Program Guide 10-31-2016

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October 31

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1806 Louise Talma – American composer (d.1896); first woman to receive two Guggenheim Fellowships and to be elected to the National Institute of Arts and Letters; also the first American woman to have a full-scale opera performed in Germany and the first American to teach at Fontainebleau.

1866 premiere of Jacques Offenbach's operetta La vie parisienne (Parisian life) at the Théâtre du Palais Royal; the composer's first full-length piece to portray contemporary Parisian life, unlike his earlier period pieces and mythological subjects, and became one of his most popular operettas.

1875 premiere of Camille Saint-Saëns's Piano Concerto No. 4 in Paris at a concert with the composer as soloist and the orchestra led by Edouard Colonne; it’s the composer's most structurally innovative piano concerto and second in popularity to the Piano Concerto No. 2.

1887 first performance of Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov's Capriccio espagnole in St. Petersburg with Richard Strauss conducting; the composer wrote, "The opinion formed by both critics and the public, that the Capriccio is a magnificently orchestrated piece — is wrong. The Capriccio is a brilliant composition for the orchestra. The change of timbres, the felicitous choice of melodic designs and figuration patterns, exactly suiting each kind of instrument, brief virtuoso cadenzas for instruments solo, the rhythm of the percussion instruments, etc., constitute here the very essence of the composition and not its garb or orchestration."

1891 premiere of Pietro Mascagni's opera L'amico Fritz at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome; enjoyed some success in its day but is not staged nearly as often as Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana.

1932 first performance of Sergei Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 5 by the Berlin Philharmonic, Wilhelm Furtwängler conducting and the composer as soloist; original title was Music for Piano and Orchestra.

1949 Odaline de la Martinez – Cuban-American composer and conductor (70 years old); artistic director of Lontano, a London-based contemporary music ensemble which she co-founded in 1976.

1955 first performance of Alan Hovhaness's Symphony No. 2 'Mysterious Mountain' by Leopold Stokowski in his debut with the Houston Symphony; the work is notable for a pervasive sense of spiritual serenity and it is the composer's best-known work.

Recording of the Week

Danse Macabre (October)

Oct. 1, 2016

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Program Guide

00:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Robin Grier

00:02:00 00:19:12 Luigi Boccherini Symphony No. 6 in D minor Op 12
Giovanni Antonini Il Giardino Armonico, Milano Naïve 30399

00:23:00 00:19:30 Alan Hovhaness Symphony No. 2 Op 132
Gerard Schwarz Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Telarc 80604

00:44:00 00:28:17 Franz Schubert Symphony No. 5 in B flat major
Karl Böhm Vienna Philharmonic DeutGram 4793449

01:14:00 00:27:20 Darius Milhaud Symphonie No. 1 Op 210
Michel Plasson Orch du Capitole de Toulouse DeutGram 435437

01:43:00 00:32:19 Felix Mendelssohn Die erste Walpurgisnacht Op 60
Cleveland Orchestra Christoph von Dohnányi Christine Cairns, mezzo; Jon Garrison, tenor; Tom Krause, baritone; Jeffrey Wells, baritone; Cleveland Orchestra Chorus Telarc 80184

02:17:00 01:14:47 Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 7 in E minor
Pierre Boulez Cleveland Orchestra DeutGram 447756

03:34:00 00:26:25 Franz Joseph Haydn String Quartet No. 27 in D major Op 20
Angeles Quartet Decca 4783695

04:02:00 00:20:37 Maurice Ravel Gaspard de la nuit
Benjamin Grosvenor, piano Decca 16421

04:24:00 00:54:30 Hector Berlioz Symphonie fantastique Op 14
Christoph von Dohnányi Cleveland Orchestra Decca 430201

05:21:00 00:05:12 Antonio Bazzini La Ronde des lutins Op 25
Gil Shaham, violin; Jonathan Feldman, piano DeutGram 463483

05:28:00 00:15:02 Ottorino Respighi Ballad of the Gnomes
Geoffrey Simon Philharmonia Orchestra Cala 4028

05:49:00 00:06:41 Gabriel Fauré Cantique de Jean Racine Op 11
City of London Sinfonia John Rutter Cambridge Singers Collegium 109

05:58:00 00:01:11 François Casadesus London Sketches: Children Play
Robert J. Ambrose Atlanta Chamber Winds Albany 1127

06:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Jacqueline Gerber

06:07:00 00:04:38 Camille Saint-Saëns Danse macabre Op 40
Salut Salon Warner 554295

06:15:00 00:08:35 Joachim Raff Allegro from Octet for Strings Op 176
Academy Chamber Ensemble Chandos 8790

06:25:00 00:03:02 Franz Liszt Mephisto Waltz No. 4
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano EMI 57002

06:29:00 00:05:51 Johann Christian Bach Zanaida: Overture
Anthony Halstead Hanover Band CPO 999488

06:40:00 00:09:40 Paul Dukas The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Yuja Wang, piano DeutGram 16606

06:51:00 00:02:30 Orlande de Lassus Matona mia cara
King's Singers EMI 63052

06:54:00 00:02:28 Johann Sebastian Bach Finale from Brandenburg Concerto No. 2
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Riccardo Chailly Julian Sommerhalder, trumpet Decca 139230

06:55:00 00:03:25 Abe Holzmann March "Blaze Away!"
Loras John Schissel Virginia Grand Military Band WalkFrog 430

07:05:00 00:07:23 Camille Saint-Saëns Danse macabre Op 40
Kent Nagano Montreal Symphony Decca 4830396

07:14:00 00:04:36 Tomaso Albinoni Concerto for Strings in B flat major Op 5
Simon Standage Collegium Musicum 90 Chandos 663

07:19:00 00:04:22 Johannes Brahms Finale from Cello Sonata No. 2 Op 99
Mstislav Rostropovich, cello; Rudolf Serkin, piano DeutGram 4793449

07:25:00 00:03:22 Sir Charles Hubert H. Parry An English Suite: Frolic
William Boughton English String Orchestra Nimbus 5366

07:40:00 00:06:19 George Frideric Handel Dixit Dominus: Gloria Patri et filio
Apollo's Fire Jeannette Sorrell Apollo's Singers Avie 2270

07:42:00 00:08:21 Gustav Holst The Planets: Jupiter Op 32
Sir Andrew Davis BBC Philharmonic Chandos 5086

07:52:00 00:03:07 George Gershwin Porgy and Bess: Tempo di Blues Opus Two
William Terwilliger, violin; Andrew Cooperstock, piano Azica 71290

07:56:00 00:03:07 Scott Joplin Maple Leaf Rag
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Erich Kunzel William Tritt, piano Telarc 80112

08:07:00 00:05:53 Franz Joseph Haydn Presto from Symphony No. 67
Nicholas McGegan Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra PhiBaroque 8

08:14:00 00:02:33 Camille Saint-Saëns Chanson 'Danse macabre' Op 40
François Le Roux, baritone; Graham Johnson, piano Hyperion 66856

08:18:00 00:08:24 Ludwig van Beethoven Allegretto from Symphony No. 7 Op 92
Manfred Honeck Pittsburgh Symphony Reference 718

08:30:00 00:04:09 Edvard Grieg Holberg Suite: Rigaudon Op 40
Conrad van Alphen Rotterdam Chamber Orchestra Telarc 80623

08:40:00 00:05:10 Sir Edward German Men of Harlech from 'Welsh Rhapsody'
Andrew Penny National Symphony of Ireland MarcoPolo 223726

08:45:00 00:04:46 Sergei Rachmaninoff Aleko: Men's Dance
Paavo Järvi Cincinnati Symphony Telarc 80670

08:51:00 00:02:25 Edvard Grieg Peer Gynt: In the Hall of the Mountain
George Szell Cleveland Orchestra CBS/Sony 488

08:55:00 00:04:14 Leonard Bernstein West Side Story: One Hand, One Heart
BBC Symphony Orchestra Patrick Summers Ailyn Pérez, soprano; Stephen Costello, tenor Warner 633485

09:05:00 00:15:41 Franz Liszt Totentanz
BBC Philharmonic Leo Hussain Martin Roscoe, piano BBC 336

09:27:00 00:05:12 Antonio Bazzini La Ronde des lutins Op 25
Gil Shaham, violin; Jonathan Feldman, piano DeutGram 463483

09:40:00 00:02:49 Camille Saint-Saëns Chanson 'Danse macabre' Op 40
London Philharmonic Geoffrey Simon Anthony Roden, tenor; Stephanie Chase, violin Cala 4031

09:55:00 00:03:49 Dieterich Buxtehude Fugue in G major
Alan Feinberg, piano Steinway 30034

10:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Mark Satola

10:02:00 00:03:41 Giacomo Puccini Le Villi: The Witches' Sabbath
Riccardo Muti La Scala Philharmonic Sony 63025

10:06:00 00:02:32 Edward MacDowell Hexentanz Op 17
Alan Feinberg, piano Argo 436121

10:10:00 00:13:23 Frederick Delius Over the Hills and Far Away
David Lloyd-Jones English Northern Philharmonia Naxos 553535

10:25:00 00:04:25 André Grétry Céphale et Procris: Menuetto
Stefan Sanderling Orchestre de Bretagne ASV 1095

10:32:00 00:03:53 Sir Arnold Bax The Poisoned Fountain
Joshua Pierce, piano; Dorothy Jonas, piano MSR 1260

10:39:00 00:06:07 George W. Chadwick Symphonic Sketches: Hobgoblin
Neeme Järvi Detroit Symphony Chandos 9334

10:46:00 00:07:23 Camille Saint-Saëns Danse macabre Op 40
Kent Nagano Montreal Symphony Decca 4830396

10:56:00 00:27:23 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 25 in G minor
Nikolaus Harnoncourt Vienna Concentus Musicus DHM 75736

11:25:00 00:11:30 Modest Mussorgsky St. John's Night on the Bare Mountain
Berlin Philharmonic Claudio Abbado Anatoli Kotscherga, bass; Berlin Radio Choir; South Tyrol Children's Choir Sony 62034

11:39:00 00:09:07 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Rondo in A minor
Alexander Schimpf, piano Genuin 10181

11:52:00 00:08:16 Bernard Herrmann A Portrait of Hitch
Bernard Herrmann London Philharmonic Decca 443895

12:07:00 00:10:40 Paul Dukas The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Kent Nagano Montreal Symphony Decca 4830396

12:20:00 00:07:58 Richard Wagner Die Walküre: Magic Fire Music
José Serebrier Bournemouth Symphony Naxos 570293

12:29:00 00:03:38 Pietro Mascagni L'amico Fritz: Preludietto
Myung-Whun Chung St Cecilia Academy Orchestra DeutGram 471566

12:36:00 00:05:55 Franz Schubert The Friends from Salamanka: Overture
Manfred Huss Haydn Sinfonietta, Vienna Koch Intl 1121

12:44:00 00:09:17 Mikhail Glinka Spanish Overture No. 1
Sir Charles Mackerras London Symphony Mercury 434352

12:55:00 00:02:51 Richard Rodgers Mountain Greenery
Richard Rodgers, piano Harbinger 2501

13:00 THE BIG WORK AT ONE

13:00:00 00:35:28 Alexander Borodin Symphony No. 1 in E flat major
Valéry Gergiev Rotterdam Philharmonic Philips 422996

13:37:00 00:21:18 Emil von Reznícek Serenade for Strings in G major
Jiri Starek Deutsches Symphonie Berlin Schwann 311128

13:59:00 00:01:35 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Contradance 'The Hero Coburg's
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra DeutGram 429783

14:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Mark Satola

14:01:00 00:03:57 Reinhold Glière The Red Poppy: Heroic Coolie Dance
Zdenek Mácal New Jersey Symphony Delos 3178

14:06:00 00:15:43 Bernard Herrmann Psycho: A Narrative for Orchestra
John Mauceri Danish National Symphony Toccata 241

14:26:00 00:11:09 Alexandre Luigini Ballet égyptien: Part 1 Op 12
Richard Bonynge London Symphony Decca 433864

14:41:00 00:12:10 Dmitri Shostakovich Finale from Symphony No. 5 Op 47
Andris Nelsons Boston Symphony Orchestra DeutGram 4795201

14:54:00 00:04:37 Franz Schubert Marche militaire No. 1 in D major
Evgeny Kissin, piano; James Levine, piano RCA 69282

15:01:00 00:15:02 Ottorino Respighi Ballad of the Gnomes
Geoffrey Simon Philharmonia Orchestra Cala 4028

15:18:00 00:10:06 Tomaso Albinoni Oboe Concerto in G minor Op 9
London Virtuosi John Georgiadis Anthony Camden, oboe Naxos 550739

15:33:00 00:03:36 Marius Constant Twilight Zone: Theme & Variations
John Williams Boston Pops Orchestra Philips 411185

15:40:00 00:04:18 Charles Gounod Funeral March of a Marionette
Ronald Corp New London Orchestra Hyperion 66998

15:47:00 00:08:22 Franz Schubert The Devil's Pleasure Palace: Overture
Manfred Huss Haydn Sinfonietta, Vienna Koch Intl 1121

16:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Bill O’Connell; COMPOSERS DATEBOOK with John Zech

15:58:00 00:04:40 Marc-André Hamelin Etude No. 8 in B flat minor
Marc-André Hamelin, piano Hyperion 67789

16:07:00 00:01:54 Charles Gounod Faust: Le veau d'or
Dresden State Orchestra Sebastian Weigle René Pape, bass; Dresden State Opera Chorus DeutGram 4776408

16:12:00 00:14:55 Antonín Dvorák The Noonday Witch Op 108
Kent Nagano Montreal Symphony Decca 4830396

16:30:00 00:05:38 John Williams Dracula: Night Journeys
Hollywood Bowl Orchestra John Mauceri Los Angeles Master Chorale Philips 442425

16:38:00 00:01:08 Johann Sebastian Bach Two-Part Invention No. 13 in A minor
Angela Hewitt, piano Hyperion 66746

16:41:00 00:07:20 Franz Waxman The Bride of Frankenstein: Creation
Charles Gerhardt National Philharmonic RCA 81265

16:52:00 00:03:26 Anatoly Liadov Baba-Yaga Op 56
Mikhail Pletnev Russian National Orchestra DeutGram 447084

16:56:00 00:02:51 Franz Liszt Two Concert Etudes: Gnomenreigen
Murray Perahia, piano Sony 63380

17:05:00 00:05:21 Paul Ferguson Solstice Suite: Remains of the Day
Almeda Trio Albany 1386

17:26:00 00:08:16 Sir Malcolm Arnold Overture 'Tam O'Shanter' Op 51
Vernon Handley Royal Philharmonic Conifer 16847

17:40:00 00:04:20 Franz Schubert Erlkönig
Bryn Terfel, baritone; Malcolm Martineau, piano DeutGram 445294

17:46:00 00:04:14 Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst Grand Caprice on Schubert's 'Erlkönig' Op 26
Shannon Lee, violin Telarc 80695

17:52:00 00:03:21 Jerry Goldsmith The Omen: Main Title
Hollywood Bowl Orchestra John Mauceri Los Angeles Master Chorale Philips 442425

17:56:00 00:02:33 Charles Gounod Faust: Mephistopheles' Serenade 'Vous qui faites l'endormie'
Orch of Valencian Community Riccardo Frizza Erwin Schrott, baritone Decca 11838

18:00 DINNER CLASSICS

18:09:00 00:13:50 César Franck Le Chasseur maudit
Jesús López-Cobos Cincinnati Symphony Telarc 80247

18:25:00 00:10:40 Paul Dukas The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Kent Nagano Montreal Symphony Decca 4830396

18:38:00 00:02:32 Charles Ives Hallowe'en
Montreal Symphony Kent Nagano Members of Decca 4830396

18:42:00 00:10:36 Hamish MacCunn The Ship o' the Fiend Op 5
Martyn Brabbins BBC Scottish Symphony BBC 392

18:56:00 00:03:18 Edvard Grieg Lyric Suite: March of the Trolls Op 54
Neeme Järvi Gothenburg Symphony DeutGram 437524

19:00 SYMPHONY AT SEVEN with John Simna

19:02:00 00:22:05 Mily Balakirev Tamara
Kent Nagano Montreal Symphony Decca 4830396

19:26:00 00:29:40 Robert Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor Op 54
St Cecilia Academy Orchestra Antonio Pappano Jan Lisiecki, piano DeutGram 4795327

19:57:00 00:02:04 Johannes Brahms Sapphische Ode Op 94
Zuill Bailey, cello; Awadagin Pratt, piano Telarc 32664

20:00 WCLV ESSENTIAL CLASSICS

20:02:00 00:11:51 Modest Mussorgsky A Night on Bald Mountain
Kent Nagano Montreal Symphony Decca 4830396

20:16:00 00:16:17 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio espagnol Op 34
Gerard Schwarz Seattle Symphony Naxos 572788

20:34:00 00:22:15 Peter Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker: Suite Op 71
Steven Richman Harmonie Ensemble New York Harm Mundi 907493

21:00 THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC THIS WEEK with Alec Baldwin

Alan Gilbert, conductor
Yefim Bronfman, piano

Peter Tchaikovsky: Polonaise from Eugene Onegin

Sergei Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2 in g-minor, Op. 16

Sergei Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 in e-minor, Op. 27

23:00 QUIET HOUR

23:02:00 00:08:16 Antonín Dvorák Andante from String Quintet No. 2 Op 77
Chamber Music Soc Linc Center Delos 3152

23:10:00 00:06:44 Edvard Grieg Adagio from Piano Concerto Op 16
Norwegian Radio Orchestra Miguel Harth-Bedoya Vadym Kholodenko, piano Harm Mundi 907629

23:19:00 00:06:21 Claude Debussy Images, Book 1: Hommage à Rameau
Simon Trpceski, piano EMI 272

23:25:00 00:05:26 Maurice Ravel Le gibet from 'Gaspard de la nuit'
Benjamin Grosvenor, piano Decca 16421

23:33:00 00:06:46 Franz Joseph Haydn Largo from String Quartet No. 64 Op 76
Carmina Quartet Denon 78963

23:39:00 00:14:58 Ludwig van Beethoven Adagio from Symphony No. 9 Op 125
Robert Shaw Atlanta Symphony Orchestra ASO Media 1007

23:56:00 00:02:47 Claude Debussy Children's Corner: The Little Shepherd
Yoav Talmi Quebec Symphony Orchestra Atma 2377

23:56:00 00:03:01 Jules Massenet Impromptu "Eau dormant"
Aldo Ciccolini, piano EMI 64277