Program Guide 02-03-2017
Almanac
February 3
1525 Giovanni Palestrina – Italian composer (d. 1594); exact birthday unknown but he was probably born between February 3, 1525 and February 2, 1526; had a lasting influence on the development of church music, and his work is regarded as the culmination of Renaissance polyphony.
1809 Felix Mendelssohn [full name: Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy] – German composer, pianist, organist and conductor (d. 1847); recognized early as a musical prodigy, but his parents did not try to capitalize on his talent; enjoyed early success in Germany, where he also revived interest in the music of Johann Sebastian Bach; was very well received in Britain as a composer, conductor and soloist; his conservative musical tastes set him apart from many of his more adventurous musical contemporaries, and the Leipzig Conservatory (now the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig), which he founded, became a bastion of this anti-radical outlook.
1823 premiere of Gioacchino Rossini's Semiramide at La Fenice in Venice; his final Italian opera.
1844 first performance of Berlioz’s Roman Carnival Overture, in Paris at the Salle Herz, with the composer conducting; made up of material from Berlioz's opera Benvenuto Cellini, including some music from the opera's carnival scene; features a prominent solo for the English horn.
1867 first performance of Brahms’s String Sextet No. 2 in Vienna, by the Hellmesberger Sextet; according to Brahms' biographer Karl Geiringer, the first movement contains a thematic reference to the first name of Agathe von Siebold (with whom Brahms was infatuated at the time).
1881 Henry Fillmore – American musician, composer, publisher, and bandmaster (d. 1956); best known for his many marches and ‘screamers’ (upbeat marches intended to stir up the audience during a circus).
1904 Luigi Dallapiccola – Italian composer (d.1975); known for his lyrical twelve-tone compositions; the politically charged Canti di prigionia (1941) for chorus and ensemble is his best-known work.
1910 Blas Galindo Dimas – Mexican composer and teacher (d. 1993); best known for Sones de mariachi (1940).
1911 Jehan Alain – French composer and organist (d.1940); died in action, aged 29, early in WW II; the compositions from his too-brief career are viewed by many as among the most original of the 20th century.
1945 premiere of Stravinsky’s Scènes de ballet in New York City by the New York Philharmonic conducted by the composer; commissioned by Broadway impresario Billy Rose for a 1944 revue titled The Seven Lively Arts.
1974 Laura Mikkola – Finnish pianist (45 years old); well known for her recordings of Einojuhani Rautavaara's Piano Concertos and piano works for Naxos Records.
1989 first performance of Michael Torke’s Ash by the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, John Adams conducting; made into a ballet with choreography Peter Martins in 1991.
2002 first performance of Philip Glass’s Symphony No. 6 ‘Plutonian Ode’ at Carnegie Hall by the American Composers Orchestra conducted by Dennis Russell Davies; commissioned by the Brucknerhaus, Linz, and Carnegie Hall in celebration of Glass's 65th birthday.
Recording of the Week
Program Guide
CLASSICAL MUSIC with Angela Mitchell
00:02:00 00:25:48 Felix Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor Op 64 Göttingen Symphony Orchestra Christoph-Mathias Mueller Rachel Barton Pine, violin Cedille 144
00:02:00 00:25:48 Felix Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor Op 64 Göttingen Symphony Orchestra Christoph-Mathias Mueller Rachel Barton Pine, violin Cedille 144
00:26:00 00:43:52 Peter Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 in E minor Op 64 Evgeny Mravinsky Leningrad Philharmonic DeutGram 4796018
00:26:00 00:43:52 Peter Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 in E minor Op 64 Evgeny Mravinsky Leningrad Philharmonic DeutGram 4796018
01:12:00 00:40:03 Johannes Brahms String Sextet No. 2 in G major Op 36 Academy Chamber Ensemble Chandos 9151
01:12:00 00:40:03 Johannes Brahms String Sextet No. 2 in G major Op 36 Academy Chamber Ensemble Chandos 9151
01:54:00 00:25:50 Giovanni Palestrina Mass 'Descendit angelus Domini' Elizabeth C. Patterson Gloriae Dei Cantores GloriaDei 106
01:54:00 00:25:50 Giovanni Palestrina Mass 'Descendit angelus Domini' Elizabeth C. Patterson Gloriae Dei Cantores GloriaDei 106
02:23:00 00:43:41 Felix Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night's Dream Incidental Boston Symphony Orchestra Seiji Ozawa Judi Dench, narrator; Kathleen Battle, soprano; Frederica von Stade, mezzo; Tanglewood Festival Chorus DeutGram 439897
02:23:00 00:43:41 Felix Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night's Dream Incidental Boston Symphony Orchestra Seiji Ozawa Judi Dench, narrator; Kathleen Battle, soprano; Frederica von Stade, mezzo; Tanglewood Festival Chorus DeutGram 439897
03:09:00 00:42:56 Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 29 in B flat major Op 106 Maurizio Pollini, piano DeutGram 4796018
03:09:00 00:42:56 Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 29 in B flat major Op 106 Maurizio Pollini, piano DeutGram 4796018
03:55:00 00:26:55 Felix Mendelssohn String Symphony No. 8 in D major Thomas Fey Heidelberg Symphony Hänssler 98275
03:55:00 00:26:55 Felix Mendelssohn String Symphony No. 8 in D major Thomas Fey Heidelberg Symphony Hänssler 98275
04:24:00 00:24:08 Jean Françaix Flute Concerto Helsingborg Symphony Philippe Auguin Manuela Wiesler, flute Bis 529
04:24:00 00:24:08 Jean Françaix Flute Concerto Helsingborg Symphony Philippe Auguin Manuela Wiesler, flute Bis 529
04:51:00 00:20:48 Johann Sebastian Bach Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major Pinchas Zukerman National Arts Centre Orchestra Analekta 8783
04:51:00 00:20:48 Johann Sebastian Bach Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major Pinchas Zukerman National Arts Centre Orchestra Analekta 8783
05:14:00 00:17:03 Domenico Cimarosa Concertante in G major Academy St. Martin in Fields Kenneth Sillito Aurèle Nicolet, flute; Heinz Holliger, oboe Philips 4788977
05:14:00 00:17:03 Domenico Cimarosa Concertante in G major Academy St. Martin in Fields Kenneth Sillito Aurèle Nicolet, flute; Heinz Holliger, oboe Philips 4788977
05:33:00 00:07:00 Percy Grainger Children's March 'Over the Hills and Jerry Junkin Dallas Wind Symphony Reference 117
05:33:00 00:07:00 Percy Grainger Children's March 'Over the Hills and Jerry Junkin Dallas Wind Symphony Reference 117
05:50:00 00:06:23 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Finale from Symphony No. 41 Karl Böhm Berlin Philharmonic DeutGram 4793449
CLASSICAL MUSIC with Jacqueline Gerber
06:07:00 00:02:56 Traditional A la claire fontaine Dale Warland Dale Warland Singers; Linda Chatterton, flute Gothic 49243
06:15:00 00:07:17 Ludwig van Beethoven Allegro con brio from Symphony No. 5 Op 67 Carlos Kleiber Vienna Philharmonic DeutGram 4795448
06:22:00 00:02:22 George Frideric Handel Allegro from Concerto Grosso Op 6 Guildhall Strings RCA 61275
06:25:00 00:09:03 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Minuet from Concertone Camerata Salzburg Jean-Pierre Rampal Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute; Shigenori Kudo, flute Sony 45930
06:40:00 00:03:32 Johann Sebastian Bach Violin Partita No. 3: Preludio Nathan Milstein, violin DeutGram 4796018
06:45:00 00:09:21 Ottorino Respighi Church Windows: St. Gregory the Great Jesús López-Cobos Cincinnati Symphony Telarc 80356
06:55:00 00:03:18 John Philip Sousa March 'The Diplomat' Keith Brion Royal Artillery Band Naxos 559131
07:03:00 00:04:30 Claude Debussy Suite bergamasque: Prélude Vassily Primakov, piano Bridge 9350
07:07:00 00:03:20 Johannes Brahms Hungarian Dance No. 17 in F sharp minor Herbert von Karajan Berlin Philharmonic DeutGram 4796018
07:10:00 00:05:04 Max von Schillings Dance of the Flowers Jan Stulen WDR Symphony Cologne CPO 999233
07:20:00 00:04:39 Leonard Bernstein West Side Story: Tonight Canadian Brass RCA 68633
07:25:00 00:02:12 Anonymous Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal Karen P. Thomas Seattle Pro Musica SeattlePro 9806
07:30:00 00:04:51 Eugène d'Albert The Improviser: Overture Ronald Zollman Barcelona Symphony PanClas 510083
07:40:00 00:05:40 Johann Sebastian Bach Fugue from Prelude & Fugue in D major Nikolai Demidenko, piano Hyperion 67324
07:48:00 00:03:04 Aaron Copland The Red Pony: Happy Ending John Morris Russell Cincinnati Pops Orchestra FanfareCin 4
07:53:00 00:03:44 Camille Saint-Saëns Gavotte & Finale from Septet Op 65 Ensemble Vivant OpeningDay 9379
07:57:00 00:02:17 Dmitri Shostakovich Ballet Suite No. 1: Lyric Waltz Constantine Orbelian Moscow Chamber Orchestra Delos 3257
08:07:00 00:06:08 Sergei Rachmaninoff Suite No. 2: Tarantella Op 17 Yefim Bronfman, piano; Emanuel Ax, piano Sony 61767
08:15:00 00:03:00 Johannes Brahms Scherzo from String Sextet No. 1 Op 18 Yehudi Menuhin, violin; Robert Masters, violin; Cecil Aronowitz, viola; Ernst Wallfisch, viola; Maurice Gendron, cello Warner 1
08:20:00 00:05:40 Peter Tchaikovsky Scherzo from Symphony No. 4 Op 36 Kurt Sanderling Leningrad Philharmonic DeutGram 4796018
08:25:00 00:03:10 Erik Satie Gnossienne No. 3 Yolanda Kondonassis, harp Azica 71273
08:30:00 00:03:41 Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Finale from String Symphony Rebecca Miller Orch of Age of Enlightenment Signum 395
08:40:00 00:08:59 Ludwig van Beethoven Allegro from String Quartet No. 4 Op 18 Cypress String Quartet Avie 2348
08:53:00 00:02:43 Sergei Prokofiev Summer Night Suite: Minuet Op 123 Neeme Järvi Philharmonia Orchestra Chandos 10538
08:55:00 00:04:32 Ennio Morricone Once Upon a Time in the West: The Devil La Pietà Angèle Dubeau Angèle Dubeau, violin; Louise-Andrée Baril, piano Analekta 8723
09:05:00 00:17:33 Johann Sebastian Bach Orchestral Suite No. 4 in D major Martin Pearlman Boston Baroque Telarc 80619
09:30:00 00:09:28 Johann Strauss Jr Waltz 'On the Beautiful Blue Danube' Op 314 Franz Welser-Möst Vienna Philharmonic Sony 544071
09:35:00 00:07:49 Luigi Boccherini Fandango from Guitar Quintet No. 4 Los Romeros, guitars; Angelita Romero, percussion; Wilhelm Hellweg, percussion Philips 442781
09:45:00 00:04:28 George Gershwin Porgy and Bess: Bess, You is My Woman Caroline Goulding, violin; Christopher O'Riley, piano Telarc 80744
CLASSICAL MUSIC with Mark Satola
10:01:00 00:02:07 Felix Mendelssohn Song without Words No. 3 in A major Op 19 Daniel Barenboim, piano DeutGram 469376
10:04:00 00:01:08 Felix Mendelssohn Song without Words No. 28 in G major Op 62 Daniel Gortler, piano Jerusalem 2006
10:07:00 00:10:03 Remo Giazotto Albinoni's Adagio for Strings & Organ in G minor Berlin Philharmonic Herbert von Karajan Wolfgang Meyer, organ DeutGram 4796018
10:18:00 00:04:36 Tomaso Albinoni Concerto for Strings in B flat major Op 5 Simon Standage Collegium Musicum 90 Chandos 663
10:25:00 00:03:47 Sir Charles Hubert H. Parry An English Suite: Prelude William Boughton English String Orchestra Nimbus 5366
10:30:00 00:03:34 Antonín Dvorák Slavonic Dance No. 8 in G minor Op 46 George Szell Cleveland Orchestra CBS/Sony 209
10:38:00 00:05:10 Edvard Grieg Peer Gynt: Overture Oivin Fjeldstad London Symphony Decca 4785437
10:51:00 00:20:09 Felix Mendelssohn Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor Op 40 Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Riccardo Chailly Saleem Ashkar, piano Decca 4810778
11:12:00 00:06:33 Felix Mendelssohn Prelude & Fugue No. 5 in F minor Op 35 Benjamin Grosvenor, piano Decca 4830255
11:21:00 00:07:19 Johannes Brahms Scherzo from String Sextet No. 2 Op 36 Academy Chamber Ensemble Chandos 9151
11:30:00 00:08:53 Johannes Brahms Ballade No. 4 in B major Op 10 Emil Gilels, piano DeutGram 4796018
11:41:00 00:06:39 Ralph Vaughan Williams The Poisoned Kiss: Overture George Hurst Bournemouth Sinfonietta Chandos 2419
11:49:00 00:08:46 Jaromir Weinberger Schwanda the Bagpiper: Polka & Fugue Erich Kunzel Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Telarc 80595
12:06:00 00:10:55 Felix Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture Op 21 Riccardo Chailly Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Decca 4810778
12:19:00 00:07:48 Johann Strauss Jr A Night in Venice: Overture Daniel Barenboim Vienna Philharmonic Decca 12569
12:22:00 00:03:17 Antonín Dvorák Slavonic Dance No. 7 in C minor Op 46 Herbert von Karajan Berlin Philharmonic DeutGram 4796018
12:38:00 00:04:25 Antonín Dvorák Czech Suite: Polka Op 39 Sir John Eliot Gardiner North German Radio Symphony DeutGram 437506
12:43:00 00:11:43 Alexander Glazunov The Seasons: Autumn Op 67 José Serebrier Royal Scottish Nat'l Orch Warner 61434
12:55:00 00:02:04 Sir Edward German Henry VIII: Torch Dance Richard Hickox Royal Northern Sinfonia EMI 49933
THE BIG WORK AT ONE
12:59:00 00:31:50 Felix Mendelssohn Octet for Strings in E flat major Op 20 Cleveland Quartet Meliora String Quartet Telarc 80142
13:34:00 00:10:53 Bedrich Smetana Má vlast: The Moldau Ferenc Fricsay Berlin Philharmonic DeutGram 4796018
13:46:00 00:11:48 Felix Mendelssohn Overture 'Calm Sea and Prosperous Sir John Eliot Gardiner London Symphony LSO Live 775
14:00 FIRST FRIDAYS: pianist Lara Downes, live from the KeyBank Studio with host Bill O’Connell
14:02:00 00:05:00 Morton Gould: American Caprice
14:10:00 00:04:00 Traditional: Shenandoah
14:14:00 00:04:00 Ernest Bloch: Poems of the Sea: At Sea
14:18:00 00:05:00 Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Deep River
14:34:00 00:03:00 Duke Ellington: Come Sunday (1945)
14:37:00 00:09:00 Billie Holiday: God Bless the Child, I’ll Be Seeing You, Ain’t Nobody’s Business If I Do
14:48:00 00:07:00 Florence Price: Fantasie Negre (1929)
14:55:00 00:03:00 Harold Arlen: Over The Rainbow (1939)
CLASSICAL MUSIC with Mark Satola
15:03:00 00:11:23 Felix Mendelssohn String Symphony No. 6 in E flat major Nicholas Ward Northern Chamber Orchestra Naxos 553161
15:16:00 00:08:50 Felix Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture 'Fingal's Cave' Op 26 Roy Goodman Hanover Band Nimbus 5318
15:28:00 00:03:43 Sir Granville Bantock The Sea Reivers Vernon Handley Royal Philharmonic Hyperion 66450
15:33:00 00:03:30 Peter Tchaikovsky Impromptu in E minor Op 72 Mikhail Pletnev, piano DeutGram 4284
15:41:00 00:05:13 Alexander Borodin Petite Suite: Intermezzo Gennady Rozhdestvensky Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Chandos 9386
15:48:00 00:07:43 Johann Strauss Jr The Gypsy Baron: Treasure Waltz Op 418 Daniel Barenboim Vienna Philharmonic Decca 12569
15:56:00 00:02:27 Michael Praetorius Terpsichore: Ballet Christopher Parkening, guitar EMI 55052
15:58:00 00:03:57 Manuel de Falla El amor brujo: Pantomime Lorin Maazel Berlin Radio Symphony DeutGram 4796018
CLASSICAL MUSIC with Bill O’Connell; COMPOSERS DATEBOOK: Michael Torke's ‘Ash’
16:06:00 00:01:42 Franz Schubert Heidenröslein Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, bar.; Gerald Moore, piano DeutGram 4796018
16:11:00 00:11:50 Gioacchino Rossini Semiramide: Overture Claudio Abbado Chamber Orchestra of Europe DeutGram 431653
16:27:00 00:04:31 Felix Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night's Dream: Wedding March Op 61 Riccardo Chailly Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Decca 4810778
16:35:00 00:03:51 Felix Mendelssohn Psalm 100 'Jauchzet dem Herrn' Marcus Creed RIAS Chamber Chorus Harm Mundi 2908304
16:41:00 00:09:07 Felix Mendelssohn Trumpet Overture Op 101 Claudio Abbado London Symphony DeutGram 423104
16:52:00 00:02:51 Gioacchino Rossini Duetto buffo di due gatti Gérard Lesne, countertenor; Rockwell Blake, tenor; Antonio Pappano, piano EMI 55614
16:56:00 00:02:45 Benjamin Britten Fugue from 'Young Person's Guide' Op 34 Michael Stern Kansas City Symphony Reference 120
17:05:00 00:05:16 Felix Mendelssohn Finale from Symphony No. 4 Op 90 Pablo Heras-Casado Freiburg Baroque Orchestra Harm Mundi 902228
17:26:00 00:08:57 Hector Berlioz Roman Carnival Overture Op 9 Sir Colin Davis London Symphony Philips 4788977
17:40:00 00:04:29 George Gershwin Of Thee I Sing: Overture Michael Tilson Thomas Orchestra of St Luke's CBS 44798
17:46:00 00:03:49 George Gershwin The Man I Love Alan Feinberg, piano Argo 436121
17:52:00 00:01:50 Felix Mendelssohn Elijah: Lift Thine Eyes to the Mountains Robert Shaw Women of the; Atlanta Symphony Chorus Telarc 80119
17:57:00 00:02:46 Felix Mendelssohn Song without Words No. 10 in B minor Op 30 Vassily Primakov, piano Bridge 9350
DINNER CLASSICS
18:09:00 00:14:22 Robert Schumann Allegro from Piano Concerto Op 54 Warsaw Philharmonic Witold Rowicki Sviatoslav Richter, piano DeutGram 4796018
18:25:00 00:03:59 Johann Sebastian Bach Easter Oratorio: Sinfonia Ton Koopman Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra Erato 23416
18:32:00 00:02:56 Johann Sebastian Bach Fugue à la gigue in G major Leonard Slatkin BBC Philharmonic Chandos 9835
18:38:00 00:16:07 Georges Bizet L'Arlésienne Suite No. 2 Lorin Maazel Cleveland Orchestra Decca 4787779
18:55:00 00:04:01 Johann Sebastian Bach Allegro from Keyboard Concerto No. 4 Australian Chamber Orchestra Richard Tognetti Angela Hewitt, piano Hyperion 67308
SYMPHONY AT SEVEN with John Simna
19:02:00 00:22:25 Claude Debussy Three Nocturnes Cleveland Orchestra Pierre Boulez Women of the; Cleveland Orchestra Chorus DeutGram 4795448
19:26:00 00:28:11 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major Berlin Philharmonic Eugen Jochum Wolfgang Schneiderhan, violin DeutGram 4796018
19:57:00 00:02:31 John Dowland Lord Willoughby's Welcome Home Sharon Isbin, guitar Sony 745456
WCLV ESSENTIAL CLASSICS
20:02:00 00:05:08 Mikhail Glinka Ruslan and Ludmilla: Overture Lorin Maazel Cleveland Orchestra Decca 4787779
20:09:00 00:11:06 Johann Strauss Jr Waltz 'Tales from the Vienna Woods' Op 325 Willi Boskovsky Vienna Philharmonic Decca 4785437
20:22:00 00:34:19 Camille Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3 in C minor Op 78 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Daniel Barenboim Gaston Litaize, organ DeutGram 4796018
20:56:00 00:03:26 Antonín Dvorák Cypress No. 1 Cypress String Quartet Avie 2275
NIGHT MUSIC with Rob Grier; COMPOSERS DATEBOOK: Michael Torke's ‘Ash’
21:03:00 00:20:12 Ottorino Respighi Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 3 Herbert von Karajan Berlin Philharmonic DeutGram 4796018
21:25:00 00:06:22 John Field Nocturne No. 10 in E major Elizabeth Joy Roe, piano Decca 4789672
21:33:00 00:11:06 Alessandro Marcello Oboe Concerto in D minor American Classical Orchestra Thomas Crawford Marc Schachman, oboe Centaur 3108
21:47:00 00:03:30 Ola Gjeilo Tundra Chamber Ensemble Nigel Short Tenebrae; Ola Gjeilo, piano Decca 24646
21:52:00 00:28:25 Maurice Ravel String Quartet in F Melos Quartet DeutGram 4796018
22:24:00 00:25:11 Ralph Vaughan Williams The Wasps: Aristophanic Suite Michael Stern Kansas City Symphony Reference 129
22:51:00 00:07:16 Carl Nielsen Five Piano Pieces Op 3 Leif Ove Andsnes, piano VirginClas 45129
22:55:00 00:04:26 Giacomo Meyerbeer L'Africaine: Overture Darrell Ang New Zealand Symphony Naxos 573195
QUIET HOUR with Rob Grier
23:02:00 00:08:09 Ludwig Spohr Adagio from Nonet Op 31 Vienna-Berlin Ensemble Gerhart Hetzel, violin; Wolfram Christ, viola; Georg Faust, cello; Alois Posch, double bass DeutGram 427640
23:10:00 00:07:04 Felix Mendelssohn Andante from Violin Concerto Op 64 Göttingen Symphony Orchestra Christoph-Mathias Mueller Rachel Barton Pine, violin Cedille 144
23:19:00 00:17:11 Ludwig van Beethoven Adagio from Piano Sonata No. 29 Op 106 Maurizio Pollini, piano DeutGram 4796018
23:38:00 00:06:43 Astor Piazzolla Milonga Prelude 'Flora's Game' Joel Fan, piano Reference 119
23:44:00 00:09:04 Samuel Barber Andante from Violin Concerto Op 14 St. Paul Chamber Orchestra Hugh Wolff Hilary Hahn, violin Sony 89029
23:55:00 00:02:42 Giovanni Palestrina Sicut cervus Jameson Marvin Quire Cleveland WCLV 2013
23:55:00 00:04:49 Elliott Carter Elegy Gerard Schwarz Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Nonesuch 79002
