Program Guide 12-12-2016
Almanac
December 12
1887 Kurt Atterberg – Swedish composer (d.1974); for the 100th anniversary of the death of Schubert in 1928, the Columbia Graphophone Company sponsored a worldwide symphony competition in which composers had to write a symphony completing, or inspired by, Schubert's ‘Unfinished’ Symphony and Atterberg’s Symphony No. 6 Op 31 was awarded first prize, winning $10,000; after WWII, ostracized by his fellow Swedish composers because of alleged—but never proven—Nazi sympathies.
1907 Roy Douglas – British composer and arranger (d. 3/13/15); one-time musical assistant to Ralph Vaughan Williams, William Walton and Richard Addinsell; made orchestrations of piano pieces by Chopin for the ballet Les Sylphides and of Addinsell’s Warsaw Concerto.
1929 first concert performance of Constant Lambert’s Rio Grande for alto, choir, piano, brass, strings and percussion, in Manchester, England with Sir Hamilton Harty as piano soloist, and the composer conducting the Hallé Orchestra; an example of symphonic jazz, in the style of George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue; the first-ever performance was a BBC Radio broadcast on February 27, 1928.
1960 Jaap van Zweden Dutch conductor and violinist (58 years old). At 18, he became Concertmaster of the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra, a position he held until 1995; he became a conductor after Leonard Bernstein invited him to lead an orchestra rehearsal in Berlin. He has begun his tenure as Music Director of the New York Philharmonic with the 2018-2019 season.
2001 first performance of Henry Brant’s Ice Field, by the San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas conducting; awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 2002.
Recording of the Week
Program Guide
00:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Angela Mitchell
00:02:00 00:33:18 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Divertimento No. 10 in F major
Vienna Chamber Ensemble Denon 9883
00:37:00 00:42:18 Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 29 in B flat major Op 106
Karl Lo, piano Brioso 152
01:25:00 00:19:01 Sir George Dyson Children's Suite after Walter de la Mare
Richard Hickox City of London Sinfonia Chandos 9369
01:47:00 00:42:18 Jean Sibelius Symphony No. 2 in D major Op 43
George Szell Cleveland Orchestra MAA 10603
02:33:00 00:14:24 Constant Lambert The Rio Grande
BBC Concert Orchestra Barry Wordsworth Kathryn Stott, piano; Della Jones, mezzo-soprano; BBC Singers Argo 436118
02:50:00 00:43:10 Richard Strauss Sinfonia domestica Op 53
David Zinman Zürich Tonhalle Orchestra ArteNova 98495
03:36:00 00:32:18 Various 'Celebration' - Christmas Fanfares,
Fanfare Tpts, Welsh Guards John Hugh Thomas BBC National Chorus of Wales; Huw Tregelles Williams, organ; Aled Jones, narrator Nimbus 5310
04:12:00 00:52:25 Sir Arthur Bliss Checkmate
David Lloyd-Jones Royal Scottish Nat'l Orch Naxos 557641
05:07:00 00:17:03 Domenico Cimarosa Concertante in G major
Academy St. Martin in Fields Kenneth Sillito Aurèle Nicolet, flute; Heinz Holliger, oboe Philips 4788977
05:27:00 00:12:03 Ottorino Respighi Pastorale afterTartini in C major
National Arts Centre Orchestra Pinchas Zukerman Pinchas Zukerman, violin Analekta 8783
05:42:00 00:09:02 Franz Schubert Twelve Waltzes
Vassily Primakov, piano Bridge 9327
05:53:00 00:06:13 Johann David Heinichen Pastorale in A major
Cologne Musica Antiqua Reinhard Goebel Susanne Regel, oboe; Monika Nielen, oboe Archiv 447644
06:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Bill O'Connell
06:07:00 00:03:17 Ralph Vaughan Williams The Oxen from 'Hodie'
London Symphony Richard Hickox Stephen Roberts, baritone EMI 54128
06:15:00 00:08:22 Engelbert Humperdinck Hansel and Gretel: Dream Pantomime
Robert Porco Cleveland Orchestra MAA 2011
06:25:00 00:05:06 Simon Wills A Prelude & Fugue for Christmas
Burning River Brass BurnRiver 2004
06:30:00 00:04:07 Peter Tchaikovsky The Seasons: December Op 37
Richard Bonynge London Symphony DeutGram 469376
06:40:00 00:07:54 Richard Strauss Second Waltz Sequence from 'Der Rosenkavalier'
Herbert Blomstedt Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Decca 4645
06:50:00 00:06:09 Johann Sebastian Bach Cantata No.191: Chorus 'Gloria in excelsis Deo'
Bethlehem Bach Festival Orch Greg Funfgeld Bach Choir of Bethlehem Analekta 9873
06:55:00 00:03:12 Rudolph Ganz St. Louis Symphony March
Leonard Slatkin St. Louis Symphony RCA 7716
07:05:00 00:05:15 John Foster While shepherds watched their flocks
Taverner Players Andrew Parrott Taverner Choir EMI 54529
07:15:00 00:04:17 Leon Jessel Parade of the Wooden Soldiers
John Morris Russell Cincinnati Pops Orchestra FanfareCin 1
07:20:00 00:03:16 Pietro Mascagni Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo
Massimo La Rosa, trombone; Elizabeth DeMio, piano 5/4 Prods 2010
07:24:00 00:05:20 Traditional Quelle est cette odeur agréable?
Ross Duffin Quire Cleveland Quire 102
07:30:00 00:04:11 Franz Schubert Ave Maria
Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Kathryn Stott, piano Sony 510316
07:40:00 00:08:09 Girolamo Frescobaldi Aria detto Balletto
Eliot Fisk, guitar MusicMast 67130
07:50:00 00:05:15 Traditional The First Nowell
Fanfare Tpts, Welsh Guards John Hugh Thomas Huw Tregelles Williams, organ; BBC National Chorus of Wales Nimbus 5310
07:58:00 00:01:18 Traditional Wassail Song 'Here we come a-wassailing'
Robert Shaw Robert Shaw Chamber Singers Telarc 80377
08:07:00 00:06:54 Michel Corrette Symphonie des noëls No. 2 in D major
Arion Baroque Orchestra early-mus 7768
08:15:00 00:07:16 Ralph Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Christmas Carols
Cleveland Orchestra Robert Porco Todd Boyce, baritone; Cleveland Orchestra Chorus MAA 2005
08:30:00 00:05:42 Edvard Grieg Norwegian Dance No. 4 Op 35
Petri Sakari Iceland Symphony Chandos 9028
08:40:00 00:06:59 John Amner O Ye Little Flock
Stile Antico Fretwork Harm Mundi 807544
08:51:00 00:03:40 Frédéric Chopin Etude No. 3 in E major Op 10
Maurizio Pollini, piano DeutGram 4793449
08:57:00 00:02:44 Ottorino Respighi The Birds: The Hen
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra DeutGram 437533
09:05:00 00:16:25 Randol Alan Bass A Feast of Carols
National Symphony Orchestra Randol Alan Bass Tallis Chamber Choir Kodanja 2003
09:25:00 00:05:07 Traditional Suo gân Orchestra of Temple Square
Mack Wilberg Mormon Tabernacle Choir IntReserve 2009
09:35:00 00:05:06 Carl Stamitz Rondo from Cello Concerto No. 1
Prague Chamber Orchestra Christian Benda Christian Benda, cello Naxos 550865
09:39:00 00:12:11 Various "Songs of Angels" Pt. 1
Robert Shaw Robert Shaw Chamber Singers Telarc 80377
09:52:00 00:04:42 Roger Harvey Fantasy de Noël
Burning River Brass BurnRiver 2008
10:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Mark Satola
10:00:00 00:03:49 Johann Sebastian Bach Orchestral Suite No. 3: Gavotte
Pinchas Zukerman National Arts Centre Orchestra Analekta 8783
10:05:00 00:03:32 Georg Philipp Telemann Finale from Viola Concerto in G major
National Arts Centre Orchestra Pinchas Zukerman Pinchas Zukerman, viola Analekta 8783
10:11:00 00:11:39 Peter Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker: Act 2 Divertissement
Antal Doráti Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Philips 4788977
10:25:00 00:06:30 Michael Torke Run
Yoel Levi Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Ecstatic 92203
10:33:00 00:03:33 Franz Liszt Schubert Song 'Frühlingsglaube'
Christopher O'Riley, piano Oxingale 2020
10:41:00 00:05:45 Frederick Delius Winter Night 'Sleigh Ride'
John Rutter Royal Philharmonic Collegium 133
10:51:00 00:26:07 Vincent d'Indy Symphony on a French Mountain Air Op 25
National Symphony of Ireland Antonio de Almeida François-Joël Thiollier, piano Naxos 550754
11:19:00 00:06:01 Ernest Bloch Baal Shem: Nigun
Gil Shaham, violin; Orli Shaham, piano Canary 10
11:25 A CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA CHRISTMAS
11:25:00 00:03:28 Traditional God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
Cleveland Orchestra Gareth Morrell Cleveland Orchestra Chorus MAA 1993
11:28:00 00:02:02 Traditional Angels We Have Heard on High
Robert Page Cleveland Orchestra Chorus MAA 1999
11:30:00 00:03:36 Georges Bizet L'Arlésienne Suite No. 2: Farandole
Robert Porco Cleveland Orchestra MAA 2005
11:34:00 00:03:25 Lewis Redner O Little Town of Bethlehem
Cleveland Orchestra Gareth Morrell Cleveland Orchestra Chorus MAA 1996
11:37:00 00:01:23 Anonymous Spiritual 'Ain'ta That Good News!'
Robert Page Cleveland Orchestra Chorus MAA 1999
11:41:00 00:02:17 William J. Kirkpatrick Away in a Manger
Gareth Morrell Cleveland Orchestra Chorus MAA 1996
11:43:00 00:03:26 Peter Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker: Arabian Dance
Lorin Maazel Cleveland Orchestra Telarc 80068
11:46:00 00:04:01 Bob Chilcott Mid-winter
Cleveland Orchestra Gareth Morrell Cleve Orch Children's Chorus MAA 1996
11:50:00 00:02:05 Lowell Mason Joy to the World
Cleveland Orchestra Robert Page Cleveland Orchestra Chorus MAA 1999
12:00pm BBC NEWS; CLASSICAL MUSIC with Mark Satola
12:07:00 00:08:21 Frédéric Chopin Polonaise No. 1 in C sharp minor Op 26
Maurizio Pollini, piano DeutGram 4793449
12:15:00 00:08:51 Georg Philipp Telemann Concerto Polonois in G major
Jeannette Sorrell Apollo's Fire Koch Intl 7576
12:24:00 00:03:49 Johann Sebastian Bach Orchestral Suite No. 3: Gavotte
Pinchas Zukerman National Arts Centre Orchestra Analekta 8783
12:28:00 00:05:01 Heitor Villa-Lobos Brazilian Suite: Gavotta-Choro
Kristo Käo, guitar Kitarrikoo 2008
12:58:00 00:01:28 Alexander Scriabin Prelude in B major Op 11
Yuja Wang, piano DeutGram 16606
13:00 THE BIG WORK AT ONE
13:01:00 00:34:22 Peter Tchaikovsky String Sextet in D minor Op 70
Emerson String Quartet Paul Neubauer, viola; Colin Carr, cello Sony 547060
13:37:00 00:21:40 Louis Théodore Gouvy Fantaisie symphonique in G minor Op 59
Jacques Mercier German Radio Philharmonic CPO 777382
14:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Mark Satola
14:00:00 00:01:45 Traditional My Dancing Day
Noel Edison Elora Festival Singers Naxos 573421
14:02:00 00:01:48 Traditional The Cherry Tree Carol
John Rutter Cambridge Singers Collegium 106
14:06:00 00:12:08 Kurt Atterberg Suite No. 3 for Violin, Viola & Strings Op 19
Swedish Chamber Orchestra Petter Sundkvist Sara Tröback, violin; Johanna Persson, viola Naxos 553715
14:20:00 00:08:53 Ludwig van Beethoven Leonore Overture No. 1 Op 138
Daniel Harding German Chamber Philharmonic VirginClas 45364
14:41:00 00:09:10 Gaetano Maria Schiassi Sinfonia Pastorale in D major
Alun Francis Northwest Chamber Orch Helios 88028
14:52:00 00:06:00 Claude Debussy L'isle joyeuse
Alexander Schimpf, piano Oehms 1820
15:00:00 00:15:08 Johann Sebastian Bach Concerto for Oboe & Violin in C minor
National Arts Centre Orchestra Pinchas Zukerman Charles Hamann, oboe; Pinchas Zukerman, violin Analekta 8783
15:18:00 00:09:18 Henry Cowell Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 10
Manhattan Chamber Orchestra Richard Auldon Clark Bert Lucarelli, oboe Koch Intl 7282
15:29:00 00:03:35 Sergei Prokofiev The Stone Flower: Waltz Op 118
Neeme Järvi Royal Scottish Nat'l Orch Chandos 10481
15:37:00 00:04:33 Dmitri Kabalevsky Colas Breugnon: Overture
Eiji Oue Minnesota Orchestra Reference 92
15:45:00 00:09:06 Franz Liszt Venezia e Napoli: Tarantella
Benjamin Grosvenor, piano Decca 4830255
15:55:00 00:01:43 John Philip Sousa March 'The Circumnavigators Club'
Keith Brion Central Band of the RAF Naxos 559730
16:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Bill O’Connell; COMPOSERS DATEBOOK with John Zech: Ravel and Zaimont
15:58:00 00:05:03 Peter Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker: Final Waltz & Apotheosis
Antal Doráti Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Philips 4788977
16:04:00 00:02:44 Peter Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker: Mother Ginger
Seiji Ozawa Boston Symphony Orchestra DeutGram 435619
16:10:00 00:13:05 Georg Philipp Telemann Viola Concerto in G major
National Arts Centre Orchestra Pinchas Zukerman Pinchas Zukerman, viola Analekta 8783
16:28:00 00:06:24 John Williams The Force Awakens: Main Title & Attack
John Williams Symphony Orchestra Disney 21772
16:36:00 00:03:44 Camille Saint-Saëns Gavotte & Finale from Septet Op 65
Ensemble Vivant OpeningDay 9379
16:42:00 00:07:30 Newell H. Long 'Twas the Night Before Christmas
Fennell Symphonic Winds Frederick Fennell Robert Conrad, narrator ELF 991018
16:52:00 00:03:10 George Frideric Handel Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Pinchas Zukerman National Arts Centre Orchestra Analekta 8783
16:56:00 00:02:41 Giuseppe Verdi Il trovatore: Anvil Chorus 'Vedi! Le fosche'
Berlin German Opera Orchestra Giuseppe Sinopoli Chorus of Berlin German Opera DeutGram 4795448
17:04:00 00:05:36 Giuseppe Torelli Concerto Grosso in G minor Op 8
La Pietà Angèle Dubeau Angèle Dubeau, violin Analekta 8730
17:12:00 00:11:33 Leroy Anderson Suite of Carols for Brass
Leonard Slatkin BBC Concert Orchestra Naxos 559357
17:26:00 00:07:15 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart The Magic Flute: Overture
Karl Böhm Berlin Philharmonic DeutGram 4793449
17:39:00 00:04:35 Felix Bernard Winter Wonderland
Petri Juutilainen Northern Lights Orch WSchatz 5
17:46:00 00:02:49 Joseph Beal & James Boothe Jingle Bell Rock
Chamber Ensemble Vienna Boys' Choir DeutGram 23692
17:52:00 00:02:58 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Rondo alla Turca from Sonata No. 11
Gothenburg Symphony Edward Gardner Alison Balsom, trumpet EMI 53255
17:54:00 00:04:45 Edvard Grieg Peer Gynt: Arabian Dance
Herbert Blomstedt San Francisco Symphony Decca 425857
18:00 DINNER CLASSICS
18:09:00 00:16:02 Peter Tchaikovsky Capriccio italien Op 45
Jaap van Zweden Dallas Symphony Orchestra DSO Live 2009
18:27:00 00:09:17 Antonio Vivaldi Concerto for Violin & Cello in B flat major
National Arts Centre Orchestra Pinchas Zukerman Pinchas Zukerman, violin; Amanda Forsyth, cello Analekta 8783
18:38:00 00:05:37 Johann Sebastian Bach Orchestral Suite No. 3: Air
Pinchas Zukerman National Arts Centre Orchestra Analekta 8783
18:46:00 00:06:41 Gustav Holst Choral Fantasy on Old Carols
Christmas Bay Brass A. David Krehbiel John Fenstermaker, organ Gothic 49120
18:54:00 00:04:57 Modest Mussorgsky Solemn March 'The Capture of Kars'
Jukka-Pekka Saraste Toronto Symphony Orchestra Finlandia 14911
19:00 SYMPHONY AT SEVEN with John Simna
19:02:00 00:23:14 E. J. Moeran Serenade in G major
JoAnn Falletta Ulster Orchestra Naxos 573034
19:27:00 00:28:16 Frédéric Chopin Les Sylphides
Richard Bonynge National Philharmonic Decca 433864
20:00 WCLV ESSENTIAL CLASSICS
20:02:00 00:08:10 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Horn Concerto No. 1 in D major
Scottish Chamber Orchestra Sir Charles Mackerras Eric Ruske, horn Telarc 80367
20:12:00 00:20:48 Johann Sebastian Bach Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major
Pinchas Zukerman National Arts Centre Orchestra Analekta 8783
20:35:00 00:22:17 Joaquín Rodrigo Fantasía para un gentilhombre
London Philharmonic Yannick Nézet-Séguin Milos Karadaglic, guitar DeutGram 20039
21:00 NIGHT MUSIC with Rob Grier; COMPOSERS DATEBOOK with John Zech: Ravel and Zaimont
21:03:00 00:14:24 Constant Lambert The Rio Grande
BBC Concert Orchestra Barry Wordsworth Kathryn Stott, piano; Della Jones, mezzo-soprano; BBC Singers Argo 436118
21:19:00 00:08:35 Ottorino Respighi Three Botticelli Pictures: Adoration of the Magi
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra DeutGram 437533
21:30:00 00:08:17 Alexander Borodin Nocturne from String Quartet No. 2
Neeme Järvi Gothenburg Symphony DeutGram 435757
21:39:00 00:07:22 Gabriel Fauré Nocturne No. 1 in E flat minor Op 33
Kathryn Stott, piano Hyperion 66911
21:48:00 00:29:01 Ralph Vaughan Williams Nativity Play 'The First Nowell'
City of London Sinfonia Richard Hickox Sarah Fox, soprano; Roderick Williams, baritone; Joyful Company of Singers Chandos 10385
22:20:00 00:20:28 Igor Stravinsky The Song of the Nightingale
Pierre Boulez Cleveland Orchestra DeutGram 471197
22:41:00 00:18:09 Franz Joseph Haydn String Quartet No. 53 in D major Op 64
Angeles Quartet Decca 4783695
23:00 QUIET HOUR
23:02:00 00:06:02 Johann Sebastian Bach Adagio from Concerto for Oboe & Violin
National Arts Centre Orchestra Pinchas Zukerman Charles Hamann, oboe; Pinchas Zukerman, violin Analekta 8783
23:08:00 00:08:08 Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Largo from Flute Concerto
CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra Peter Schreier Patrick Gallois, flute DeutGram 439895
23:18:00 00:09:43 John Cage In a Landscape
Yolanda Kondonassis, harp Azica 71281
23:27:00 00:07:06 Samuel Barber Andante from Cello Concerto Op 22
St. Louis Symphony Leonard Slatkin Steven Isserlis, cello RCA 68283
23:37:00 00:05:57 Alec Wilder Air for Flute
Manhattan Chamber Orchestra Richard Auldon Clark Eugenia Zukerman, flute Newport 85570
23:42:00 00:05:42 Ottorino Respighi Ancient Airs Suite No. 2: Aria
Jesús López-Cobos Lausanne Chamber Orchestra Telarc 80309
23:48:00 00:05:37 Johann Sebastian Bach Orchestral Suite No. 3: Air
Pinchas Zukerman National Arts Centre Orchestra Analekta 8783
23:56:00 00:02:50 Erik Satie Gymnopédie No. 3
Bruce Levingston, piano Sono Lumin 92148
23:56:00 00:02:35 Traditional The Coventry Carol
Richard Westenburg Musica Sacra DeutGram 445766
