Program Guide 03-15-2017
Almanac
March 15
1807 first public performance of Beethoven's Symphony No. 4 in Vienna conducted by the composer in a benefit concert at the home of Prince Franz Joseph von Lobkowitz.
1835 Eduard Strauss – Austrian composer (d.1916); member of the musical dynasty with his brothers Johann Strauss Jr and Josef Strauss.
1864 Johann Halvorsen – Norwegian composer, conductor and violinist (d.1935); best-known works today are the Entry March of the Boyars and the Passacaglia & Sarabande, duos for violin and viola based on themes by George Frideric Handel.
1900 Colin McPhee – Canadian composer and musicologist (d.1964); first Western composer to make an ethnomusicological study of Bali, and wrote music influenced by that study decades before such compositions became widespread.
1908 first performance of Maurice Ravel’s Rapsodie espagnole (Spanish Rhapsody), in Paris by the Orchestre des Concerts Colonne, conducted by Édouard Colonne.
1911 first performance of Alexander Scriabin’s Symphony No. 5 ‘Prometheus: Poem of Fire’ in Moscow, conducted by Serge Koussevitzky and with the composer performing the solo piano part.
1926 Ben Johnston – American composer (93 years old); composer of contemporary music in ‘just intonation’; in 1990 American critic John Rockwell called him "one of the best non-famous composers this country has to offer."
1928 Nicolas Flagello – American composer and conductor (d.1994); best known for his oratorio The Passion of Martin Luther King (1968), premiered in 1974.
1961 Fabio Biondi – Italian violinist and conductor (58 years old); in 1989, founded Europa Galante, an Italian ensemble specializing in baroque music.
2000 premiere of John Corigliano’s Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan at Carnegie Hall, by soprano Sylvia McNair and pianist Martin Katz; an orchestrated version of this song-cycle premiered in Minneapolis on October 23, 2003, with soprano Hila Plitmann and the Minnesota Orchestra conducted by Robert Spano.
Recording of the Week
Program Guide
00:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Angela Mitchell
00:02:00 00:12:26 Franz Liszt Symphonic Poem No. 5 'Prometheus' Sir Georg Solti London Philharmonic DeutGram 4779525
00:19:00 00:35:19 Johan Halvorsen Symphony No. 1 in C minor Neeme Järvi Bergen Philharmonic Chandos 10584
00:58:00 00:41:43 Franz Schubert String Quartet No. 14 in D minor Hagen Quartet DeutGram 4795448
01:42:00 01:06:05 Ludwig van Beethoven The Creatures of Prometheus Ballet Op 43 Orpheus Chamber Orchestra DeutGram 419608
02:51:00 00:41:57 Wilhelm Stenhammar Symphony No. 2 in G minor Op 34 Neeme Järvi Gothenburg Symphony DeutGram 445857
03:35:00 00:15:55 Antonio Vivaldi Concerto for 2 Violins in A Europa Galante Fabio Biondi Fabio Biondi, violin; Enrico Casazza, violin VirginClas 45424
03:56:00 00:20:17 Alexander Scriabin Symphony No. 5 Op 60 London Philharmonic Lorin Maazel Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano; Ambrosian Singers Decca 4785437
04:18:00 00:28:05 Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor Op 111 Simone Dinnerstein, piano Telarc 80715
04:50:00 00:15:16 Maurice Ravel Rapsodie espagnole Ludovic Morlot Seattle Symphony SeattleSM 1002
05:08:00 00:30:13 Felix Mendelssohn String Quartet No. 5 in E flat major Op 44 Pacifica Quartet Cedille 82
05:43:00 00:10:00 Johann Sebastian Bach Prelude & Fugue in D Gerard Schwarz Seattle Symphony Delos 3098
05:53:00 00:04:07 Pablo de Sarasate Spanish Dance No. 2 'Habanera' Op 21 Julia Fischer, violin; Milana Chernyavska, piano Decca 4785950
06:00 BBC NEWS; CLASSICAL MUSIC with Jacqueline Gerber
06:07:00 00:03:06 Percy Grainger Mock Morris Marc-André Hamelin, piano Hyperion 66884
06:15:00 00:09:04 Samuel Barber Andante from Violin Concerto Op 14 St. Paul Chamber Orchestra Hugh Wolff Hilary Hahn, violin Sony 89029
06:25:00 00:02:06 Darius Milhaud Brasileira from 'Scaramouche' Stephen Coombs, piano; Artur Pizarro, piano Hyperion 67014
06:30:00 00:04:03 Felix Mendelssohn Scherzo from String Quartet No. 4 Op 44 American String Project MSR 1386
06:40:00 00:08:41 Arcangelo Corelli Concerto Grosso in F major Op 6 Fabio Biondi Europa Galante Naïve 20012
06:51:00 00:03:07 George Gershwin Porgy and Bess: Tempo di Blues Opus Two William Terwilliger, violin; Andrew Cooperstock, piano Azica 71290
06:55:00 00:03:17 John Philip Sousa March 'The White Rose' Keith Brion Royal Artillery Band Naxos 559092
07:05:00 00:06:46 Peter Tchaikovsky Suite No. 1: Scherzo Op 43 Sir Neville Marriner Stuttgart Radio Symphony Capriccio 10227
07:16:00 00:06:48 Maurice Ravel Rapsodie espagnole: Feria Ludovic Morlot Seattle Symphony SeattleSM 1002
07:25:00 00:01:40 Gus Edwards In My Merry Oldsmobile Milan Turkovic, bassoon; Daniele Damiano, bassoon; Clelia Goldings, bassoon; Richard Galler, bassoon; Peter Sadlo, percussion Koch Intl 1374
07:30:00 00:04:17 Georges Bizet L'Arlésienne Suite No. 2: Minuet José Serebrier Barcelona Symphony Bis 1305
07:40:00 00:08:49 Michael Torke Javelin John Williams Boston Pops Orchestra Sony 62592
07:51:00 00:02:16 Eduard Strauss Non-Stop Polka Op 112 Franz Welser-Möst Vienna Philharmonic Decca 4782601
07:55:00 00:01:43 Dmitri Shostakovich Ballet Suite No. 1: Dance Constantine Orbelian Moscow Chamber Orchestra Delos 3257
07:58:00 00:01:03 Anatoly Liadov Eight Russian Folk Songs: Mosquito Op 58 John Morris Russell Cincinnati Pops Orchestra FanfareCin 4
08:07:00 00:06:08 Gioacchino Rossini William Tell: Dance for Six Frederick Fennell London Pops Orchestra Mercury 434356
08:15:00 00:07:51 Johannes Brahms Finale from Violin Concerto Op 77 Cleveland Orchestra Franz Welser-Möst Julia Fischer, violin Belvedere 8005
08:25:00 00:02:21 Johann Sebastian Bach Orchestral Suite No. 4: Bourrée Martin Pearlman Boston Baroque Telarc 80619
08:30:00 00:03:40 Padre Antonio Soler Sonata No. 13 in G major Martina Filjak, piano Naxos 572515
08:40:00 00:09:59 Georg Philipp Telemann Suite in b for Flute, Oboe, Bassoon & European Baroque Soloists Denon 9614
08:51:00 00:04:00 George Frideric Handel Israel in Egypt: But as for his people English Baroque Soloists Sir John Eliot Gardiner Monteverdi Choir Philips 432110
08:58:00 00:04:47 James Horner Field of Dreams: Medley Erich Kunzel Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Telarc 80468
09:09:00 00:13:36 Frédéric Chopin Concert Rondo 'Krakowiak' Op 14 NDR Symphony Orchestra Krzysztof Urbanski Jan Lisiecki, piano DeutGram 4796824
09:28:00 00:05:00 Bernard Herrmann The Ghost and Mrs. Muir: Prelude & Paul Bateman City of Prague Philharmonic Silva 1093
09:35:00 00:04:49 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Finale from String Quartet No. 23 Dover Quartet Cedille 167
09:45:00 00:08:57 Antonín Dvorák Finale from Symphony No. 7 Op 70 Sir Colin Davis Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Philips 4788977
09:56:00 00:03:32 Johann Nepomuk Hummel Rondo from Trumpet Concerto in E flat major English Chamber Orchestra Raymond Leppard Wynton Marsalis, trumpet
10:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Mark Satola
10:01:00 00:04:05 Robert Schumann Novelette No. 6 in A major Op 21 Kotaro Fukuma, piano Naxos 557668
10:06:00 00:02:02 George Gershwin Prelude 'Novelette in Fourths' Fazil Say, piano Teldec 26202
10:10:00 00:10:55 Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Sinfonia in E minor Pablo Heras-Casado Concerto Cologne Archiv 4792050
10:22:00 00:03:37 Manuel de Falla Four Spanish Pieces: Cubana Brazilian Guitar Quartet Delos 3466
10:29:00 00:02:31 Julius Fucik Entry of the Gladiators Op 68 Neeme Järvi Royal Scottish Nat'l Orch Chandos 5158
10:33:00 00:03:56 Edvard Grieg Lyric Pieces Book 3: Erotik Op 43 Petri Sakari Iceland Symphony Chandos 9028
10:41:00 00:05:30 Johan Halvorsen Mascarade: Holberg Overture Neeme Järvi Bergen Philharmonic Chandos 10584
10:51:00 00:20:06 Colin McPhee Tabuh-Tabuhan American Composers Orchestra Dennis Russell Davies Peter Basquin, piano; Christopher Oldfather, piano Argo 444560
11:12:00 00:03:57 Lou Harrison Suite for Symphonic Strings: Estampie Dennis Russell Davies American Composers Orchestra Argo 444560
11:18:00 00:09:06 Johann Sebastian Bach Keyboard Concerto No. 5 in F minor Berlin State Orchestra Simone Dinnerstein Simone Dinnerstein, piano Sony 81742
11:30:00 00:07:00 Gioacchino Rossini The Barber of Seville: Overture Fritz Reiner Chicago Symphony Orchestra RCA 300350
11:39:00 00:09:54 Ludwig van Beethoven Variations on Mozart's 'La ci darem la Houston Symphony Aralee Dorough, flute; Members of Dorough 2016
11:51:00 00:08:08 Percy Grainger Green Bushes Steuart Bedford English Chamber Orchestra Decca 425159
12:06:00 00:09:33 Johan Halvorsen Dances from 'Mascarade' Neeme Järvi Bergen Philharmonic Chandos 10584
12:23:00 00:04:55 Eduard Strauss Quadrille on Themes from 'Carmen' Op 134 Claudio Abbado Vienna Philharmonic DeutGram 431628
12:28:00 00:03:01 Jacob Gade Jealousy London Symphony Keith Lockhart Anne Akiko Meyers, violin eOne 7792
12:32:00 00:06:32 Percy Fletcher Bal masqué Ronald Corp New London Orchestra Hyperion 66968
12:41:00 00:03:33 Vladimir Horowitz Carmen Variations Arcadi Volodos, piano Sony 62691
12:47:00 00:09:01 Johannes Brahms Finale from Symphony No. 2 Op 73 Vladimir Ashkenazy Cleveland Orchestra Decca 433549
12:56:00 00:02:30 David Guion Arkansas Traveler Ronald Corp New London Orchestra Hyperion 67067
13:00 THE BIG WORK AT ONE
13:01:00 00:26:37 Franz Joseph Haydn Cello Concerto No. 2 in D major Camerata Chicago Drostan Hall Wendy Warner, cello Cedille 142
13:28:00 00:13:44 Johann Christian Bach Symphony for Double Orchestra in E flat major Op 18 Simon Standage Academy of Ancient Music Chandos 540
13:43:00 00:14:56 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Horn Concerto No. 4 in E flat major English Chamber Orchestra Ralf Gothóni Richard Berry, horn Avie 35
14:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Mark Satola
14:01:00 00:02:12 Aaron Copland Billy the Kid: Celebration Hugh Wolff St. Paul Chamber Orchestra Teldec 77310
14:03:00 00:06:05 Edward MacDowell Suite No. 2: Village Festival Op 48 Takuo Yuasa Ulster Orchestra Naxos 559075
14:12:00 00:14:49 Frédéric Chopin Grand Fantasy on Polish Airs Op 13 NDR Symphony Orchestra Krzysztof Urbanski Jan Lisiecki, piano DeutGram 4796824
14:43:00 00:11:52 Johan Halvorsen Norwegian Rhapsody No. 2 Ole Kristian Ruud Trondheim Symphony Orchestra Simax 1085
14:57:00 00:03:34 Johann Sebastian Bach Fugue in G minor José Serebrier Bournemouth Symphony Naxos 557883
15:02:00 00:15:05 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio espagnol Op 34 George Szell Cleveland Orchestra Sony 93019
15:21:00 00:08:22 Édouard Lalo Rondo from Symphonie espagnole Op 21 Philharmonia Orchestra Antonio Pappano Maxim Vengerov, violin EMI 57593
15:32:00 00:03:48 George Frideric Handel Berenice: Minuet Sir Neville Marriner Academy St. Martin in Fields EMI 47027
15:40:00 00:07:19 Alessandro Scarlatti Concerto Grosso No. 6 in E Fabio Biondi Europa Galante VirginClas 45495
15:51:00 00:04:41 Frederic Curzon Robin Hood Suite: March of the Bowmen Ronald Corp New London Orchestra Hyperion 66968
15:58:00 00:04:23 Johan Halvorsen Entry March of the Boyars Neeme Järvi Bergen Philharmonic Chandos 10584
16:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Bill O’Connell; COMPOSERS DATEBOOK: King Louis XIII's "Blackbird" Ballet
16:06:00 00:02:27 Johan Halvorsen La Mélancolie Neeme Järvi Bergen Philharmonic Chandos 10584
16:12:00 00:13:44 Frédéric Chopin Andante spianato & Grande Polonaise NDR Symphony Orchestra Krzysztof Urbanski Jan Lisiecki, piano DeutGram 4796824
16:29:00 00:01:39 Erich Wolfgang Korngold King's Row: Main Title Charles Gerhardt National Philharmonic RCA 60863
16:32:00 00:04:05 Erich Wolfgang Korngold Devotion: The Death of Emily Brontë Charles Gerhardt National Philharmonic RCA 60863
16:37:00 00:02:04 Johann Sebastian Bach Alleluia from Cantata No. 51 Philharmonia Virtuosi of NY Richard Kapp Edward Carroll, trumpet; Lee Soper, trumpet CBS 44652
16:41:00 00:08:23 Ludwig van Beethoven Adagio from Symphony No. 4 Op 60 Bruno Weil Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra Tafelmusik 1032
16:52:00 00:02:58 José Padilla El relicario Ronald Corp New London Orchestra Hyperion 66998
16:57:00 00:02:04 Joaquín Rodrigo Danza from 'Fantasía para un Philharmonia Orchestra Luis García-Navarro Narciso Yepes, guitar DeutGram 4795448
17:04:00 00:05:44 Giuseppe Verdi Alzira: Prelude Riccardo Muti La Scala Philharmonic Sony 62373
17:13:00 00:10:49 Evaristo Felice dall'Abaco Concerto a più Istrumenti in E minor Op 5 Concerto Cologne Martin Sandhoff, flute; Cordula Breuer, flute Teldec 22166
17:27:00 00:07:51 Antonín Dvorák Finale from Symphony No. 3 Op 10 José Serebrier Bournemouth Symphony Warner 65775
17:40:00 00:04:36 Brian Dykstra Delphinium Rag Brian Dykstra, piano Centaur 3161
17:46:00 00:03:35 Robert Burns My Love is Like a Red Red Rose BBC Scottish Symphony Rory Macdonald Nicola Benedetti, violin DeutGram 21290
17:52:00 00:02:20 Sir Thomas Beecham The Faithful Shepherd Suite: Bourrée Yehudi Menuhin Royal Philharmonic MCA 6231
17:56:00 00:02:58 Antonín Dvorák American Suite: Finale Op 98 Benjamin Pasternack, piano Naxos 559777
18:00 BBC NEWS; DINNER CLASSICS
18:10:00 00:17:26 Frédéric Chopin Variations on 'Là ci darem la mano' Op 2 NDR Symphony Orchestra Krzysztof Urbanski Jan Lisiecki, piano DeutGram 4796824
18:30:00 00:04:51 Randall Thompson Largo from Symphony No. 2 Leonard Bernstein New York Philharmonic Sony 60594
18:38:00 00:02:25 Randall Thompson Frostiana: The Pasture Dallas Wind Symphony Timothy Seelig Turtle Creek Chorale Reference 49
18:42:00 00:13:16 Maurice Ravel La valse Leon Fleisher, piano; Katherine Jacobson, piano Sony 506416
18:57:00 00:01:06 Frédéric Chopin Mazurka No. 8 in A flat major Op 7 Garrick Ohlsson, piano Arabesque 6730
19:00 SYMPHONY AT SEVEN with John Simna
19:01:00 00:15:16 Maurice Ravel Rapsodie espagnole Ludovic Morlot Seattle Symphony SeattleSM 1002
19:19:00 00:35:37 Antonín Dvorák Symphony No. 8 in G major Op 88 George Szell Cleveland Orchestra Sony 63151
19:56:00 00:03:30 Frédéric Chopin Mazurka No. 49 in a minor, Op. 68 No. 2 Vassily Primakov, piano Bridge 9289
20:00 CLEVELAND OVATIONS: From the 2016 Baldwin Wallace Bach Festival
Johann Sebastian Bach: St. Matthew Passion
Rufus Mueller, tenor; Dashon Burton, bass-baritone; Yulia Van Doren, soprano; Luthien Brackett, mezzo-soprano; Matthew Anderson, tenor; Jason Steigerwalt, baritone
Baldwin Wallace Festival Choir; Baldwin Wallace Bach Orchestra, Dirk Garner, conductor
22:51:00 00:06:44 Johann Sebastian Bach Andante from Violin Concerto No. 1 Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Jeffrey Kahane Hilary Hahn, violin DeutGram
THE BLACK ARTS with A. Grace Lee Mims was not heard this week.
23:00 QUIET HOUR with Rob Grier
23:01:00 00:07:00 Peter Warlock An Old Song Richard Hickox Royal Northern Sinfonia EMI 49933
23:08:00 00:09:15 Béla Bartók Andante tranquillo from Violin Concerto Swedish Radio Symphony Daniel Harding Isabelle Faust, violin Harm Mundi 902146
23:19:00 00:05:59 Eric Whitacre Water Night Eric Whitacre London Symphony Decca 16636
23:25:00 00:04:26 Frédéric Chopin Nocturne No. 20 in C sharp minor Jan Lisiecki, piano DeutGram 4796824
23:30:00 00:05:19 Auguste Franchomme Nocturne for 2 Cellos Op 15 Louise Dubin, cello; Saeunn Thorsteinsdóttir, cello Delos 3469
23:37:00 00:06:02 Giacomo Puccini Chrysanthemums Quartetto di Cremona Klanglogo 1400
23:43:00 00:10:18 Peter Tchaikovsky Suite No. 3: Elegie Op 55 Vladimir Jurowski Russian National Orchestra PentaTone 61
23:54:00 00:03:11 Alexander Glazunov Reverie in D flat major Op 24 Russian National Orchestra José Serebrier Alexey Serov, horn Warner 67946
23:57:00 00:02:25 Jean Sibelius Berceuse Op 79 Rachel Barton Pine, violin; Matthew Hagle, piano Cedille 139
