Program Guide 02-27-2017
Almanac
February 27
1814 first performance of Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 8 in Vienna with the composer conducting; when asked by his pupil Carl Czerny why the Eighth Symphony was less popular than the Seventh, Beethoven is said to have replied, "because the Eighth is so much better".
1848 Sir Charles Hubert H. Parry – English composer, teacher and music historian (d. 1918); best known for the choral song Jerusalem, the coronation anthem I was glad, and the ode Blest Pair of Sirens; wrote about music throughout his adult life: several books and 123 articles in Grove's Dictionary.
1914 first performance of George Butterworth's The Banks of Green Willow with about 40 members of the Hallé and Liverpool orchestras conducted by Adrian Boult, his first concert with a professional orchestra.
1947 Gidon Kremer – Latvian violinist and conductor (72 years old); known for his wide-ranging repertoire, extending from Antonio Vivaldi and J.S. Bach to contemporary composers.
1947 first performance of Paul Hindemith’s Concerto for Piano & Orchestra by the Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell conducting, with pianist Jesús Maria Sanromá.
1958 first performance of Peter Mennin’s Piano Concerto by the Cleveland Orchestra conducted by George Szell with pianist Eunice Podis.
1962 Marcelo Álvarez – Argentine tenor (57 years old); professional opera career started late (age 32), but he is committed to proceeding carefully, putting a high priority on maintaining the principles of bel canto – a smooth vocal line, volume modulations, and vocal expression of emotions - all while preserving the tonal quality of the voice.
1965 Frank Peter Zimmermann – German violinist (54 years old); plays a Stradivarius known as the ‘Lady Inchiquin’ from 1711, which once belonged to Fritz Kreisler.
Recording of the Week
Program Guide
00:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Angela Mitchell
00:02:00 00:19:04 Sir Charles Hubert H. Parry An English Suite
William Boughton English String Orchestra Nimbus 5366
00:24:00 00:26:55 Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 8 in F major Op 93
George Szell Cleveland Orchestra CBS/Sony 214
00:54:00 00:37:16 Béla Bartók Suite No. 1 for Orchestra Op 3
Antal Doráti Detroit Symphony Decca 4785437
01:33:00 00:56:18 Marc Minkowski Jean-Philippe Rameau's 'Une symphonie imaginaire'
Marc Minkowski Musicians of the Louvre DeutGram 4795448
02:33:00 00:26:20 Franz Joseph Haydn String Quartet No. 26 in G minor Op 20
Daedalus Quartet Bridge 9326
03:02:00 00:28:38 Johannes Brahms Variations & Fugue on Theme by Handel Op 24
Vladimir Ashkenazy Cleveland Orchestra Decca 436853
03:33:00 00:42:56 Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 29 in B flat major Op 106
Maurizio Pollini, piano DeutGram 4796018
04:18:00 00:41:34 Sir Charles Hubert H. Parry Symphony No. 4 in E minor
Matthias Bamert London Philharmonic Chandos 8896
05:01:00 00:15:44 Gioacchino Rossini String Sonata No. 6 in D major
Ensemble Explorations Harm Mundi 901847
05:19:00 00:17:37 E. J. Moeran Third Rhapsody in F sharp major
Ulster Orchestra Vernon Handley Margaret Fingerhut, piano Chandos 8639
05:39:00 00:07:00 Johann Sebastian Bach WTC-2: Prelude & Fugue No. 10 in E minor
Angela Hewitt, piano Hyperion 67303
05:50:00 00:07:23 Antonín Dvorák Finale from Piano Quintet Op 81
Concertante Jeremy Denk, piano Meridian 84459
06:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Jacqueline Gerber
06:07:00 00:04:56 Antonio Vivaldi Largo from Guitar Concerto
Orchestra of St Luke's Eliot Fisk, guitar MusicMast 67097
06:15:00 00:05:47 Alexander Voormolen Baron Hop Suite No. 1: Overture
Matthias Bamert The Hague Philharmonic Chandos 9815
06:25:00 00:10:43 Ralph Vaughan Williams Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1
Barry Wordsworth New Queen's Hall Orchestra Argo 440116
06:40:00 00:06:53 Ludwig van Beethoven Scherzo from Piano Trio No. 7 Op 97
Mitsuko Uchida, piano; Soovin Kim, violin; David Soyer, cello Marlboro 80001
06:46:00 00:04:54 Nicolas Chédeville Allegro from Flute Sonata Op 13
Gary Schocker, flute; Jason Vieaux, guitar Azica 71230
06:53:00 00:02:13 George Frideric Handel Messiah: His yoke is easy
Harry Christophers The Sixteen Choir & Orch Coro 16062
06:53:00 00:01:35 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Contradance 'The Hero Coburg's Victory'
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra DeutGram 429783
06:55:00 00:02:25 Leroy Anderson Ticonderoga March
Frederick Fennell Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra Brain 7505
07:05:00 00:05:26 Hans Zimmer Gladiator: Suite
Erich Kunzel Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Telarc 80600
07:10:00 00:07:02 Franz Joseph Haydn Minuet & Finale from String Quartet #52 Op 64
Angeles Quartet Decca 4783695
07:17:00 00:05:34 Maurice Ravel Le tombeau de Couperin: Forlane
Alexander Schimpf, piano Oehms 867
07:25:00 00:02:13 Johann Sebastian Bach Orchestral Suite No. 1: Bourrée
Martin Pearlman Boston Baroque Telarc 80619
07:30:00 00:05:35 Jean Sibelius Menuetto
Leif Segerstam Turku Philharmonic Naxos 573300
07:40:00 00:06:04 Franz Schubert Scherzo from Piano Trio No. 1
Beaux Arts Trio Philips 4788977
07:45:00 00:04:20 Ola Gjeilo Northern Lights
Charles Bruffy Phoenix Chorale Chandos 5100
07:50:00 00:02:29 Adriano Banchieri Concerto No. 2 for Brass 'Magnificat'
Empire Brass Telarc 80204
07:55:00 00:03:11 Clive Richardson Beachcomber
Ronald Corp New London Orchestra Hyperion 66968
08:07:00 00:04:50 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Mlada: Procession of the Nobles
Gerard Schwarz Seattle Symphony Naxos 572787
08:15:00 00:09:35 Franz Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12 in C sharp minor
Roberto Szidon, piano DeutGram 4779525
08:25:00 00:04:12 Antonio Salieri Falstaff: Overture
Matthias Bamert London Mozart Players Chandos 9877
08:30:00 00:04:49 John Ireland A Downland Suite: Minuet
William Boughton English String Orchestra Nimbus 7020
08:40:00 00:08:19 Maurice Ravel Miroirs: Une barque sur l'océan
Kent Nagano Lyon Opera Orchestra Erato 14331
08:51:00 00:02:55 Salomone Rossi Sinfonia No. 17 & Galliarda detta la Zambalina
Jeannette Sorrell Apollo's Fire Avie 2361
08:55:00 00:05:40 Gabriel Yared The English Patient: Theme
Carl Davis Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Naxos 572111
09:05:00 00:15:41 Robert Schumann Introduction & Allegro appassionato in G major Op 92
Warsaw Philharmonic Stanislaw Wislocki Sviatoslav Richter, piano DeutGram 4796018
09:23:00 00:03:42 Percy Grainger In a Nutshell Suite: Gum-Suckers March
Jerry Junkin Dallas Wind Symphony Reference 117
09:29:00 00:03:30 Gioacchino Rossini Galop from 'William Tell' Overture
Erich Kunzel Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Telarc 80141
09:35:00 00:04:34 Sir Hamilton Harty A John Field Suite: Rondo
Raymond Leppard Indianapolis Symphony Koss Class 3303
09:42:00 00:06:57 Joachim Raff Finale from Symphony No. 4 Op 167
Hilary Davan Wetton Milton Keynes City Orchestra Hyperion 66628
09:50:00 00:04:55 Sergei Prokofiev Waltz Suite: End of the Fairy Tale Op 110
Marin Alsop São Paulo Symphony Naxos 573518
09:55:00 00:02:51 Anonymous When the Saints Go Marching In
Stuttgart Brass Quartet Hänssler 98623
10:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Mark Satola
10:01:00 00:02:53 Lev Aronson Hasidic Dance
Brian Thornton, cello; Spencer Myer, piano Thornton 2013
10:05:00 00:03:48 Ernest Bloch Baal Shem: Simchas Torah
Gil Shaham, violin; Orli Shaham, piano Canary 10
10:11:00 00:10:00 Antonio Vivaldi Guitar Concerto in A major
English Chamber Orchestra George Malcolm Eduardo Fernández, guitar Decca 417617
10:21:00 00:02:46 Antonio Vivaldi Giustino: La gloria del mio sangue
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra Ton Koopman Yo-Yo Ma, cello Sony 90916
10:26:00 00:04:50 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Mlada: Procession of the Nobles
Gerard Schwarz Seattle Symphony Naxos 572787
10:32:00 00:03:28 Modest Mussorgsky Boris Godunov: Polonaise
Erich Kunzel Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Telarc 80657
10:40:00 00:05:36 Franz Schubert Polonaise in B flat major
Chamber Orchestra of Europe Gidon Kremer Gidon Kremer, violin DeutGram 437535
10:47:00 00:03:01 Jules Massenet Impromptu "Eau dormant"
Aldo Ciccolini, piano EMI 64277
10:52:00 00:24:47 Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 8 in F major Op 93
Douglas Boyd Manchester Camerata Avie 2242
11:17:00 00:07:04 Franz Joseph Haydn Andante from Symphony No. 101
Marc Minkowski Musicians of the Louvre Naïve 5176
11:25:00 00:07:45 Alexander Borodin In the Steppes of Central Asia
Valéry Gergiev Mariinsky Theater Orchestra Philips 470840
11:35:00 00:08:48 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Adagio in E major
English Chamber Orchestra Peter Maag Joshua Bell, violin Decca 436376
11:45:00 00:08:56 Johann Sebastian Bach Toccata & Fugue in D minor
Piers Lane, piano Hyperion 67344
11:56:00 00:02:29 Peter Tchaikovsky Swan Lake: Dance of the Swans
Valéry Gergiev Mariinsky Theater Orchestra Decca 10104
12:06:00 00:09:15 Franz Liszt Soirées de Vienne: Valse-Caprice No. 6 in A minor
Antonio Pompa-Baldi, piano Centaur 3280
12:17:00 00:09:01 Johann Strauss Jr Waltz 'Vienna Blood' Op 354
Franz Welser-Möst Vienna Philharmonic DeutGram 4763793
12:28:00 00:03:46 Antonio Salieri Angiolina: Overture
Matthias Bamert London Mozart Players Chandos 9877
12:36:00 00:05:54 Ernö Dohnányi The Veil of Pierrette: Wedding Waltz Op 18
Matthias Bamert BBC Philharmonic Chandos 9733
12:43:00 00:13:31 Sir Henry Wood Fantasia on British Sea Songs
Howard Griffiths Brandenburg State Orchestra Klanglogo 1506
12:58:00 00:02:01 Léo Delibes Sylvia: Pizzicato
Martin West San Francisco Ballet Orchestra Reference 125
13:00 THE BIG WORK AT ONE
13:02:00 00:34:25 Sir Charles Hubert H. Parry Symphony No. 3 in C major
Matthias Bamert London Philharmonic Chandos 8896
13:37:00 00:11:35 Sir Edward Elgar Serenade for Strings in E minor Op 20
Paul Goodwin English Chamber Orchestra Harm Mundi 907258
13:50:00 00:11:15 Frederick Delius A Song of Summer
Sir John Barbirolli Hallé Orchestra EMI 65119
14:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Mark Satola
14:02:00 00:01:00 Peter Heidrich Happy Birthday Tango
Kremerata Baltica Gidon Kremer Gidon Kremer, violin Nonesuch 79657
14:04:00 00:03:47 Franz Schubert Five Minuets: Minuet No. 1 in C major
Chamber Orchestra of Europe Gidon Kremer, violin DeutGram 437535
14:10:00 00:12:27 Muzio Clementi Piano Sonata in B flat major Op 24
Nikolai Demidenko, piano Hyperion 66808
14:25:00 00:10:38 Franz Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 1 for Orchestra
Iván Fischer Budapest Festival Orchestra DeutGram 4779525
14:38:00 00:05:14 Eugène Bozza Children's Overture
Timothy Reynish Royal NCM Wind Orchestra Chandos 9897
14:46:00 00:12:47 Ludwig van Beethoven Leonore Overture No. 3 Op 72
Daniel Harding German Chamber Philharmonic VirginClas 45364
15:01:00 00:12:37 Sir Charles Hubert H. Parry Symphonic Variations
Andrew Penny Royal Scottish Nat'l Orch Naxos 553469
15:15:00 00:07:03 Ludwig van Beethoven Variations on the 'Turkish March' Op 76
Emil Gilels, piano EMI 69509
15:24:00 00:04:06 Percy Grainger Spoon River
Jerry Junkin Dallas Wind Symphony Reference 117
15:29:00 00:03:47 Emmanuel Chabrier Ronde champêtre
Angela Hewitt, piano Hyperion 67515
15:37:00 00:04:40 Peter Tchaikovsky Coronation March in D major
Erich Kunzel Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Telarc 80541
15:43:00 00:10:10 Giuseppe Verdi Macbeth: Ballet Music
José Serebrier Bournemouth Symphony Naxos 572818
15:55:00 00:02:15 Johannes Brahms Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G minor
Yaara Tal, piano; Andreas Groethuysen, piano Sony 53285
16:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Bill O’Connell; COMPOSERS DATEBOOK: Timely Music by Beethoven and Leroy Anderson
15:58:00 00:03:49 Ludwig van Beethoven Scherzo from Symphony No. 8 Op 93
Sir John Eliot Gardiner Révolutionaire et Romantique Soli Deo 721
16:06:00 00:02:16 Leroy Anderson The Syncopated Clock
Leonard Slatkin BBC Concert Orchestra Naxos 559357
16:12:00 00:10:59 Sir Charles Hubert H. Parry Finale from Symphony No. 3
Matthias Bamert London Philharmonic Chandos 8896
16:27:00 00:05:50 Elmer Bernstein Far From Heaven: Suite
Royal Philharmonic Paul Bateman Andy Vinter, piano Royal Phil 33
16:37:00 00:02:02 Dmitri Shostakovich Michurin: Waltz Op 78
Constantine Orbelian Moscow Chamber Orchestra Delos 3257
16:41:00 00:08:45 Philip Glass Violin Concerto: Second movement
Vienna Philharmonic Christoph von Dohnányi Gidon Kremer, violin DeutGram 4795448
16:52:00 00:03:08 Giuseppe Verdi Il trovatore: Di quella pira
Verdi Symphony Milan Daniel Oren Marcelo Álvarez, tenor; Annalisa Raspagliosi, soprano; Verdi Symphony Chorus Decca 12568
16:57:00 00:02:25 George Frideric Handel Bourrée from Organ Concerto No. 7 Op 7
Academy of Ancient Music Richard Egarr Richard Egarr, organ Harm Mundi 807447
17:05:00 00:06:05 George Butterworth The Banks of Green Willow
Keith Lockhart BBC Concert Orchestra BBC 392
17:14:00 00:08:11 Antonín Dvorák Scherzo from Symphony No. 9 Op 95
Ferenc Fricsay Berlin Philharmonic DeutGram 4796018
17:25:00 00:09:40 Johann Sebastian Bach Keyboard Concerto No. 5 in F minor
Australian Chamber Orchestra Richard Tognetti Angela Hewitt, piano Hyperion 67308
17:40:00 00:04:50 John Williams Pops on the March
John Williams Boston Pops Orchestra Sony 46747
17:47:00 00:03:21 John Williams NBC 'Mission' Theme
John Williams Boston Pops Orchestra Philips 420178
17:52:00 00:02:11 Alexander Scriabin Mazurka in C sharp minor Op 3
Benjamin Grosvenor, piano Decca 4785334
17:56:00 00:03:19 Jerome Moross Fugue from Symphony No. 1
JoAnn Falletta London Symphony Albany 1403
18:00 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
18:26:00 00:05:35 Antonín Dvorák Czech Suite: Furiant Op 39
Sir John Eliot Gardiner NDR Symphony Orchestra DeutGram 437506
18:33:00 00:02:07 Bedrich Smetana The Bartered Bride: Furiant
Christoph von Dohnányi Cleveland Orchestra Decca 444867
18:37:00 00:14:54 Bedrich Smetana Má vlast: The High Castle
Sir Colin Davis London Symphony LSO Live 516
18:55:00 00:04:04 Antonín Dvorák Scherzo from Piano Quintet Op 81
Concertante Jeremy Denk, piano Meridian 84459
19:00 SYMPHONY AT SEVEN with John Simna
19:02:00 00:15:23 Sir Charles Hubert H. Parry Lady Radnor's Suite
William Boughton English String Orchestra Nimbus 5068
19:19:00 00:35:15 Ludwig van Beethoven Concerto for Violin, Cello & Piano in C major Op 56
CityMusic Cleveland James Gaffigan Daniel Shapiro, piano; Kyung Sun Lee, violin; Edward Arron, cello CityMusic 2
19:56:00 00:03:01 Antonín Dvorák Romantic Pieces: Allegro moderato Op 75
Caroline Goulding, violin; Danae Dörken, piano Ars Prod. 38536
20:00 WCLV ESSENTIAL CLASSICS
20:02:00 00:16:49 Peter Tchaikovsky Capriccio italien Op 45
Herbert von Karajan Berlin Philharmonic DeutGram 4796018
20:21:00 00:11:24 Bedrich Smetana The Bartered Bride: Three Dances
George Szell Cleveland Orchestra CBS/Sony 215
20:34:00 00:22:36 Joaquín Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez
Philharmonia Orchestra Luis García-Navarro Narciso Yepes, guitar DeutGram 4795448
21:00 NIGHT MUSIC with Rob Grier; COMPOSERS DATEBOOK: Timely Music by Beethoven and Leroy Anderson
21:03:00 00:18:19 Jean Sibelius Tapiola Op 112
Hans Rosbaud Berlin Philharmonic DeutGram 4796018
21:23:00 00:04:15 Peter Tchaikovsky Nocturne in C sharp minor Op 19
Munich Radio Orchestra Ari Rasilainen Sol Gabetta, cello RCA 75951
21:30:00 00:03:37 Roxanna Panufnik Kyrie after William Byrd
Suzi Digby Ora Harm Mundi 906102
21:35:00 00:16:28 Johann Christian Bach Piano Concerto in E flat major Op 7
Hamburg Camerata Ralf Gothóni Anastasia Injushina, piano Ondine 1224
21:54:00 00:36:11 Sir Charles Hubert H. Parry Symphony No. 2 in F major
Andrew Penny Royal Scottish Nat'l Orch Naxos 553469
22:32:00 00:19:27 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Violin Concerto No. 2 in D major
English Chamber Orchestra Shlomo Mintz Shlomo Mintz, violin Avie 2058
22:54:00 00:04:49 Joaquín Rodrigo Plegaria de la Infanta de Castilla
Brazilian Guitar Quartet Delos 3466
22:57:00 00:02:55 Christoph Willibald Gluck Orfeo ed Euridice: Overture
Marc Minkowski Musicians of the Louvre Archiv 471582
23:00 QUIET HOUR
23:02:00 00:07:36 Poul Schierbeck Prelude for Strings Op 43
Ole Schmidt Odense Symphony DaCapo 226047
23:09:00 00:08:50 Maurice Ravel Très lent from String Quartet in F major
Jupiter String Quartet OberlinMus 1304
23:20:00 00:06:20 Frederick Delius Romance
Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Kathryn Stott, piano Sony 510316
23:26:00 00:02:29 Sir Charles Hubert H. Parry An English Suite: Air
William Boughton English String Orchestra Nimbus 5366
23:28:00 00:05:01 Charles Wilfrid Orr A Cotswold Hill Tune
David Lloyd-Jones Royal Ballet Sinfonia Naxos 554186
23:36:00 00:08:06 Franz Joseph Haydn Adagio from Cello Concerto No. 1
Camerata Chicago Drostan Hall Wendy Warner, cello Cedille 142
23:44:00 00:09:50 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Andante from Symphony No. 40
Jeannette Sorrell Apollo's Fire Avie 2159
23:56:00 00:03:04 Armas Järnefelt Berceuse
Swedish Radio Symphony Esa-Pekka Salonen Mats Zetterqvist, violin; Mats Rondin, cello Sony 46668
23:57:00 00:02:46 Felix Mendelssohn Song without Words No. 25 in G major Op 62
Sergei Babayan, piano Discover 920155
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