Program Guide 02-28-2017
Almanac
February 28
1808 Elias Parish Alvars – English harpist and composer (d.1849); Hector Berlioz said of him: "This man is the Liszt of the harp. You cannot conceive all the delicate and powerful effects, the novel touches and unprecedented sonorities that he manages to produce…”
1825 Jean-Baptiste Arban – French cornetist, conductor, composer and pedagogue (d.1889); first famous virtuoso of the modern cornet à piston, or valved cornet, and author of a still widely used method for the instrument.
1854 first performance of Franz Liszt’s Les Préludes in Weimar conducted by the composer; in the announcement in the Weimarische Zeitung the day before the premiere, it was called Les Préludes— symphonische Dichtung, and the term ‘symphonic poem’ was invented.
1876 John Alden Carpenter – American composer (d.1951); studied composition at Harvard with John Knowles Paine and in Rome with Sir Edward Elgar; most famous for his ballets Krazy Kat (1921) and Skyscrapers (1926) and the impressionistic orchestral suite Adventures in a Perambulator (1914).
1912 first performances of Carl Nielsen’s Symphony No. 3 ‘Sinfonia espansiva’ and Violin Concerto with the composer conducting Copenhagen's Royal Danish Orchestra; there are wordless vocal solos for soprano and baritone in the second movement of the symphony; the concerto was written for—and premiered by—Hungarian violinist Dr. Emil Telmányi, the composer's son-in-law.
1920 first performance of the orchestral version of Maurice Ravel's Le Tombeau de Couperin in Paris (the solo piano version had been premiered by Marguerite Long in April 1919); this piece captures Ravel at the height of his orchestration skills, turning a very pianistic piece into a superb orchestral suite with very few hints of its origins.
1953 Osmo Vänskä – Finnish conductor, clarinetist and composer (66 years old); studied conducting with Jorma Panula at the Sibelius Academy, where his classmates included Esa-Pekka Salonen and Jukka-Pekka Saraste; became Music Director of the Minnesota Orchestra in 2003, but resigned in October 2013, one year after management locked out the musicians in a longstanding labor dispute; in January 2014 Vänskä and the Minnesota won a Grammy for the album of Sibelius's Symphonies Nos. 1 and 4; he was re-appointed music director of the Orchestra in April 2014 with a two-year contract, which was extended in May 2015 to last until August 2019.
Leap Year events, celebrated otherwise on the 28th of February
1792 Gioacchino Rossini – Italian composer (d.1868); wrote 39 operas as well as sacred music, chamber music, songs, and some instrumental and piano pieces; his best-known operas include the Italian comedies The Barber of Seville and La Cenerentola, and the French-language epics Mosé and William Tell; until his retirement in 1829, Rossini had been the most popular opera composer in history.
1828 premiere of Daniel Auber's opera La muette de Portici (The Mute Girl of Portici, originally Masaniello) at the Salle Le Peletier of the Paris Opéra; generally regarded as the first French grand opera
Recording of the Week
Program Guide
00:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Angela Mitchell
00:02:00 00:17:43 Maurice Ravel Le tombeau de Couperin
Pierre Boulez Cleveland Orchestra DeutGram 2121
00:22:00 00:49:54 Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 3 in E flat major Op 55
Osmo Vänskä Minnesota Orchestra Bis 1516
01:14:00 00:22:51 Ottorino Respighi Rossiniana
Salvatore Di Vittorio Respighi Chamber Orchestra Naxos 572332
01:39:00 00:39:03 Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 2 in D Op 73
Eugen Jochum Berlin Philharmonic DeutGram 4796018
02:21:00 00:30:07 Camille Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No. 3 in E flat major Op 29
WDR Symphony Cologne Thomas Sanderling Anna Malikova, piano Audite 92510
02:53:00 00:43:52 Peter Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 in E minor Op 64
Evgeny Mravinsky Leningrad Philharmonic DeutGram 4796018
03:40:00 00:30:11 Ernö Dohnányi Suite in F sharp minor Op 19
JoAnn Falletta Buffalo Philharmonic Naxos 572303
04:12:00 00:33:46 George Gershwin Piano Concerto in F major
Buffalo Philharmonic JoAnn Falletta Orion Weiss, piano Naxos 559705
04:49:00 00:28:37 Felix Mendelssohn String Quartet No. 3 in D major Op 44
Pacifica Quartet Cedille 82
05:22:00 00:14:09 Zoltán Kodály Theater Overture
Antal Doráti Philharmonia Hungarica Decca 443006
05:39:00 00:06:26 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Rondo in C major
English Chamber Orchestra Raymond Leppard Peter-Lukas Graf, flute Brilliant 93290
05:52:00 00:04:37 Ralph Vaughan Williams The Running Set
George Hurst Bournemouth Sinfonietta Chandos 2419
06:00 BBC NEWS; CLASSICAL MUSIC with Jacqueline Gerber
06:07:00 00:03:44 Jean-Philippe Rameau Les Fêtes d'Hébé: Gavottes
Raymond Leppard English Chamber Orchestra EMI 65732
06:12:00 00:08:16 George Frederick Bristow Rip Van Winkle: Overture
Rebecca Miller Royal Northern Sinfonia New World 80768
06:22:00 00:02:17 Leopold Godowsky Alt Wien
Stephen Hough, piano Hyperion 67043
06:24:00 00:04:26 Johann Joachim Quantz Finale from Flute Concerto in G major
CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra Peter Schreier Patrick Gallois, flute DeutGram 439895
06:30:00 00:04:35 Georges Bizet Carmen Suite No. 2: Gypsy Dance
Sir Neville Marriner London Symphony Philips 4788977
06:40:00 00:06:07 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Finale from Divertimento for String Trio
Albers Trio Tre Sorell 2010
06:47:00 00:03:11 William Schuman New England Triptych: Chester
José Serebrier Bournemouth Symphony Naxos 559083
06:51:00 00:04:28 Claude Debussy Rêverie
Eiji Oue Minnesota Orchestra Reference 99
06:55:00 00:02:16 John Philip Sousa March 'The Belle of Chicago'
Keith Brion Royal Artillery Band Naxos 559092
07:05:00 00:06:41 Gaetano Donizetti Don Pasquale: Overture
Myung-Whun Chung St Cecilia Academy Orchestra DeutGram 471566
07:10:00 00:07:13 Giuseppe Verdi Aïda: Grand March 'Gloria all' Egitto!'
Orchestra of La Scala Claudio Abbado La Scala Chorus DeutGram 4796018
07:20:00 00:03:30 Stephen Paulus We Gather Together
Dale Warland Dale Warland Singers Gothic 49243
07:25:00 00:02:56 Karol Kurpinski Polish Wedding: Mazurka
Richard Bonynge London Symphony Decca 433863
07:30:00 00:04:05 Franz Schubert Scherzo from String Quartet No. 14
Franz Welser-Möst Camerata Salzburg EMI 56813
07:40:00 00:08:56 Ludwig van Beethoven Rondo from Cello Sonata No. 2 Op 5
Zuill Bailey, cello; Simone Dinnerstein, piano Telarc 80740
07:50:00 00:04:56 Ferde Grofé Mississippi Suite: Mardi Gras
Steven Richman Harmonie Ensemble New York Bridge 9212
07:55:00 00:03:09 Alexandre Tansman Foxtrot from 'Sonatine Transatlantique'
Daniel Blumenthal, piano Cybelia 849
08:05:00 00:07:01 Tomaso Albinoni Concerto for 2 Oboes in D major Op 9
Collegium Musicum 90 Simon Standage Anthony Robson, oboe; Catherine Latham, oboe Chandos 610
08:15:00 00:08:38 Hector Berlioz Overture 'Le corsaire' Op 21
Sir Colin Davis Dresden State Orchestra RCA 68790
08:25:00 00:03:29 Johann Sebastian Bach Cantata No. 147: Jesu, Joy of Man's
José Serebrier Bournemouth Symphony Naxos 572050
08:31:00 00:04:07 Jean Sibelius Karelia Suite: Alla marcia Op 11
Osmo Vänskä Lahti Symphony Orchestra Bis 918
08:40:00 00:07:49 Ludwig van Beethoven Scherzo & Rondo from Sonata No. 15 Op 28
Peter Takács, piano Cambria 1175
08:51:00 00:03:17 Francis Poulenc Finale from Flute Sonata
The Hague Philharmonic Neeme Järvi Sharon Bezaly, flute Bis 1679
08:54:00 00:04:08 Alexander Glazunov Novelette No. 3 for Strings Op 15
St. Petersburg String Quartet Delos 3262
08:58:00 00:03:02 Max Steiner King Kong: Main Title & Entrance of Kong
Erich Kunzel Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Telarc 80708
09:05:00 00:17:47 Benjamin Britten A Simple Symphony Op 4
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra DeutGram 423624
09:27:00 00:03:43 Leonard Bernstein ON THE WATERFRONT: Love Theme
John Mauceri Hollywood Bowl Orchestra Philips 432109
09:35:00 00:06:29 Georg Philipp Telemann Suite for Recorder & Strings: Italian Air
Philomel Baroque Orchestra Elissa Berardi, recorder Centaur 2366
09:47:00 00:02:44 Igor Stravinsky Pétrouchka: Russian Dance
Leonidas Kavakos, violin; Enrico Pace, piano Decca 4789377
09:50:00 00:06:00 Gioacchino Rossini L'inganno felice: Overture
Christian Benda Prague Sinfonia Naxos 570934
10:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Mark Satola
10:00:00 00:02:46 Jean Sibelius Pelléas et Mélisande: Entr'acte
Osmo Vänskä Lahti Symphony Orchestra Bis 918
10:04:00 00:03:45 Jean Sibelius Karelia Suite: Intermezzo Op 11
Osmo Vänskä Lahti Symphony Orchestra Bis 918
10:10:00 00:11:53 Gioacchino Rossini String Sonata No. 3 in C major
Ensemble Explorations Harm Mundi 901847
10:23:00 00:05:20 Gioacchino Rossini Sinfonia di Bologna in D major
Christian Benda Prague Sinfonia Naxos 570934
10:30:00 00:03:37 Benjamin Britten Peter Grimes: Sea Interlude No. 2
Paavo Järvi Cincinnati Symphony Telarc 80660
10:38:00 00:03:43 Sir Granville Bantock The Sea Reivers
Vernon Handley Royal Philharmonic Hyperion 66450
10:44:00 00:04:05 Franz Liszt Schubert Song 'Auf dem Wasser zu singen'
Daniil Trifonov, piano Mariinsky 530
10:51:00 00:19:54 Richard Strauss Der Rosenkavalier: Suite Op 59
Lorin Maazel New York Philharmonic DeutGram 7890
11:11:00 00:05:43 Franz Lehár The Merry Widow: Waltz
Arthur Fiedler Boston Pops Orchestra RCA 68793
11:19:00 00:08:52 Gioacchino Rossini La gazza ladra: Overture
Piero Gamba London Symphony Decca 4785437
11:30:00 00:07:47 Federico Moreno Tórroba Suite castellana
David Russell, guitar Telarc 80451
11:40:00 00:09:33 Johan Halvorsen Dances from 'Mascarade'
Neeme Järvi Bergen Philharmonic Chandos 10584
11:51:00 00:06:48 Johann David Heinichen Concerto Grosso in F major
Reinhard Goebel Cologne Musica Antiqua Archiv 437549
12:06:00 00:08:45 Gioacchino Rossini Il turco in Italia: Overture
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra DeutGram 415363
12:17:00 00:07:54 Hugo Wolf Italian Serenade in G major
Orchestra of Paris Daniel Barenboim Ana Bela Chaves, viola Erato 45416
12:27:00 00:03:33 Camille Saint-Saëns Airs de Ballet d'Ascanio: Adagio & Variation
Tapiola Sinfonietta Jean Jacques Kantorow Sharon Bezaly, flute Bis 1359
12:31:00 00:03:25 Maurice Ravel Le tombeau de Couperin: Rigaudon
Carlton Woods Blue Water Chamber Orchestra Blue Water 2010
12:40:00 00:04:09 Edvard Grieg Holberg Suite: Rigaudon Op 40
Conrad van Alphen Rotterdam Chamber Orchestra Telarc 80623
12:46:00 00:09:17 Mikhail Glinka Spanish Overture No. 1
Sir Charles Mackerras London Symphony Mercury 434352
12:57:00 00:02:45 Ottokar Novácek Perpetual Motion Op 5
Virtuosi Maxim Vengerov, violin; Vag Papian, piano EMI 57164
13:00 THE BIG WORK AT ONE
13:01:00 00:19:20 Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco Concerto for 2 Guitars Op 201
London Philharmonic Leonard Slatkin Kazuhito Yamashita, guitar; Naoko Yamashita, guitar RCA 60355
13:22:00 00:17:43 Maurice Ravel Le tombeau de Couperin
Pierre Boulez Cleveland Orchestra DeutGram 2121
13:41:00 00:19:05 Sergei Prokofiev Lieutenant Kijé Suite Op 60
George Szell Cleveland Orchestra CBS/Sony 218
14:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Mark Satola
14:02:00 00:02:17 Aram Khachaturian Gayaneh: Dance of the Rose Maidens
Neeme Järvi Royal Scottish Nat'l Orch Chandos 8542
14:05:00 00:03:38 Dmitri Kabalevsky Finale from Piano Concerto No. 4 Op 99
NDR Radio Philharmonic Alun Francis Michael Korstick, piano CPO 777658
14:10:00 00:09:42 Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Sinfonia in G major
Karl Richter Munich Bach Orchestra DeutGram 4795448
14:23:00 00:09:36 Gioacchino Rossini The Siege of Corinth: Overture
Thomas Schippers London Symphony EMI 64335
14:36:00 00:06:40 Uuno Klami The Cyclist
Osmo Vänskä Lahti Symphony Orchestra Bis 575
14:45:00 00:10:27 Étienne Méhul Young Henry's Hunt: Overture
Michel Swierczewski Gulbenkian Orchestra Nimbus 5184
14:55:00 00:03:05 Leonard Bernstein Candide: Paris Waltz
John Mauceri Hollywood Bowl Orchestra Philips 438685
15:00:00 00:10:49 Leonard Bernstein On the Town: Three Dance Episodes
Leonard Slatkin St. Louis Symphony EMI 63905
15:13:00 00:11:39 Aaron Copland El Salón México
David Zinman Baltimore Symphony Argo 440639
15:26:00 00:02:42 Paul Schoenfield Four Souvenirs: Square Dance
Caroline Goulding, violin; Christopher O'Riley, piano Telarc 80744
15:30:00 00:04:09 Ludwig van Beethoven Variations on Arne's 'Rule Britannia'
Olli Mustonen, piano Decca 436834
15:34:00 00:06:05 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Andante in C major
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Susan Palma-Nidel, flute DeutGram 427677
15:42:00 00:13:02 Hector Berlioz The Damnation of Faust: Suite
George Szell Cleveland Orchestra MAA 97
16:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Bill O’Connell; COMPOSERS DATEBOOK: Ravel's ‘Tombeau’
15:56:00 00:01:20 Peter Tchaikovsky The Seasons: July Op 37
Lang Lang, piano Sony 511758
16:00:00 00:05:16 Maurice Ravel Le tombeau de Couperin: Menuet
Pierre Boulez Cleveland Orchestra DeutGram 2121
16:07:00 00:03:15 Maurice Ravel Le tombeau de Couperin: Prelude
Pierre Boulez Cleveland Orchestra DeutGram 2121
16:13:00 00:11:17 Carl Nielsen Allegro espansivo from Symphony No. 3 Op 27
Alan Gilbert New York Philharmonic DaCapo 220623
16:28:00 00:05:02 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Laudate Dominum German Radio Philharmonic
Karel Mark Chichon Elina Garanca, mezzo; Latvian Radio Choir DeutGram 21327
16:37:00 00:02:38 Michael Praetorius Terpsichore: Three Ballets à 4
New London Consort l'Oiseau 4759101
16:41:00 00:08:25 Jean Sibelius Finlandia Op 26
Osmo Vänskä Lahti Symphony Orchestra Bis 575
16:52:00 00:03:41 Franz Schubert Finale from 'Wanderer Fantasy'
Maurizio Pollini, piano DeutGram 4796018
16:58:00 00:01:38 Giuseppe Torelli Allegro from Trumpet Concerto
Paramount Brass Centaur 2355
17:05:00 00:06:34 Dmitri Shostakovich Festive Overture Op 96
Brett Mitchell Cleveland Orch Youth Orch COYO 61415
17:28:00 00:06:45 Camille Saint-Saëns Danse macabre Op 40
Orchestra of Paris Daniel Barenboim Luben Yordanoff, violin DeutGram 4796018
17:40:00 00:05:36 Gioacchino Rossini Stabat Mater: Amen
Academy Ancient Music Berlin Marcus Creed RIAS Chamber Chorus Harm Mundi 2908304
17:47:00 00:02:51 Gioacchino Rossini Duetto buffo di due gatti
Gérard Lesne, countertenor; Rockwell Blake, tenor; Antonio Pappano, piano EMI 55614
17:52:00 00:02:41 Peter Tchaikovsky Swan Lake: Hungarian Dance
Valéry Gergiev Mariinsky Theater Orchestra Decca 10104
17:57:00 00:02:11 Ernesto Lecuona La comparsa
Kathryn Stott, piano EMI 56803
18:00 BBC NEWS; DINNER CLASSICS
18:09:00 00:12:52 John Alden Carpenter Krazy Kat
Calvin Simmons Los Angeles Philharmonic New World 80228
18:24:00 00:02:24 John Alden Carpenter Looking Glass River
Thomas Hampson, baritone; Craig Rutenberg, piano THM 5432
18:28:00 00:05:11 Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Deep River Op 59
Lara Downes, piano Sono Lumin 92207
18:36:00 00:16:11 Ralph Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending
London Symphony Sir Colin Davis Hilary Hahn, violin DeutGram 3026
18:55:00 00:03:53 Virgil Thomson The River: Finale
Sir Neville Marriner Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra EMI 6612
19:00 SYMPHONY AT SEVEN with John Simna
19:02:00 00:14:24 Benjamin Britten Matinées musicales Op 24
Okko Kamu Helsingborg Symphony Ondine 825
19:18:00 00:37:58 Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major Op 15
Vienna Symphony Carlo Maria Giulini Michelangeli, piano DeutGram 4796018
20:00 WCLV ESSENTIAL CLASSICS
20:02:00 00:08:48 Carl Maria von Weber Invitation to the Dance Op 65
Cleveland Orchestra Christoph von Dohnányi Stephen Geber, cello Decca 430201
20:13:00 00:15:52 Richard Strauss Don Juan Op 20
George Szell Cleveland Orchestra Sony 63123
20:31:00 00:26:38 Camille Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No. 4 in C minor Op 44
WDR Symphony Cologne Thomas Sanderling Anna Malikova, piano Audite 92509
21:00 NIGHT MUSIC with Rob Grier; COMPOSERS DATEBOOK: Ravel's ‘Tombeau’
21:03:00 00:09:38 Hamish MacCunn Overture 'The Land of the Mountain and the Flood'
Osmo Vänskä BBC Scottish Symphony BBC 392
21:14:00 00:20:22 Ernö Dohnányi Serenade for Strings Op 10
Dmitry Sitkovetsky NES Chamber Orchestra Nonesuch 79545
21:36:00 00:07:22 Michael Torke Blue Pacific
Hana Chu, piano Ecstatic 92209
21:46:00 00:04:39 Tomás Luis de Victoria Ave Maria
Ralph Allwood Rodolfus Choir BBC 326
21:52:00 00:37:10 Carl Nielsen Symphony No. 3 Op 27
New York Philharmonic Alan Gilbert Erin Morley, soprano; Joshua Hopkins, baritone DaCapo 220623
22:32:00 00:19:38 Franz Joseph Haydn Piano Sonata No. 62 in E flat major
Rafal Blechacz, piano DeutGram 11952
22:55:00 00:04:27 Agustín Barrios Vals Op 8
Jason Vieaux, guitar Azica 71287
23:00 QUIET HOUR
23:02:00 00:08:06 Johannes Brahms Adagio from Trio Op 114
Franklin Cohen, clarinet; Stephen Geber, cello; Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano Decca 425839
23:10:00 00:08:08 Alexander Glazunov Mélodie Op 20
St Cecilia Academy Orchestra Antonio Pappano Han-Na Chang, cello EMI 82390
23:20:00 00:06:03 Alexander Voormolen Arioso from Concerto for 2 Oboes
The Hague Philharmonic Matthias Bamert Pauline Oostenrijk, oboe; Hans Roerade, oboe Chandos 9815
23:26:00 00:04:10 Jean Sibelius The Tempest: Interlude 'Prospero' Op 109
Osmo Vänskä Lahti Symphony Orchestra Bis 581
23:30:00 00:06:07 Lou Harrison Pastorale No. 7 "For My Brother"
Dennis Russell Davies Brooklyn Philharmonic MusicMast 67089
23:38:00 00:06:02 Orlando Gibbons Pavan No. 16 in G minor
Alan Feinberg, piano Steinway 30019
23:44:00 00:09:40 Sir Arnold Bax Elegiac Trio
Maarika Järvi, flute; Paul Cortese, viola; Marie-Pierre Langlamet, harp Chandos 9395
23:55:00 00:03:25 Patrick Hawes Reflexionem Voces8
Matthew Sharp, cello Decca 4785703
23:57:00 00:02:16 Edvard Grieg Lyric Pieces Book 3: Solitary Traveler Op 43
Per Tengstrand, piano Azica 71207
