Program Guide 12-13-2016
Almanac
December 13
1868 first performance of the Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No. 2 in Paris, conducted by Anton Rubinstein, with the composer as soloist; the work had been written in three weeks, and there was very little time to prepare for the premiere; the piece was not initially successful, but now it is Saint-Saëns’s most popular concerto.
1895 first complete performance of Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 ‘Resurrection’, by Berlin Philharmonic with the composer conducting; in the original program for the work (later withdrawn), the first movement represents a funeral and asks questions such as "Is there life after death?"; the second movement is a remembrance of happy times in the life of the deceased; the third movement presents a view of life as meaningless activity; the fourth movement is a wish for release from that life; and the fifth movement—after a return of the doubts of the third movement and the questions of the first—ends with a fervent hope for everlasting, transcendent renewal.
1913 premiere of Rachmaninoff’s choral symphonic poem The Bells in St. Petersburg with the composer conducting; text from the poem of the same name by Edgar Allan Poe, very freely translated into Russian by the symbolist poet Konstantin Balmont; one of the composer’s favorite works; dedicated to Dutch conductor Willem Mengelberg and the Concertgebouw Orchestra.
1928 first performance of George Gershwin's An American in Paris, at Carnegie Hall, by the New York Philharmonic, Walter Damrosch conducting; scored for a standard orchestra plus celesta, saxophones, and Parisian taxi horns which Gershwin had brought back from France; composer collaborated on the original program notes with critic and composer Deems Taylor: "My purpose here is to portray the impression of an American visitor in Paris as he strolls about the city and listens to various street noises and absorbs the French atmosphere."
Recording of the Week
Program Guide
00:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Angela Mitchell
00:02:00 00:19:17 Peter Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Semyon Bychkov Czech Philharmonic Decca 4830656
00:26:00 00:17:39 George Gershwin An American in Paris
Riccardo Chailly Cleveland Orchestra Decca 417326
00:47:00 00:38:26 Sergei Rachmaninoff The Bells Op 35
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Robert Shaw Renée Fleming, soprano; Karl Dent, tenor; Victor Ledbetter, baritone; Atlanta Symphony Chorus Telarc 80365
01:28:00 00:27:06 Ludwig van Beethoven Quintet for Piano & Winds in E flat major Op 16
Radu Lupu, piano; Han de Vries, oboe; George Pieterson, clarinet; Vicente Zarzo, horn; Brian Pollard, bassoon Decca 414291
01:59:00 01:20:46 Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 2 in C minor
London Symphony Sir Georg Solti Heather Harper, soprano; Helen Watts, alto; London Symphony Chorus Decca 4785437
03:22:00 00:23:44 Camille Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor Op 22
Norwegian Radio Orchestra Miguel Harth-Bedoya Vadym Kholodenko, piano Harm Mundi 907629
03:51:00 00:23:03 Franz Berwald Grand Septet in B flat major
Vienna Octet Decca 4785437
04:17:00 00:08:20 Ferdinand Hérold Zampa: Overture
Lance Friedel Royal Scottish Nat'l Orch Naxos 573418
04:32:00 00:44:36 Peter Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 in B minor Op 74
Semyon Bychkov Czech Philharmonic Decca 4830656
05:15:00 00:14:29 Arcangelo Corelli Concerto Grosso in G minor Op 6
Simon Standage Collegium Musicum 90 Chandos 634
05:35:00 00:04:01 Johannes Brahms Intermezzo in E minor Op 116
Stanislav Khristenko, piano Steinway 30032
05:37:00 00:14:00 Antonio Vivaldi Oboe Concerto in C major
New Brandenburg Collegium Anthony Newman Alex Klein, oboe Cedille 7003
05:54:00 00:05:37 Alan Hovhaness Prayer of Saint Gregory Op 62
I Fiamminghi Rudolf Werthen Benny Wiame, trumpet Telarc 80392
06:00 BBC NEWS; CLASSICAL MUSIC with Jacqueline Gerber
06:07:00 00:07:01 Franz Biebl Ave Maria
Cantus Cantus 1211
06:17:00 00:06:47 Antonio Vivaldi Concerto for 2 Flutes in C
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra Nicholas McGegan Janet See, flute; Stephen Schultz, flute Harm Mundi 905193
06:25:00 00:10:33 John Taverner Magnificat à 5
Joseph Jennings Chanticleer Teldec 81829
06:41:00 00:08:44 Antonín Dvorák Rondo in G minor Op 94
St Cecilia Academy Orchestra Antonio Pappano Han-Na Chang, cello EMI 82390
06:53:00 00:02:54 Traditional A Virgin Most Pure
Stephen Cleobury Choir King's College Cambridge King's Coll 1
06:57:00 00:03:51 Victor Herbert Babes in Toyland: March of the Toys
Robert Porco Cleveland Orchestra MAA 2011
07:05:00 00:04:48 Gustav Holst A Fugal Overture Op 40
Richard Hickox London Symphony Chandos 9420
07:13:00 00:09:07 Peter Tchaikovsky Scherzo from Symphony No. 6 Op 74
Semyon Bychkov Czech Philharmonic Decca 4830656
07:25:00 00:05:36 Walter Kent I'll Be Home for Christmas
Jerry Junkin Dallas Wind Symphony Reference 126
07:32:00 00:03:00 Gloria Shayne Baker Do You Hear What I Hear?
Cantus Cantus 1211
07:40:00 00:05:50 Antonio Vivaldi Concerto for Strings in C major
Shlomo Mintz Israel Chamber Orchestra MusicMast 67096
07:47:00 00:05:47 Johann Sebastian Bach Mass in b: Sanctus
Munich Bach Orchestra Karl Richter Munich Bach Choir DeutGram 4795448
07:56:00 00:03:28 Ernesto Lecuona Malagueña
Jorge Luis Prats, piano Decca 4782732
08:07:00 00:06:53 Alan Hovhaness Prelude & Quadruple Fugue Op 128
Gerard Schwarz Eastern Music Festival Orch Naxos 559755
08:17:00 00:02:50 Johnny Marks Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Canadian Brass Steinway 30027
08:19:00 00:03:50 William Billings A Virgin Unspotted
Peter Bennett Quire Cleveland Quire 101
08:40:00 00:09:54 Lorenzo Zavateri Concerto Grosso in D major Op 1
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra Gottfried von der Goltz Gottfried von der Goltz, vn; Brigitte Täubl, violin DHM 77352
08:53:00 00:02:58 Traditional Noël nouvelet 'Sing We Now of Christmas'
Apollo's Fire Jeannette Sorrell Meredith Hall, soprano; Apollo's Singers Avie 2269
08:56:00 00:06:50 Alexander Borodin Scherzo from Symphony No. 1
Gerard Schwarz Seattle Symphony Naxos 572786
09:05:00 00:14:07 Richard Addinsell A Christmas Carol: Suite
Royal Philharmonic David Newman Ambrosian Singers Telarc 88801
09:25:00 00:03:11 Traditional The Holly and the Ivy (English)
Anonymous 4 Harm Mundi 907325
09:31:00 00:08:31 Franz Joseph Haydn Minuet & Finale from Symphony No. 53
Rebecca Miller Royal Northern Sinfonia Signum 434
09:46:00 00:06:02 Johann Sebastian Bach Christmas Oratorio: Ehre sei dir, Gott
Academy Ancient Music Berlin René Jacobs RIAS Chamber Chorus Harm Mundi 2908304
09:51:00 00:05:49 Camille Saint-Saëns Scherzo from Piano Concerto No. 2 Op 22
Norwegian Radio Orchestra Miguel Harth-Bedoya Vadym Kholodenko, piano Harm Mundi 907629
10:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Mark Satola
10:00:00 00:01:38 Modest Mussorgsky The Fair at Sorochinsk: Gopak
Olga Kern, piano Harm Mundi 907336
10:02:00 00:02:44 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov The Snow Maiden: Bird's Dance
Gerard Schwarz Seattle Symphony Naxos 572787
10:08:00 00:12:49 Alfred Burt A Christmas Greeting
Boston Pops Orchestra John Williams Tanglewood Festival Chorus Philips 416287
10:22:00 00:09:31 Franz Lachner Minuet & Finale from Wind Quintet No. 2
Vienna-Berlin Ensemble DeutGram 423591
10:32:00 00:03:49 Felix Mendelssohn Canzonetta from String Quartet No. 1 Op 12
Juilliard String Quartet Sony 60579
10:42:00 00:04:04 Gabriel Fauré Barcarolle No. 9 in A minor Op 101
Charles Owen, piano Avie 2240
10:44:00 00:08:00 John Rutter First movement from "Beatles" Concerto
Royal Philharmonic John Rutter Peter Rostal, piano; Paul Schaefer, piano Decca 1821
10:48:00 00:01:59 Traditional Scotland the Brave
Boston Pops Orchestra Keith Lockhart Boston Pipers Society RCA 68901
10:52:00 00:23:19 Joseph Eybler Symphony No. 1 in C major
Michael Hofstetter Geneva Chamber Orchestra CPO 777104
11:25 A CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA CHRISTMAS
11:25:00 00:02:52 Traditional I Saw Three Ships
Cleveland Orchestra Robert Porco Cleveland Orchestra Chorus MAA 2005
11:27:00 00:06:40 Morten Lauridsen O magnum mysterium
Robert Porco Cleveland Orchestra Chorus MAA 2002
11:34:00 00:01:13 Edmund Rubbra Dormi Jesu
Gareth Morrell Cleveland Orchestra Chorus MAA 1996
11:35:00 00:03:29 Traditional Deck the Halls
Robert Porco Cleveland Orchestra MAA 2005
11:41:00 00:03:52 George Frideric Handel Messiah: For unto us a Child is born
Cleveland Orchestra Robert Porco Cleveland Orchestra Chorus MAA 2002
11:44:00 00:03:11 Leroy Anderson Sleigh Ride
Robert Porco Cleveland Orchestra MAA 2008
11:48:00 00:04:32 John Francis Wade O Come, All Ye Faithful
Cleveland Orchestra Robert Porco Cleveland Orchestra Chorus MAA 2011
12:00pm BBC NEWS; CLASSICAL MUSIC with Mark Satola
12:06:00 00:09:43 Luigi Cherubini Anacréon: Overture
Igor Markevitch Orchestre Lamoureux DeutGram 4795448
12:18:00 00:08:31 Alexander Glazunov Concert Waltz No. 1 in D major Op 47
Lawrence Leighton Smith Moscow Philharmonic Sheffield 27
12:29:00 00:03:32 Reinhold Glière The Red Poppy: Russian Sailor's Dance
Erich Kunzel Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Telarc 80625
12:37:00 00:05:53 Paul Gilson Sailors' Dances
Alexander Rahbari Brussels Philharmonic MarcoPolo 223418
12:46:00 00:11:06 John Knowles Paine Finale from Symphony No. 2 Op 34
JoAnn Falletta Ulster Orchestra Naxos 559748
13:00 THE BIG WORK AT ONE
13:01:00 00:32:32 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Symphony No. 2 Op 9
Dmitri Kitayenko Bergen Philharmonic Chandos 9178
13:36:00 00:24:02 Camille Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor Op 22
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Yoel Levi André Watts, piano Telarc 80386
14:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Mark Satola
14:01:00 00:03:51 Giuseppe Sammartini Pastorale from Christmas Concerto Op 5
Bernard Labadie Les Violons du Roy Dorian 90180
14:05:00 00:02:54 George Frideric Handel Messiah: Pastoral Symphony
William Christie Les Arts Florissants Harm Mundi 2908304
14:11:00 00:15:03 Hugo Wolf Scherzo & Finale
Daniel Barenboim Orchestra of Paris Erato 45416
14:40:00 00:09:53 Sir Arnold Bax Rogue's Comedy Overture
Vernon Handley BBC Philharmonic Chandos 10122
14:52:00 00:06:32 Pietro Antonio Locatelli Introduttione Teatrale in D major Op 4
Elizabeth Wallfisch Raglan Baroque Players Hyperion 67041
15:02:00 00:17:58 Peter Tchaikovsky First movement from Symphony No. 6 Op 74
Semyon Bychkov Czech Philharmonic Decca 4830656
15:22:00 00:08:48 Francesco Manfredini Concerto Grosso in C major Op 3
Simon Standage Collegium Musicum 90 Chandos 634
15:32:00 00:02:37 Sergei Prokofiev Cinderella: Mazurka
Vladimir Ashkenazy Cleveland Orchestra Decca 410162
15:39:00 00:04:52 Sergei Prokofiev Pastoral Sonatina in C major Op 59
Lara Downes, piano Steinway 30016
15:46:00 00:09:23 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Minuet & Finale from Symphony No. 36
Karl Böhm Berlin Philharmonic DeutGram 4793449
16:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Bill O’Connell; COMPOSERS DATEBOOK with John Zech: Mahler and Schoenfield at the Vaudeville?
15:58:00 00:04:28 Steven Amundson Angel's Dance
John Morris Russell Cincinnati Pops Orchestra FanfareCin 1
16:06:00 00:02:52 Traditional The Holly and the Ivy (English)
Ross Duffin Quire Cleveland Quire 105
16:12:00 00:12:10 Francis Poulenc Suite Française after Claude Gervaise
Empire Brass Robert Woods Michael Murray, organ Telarc 80218
16:29:00 00:05:12 Max Steiner Key Largo: Suite
Charles Gerhardt National Philharmonic RCA 422
16:36:00 00:03:30 Jean Sibelius Humoresque No. 5 in E flat Op 89
London Symphony Sir Colin Davis Salvatore Accardo, violin Philips 4788977
16:42:00 00:08:12 Peter Tchaikovsky Waltz from Symphony No. 6 Op 74
Semyon Bychkov Czech Philharmonic Decca 4830656
16:53:00 00:02:56 Tomás Luis de Victoria O magnum mysterium
Peter Bennett Quire Cleveland Quire 101
16:57:00 00:02:31 Johannes Brahms Hungarian Dance No. 19 in B minor
Marin Alsop London Philharmonic Naxos 557429
17:04:00 00:04:47 Jacques Offenbach Die Rheinnixen: Overture
Marc Minkowski Musicians of the Louvre Archiv 4776403
17:12:00 00:09:16 Various 'Songs of Angels' Pt. 2
Robert Shaw Robert Shaw Chamber Singers Telarc 80377
17:25:00 00:09:44 Carl Maria von Weber Andante & Hungarian Rondo Op 35
Academy St. Martin in Fields Sir Neville Marriner Klaus Thunemann, bassoon Philips 432081
17:40:00 00:05:05 Dean Sorenson Medley 'Season's Greetings'
Burning River Brass BurnRiver 2004
17:46:00 00:03:38 Traditional The Coventry Carol
Burning River Brass BurnRiver 2004
17:52:00 00:02:26 Regino Sainz de la Maza Zapateado
Jason Vieaux, guitar Azica 71287
17:55:00 00:03:57 Reinhold Glière The Red Poppy: Heroic Coolie Dance
Zdenek Mácal New Jersey Symphony Delos 3178
18:00 BBC NEWS; DINNER CLASSICS
18:09:00 00:17:53 John Rutter Five Meditations for Orchestra
John Rutter Royal Philharmonic Decca 1821
18:29:00 00:03:52 Anonymous Corde natus ex parentis
Voces8 Christian Forshaw, saxophone Decca 22601
18:35:00 00:03:01 Sergei Rachmaninoff All-Night Vigil: Rejoice, O Virgin Op 37
Voces8 Decca 22601
18:41:00 00:13:26 Frédéric Chopin Andante spianato & Grande Polonaise Op 22
Orch of Age of Enlightenment Sir Charles Mackerras Emanuel Ax, piano Sony 63371
18:54:00 00:04:26 Leó Weiner Két Tétel: Two Movements
Chamber Ensemble Andreas Ottensamer, clarinet; Oszkár Ökrös, cimbalom Mercury 4811409
19:00 SYMPHONY AT SEVEN with John Simna
19:02:00 00:19:17 Peter Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Semyon Bychkov Czech Philharmonic Decca 4830656
19:23:00 00:32:02 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto No. 18 in B flat major
Cleveland Orchestra Mitsuko Uchida Mitsuko Uchida, piano Decca 4786763
19:58:00 00:01:37 Traditional The Holly and the Ivy (English)
Pittsburgh Symphony Brass Four Winds 3029
20:00 WCLV ESSENTIAL CLASSICS
20:02:00 00:24:56 Robert Russell Bennett A Symphonic Picture of Gershwin's
Eugene Ormandy Philadelphia Orchestra Sony 62402
20:27:00 00:07:55 Riccardo Drigo Pas de deux for Adam's 'Le Corsaire'
Richard Bonynge London Symphony Decca 433862
20:29:00 00:07:12 George Gershwin Three Preludes
Michael Tilson Thomas, piano CBS 44798
20:38:00 00:17:39 George Gershwin An American in Paris
Riccardo Chailly Cleveland Orchestra Decca 417326
20:55:00 00:03:32 George Gershwin Two Waltzes in C major
Leonard Pennario, piano EMI 64668
21:00 NIGHT MUSIC with Rob Grier: COMPOSERS DATEBOOK with John Zech: Mahler and Schoenfield at the Vaudeville?
21:03:00 00:17:58 Peter Tchaikovsky First movement from Symphony No. 6 Op 74
Semyon Bychkov Czech Philharmonic Decca 4830656
21:23:00 00:10:38 Leroy Anderson Suite of Carols for Winds
BBC Concert Orchestra Leonard Slatkin Members of Naxos 559382
21:36:00 00:06:20 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Rondo in D major
Vladimir Horowitz, piano DeutGram 4795448
21:44:00 00:04:35 Harold Darke In the Bleak Midwinter
City of London Sinfonia John Rutter Cambridge Singers Collegium 106
21:50:00 00:38:26 Sergei Rachmaninoff The Bells Op 35
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Robert Shaw Renée Fleming, soprano; Karl Dent, tenor; Victor Ledbetter, baritone; Atlanta Symphony Chorus Telarc 80365
22:32:00 00:11:51 Gerald Finzi Nocturne 'New Year Music' Op 7
Richard Hickox Royal Northern Sinfonia EMI 64721
22:46:00 00:13:05 Franz Schubert Rondo in A major
Martha Argerich, piano; Lang Lang, piano DeutGram 4795096
23:00 QUIET HOUR
23:02:00 00:07:00 Joachim Raff Andante from Octet for Strings Op 176
Academy Chamber Ensemble Chandos 8790
23:09:00 00:13:25 Franz Schubert Adagio from Octet
Cleveland Octet Sony 62655
23:24:00 00:15:40 Georg Muffat Chaconne from Concerto Grosso in G major
Reinhard Goebel Cologne Musica Antiqua Archiv 453418
23:42:00 00:13:00 Antonín Dvorák Andante from Piano Quintet Op 81
Concertante Jeremy Denk, piano Meridian 84459
23:56:00 00:02:35 Richard Strauss Träumerei Op 9
John O'Conor, piano Telarc 80391
23:56:00 00:03:41 Gabriel Fauré Sicilienne Op 78
Academy St. Martin in Fields Mathias Mönius Albrecht Mayer, oboe d'amore Decca 4782564
