Nat'l Orch Naxos 573418
07:25:00 00:02:26 Jacques Offenbach La vie Parisienne: Cancan István Bogár Budapest Strauss Ensemble Naxos 550900
07:30:00 00:04:33 Pablo Casals Song of the Birds St Cecilia Academy Orchestra Antonio Pappano Han-Na Chang, cello EMI 82390
07:40:00 00:07:35 Paul Taffanel Finale from Wind Quintet in G minor Vienna-Berlin Ensemble Sony 45996
07:51:00 00:03:01 Rev. Robert Lowry Shall We Gather at the River? Anonymous 4; Bruce Molsky, vocal Harm Mundi 807549
07:55:00 00:03:03 Leroy Anderson The Classical Jukebox Leonard Slatkin BBC Concert Orchestra Naxos 559313
08:07:00 00:05:25 Richard Wagner Die Walküre: Ride of the Valkyries George Szell Cleveland Orchestra CBS 46286
08:15:00 00:05:19 Sir William Walton Portsmouth Point Overture Leonard Slatkin London Philharmonic VirginClas 61146
08:20:00 00:04:08 Ludwig van Beethoven Finale from String Quartet No. 4 Op 18 Cleveland Quartet Telarc 80414
08:30:00 00:04:36 Coldplay Viva la Vida Greg Anderson, piano; Elizabeth Joy Roe, piano Steinway 30006
08:40:00 00:07:03 Artur Lemba Scherzo from Symphony in C sharp minor Neeme Järvi Royal Scottish Nat'l Orch Chandos 8656
08:50:00 00:04:26 Johann Joachim Quantz Finale from Flute Concerto in G major CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra Peter Schreier Patrick Gallois, flute DeutGram 439895
08:55:00 00:07:17 Bernard Herrmann Vertigo: Prelude & Love Scene Richard Glazier, piano Centaur 3347
09:05:00 00:15:55 George Frideric Handel Music for the Royal Fireworks Frederick Fennell Cleveland Symphonic Winds Telarc 80344
09:31:00 00:05:57 Alec Wilder Air for Flute Manhattan Chamber Orchestra Richard Auldon Clark Eugenia Zukerman, flute Newport 85570
09:35:00 00:04:04 Giacomo Puccini La bohème: O soave fanciulla Dresden State Orchestra Nicola Luisotti Anna Netrebko, soprano; Rolando Villazón, tenor DeutGram 4795448
09:58:00 00:01:33 Frédéric Chopin Mazurka No. 24 in C major Op 33 Garrick Ohlsson, piano Arabesque 6730
10:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Mark Satola
10:03:00 00:02:55 Giovanni Palestrina Ad te levavi animam meam Massimo Palombella Sistine Chapel Choir DeutGram 4795300
10:06:00 00:03:22 Giovanni Palestrina Improperium expectavit cor meum Massimo Palombella Sistine Chapel Choir DeutGram 4795300
10:12:00 00:12:11 Carl Czerny Variations on a Theme by Rode Op 33 Antonio Pompa-Baldi, piano Centaur 3280
10:26:00 00:02:36 Percy Grainger In a Nutshell Suite: Arrival Platform Sir Simon Rattle City of Birmingham Symphony EMI 56412
10:32:00 00:03:44 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Dubinushka Op 62 Gerard Schwarz Seattle Symphony Naxos 572788
10:40:00 00:04:43 Alexander Borodin Scherzo from String Quartet No. 2 Cleveland Quartet Telarc 80178
10:47:00 00:03:03 William Grant Still Blues from "Lenox Avenue" Denver Oldham, piano Koch Intl 7084
10:50:00 00:29:40 Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major Op 19 Cleveland Orchestra George Szell Emil Gilels, piano EMI 69506
11:21:00 00:07:07 William Boyce Symphony No. 1 in B flat major Op 2 Christopher Hogwood Academy of Ancient Music l'Oiseau 436761
11:30:00 00:07:03 Sir Edward Elgar Dream Children Op 43 Paul Goodwin English Chamber Orchestra Harm Mundi 907258
11:40:00 00:10:32 Maurice Ravel Sonatine Alexandre Tharaud, piano Harm Mundi 901811
11:52:00 00:06:10 Cole Porter Kiss Me, Kate: Overture John McGlinn London Sinfonietta EMI 54300
12:07:00 00:08:21 Friedrich von Flotow Martha: Overture Lance Friedel Royal Scottish Nat'l Orch Naxos 573418
12:17:00 00:10:30 Johann Strauss Jr Waltz 'Wine, Women and Song' Op 333 Erich Kunzel Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Telarc 80314
12:30:00 00:04:01 Igor Stravinsky The Firebird: Infernal Dance Paavo Järvi Cincinnati Symphony Telarc 80587
12:38:00 00:07:51 George Frideric Handel Music for the Royal Fireworks: Overture Martin Pearlman Boston Baroque Telarc 80594
12:38:00 00:07:19 Roger Quilter Three English Dances Op 11 Richard Hickox Royal Northern Sinfonia EMI 49933
13:00 THE BIG WORK AT ONE
13:01:00 00:37:33 Johannes Brahms String Sextet No. 1 in B flat major Op 18 Academy Chamber Ensemble Chandos 9151
13:40:00 00:17:36 Camille Saint-Saëns Septet in E flat major Op 65 Ensemble Vivant OpeningDay 9379
14:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Mark Satola
14:00:00 00:03:46 Orlande de Lassus Magnificat octavi toni Massimo Palombella Sistine Chapel Choir DeutGram 4795300
14:04:00 00:02:41 Felice Anerio Christus factus est Massimo Palombella Sistine Chapel Choir DeutGram 4795300
14:09:00 00:15:05 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio espagnol Op 34 George Szell Cleveland Orchestra Sony 93019
14:27:00 00:03:56 Samuel Barber Souvenirs Suite: Waltz Op 28 Yoel Levi Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Telarc 80441
14:45:00 00:10:02 Bernhard Crusell Divertimento for Oboe & Strings in C major Op 9 Allegri String Quartet Sarah Francis, oboe Helios 55015
14:56:00 00:03:09 Earl Wild Virtuoso Etude on 'Embraceable You' Jenny Lin, piano Steinway 30011
15:02:00 00:16:08 Johann Sebastian Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B flat major Riccardo Chailly Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Decca 139230
15:22:00 00:10:05 Antonio Vivaldi Four Seasons: 'Summer' Concerto in G minor Op 8 English Chamber Orchestra David Lockington Anne Akiko Meyers, violin E1 Music 7790
15:35:00 00:03:44 Guy Ropartz Serenade for Strings Daniel Swift CBC Radio Orchestra CBC 5152
15:42:00 00:03:47 Emmanuel Chabrier Ronde champêtre Angela Hewitt, piano Hyperion 67515
15:47:00 00:07:36 Franz Joseph Haydn Minuet & Finale from Symphony No. 7 Ádám Fischer Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orch Nimbus 5240
16:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Bill O’Connell
15:58:00 00:04:40 Peter Tchaikovsky Coronation March in D major Erich Kunzel Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Telarc 80541
16:07:00 00:02:42 Giovanni Palestrina Sicut cervus Massimo Palombella Sistine Chapel Choir DeutGram 4795300
16:13:00 00:10:32 Franz Liszt Paraphrase on Wagner's Tannhäuser Daniel Barenboim, piano DeutGram 4779525
16:27:00 00:05:46 John Williams Lincoln: Freedom's Call City of Prague Philharmonic Silva 1398
16:34:00 00:04:46 John Williams Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: Erich Kunzel Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Telarc 80600
16:41:00 00:08:05 Hans Gál Scherzo from Symphony No. 4 Op 105 Kenneth Woods Orchestra of the Swan Avie 2231
16:52:00 00:03:05 Giovanni Palestrina Super flumina Babylonis Massimo Palombella Sistine Chapel Choir DeutGram 4795300
16:56:00 00:03:11 Robert Schumann Fantasy Pieces: Soaring Op 12 Antonio Pompa-Baldi, piano Centaur 3177
17:05:00 00:06:16 Frederick Loewe My Fair Lady: Suite Richard Glazier, piano Centaur 3347
17:26:00 00:05:06 Franz Waxman Taras Bulba: Ride to Dubno Carl Topilow Cleveland Pops Orchestra ClevPops 2016
17:32:00 00:03:27 John Williams Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: Carl Topilow Cleveland Pops Orchestra ClevPops 2016
17:40:00 00:04:09 Emmanuel Chabrier Habanera Neeme Järvi Orch de la Suisse Romande Chandos 5122
17:46:00 00:03:18 Claude Debussy Preludes Book 2: La puerta del vino Alexander Schimpf, piano Genuin 10181
17:52:00 00:03:32 Tomás Luis de Victoria Popule meus Massimo Palombella Sistine Chapel Choir DeutGram 4795300
17:57:00 00:02:19 Johannes Brahms Hungarian Dance No. 15 in B flat major Yaara Tal, piano; Andreas Groethuysen, piano Sony 53285
18:00 BBC NEWS; DINNER CLASSICS
18:09:00 00:19:10 George Frideric Handel Music for the Royal Fireworks Jeannette Sorrell Apollo's Fire ApolloFire 2002
18:30:00 00:03:47 Igor Stravinsky Fireworks Op 4 Pierre Boulez Chicago Symphony Orchestra DeutGram 437850
18:36:00 00:04:38 Claude Debussy Preludes Book 2: Feux d'artifice Spencer Myer, piano Harm Mundi 907477
18:43:00 00:09:09 Peter Tchaikovsky Finale from Symphony No. 4 Op 36 Brett Mitchell Cleveland Orch Youth Orch COYO 61415
18:54:00 00:04:55 Hector Berlioz The Damnation of Faust: Rákóczy March Christoph von Dohnányi Cleveland Orchestra MAA 1032
19:00 SYMPHONY AT SEVEN with John Simna
19:02:00 00:11:12 Antonio Casimir Cartellieri Symphony No. 2 in E flat major Gernot Schmalfuss Evergreen Symphony Orchestra CPO 777667
19:19:00 00:17:58 Edvard Grieg Norwegian Dances Op 35 Petri Sakari Iceland Symphony Chandos 9028
19:34:00 00:21:36 Franz Schubert Fantasy in C major Budapest Symphony Orchestra Karl Anton Rickenbacher Leslie Howard, piano Hyperion 67403
19:58:00 00:01:44 Jules Massenet Impromptu 'Eau courante' Aldo Ciccolini, piano EMI 64277
20:00 CLEVELAND OVATIONS: Baldwin Wallace Conservatory Faculty Recital: Lembi Veskimets, viola; Hyunsoon Whang, piano
20:04:00 00:18:21 Mikhail Glinka: Viola Sonata in d (1828)
20:24:00 00:06:30 Jean Sibelius: Rondo for Viola & Piano (1893)
20:32:00 00:02:27 Sergei Prokofiev (arr Vadim Borisovsky): Six Pieces from the Ballet 'Romeo and Juliet' (1936) [Introduction, The Street Awakens, Juliet the Young Girl, Dance of the Knights, Balcony Scene, Mercutio]
21:12:00 00:23:24 Franz Schubert: Sonata in a 'Arpeggione' D 821 (1824)
21:30:00 00:27:46 Franz Schubert Symphony No. 1 in D major Nikolaus Harnoncourt Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Teldec 91184
22:00 THE BLACK ARTS with A. Grace Lee Mims: recordings by Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington: Black, Brown & Beige (Columbia COL 468401)
Duke Ellington: Harlem Suite (Columbia CK 40836)
23:00 QUIET HOUR
23:04:00 00:08:06 Franz Joseph Haydn Adagio from Cello Concerto No. 1 Camerata Chicago Drostan Hall Wendy Warner, cello Cedille 142
23:12:00 00:09:04 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Adagio from Concerto for 3 (or 2) Pianos Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra Leon Fleisher Leon Fleisher, piano; Katherine Jacobson, piano Sony 743505
23:22:00 00:09:34 Johannes Brahms Andante from String Quartet No. 2 Op 51 Chiara String Quartet Azica 71289
23:32:00 00:10:10 Gregorio Allegri Miserere Massimo Palombella Sistine Chapel Choir DeutGram 4795300
23:44:00 00:12:33 Sir Edward Elgar Serenade for Strings in E minor Op 20 Carlton Woods Blue Water Chamber Orchestra Blue Water 2010
23:57:00 00:02:06 Miguel Llobet Catalan Folksong 'El noi de la mare' Christopher Parkening, guitar EMI 56730
