Program Guide 02-02-2017
Almanac
February 2
1795 first performance of Joseph Haydn's Symphony No. 102 in London, the composer conducting; many scholars believe this to be Haydn’s’ true ‘Miracle’ symphony: at the premiere a chandelier fell from the ceiling of the concert hall, but members of the audience escaped unharmed because they had rushed the stage; it was long believed that this event took place at the premiere of his Symphony No. 96, which is still called ‘Miracle.’
1875 Fritz Kreisler – Austrian-born American violinist and composer (d. 1962); regarded as one of the greatest violinists of all time; like many greats of his generation, produced a characteristic sound which was immediately recognizable as his own; wrote many pieces for the violin, including Liebesleid and Liebesfreud; some of these works were originally ascribed to earlier composers, but in 1935, Kreisler revealed that he actually wrote the pieces; when critics complained, Kreisler replied that they had already deemed the compositions worthy: "The name changes, the value remains," he said.
1890 first performance of Antonín Dvorák’s Symphony No. 8 with the composer conducting, on the occasion of his election to the Bohemian Academy of Science, Literature and Arts in Prague.
1900 premiere of Gustav Charpentier's Louise at the Paris Opéra-Comique; a French example of verismo opera, depicting Parisian working-class life; the third-act aria Depuis le jour is a popular concert piece.
1944 Sir Andrew Davis – English conductor (77 years old); currently music director of Lyric Opera of Chicago, chief conductor of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and conductor laureate of both the Toronto Symphony and the BBC Symphony
1944 Ursula Oppens – American pianist and educator (77 years old); renowned for her commissioning and championship of the music of American composers.
Recording of the Week
Program Guide
CLASSICAL MUSIC WITH ANGELA MITCHELL
00:02:00 00:20:08 Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major Op 101 Maurizio Pollini, piano DeutGram 4796018
00:24:00 00:23:59 Franz Joseph Haydn Symphony No.102 in B flat major Martin Pearlman Boston Baroque Linn 426
00:51:00 00:31:09 Sergei Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor Op 16 BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano Chandos 10802
01:24:00 00:56:44 Sir Edward Elgar Symphony No. 2 in E flat major Op 63 Sir Andrew Davis BBC Symphony Orchestra Teldec 74888
02:24:00 00:31:41 Camille Saint-Saëns Piano Quartet in B flat major Op 41 Fine Arts Quartet Cristina Ortiz, piano; Members of Naxos 572904
02:58:00 00:18:03 Heitor Villa-Lobos Concerto for Guitar & Small Orchestra London Symphony Luis García-Navarro Narciso Yepes, guitar PentaTone 202
03:18:00 00:26:46 Carl Nielsen Wind Quintet Op 43 Reykjavik Wind Quintet Chandos 9849
03:48:00 00:24:04 Georg Philipp Telemann Orchestral Suite in C 'Water Music' Reinhard Goebel Cologne Musica Antiqua Archiv 413788
04:14:00 00:34:34 Ludwig Spohr Nonet in F major Op 31 Vienna-Berlin Ensemble Gerhart Hetzel, violin; Wolfram Christ, viola; Georg Faust, cello; Alois Posch, double bass DeutGram 427640
04:51:00 00:45:07 Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 1 in C minor Op 68 Eugen Jochum Berlin Philharmonic DeutGram 4796018
05:38:00 00:06:45 Jacques Ibert Trois pièces brèves Reykjavik Wind Quintet Chandos 9362
BBC NEWS; CLASSICAL MUSIC WITH JACQUELINE GERBER
06:07:00 00:02:26 Sir Charles Hubert H. Parry Jerusalem London Philharmonic Sir Andrew Davis Royal Choral Society EMI 28379
06:15:00 00:08:54 Samuel Barber Overture to 'The School for Scandal' Op 5 Neeme Järvi Detroit Symphony Chandos 8958
06:25:00 00:08:20 Ferdinand Hérold Zampa: Overture Lance Friedel Royal Scottish Nat'l Orch Naxos 573418
06:31:00 00:04:21 Jean Sibelius Belshazzar's Feast: Khadra's Dance Op 51 Jukka-Pekka Saraste Finnish Radio Symphony Orch RCA 60434
06:40:00 00:09:30 Ludwig van Beethoven Rondo from Piano Concerto No. 3 Op 37 Vienna Symphony Carlo Maria Giulini Michelangeli, piano DeutGram 4796018
06:51:00 00:02:13 Franz Joseph Haydn Finale from String Quartet No. 53 Op 64 Angeles Quartet Decca 4783695
06:58:00 00:02:25 John Philip Sousa March 'U.S. Field Artillery' Keith Brion New Sousa Band Delos 3102
07:03:00 00:02:12 Aaron Copland Billy the Kid: Celebration Hugh Wolff St. Paul Chamber Orchestra Teldec 77310
07:05:00 00:04:23 Maurice Ravel Valse noble et sentimentale No. 7 Vladimir Spivakov, violin; Sergei Bezrodny, piano RCA 60861
07:10:00 00:04:26 Peter Tchaikovsky Eugene Onegin: Polonaise David Zinman Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Telarc 80378
07:20:00 00:04:19 George Frideric Handel Jephtha: When his loud voice in thunder Academy Ancient Music Berlin Marcus Creed RIAS Chamber Chorus BerlinClas 1057
07:25:00 00:02:37 Ulrich Rühl The Elixir of Love for Tristan and NW German Chamber Soloists MD+G 6100914
07:30:00 00:04:23 Georges Bizet L'Arlésienne Suite No. 2: Intermezzo José Serebrier Barcelona Symphony Bis 1305
07:40:00 00:06:20 George Gershwin Three Preludes Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin; Lambert Orkis, piano DeutGram 4795023
07:51:00 00:02:50 Johann Sebastian Bach Allegro from Flute Sonata No. 6 Joshua Smith, flute; Jory Vinikour, harpsichord; Ann Marie Morgan, cello Delos 3408
07:53:00 00:03:13 John Williams Jurassic Park: Main Themes Hollywood Bowl Orchestra John Mauceri Los Angeles Master Chorale Philips 442425
07:55:00 00:02:04 Zez Confrey Dizzy Fingers Richard Dowling, piano Klavier 77035
BBC NEWS
08:07:00 00:05:02 Antonio Vivaldi Allegro from 'Autumn' Concerto in F major English Chamber Orchestra David Lockington Anne Akiko Meyers, violin E1 Music 7790
08:15:00 00:09:19 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Finale from Symphony No. 40 Jeannette Sorrell Apollo's Fire Avie 2159
08:25:00 00:02:29 George Frideric Handel Fugue No. 3 in B flat major Alan Feinberg, piano Steinway 30034
08:30:00 00:04:04 Carl Stamitz Rondo from Cello Concerto No. 3 Prague Chamber Orchestra Christian Benda Christian Benda, cello Naxos 550865
08:40:00 00:07:17 William Alwyn Suite of Scottish Dances David Lloyd-Jones Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Naxos 570704
08:47:00 00:03:05 Johann Sebastian Bach Orchestral Suite No. 2: Polonaise Ensemble Sonnerie Monica Huggett Gonzalo X. Ruiz, oboe Avie 2171
08:51:00 00:03:14 Richard Wagner Lohengrin: Act 3 Prelude Franz Welser-Möst Vienna Philharmonic Sony 544071
08:55:00 00:05:30 Klaus Badelt The Curse of the Black Pearl: Main Carl Davis Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Naxos 572111
09:05:00 00:16:48 Manuel de Falla El amor brujo: Suite Vanessa Perez, piano Steinway 30036
09:35:00 00:04:04 Antonín Dvorák Scherzo from Piano Quintet Op 81 Concertante Jeremy Denk, piano Meridian 84459
09:55:00 00:03:10 Pietro Castrucci Finale with Echo from Concerto Grosso Op 3 Catherine Mackintosh Orch of Age of Enlightenment BBC 201
CLASSICAL MUSIC WITH MARK SATOLA
10:00:00 00:02:14 Johannes Brahms Hungarian Dance No. 3 in F major Herbert von Karajan Berlin Philharmonic DeutGram 4796018
10:04:00 00:02:10 Johannes Brahms Hungarian Dance No. 19 in B minor Herbert von Karajan Berlin Philharmonic DeutGram 4796018
10:08:00 00:08:38 Georg Philipp Telemann Wind Quartet No. 6 in E European Baroque Soloists Denon 9613
10:17:00 00:03:01 Georg Philipp Telemann Bourrée alla Polacca John Williams, guitar CBS 44518
10:29:00 00:04:10 Peter Tchaikovsky Souvenir of a Beloved Place: Mélodie Op 42 Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin; Lambert Orkis, piano DeutGram 4795023
10:36:00 00:06:13 Edvard Grieg Norwegian Dance No. 1 Op 35 Petri Sakari Iceland Symphony Chandos 9028
10:44:00 00:03:47 Emmanuel Chabrier Ronde champêtre Angela Hewitt, piano Hyperion 67515
10:52:00 00:14:49 Sir Edward Elgar Concert Overture 'Froissart' Op 19 Sir Andrew Davis BBC Symphony Orchestra Teldec 98436
11:07:00 00:04:00 Sir Edward Elgar La Capricieuse Op 17 Leonidas Kavakos, violin; Enrico Pace, piano Decca 4789377
11:13:00 00:10:04 Johann Sebastian Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major Matthias Maute Ensemble Caprice Analekta 9996
11:25:00 00:10:19 Francesco Salieri Symphony in B flat major Claudio Scimone I Solisti Veneti Erato 88176
11:37:00 00:07:31 Modest Mussorgsky Intermezzo 'In modo classico' in B minor Claudio Abbado Berlin Philharmonic Sony 62034
11:47:00 00:06:44 Béla Bartók Finale from Piano Concerto No. 3 Berlin Radio Symphony Ferenc Fricsay Géza Anda, piano DeutGram 4796018
11:55:00 00:04:16 Bill Evans Song for Helen Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano Decca 455512
BBC NEWS
12:06:00 00:08:07 Franz von Suppé Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna Sir John Eliot Gardiner Vienna Philharmonic DeutGram 463185
12:16:00 00:08:23 Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov Caucasian Sketches Suite No. 1: David Zinman Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Telarc 80378
12:26:00 00:05:23 Paul Lewis An English Overture Gavin Sutherland Royal Ballet Sinfonia ASV 2126
12:33:00 00:04:26 Sir Edward Elgar Imperial March Op 32 Sir Andrew Davis BBC Philharmonic Chandos 10570
12:40:00 00:03:09 John Williams The Empire Strikes Back: Imperial March Franz Welser-Möst Vienna Philharmonic DeutGram 4763793
12:45:00 00:09:56 Sir Malcolm Arnold Four Cornish Dances Op 91 Andrew Penny Queensland Symphony Naxos 553526
12:56:00 00:03:28 Johann Sebastian Bach Orchestral Suite No. 3: Gavotte Jeanne Lamon Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra Analekta 3134
BIG WORK AT ONE WITH MARK SATOLA
13:01:00 00:22:16 Peter Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture Christoph Eschenbach Philadelphia Orchestra Ondine 1150
13:25:00 00:16:36 Franz Liszt Symphonic Poem No. 3 'Les Préludes' Ferenc Fricsay Berlin Radio Symphony DeutGram 4796018
13:42:00 00:16:59 Edvard Grieg Peer Gynt Suite No. 2 Op 55 Herbert Blomstedt San Francisco Symphony Decca 425857
14:01:00 00:03:37 Fritz Kreisler Tambourin chinois Op 3 Shannon Lee, violin; Pamela Mia Paul, piano Telarc 80695
14:05:00 00:01:55 Fritz Kreisler Syncopation James Ehnes, violin; Eduard Laurel, piano Analekta 3159
14:09:00 00:12:49 Frédéric Chopin Andante spianato & Grande Polonaise Op 22 Benjamin Grosvenor, piano Decca 4785334
14:23:00 00:03:28 Carl Maria von Weber Abu Hassan: Overture Roy Goodman Hanover Band Nimbus 5154
14:30:00 00:10:08 Sir Edward Elgar Coronation March Op 65 Sir Andrew Davis BBC Philharmonic Chandos 10570
14:43:00 00:11:20 Alessandro Marcello Guitar Concerto in D minor Academy St. Martin in Fields Kenneth Sillito Alexandre Lagoya, guitar Philips 446002
14:56:00 00:03:31 Claude Debussy Images, Book 2: Poissons d'or Alexander Schimpf, piano Oehms 1820
15:01:00 00:12:59 Zdenek Fibich Spring Op 13 Marek Stilec Czech National Symphony Naxos 573197
15:16:00 00:10:05 Antonio Vivaldi Four Seasons: 'Summer' Concerto in G minor Op 8 English Chamber Orchestra David Lockington Anne Akiko Meyers, violin E1 Music 7790
15:29:00 00:03:42 Antonio Salieri Cublai Overture Matthias Bamert London Mozart Players Chandos 9877
15:36:00 00:05:25 Ludwig van Beethoven Scherzo from Symphony No. 3 Op 55 Gustavo Dudamel Simón Bolívar Symphony DeutGram 16869
15:43:00 00:09:38 Hamish MacCunn Overture 'The Land of the Mountain and Osmo Vänskä BBC Scottish Symphony BBC 392
15:54:00 00:04:08 Alexander Glazunov Raymonda: Valse fantastique José Serebrier Royal Scottish Nat'l Orch Warner 61939
15:58:00 00:04:16 Giuseppe Verdi Nabucco: Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves Orchestra of La Scala Claudio Abbado La Scala Chorus DeutGram 4796018
CLASSICAL MUSIC WITH BILL O'CONNELL
16:06:00 00:03:23 Giuseppe Verdi Macbeth: Witches' Chorus 'Che Orchestra of La Scala Claudio Abbado La Scala Chorus DeutGram 4796018
16:13:00 00:10:18 Franz Joseph Haydn Minuet & Finale from Symphony No. 102 Martin Pearlman Boston Baroque Linn 426
16:27:00 00:05:57 George Frideric Handel Coronation Anthem 'Zadok the Priest' London Philharmonic Sir Andrew Davis London Chorus EMI 28379
16:35:00 00:04:38 Sir Edward Elgar Empire March Sir Andrew Davis BBC Philharmonic Chandos 10570
16:41:00 00:07:04 Gustav Holst The Planets: Mars Op 32 Sir Andrew Davis BBC Philharmonic Chandos 5086
16:52:00 00:03:06 Eric Whitacre Oculi Omnium Eric Whitacre Eric Whitacre Singers Decca 16636
16:56:00 00:03:10 Johann Sebastian Bach Finale from Solo Violin Sonata No. 1 Chris Thile, mandolin Nonesuch 535360
17:05:00 00:04:54 Carl Nielsen Saul and David: Act 2 Prelude Op 25 Esa-Pekka Salonen Swedish Radio Symphony Sony 53276
17:13:00 00:12:58 George Frideric Handel Trio Sonata in G major Op 5 Reinhard Goebel Cologne Musica Antiqua DeutGram 4795448
17:28:00 00:03:27 Fritz Kreisler Variations on a Theme of Corelli James Ehnes, violin; Eduard Laurel, piano Analekta 3159
17:31:00 00:03:27 Fritz Kreisler La Gitana Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Kathryn Stott, piano Sony 510316
17:40:00 00:04:48 Hector Berlioz Symphonie fantastique: March to the Igor Markevitch Orchestre Lamoureux DeutGram 4796018
17:47:00 00:02:28 Carl Maria von Weber Der Freischütz: Hunters' Chorus Dresden State Orchestra Carlos Kleiber Leipzig Radio Chorus DeutGram 4796018
17:52:00 00:03:00 Edvard Grieg Lyric Pieces Book 5: Norwegian Rustic Andrei Gavrilov, piano DeutGram 437522
17:56:00 00:03:15 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Rondo from Serenade No. 11 for Winds Orpheus Chamber Orchestra DeutGram 431683
BBC NEWS; DINNER CLASSICS WITH BILL O'CONNELL
18:09:00 00:14:58 Gustav Mahler Rondo from Symphony No. 5 Leonard Bernstein Vienna Philharmonic DeutGram 423608
18:26:00 00:03:27 George Frideric Handel Harmonious Blacksmith from Keyboard Murray Perahia, piano Sony 62785
18:31:00 00:03:03 George Frideric Handel Sarabande from Keyboard Suite in D minor Chamber Orchestra of Europe Daniel Hope, violin; Lorenza Borrani, violin; Members of DeutGram 4795448
18:37:00 00:16:00 Carl Maria von Weber Konzertstück in F minor Op 79 Bavarian Radio Symphony Sir Colin Davis Gerhard Oppitz, piano RCA 68219
18:55:00 00:03:43 George Frideric Handel Andante from Sonata à 5 in B-Flat Academy of Ancient Music Richard Egarr Pavlo Beznosiuk, violin Harm Mundi 907415
KEYBANK SYMPHONY AT SEVEN WITH JOHN SIMNA
19:02:00 00:23:59 Franz Joseph Haydn Symphony No.102 in B flat major Martin Pearlman Boston Baroque Linn 426
19:28:00 00:28:04 Felix Mendelssohn Symphony No. 5 in D minor Op 107 Sir John Eliot Gardiner London Symphony LSO Live 775
19:58:00 00:01:11 Johann Sebastian Bach Two-Part Invention No. 14 in B flat Angela Hewitt, piano Hyperion 66746
ESSENTIAL CLASSICS WITH JOHN SIMNA
20:02:00 00:11:35 Georges Bizet Jeux d'enfants: Petite Suite Op 22 Lorin Maazel Cleveland Orchestra Decca 4787779
20:16:00 00:10:23 Johann Sebastian Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major CityMusic Cleveland Members of CityMusic 2011
20:28:00 00:29:58 Robert Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor Op 54 Warsaw Philharmonic Witold Rowicki Sviatoslav Richter, piano DeutGram 4796018
NIGHT MUSIC WITH ROB GRIER
21:03:00 00:20:40 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 34 in C major Sir John Eliot Gardiner English Baroque Soloists Philips 420937
21:26:00 00:04:21 John Field Nocturne No. 7 in A major Elizabeth Joy Roe, piano Decca 4789672
21:32:00 00:07:54 Richard Strauss Second Waltz Sequence from 'Der Herbert Blomstedt Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Decca 4645
21:42:00 00:06:40 Franz Schubert Impromptu No. 3 in G flat major Orli Shaham, piano Canary 15
21:51:00 00:27:45 Benjamin Britten Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge Op 10 Sir Andrew Davis BBC Symphony Orchestra Teldec 73126
22:21:00 00:20:04 Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco Guitar Concerto No. 1 in D major Op 99 London Symphony Luis García-Navarro Narciso Yepes, guitar PentaTone 202
22:26:00 00:05:00 Ludwig van Beethoven The Ruins of Athens: Overture Op 113 Daniel Harding German Chamber Philharmonic VirginClas 45364
22:44:00 00:14:35 Jacques Ibert Escales 'Ports of Call' Charles Dutoit Montreal Symphony Decca 440332
22:57:00 00:02:19 Ludwig van Beethoven March from Serenade for String Trio Op 8 Leopold String Trio Hyperion 67253
SHH! QUIET HOUR WITH ROB GRIER
23:02:00 00:07:35 Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Largo from Cello Concerto in A major English Chamber Orchestra Sir Andrew Davis Matt Haimovitz, cello DeutGram 429219
23:09:00 00:08:43 Franz Joseph Haydn Adagio from Symphony No. 43 Ádám Fischer Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orch Nimbus 5530
23:20:00 00:07:05 Johann Sebastian Bach Adagio from Violin Concerto No. 2 Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Jeffrey Kahane Hilary Hahn, violin DeutGram 4795448
23:27:00 00:10:03 Remo Giazotto Albinoni's Adagio for Strings & Organ in G minor Berlin Philharmonic Herbert von Karajan Wolfgang Meyer, organ DeutGram 4796018
23:39:00 00:08:13 Ralph Vaughan Williams Two Hymn-Tune Preludes Bryden Thomson London Symphony Chandos 9262
23:47:00 00:07:59 Gustav Holst The Planets: Venus Op 32 Sir Andrew Davis BBC Philharmonic Chandos 5086
23:57:00 00:02:03 Ernesto Lecuona Canción de luna Kathryn Stott, piano EMI 56803