Program Guide 10-06-2016
Almanac
October 6
1600 premiere of Jacopo Peri's Euridice in Florence at the marriage of Maria de Medici to King Henri IV of France; the oldest surviving complete opera.
1868 premiere of Jacques Offenbach's La Périchole, Paris; score is in what English writer Andrew Lamb calls Offenbach's "most charming", rather than satirical style; highlights include La Périchole's letter song, O mon cher amant and her ‘tipsy’ aria, Ah! quel dîner!
1882 Karol Szymanowski – Polish composer and pianist (d.1937); considered one of the greatest Polish composers of the 20th century; awarded the highest national honors.
1927 Paul Badura-Skoda – Austrian pianist (died September 25, 2019); specialized in works of Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert, but has an extensive repertoire, and made numerous recordings, including more than 200 discs.
Recording of the Week
Program Guide
CLASSICAL MUSIC WITH ROB GRIER
00:02:00 00:32:32 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Symphony No. 2 Op 9 Dmitri Kitayenko Bergen Philharmonic Chandos 9178
00:37:00 00:32:40 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart String Quartet No. 17 in B flat major Jerusalem Quartet Harm Mundi 902076
01:12:00 00:25:29 Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor Op 57 Emil Gilels, piano DeutGram 4795448
01:39:00 00:33:07 Karol Szymanowski Symphony No. 2 in B flat major Op 19 Edward Gardner BBC Symphony Orchestra Chandos 5115
02:14:00 00:23:54 Franz Lachner Wind Quintet No 2 in E flat major Vienna-Berlin Ensemble DeutGram 423591
02:40:00 00:25:48 Antonín Vranicky Violin Concerto in C major Op 11 Prague Chamber Orchestra Milan Lajcík Gabriela Demeterová, violin Supraphon 2
03:08:00 00:28:38 Johannes Brahms Variations & Fugue on Theme by Handel Op 24 Vassily Primakov, piano LP Classic 1004
03:39:00 01:13:39 Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor Herbert von Karajan Berlin Philharmonic DeutGram 4793449
04:54:00 00:15:23 Sir Charles Hubert H. Parry Lady Radnor's Suite William Boughton English String Orchestra Nimbus 5068
05:11:00 00:26:35 Alexander Borodin Symphony No. 2 in B minor Gerard Schwarz Seattle Symphony Naxos 572786
05:40:00 00:06:32 Georg Philipp Telemann Concerto for Flute, Oboe d'amore & European Baroque Soloists Denon 9614
05:48:00 00:07:04 Franz Joseph Haydn Andante from Symphony No. 101 Marc Minkowski Musicians of the Louvre Naïve 5176
05:56:00 00:03:00 George Harrison Here Comes the Sun Chamber Ensemble Christopher Austin Milos Karadaglic, guitar Mercury 24425
BBC NEWS; CLASSICAL MUSIC WITH JACQUELINE GERBER
06:07:00 00:03:18 Johannes Brahms Capriccio in B minor Op 76 Alessio Bax, piano Signum 309
06:15:00 00:06:36 Ludwig van Beethoven King Stephan: Overture Op 117 Claudio Abbado Vienna Philharmonic DeutGram 429762
06:21:00 00:09:04 Jean-Philippe Rameau Concert No. 4 en sextuor Christophe Rousset Les Talens Lyriques Decca 1845
06:30:00 00:04:14 Sir Edward Elgar The Wand of Youth Suite No. 2: March Raymond Leppard Indianapolis Symphony Koss Class 1014
06:40:00 00:08:45 Antonio Vivaldi Violin Concerto in D major Op 3 Duo Amaral DuoAmaral 2013
06:52:00 00:03:00 Maurice Ravel Le tombeau de Couperin: Prelude Alexander Schimpf, piano Oehms 867
06:55:00 00:02:39 Roland Forrest Seitz Grandioso March Frederick Fennell Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra Brain 7502
07:05:00 00:05:50 Howard Blake Marcia grazioso from Flute Concerto Op 493 Academy St. Martin in Fields Sir Neville Marriner Jaime Martin, flute PentaTone 5186506
07:10:00 00:08:40 Ferenc Farkas 18th Century Dances from Old Hungary Quintett.Wien Nimbus 5479
07:22:00 00:03:25 Leroy Anderson Song of the Bells Leonard Slatkin BBC Concert Orchestra Naxos 559356
07:30:00 00:04:56 Moritz Moszkowski Habanera Op 65 Martin West San Francisco Ballet Orchestra Reference 138
07:40:00 00:09:06 Vasily Kalinnikov Finale from Symphony No. 1 Theodore Kuchar National Symphony of Ukraine Naxos 553417
07:53:00 00:03:25 Maurice Duruflé Sanctus from Requiem Op 9 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Robert Shaw Atlanta Symphony Chorus Telarc 80119
07:58:00 00:01:33 Dmitri Kabalevsky The Comedians: Galop Op 26 Kirill Kondrashin RCA Victor Symphony RCA 63302
BBC NEWS
08:07:00 00:05:43 Erik Satie Jack in the Box Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano Decca 470290
08:15:00 00:07:11 Alfredo Casella Finale from 'Italia' Op 11 Gianandrea Noseda BBC Philharmonic Chandos 10768
08:27:00 00:04:54 Frédéric Chopin Waltz No. 2 in A flat major Op 34 Maurizio Pollini, piano DeutGram 14190
08:32:00 00:02:19 Sir Malcolm Arnold Solitaire: Polka Bryden Thomson Philharmonia Orchestra Chandos 8867
08:40:00 00:07:18 Robert Schumann Scherzo from Symphony No. 2 Op 61 Robin Ticciati Scottish Chamber Orchestra Linn 450
08:49:00 00:03:58 Johann Sebastian Bach Lute Suite No. 4: Preludio David Russell, guitar Telarc 80584
08:55:00 00:05:51 Howard Shore The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship Nic Raine City of Prague Philharmonic Silva 1160
09:05:00 00:16:40 George Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Marin Alsop Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano Decca 14091
09:25:00 00:12:10 Frank Churchill Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: Medley Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Erich Kunzel Tracy Dahl, soprano; Douglas Webster, baritone; Singing Hoosiers Telarc 80196
09:55:00 00:02:59 Duke Ellington The River: Giggling Rapids JoAnn Falletta Buffalo Philharmonic Naxos 559737
CLASSICAL MUSIC WITH MARK SATOLA
10:00:00 00:01:51 John Bull Lord Lumley's Galliard Alan Feinberg, piano Steinway 30019
10:03:00 00:03:05 William Byrd Earl of Oxford's March Robert Moody Canadian Brass Ensemble OpeningDay 7347
10:07:00 00:13:51 Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 10 in G major Op 14 HJ Lim, piano EMI 64952
10:22:00 00:05:39 Léo Delibes Sylvia: Cortège de Bacchus Michael Tilson Thomas San Francisco Symphony SF Sym 60
10:30:00 00:03:46 Muzio Clementi Minuetto Pastorale Francesco d'Avalos Philharmonia Orchestra ASV 802
10:38:00 00:05:26 Domenico Cimarosa I nemici generosi: Overture Sinfonia Finlandia Patrick Gallois Denitsa Laffchieva, clarinet Naxos 572734
10:45:00 00:04:57 Peter Tchaikovsky The Sleeping Beauty: Blue Bird Pas de Mikhail Pletnev Russian National Orchestra DeutGram 457634
10:51:00 00:25:14 Karol Szymanowski Symphony No. 4 Op 60 BBC Symphony Orchestra Edward Gardner Louis Lortie, piano Chandos 5115
11:18:00 00:08:21 Frédéric Chopin Polonaise No. 1 in C sharp minor Op 26 Maurizio Pollini, piano DeutGram 4793449
11:28:00 00:08:29 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Lucio Silla: Overture Sir Neville Marriner Academy St. Martin in Fields EMI 47014
11:39:00 00:10:50 William Alwyn Serenade David Lloyd-Jones Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Naxos 570145
11:52:00 00:06:40 Jean Sibelius Cortège Leif Segerstam Turku Philharmonic Naxos 573300
BBC NEWS
12:06:00 00:09:31 Jacques Offenbach La Périchole: Medley Arthur Fiedler Boston Pops Orchestra RCA 61429
12:17:00 00:12:23 Christopher Palmer Fantasy on Puccini's 'La bohème' Academy St. Martin in Fields Sir Neville Marriner Christopher Warren-Green, vn EMI 49552
12:31:00 00:03:43 Sir Granville Bantock The Sea Reivers Vernon Handley Royal Philharmonic Hyperion 66450
12:38:00 00:04:54 Modest Mussorgsky Khovanshchina: Prelude 'Dawn on the George Szell Cleveland Orchestra Sony 93019
12:45:00 00:10:07 Richard Strauss Salome: Dance of the Seven Veils Herbert von Karajan Berlin Philharmonic DeutGram 4793449
12:57:00 00:02:29 Peter Tchaikovsky Swan Lake: Act 2 Introduction Valéry Gergiev Mariinsky Theater Orchestra Decca 10104
BIG WORK AT ONE WITH MARK SATOLA
13:02:00 00:41:27 César Franck Symphony in D minor Yannick Nézet-Séguin Orchestre Métropolitaine Atma 2647
13:45:00 00:15:23 Richard Wagner Tannhäuser: Overture Franz Welser-Möst Cleveland Orchestra MAA 2012
14:01:00 00:02:04 Peter Tchaikovsky Humoresque in G major Op 10 José Serebrier Bournemouth Symphony Naxos 557645
14:03:00 00:03:19 Franz Joseph Haydn Finale from String Quartet No. 30 Op 33 Angeles Quartet Decca 4783695
14:09:00 00:15:07 Sir Arnold Bax Tintagel Vernon Handley BBC Philharmonic Chandos 10122
14:27:00 00:10:55 Johannes Brahms Academic Festival Overture Op 80 George Szell Cleveland Orchestra CBS/Sony 203
14:42:00 00:14:31 Moritz Moszkowski Spanish Dances Op 12 Martin West San Francisco Ballet Orchestra Reference 138
14:58:00 00:01:32 Francis Poulenc Intermezzo No. 1 in C major Pascal Rogé, piano Decca 425862
15:01:00 00:13:54 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 15 in G major Nikolaus Harnoncourt Vienna Concentus Musicus DHM 75736
15:18:00 00:10:00 Béla Bartók Rhapsody No. 1 City of Birmingham Symphony Sir Simon Rattle Kyung Wha Chung, violin EMI 54211
15:30:00 00:03:37 Fernando Sor L'encouragement: Vals Op 34 Duo Amaral DuoAmaral 501592
15:37:00 00:07:22 Franz Schubert Rondo for Piano 4 hands in D Paul Badura-Skoda, piano; Jörg Demus, piano Valois 4622
15:47:00 00:08:12 Gustav Holst Two Songs without Words Op 22 Richard Hickox City of London Sinfonia Chandos 9270
15:58:00 00:04:45 Moritz Moszkowski Gondoliera Op 41 Martin West San Francisco Ballet Orchestra Reference 138
CLASSICAL MUSIC WITH BILL O'CONNELL
16:07:00 00:02:08 Moritz Moszkowski By the Cradle Op 58 Martin West San Francisco Ballet Orchestra Reference 138
16:12:00 00:12:03 Karol Szymanowski Concert Overture Op 12 Edward Gardner BBC Symphony Orchestra Chandos 5115
16:28:00 00:05:26 Bernard Herrmann The Snows of Kilimanjaro: Memory Waltz John Mauceri Hollywood Bowl Orchestra Philips 438685
16:35:00 00:04:10 Carl Maria von Weber Finale from Piano Sonata No. 4 Op 70 Garrick Ohlsson, piano Arabesque 6584
16:41:00 00:07:32 Giacomo Puccini Madama Butterfly: Act 2 Intermezzo Kent Nagano Lyon Opera Orchestra Erato 17071
16:51:00 00:03:42 Pietro Mascagni Ave Maria German Radio Philharmonic Karel Mark Chichon Elina Garanca, mezzo DeutGram 21327
16:57:00 00:02:31 Antonio Vivaldi Finale from 'Summer' Concerto Op 8 Mutter's Virtuosi Anne-Sophie Mutter Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin DeutGram 4795023
17:05:00 00:05:12 Michael Torke Oracle Mark Russell Smith Quad City Symphony Ecstatic 92261
17:26:00 00:08:57 Franz Schubert Impromptu No. 9 in E flat minor Alfred Brendel, piano Philips 4788977
17:40:00 00:06:12 Moritz Moszkowski Torch Dance Op 51 Martin West San Francisco Ballet Orchestra Reference 138
17:48:00 00:02:04 Sir Edward German Henry VIII: Torch Dance Richard Hickox Royal Northern Sinfonia EMI 49933
17:53:00 00:02:10 Josquin Desprez Mille regretz Stile Antico Harm Mundi 807595
17:57:00 00:02:41 Reynaldo Hahn Danse from Piano Concerto BBC Scottish Symphony Jean-Yves Ossonce Stephen Coombs, piano Hyperion 66897
BBC NEWS; DINNER CLASSICS WITH BILL O'CONNELL
18:09:00 00:14:24 Moritz Moszkowski Don Juan and Faust: Airs de ballet Op 56 Martin West San Francisco Ballet Orchestra Reference 138
18:25:00 00:04:00 Richard Heuberger Der Opernball: Im chambre séparée Prague Philharmonia Emmanuel Villaume Anna Netrebko, soprano; Piotr Beczala, tenor DeutGram 12217
18:31:00 00:03:25 Joseph Hellmesberger Jr The Pearl of Iberia: Gypsy Dance Franz Welser-Möst Vienna Philharmonic Decca 4782601
18:37:00 00:15:19 Jules Massenet Suite No. 4 'Picturesque Scenes' Jean-Yves Ossonce New Zealand Symphony Naxos 553125
18:54:00 00:04:40 Peter Tchaikovsky Suite No. 1: Gavotte Op 43 Sir Neville Marriner Stuttgart Radio Symphony Capriccio 10227
KEYBANK SYMPHONY AT SEVEN WITH JOHN SIMNA
19:02:00 00:12:00 Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach String Symphony in A major Rebecca Miller Orch of Age of Enlightenment Signum 395
19:16:00 00:39:40 Peter Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 in F minor Op 36 Pierre Monteux Boston Symphony Orchestra RCA 300350
ESSENTIAL CLASSICS WITH JOHN SIMNA
20:02:00 00:07:17 Daniel Auber The Bronze Horse: Overture Yan Pascal Tortelier BBC Philharmonic Chandos 9765
20:11:00 00:07:02 Frédéric Chopin Polonaise No. 6 in A flat major Op 53 Maurizio Pollini, piano DeutGram 4793449
20:20:00 00:35:39 Antonín Dvorák Symphony No. 8 in G major Op 88 Rafael Kubelik Berlin Philharmonic DeutGram 4795448
20:55:00 00:03:14 Frank Bridge Cherry Ripe William Boughton English String Orchestra Nimbus 5366
21:00:00 MILWAUKEE SYMPHONY with Lori Skelton - Edo de Waart; Francesco Lecce-Chong, conductors
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Opus 27 (1908)
Samuel Barber: Essay No. 1, Opus 12 (1942)
Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1 in F minor, Opus 10 (1925)
SHH! QUIET HOUR WITH JOHN SIMNA
23:02:00 00:04:33 Ambroise Thomas Mignon: Connais-tu le pays? Prague Philharmonic Orchestra Charles Olivieri-Munroe Sol Gabetta, cello RCA 735962
23:06:00 00:10:12 Georges Bizet Adagio from Symphony No. 1 in C major Martin West San Francisco Ballet Orchestra Reference 131
23:19:00 00:04:36 Frédéric Chopin Nocturne No. 9 in B major Op 32 Arthur Rubinstein, piano RCA 300350
23:23:00 00:13:44 Franz Schubert Adagio from String Quintet Cypress String Quartet Gary Hoffman, cello Avie 2307
23:39:00 00:04:37 Alexander Glazunov Ballet Scenes: Pas d'action Op 52 Edo de Waart Minnesota Orchestra Telarc 80347
23:43:00 00:10:34 Peter Tchaikovsky Sérénade mélancolique Op 26 Odense Symphony Alexander Vedernikov Jennifer Koh, violin Cedille 166
23:55:00 00:04:22 Johann Sebastian Bach English Suite No. 3: Sarabande Margarita Shevchenko, piano CIPC 96523
23:56:00 00:02:53 Richard Wagner Tannhäuser: Song to the Evening Star Metropolitan Opera Orchestra James Levine Bryn Terfel, baritone DeutGram 4795448