Program Guide 05-20-2016
Almanac
May 20
1846 American premiere of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 ‘Choral’ by the New York Philharmonic Society at New York's Castle Garden, George Loder, Jr. conducting; the Society tried unsuccessfully to invite Mendelssohn to attend this festival performance; the work had premiered 22 years earlier in Vienna.
1937 first performance of John J. Becker's Symphony No. 3 'Symphonia Brevis' at the Saint Paul Auditorium by the Twin Cities Civic (Federal Music Project, Minnesota) Orchestra, with the composer conducting.
1966 Emma Johnson – English clarinetist (54 years old); awarded an MBE (Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) for services to music in 1996
Recording of the Week
Program Guide
CLASSICAL MUSIC with Robin Grier
00:02:00 00:12:05 Antonio Vivaldi Concerto in F major Les Violons du Roy Mathieu Lussier Pascale Giguére, violin Atma 2602
00:16:00 00:53:41 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Serenade No. 7 in D major Prague Chamber Orchestra Sir Charles Mackerras Oldrich Vlcek, violin Telarc 80161
01:11:00 00:46:50 Jean-Philippe Rameau Les Fêtes d'Hébé: Ballet Music English Chamber Orchestra Raymond Leppard Ursula Connors, soprano; Ambrosian Singers EMI 65732
02:00:00 00:28:38 Antonín Dvorák String Sextet in A major Op 48 Academy Chamber Ensemble Chandos 8771
02:31:00 00:26:41 Jack Gallagher Sinfonietta for String Orchestra JoAnn Falletta London Symphony Orchestra Naxos 559652
03:00:00 00:54:22 Ludwig van Beethoven Variations on a Waltz by Diabelli Op 120 Daniel Shapiro, piano Azica 71234
03:56:00 00:26:59 Paul Hindemith Symphony 'Mathis der Maler' Wolfgang Sawallisch Philadelphia Orchestra EMI 55230
04:25:00 00:25:25 Johann Nepomuk Hummel String Quartet No. 2 in G major Op 30 Delmé String Quartet Hyperion 66568
04:52:00 00:27:22 Francis Poulenc Sinfonietta Paavo Järvi Tapiola Sinfonietta Bis 630
05:21:00 00:16:13 Jean Sibelius En saga Op 9 Horst Stein Orch de la Suisse Romande Decca 4785437
05:39:00 00:06:09 Johann Friedrich Fasch Concerto for Trumpet, 2 Oboes & Strings in D major English Chamber Orchestra Raymond Leppard Wynton Marsalis, trumpet Sony 57497
05:50:00 00:08:05 Wilhelm Stenhammar Finale from Serenade in F major Op 31 Neeme Järvi Gothenburg Symphony DeutGram 445857
CLASSICAL MUSIC with Jacqueline Gerber
06:07:00 00:03:41 Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Finale from String Symphony Rebecca Miller Orch of Age of Enlightenment Signum 395
06:14:00 00:04:40 Johann Pachelbel Canon & Gigue in D major Reinhard Goebel Cologne Musica Antiqua DeutGram 4795448
06:20:00 00:02:50 John Dowland Lacrimae Pavan Sylvain Bergeron, lute Atma 2650
06:25:00 00:07:37 Franz von Suppé Beautiful Galatea: Overture Leonard Bernstein New York Philharmonic Sony 61830
06:33:00 00:02:16 Edvard Grieg Lyric Pieces Book 3: Solitary Traveler Op 43 Per Tengstrand, piano Azica 71207
06:40:00 00:06:28 Antonio Vivaldi Concerto for 2 Trumpets in C major Les Violons du Roy Mathieu Lussier Benjamin Raymond, trumpet; Marianne Boies, trumpet Atma 2602
06:48:00 00:03:30 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Finale from Divertimento for Strings Anton Steck Concerto Cologne Archiv 4775800
06:55:00 00:03:18 Eric Coates March "Calling All Workers" Ronald Corp New London Orchestra Hyperion 66868
07:05:00 00:04:47 Heitor Villa-Lobos Bachianas Brasileiras No. 2: Dança Kenneth Schermerhorn Nashville Symphony Naxos 557460
07:10:00 00:04:49 John Ireland A Downland Suite: Minuet William Boughton English String Orchestra Nimbus 7020
07:16:00 00:04:29 Antonín Dvorák Rusalka: Polonaise Eiji Oue Minnesota Orchestra Reference 71
07:22:00 00:02:11 Thomas Tallis If Ye Love Me John Rutter Cambridge Singers Collegium 107
07:25:00 00:03:59 Eric Coates By the Sleepy Lagoon Malcolm Nabarro Sinfonia ViVa ASV 2053
07:30:00 00:04:43 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart La clemenza di Tito: Overture Martin Pearlman Boston Baroque Telarc 31827
07:34:00 00:00:59 Frédéric Chopin Etude No. 21 in G flat major Op 25 Irena Portenko, piano Blue Griff 213
07:40:00 00:04:21 Jean Sibelius Belshazzar's Feast: Khadra's Dance Op 51 Jukka-Pekka Saraste Finnish Radio Symphony Orch RCA 60434
07:45:00 00:06:30 Alan Hovhaness Let the Living and The Celestial Sing Op 344 Eastern Music Festival Orch Gerard Schwarz Greg Banaszak, saxophone Naxos 559755
07:57:00 00:01:38 Sergei Prokofiev The Love for Three Oranges: March Op 33 Walter Weller London Philharmonic Decca 4785437
08:10:00 00:05:56 George Frideric Handel Finale from Organ Concerto No. 8 Op 7 Brandenburg Consort Roy Goodman Paul Nicholson, organ Hyperion 67291
08:18:00 00:10:59 Ludwig van Beethoven Scherzo from Symphony No. 9 Op 125 Herbert von Karajan Berlin Philharmonic DeutGram 4795448
08:40:00 00:07:53 Gerald Finzi Rondo from Clarinet Concerto City of London Sinfonia Richard Hickox Michael Collins, clarinet VirginClas 90718
08:51:00 00:02:25 Claude Debussy Les Angélus Laurence Equilbey Accentus Chamber Choir Naïve 4947
08:55:00 00:06:04 John Williams Hook: The Banquet John Williams Boston Pops Orchestra Sony 68419
09:05:00 00:15:56 Jacques Ibert Divertissement Paavo Järvi Tapiola Sinfonietta Bis 630
09:27:00 00:03:20 Luigi Boccherini Minuet from String Quintet in E major Op 13 Orpheus Chamber Orchestra DeutGram 437782
09:35:00 00:03:00 Jan Dismas Zelenka Canarie from Capriccio No. 2 in D Daniel Abraham Bach Sinfonia Sono Lumin 92163
09:38:00 00:08:06 Federico Moreno Tórroba Airs of la Mancha David Russell, guitar Telarc 80451
09:47:00 00:04:30 Jerome Kern The Song is You Manhattan String Quartet Newport 60033
09:55:00 00:02:57 Emile Waldteufel High Speed Galop Op 146 Michel Swierczewski Gulbenkian Orchestra Nimbus 5264
CLASSICAL MUSIC with Mark Satola
10:01:00 00:03:53 Richard Rodgers The King and I: March of the Siamese Jenny Lin, piano Steinway 30011
10:06:00 00:03:37 Vítezslav Novák Slovak Suite: Children's Scene Op 32 Libor Pesek Royal Liverpool Philharmonic VirginClas 45251
10:12:00 00:12:05 Antonio Vivaldi Concerto in F major Les Violons du Roy Mathieu Lussier Pascale Giguére, violin Atma 2602
10:19:00 00:03:34 Franz Liszt Paraphrase on Chopin's 'Maiden's Wish' Benjamin Grosvenor, piano Decca 16421
10:27:00 00:04:17 Maurice Ravel Mother Goose: Conversations Between Martha Argerich, piano; Lang Lang, piano DeutGram 4795096
10:37:00 00:04:36 Peter Tchaikovsky The Snow Maiden: Dance of the Tumblers Vassily Sinaisky BBC Philharmonic BBC 248
10:45:00 00:03:28 Sergei Prokofiev Cinderella: Waltz John Mauceri Hollywood Bowl Orchestra Philips 438685
10:53:00 00:29:39 Edvard Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor Op 16 Cleveland Orchestra George Szell Leon Fleisher, piano CBS 44849
11:25:00 00:08:15 Peter Tchaikovsky Eugene Onegin: Waltz Semyon Bychkov Berlin Philharmonic Philips 420237
11:36:00 00:07:38 Padre Antonio Soler Sonata No. 11 in B major Martina Filjak, piano Naxos 572515
11:46:00 00:08:56 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Minuet & Finale from Symphony No. 30 Sir Charles Mackerras Prague Chamber Orchestra Telarc 80186
12:07:00 00:06:56 Paul Hindemith Neues vom Tage: Overture Karl Anton Rickenbacher Bamberg Symphony VirginClas 91086
12:17:00 00:10:34 Johann Strauss Jr Waltz 'Morning Papers' Op 279 Zubin Mehta Vienna Philharmonic Sony 66860
12:28:00 00:02:23 John Philip Sousa March 'The Washington Post' Loras John Schissel Blossom Festival Band MAA 40601
12:32:00 00:01:38 Alec Templeton Finale from Pocket-Size Sonata No. 1 Emma Johnson, clarinet; Julius Drake, piano ASV 910
12:37:00 00:03:05 Aaron Copland Rodeo: Hoedown Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin; Lambert Orkis, piano DeutGram 4795023
12:43:00 00:08:54 Samuel Barber Overture to 'The School for Scandal' Op 5 Neeme Järvi Detroit Symphony Chandos 8958
12:54:00 00:02:12 Aaron Copland Billy the Kid: Celebration Hugh Wolff St. Paul Chamber Orchestra Teldec 77310
THE BIG WORK AT ONE
13:01:00 00:41:27 Manuel Rosenthal Gaîté Parisienne Manuel Rosenthal Monte Carlo Philharmonic EMI 63136
13:41:00 00:14:28 César Cui Suite Miniature Op 20 Kenneth Schermerhorn Hong Kong Philharmonic MarcoPolo 220308
CLASSICAL MUSIC with Mark Satola
14:00:00 00:04:40 Antonio Vivaldi La verità in cimento: Overture Mathieu Lussier Les Violons du Roy Atma 2602
14:04:00 00:04:01 Antonio Vivaldi Tieteberga: Sento in seno ch'in pioggia Greg Anderson, piano; Elizabeth Joy Roe, piano Steinway 30006
14:08:00 00:15:07 Sergei Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 1 in D flat major Op 10 Cleveland Orchestra George Szell Gary Graffman, piano CBS 37806
14:23:00 00:11:05 Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach String Symphony in G major John Hsu The Vivaldi Project Centaur 3176
15:00:00 00:21:36 Franz Schubert Fantasy in C major Budapest Symphony Orchestra Karl Anton Rickenbacher Leslie Howard, piano Hyperion 67403
15:21:00 00:05:01 Ludwig van Beethoven The Creatures of Prometheus: Overture Op 43 Bruno Weil Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra Tafelmusik 1032
15:26:00 00:03:37 Percy Grainger Mock Morris Jerry Junkin Dallas Wind Symphony Reference 117
15:30:00 00:04:45 Frederick Delius Two Aquarelles Sir Charles Mackerras Welsh National Opera Orchestra Argo 433704
15:58:00 00:04:15 Claude Bolling Suite No. 1 for Flute & Jazz Piano: Tiempo Libre Sir James Galway, flute; Jorge Gomez, piano RCA 32164
CLASSICAL MUSIC with Bill O’Connell
16:06:00 00:03:07 Jorge Gomez Badinerie from Bach's Orch Suite No. 2 Tiempo Libre Sir James Galway, flute; Jorge Gomez, piano RCA 32164
16:12:00 00:11:13 Antonio Vivaldi Concerto in F major Les Violons du Roy Mathieu Lussier Pascale Giguére, violin Atma 2602
16:27:00 00:04:27 Mark Snow X-Files: Main Theme Hollywood Chamber Orchestra Grant Gershon Burnette Dillon, trumpet Delos 3222
16:35:00 00:03:48 George Frideric Handel Finale from Organ Concerto No. 10 Op 7 Academy of Ancient Music Richard Egarr Richard Egarr, organ Harm Mundi 807447
16:41:00 00:08:45 "PDQ Bach" Safe Sextet I Virtuosi di Hoople Telarc 80295
16:52:00 00:02:50 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Don Giovanni: Là ci darem la mano Orch of Age of Enlightenment Sir Charles Mackerras Danielle de Niese, soprano; Bryn Terfel, baritone Decca 13277
16:56:00 00:03:19 Clarice Assad Impressions: Perpetual Motion New Century Chamber Orch Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, vn NSS Music 8
17:05:00 00:05:08 Peter Tchaikovsky Swan Lake: Danse générale & Coda Valéry Gergiev Mariinsky Theater Orchestra Decca 10104
17:25:00 00:09:44 Darius Milhaud Suite for 2 Pianos 'Scaramouche' Emma Johnson, clarinet; Julius Drake, piano ASV 910
17:40:00 00:06:32 Antonio Vivaldi Concerto for 4 Violins in E minor Op 3 Mathieu Lussier Les Violons du Roy Atma 2602
17:48:00 00:02:17 Antonio Vivaldi Gloria in excelsis Deo from Gloria Bethlehem Bach Festival Orch Greg Funfgeld Bach Choir of Bethlehem Analekta 9873
17:52:00 00:02:32 Leroy Anderson The Waltzing Cat Leonard Slatkin BBC Concert Orchestra Naxos 559356
17:56:00 00:02:57 Gabriel Fauré Barcarolle No. 12 in E flat Op 106 Charles Owen, piano Avie 2240
DINNER CLASSICS
18:09:00 00:21:45 Ludwig van Beethoven Ode to Joy from Symphony No. 9 Op 125 Cleveland Orchestra Franz Welser-Möst Measha Brueggergosman, soprano; Kelley O'Connor, mezzo-soprano; Frank Lopardo, tenor; René Pape, bass; Cleveland Orchestra Chorus DeutGram 9661
18:33:00 00:04:07 Scott Joplin The Easy Winners Joshua Rifkin, piano EMI 64668
18:39:00 00:02:53 Scott Joplin Stoptime Rag Joshua Rifkin, piano Nonesuch 79159
18:44:00 00:09:05 Antonio Vivaldi Concerto for the Orchestra in Dresden in G minor Les Violons du Roy Mathieu Lussier Pascale Giguére, violin Atma 2602
18:55:00 00:03:52 Scott Joplin The Entertainer Brian Dykstra, piano Centaur 3340
SYMPHONY AT SEVEN with John Simna
19:02:00 00:25:21 Robert Schumann Cello Concerto in A minor Op 129 Bamberg Symphony Dennis Russell Davies János Starker, cello RCA 68027
19:29:00 00:27:12 Franz Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 48 in C major Orpheus Chamber Orchestra DeutGram 419607
19:58:00 00:01:34 César Cui Orientale Op 50 Midori, violin; Robert McDonald, piano Sony 52568
WCLV ESSENTIAL CLASSICS
20:02:00 00:10:35 Richard Wagner Die Meistersinger: Act 1 Prelude Fabio Luisi Philharmonia Zürich Accentus 102
20:14:00 00:40:30 Ludwig van Beethoven Violin Concerto in D major Op 61 German Chamber Philharmonic Paavo Järvi Janine Jansen, violin Decca 13281
20:57:00 00:02:38 Alan Hovhaness Lullaby Op 1 Rachel Barton Pine, violin; Matthew Hagle, piano Cedille 139
21:00 CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER with Elliott Forrest: Songs Long Lives
21:03:00 00:08:22 Ernest Chausson Chanson perpetuelle Op 37 Claron McFadden, soprano; Gilbert Kalish, piano; The Pacifica Quartet
21:14:00 00:42:18 Franz Schubert String Quartet No. 14 in D minor 810 'Death and the Maiden' Belcea Quartet
22:00 CITY CLUB FORUM – recorded today at The City Club of Cleveland, a citadel of free speech, Leaning in and Getting Paid? - Gender Equality in the Workplace, a panel discussion
22:57:00 00:02:10 Zoltán Kodály Háry János: Viennese Musical Clock István Kertész London Symphony Orchestra Decca 4785437
QUIET HOUR
23:02:00 00:09:56 Franz Joseph Haydn Adagio from String Quartet No. 26 Op 20 Daedalus Quartet Bridge 9326
23:11:00 00:08:38 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Larghetto from Piano Concerto No. 27 Southbank Sinfonia Simon Over Alessio Bax, piano Signum 321
23:23:00 00:04:56 Antonio Vivaldi Largo from Guitar Concerto Orchestra of St Luke's Eliot Fisk, guitar MusicMast 67097
23:27:00 00:11:28 Domenico Scarlatti Sonata in E minor Duo Amaral DuoAmaral 501592
23:41:00 00:05:24 Jean Sibelius Kuolema: Valse triste Op 44 Michael Tilson Thomas San Francisco Symphony SF Sym 60
23:46:00 00:07:43 Emmanuel Chabrier Lamento Orch de la Suisse Romande Neeme Järvi Alexandre Emard, English horn Chandos 5122
23:56:00 00:03:00 Carlos Guastavino Cantilena No. 4 Christopher O'Riley, piano CPI 3294112
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