Program Guide 08-31-2016
Almanac
august 31
1834 Amilcare Ponchielli – Italian composer (d.1886); won a scholarship at age nine to study at the Milan Conservatory, writing his first symphony by the time he was ten; his best known opera is La Gioconda (1876), with its ballet Dance of the Hours, famously parodied in Walt Disney's Fantasia.
1928 premiere of Kurt Weill's Die Dreigroschenoper (The Threepenny Opera) in Berlin at the Theater am Schiffbauerdamm, with libretto by German poet and playwright Bertolt Brecht; by 1933, when Brecht and Weill were forced to leave Germany, the play had been translated into 18 languages and performed more than 10,000 times on European stages; songs include Die Moritat von Mackie Messer (The Ballad of Mack the Knife).
1945 Itzhak Perlman – Israeli-born American violinist, conductor, and instructor of master classes (73 years old); great ambassador of music despite contracting polio at the age of four; a distant cousin to Canadian comic/TV personality Howie Mandel.
1952 Kim Kashkashian – Armenian-American violist (66 years old); teaches at the New England Conservatory; won a 2013 Grammy Award for Best Classical Instrumental Solo for the album Kurtág / Ligeti: Music for Viola.
1975 Daniel Harding – English conductor (43years old); Principal Conductor of the Swedish Radio Symphony; the 9th principal conductor of the Orchestra of Paris since 2016.
Recording of the Week
Program Guide
00:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Robin Grier
00:01:00 00:20:45 Franz Joseph Haydn Sinfonia Concertante in B flat major Orch of Age of Enlightenment Elizabeth Wallfisch Elizabeth Wallfisch, violin; David Watkin, cello; Anthony Robson, oboe; Felix Warnock, bassoon VirginClas 59266
00:25:00 00:33:29 Alexander Glazunov Symphony No. 4 in E flat major Op 48 José Serebrier Royal Scottish Nat'l Orch Warner 63236
01:01:00 00:29:13 Felix Mendelssohn Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor Op 49 Emanuel Ax, piano; Itzhak Perlman, violin; Yo-Yo Ma, cello Sony 52192
01:32:00 01:01:28 Carl Orff Carmina burana Bavarian Radio Symphony Daniel Harding Patricia Petibon, soprano; Hans-Werner Bunz, tenor; Christian Gerhaher, baritone; Tölz Boys Choir; Bavarian Radio Chorus DeutGram 4778778
02:35:00 00:32:51 Franz Schubert Symphony No. 4 in C minor Pablo Heras-Casado Freiburg Baroque Orchestra Harm Mundi 902154
03:09:00 00:33:39 Joaquín Rodrigo Concierto madrigal London Symphony Enrique Bátiz Alfonso Moreno, guitar; Deborah Mariotti, guitar EMI 67435
03:46:00 00:32:56 Robert Schumann Piano Sonata No. 1 in F sharp minor Op 11 Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano Decca 421290
04:20:00 00:32:56 George Frideric Handel Dixit Dominus in G minor Apollo's Fire Jeannette Sorrell Sandra Simon, soprano; Kiera Duffy, soprano; Meg Bragle, mezzo-soprano; Scott Mello, tenor; Apollo's Singers Avie 2270
04:56:00 00:23:49 Béla Bartók Rhapsody for Piano & Orchestra Op 1 Budapest Festival Orchestra Iván Fischer Zoltán Kocsis, piano Philips 416831
05:22:00 00:16:31 Jean-Philippe Rameau Concert No. 6 en sextuor Christophe Rousset Les Talens Lyriques Decca 1845
05:41:00 00:07:01 Emmanuel Chabrier Impromptu Angela Hewitt, piano Hyperion 67515
05:49:00 00:03:23 Frederic Hand Cantiga de Santa Maria Frederic Hand, guitar Willow 1036
05:53:00 00:05:20 Ludwig van Beethoven Finale from String Quartet No. 8 Op 59 Cleveland Quartet Telarc 80268
06:00 BBC NEWS; CLASSICAL MUSIC with Jacqueline Gerber
06:07:00 00:03:23 Giuseppe Verdi Introduction to Act 1 & Brindisi from Erich Kunzel Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Telarc 80364
06:12:00 00:05:18 Ludwig van Beethoven Scherzo from Sonata No. 18 Op 31 Peter Takács, piano Cambria 1175
06:20:00 00:05:07 Sir Arthur Sullivan The Sorcerer: Overture Alexander Faris Scottish Chamber Orchestra Nimbus 5066
06:26:00 00:04:28 John Williams Air and Simple Gifts Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Itzhak Perlman, violin; Gabriela Montero, piano; Anthony McGill, clarinet Sony 752307
06:32:00 00:03:28 Carl Maria von Weber Abu Hassan: Overture Roy Goodman Hanover Band Nimbus 5154
06:40:00 00:09:54 Carl Orff Carmina burana: In the Tavern Bavarian Radio Symphony Daniel Harding Hans-Werner Bunz, tenor; Christian Gerhaher, baritone; Bavarian Radio Chorus DeutGram 4778778
06:51:00 00:02:10 Maurice Jarre Lawrence of Arabia: Main theme John Mauceri London Philharmonic LPO 86
06:55:00 00:02:20 John Philip Sousa March 'El Capitán' Timothy Foley Nonpareil Wind Band EMI 54130
07:05:00 00:05:48 Peter Tchaikovsky The Sleeping Beauty: Pas de quatre Mikhail Pletnev Russian National Orchestra DeutGram 457634
07:10:00 00:06:43 Jean-Baptiste Lully Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme: Ballet des Tempesta di Mare Chandos 805
07:20:00 00:04:09 Johann Sebastian Bach Fugue from Violin Sonata No. 1 Chris Thile, mandolin Nonesuch 535360
07:25:00 00:03:24 Edvard Grieg Holberg Suite: Gavotte & Musette Op 40 Domenico Boyagian Ohio Philharmonic Centaur 3311
07:30:00 00:04:19 George Frideric Handel Jephtha: When his loud voice in thunder Academy Ancient Music Berlin Marcus Creed RIAS Chamber Chorus BerlinClas 1057
07:32:00 00:01:53 Leroy Anderson Jazz Pizzicato Leonard Slatkin BBC Concert Orchestra Naxos 559356
07:40:00 00:08:56 Ludwig van Beethoven Rondo from Cello Sonata No. 2 Op 5 Zuill Bailey, cello; Simone Dinnerstein, piano Telarc 80740
07:51:00 00:03:13 Johann Strauss Jr The Gypsy Baron: Entrance March Daniel Barenboim Vienna Philharmonic Decca 12569
07:55:00 00:03:05 Manuel de Falla Four Spanish Pieces: Aragonesa Brazilian Guitar Quartet Delos 3466
08:07:00 00:06:24 Marin Marais Alcyone: Chaconne Tempesta di Mare Chandos 805
08:15:00 00:09:53 Peter Tchaikovsky Marche slav Op 31 Kenneth Alwyn London Symphony Decca 4785437
08:25:00 00:03:36 Manuel de Falla El amor brujo: Ritual Fire Dance Arthur Rubinstein, piano RCA 300350
08:32:00 00:03:15 Maurice Ravel Le tombeau de Couperin: Prelude Pierre Boulez Cleveland Orchestra DeutGram 2121
08:40:00 00:10:18 Benjamin Britten Gloriana: Courtly Dances André Previn Royal Philharmonic Telarc 80126
08:55:00 00:05:46 Richard Rodgers Babes in Arms: My Funny Valentine Chamber Ensemble Kristin Chenoweth, vocal; Joshua Bell, violin Sony 52716
09:05:00 00:16:48 César Franck Symphonic Variations London Philharmonic Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos Alicia de Larrocha, piano Decca 4785437
09:27:00 00:04:28 Cole Porter I Get a Kick Out of You John Williams Boston Pops Orchestra Sony 47235
09:35:00 00:05:30 Jean-Baptiste Lully Psyché: Suite Les Délices Délices 2013
09:55:00 00:04:29 Gioacchino Rossini Il signor Bruschino: Overture Fritz Reiner Chicago Symphony Orchestra RCA 300350
10:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Mark Satola
10:00:00 00:03:09 Igor Stravinsky Pastorale Yannick Nézet-Séguin Philadelphia Orchestra DeutGram 19032
10:04:00 00:03:38 Lars-Erik Larsson Pastoral Andrew Manze Helsingborg Symphony CPO 777671
10:09:00 00:12:27 Christian Sinding Suite for Violin & Orchestra in A minor Op 10 Pittsburgh Symphony André Previn Itzhak Perlman, violin EMI 62590
10:24:00 00:05:40 Georges Bizet The Miracle Doctor: Overture Douglas Bostock Chamber Philharmonic Bohemia Classico 158
10:30:00 00:04:09 Ludwig van Beethoven Variations on Arne's 'Rule Britannia' Olli Mustonen, piano Decca 436834
10:37:00 00:06:35 Ludwig van Beethoven Overture 'Name Day' Op 115 Claudio Abbado Vienna Philharmonic DeutGram 429762
10:45:00 00:03:02 Leos Janácek Moravian Dances: Fur Coat Dance Antoni Wit Warsaw Philharmonic Naxos 572695
10:51:00 00:26:38 Camille Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No. 4 in C minor Op 44 WDR Symphony Cologne Thomas Sanderling Anna Malikova, piano Audite 92509
11:20:00 00:09:14 Frederic Hand A Psalm of Thanksgiving Jayna Nelson, flute; Frederic Hand, guitar Willow 1036
11:31:00 00:10:19 André Grétry Céphale et Procris: Ballet Suite Stefan Sanderling Orchestre de Bretagne ASV 1095
11:43:00 00:10:04 George Frideric Handel Concerto in F major Trevor Pinnock English Concert Archiv 453451
11:54:00 00:04:08 Ralph Vaughan Williams Prelude on 'Rhosymèdre' John Lubbock Orchestra of St. John's ASV 6007
12:06:00 00:08:20 Karl Goldmark Dance from 'Rustic Wedding' Symphony Op 26 Stephen Gunzenhauser National Symphony of Ireland Naxos 550745
12:16:00 00:06:16 Camille Saint-Saëns Caprice-Waltz 'Wedding Cake' Op 76 Northwest Sinfonietta Christophe Chagnard Joel Fan, piano Reference 134
12:24:00 00:05:06 Maurice Ravel Le tombeau de Couperin: Menuet Alexander Schimpf, piano Oehms 867
12:30:00 00:02:09 Ottorino Respighi La boutique fantasque: Tarantella Jesús López-Cobos Cincinnati Symphony Telarc 80396
12:35:00 00:04:31 Pablo de Sarasate Introduction & Tarantella Op 43 Abbey Road Ensemble Lawrence Foster Itzhak Perlman, violin EMI 55475
12:42:00 00:13:05 Giacomo Puccini Capriccio sinfonico Riccardo Muti La Scala Philharmonic Sony 63025
12:56:00 00:02:31 Julius Fucik Entry of the Gladiators Op 68 Neeme Järvi Royal Scottish Nat'l Orch Chandos 5158
13:00 THE BIG WORK AT ONE
13:01:00 00:37:48 Antonín Dvorák Symphony No. 5 in F major Op 76 Mariss Jansons Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra EMI 49995
13:40:00 00:18:29 Felix Mendelssohn Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor Op 25 Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Riccardo Chailly Saleem Ashkar, piano Decca 4810778
14:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Mark Satola
14:00:00 00:04:19 Frederic Hand For Julian Frederic Hand, guitar Willow 1036
14:05:00 00:03:01 Traditional The Water is Wide Frederic Hand, guitar Willow 1036
14:09:00 00:14:49 Sir Edward Elgar Concert Overture 'Froissart' Op 19 Sir Andrew Davis BBC Symphony Orchestra Teldec 98436
14:27:00 00:10:19 Francesco Salieri Symphony in B flat major Claudio Scimone I Solisti Veneti Erato 88176
14:40:00 00:13:26 Frédéric Chopin Andante spianato & Grande Polonaise Op 22 Orch of Age of Enlightenment Sir Charles Mackerras Emanuel Ax, piano Sony 63371
14:54:00 00:04:31 Eric Coates London Suite: Knightsbridge March Ronald Corp New London Orchestra Hyperion 66968
15:00:00 00:18:18 Robert Schumann Konzertstück Op 86 Gerard Schwarz Seattle Symphony Naxos 572770
15:21:00 00:06:41 Felix Mendelssohn Andante from Piano Trio No. 2 Op 66 Emanuel Ax, piano; Itzhak Perlman, violin; Yo-Yo Ma, cello Sony 52192
15:29:00 00:04:16 Antonín Dvorák Bagatelle No. 5 Op 47 Takács Quartet Gábor Ormai, harmonium Decca 430077
15:37:00 00:06:06 Peter Tchaikovsky Scherzo-fantaisie in E flat minor Op 72 Mikhail Pletnev, piano DeutGram 4284
15:46:00 00:11:32 Sergei Prokofiev War and Peace: The Ball Neeme Järvi Philharmonia Orchestra Chandos 10538
16:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Bill O’Connell; COMPOSERS DATEBOOK with John Zech: Weill's ‘Three-Penny Opera’ in Berlin
15:58:00 00:04:27 Carl Orff Carmina burana: Finale Bavarian Radio Symphony Daniel Harding Bavarian Radio Chorus DeutGram 4778778
16:08:00 00:03:08 Kurt Weill The Threepenny Opera: Ballad of Mack the RIAS Chamber Ensemble John Mauceri Ute Lemper, soprano Decca 425204
16:13:00 00:08:51 Amilcare Ponchielli La Gioconda: Dance of the Hours Gianandrea Noseda BBC Philharmonic Chandos 10634
16:26:00 00:07:21 Robert Farnon Captain Horatio Hornblower: Introduction Robert Farnon Royal Philharmonic Reference 47
16:35:00 00:04:17 Georges Bizet L'Arlésienne Suite No. 2: Minuet José Serebrier Barcelona Symphony Bis 1305
16:41:00 00:04:11 Frederic Hand Prayer Frederic Hand, guitar Willow 1036
16:45:00 00:03:07 Frederic Hand Sophia's Journey Frederic Hand, guitar Willow 1036
16:52:00 00:03:45 Felix Mendelssohn Scherzo from Piano Trio No. 2 Op 66 Emanuel Ax, piano; Itzhak Perlman, violin; Yo-Yo Ma, cello Sony 52192
16:56:00 00:03:19 Peter Tchaikovsky Cherevichki: Cossack Dance Theodore Kuchar National Symphony of Ukraine Naxos 554845
17:05:00 00:05:22 Emmanuel Chabrier The King in Spite of Himself: Danse Neeme Järvi Orch de la Suisse Romande Chandos 5122
17:13:00 00:10:49 Evaristo Felice dall'Abaco Concerto a più Istrumenti in E minor Op 5 Concerto Cologne Martin Sandhoff, flute; Cordula Breuer, flute Teldec 22166
17:26:00 00:08:28 Claude Debussy Preludes Book 1: La cathédral engloutie Wolfgang Sawallisch Philadelphia Orchestra EMI 55592
17:40:00 00:05:10 Jo Knümann Romanian Basel Chamber Orchestra Daniel Hope Daniel Hope, violin; Avi Avital, mandolin; Jacques Ammon, piano DeutGram 4795305
17:47:00 00:03:36 John Williams Schindler's List: Main Theme Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Alexander Shelley Daniel Hope, violin DeutGram 4792954
17:52:00 00:02:33 Antonín Dvorák Legend No. 9 in D major Op 59 Sir Charles Mackerras Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Supraphon 3533
17:55:00 00:04:13 Alexander Glazunov Ballet Scenes: Mazurka Op 52 Edo de Waart Minnesota Orchestra Telarc 80347
18:00 BBC NEWS; DINNER CLASSICS
18:08:00 00:12:37 Frederic Hand Odyssey Frederic Hand, guitar; David Leisner, guitar Willow 1036
18:23:00 00:08:53 Ludwig van Beethoven Leonore Overture No. 1 Op 138 Daniel Harding German Chamber Philharmonic VirginClas 45364
18:34:00 00:02:29 Ludwig van Beethoven Scherzo from Piano Sonata No. 29 Op 106 Igor Levit, piano Sony 370387
18:38:00 00:14:02 Carl Orff Carmina burana: On the Green Bavarian Radio Symphony Daniel Harding Bavarian Radio Chorus DeutGram 4778778
18:54:00 00:04:24 Ludwig van Beethoven Adagio from Sonata No. 1 Op 2 HJ Lim, piano EMI 64952
19:00 SYMPHONY AT SEVEN with John Simna
19:02:00 00:16:56 Michael Haydn Symphony No. 31 in F Johannes Goritzki German Chamber Academy Neuss CPO 999179
19:22:00 00:35:01 Camille Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3 in C minor Op 78 Seattle Symphony Ludovic Morlot Joseph Adam, organ SeattleSM 1002
20:00 CLEVELAND OVATIONS: Two Concerts presented by Music from the Western Reserve
Featured Young Artist - Jinjoo Cho, violin; Hyun Soo Kim, piano
Clara Schumann: Three Romances, Op.22 – 9:46
Robert Schumann: Violin Sonata #2 in d, Op.121 – 28:47
John Corigliano: Violin Sonata – 23:07
One Piano, Four Hands - Westhuizen Duo [Sophié & Pierre van der Westhuizen, piano]
Dvorak: 3 Slavonic Dances – 11:15
Poulenc: Sonata for 4 hands (a mademoiselle Simone Tilliard) – 5:40
Barber: Souvenirs Op.8: A Corner of the Ballroom – 3:44
Debussy: Petite Suite – 11:21
22:00 THE BLACK ARTS with A. Grace Lee Mims: recordings by soprano Dorothy Maynor
23:00 QUIET HOUR
23:04:00 00:05:32 Jules Massenet Thaïs: Méditation London Symphony Daniel Harding Nicola Benedetti, violin DeutGram 6154
23:10:00 00:09:07 Karl Goldmark In the Garden from "Rustic Wedding" Stephen Gunzenhauser National Symphony of Ireland Naxos 550745
23:20:00 00:11:06 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Adagio from Divertimento No. 15 Jeffrey Tate English Chamber Orchestra EMI 69823
23:31:00 00:08:33 Ludwig van Beethoven Romance No. 2 in F major Op 50 Göttingen Symphony Orchestra Christoph-Mathias Mueller Rachel Barton Pine, violin Cedille 144
23:41:00 00:07:40 Franz Schubert Moment Musical No. 6 in A flat major Stephen Kovacevich, piano EMI 55219
23:49:00 00:06:14 Felix Mendelssohn Andante from Piano Trio No. 1 Op 49 Emanuel Ax, piano; Itzhak Perlman, violin; Yo-Yo Ma, cello Sony 52192
23:56:00 00:02:48 Sergei Rachmaninoff Prelude No. 16 in G major Op 32 Vladimir Horowitz, piano DeutGram 4795448
