Program Guide 03-06-2017
Almanac
March 6
1831 premiere of Vincenzo Bellini's opera La sonnambula (The Sleepwalker) at the Teatro Carcano, Milan; the phrase Ah! non credea mirarti / Sì presto estinto, o fiore ("I did not believe you would fade so soon, oh flower") from Amina's final aria is inscribed on Bellini's tomb in the Catania Cathedral in Sicily.
1853 premiere of Giuseppe Verdi's La traviata (The Fallen Woman) at La Fenice in Venice; the premiere did not go well and the next day, Verdi wrote to a friend in what has become his most famous letter: "La traviata last night a failure. Was the fault mine or the singers'? Time will tell"; as of 2012, it was in first place on the Operabase list of the most-performed operas worldwide.
1870 Oscar Straus – Austrian composer of operettas, film scores and songs (d.1954); his original name was actually Strauss, but for professional purposes he deliberately omitted the final 's', since he wished not to be associated with the musical Strauss family of Vienna.
1897 Knudage Riisager – Estonian-born Danish composer (d.1974); his Trumpet Concertino (1933) is considered a leading example of Danish neoclassical music.
1930 Lorin Maazel – American conductor, violinist and composer (d.2014); Music Director of the Cleveland Orchestra from 1972 to 1982; held posts at L’Orchestre National de France, Pittsburgh Symphony, Bavarian Radio Symphony and the New York Philharmonic, among others.
1934 first performance of Benjamin Britten's A Simple Symphony in Norwich with the composer conducting an amateur orchestra; appears in Wes Anderson's film Moonrise Kingdom (2012), which prominently features many pieces by Britten.
1944 Dame Kiri Te Kanawa – New Zealand/Maori soprano (74 years old); has had a highly successful international opera career since 1968; in 2013, she appeared in Downton Abbey playing Dame Nellie Melba, the Australian operatic soprano.
1952 Marielle Labeque – French pianist (67years old); with Katia, member of the piano duo, the Labeque Sisters.
1975 Yannick Nézet-Séguin – Canadian conductor and pianist (44 years old); currently music director of the Orchestre Métropolitain (in Montreal), the Metropolitan Opera, and the Philadelphia Orchestra.
2000 premiere of The Handmaid’s Tale by Poul Ruders at the Royal Danish Opera in Copenhagen; based on the novel by Canadian writer Margaret Attwood; original production was sung in Danish, but the composer says he conceived the work in English.
Recording of the Week
Program Guide
00:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Angela Mitchell
00:02:00 00:31:14 Sir Edward Elgar Enigma Variations Op 36
Michael Stern Kansas City Symphony Reference 129
00:36:00 00:29:13 Felix Mendelssohn Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor Op 49
Emanuel Ax, piano; Itzhak Perlman, violin; Yo-Yo Ma, cello Sony 52192
01:08:00 00:33:42 Igor Stravinsky The Rite of Spring
Lorin Maazel Cleveland Orchestra Telarc 80054
01:44:00 00:34:50 Robert Schumann Symphony No. 2 in C major Op 61
Yannick Nézet-Séguin Chamber Orchestra of Europe DeutGram 4792437
02:21:00 00:34:03 Claude Debussy La boîte à joujoux
Michael Tilson Thomas London Symphony Sony 48231
02:58:00 00:31:04 Frédéric Chopin Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor Op 58
Ingrid Fliter, piano EMI 14899
03:31:00 00:20:03 Leo Sowerby Theme in Yellow
Paul Freeman Czech National Symphony Cedille 33
03:54:00 00:56:21 Maurice Ravel Daphnis et Chloé
Cleveland Orchestra Lorin Maazel Cleveland Orchestra Chorus Decca 4787779
04:53:00 00:24:42 Johannes Brahms Trio in A minor Op 114
Franklin Cohen, clarinet; Stephen Geber, cello; Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano Decca 425839
05:20:00 00:16:01 Germaine Tailleferre Concertino for Harp & Orchestra
Women's Philharmonic JoAnn Falletta Gillian Benet, harp Koch Intl 7169
05:38:00 00:06:32 Luigi Boccherini Symphony No. 1 in D major
Chiara Banchini Ensemble 415 Harm Mundi 901291
05:50:00 00:07:00 Gabriel Fauré Requiem: Agnus Dei Op 48
Philharmonia Orchestra Carlo Maria Giulini Philharmonia Chorus DeutGram 4795448
05:57:00 00:01:57 Sir Edward Elgar The Crown of India: Warriors' Dance Op 66
Sir Andrew Davis BBC Philharmonic Chandos 10570
06:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Jacqueline Gerber
06:07:00 00:03:11 Nicolas Gombert Mille regretz
Stile Antico Harm Mundi 807595
06:15:00 00:07:59 Ludwig van Beethoven Allegretto from Symphony No. 7 Op 92
Franz Welser-Möst Cleveland Orchestra MAA 20081
06:22:00 00:04:30 William Bolcom Graceful Ghost Rag
Spencer Myer, piano Steinway 30041
06:28:00 00:06:43 Antonín Dvorák Scherzo from Symphony No. 4 Op 13
Libor Pesek Czech Philharmonic VirginClas 91144
06:40:00 00:07:48 Ottorino Respighi Rossiniana: Tarantella
Salvatore Di Vittorio Respighi Chamber Orchestra Naxos 572332
06:48:00 00:04:03 Leonard Bernstein On the Town: Lonely Town
Philharmonia Orchestra David Zinman Joshua Bell, violin Sony 89358
06:53:00 00:02:37 Sergei Prokofiev Cinderella: Mazurka
Vladimir Ashkenazy Cleveland Orchestra Decca 410162
06:58:00 00:03:12 John Philip Sousa March 'Powhattan's Daughter'
Keith Brion Royal Artillery Band Naxos 559131
07:05:00 00:06:10 Sergei Prokofiev Lieutenant Kijé Suite: Burial of Kijé Op 60
Paavo Järvi Cincinnati Symphony Telarc 80683
07:13:00 00:08:58 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Two Minuets from Divertimento No.2
George Szell Cleveland Orchestra Sony 86793
07:23:00 00:03:32 Johann Sebastian Bach Fugue in A major
Alan Feinberg, piano Steinway 30034
07:30:00 00:04:04 Antonín Dvorák Scherzo from String Quartet No. 12 Op 96
Charles Rosekrans Royal Philharmonic Telarc 80610
07:40:00 00:09:38 Deems Taylor Through the Looking Glass: Jabberwocky
Gerard Schwarz Seattle Symphony Delos 3099
07:50:00 00:03:59 William Bolcom Knockout: A Rag
Spencer Myer, piano Steinway 30041
07:56:00 00:02:58 Elmer Bernstein To Kill a Mockingbird: Main Title
Erich Kunzel Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Telarc 80708
08:07:00 00:05:38 Franz Joseph Haydn Allegretto from Symphony No. 100
Marc Minkowski Musicians of the Louvre Naïve 5176
08:15:00 00:08:43 Robert Schumann Allegro brillante from Piano Quintet Op 44
Maria João Pires, piano; Augustin Dumay, violin; Renaud Capuçon, violin; Gérard Caussé, viola; Jian Wang, cello DeutGram 463179
08:30:00 00:04:23 Johann Sebastian Bach Cantata No. 78: Duet
Empire Brass Douglas Major, organ EMI 47395
08:32:00 00:02:59 Duke Ellington The River: Giggling Rapids
JoAnn Falletta Buffalo Philharmonic Naxos 559737
08:40:00 00:09:27 Joaquín Rodrigo Zapateado & Finale from Concierto
Academy St. Martin in Fields Sir Neville Marriner Pepe Romero, guitar; Sir Angel Romero, guitar Philips 4788977
08:51:00 00:03:00 Gabriel Pierné March of the Little Lead Soldiers
Juanjo Mena BBC Philharmonic Chandos 10633
08:55:00 00:06:26 Erich Wolfgang Korngold The Sea Hawk: Suite
Paul Bateman City of Prague Philharmonic Silva 3009
09:03:00 00:19:16 Peter Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Lorin Maazel Cleveland Orchestra Telarc 80551
09:09:00 00:17:01 Benjamin Britten The Young Person's Guide to Orchestra Op 34
Michael Stern Kansas City Symphony Reference 120
09:29:00 00:06:47 Richard Rodgers The Sound of Music: Medley
Carl Topilow Cleveland Pops Orchestra Azica 72216
09:40:00 00:03:28 Leonard Bernstein Chichester Psalm No. 1
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Gerard Schwarz Liverpool Philharmonic Choir Naxos 559456
09:45:00 00:06:02 Igor Stravinsky Suite No. 2 for Small Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle Royal Northern Sinfonia EMI 69204
09:55:00 00:04:08 Manuel de Falla La vida breve: Spanish Dance No. 2
Brazilian Guitar Quartet Delos 3466
10:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with John Simna
10:02:00 00:03:48 George Frideric Handel Berenice: Minuet
Sir Neville Marriner Academy St. Martin in Fields EMI 47027
10:06:00 00:01:39 Henry Purcell The Gordian Knot Untied: Rondeau Minuet
Kevin Mallon Aradia Ensemble Naxos 570149
10:10:00 00:09:45 Georg Philipp Telemann Concerto for 3 Oboes in B flat major
Combattimento Consort Olympia 342
10:21:00 00:05:24 Ludwig August Lebrun Rondo from Oboe Concerto No. 1
English Concert Trevor Pinnock Paul Goodwin, oboe Archiv 431821
10:27:00 00:05:32 H. Balfour Gardiner Shepherd Fennel's Dance
Raymond Leppard Indianapolis Symphony Koss Class 3303
10:34:00 00:04:06 Sergei Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet: Minuet
Lorin Maazel Cleveland Orchestra Decca 4787779
10:41:00 00:05:39 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov The Golden Cockerel: Marriage Feast
Lorin Maazel Cleveland Orchestra Decca 4787779
10:52:00 00:19:21 Franz Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 93 in D
Marc Minkowski Musicians of the Louvre Naïve 5176
11:12:00 00:04:06 Franz Joseph Haydn The Creation: The Heavens Are Telling
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Robert Shaw Atlanta Symphony Chorus Telarc 80119
11:19:00 00:07:01 Peter Tchaikovsky Andante cantabile Op 11
Eiji Oue Minnesota Orchestra Reference 99
11:28:00 00:08:35 Franz Schubert Impromptu No. 4 in A flat major
Simone Dinnerstein, piano Sony 798943
11:40:00 00:08:54 Samuel Barber Overture to 'The School for Scandal' Op 5
Neeme Järvi Detroit Symphony Chandos 8958
11:49:00 00:06:30 Antonio Vivaldi Violin Concerto in G major
English Concert Trevor Pinnock Simon Standage, violin Archiv 423094
10:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Angela Mitchell
12:07:00 00:09:08 Hector Berlioz Roman Carnival Overture Op 9
Lorin Maazel Cleveland Orchestra Decca 4787779
12:19:00 00:06:06 Modest Mussorgsky The Fair at Sorochinsk: Overture
Evgeny Svetlanov Russian State Symphony RCA 68406
12:27:00 00:03:29 William Bolcom Incineratorag
Spencer Myer, piano Steinway 30041
12:35:00 00:03:52 Manuel de Falla El amor brujo: Ritual Fire Dance
Lorin Maazel Berlin Radio Symphony DeutGram 4796018
12:42:00 00:16:00 Johan Helmich Roman Oboe d'amore Concerto in D major
Stockholm Sinfonietta Jan-Olav Wedin Alf Nilsson, oboe d'amore Bis 165
13:00 THE BIG WORK AT ONE
13:02:00 00:36:05 Jean Sibelius Symphony No. 1 in E minor Op 39
Lorin Maazel Vienna Philharmonic Decca 4785437
13:36:00 00:17:08 Claude Debussy Jeux
Lorin Maazel Cleveland Orchestra Decca 4787779
14:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Angela Mitchell
14:00:00 00:03:10 Sergei Rachmaninoff Scherzo Op 11
Antonio Pompa-Baldi, piano; Emanuela Friscioni, piano Centaur 3062
14:03:00 00:01:25 Nikolai Medtner Fairy Tale in E flat major Op 26
Daniil Trifonov, piano DeutGram 4791728
14:04:00 00:11:23 Igor Stravinsky Scherzo fantastique Op 3
Pierre Boulez Cleveland Orchestra DeutGram 471197
14:15:00 00:10:37 Johann Christian Bach Piano Concerto in D Op 7
Hamburg Camerata Ralf Gothóni Anastasia Injushina, piano Ondine 1224
14:26:00 00:07:01 Emmanuel Chabrier Impromptu
Angela Hewitt, piano Hyperion 67515
14:45:00 00:14:02 Sergei Prokofiev Russian Overture Op 72
Neeme Järvi Philharmonia Orchestra Chandos 10538
16:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Bill O’Connell; COMPOSERS DATEBOOK: Beethoven's Op. 127
15:00:00 00:10:43 Franz Liszt Symphonic Poem No. 4 'Orpheus'
Zubin Mehta Berlin Philharmonic Sony 66834
15:15:00 00:09:26 Richard Wagner The Ring Without Words: Finale
Lorin Maazel Berlin Philharmonic Telarc 80154
15:28:00 00:05:08 Ottorino Respighi Ancient Airs Suite No. 2: Bergamasca
Jesús López-Cobos Lausanne Chamber Orchestra Telarc 80309
15:39:00 00:04:19 Étienne Méhul Le trésor supposé: Overture
Michel Swierczewski Gulbenkian Orchestra Nimbus 5185
15:45:00 00:06:05 Christoph Willibald Gluck Orfeo ed Euridice: Dance of the Blessed Spirits
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Susan Palma-Nidel, flute DeutGram 437782
15:53:00 00:03:01 Ralph Vaughan Williams Five Tudor Portraits: My Pretty Bess
New Philharmonia Orchestra Sir David Willcocks John Carol Case, baritone; Bach Choir EMI 64722
15:58:00 00:05:00 Antonín Dvorák Slavonic Dance No. 2 in E minor Op 46
Katia Labèque, piano; Marielle Labèque, piano Philips 426264
16:08:00 00:01:16 Camille Saint-Saëns The Carnival of the Animals: Elephant
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Zubin Mehta Katia Labèque, piano; Marielle Labèque, piano EMI 9065
16:12:00 00:11:17 César Franck Finale from Symphony in d
Yannick Nézet-Séguin Orchestre Métropolitaine Atma 2647
16:27:00 00:05:06 Sergei Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet: The Montagues and the Capulets
Lorin Maazel Cleveland Orchestra Decca 4825281
16:34:00 00:04:52 Jean Sibelius Scherzo from Symphony No. 1 Op 39
Lorin Maazel Vienna Philharmonic Decca 4785437
16:41:00 00:07:47 Giuseppe Verdi Four Seasons Ballet: Spring
Lorin Maazel Cleveland Orchestra Decca 4787779
16:52:00 00:02:33 George Gershwin Porgy and Bess: I Got Plenty of Nothing
Cleveland Orchestra Lorin Maazel Sir Willard White, baritone; Cleveland Orchestra Chorus Decca 4787779
16:56:00 00:02:53 Johann Sebastian Bach Partita for solo flute: Bourrée anglaise
Joshua Smith, flute Delos 3402
17:05:00 00:05:18 Johann Sebastian Bach Prelude & Fugue in C major
Leonard Slatkin BBC Philharmonic Chandos 9835
17:26:00 00:09:01 Antonio Vivaldi Concerto for Oboe & Bassoon in G major
European Union Chamber Orch Hans-Peter Hofmann Julian Lloyd Webber, cello; Jiaxin Lloyd Webber, cello Naxos 573374
17:40:00 00:05:08 William Bolcom Epitaph for Louis Chauvin
Spencer Myer, piano Steinway 30041
17:47:00 00:03:27 William Bolcom Raggin' Rudi
Spencer Myer, piano Steinway 30041
17:52:00 00:02:10 Jean Sibelius King Christian II: Musette Op 27
Jukka-Pekka Saraste Finnish Radio Symphony Orch RCA 60434
17:56:00 00:02:54 Antonín Dvorák Scherzo from Sonatina Op 100
Gil Shaham, violin; Orli Shaham, piano DeutGram 449820
18:00 DINNER CLASSICS
18:09:00 00:22:17 Joaquín Rodrigo Fantasía para un gentilhombre
London Philharmonic Yannick Nézet-Séguin Milos Karadaglic, guitar DeutGram 20039
18:33:00 00:03:36 Sergei Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet: Dance of the Five Couples
Lorin Maazel Cleveland Orchestra Decca 4787779
18:38:00 00:02:29 Manuel de Falla The Three-Cornered Hat: Miller's Dance
Lorin Maazel Berlin Radio Symphony DeutGram 4796018
18:43:00 00:09:10 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade: The Young Prince & Princes
Cleveland Orchestra Lorin Maazel Daniel Majeske, violin Decca 4787779
18:56:00 00:03:26 Peter Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker: Arabian Dance
Lorin Maazel Cleveland Orchestra Telarc 80068
19:00 SYMPHONY AT SEVEN with John Simna
19:02:00 00:10:20 Johannes Brahms Academic Festival Overture Op 80
Lorin Maazel Cleveland Orchestra Decca 4787779
19:14:00 00:41:27 César Franck Symphony in D minor
Yannick Nézet-Séguin Orchestre Métropolitaine Atma 2647
20:00 WCLV ESSENTIAL CLASSICS
20:02:00 00:09:58 Johann Sebastian Bach Toccata & Fugue in D minor
Yannick Nézet-Séguin Philadelphia Orchestra DeutGram 19032
20:14:00 00:17:37 George Gershwin An American in Paris
Lorin Maazel Cleveland Orchestra Decca 4787779
20:34:00 00:23:13 Franz Schubert Symphony No. 8 in B minor
George Szell Cleveland Orchestra CBS 42415
21:00 NIGHT MUSIC with Rob Grier; COMPOSERS DATEBOOK: Beethoven's Op. 127
21:24:00 00:06:24 William Bolcom Dream Shadows
Spencer Myer, piano Steinway 30041
21:32:00 00:10:00 Béla Bartók Rhapsody No. 1
City of Birmingham Symphony Sir Simon Rattle Kyung Wha Chung, violin EMI 54211
21:45:00 00:04:22 Enrique Granados Spanish Dance No. 6 in D Op 5
Sir Angel Romero, guitar; Celedonio Romero, guitar Telarc 80216
21:51:00 00:31:11 Robert Schumann Symphony No. 3 in E flat major Op 97
Yannick Nézet-Séguin Chamber Orchestra of Europe DeutGram 4792437
22:24:00 00:22:53 Richard Strauss Death and Transfiguration Op 24
Lorin Maazel Cleveland Orchestra CBS 44909
22:49:00 00:09:56 Frédéric Chopin Scherzo No. 4 in E major Op 54
Benjamin Grosvenor, piano Decca 16421
23:00 QUIET HOUR
23:02:00 00:07:13 Franz Liszt Years of Pilgrimage, 1st Year: Les
Antonio Pompa-Baldi, piano Centaur 3280
23:09:00 00:07:53 Hector Berlioz Harold in Italy: Pilgrims' March Op 16
Cleveland Orchestra Lorin Maazel Robert Vernon, viola Decca 4787779
23:19:00 00:05:54 Igor Stravinsky The Firebird: Round Dance of the
Isabelle van Keulen, violin; Olli Mustonen, piano Philips 420953
23:24:00 00:04:30 William Bolcom Graceful Ghost Rag
Spencer Myer, piano Steinway 30041
23:29:00 00:06:24 Christoph Willibald Gluck Orfeo ed Euridice: Dance of the Blessed Spirits
Marc Minkowski Musicians of the Louvre Archiv 471582
23:38:00 00:05:19 Claude Debussy Pour le piano: Sarabande
Barry Douglas, piano RCA 68127
23:43:00 00:11:10 César Franck Allegretto from Symphony in D minor
Yannick Nézet-Séguin Orchestre Métropolitaine Atma 2647
23:56:00 00:02:57 Aaron Copland Down a Country Lane
Frank Battisti N.E. Conservatory Winds Albany 1058
23:56:00 00:03:18 Johann Sebastian Bach Siciliana from Flute Sonata No. 6
Joshua Smith, flute; Jory Vinikour, harpsichord; Ann Marie Morgan, cello Delos 3408
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