Program Guide 08-17-2016
Almanac
august 17
1686 Nicola Porpora – Italian composer known for his operas (d.1768); also a teacher of singing, whose most famous student was the castrato Farinelli; other students included composer Joseph Haydn; well-read in Latin and Italian literature, wrote poetry and spoke French, German and English.
1876 premiere of Richard Wagner's Götterdämmerung (The Twilight of the Gods, Part Four of The Ring of the Nibelung) at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus as part of the first complete performance of The Ring.
1901 Henri Tomasi – French composer and conductor (d.1971); quote: "Although I haven't shirked from using the most modern forms of expression, I've always been a melodist at heart. I can't stand systems and sectarianism. I write for the public at large. Music that doesn't come from the heart isn't music."
1937 premiere of John Ireland's A London Overture at a Proms Concert conducted by Sir Henry Wood.
1944 Jean-Bernard Pommier – French pianist, conductor (74 years old); has been artistic director of the Northern Sinfonia and the Turin Philharmonic.
1946 Sir Ángel Romero – Spanish guitarist, conductor and former member of the guitar quartet Los Romeros (72 years old); the youngest son of Celedonio Romero; performed the score for the film The Milagro Beanfield War (1989).
1946 premiere of Artur Honegger's Symphonie liturgique (No. 3) in Zürich, conducted by Charles Munch, to whom the work is dedicated.
1948 John Cheek – American bass-baritone (70 years old); made his Metropolitan Opera debut in 1977.
Recording of the Week
Program Guide
00:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Robin Grier
00:02:00 00:35:50 Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major Op 15 Vienna Philharmonic Rudolf Buchbinder Rudolf Buchbinder, piano Sony 374521
00:41:00 00:39:46 Johannes Brahms Clarinet Quintet in B minor Op 115 Chamber Ensemble Andreas Ottensamer, clarinet Mercury 4811409
01:25:00 00:43:18 George Frederick Bristow Symphony No. 2 in D minor Op 24 Rebecca Miller Royal Northern Sinfonia New World 80768
02:09:00 00:17:57 Franz Liszt Harmonies poétiques: Bénédiction de Dieu Roberto Plano, piano Decca 4812479
02:29:00 00:39:47 Sir William Walton Façade - An Entertainment City of London Sinfonia Richard Hickox Susana Walton, speaker; Richard Baker, speaker Chandos 8869
03:10:00 00:38:41 Franz Joseph Haydn Mass No. 10 in C major Collegium Musicum 90 Richard Hickox Nancy Argenta, soprano; Catherine Denley, mezzo; Mark Padmore, tenor; Stephen Varcoe, baritone; Collegium Musicum 90 Chorus Chandos 633
03:53:00 00:34:03 Claude Debussy La boîte à joujoux Michael Tilson Thomas London Symphony Orchestra Sony 48231
04:28:00 00:28:38 Antonín Dvorák String Sextet in A major Op 48 Academy Chamber Ensemble Chandos 8771
05:00:00 00:23:31 Sergei Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 4 in B flat major Op 53 BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano Chandos 10802
05:24:00 00:17:32 Ivor Gurney A Gloucestershire Rhapsody David Parry BBC Scottish Symphony BBC 371
05:44:00 00:04:31 Jacques Offenbach The Grand Duchess of Gérolstein: Michel Swierczewski Gulbenkian Orchestra Nimbus 5303
05:50:00 00:07:12 Johann Nepomuk Hummel Allegro from Piano Trio No. 3 Op 35 Beaux Arts Trio Philips 446077
06:00 BBC NEWS; CLASSICAL MUSIC with Jacqueline Gerber
06:07:00 00:03:02 Claude Debussy Children's Corner: Golliwog's Cakewalk Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin; Lambert Orkis, piano DeutGram 4795023
06:12:00 00:08:08 Daniel Auber Fra Diavolo: Overture Lance Friedel Royal Scottish Nat'l Orch Naxos 573418
06:21:00 00:05:29 George Frideric Handel Saul: Chorus 'Gird on Thy Sword' Gabrieli Players Paul McCreesh Gabrieli Consort Archiv 474510
06:28:00 00:03:19 Manuel de Falla The Three-Cornered Hat: Neighbors' Dance Juanjo Mena BBC Philharmonic Chandos 10694
06:30:00 00:03:54 Franz Liszt Harmonies poétiques: Miserere Roberto Plano, piano Decca 4812479
06:40:00 00:02:37 Franz Liszt Harmonies poétiques: Pater Noster Roberto Plano, piano Decca 4812479
06:43:00 00:06:36 Ludwig van Beethoven Finale from Symphony No. 4 Op 60 Bruno Weil Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra Tafelmusik 1032
06:51:00 00:03:20 William H. Monk Abide with Me Anonymous 4 Harm Mundi 807549
06:55:00 00:02:12 Bedrich Smetana March of the Student's Legion Václav Neumann Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Orfeo 180891
07:05:00 00:05:42 Giuseppe Torelli Trumpet Concerto in D major German Chamber Philharmonic Alison Balsom, trumpet EMI 16213
07:10:00 00:09:36 Gioacchino Rossini The Siege of Corinth: Overture Thomas Schippers London Symphony Orchestra EMI 64335
07:20:00 00:01:33 Anonymous Lute Duet 'Drewrie's accordes' Sharon Isbin, guitar Sony 745456
07:25:00 00:01:56 Bernard Herrmann The Devil and Daniel Webster: Sleigh James Sedares New Zealand Symphony Koch Intl 7224
07:30:00 00:04:11 Marjan Mozetich Unfolding Sky Angèle Dubeau La Pietà Analekta 8737
07:40:00 00:08:09 Michael Haydn Symphony No. 32 in D Johannes Goritzki German Chamber Academy Neuss CPO 999179
07:50:00 00:03:36 Oscar Lorenzo Fernandez Batuque Keri-Lynn Wilson Simón Bolívar Symphony Dorian 90254
07:54:00 00:03:58 John Bull Dr. Bull's Goodnight Alan Feinberg, piano Steinway 30019
08:07:00 00:05:04 Johann Sebastian Bach Partita No. 2: Sinfonia Simone Dinnerstein, piano Sony 798943
08:15:00 00:08:07 Franz von Suppé Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna Sir John Eliot Gardiner Vienna Philharmonic DeutGram 463185
08:26:00 00:07:14 Aaron Copland Rodeo: Buckaroo Holiday JoAnn Falletta Buffalo Philharmonic Naxos 559240
08:40:00 00:07:11 Felix Mendelssohn Finale from Cello Sonata No. 2 Op 58 Keith Robinson, cello; Donna Lee, piano Blue Griff 237
08:48:00 00:03:55 Claude Bolling Invention Sir Angel Romero, guitar; George Shearing, piano; Shelley Manne, percussion; Ray Brown, bass EMI 47192
08:53:00 00:02:32 Goff Richards Homage to the Noble Grape: Champagne London Brass Teldec 46069
08:55:00 00:04:30 Max Steiner Gone with the Wind: Tara José Serebrier Royal Philharmonic Royal Phil 17
09:05:00 00:16:44 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Divertimento for Strings in D major Cuarteto Casals Harm Mundi 987060
09:27:00 00:03:21 John Kander Chicago: All That Jazz Keith Lockhart Boston Pops Orchestra BostonPops 4
09:35:00 00:04:38 Gustav Holst I Vow to Thee, My Country BBC Concert Orchestra Barry Wordsworth Royal Choral Society; Della Jones, mezzo-soprano DeutGram 457196
09:49:00 00:04:17 Franz Joseph Haydn Rondo from Piano Concerto No. 11 Norwegian Chamber Orchestra Leif Ove Andsnes Leif Ove Andsnes, piano EMI 56960
09:53:00 00:05:00 Ludwig van Beethoven The Ruins of Athens: Overture Op 113 Daniel Harding German Chamber Philharmonic VirginClas 45364
10:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Mark Satola
10:01:00 00:04:30 Franz Liszt Consolation No. 3 in D flat major Roberto Plano, piano Decca 4812479
10:06:00 00:01:30 Franz Liszt Years of Pilgrimage, 1st Year: Pastorale Lazar Berman, piano DeutGram 4779525
10:09:00 00:12:26 Franz Schreker Ein Tanzspiel Kazuki Yamada Orch de la Suisse Romande PentaTone 518
10:24:00 00:07:12 Frank Bridge The Sea: Seascape Richard Hickox BBC National Orch of Wales Chandos 10012
10:32:00 00:03:32 Johann Sebastian Bach Cantata No. 29: Sinfonia Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra Jeanne Lamon Jeanne Lamon, violin Tafelmusik 1001
10:40:00 00:04:57 Domenico Scarlatti Sonata in G major Sergei Babayan, piano ProPiano 224506
10:48:00 00:02:32 Georges Bizet Jeux d'enfants: March Op 22 Martin West San Francisco Ballet Orchestra Reference 131
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 00:07:32 Jean Sibelius Suite for Violin & Strings Op 117 Danish National Symphony Thomas Dausgaard Christian Tetzlaff, violin VirginClas 45534
11:34:00 00:10:00 Béla Bartók Rhapsody No. 1 City of Birmingham Symphony Sir Simon Rattle Kyung Wha Chung, violin EMI 54211
11:48:00 00:08:29 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Lucio Silla: Overture Sir Neville Marriner Academy St. Martin in Fields EMI 47014
12:06:00 00:04:56 Eric Coates London Suite: Covent Garden Malcolm Nabarro Sinfonia ViVa ASV 2053
12:14:00 00:13:34 John Ireland A London Overture Richard Hickox London Symphony Orchestra Chandos 8879
12:30:00 00:03:34 Franz Liszt Paraphrase on Chopin's 'Maiden's Wish' Benjamin Grosvenor, piano Decca 16421
12:38:00 00:06:04 Frédéric Chopin Grand Valse Brillante from "Les Erich Kunzel Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Telarc 80625
12:46:00 00:12:05 Richard Wagner Götterdämmerung: Dawn & Siegfried's Fabio Luisi Philharmonia Zürich Accentus 102
13:00 THE BIG WORK AT ONE
13:02:00 00:46:23 Peter Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 3 in D major Op 29 Mikhail Pletnev Russian National Orchestra DeutGram 449967
13:50:00 00:10:31 Alexander Borodin Prince Igor: Overture Robert Shaw Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Telarc 80039
14:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Mark Satola
14:01:00 00:01:52 Giuseppe Verdi Rigoletto: Conspirators' Chorus Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Robert Shaw Atlanta Symphony Chorus Telarc 80333
14:04:00 00:02:37 Gilbert & Sullivan The Pirates of Penzance: With catlike Welsh National Opera Orchestra Sir Charles Mackerras Nicholas Folwell, baritone; Men of; Welsh National Opera Chorus Telarc 80353
14:09:00 00:14:04 Don Gillis Symphony No. 5 1/2 'A Symphony for Ronald Corp New London Orchestra Hyperion 67067
14:24:00 00:11:47 Domenico Cimarosa The Chinese Hero: Overture Patrick Gallois Sinfonia Finlandia Naxos 572734
14:38:00 00:09:10 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade: The Young Prince & Cleveland Orchestra Lorin Maazel Daniel Majeske, violin Decca 4787779
14:49:00 00:09:18 Antonio Vivaldi Cello Concerto in B flat major Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra Ton Koopman Yo-Yo Ma, cello Sony 90916
15:01:00 00:18:32 Ludwig van Beethoven Choral Fantasy in C minor Op 80 Mahler Chamber Orchestra Leif Ove Andsnes Leif Ove Andsnes, piano; Prague Philharmonic Choir Sony 305886
15:22:00 00:08:27 Antonio Vivaldi Concerto for 2 Violins in G major Venice Baroque Orchestra Andrea Marcon Viktoria Mullova, violin; Giuliano Carmignola, violin Archiv 4777466
15:32:00 00:03:31 Florent Schmitt La tragédie de Salomé: Dance of the Yannick Nézet-Séguin Orchestre Métropolitaine Atma 2647
15:39:00 00:04:39 Franz Schmidt Notre Dame: Intermezzo Lawrence Foster Monte Carlo Philharmonic Erato 88103
16:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Bill O’Connell; COMPOSERS DATEBOOK with John Zech
15:58:00 00:03:14 György Cziffra Concert Etude No. 2 Yuja Wang, piano DeutGram 16606
16:04:00 00:02:43 Traditional Oh, Shenandoah Thomas Hampson, baritone; Wolfram Rieger, piano THM 5432
16:10:00 00:08:10 Hans Gál Buffoneria from Symphony No. 4 Op 105 Kenneth Woods Orchestra of the Swan Avie 2231
16:20:00 00:04:47 Heitor Villa-Lobos Bachianas Brasileiras No. 2: Dança Kenneth Schermerhorn Nashville Symphony Naxos 557460
16:29:00 00:11:26 Bernard Herrmann Beneath the 12 Mile Reef: Suite Charles Gerhardt National Philharmonic RCA 81264
16:42:00 00:09:05 Tomaso Albinoni Oboe Concerto in C major Op 9 American Classical Orchestra Thomas Crawford Marc Schachman, oboe Centaur 3108
16:54:00 00:05:30 Johan Halvorsen Mascarade: Holberg Overture Neeme Järvi Bergen Philharmonic Chandos 10584
17:04:00 00:04:23 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Sérénade Op 37 Chamber Orchestra of Europe Sir John Eliot Gardiner Steven Isserlis, cello VirginClas 91134
17:21:00 00:09:04 Samuel Barber Andante from Violin Concerto Op 14 St. Paul Chamber Orchestra Hugh Wolff Hilary Hahn, violin Sony 89029
17:31:00 00:03:03 Dag Wirén Praeludium from Serenade for Strings Op 11 William Boughton English String Orchestra Nimbus 7020
17:40:00 00:06:36 Franz Liszt Harmonies poétiques: Ave Maria Roberto Plano, piano Decca 4812479
17:48:00 00:02:56 Johann Sebastian Bach Fugue à la gigue in G major Leonard Slatkin BBC Philharmonic Chandos 9835
17:54:00 00:03:59 Sergei Rachmaninoff Moment Musical No. 5 in D flat Op 16 Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano Decca 4200
18:00 BBC NEWS; DINNER CLASSICS
18:10:00 00:14:25 George Frideric Handel Water Music Suite No. 1 in F major Jeannette Sorrell Apollo's Fire ApolloFire 2002
18:26:00 00:12:42 Paul Taffanel Romance et Saltarelle Scandinavian Wind Quintet Paula 58
18:40:00 00:03:09 William Boyce Allegro from Symphony No. 4 Op 2 Christopher Hogwood Academy of Ancient Music l'Oiseau 436761
18:44:00 00:04:21 Carl Stamitz Rondo from Cello Concerto No. 2 Prague Chamber Orchestra Christian Benda Christian Benda, cello Naxos 550865
18:50:00 00:08:32 Carl Maria von Weber Peter Schmoll: Overture Op 8 Roy Goodman Hanover Band Nimbus 5154
19:00 SYMPHONY AT SEVEN with John Simna
19:01:00 00:17:58 Edvard Grieg Norwegian Dances Op 35 Petri Sakari Iceland Symphony Chandos 9028
19:21:00 00:33:34 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto No. 22 in E flat major Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Jonathan Biss, piano EMI 17270
19:56:00 00:03:03 George Frideric Handel Sarabande from Keyboard Suite in D minor Chamber Orchestra of Europe Daniel Hope, violin; Lorenza Borrani, violin; Members of DeutGram 4795448
20:00 CLEVELAND OVATIONS:
Cleveland State University Chorus and Chorale/Brian Bailey; Daniel Overly, piano; Pin-Hsuan Huang, piano (recorded 3/10/16 in Waetjen Auditorium)
Cleveland State University Chorus
Lodovico da Viadanna: Exsultate, Justi in Domino
Thomas Tallis: If Ye Love Me
Robert Schumann: Gypsy Life
Daniel Gawthrop: Sing Me to Heaven
Traditional (Swaziland): Siya Lobola
Traditional (South Africa): Ke nna yo Morena
Cleveland State University Chorale
Traditional-Cornish (arr Gustav Holst): I love My Love
Johannes Brahms: New Love Songs Op 65
Sydney Guillaume: Twa Tanbou (Three Drums)
21:13:00 00:44:30 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Serenade No. 10 for 13 Winds in B flat major Jack Brymer London Wind Soloists Decca 4785437
22:00 THE BLACK ARTS with A. Grace Lee Mims:
recordings of music by composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Nonet in F Minor
Danse legne
Take Nabandji
The Bamboula
Deep River
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
22:58:00 00:01:21 Johannes Brahms Waltz No. 15 in A flat major Op 39 Yaara Tal, piano; Andreas Groethuysen, piano Sony 53285
23:00 QUIET HOUR
23:01:00 00:09:03 Erik Satie Deux préludes posthumes et une Douglas Bostock Chamber Philharmonic Bohemia Classico 168
23:10:00 00:06:43 Astor Piazzolla Milonga Prelude 'Flora's Game' Joel Fan, piano Reference 119
23:17:00 00:05:59 Eric Whitacre Water Night Eric Whitacre London Symphony Orchestra Decca 16636
23:23:00 00:04:30 Henri Tomasi Nocturne from Trumpet Concerto Gothenburg Symphony Edward Gardner Alison Balsom, trumpet EMI 53255
23:28:00 00:08:44 George Frederick Bristow Nocturne from Symphony in F sharp minor Op 26 Neeme Järvi Detroit Symphony Chandos 9169
23:38:00 00:09:02 Felix Mendelssohn Adagio from String Quartet No. 6 Op 80 Miró Quartet Oxingale 2006
23:47:00 00:05:15 Anton Arensky Andante from String Quartet No. 1 Op 11 Ying Quartet Sono Lumin 92143
23:53:00 00:02:46 Erik Satie Gymnopédie No. 3 Eric Jacobsen The Knights Ancalagon 137
23:57:00 00:02:23 Claude Debussy Preludes Book 1: The girl with the Pascal Rogé, piano Decca 4785437
