Progrm Guide 08-25-2016
Almanac
august 25
1830 At a production of Daniel Auber's opera La muette de Portici (The Mute Girl of Portici) at the Théâtre de la Monnaie, Brussels, a riot broke out during the patriotic and revolutionary duet Amour sacré de la patrie; that riot ignited the Belgian Revolution, leading to the expulsion of the Dutch and the independence of the Belgians.
1880 Robert Stoltz – Austrian songwriter, conductor and composer of operettas and film music (d.1975); received two Oscar nominations in the '40s.
1902 Stefan Wolpe – German-born American composer and teacher (d.1972); Elliott Carter said of him: "Comet-like radiance, conviction, fervent intensity, penetrating thought on many levels of seriousness and humor, combined with breathtaking adventurousness and originality, marked the inner and outer life of Stefan Wolpe, as they do his compositions."
1918 Leonard Bernstein – American composer, conductor, author, music lecturer, and pianist (d.1990); among the first conductors born and educated in the United States to receive worldwide acclaim; the New York Times said of him: "one of the most prodigiously talented and successful musicians in American history"; many of his compositions are regularly performed around the world, although none has matched the tremendous popular and commercial success of West Side Story.
1959 Ruth Ann Swenson – American soprano (59 years old); renowned for her coloratura roles.
Recording of the Week
Program Guide
CLASSICAL MUSIC WITH ROB GRIER
00:02:00 00:45:36 Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 6 in F major Op 68 Karl Böhm Vienna Philharmonic DeutGram 4793449
00:50:00 00:33:21 Ferde Grofé Grand Canyon Suite Seattle Symphony Gerard Schwarz Ilkka Talvi, violin Delos 3104
01:25:00 00:20:28 Johann Sebastian Bach English Suite No. 4 in F major Angela Hewitt, piano Hyperion 67451
01:47:00 00:29:25 Alan Hovhaness Symphony No. 50 Op 360 Gerard Schwarz Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Telarc 80604
02:19:00 00:48:14 Franz Schubert String Quartet No. 15 in G major Takács Quartet Decca 452854
03:09:00 00:46:27 Josef Suk Symphony No. 1 in E major Op 14 Václav Neumann Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Supraphon 111964
03:57:00 00:13:39 William Henry Fry Niagara Symphony Tony Rowe Royal Scottish Nat'l Orch Naxos 559057
04:13:00 00:29:17 Leonard Bernstein Serenade after Plato's 'Symposium' London Symphony Keith Lockhart Anne Akiko Meyers, violin eOne 7792
04:44:00 00:35:07 Carl Nielsen Symphony No. 2 in B minor Op 16 Alan Gilbert New York Philharmonic DaCapo 220623
05:21:00 00:15:45 Dmitri Shostakovich Ballet Suite No. 3 Neeme Järvi Royal Scottish Nat'l Orch Chandos 8730
05:39:00 00:06:40 Franz Schubert Impromptu No. 3 in G flat major Orli Shaham, piano Canary 15
05:50:00 00:07:40 Robert Volkmann Serenade No. 1 for Strings in C Op 62 Johannes Goritzki German Chamber Academy Neuss CPO 999159
CLASSICAL MUSIC WITH JACQUELINE GERBER
06:07:00 00:02:16 Kate Rusby Underneath the Stars Voces8 Decca 4785703
06:11:00 00:11:26 Ludwig van Beethoven Scene by the Brook from Symphony No. 6 Op 68 Douglas Boyd Manchester Camerata Avie 2242
06:25:00 00:10:42 Felix Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture 'Fingal's Cave' Op 26 Herbert von Karajan Berlin Philharmonic DeutGram 4793449
06:40:00 00:07:51 George Frideric Handel Music for the Royal Fireworks: Overture Martin Pearlman Boston Baroque Telarc 80594
06:51:00 00:03:08 Andrea Luchesi Piano Sonata in C [No. 2] Roberto Plano, piano Concerto 2069
06:55:00 00:02:41 Julius Fucik American March 'The Mississippi River' Op 160 Neeme Järvi Royal Scottish Nat'l Orch Chandos 5158
07:05:00 00:05:57 Peter Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker: Waltz of the Flowers Lorin Maazel Cleveland Orchestra Telarc 80068
07:10:00 00:07:16 Ferde Grofé Grand Canyon Suite: On the Trail Seattle Symphony Gerard Schwarz Ilkka Talvi, violin Delos 3104
07:20:00 00:03:59 Stephen Goss Jasmine Flower from 'The Chinese Garden' Xuefei Yang, guitar EMI 6322
07:25:00 00:02:29 Aram Khachaturian Gayaneh: Sabre Dance Erich Kunzel Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Telarc 80625
07:29:00 00:05:45 Mark O'Connor Appalachia Waltz La Pietà Angèle Dubeau Angèle Dubeau, violin Analekta 8737
07:40:00 00:03:09 Aaron Copland Rodeo: Hoedown Louis Lane Cleveland Orchestra Sony 62401
07:43:00 00:09:28 Johann Strauss Jr Waltz 'On the Beautiful Blue Danube' Op 314 Franz Welser-Möst Vienna Philharmonic Sony 544071
07:55:00 00:03:21 Aaron Copland Simple Gifts from 'Appalachian Spring' Orpheus Chamber Orchestra DeutGram 469376
BBC NEWS
08:07:00 00:05:42 Johann Sebastian Bach Allegro from Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 Jeannette Sorrell Apollo's Fire Avie 2207
08:15:00 00:07:19 Morton Gould American Ballads: Amber Waves Theodore Kuchar National Symphony of Ukraine Naxos 559005
08:20:00 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
08:30:00 00:02:53 Jerome Moross The Big Country: Theme José Serebrier Royal Philharmonic Royal Phil 17
08:44:00 00:07:12 Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Variations on 'Les Folies d'Espagne' in D minor Mahan Esfahani, harpsichord Archiv 4794481
08:50:00 00:04:56 Ferde Grofé Mississippi Suite: Mardi Gras Steven Richman Harmonie Ensemble New York Bridge 9212
09:00:00 00:03:55 Maurice Jarre Witness: Building the Barn Paul Bateman Royal Philharmonic Royal Phil 33
09:08:00 00:14:08 Darius Milhaud Suite provençale Op 152 Neeme Järvi Detroit Symphony Chandos 7031
09:26:00 00:09:11 John Williams E.T.: Adventures on Earth John Williams Boston Pops Orchestra Philips 411185
09:35:00 00:03:51 Camille Saint-Saëns The Carnival of the Animals: The Swan Orchestra of Paris Semyon Bychkov Mischa Maisky, cello DeutGram 4795448
CLASSICAL MUSIC WITH MARK SATOLA
10:00:00 00:05:30 Traditional Red River Valley Dale Warland Dale Warland Singers; Kathryn Greenbank, oboe; Kathy Kienzle, harp AmerChorCl 122
10:07:00 00:02:18 Percy Grainger Spoon River Marc-André Hamelin, piano Hyperion 66884
10:12:00 00:16:25 William Grant Still Wood Notes John Jeter Fort Smith Symphony Naxos 559676
10:30:00 00:03:55 Domenico Scarlatti Sonata in A major Yevgeny Sudbin, piano Bis 2138
10:37:00 00:06:25 Alessandro Scarlatti Variations on 'La Folia' Mahan Esfahani, harpsichord Archiv 4794481
10:45:00 00:04:34 Sir Hamilton Harty A John Field Suite: Rondo Raymond Leppard Indianapolis Symphony Koss Class 3303
10:52:00 00:31:22 Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet No. 16 in F major Op 135 Leonard Bernstein Vienna Philharmonic DeutGram 435779
11:25:00 00:07:04 E. J. Moeran In the Mountain Country Vernon Handley Ulster Orchestra Chandos 8639
11:35:00 00:09:03 Giuseppe Verdi La battaglia di Legnano: Overture Riccardo Muti La Scala Philharmonic Sony 68468
11:46:00 00:10:49 Leonard Bernstein On the Town: Three Dance Episodes Leonard Slatkin St. Louis Symphony EMI 63905
11:59:00 00:01:05 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov The Tale of Tsar Saltan: Flight of the Olga Kern, piano Harm Mundi 907336
BBC NEWS
12:06:00 00:06:02 Steve Haun Gateway to Grandeur Steve Haun Colorado Symphony SNH Prod. 3001
12:14:00 00:12:04 Bedrich Smetana Má vlast: From Bohemia's Woods and Sir Colin Davis London Symphony LSO Live 516
12:28:00 00:02:59 Duke Ellington The River: Giggling Rapids JoAnn Falletta Buffalo Philharmonic Naxos 559737
12:34:00 00:03:53 Virgil Thomson The River: Finale Sir Neville Marriner Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra EMI 6612
12:41:00 00:12:54 Gustav Holst St. Paul's Suite Op 29 Richard Hickox City of London Sinfonia Chandos 9270
12:54:00 00:05:02 Jean Sibelius Kuolema: Valse triste Op 44 Daniel Barenboim West-Eastern Divan Orchestra Warner 62190
BIG WORK AT ONE WITH MARK SATOLA
13:01:00 00:50:13 Richard Strauss An Alpine Symphony Op 64 Vladimir Ashkenazy Cleveland Orchestra Decca 425112
13:53:00 00:06:11 Wilhelm Stenhammar Overture from Serenade in F major Op 31 Neeme Järvi Gothenburg Symphony DeutGram 445857
14:01:00 00:01:55 Robert Schumann Forest Scenes: Wayside Inn Op 82 Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano Decca 421290
14:03:00 00:04:35 Edward MacDowell Suite No. 1: Forest Spirits Op 42 Takuo Yuasa Ulster Orchestra Naxos 559075
14:10:00 00:14:44 Antonín Dvorák Overture 'In Nature's Realm' Op 91 Jun Märkl Indianapolis Symphony Telarc 32927
14:44:00 00:08:32 Ron Nelson Savannah River Holiday Howard Hanson Eastman-Rochester Orchestra Mercury 434324
14:54:00 00:04:17 Antonín Dvorák Legend No. 2 in G major Op 59 Sir Charles Mackerras Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Supraphon 3533
15:01:00 00:15:07 Frederick Delius In a Summer Garden Sir Andrew Davis BBC Symphony Orchestra Teldec 90845
15:19:00 00:09:38 Hamish MacCunn Overture 'The Land of the Mountain and Osmo Vänskä BBC Scottish Symphony BBC 392
15:30:00 00:03:36 Johann Sebastian Bach WTC-1: Prelude & Fugue No. 17 in A flat major Till Fellner, piano ECM 1853
15:37:00 00:05:52 Antonio Vivaldi Concerto for Strings in C major I Musici Philips 438876
15:44:00 00:07:44 Gioacchino Rossini L'Italiana in Algeri: Overture George Szell Cleveland Orchestra IMG 75962
15:54:00 00:04:26 Aram Khachaturian Masquerade: Waltz Kirill Kondrashin RCA Victor Symphony RCA 300350
15:58:00 00:04:10 Leonard Bernstein Candide: Overture Zubin Mehta Los Angeles Philharmonic Decca 4785437
CLASSICAL MUSIC WITH BILL O'CONNELL
16:06:00 00:03:43 Leonard Bernstein Candide: Make Our Garden Grow Boston Pops Orchestra John Williams Tanglewood Festival Chorus Sony 48224
16:13:00 00:09:13 Aaron Copland An Outdoor Overture Gerard Schwarz Seattle Symphony Delos 3140
16:26:00 00:05:56 John Williams Close Encounters of the Third Kind: Erich Kunzel Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Telarc 80495
16:35:00 00:04:21 Paul Halley Appalachian Morning John Williams Boston Pops Orchestra Sony 48224
16:41:00 00:08:30 Henryk Górecki Harpsichord Concerto Op 40 Concerto Cologne Mahan Esfahani, harpsichord Archiv 4794481
16:52:00 00:04:04 Steve Haun Simple Abundance Steve Haun, piano SNH Prod. 3001
16:58:00 00:01:42 Henry Purcell The Fairy Queen: Rondeau William Christie Les Arts Florissants Harm Mundi 901308
17:05:00 00:04:59 Antonín Dvorák Silent Woods Op 68 Alisa Weilerstein, cello; Anna Polonsky, piano Decca 19765
17:13:00 00:11:42 Francesco Geminiani Concerto Grosso No. 12 in D minor Concerto Cologne Archiv 4794481
17:27:00 00:07:08 Frédéric Chopin Prelude No. 15 in D flat major Op 28 Grigory Sokolov, piano DeutGram 4794342
17:40:00 00:05:07 Leonard Bernstein On the Town: Times Square 1944 Arie Lipsky CIM Orchestra CIM 2003
17:47:00 00:03:35 Leonard Bernstein Spring Will Come Again Kyle Bielfield, tenor; Lachlen Glen, piano; Michael Samis, cello Delos 3445
17:52:00 00:03:50 Franz Liszt Two Concert Etudes: Waldesrauschen Nelson Freire, piano Decca 4782728
17:58:00 00:01:45 Jean-Philippe Rameau Dardanus: Air gai 'Les Niais de Nicholas McGegan Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra Conifer 51313
BBC NEWS; DINNER CLASSICS WITH BILL O'CONNELL
18:09:00 00:19:18 Einojuhani Rautavaara Concerto for Birds & Orchestra Op 61 Leif Segerstam Helsinki Philharmonic Ondine 1041
18:30:00 00:05:38 Peter Tchaikovsky The Seasons: June 'Barcarolle' Op 37 Lang Lang, piano Sony 511758
18:38:00 00:03:21 Peter Tchaikovsky The Seasons: August Op 37 Lang Lang, piano Sony 511758
18:44:00 00:08:14 Johann Sebastian Bach Finale from Keyboard Concerto No. 1 Concerto Cologne Mahan Esfahani, harpsichord Archiv 4794481
18:55:00 00:03:48 George Gershwin Porgy and Bess: Summertime London Symphony Keith Lockhart Anne Akiko Meyers, violin eOne 7792
KEYBANK SYMPHONY AT SEVEN WITH JOHN SIMNA
19:02:00 00:08:24 Richard Wagner Siegfried: Forest Murmurs Daniel Barenboim Chicago Symphony Orchestra Erato 45786
19:12:00 00:42:16 Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 6 in F major Op 68 Christoph von Dohnányi Cleveland Orchestra Telarc 80145
19:56:00 00:03:14 Frank Bridge Cherry Ripe William Boughton English String Orchestra Nimbus 5366
ESSENTIAL CLASSICS WITH JOHN SIMNA
20:02:00 00:18:48 Aaron Copland Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes JoAnn Falletta Buffalo Philharmonic Naxos 559240
20:23:00 00:33:21 Ferde Grofé Grand Canyon Suite Seattle Symphony Gerard Schwarz Ilkka Talvi, violin Delos 3104
20:57:00 00:02:41 Sir Edward Elgar Salut d'amour Op 12 Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Kathryn Stott, piano Sony 510316
PITTSURGH SYMPHONY WITH JIM CUNNINGHAM - Krzysztof Urbański, conductor; Noah Bendix-Balgley, violin
21:06:00 00:14:02 Sergei Prokofiev Russian Overture Op 72
21:30:00 00:37:00 Aram Khachaturian Violin Concerto in D minor
22:10:00 00:36:30 Modest Mussorgsky (arr. Ravel) Pictures at an Exhibition (orig. 1874)
SHH! QUIET HOUR WITH JOHN SIMNA
23:02:00 00:04:35 Lyndol Mitchell Kentucky Mountain Portraits: Ballad Howard Hanson Eastman-Rochester Orchestra Mercury 434324
23:06:00 00:12:20 David Amram Variations on 'Red River Valley' Manhattan Chamber Orchestra Richard Auldon Clark Julius Baker, flute Newport 85546
23:21:00 00:22:11 Alan Hovhaness Sonata for Harp & Guitar Yolanda Kondonassis, harp; Jason Vieaux, guitar Azica 71297
23:45:00 00:07:59 E. J. Moeran Lonely Waters Ulster Orchestra JoAnn Falletta Rebekah Coffey, soprano Naxos 573034
23:52:00 00:05:55 Frederick Delius Summer Night on the River Sir Charles Mackerras Welsh National Opera Orchestra Argo 433704
23:57:00 00:02:17 Johannes Brahms Minnelied Op 71 Zuill Bailey, cello; Awadagin Pratt, piano Telarc 32664
