Program Guide 09-22-2016

Almanac

September 22

1869 premiere of Richard Wagner's Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold) at the National Theater Munich; first of the four operas that constitute his Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung); originally written as a one-act introduction to the tripartite Ring, but the cycle is now generally regarded as consisting of four individual operas.

1875 Mikalojus Ciurlionis – Lithuanian painter and composer (d.1911); contributed to symbolism and art nouveau and representative of the fin de siècle epoch; composed about 250 pieces of music and created about 300 paintings in his short life.

1933 Leonardo Balada – Catalan American composer (84 years old); teaching and composing at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

1937 during the Spanish Civil War, Mexican composer Silvestre Revueltas conducts the first Spanish performance of his Homage to Federico Garcia Lorca in Madrid while the city was under siege by Spanish fascist forces; Spanish poet Garcia Lorca had been killed by the Falangists in 1936.

1961 Michael Torke – American composer (57 years old); style influenced by jazz and minimalism; sometimes described as a post-minimalist; most well-known work is probably Javelin (1994), commissioned by the Atlanta Committee for the Olympics in celebration of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra's 50th anniversary season.

Recording of the Week

Philips Classics - The Stereo Years

Sep. 1, 2016

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Program Guide

CLASSICAL MUSIC WITH ROB GRIER

00:02:00   00:29:39   Joaquín Rodrigo   Concierto para una fiesta   Naples Philharmonic   Erich Kunzel   David Russell, guitar   Telarc   80459
00:34:00   00:31:42   Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart   Clarinet Quintet in A major    Emerson String Quartet       David Shifrin, clarinet   DeutGram   459641
01:08:00   00:42:14   Antonín Dvorák   Symphony No. 4 in D minor Op 13       Libor Pesek   Czech Philharmonic Orchestra   VirginClas   91144
01:52:00   00:42:10   Peter Tchaikovsky   Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major Op 44   Philharmonia Orchestra   Leonard Slatkin   Barry Douglas, piano   RCA   61633
02:36:00   00:40:11   Charles Ives   Symphony No. 1 in D minor        Neeme Järvi   Detroit Symphony   Chandos   9053
03:18:00   00:25:30   Michael Torke   Concerto for Orchestra       Vasily Petrenko   Royal Liverpool Philharmonic   Ecstatic   92261
03:45:00   00:32:37   Johan Svendsen   Symphony No. 2 in B flat major Op 15       Mariss Jansons   Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra   EMI   49769
04:20:00   00:27:36   Zoltán Kodály   Peacock Variations       Franz Welser-Möst   London Philharmonic   EMI   54858
04:50:00   00:30:31   Bedrich Smetana   String Quartet No. 1 in E minor        Geoffrey Simon   London Symphony   Chandos   8412
05:22:00   00:17:06   Claude Debussy   Suite bergamasque           Vassily Primakov, piano   Bridge   9350
05:41:00   00:04:35   Alfredo Casella   Paganiniana: Tarantella Op 65       Riccardo Muti   La Scala Philharmonic   Sony   53280
05:47:00   00:10:13   Franz Schubert   Andante from Piano Trio No. 2           Joseph Kalichstein, piano; Jaime Laredo, violin; Sharon Robinson, cello   Bridge   9376

BBC NEWS; CLASSICAL MUSIC WITH JACQUELINE GERBER

06:07:00   00:06:58   Peter Tchaikovsky   Finale from String Sextet Op 70   Emerson String Quartet       Paul Neubauer, viola; Colin Carr, cello   Sony   547060
06:18:00   00:07:58   George Frideric Handel   Oboe Concerto No. 1 in B flat major    English Concert   Trevor Pinnock   David Reichenberg, oboe   Archiv   415291
06:30:00   00:04:32   Sir Edward Elgar   Sea Pictures: Sea Slumber Song Op 37   English Chamber Orchestra   Kenneth Woods   Rodolfus Choir   Avie   2362
06:40:00   00:04:08   Lü Wencheng   Autumn Moon on a Calm Lake           Lang Lang, piano   DeutGram   8233
06:45:00   00:07:29   Joaquín Rodrigo   En Aranjuez con tu amor   London Symphony   Klauspeter Seibel   Sir James Galway, flute   DeutGram   3024
06:58:00   00:03:44   John Philip Sousa   March 'The Invincible Eagle'       Col. Lowell Graham   USAF Heritage of America Band   Klavier   11139
07:05:00   00:05:29   Walter Gross & Joseph Kosma   Tenderly & Autumn Leaves           Anne Akiko Meyers, violin; Reiko Uchida, piano   E1 Music   7780
07:13:00   00:08:13   Franz von Suppé   The Queen of Spades: Overture       Zubin Mehta   Vienna Philharmonic   CBS   44932
07:20:00   00:03:14   Sergei Prokofiev   The Stone Flower: Wedding Dance Op 118       Neeme Järvi   Royal Scottish Nat'l Orch   Chandos   10481
07:26:00   00:01:03   Johann Sebastian Bach   Two-Part Invention No. 1 in C major            Angela Hewitt, piano   Hyperion   66746
07:30:00   00:04:01   Ludwig van Beethoven   Christ on Mount of Olives: Hallelujah Op 85   Atlanta Symphony Orchestra   Robert Shaw   Atlanta Symphony Chorus   Telarc   80119
07:40:00   00:10:51   Antonio Vivaldi   Four Seasons: 'Autumn' Concerto in F major Op 8   Israel Philharmonic Orchestra   Lorin Maazel   Shlomo Mintz, violin   DeutGram   469376
07:53:00   00:02:46   Maurice Ravel   Mother Goose: Laideronnette, Empress           Martha Argerich, piano; Lang Lang, piano   DeutGram   4795096
07:55:00   00:02:19   Leonard Bernstein   West Side Story: Mambo       David Zinman   Baltimore Symphony Orchestra   Argo   444454

BBC NEWS

08:07:00   00:06:08   Astor Piazzolla   Four Seasons of Buenos Aires: Autumn           Almeda Trio   Albany   1386
08:15:00   00:08:47   Robert Schumann   Finale from Symphony No. 1 Op 38       Robin Ticciati   Scottish Chamber Orchestra   Linn   450
08:27:00   00:02:28   Anthony Holborne   Almaine 'The Choise'       Jordi Savall   Hespèrion XXI   AliaVox   9813
08:30:00   00:04:40   Leo Sowerby   Overture "Comes Autumn Time"       Paul Freeman   Czech National Symphony   Cedille   33
08:38:00   00:19:58   Peter Tchaikovsky   The Sleeping Beauty: Suite Op 66       Mstislav Rostropovich   Berlin Philharmonic   DeutGram   4795448
08:40:00   00:06:40   Domenico Cimarosa   Il matrimonio segreto: Overture       Lance Friedel   Royal Scottish Nat'l Orch   Naxos   573418
08:48:00   00:02:20   Percy Grainger   Duke of Marlborough Fanfare       Jerry Junkin   Dallas Wind Symphony   Reference   117
08:54:00   00:01:40   Amy Beach   Autumn Song Op 56           Kyle Bielfield, tenor; Lachlen Glen, piano   Delos   3445
08:55:00   00:05:42   Vernon Duke   Autumn in New York           Anne Akiko Meyers, violin; Reiko Uchida, piano   E1 Music   7780
09:09:00   00:16:48   Manuel de Falla   El amor brujo: Suite           Vanessa Perez, piano   Steinway   30036
09:27:00   00:04:41   Johannes Brahms   A German Requiem: How Lovely is Thy   Vienna Symphony   Wolfgang Sawallisch   Vienna Singverein   Philips   4788977
09:35:00   00:04:09   Maurice Ravel   Daphnis et Chloé: Danse général       Daniel Barenboim   Orchestra of Paris   DeutGram   4795448
09:55:00   00:04:25   Giovanni Battista Pergolesi   Siciliano from Violin Concerto in B flat   I Solisti Veneti   Claudio Scimone   Bettina Mussumeli, violin   Erato   88172

CLASSICAL MUSIC WITH MARK SATOLA

10:01:00   00:02:15   Giuseppe Verdi   Rigoletto: La donna è mobile   Orch del Teatro Regio di Parma   Pier Giorgio Morandi   Jonas Kaufmann, tenor   Sony   549204
10:03:00   00:02:41   Giuseppe Verdi   Il trovatore: Anvil Chorus 'Vedi! le   Berlin German Opera Orchestra   Giuseppe Sinopoli   Chorus of Berlin German Opera   DeutGram   4795448
10:08:00   00:12:43   Hector Berlioz   Overture to 'Les Francs Juges' Op 3       Sir Colin Davis   London Symphony   Philips   4788977
10:23:00   00:07:00   Manuel de Falla   La vida breve: Interlude & Spanish Dance       Jesús López-Cobos   Cincinnati Symphony   Telarc   80149
10:31:00   00:03:57   Franz Joseph Haydn   Il mondo della luna: Overture       Claudio Abbado   Chamber Orchestra of Europe   DeutGram   4778117
10:38:00   00:03:42   Antonio Salieri   Cublai Overture       Matthias Bamert   London Mozart Players   Chandos   9877
10:52:00   00:31:11   Anton Rubinstein   Piano Concerto No. 4 in D minor Op 70   BBC Scottish Symphony   Michael Stern   Marc-André Hamelin, piano   Hyperion   67508
11:25:00   00:08:03   Christoph Willibald Gluck   Iphigénie en Aulide: Act 2 Ballet       Sir John Eliot Gardiner   Lyon Opera Orchestra   Erato   45003
11:35:00   00:08:32   Johann David Heinichen   Concerto Grosso in F major        Reinhard Goebel   Cologne Musica Antiqua   Archiv   437549
11:45:00   00:09:10   Mily Balakirev   Oriental Fantasy 'Islamey' Op 18           Olga Kern, piano   Harm Mundi   907399
11:57:00   00:02:03   Frederick A. Jewell   March "The Screamer"       Col. Lowell Graham   USAF Heritage of America Band   Klavier   11139

BBC NEWS

12:07:00   00:09:03   Michael Torke   Bright Blue Music       David Zinman   Baltimore Symphony Orchestra   Ecstatic   92201
12:18:00   00:09:28   Johann Strauss Jr   Waltz 'On the Beautiful Blue Danube' Op 314       Franz Welser-Möst   Vienna Philharmonic   Sony   544071
12:29:00   00:03:26   Dmitri Shostakovich   Moscow Cheryomushki: A Spin through       Riccardo Chailly   Philadelphia Orchestra   Decca   452597
12:37:00   00:04:56   Eric Coates   London Suite: Covent Garden       Malcolm Nabarro   Sinfonia ViVa   ASV   2053
12:44:00   00:13:06   Peter Tchaikovsky   Festival Overture Op 15       Geoffrey Simon   London Symphony   Chandos   9190
12:58:00   00:01:34   Franz Liszt   Schubert Song 'Das Wandern'           Evgeny Kissin, piano   RCA   58420

BIG WORK AT ONE WITH MARK SATOLA

13:01:00   00:59:28   Anton Bruckner   Symphony No. 9 in D minor        Bernard Haitink   Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra   Philips   4788977
14:02:00   00:02:40   George Frideric Handel   Alceste: Grand Entrée       Trevor Pinnock   English Concert   Archiv   419219
14:05:00   00:04:23   Johan Halvorsen   Entry March of the Boyars       Neeme Järvi   Bergen Philharmonic   Chandos   10584
14:11:00   00:16:07   Georges Bizet   L'Arlésienne Suite No. 2       Lorin Maazel   Cleveland Orchestra   Decca   4787779
14:29:00   00:04:40   Ottorino Respighi   Ancient Airs Suite No. 1: Villanesca       Jesús López-Cobos   Lausanne Chamber Orchestra   Telarc   80309
14:48:00   00:10:02   Franz Liszt   Hungarian Rhapsody No. 4 for Orchestra       Iván Fischer   Budapest Festival Orchestra   DeutGram   4779525
15:01:00   00:19:12   Paul Hindemith   Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes       Christoph von Dohnányi   Cleveland Orchestra   MAA   1032
15:22:00   00:08:17   Antonio Vivaldi   Chamber Concerto in G minor            Geminiani Ensemble   Christoph   74590
15:32:00   00:03:45   Camille Saint-Saëns   La jota aragonese Op 64       Geoffrey Simon   London Philharmonic   Cala   4031
15:39:00   00:04:25   Pablo de Sarasate   Spanish Dance No. 4 'Jota navara' Op 22           Julia Fischer, violin; Milana Chernyavska, piano   Decca   4785950
15:47:00   00:07:14   Aaron Copland   Rodeo: Buckaroo Holiday       JoAnn Falletta   Buffalo Philharmonic   Naxos   559240
15:55:00   00:02:15   Dmitri Shostakovich   The Golden Age: Polka       Erich Kunzel   Cincinnati Pops Orchestra   Telarc   80625
15:58:00   00:04:23   Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart   Così fan tutte: Overture       Rinaldo Alessandrini   Norwegian Nat'l Opera Orch   Naïve   30479

CLASSICAL MUSIC WITH BILL O'CONNELL

16:06:00   00:02:53   Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart   The Marriage of Figaro: Voi che sapete   Cleveland Orchestra   Franz Welser-Möst   Isabel Leonard, mezzo-soprano   MAA   2009
16:14:00   00:11:35   George Gershwin   Adagio from Piano Concerto in F major    Monte Carlo Opera Orch   Edo de Waart   Werner Haas, piano   Philips   4788977
16:29:00   00:07:21   Greg Anderson   Three Disney Waltzes           The Five Browns, pianos   E1 Music   2041
16:36:00   00:02:52   Johann Sebastian Bach   Finale from Brandenburg Concerto No. 2   Apollo's Fire   Jeannette Sorrell   John Thiessen, trumpet; Michael Lynn, recorder; Gonzalo X. Ruiz, oboe; Cynthia Roberts, violin   Avie   2207
16:41:00   00:07:18   Antonio Vivaldi   Flute Concerto in G major    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra       Patrick Gallois, flute   DeutGram   437839
16:52:00   00:02:59   Richard Rodgers   Carousel: If I Loved You   BBC Symphony Orchestra   Patrick Summers   Ailyn Pérez, soprano; Stephen Costello, tenor   Warner   633485
16:56:00   00:02:35   Morton Gould   Gavotte from 'Interplay'   Albany Symphony Orchestra   David Alan Miller   Findlay Cockrell, piano   Albany   1174
17:05:00   00:05:52   Michael Torke   Charcoal       David Zinman   Baltimore Symphony Orchestra   Ecstatic   92203
17:26:00   00:08:28   Alexander Glazunov   Allegro from Symphony No. 7 Op 77       José Serebrier   Royal Scottish Nat'l Orch   Warner   63236
17:40:00   00:04:35   Franz Schubert   Impromptu No. 2 in E flat major            Ingrid Haebler, piano   Philips   4788977
17:46:00   00:03:56   Franz Schubert   Scherzo from Piano Sonata No. 21           Alfred Brendel, piano   Philips   4788977
17:52:00   00:02:44   Elmer Bernstein   The Great Escape: March       Nic Raine   Royal Philharmonic   Royal Phil   33
17:55:00   00:04:04   Domenico Scarlatti   Sonata in E major            Duo Amaral   DuoAmaral   2013

BBC NEWS; DINNER CLASSICS WITH BILL O'CONNELL

18:09:00   00:23:51   Ludwig van Beethoven   Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor Op 31           Stephen Kovacevich, piano   Philips   4788977
18:34:00   00:04:23   Frédéric Chopin   Etude No. 3 in E major Op 10           Nikita Magaloff, piano   Philips   4788977
18:41:00   00:01:45   Frédéric Chopin   Etude No. 5 in G flat major Op 10           Nikita Magaloff, piano   Philips   4788977
18:45:00   00:07:31   Ludwig van Beethoven   Finale from Septet Op 20   Berlin Philharmonic Octet       Members of   Philips   4788977
18:57:00   00:02:08   Domenico Cimarosa   Sanctus from Requiem in G minor    Lausanne Chamber Orchestra   Vittorio Negri   Montreux Festival Chorus   Philips   4788977

KEYBANK SYMPHONY AT SEVEN WITH JOHN SIMNA

19:02:00   00:08:01   Richard Wagner   Das Rheingold: Entry of the Gods into       José Serebrier   Bournemouth Symphony   Naxos   570293
19:12:00   00:42:51   Peter Tchaikovsky   Symphony No. 5 in E minor Op 64       Jaap van Zweden   Dallas Symphony Orchestra   DSO Live   2009
19:56:00   00:01:36   Peter Tchaikovsky   Waltz in 5/8 Time in D major Op 72           Mikhail Pletnev, piano   DeutGram   4284

ESSENTIAL CLASSICS WITH JOHN SIMNA

20:02:00   00:16:59   Edvard Grieg   Peer Gynt Suite No. 2 Op 55       Herbert Blomstedt   San Francisco Symphony   Decca   425857
20:21:00   00:14:33   Franz Joseph Haydn   Trumpet Concerto in E flat major    German Chamber Philharmonic       Alison Balsom, trumpet   EMI   16213
20:58:00   00:01:03   Anatoly Liadov   Eight Russian Folk Songs: Mosquito Op 58       John Morris Russell   Cincinnati Pops Orchestra   FanfareCin   4

PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY with Jim Cunningham - Manfred Honeck, conductor; Martin Lattke, tenor (Evangelist); Paul Armin Edelmann, bass (Christus)
Sunhae Im, soprano; Andrey Nemzer, countertenor; Thomas Cooley, tenor; Lucas Meachem, baritone
Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh; Betsy Burleigh, director (Season finale)

Johann Sebastian Bach: St. John Passion

22:43:00 00:06:04 Antonio Vivaldi Sinfonia for Strings in G major Trevor Pinnock English Concert Archiv 415518

SHH! QUIET HOUR WITH JOHN SIMNA

23:02:00   00:08:52   Franz Schubert   Andante from Piano Sonata No. 21           Alfred Brendel, piano   Philips   4788977
23:10:00   00:09:14   Felix Mendelssohn   Adagio from String Symphony No. 11       Johannes Goritzki   German Chamber Academy Neuss   Claves   9002
23:22:00   00:09:47   Keith Jarrett   Adagio for Oboe & Strings   Fairfield Orchestra   Thomas Crawford   Marcia Butler, oboe   ECM   1450
23:31:00   00:06:22   Michael Torke   Second Movement from Saxophone Concerto   Albany Symphony Orchestra   David Alan Miller   John Harle, saxophone   Ecstatic   92203
23:40:00   00:06:06   Paul Juon   Adagio from Viola Sonata Op 15           Eliesha Nelson, viola; Glen Inanga, piano   Sono Lumin   92136
23:46:00   00:08:03   Alexander Borodin   Nocturne from String Quartet No. 2           Cleveland Quartet   Telarc   80178
23:56:00   00:02:38   Johann Sebastian Bach   Siciliano from Violin Sonata No. 4       José Serebrier   Bournemouth Symphony   Naxos   572050
23:57:00   00:01:41   Johannes Brahms   Wie Melodien zieht es mir Op 105           Zuill Bailey, cello; Awadagin Pratt, piano   Telarc   32664