Program Guide 03-13-2017

Almanac

March 13

1700 Michel Blavet – French composer and flute virtuoso (d.1768); taught himself to play almost every instrument, but specialized in the flute which he held to the left, instead of the right.

1797 premiere of Luigi Cherubini’s opera Médée (Medea) at the Théâtre Feydeau in Paris; the most famous 20th-century revival of the work was in Florence in 1953, with Maria Callas who had learned the role in a week; the production was so successful that the Teatro alla Scala decided to stage it during the opening week of its 1953-1954 season, with Leonard Bernstein filling in for an indisposed Victor de Sabata.

1845 first performance of Felix Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in Leipzig, his last large orchestral work, by the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra conducted by Niels Gade, with soloist Ferdinand David; celebrated violinist Joseph Joachim told the guests at his 75th birthday party: “The Germans have four violin concertos. The greatest, most uncompromising is Beethoven's. The one by Brahms vies with it in seriousness. The richest, the most seductive, was written by Max Bruch. But the most inward, the heart's jewel, is Mendelssohn's.”

1860 Hugo Wolf – Austrian composer and music critic (d.1903); particularly noted for his art songs which provided the ideal creative outlet for his musical expression.

1861 premiere of the ‘Paris version’ of Richard Wagner's Tannhäuser, at the Salle Le Peletier; the Venusberg Music was written for this performance.

1969 Susanna Mälkki – Finnish conductor (51 years old); from 1995 to 1998, principal cellist of the Gothenburg Symphony, but left to devote herself to conducting; Chief Conductor of the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra; first woman to be Music Director of Ensemble InterContemporain; in 2013.

Recording of the Week

Chopin: Works for Piano & Orchestra

Mar. 13, 2017

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Program Guide

00:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Angela Mitchell

00:02:00 00:23:20 Richard Wagner Tannhäuser: Overture & Venusberg Music
Riccardo Chailly Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Decca 448155

00:27:00 00:41:47 Richard Strauss Aus Italien Op 16
Vladimir Ashkenazy Cleveland Orchestra Decca 425941

01:11:00 00:17:26 Frédéric Chopin Variations on 'Là ci darem la mano' Op 2
NDR Symphony Orchestra Krzysztof Urbanski Jan Lisiecki, piano DeutGram 4796824

01:31:00 00:39:03 Antonín Dvorák String Quartet No. 11 in C major Op 61
Emerson String Quartet DeutGram 4778765

02:13:00 00:41:50 Alfredo Casella Symphony No. 3 Op 63
Gianandrea Noseda BBC Philharmonic Chandos 10768

02:57:00 00:39:08 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Don Giovanni: Harmoniemusik
Netherlands Wind Ensemble Members of Philips 4788977

03:38:00 00:31:03 Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major Op 92
Malmö Symphony Orchestra Andrew Mogrelia Alessandro Marangoni, piano Naxos 572823

04:11:00 00:31:19 Dmitri Shostakovich Symphony No. 1 in F minor Op 10
Christoph von Dohnányi Cleveland Orchestra MAA 1032

04:45:00 00:26:45 Felix Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor Op 64
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Riccardo Chailly Janine Jansen, violin Decca 7260

05:14:00 00:23:10 Franz Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 96 in D
George Szell Cleveland Orchestra Sony 768779

05:39:00 00:04:32 Claude Debussy Preludes Book 1: Les sons et parfums
Pascal Rogé, piano Decca 4785437

05:54:00 00:03:30 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Finale from Divertimento for Strings
Anton Steck Concerto Cologne Archiv 4775800

06:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Jacqueline Gerber

06:07:00 00:03:03 Johann Sebastian Bach French Suite No. 5: Gigue
Simone Dinnerstein, piano Telarc 80715

06:15:00 00:08:05 Ambroise Thomas Raymond: Overture
Charles Dutoit Montreal Symphony Decca 421527

06:24:00 00:04:40 Leo Sowerby Overture "Comes Autumn Time"
Paul Freeman Czech National Symphony Cedille 33

06:30:00 00:04:55 Johann Sebastian Bach Finale from Brandenburg Concerto No. 4
Apollo's Fire Jeannette Sorrell Cynthia Roberts, violin; Michael Lynn, recorder; Kathie Stewart, recorder Avie 2207

06:40:00 00:05:09 Enrique Granados Spanish Dance No. 5 in E minor Op 5
Milos Karadaglic, guitar DeutGram 15579

06:45:00 00:05:12 Sir Edward Elgar Enigma Variations: Finale Op 36
Sir John Eliot Gardiner Vienna Philharmonic DeutGram 463265

06:52:00 00:02:15 Carl Nielsen Now the Day is Full of Song
Michael Bojesen Ars Nova Copenhagen DaCapo 220569

06:55:00 00:02:40 John Philip Sousa March 'King Cotton'
Timothy Foley Nonpareil Wind Band EMI 54130

07:02:00 00:05:16 Franz Joseph Haydn Finale from Symphony No. 82
Esa-Pekka Salonen Stockholm Chamber Orchestra Sony 45972

07:10:00 00:09:11 Ludwig van Beethoven Minuet & Finale from Symphony No. 1 Op 21
Mikhail Pletnev Russian National Orchestra DeutGram 4776409

07:20:00 00:03:00 Andrea Luchesi Rondo in C major
Roberto Plano, piano Concerto 2069

07:25:00 00:02:34 Lord Berners Polka
David Lloyd-Jones Royal Ballet Sinfonia MarcoPolo 223711

07:30:00 00:04:08 Peter Boyer Silver Fanfare
Peter Boyer London Philharmonic Naxos 559769

07:39:00 00:08:51 Amilcare Ponchielli La Gioconda: Dance of the Hours
Gianandrea Noseda BBC Philharmonic Chandos 10634

07:51:00 00:03:54 Johann Pachelbel Three Magnificat Fugues
Stuttgart Brass Quartet Hänssler 98623

07:56:00 00:03:14 Frank Bridge Cherry Ripe
William Boughton English String Orchestra Nimbus 5366

08:07:00 00:05:53 Josef Suk Toward a New Life Op 35
John Williams Boston Pops Orchestra Sony 62592

08:15:00 00:07:37 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Rondo from Piano Quartet No. 1
Fauré Quartet DeutGram 6609

08:25:00 00:03:54 Morton Gould Pavanne from American Symphonette No. 2
David Alan Miller Albany Symphony Orchestra Albany 1174

08:30:00 00:04:33 Dmitri Kabalevsky Colas Breugnon: Overture
Eiji Oue Minnesota Orchestra Reference 92

08:40:00 00:09:01 Ludwig van Beethoven Egmont: Overture Op 84
Gustavo Dudamel Simón Bolívar Symphony DeutGram 16869

08:51:00 00:03:54 Claude Debussy Suite bergamasque: Menuet
Vassily Primakov, piano Bridge 9350

08:55:00 00:05:41 George Gershwin Girl Crazy: Overture
Yan Pascal Tortelier BBC Philharmonic BBC 63

09:05:00 00:13:44 Frédéric Chopin Andante spianato & Grande Polonaise
NDR Symphony Orchestra Krzysztof Urbanski Jan Lisiecki, piano DeutGram 4796824

09:35:00 00:03:33 Michael Praetorius Terpsichore: Passameze & Galliard
New London Consort l'Oiseau 4759101

09:55:00 00:04:12 Edvard Grieg Holberg Suite: Sarabande Op 40
Domenico Boyagian Ohio Philharmonic Centaur 3311

10:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Mark Satola

10:01:00 00:02:03 John Bull Galliard
Alan Feinberg, piano Steinway 30019

10:04:00 00:03:34 Ottorino Respighi Ancient Airs Suite No. 1: Gagliarda
Jesús López-Cobos Lausanne Chamber Orchestra Telarc 80309

10:09:00 00:09:37 Johann Sebastian Bach Concerto for 4 Keyboards in A minor
Apollo's Fire Jeannette Sorrell Jeannette Sorrell, harpsichord; Michael Sponseller, hc; Janina Ceaser, harpsichord; Paul Jenkins, harpsichord Eclectra 2059

10:20:00 00:04:29 Georg Philipp Telemann Don Quixote: Overture
Jeannette Sorrell Apollo's Fire Koch Intl 7576

10:26:00 00:02:31 Claude Debussy Children's Corner: The Snow is Dancing
Yoav Talmi Quebec Symphony Orchestra Atma 2377

10:30:00 00:03:32 Ludwig van Beethoven Scherzo from Piano Trio No. 2 Op 1
Joseph Kalichstein, piano; Jaime Laredo, violin; Sharon Robinson, cello Koch Intl 7724

10:38:00 00:05:09 Jan Václav Vorísek Impromptu No. 3 in D Op 7
Artur Pizarro, piano Collins 14582

10:45:00 00:04:10 Peter Tchaikovsky Waltz from Serenade for Strings Op 48
East Coast Chamber Orch E1 Music 7784

10:51:00 00:21:50 Franz Schubert Symphony No. 8 in B minor
Eric Jacobsen The Knights Ancalagon 137

11:14:00 00:07:49 Franz Schubert Scherzo & Trio from Symphony in D major
Sir Charles Mackerras Scottish Chamber Orchestra Hyperion 67000

11:24:00 00:08:13 Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari La dama boba: Overture
Gianandrea Noseda BBC Philharmonic Chandos 10511

11:34:00 00:07:04 Johann Sebastian Bach Concerto after Vivaldi in F
Cyprien Katsaris, piano Sony 66272

11:44:00 00:07:25 Johann Nepomuk Hummel Fantasy on Mozart's 'Il mio tesoro'
Solistes de Montpellier-Moscou Gerard Caussé Gérard Caussé, viola EMI 54817

11:54:00 00:04:31 Jacques Offenbach The Grand Duchess of Gérolstein
Michel Swierczewski Gulbenkian Orchestra Nimbus 5303

12:06:00 00:07:37 Franz von Suppé Beautiful Galatea: Overture
Leonard Bernstein New York Philharmonic Sony 61830

12:16:00 00:04:46 Jean-Philippe Rameau Pygmalion: Overture
William Christie Les Arts Florissants Harm Mundi 901381

12:22:00 00:06:16 Frederick Loewe My Fair Lady: Suite
Richard Glazier, piano Centaur 3347

12:31:00 00:03:22 Benjamin Britten Bourrée from 'A Simple Symphony' Op 4
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra DeutGram 423624

12:39:00 00:05:27 Sergei Prokofiev Gavotte & Finale from Symphony No. 1 Op 25
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra DeutGram 423624

12:47:00 00:09:10 Mily Balakirev Oriental Fantasy 'Islamey' Op 18
Olga Kern, piano Harm Mundi 907399

12:58:00 00:01:30 Dmitri Shostakovich Ballet Suite No. 1: Galop
Constantine Orbelian Moscow Chamber Orchestra Delos 3257

13:00 THE BIG WORK AT ONE

13:01:00 00:28:16 Frédéric Chopin Les Sylphides
Richard Bonynge National Philharmonic Decca 433864

13:31:00 00:13:32 Léo Delibes Le Roi s'amuse: Suite
Douglas Bostock Chamber Philharmonic Bohemia Classico 158

13:46:00 00:13:59 Louis Théodore Gouvy Symphonie brève in G minor Op 58
Jacques Mercier German Radio Philharmonic CPO 777382

14:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Mark Satola

14:00:00 00:02:11 George Frideric Handel Il pastor fido: Allegro
Trevor Pinnock English Concert Archiv 419219

14:02:00 00:03:51 Hugo Alfvén The Mountain King: Dance of the Herdmaiden
Esa-Pekka Salonen Swedish Radio Symphony Sony 46668

14:08:00 00:11:30 Claude Debussy Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Cleveland Orchestra Christoph von Dohnányi Joshua Smith, flute MAA 1032

14:20:00 00:02:08 Gabriel Pierné Cydalise: March of the Little Fauns
Leonard Slatkin St. Louis Symphony RCA 7716

14:25:00 00:06:30 Felix Mendelssohn Rondo capriccioso in E major Op 14
Murray Perahia, piano CBS 42401

14:44:00 00:07:50 Luigi Cherubini Medea: Overture
Sir Neville Marriner Academy St. Martin in Fields EMI 54438

14:54:00 00:04:37 Franz Schubert Marche militaire No. 1 in D major
Evgeny Kissin, piano; James Levine, piano RCA 69282

15:01:00 00:15:03 Hugo Wolf Scherzo & Finale
Daniel Barenboim Orchestra of Paris Erato 45416

15:20:00 00:05:29 Carl Maria von Weber Overture to 'The Ruler of the Spirits'
Roy Goodman Hanover Band Nimbus 5154

15:28:00 00:02:46 Maurice Ravel Mother Goose: Laideronnette, Empress
Martha Argerich, piano; Lang Lang, piano DeutGram 4795096

15:32:00 00:03:34 Claude Debussy Suite bergamasque: Passepied
Vassily Primakov, piano Bridge 9350

15:40:00 00:04:11 Francis Poulenc Intermezzo No. 3 in A flat major
Pascal Rogé, piano Decca 425862

15:46:00 00:09:33 Giuseppe Verdi Aïda: Grand March 'Gloria all' Egitto!'
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Robert Shaw Atlanta Symphony Chorus Telarc 80152

16:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Bill O’Connell; COMPOSERS DATEBOOK: Adamo at the Opera

15:58:00 00:04:11 Percy Grainger Walking Tune
Marc-André Hamelin, piano Hyperion 66884

16:06:00 00:02:43 Percy Grainger Handel in the Strand
Marc-André Hamelin, piano Hyperion 66884

16:12:00 00:13:36 Frédéric Chopin Concert Rondo 'Krakowiak' Op 14
NDR Symphony Orchestra Krzysztof Urbanski Jan Lisiecki, piano DeutGram 4796824

16:29:00 00:05:29 James Horner Mighty Joe Young: Dedication & Windsorg
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Erich Kunzel Winton Woods HS Chorus Telarc 80535

16:37:00 00:02:17 Mikis Theodorakis Epitáphios No. 4 'You Have Set, My Star'
Milos Karadaglic, guitar DeutGram 15579

16:41:00 00:07:54 Hugo Wolf Italian Serenade in G major
Orchestra of Paris Daniel Barenboim Ana Bela Chaves, viola Erato 45416

16:52:00 00:02:40 Giacomo Puccini Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro
Mahler Chamber Orchestra Claudio Abbado Anna Netrebko, soprano DeutGram 2999

16:56:00 00:03:17 Emilio Balcarce La bordona
Mirian Conti, piano Steinway 30010

17:05:00 00:04:53 Francesco Corradini Baile de las máscaras: Excerpts
Pablo Heras-Casado Concerto Cologne Archiv 4792050

17:13:00 00:09:45 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Rondo from Piano Concerto No. 26
Odense Symphony Scott Yoo Vassily Primakov, piano Bridge 9328

17:26:00 00:08:53 Ludwig van Beethoven Leonore Overture No. 1 Op 138
Daniel Harding German Chamber Philharmonic VirginClas 45364

17:40:00 00:04:26 Frédéric Chopin Nocturne No. 20 in C sharp minor
Jan Lisiecki, piano DeutGram 4796824

17:47:00 00:02:11 Robert Schumann Scenes from Childhood: Träumerei Op 15
Jan Lisiecki, piano DeutGram 4795327

17:52:00 00:03:25 Edvard Grieg Norwegian Dance No. 3 Op 35
Petri Sakari Iceland Symphony Chandos 9028

17:56:00 00:02:43 Johann Strauss Jr Polka 'Forward with Valor!' Op 432
Franz Welser-Möst Vienna Philharmonic Decca 4782601

18:00 DINNER CLASSICS

18:09:00 00:14:42 Franz Schubert Impromptu No. 9 in E flat minor
Maria João Pires, piano DeutGram 457550

18:25:00 00:06:52 Franz Schubert Rosamunde: Entr'acte No. 3 in B flat major
Michael Tilson Thomas San Francisco Symphony SF Sym 60

18:34:00 00:05:54 Franz Schubert Scherzo No. 2 in D flat major
Maria João Pires, piano DeutGram 427769

18:42:00 00:10:11 Franz Schubert Finale from Symphony No. 4
Pablo Heras-Casado Freiburg Baroque Orchestra Harm Mundi 902154

18:56:00 00:03:24 Franz Schubert Gretchen am Spinnrade
Eric Jacobsen The Knights Ancalagon 137

19:00 SYMPHONY AT SEVEN with John Simna

19:02:00 00:14:49 Frédéric Chopin Grand Fantasy on Polish Airs Op 13
NDR Symphony Orchestra Krzysztof Urbanski Jan Lisiecki, piano DeutGram 4796824

19:19:00 00:36:08 Alexander Glazunov Raymonda: Suite Op 57
José Serebrier Royal Scottish Nat'l Orch Warner 61939

19:57:00 00:02:06 François Couperin Suite No. 18: Le Tic-Toc-Choc
Angela Hewitt, piano Hyperion 67440

20:00 WCLV ESSENTIAL CLASSICS

20:02:00 00:19:09 Aaron Copland Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes
Michael Tilson Thomas San Francisco Symphony RCA 63511

20:23:00 00:07:12 George Gershwin Three Preludes
Michael Tilson Thomas, piano CBS 44798

20:32:00 00:25:00 Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 1 in C major Op 21
Bruno Weil Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra Tafelmusik 1032

20:57:00 00:02:02 Frédéric Chopin Waltz No. 4 in F major Op 34
Maurizio Pollini, piano DeutGram 14190

21:00 NIGHT MUSIC with Rob Grier; COMPOSERS DATEBOOK: Adamo at the Opera

21:03:00 00:13:50 Michel Blavet Flute Concerto in A minor
Academy Ancient Music Berlin Ernst-Burghard Hilse, flute Capriccio 10134

21:19:00 00:09:22 Arturo Márquez Danzon No. 2
Alondra de la Parra Philharmonic Orch of Americas Sony 75555

21:30:00 00:04:26 Frédéric Chopin Nocturne No. 20 in C sharp minor
Jan Lisiecki, piano DeutGram 4796824

21:37:00 00:13:44 Frédéric Chopin Andante spianato & Grande Polonaise
NDR Symphony Orchestra Krzysztof Urbanski Jan Lisiecki, piano DeutGram 4796824

21:52:00 00:37:06 Bohuslav Martinu Symphony No. 1
Claus Peter Flor Berlin Symphony Orchestra RCA 60154

22:31:00 00:19:55 Franz Joseph Haydn String Quartet No. 11 in D minor Op 9
Angeles Quartet Decca 4783695

22:54:00 00:05:16 Johannes Brahms Rhapsody in E flat major Op 119
Orli Shaham, piano Canary 15

23:00 QUIET HOUR

23:02:00 00:07:31 Franz Liszt Harmonies poétiques: Hymne de L' enfant
Roberto Plano, piano Decca 4812479

23:09:00 00:08:59 Richard Wagner Tannhäuser: Act 3 Prelude
Daniel Barenboim Chicago Symphony Orchestra Teldec 24224

23:20:00 00:07:59 Johannes Brahms Andante from Horn Trio Op 40
Richard King, horn; Amy Lee, violin; Orli Shaham, piano Albany 1325

23:27:00 00:02:23 Hugo Wolf Mörike Lieder: Auf ein altes Bild
Laurence Equilbey Accentus Chamber Choir Naïve 4947

23:30:00 00:08:44 George Frederick Bristow Nocturne from Symphony in F sharp minor Op 26
Neeme Järvi Detroit Symphony Chandos 9169

23:41:00 00:05:40 Frédéric Chopin Nocturne No. 3 in B major Op 9
Nelson Freire, piano Decca 14053

23:46:00 00:07:04 Felix Mendelssohn Andante from Violin Concerto Op 64
Göttingen Symphony Orchestra Christoph-Mathias Mueller Rachel Barton Pine, violin Cedille 144

23:55:00 00:02:46 Yuzo Toyama Yugen: Dance of Celestials
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra Mariss Jansons Per Flemström, flute EMI 56576

23:57:00 00:02:26 Claude Debussy Beau soir
Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Kathryn Stott, piano Sony 510316