Program Guide 02-21-2017
Almanac
February 21
1801 Jan Václav Kalivoda (Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda in German) – Bohemian composer, conductor and violinist (d.1866); according to critic David Hurwitz, he "represents a sort of symphonic 'missing link' between Beethoven and Schumann," and, says Hurwitz, his symphonic music is "thrilling, and it strikingly anticipates or echoes so much of 19th century music--from Berlioz to Dvorák to Wagner, and even Sibelius…”
1836 Léo Delibes – French composer (d.1891); his most notable works include the ballets Coppélia (1870) and Sylvia (1876) as well as the operas Le roi l'a dit (1873) and Lakmé (1883); his operas impressed Tchaikovsky enough for the composer to rate Delibes more highly than Brahms—although this may seem faint praise when one considers that the Russian composer considered Brahms "a giftless bastard."
1844 Charles-Marie Widor – French organist, composer and teacher (d.1937); organist of Saint-Sulpice in Paris, the most prominent position for a French organist, for nearly 64 years; wrote 10 organ symphonies and 3 for organ and orchestra.
1886 premiere of Rimsky-Korsakov version of Mussorgsky’s opera Khovanshchina in St. Petersburg; the opera had been left unfinished when Mussorgsky died in 1881; Dmitri Shostakovich revised the opera in 1959 based on Mussorgsky's vocal score, and it is this version that is usually performed today.
1891 Karl King – Ohio-born bandmaster, composer (d.1971); best known as the composer of Barnum and Bailey's Favorite (1913).
1920 premiere of Darius Milhaud’s ballet Le Boeuf sur la toît (The Ox on the Roof) in Paris; based on tunes (nearly 30 of them) from Brazilian popular music; the title comes from an old Brazilian tango; the piece was originally to have been the score of a Charlie Chaplin silent film.
1929 first performance of Ottorino Respighi’s symphonic poem Roman Festivals by the New York Philharmonic, Arturo Toscanini conducting; the longest and most demanding of the ‘Roman trilogy’ and so it is less-often programmed than its companion pieces, The Fountains of Rome (1916) and The Pines of Rome (1924).
Recording of the Week
Program Guide
00:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Angela Mitchell
00:02:00 00:40:20 Léo Delibes Sylvia: Suite
Martin West San Francisco Ballet Orchestra Reference 125
00:43:00 00:31:41 Frédéric Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor Op 21
Orch of Age of Enlightenment Sir Charles Mackerras Emanuel Ax, piano Sony 63371
01:17:00 00:40:29 Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 4 in E minor Op 98
Eugen Jochum Berlin Philharmonic DeutGram 4796018
02:00:00 00:20:01 Darius Milhaud Le Boeuf sur le toit Op 58
Kent Nagano Lyon Opera Orchestra Erato 45820
02:22:00 00:31:28 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 36 in C major
Christoph von Dohnányi Cleveland Orchestra Decca 436421
02:56:00 00:39:32 Peter Tchaikovsky Suite No. 3 in G major Op 55
Vladimir Jurowski Russian National Orchestra PentaTone 61
03:38:00 00:38:07 Antonín Dvorák Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major Op 81
Concertante Jeremy Denk, piano Meridian 84459
04:18:00 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
04:35:00 00:41:24 Richard Strauss Sinfonia domestica Op 53
George Szell Cleveland Orchestra Sony 53511
05:19:00 00:12:00 Bedrich Smetana Má vlast: From Bohemia's Woods and Fields
George Szell New York Philharmonic Unitd Arch 13
05:33:00 00:06:35 Georg Schürmann Ludovicus Pius: Overture
Academy Ancient Music Berlin Harm Mundi 901852
05:48:00 00:08:09 David Diamond Finale from Symphony No. 2
Gerard Schwarz Seattle Symphony Delos 3093
05:59:00 00:00:33 Frédéric Chopin Mazurka No. 9 in C major Op 7
Garrick Ohlsson, piano Arabesque 6730
06:00 BBC NEWS; CLASSICAL MUSIC with Jacqueline Gerber
06:07:00 00:03:32 Léo Delibes Coppélia: Czárdás
Martin West San Francisco Ballet Orchestra Reference 125
06:15:00 00:11:06 Maurice Ravel Introduction & Allegro
Chamber Ensemble Joshua Smith, flute; Yolanda Kondonassis, harp; Franklin Cohen, clarinet; Martin Chalifour, violin Telarc 80361
06:24:00 00:01:28 Henry Purcell Abdelazer: Rondeau
Jeanne Lamon Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra Tafelmusik 1001
06:26:00 00:07:45 Jean Sibelius The Swan of Tuonela Op 22
Hans Rosbaud Berlin Philharmonic DeutGram 4796018
06:40:00 00:05:57 Sir Arnold Bax Russian Suite: Gopak
Bryden Thomson London Philharmonic Chandos 8669
06:50:00 00:03:10 Maurice Ravel Mother Goose: The Fairy Garden
Paavo Järvi Cincinnati Symphony Telarc 80601
06:52:00 00:02:42 George Frideric Handel Messiah: Lift up your heads
William Christie Les Arts Florissants Harm Mundi 2908304
06:58:00 00:02:31 Henry Fillmore March "The Footlifter"
Frederick Fennell Dallas Wind Symphony Reference 85
07:05:00 00:05:27 Sergei Prokofiev Gavotte & Finale from Symphony No. 1 Op 25
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra DeutGram 423624
07:10:00 00:09:31 Franz Lachner Minuet & Finale from Wind Quintet No. 2
Vienna-Berlin Ensemble DeutGram 423591
07:20:00 00:02:03 Henry Purcell Amphitrion: Hornpipe
Kevin Mallon Aradia Ensemble Naxos 570149
07:24:00 00:02:19 Sir Malcolm Arnold Solitaire: Polka
Bryden Thomson Philharmonia Orchestra Chandos 8867
07:30:00 00:04:57 Peter Tchaikovsky The Sleeping Beauty: Blue Bird Pas de deux
Mikhail Pletnev Russian National Orchestra DeutGram 457634
07:40:00 00:08:36 Jean Joseph Mouret First Suite of Symphonies
Paris Orchestral Ensemble Jean-Pierre Wallez Maurice André, trumpet; Bernard Soustrot, trumpet; Guy Touvron, trumpet; Jean-Pierre Leroy, trumpet EMI 64100
07:51:00 00:02:50 Jay Ungar A Time for Farewell
Thomas Hampson, baritone; Wolfram Rieger, piano THM 5432
07:55:00 00:03:35 George Frideric Handel Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Robert Moody Canadian Brass Ensemble OpeningDay 7347
07:58:00 00:00:54 Igor Stravinsky Polka
Jenny Lin, piano Steinway 30028
08:07:00 00:06:56 Richard Heuberger The Opera Ball: Overture
Sir John Eliot Gardiner Vienna Philharmonic DeutGram 463185
08:15:00 00:05:57 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Rondo from Piano Concerto No. 14
Vienna Philharmonic Claudio Abbado Maria João Pires, piano DeutGram 4795448
08:25:00 00:03:45 Jean-Baptiste Lully Phaëton: Chaconne in G
Jeanne Lamon Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra Tafelmusik 1001
08:30:00 00:04:12 Charles-Marie Widor Romance from Suite for Flute & Piano Op 34
Jeffrey Khaner, flute; Hugh Sung, piano Avie 2131
08:33:00 00:01:14 Thomas Morley Joyne Hands
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet Delos 3132
08:40:00 00:09:37 Sergei Taneyev Finale from Piano Trio Op 22
Mikhail Pletnev, piano; Vadim Repin, violin; Lynn Harrell, cello DeutGram 4775419
08:51:00 00:02:52 Johann Sebastian Bach Cello Suite No. 1: Prelude
Massimo La Rosa, trombone MLR 2013
08:55:00 00:06:43 Alfred Newman How to Marry a Millionaire: Overture
Richard Glazier, piano Centaur 3347
09:05:00 00:17:07 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Serenade No. 13 in G major
Chamber Players of Canada Atma 2532
09:35:00 00:02:03 Claude Debussy Preludes Book 1: Le vent dans la plaine
Pascal Rogé, piano Decca 4785437
09:37:00 00:05:54 Henry Purcell Trumpet Sonata No. 2 in D major
Chamber Ensemble Genevieve Leclair Josh Rzepka, trumpet Rzepka 2010
09:45:00 00:04:31 Jacques Offenbach The Grand Duchess of Gérolstein: Overture
Michel Swierczewski Gulbenkian Orchestra Nimbus 5303
09:52:00 00:07:33 Lukas Foss Salomon Rossi Suite
Lukas Foss Brooklyn Philharmonic New World 375
10:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Mark Satola
10:02:00 00:02:26 Léo Delibes Coppélia: Swanilda's Waltz
Martin West San Francisco Ballet Orchestra Reference 125
10:05:00 00:03:06 Léo Delibes Coppélia: Galop final
Martin West San Francisco Ballet Orchestra Reference 125
10:10:00 00:11:48 Francis Poulenc Suite Française after Claude Gervaise
Eric Parkin, piano Chandos 8847
10:24:00 00:05:29 Maurice Ravel Miroirs: La vallée des cloches
Yakov Kreizberg Netherlands Philharmonic PentaTone 58
10:31:00 00:03:36 Johann Sebastian Bach WTC-1: Prelude & Fugue No. 17 in A flat major
Till Fellner, piano ECM 1853
10:34:00 00:04:58 George Frideric Handel The Triumph of Time and Disillusionment:
Catherine Mackintosh Orch of Age of Enlightenment BBC 201
10:44:00 00:11:04 Camille Saint-Saëns Africa Fantasie Op 89
London Philharmonic Geoffrey Simon Gwendolyn Mok, piano Cala 4031
10:51:00 00:25:32 Ottorino Respighi Roman Festivals
Mariss Jansons Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra EMI 55600
11:19:00 00:02:45 Franz Liszt Years of Pilgrimage, Italy: Canzonetta del Salvator Rosa
Lazar Berman, piano DeutGram 4779525
11:24:00 00:08:29 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Lucio Silla: Overture
Sir Neville Marriner Academy St. Martin in Fields EMI 47014
11:34:00 00:07:36 Enrique Granados Goyescas: Los Requiebros
Jorge Luis Prats, piano Decca 4782732
11:44:00 00:07:57 Otto Klemperer Das Ziel: Merry Waltz
Eiji Oue Minnesota Orchestra Reference 92
11:53:00 00:05:11 Édouard Lalo Scherzo for Orchestra
Nikos Athinäos Frankfurt State Orchestra Signum 6600
12:06:00 00:06:35 Ludwig van Beethoven Overture 'Name Day' Op 115
Claudio Abbado Vienna Philharmonic DeutGram 429762
12:16:00 00:07:32 Tomaso Albinoni Oboe Concerto in F major Op 7
London Virtuosi John Georgiadis Anthony Camden, oboe Naxos 553002
12:24:00 00:04:59 Emmanuel Chabrier L'étoile: Overture
Neeme Järvi Orch de la Suisse Romande Chandos 5122
12:30:00 00:02:59 Franz Liszt Paganini Etude No. 5 in E major
Daniil Trifonov, piano DeutGram 4795529
12:37:00 00:04:20 Léo Delibes Sylvia: The Huntresses
Martin West San Francisco Ballet Orchestra Reference 125
12:45:00 00:10:43 Ralph Vaughan Williams Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1
Barry Wordsworth New Queen's Hall Orchestra Argo 440116
12:57:00 00:02:02 Scott Joplin Solace Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel Keith Lockhart, piano Telarc 80112
13:00 THE BIG WORK AT ONE
13:01:00 00:34:29 Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 3 in F major Op 90
Eugen Jochum Berlin Philharmonic DeutGram 4796018
13:37:00 00:11:19 Richard Wagner Die Feen: Overture
Fabio Luisi Philharmonia Zürich Accentus 102
13:50:00 00:11:35 Georges Bizet Jeux d'enfants: Petite Suite Op 22
Lorin Maazel Cleveland Orchestra Decca 4787779
14:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Mark Satola
14:02:00 00:03:48 Hans Christian Lumbye Galop "Copenhagen Steam Railway"
Giordano Bellincampi Tivoli Symphony Orchestra MarcoPolo 223743
14:06:00 00:03:50 Aaron Copland John Henry
Erich Kunzel Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Telarc 80117
14:12:00 00:09:03 Giuseppe Verdi La battaglia di Legnano: Overture
Riccardo Muti La Scala Philharmonic Sony 68468
14:23:00 00:06:18 Richard Rodgers The King and I: Overture
John Mauceri Hollywood Bowl Orchestra Philips 434932
14:44:00 00:11:09 Rodolfo Halffter Three Sonatas by Antonio Soler
Enrique Bátiz Mexico City Philharmonic ASV 894
14:56:00 00:03:36 Jacob Gade Jealousy
Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Kathryn Stott, piano Sony 510316
15:01:00 00:12:17 Gunnar de Frumerie Pastoral Suite Op 13
Swedish Chamber Orchestra Petter Sundkvist Sarah Lindloff, flute Naxos 553715
15:16:00 00:12:14 Herbert Howells Pastoral Rhapsody
Richard Hickox City of London Sinfonia Chandos 9410
15:31:00 00:03:44 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Dubinushka Op 62
Gerard Schwarz Seattle Symphony Naxos 572788
15:38:00 00:04:54 Modest Mussorgsky Khovanshchina: Prelude 'Dawn on the Moscow River'
George Szell Cleveland Orchestra Sony 93019
15:46:00 00:10:19 André Grétry Céphale et Procris: Ballet Suite
Stefan Sanderling Orchestre de Bretagne ASV 1095
16:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Bill O’Connell; COMPOSERS DATEBOOK: Milhaud and Frisell Write for Silent Screen Comedians
15:58:00 00:04:30 Heitor Villa-Lobos Chôros No. 5 'Alma Brasileira'
Joel Fan, piano Reference 119
16:07:00 00:02:31 Darius Milhaud Brasileira from 'Scaramouche'
Katia Labèque, piano; Marielle Labèque, piano Philips 426284
16:13:00 00:09:42 Carl Maria von Weber Der Freischütz: Overture
Carlos Kleiber Dresden State Orchestra DeutGram 4796018
16:26:00 00:05:47 Sir William Walton As You Like It: Prelude & Moonlight
Andrew Penny RTÉ Concert Orchestra Dublin Naxos 553344
16:34:00 00:05:19 Sir William Walton Portsmouth Point Overture
Leonard Slatkin London Philharmonic VirginClas 61146
16:41:00 00:07:38 Keith Emerson Toccata from Piano Concerto No. 1
Brown University Orchestra Paul Phillips Jeffrey Biegel, piano Naxos 573490
16:52:00 00:02:28 Karl King Royal Scotch Highlanders March
Col. Lowell Graham USAF Heritage of America Band Klavier 11139
16:56:00 00:03:07 Tylman Susato The Danserye: Bergerette 'Sans roch'
New London Consort l'Oiseau 436131
17:05:00 00:05:39 Léo Delibes Sylvia: Cortège de Bacchus
Michael Tilson Thomas San Francisco Symphony SF Sym 60
17:13:00 00:11:30 Arthur Benjamin Oboe Concerto after Cimarosa in C major
City of London Sinfonia Nicholas Ward Anthony Camden, oboe Naxos 553433
17:27:00 00:07:21 Jean Sibelius Historic Scenes Suite No. 1: Festivo Op 25
Hans Rosbaud Berlin Philharmonic DeutGram 4796018
17:40:00 00:05:17 Enrique Granados Goyescas: Intermezzo
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos London Symphony MCA 25887
17:46:00 00:04:15 Enrique Granados El pelele
Jorge Luis Prats, piano Decca 4782732
17:53:00 00:02:20 Stephen Goss The Chinese Garden: Red Flowers Blooming
Xuefei Yang, guitar EMI 6322
17:56:00 00:02:48 Johann Sebastian Bach Chorale Prelude 'To God Alone on High Be Praise'
Raymond Leppard Indianapolis Symphony Koss Class 3303
18:00 BBC NEWS; DINNER CLASSICS
18:09:00 00:15:28 Charles-Marie Widor Suite for Flute & Piano Op 34
Jeffrey Khaner, flute; Hugh Sung, piano Avie 2131
18:26:00 00:04:30 Gabriel Fauré Impromptu No. 3 in A flat major Op 34
Kathryn Stott, piano Hyperion 66911
18:33:00 00:03:04 Léo Delibes Les filles de Cadiz
Prague Philharmonic Orchestra Charles Olivieri-Munroe Sol Gabetta, cello RCA 735962
18:38:00 00:13:59 Louis Théodore Gouvy Symphonie brève in G minor Op 58
Jacques Mercier German Radio Philharmonic CPO 777382
18:56:00 00:03:08 Cécile Chaminade Etudes de concert: Scherzo Op 35
Joanne Polk, piano Steinway 30037
19:00 SYMPHONY AT SEVEN with John Simna
19:02:00 00:26:37 Franz Joseph Haydn Cello Concerto No. 2 in D major
Camerata Chicago Drostan Hall Wendy Warner, cello Cedille 142
19:28:00 00:24:42 Peter Tchaikovsky Suite No. 4 in G major Op 61
Neeme Järvi Philharmonia Orchestra Chandos 8777
19:57:00 00:02:43 Frédéric Chopin Etude No. 24 in C minor Op 25
Irena Portenko, piano Blue Griff 213
20:00 WCLV ESSENTIAL CLASSICS
20:02:00 00:06:25 Léo Delibes Coppélia: Prélude & Mazurka
Martin West San Francisco Ballet Orchestra Reference 125
20:10:00 00:18:11 Ottorino Respighi The Birds
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra DeutGram 437533
20:30:00 00:26:45 Sergei Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf Op 67
BBC Philharmonic Yan Pascal Tortelier David Attenborough, narrator BBC 94
20:57:00 00:01:39 Modest Mussorgsky The Fair at Sorochinsk: Gopak
Valéry Gergiev Vienna Philharmonic Philips 468526
21:00 NIGHT MUSIC with Rob Grier; COMPOSERS DATEBOOK: Milhaud and Frisell Write for Silent Screen Comedians
21:03:00 00:17:43 Maurice Ravel Le tombeau de Couperin
Pierre Boulez Cleveland Orchestra DeutGram 2121
21:23:00 00:05:48 Chris Marshall Bluestone
London Mozart Players Stuart Morley Claire Jones, harp Silva 6051
21:31:00 00:10:50 William Alwyn Serenade
David Lloyd-Jones Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Naxos 570145
21:44:00 00:04:22 Modest Mussorgsky Khovanshchina: Act 4 Entr'acte
Oliver Knussen Cleveland Orchestra DeutGram 2123
21:50:00 00:32:38 Léo Delibes Coppélia: Suite
Martin West San Francisco Ballet Orchestra Reference 125
22:24:00 00:22:59 Sergei Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Op 43
Mahler Chamber Orchestra Claudio Abbado Yuja Wang, piano DeutGram 15338
22:50:00 00:08:57 Johann Sebastian Bach Concerto after Vivaldi in G minor
Alexandre Tharaud, piano Harm Mundi 901871
23:00 QUIET HOUR
23:02:00 00:08:59 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Andante from Piano Concerto No. 22
Royal Northern Sinfonia Kenneth Woods Sarah Beth Briggs, piano Avie 2358
23:10:00 00:07:32 Ludwig van Beethoven Elegiac Song Op 118
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Robert Shaw Atlanta Symphony Chorus Telarc 80248
23:21:00 00:06:09 Johannes Brahms Intermezzo in C sharp minor Op 117
Orli Shaham, piano Canary 15
23:27:00 00:09:07 Karl Goldmark In the Garden from "Rustic Wedding" Symphony
Stephen Gunzenhauser National Symphony of Ireland Naxos 550745
23:38:00 00:07:20 Richard Strauss Intermezzo: Interlude No. 2 'Dreaming by the Fireside'
Marc Albrecht Strasbourg Philharmonic PentaTone 310
23:45:00 00:09:15 George W. Chadwick Suite Symphonique: Romanza
José Serebrier Czech State Philharmonic Brno Reference 2104
23:56:00 00:02:47 Claude Debussy Children's Corner: The Little Shepherd
Yoav Talmi Quebec Symphony Orchestra Atma 2377
23:56:00 00:02:29 Claude Debussy Syrinx
Joshua Smith, flute Telarc 80694
