Program Guide 12-27-2016
Almanac
December 27
1841 Franz Liszt performs at the Singakademie in Berlin; women swooned and the general audience reacted with such uncontrolled enthusiasm that Heinrich Heine coined the term ‘Lisztomania’ to describe their fanatical devotion to the performer, which soon swept through most of Europe.
1906 Oscar Levant – American composer, pianist and entertainer (d.1972); was as famous for his mordant character and witticisms, on the radio and in movies and television, as for his music.
1911 Anna Russell – Australian parodist (d.2006); famous for her explanation of Wagner’s enormously complex Ring Cycle in just twenty minutes, How to Write Your Own Gilbert and Sullivan opera and many others.
1954 premiere of Gian-Carlo Menotti's The Saint of Bleecker Street at the Broadway Theater in New York, conducted by Thomas Schippers; won the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1955 and the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Musical.
Recording of the Week
Program Guide
00:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Angela Mitchell
00:02:00 00:27:44 Franz Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 68 in B flat
Nicholas McGegan Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra PhiBaroque 8
00:32:00 00:34:44 Richard Strauss Sonatina No. 1 for 16 Winds in F major
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra DeutGram 445849
01:09:00 00:25:02 Johann Sebastian Bach Christmas Oratorio: Part 6
Academy Ancient Music Berlin René Jacobs Dorothea Röschmann, soprano; Andreas Scholl, counter-tenor; Werner Güra, tenor; Klaus Häger, baritone; RIAS Chamber Chorus Harm Mundi
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01:36:00 01:01:13 Ralph Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 2
Richard Hickox London Symphony Chandos 9902
02:39:00 00:33:01 Robert Schumann Kreisleriana Op 16
Jonathan Biss, piano EMI 65391
03:14:00 00:25:35 Friedrich Witt Jena Symphony in C major
Patrick Gallois Sinfonia Finlandia Naxos 572089
03:42:00 00:31:35 Nicolò Paganini Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major Op 6
London Symphony Sir Alexander Gibson Henryk Szeryng, violin Philips 4788977
04:16:00 00:38:22 Sir Edward Elgar Piano Quintet in A minor Op 84
Kenneth Woods English Symphony Orchestra Avie 2362
04:56:00 00:19:05 Johann Friedrich Fasch Concerto for 2 Horns, Winds & Strings in D major
Tempesta di Mare Chandos 783
05:17:00 00:11:01 Robert McBride Mexican Rhapsody
Howard Hanson Eastman-Rochester Orchestra Mercury 434324
05:30:00 00:07:15 Johann Adolph Hasse Sinfonia in F major Op 3
Reinhard Goebel Cologne Musica Antiqua Archiv 453435
05:45:00 00:07:22 Howard Hanson Andante from Symphony No. 2 Op 30
Gerard Schwarz Seattle Symphony Naxos 559701
05:54:00 00:04:01 Johannes Brahms Intermezzo in E minor Op 116
Stanislav Khristenko, piano Steinway 30032
06:00 BBC NEWS; CLASSICAL MUSIC with Jacqueline Gerber
06:07:00 00:04:35 Philip Stopford Lully, Lulla, Lullay
Andrew Carwood St. Paul's Cathedral Choir Decca 4789225
06:15:00 00:08:51 Amilcare Ponchielli La Gioconda: Dance of the Hours
Gianandrea Noseda BBC Philharmonic Chandos 10634
06:25:00 00:03:10 Thomas Tallis Salvator mundi
Stile Antico Harm Mundi 807572
06:30:00 00:03:43 Camille Saint-Saëns Allegro appassionato in B flat major Op 43
St Cecilia Academy Orchestra Antonio Pappano Han-Na Chang, cello EMI 82390
06:40:00 00:09:04 Jean-Philippe Rameau Concert No. 4 en sextuor
Christophe Rousset Les Talens Lyriques Decca 1845
06:51:00 00:02:00 Gilbert & Sullivan The Mikado: The List Song
Welsh National Opera Orchestra Sir Charles Mackerras Richard Suart, baritone; Welsh National Opera Chorus Telarc 80284
06:55:00 00:03:25 John Philip Sousa March 'The Stars and Stripes Forever'
Loras John Schissel Blossom Festival Band MAA 40601
07:03:00 00:05:25 Richard Wagner Die Walküre: Ride of the Valkyries
George Szell Cleveland Orchestra CBS 46286
07:10:00 00:09:22 Arturo Márquez Danzon No. 2
Alondra de la Parra Philharmonic Orch of Americas Sony 75555
07:20:00 00:02:02 Johann Sebastian Bach Cello Suite No. 1: Gigue
Pierre Fournier, cello DeutGram 4795448
07:25:00 00:03:14 Joseph Fiala Finale from English Horn Concerto in C major
Potsdam Chamber Academy Albrecht Mayer Albrecht Mayer, English horn DeutGram 4792942
07:30:00 00:04:12 Antonio Salieri Falstaff: Overture
Matthias Bamert London Mozart Players Chandos 9877
07:37:00 00:08:49 Joseph Lanner Schönbrunn Waltz Op 200
Franz Welser-Möst Vienna Philharmonic Decca 4782601
07:47:00 00:05:46 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Rondo from Quintet for Piano & Winds
Radu Lupu, piano; Han de Vries, oboe; George Pieterson, clarinet; Vicente Zarzo, horn; Brian Pollard, bassoon Decca 414291
07:54:00 00:01:23 Jacques Offenbach Orpheus in the Underworld: Can-Can
Erich Kunzel Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Telarc 80625
07:55:00 00:02:44 Igor Stravinsky Pétrouchka: Russian Dance
Leonidas Kavakos, violin; Enrico Pace, piano Decca 4789377
08:07:00 00:05:24 Charles-Marie Widor Toccata from Organ Symphony No. 5 Op 42
Todd Wilson, organ MAA 11009
08:15:00 00:06:41 Gaetano Donizetti Don Pasquale: Overture
Myung-Whun Chung St Cecilia Academy Orchestra DeutGram 471566
08:22:00 00:03:19 Clarice Assad Impressions: Perpetual Motion
New Century Chamber Orch Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, vn NSS Music 8
08:27:00 00:04:17 Georges Bizet L'Arlésienne Suite No. 2: Minuet
José Serebrier Barcelona Symphony Bis 1305
08:31:00 00:03:24 Zez Confrey Kitten on the Keys
Richard Dowling, piano Klavier 77035
08:40:00 00:02:48 Giovanni Gabrieli Canzoni e Sonate: Canzon 9
Empire Brass Telarc 80204
08:45:00 00:07:00 Isaac Albéniz Suite Española: Leyenda 'Asturias' Op 47
Jason Vieaux, guitar Azica 71224
08:52:00 00:05:37 Richard Rodgers Cinderella: Overture
John Mauceri Hollywood Bowl Orchestra Philips 434932
08:57:00 00:03:08 Sergei Prokofiev Cinderella: Waltz
Marin Alsop São Paulo Symphony Naxos 573518
09:05:00 00:16:06 Anna Russell How to Write Your Own Gilbert & Sullivan Opera
Anna Russell, narrator; John Coveart, piano Sony 47252
09:25:00 00:06:26 Antonín Dvorák Slavonic Dance No. 4 in F major Op 46
George Szell Cleveland Orchestra CBS/Sony 209
09:35:00 00:07:40 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Adagio from Oboe Concerto
Cleveland Orchestra Christoph von Dohnányi John Mack, oboe Decca 443176
09:45:00 00:03:14 Frédéric Chopin Mazurka No. 38 in F sharp minor Op 59
Ingrid Fliter, piano EMI 14899
09:50:00 00:07:51 George Frideric Handel Samson: Act 1 Sinfonia
English Concert Trevor Pinnock Anthony Halstead, horn; Christian Rutherford, horn Archiv 419219
09:56:00 00:03:13 Richard Adler & Jerry Ross The Pajama Game: Hernando's Hideaway
Arthur Fiedler Boston Pops Orchestra RCA 68793
10:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Mark Satola
10:01:00 00:04:35 Philip Stopford Lully, Lulla, Lullay
Andrew Carwood St. Paul's Cathedral Choir Decca 4789225
10:07:00 00:01:53 Traditional Ding Dong! Merrily on High
Andrew Carwood St. Paul's Cathedral Choir Decca 4789225
10:10:00 00:11:47 Domenico Cimarosa The Chinese Hero: Overture
Patrick Gallois Sinfonia Finlandia Naxos 572734
10:18:00 00:03:33 Camille Saint-Saëns Airs de Ballet d'Ascanio: Adagio & Variation
Tapiola Sinfonietta Jean Jacques Kantorow Sharon Bezaly, flute Bis 1359
10:24:00 00:08:03 Christoph Willibald Gluck Iphigénie en Aulide: Act 2 Ballet
Sir John Eliot Gardiner Lyon Opera Orchestra Erato 45003
10:39:00 00:05:40 Franz Liszt Polonaise from Tchaikovsky's 'Eugene Onegin'
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano Decca 436736
10:47:00 00:03:19 Peter Tchaikovsky Cherevichki: Cossack Dance
Theodore Kuchar National Symphony of Ukraine Naxos 554845
10:53:00 00:26:16 Antonín Dvorák The Golden Spinning Wheel Op 109
István Kertész London Symphony Decca 4785437
11:21:00 00:08:51 Nikolai Miaskovsky Scherzo from Symphony No. 6 Op 23
Neeme Järvi Gothenburg Symphony DeutGram 471655
11:32:00 00:08:30 Arthur Foote Air and Gavotte
Reuben Blundell Gowanus Arts Ensemble New Focus 166
11:42:00 00:08:11 Antonio Vivaldi Flute Concerto in D major
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra Nicholas McGegan Janet See, flute Harm Mundi 905193
11:53:00 00:03:33 Manuel de Falla La vida breve: Spanish Dance No. 1
Erich Kunzel Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Telarc 80625
12:06:00 00:08:01 Oskar Nedbal The Winegrower's Bride: Overture
Douglas Bostock Carlsbad Symphony Classico 192
12:15:00 00:10:30 Johann Strauss Jr Waltz 'Wine, Women and Song' Op 333
Erich Kunzel Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Telarc 80314
12:27:00 00:05:44 Franz Schubert Alfonso and Estrella: Overture
Christian Benda Prague Sinfonia Naxos 570329
12:35:00 00:02:17 Benjamin Britten A New Year Carol
Andrew Carwood St. Paul's Cathedral Choir; Simon Johnson, organ Decca 4789225
12:41:00 00:04:07 Peter Tchaikovsky The Seasons: December Op 37
Richard Bonynge London Symphony DeutGram 469376
12:48:00 00:12:28 Louis Moreau Gottschalk Variations on the Portuguese National Anthem
Hot Springs Festival Orchestra Richard Rosenberg Michael Gurt, piano Naxos 559320
13:00 THE BIG WORK AT ONE
13:02:00 00:31:28 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 36 in C major
Christoph von Dohnányi Cleveland Orchestra Decca 436421
13:35:00 00:25:18 Franz Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 7 in C
Ádám Fischer Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orch Nimbus 5240
14:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Mark Satola
14:01:00 00:01:59 Graham J. Ellis There is No Rose
Andrew Carwood St. Paul's Cathedral Choir; Simon Johnson, organ Decca 4789225
14:03:00 00:02:17 Benjamin Britten A New Year Carol
Andrew Carwood St. Paul's Cathedral Choir; Simon Johnson, organ Decca 4789225
14:07:00 00:14:38 Johann Nepomuk Hummel Theme and Variations in F minor Op 102
English Chamber Orchestra Raymond Leppard Heinz Holliger, oboe Philips 4788977
14:24:00 00:10:43 Frédéric Chopin Scherzo No. 2 in B flat minor Op 31
Lang Lang, piano Sony 511758
14:36:00 00:14:10 Charles Avison Concerto Grosso No. 2 after Scarlatti in G major
Roy Goodman Brandenburg Consort Hyperion 66891
14:52:00 00:07:36 Nicolò Paganini Rondo from Violin Concerto No. 1 Op 6
London Symphony Sir Alexander Gibson Henryk Szeryng, violin Philips 4788977
15:01:00 00:15:42 Gustav Holst Indra Op 13
JoAnn Falletta Ulster Orchestra Naxos 572914
15:18:00 00:09:03 Joaquín Rodrigo Invocación y danza 'Homage to Manuel de Falla'
Milos Karadaglic, guitar DeutGram 20039
15:29:00 00:03:45 Emmanuel Chabrier Dix pièces pittoresques: Idylle
Angela Hewitt, piano Hyperion 67515
15:37:00 00:04:33 Isaac Albéniz Iberia: El Puerto
Jesús López-Cobos Cincinnati Symphony Telarc 80470
15:43:00 00:13:01 Hector Berlioz Overture 'Rob Roy'
Charles Dutoit Montreal Symphony Decca 421193
16:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Bill O’Connell; COMPOSERS DATEBOOK with John Zech: Airs and Poems by Kernis and Chausson
15:58:00 00:05:28 John Rutter All Bells in Paradise
Andrew Carwood St. Paul's Cathedral Choir; Simon Johnson, organ Decca 4789225
16:07:00 00:01:59 Graham J. Ellis There is No Rose
Andrew Carwood St. Paul's Cathedral Choir; Simon Johnson, organ Decca 4789225
16:10:00 00:11:36 Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Trio No. 9 in E flat major
Beaux Arts Trio Philips 4788977
16:26:00 00:07:09 John Williams Seven Years in Tibet: Main Theme
Symphony Orchestra John Williams Yo-Yo Ma, cello Sony 51333
16:35:00 00:04:10 Peter Tchaikovsky Souvenir of a Beloved Place: Mélodie Op 42
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin; Lambert Orkis, piano DeutGram 4795023
16:40:00 00:07:35 Ernö Dohnányi Suite in f-Sharp: Rondo Op 19
JoAnn Falletta Buffalo Philharmonic Naxos 572303
16:50:00 00:03:20 Traditional Still, still, still
Patrick Dupré Quigley Seraphic Fire; Jacqueline Kerrod, harp SFM 14
16:54:00 00:04:55 George W. Chadwick Scherzo from Symphony No. 2 Op 21
Neeme Järvi Detroit Symphony Chandos 9334
17:04:00 00:04:55 Joaquín Rodrigo Canario from 'Fantasía para un gentilhombre'
Philharmonia Orchestra Luis García-Navarro Narciso Yepes, guitar DeutGram 4795448
17:11:00 00:11:56 Franz Joseph Haydn Piano Sonata No. 50 in D major
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano Chandos 10668
17:24:00 00:07:27 Gioacchino Rossini Grand Overture
Alun Francis Haydn Orchestra CPO 999063
17:37:00 00:04:35 Philip Stopford Lully, Lulla, Lullay
Andrew Carwood St. Paul's Cathedral Choir Decca 4789225
17:43:00 00:03:04 Henry J. Gauntlett Once in Royal David's City
Andrew Carwood St. Paul's Cathedral Choir; Simon Johnson, organ Decca 4789225
17:48:00 00:03:10 Peter Tchaikovsky Swan Lake: Goblet Dance
Valéry Gergiev Mariinsky Theater Orchestra Decca 10104
17:52:00 00:07:03 Sir Edward Elgar Caractacus: Triumphal March Op 35
James Judd New Zealand Symphony Naxos 557273
18:00 BBC NEWS; DINNER CLASSICS
18:07:00 00:01:57 Franz Schubert Moment Musical No. 3 in F minor
Vladimir Horowitz, piano DeutGram 4795448
18:09:00 00:22:59 Sergei Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Op 43
Mahler Chamber Orchestra Claudio Abbado Yuja Wang, piano DeutGram 15338
18:34:00 00:03:10 Anonymous Angelus ad virginem
Andrew Carwood St. Paul's Cathedral Choir; Simon Johnson, organ Decca 4789225
18:39:00 00:03:16 Franz Gruber Silent Night
Andrew Carwood St. Paul's Cathedral Choir Decca 4789225
18:45:00 00:07:46 Josef Strauss Waltz 'My Life is Love and Laughter' Op 263
Franz Welser-Möst Vienna Philharmonic Decca 4782601
18:52:00 00:06:50 Saverio Mercadante Russian Rondo from Flute Concerto in E minor
Academy St. Martin in Fields Sir Neville Marriner Irena Grafenauer, flute Philips 426318
19:00 SYMPHONY AT SEVEN with John Simna
19:02:00 00:21:40 Franz Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 73 in D major
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra DeutGram 439779
19:26:00 00:29:01 Antonín Dvorák Serenade for Strings in E major Op 22
Conrad van Alphen Rotterdam Chamber Orchestra Telarc 80623
19:56:00 00:03:43 Sir Granville Bantock The Sea Reivers
Vernon Handley Royal Philharmonic Hyperion 66450
20:00 WCLV ESSENTIAL CLASSICS
20:02:00 00:23:20 Richard Wagner Tannhäuser: Overture & Venusberg Music
Riccardo Chailly Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Decca 448155
20:27:00 00:14:02 Antonín Dvorák Scherzo capriccioso Op 66
Sir Charles Mackerras Czech Philharmonic Supraphon 3533
20:43:00 00:14:04 Ludwig van Beethoven Leonore Overture No. 3 Op 72
Carl Topilow CIM Orchestra CIM 2003
21:00 NIGHT MUSIC with Rob Grier; COMPOSERS DATEBOOK with John Zech: Airs and Poems by Kernis and Chausson
21:03:00 00:18:44 Richard Strauss Horn Concerto No. 2 in E flat major
Bamberg Symphony Ingo Metzmacher Marie-Luise Neunecker, horn EMI 56183
21:24:00 00:10:53 Anna Russell Instruments of the Orchestra: The French Horn
Anna Russell, narrator Sony 60316
21:37:00 00:03:55 Peter Tchaikovsky Nocturne Op 10
Jenny Lin, piano Hänssler 98037
21:43:00 00:06:53 Jean Sibelius Lemminkäinen's Return Op 22
Mikko Franck Swedish Radio Symphony Ondine 953
21:51:00 00:34:55 Igor Stravinsky Pétrouchka
Pierre Boulez Cleveland Orchestra DeutGram 4795448
22:29:00 00:13:04 Ralph Vaughan Williams Five Variants of 'Dives & Lazarus'
Barry Wordsworth New Queen's Hall Orchestra Argo 440116
22:45:00 00:13:51 Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 10 in G major Op 14
HJ Lim, piano EMI 64952
22:56:00 00:02:25 François Joseph Gossec Gavotte
Philharmonia Virtuosi of NY Richard Kapp Hubert Laws, flute CBS 37216
23:00 QUIET HOUR
23:02:00 00:05:10 Hector Berlioz L'Enfance du Christ: The Shepherds' Farewell
Andrew Carwood St. Paul's Cathedral Choir; Simon Johnson, organ Decca 4789225
23:07:00 00:10:12 Georges Bizet Adagio from Symphony No. 1 in C major
Martin West San Francisco Ballet Orchestra Reference 131
23:19:00 00:09:50 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Andante from Symphony No. 40
Jeannette Sorrell Apollo's Fire Avie 2159
23:28:00 00:11:14 Ludwig van Beethoven Largo from Piano Concerto No. 3 Op 37
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Bernard Haitink Claudio Arrau, piano Philips 4788977
23:42:00 00:04:39 Gustav Holst In the Bleak Midwinter
Andrew Carwood St. Paul's Cathedral Choir; Simon Johnson, organ Decca 4789225
23:46:00 00:07:07 Astor Piazzolla Four Seasons of Buenos Aires: Winter
Almeda Trio Albany 1386
23:56:00 00:02:17 Benjamin Britten A New Year Carol
Andrew Carwood St. Paul's Cathedral Choir; Simon Johnson, organ Decca 4789225