Program Guide 03-31-2017
Almanac
March 31
1684 Francesco Durante – Italian composer and teacher (d.1755); among his famous pupils were Niccolò Jommelli, Giovanni Paisiello, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi and Niccolò Piccinni.
1732 Joseph Haydn – Austrian composer (d.1809); one of the most prolific and prominent figures of the Classical period; often called the ‘Father of the Symphony’ and ‘Father of the String Quartet’; friend of Mozart and a teacher of Beethoven; at the time of his death, one of the most celebrated composers in Europe.
1784 first performance Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 16 in Vienna, with the composer as soloist.
1794 first performance of Joseph Haydn's Symphony No. 100 ‘Military’, in London on his 62nd birthday.
1837 Franz Liszt and Sigismond Thalberg, the two reigning virtuosi of their day, perform a sort of pianistic ‘duel’ at a benefit concert in aid of Italian refugees at the Parisian salon of Princess Cristina Belgiojoso-Trivulzio and by most accounts, it ended in a tie.
1841 first performance of Robert Schumann's Symphony No. 1 ‘Spring’ in Leipzig with Felix Mendelssohn conducting.
1901 premiere of Dvorák’s opera Rusalka in Prague at the National Theater; the most popular excerpt is the Song to the Moon.
1932 first full performance as a ballet of the Mexican composer Carlos Chavez Horsepower (aka H. P. or Caballos de Vapor) by the Philadelphia Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski conducting, with choreography by Catherine Littlefield and decor and costumes by Diego Rivera.
1961 first performance of Jean Françaix’s L'horloge de flore (The Flower Clock) by oboist John de Lancie and the Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy conducting.
Recording of the Week
Program Guide
CLASSICAL MUSIC with Angela Mitchell
00:02:00 00:19:58 Franz Joseph Haydn Piano Sonata No. 59 in E flat major András Schiff, piano Teldec 17141
00:25:00 00:33:08 Robert Schumann Symphony No. 1 in B flat major Op 38 Christoph von Dohnányi Cleveland Orchestra Decca 421439
01:01:00 00:26:25 Franz Joseph Haydn String Quartet No. 27 in D major Op 20 Angeles Quartet Decca 4783695
01:30:00 00:43:29 Richard Strauss Ein Heldenleben Op 40 Cleveland Orchestra Vladimir Ashkenazy Daniel Majeske, violin Decca 414292
02:16:00 00:37:50 Franz Joseph Haydn Mass No. 11 in D minor Boston Baroque Martin Pearlman Mary Wilson, soprano; Abigail Fisher, mezzo-soprano; Keith Jameson, tenor; Kevin Deas, bass Linn 426
02:56:00 00:41:09 Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 2 in D Op 73 Lorin Maazel Cleveland Orchestra Decca 4787779
03:40:00 00:15:32 Claude Debussy Images, Book 1 Kotaro Fukuma, piano Hortus 113
03:58:00 00:48:26 Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 3 in E flat major Op 55 Christoph von Dohnányi Cleveland Orchestra Telarc 80090
04:49:00 00:21:18 Emil von Reznícek Serenade for Strings in G major Jiri Starek Deutsches Symphonie Berlin Schwann 311128
05:13:00 00:23:40 Franz Joseph Haydn Symphony No.100 in G major Antal Doráti Philharmonia Hungarica Decca 4785437
05:39:00 00:06:21 Enrique Granados Spanish Dance No. 2 in C minor Op 5 Milos Karadaglic, guitar DeutGram 15579
05:51:00 00:04:45 Philip Glass Harpsichord Concerto: Movement III West Side Chamber Orchestra Kevin Mallon Christopher D. Lewis, hc Naxos 573146
CLASSICAL MUSIC with Jacqueline Gerber
06:07:00 00:03:20 George Frideric Handel Minuet from Concerto Grosso Op 6 Orpheus Chamber Orchestra DeutGram 447733
06:15:00 00:05:16 Felix Mendelssohn Scherzo from Cello Sonata No. 2 Op 58 Keith Robinson, cello; Donna Lee, piano Blue Griff 237
06:21:00 00:04:26 Sir Edward Elgar Imperial March Op 32 Sir Andrew Davis BBC Philharmonic Chandos 10570
06:25:00 00:06:01 Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari Finale from Suite Concertino Op 16 Rome Symphony Orchestra Francesco La Vecchia Giuseppe Giabocchi, bassoon Naxos 572921
06:33:00 00:02:11 Paul Desmond Take Five Richard Galler, bassoon; Daniele Damiano, bassoon; Milan Turkovic, bassoon; Peter Sadlo, percussion Koch Intl 1374
06:40:00 00:05:59 Franz Schubert Characteristic March No. 1 in C major Evgeny Kissin, piano; James Levine, piano RCA 69282
06:47:00 00:04:35 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov The Tale of Tsar Saltan: Tsar's Farewell Gerard Schwarz Seattle Symphony Naxos 572693
06:53:00 00:01:17 Johannes Brahms Waltz No. 2 in E Op 39 Yaara Tal, piano; Andreas Groethuysen, piano Sony 53285
06:55:00 00:04:22 W. Paris Chambers March 'Chicago Tribune' Frederick Fennell Dallas Wind Symphony Reference 85
07:05:00 00:05:00 Richard Rodgers Babes in Arms: Overture Keith Lockhart Boston Pops Orchestra RCA 63835
07:10:00 00:08:07 Franz von Suppé Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna Sir John Eliot Gardiner Vienna Philharmonic DeutGram 463185
07:20:00 00:04:09 Johann Sebastian Bach Fugue from Violin Sonata No. 1 Chris Thile, mandolin Nonesuch 535360
07:25:00 00:03:14 Ari Pulkkinen Angry Birds: Main Theme Andrew Skeet London Philharmonic X5 Group 2011
07:30:00 00:05:02 C. Monteverdi & T. Merula Two Ciacconas Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra Members of Tafelmusik 1001
07:40:00 00:04:18 Claude Debussy Images, Book 2: Cloches a travers les Kotaro Fukuma, piano Hortus 113
07:45:00 00:03:45 Claude Debussy Petite Suite: En bateau Jun Märkl National Orchestra of Lyon Naxos 572583
07:50:00 00:02:21 Antonín Dvorák Romantic Pieces: Allegro maestoso Op 75 Caroline Goulding, violin; Danae Dörken, piano Ars Prod. 38536
07:55:00 00:03:37 Leroy Anderson Fiddle-Faddle Leonard Slatkin BBC Concert Orchestra Naxos 559313
08:07:00 00:06:36 Ludwig van Beethoven Finale from Symphony No. 4 Op 60 Bruno Weil Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra Tafelmusik 1032
08:18:00 00:09:37 Johan Wagenaar Waltz Cycle 'Vienna in 3/4 Time' Op 38 Riccardo Chailly Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Decca 425833
08:20:00 00:03:43 Franz Schubert Scherzo from Piano Quintet Cleveland Quartet John O'Conor, piano; James Vandemark, bass; Members of Telarc 80225
08:40:00 00:11:35 George Gershwin Adagio from Piano Concerto in F major Monte Carlo Opera Orch Edo de Waart Werner Haas, piano Philips 4788977
08:55:00 00:06:45 Richard Rodgers State Fair: Suite John Mauceri Hollywood Bowl Orchestra Philips 434932
09:05:00 00:17:06 Peter Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo Theme Op 33 Cleveland Orchestra Lorin Maazel Lynn Harrell, cello Decca 4787779
09:35:00 00:08:00 Dieterich Buxtehude Magnificat La Nuova Musica John Rutter Cambridge Singers Collegium 134
09:45:00 00:05:51 Frederick Delius Intermezzo from 'Fennimore and Gerda' Sir Charles Mackerras Welsh National Opera Orchestra Argo 433704
09:54:00 00:03:47 Robert Schumann Scherzo from String Quartet No. 1 Op 41 Cavani String Quartet Azica 71203
CLASSICAL MUSIC with Mark Satola
10:00:00 00:03:11 Claude Debussy Images, Book 1: Mouvement Kotaro Fukuma, piano Hortus 113
10:03:00 00:01:44 Jules Massenet Impromptu 'Eau courante' Aldo Ciccolini, piano EMI 64277
10:08:00 00:11:06 Alessandro Marcello Oboe Concerto in D minor American Classical Orchestra Thomas Crawford Marc Schachman, oboe Centaur 3108
10:20:00 00:06:07 Domenico Scarlatti Sonata in F sharp major Yevgeny Sudbin, piano Bis 2138
10:29:00 00:04:46 Franz Schubert Impromptu No. 2 in E flat major Vassily Primakov, piano Bridge 9327
10:37:00 00:06:15 Franz Liszt Schubert Song 'Serenade' Evgeny Kissin, piano RCA 58420
10:45:00 00:03:33 Camille Saint-Saëns Airs de Ballet d'Ascanio: Adagio & Tapiola Sinfonietta Jean Jacques Kantorow Sharon Bezaly, flute Bis 1359
10:50:00 00:20:04 Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco Guitar Concerto No. 1 in D major Op 99 London Symphony Luis García-Navarro Narciso Yepes, guitar PentaTone 202
11:11:00 00:05:43 Isaac Albéniz Suite Española: Cuba Op 47 Jason Vieaux, guitar Azica 71224
11:18:00 00:12:29 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov The Snow Maiden: Suite Gerard Schwarz Seattle Symphony Naxos 572787
11:33:00 00:08:48 Richard Wagner Götterdämmerung: Siegfried's Funeral George Szell Cleveland Orchestra MAA 97
11:43:00 00:09:57 Aram Khachaturian Gayaneh: Three Dances John Williams Boston Pops Orchestra Philips 426247
11:55:00 00:04:01 Friedrich Kuhlau The Robber's Castle: Overture Michael Schonwandt Danish National Radio Sym Chandos 9648
12:06:00 00:06:02 Franz Joseph Haydn The Apothecary: Overture Giuseppe Sinopoli Dresden State Orchestra EMI 56535
12:14:00 00:05:40 Georges Bizet The Miracle Doctor: Overture Douglas Bostock Chamber Philharmonic Bohemia Classico 158
12:21:00 00:08:09 Ludwig Spohr Adagio from Nonet Op 31 Vienna-Berlin Ensemble Gerhart Hetzel, violin; Wolfram Christ, viola; Georg Faust, cello; Alois Posch, double bass DeutGram 427640
12:31:00 00:03:43 Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari The Jewels of the Madonna: Neapolitan Gianandrea Noseda BBC Philharmonic Chandos 10511
12:39:00 00:06:45 Hugo Wolf Italian Serenade in G major Brodsky Quartet Chandos 10761
12:48:00 00:09:08 Peter Tchaikovsky Marche slav Op 31 Zubin Mehta Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Teldec 90201
12:58:00 00:01:35 Leroy Anderson The Typewriter BBC Concert Orchestra Leonard Slatkin Alasdair Malloy, typewriter Naxos 559357
THE BIG WORK AT ONE
13:00:00 00:31:08 Max Bruch Scottish Fantasy Op 46 London Symphony Jascha Horenstein David Oistrakh, violin Decca 4785437
13:32:00 00:16:25 Richard Strauss Don Juan Op 20 Lorin Maazel Cleveland Orchestra CBS 44909
13:50:00 00:09:30 Antonín Dvorák Overture 'My Home' Op 62 István Kertész London Symphony Decca 4785437
CLASSICAL MUSIC with Mark Satola
14:01:00 00:01:53 Karl King March 'Rough-Riders' Frederick Fennell Dallas Wind Symphony Reference 85
14:03:00 00:03:52 Johannes Hanssen Valdres March Frederick Fennell Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra Brain 7502
14:09:00 00:14:05 Anton Arensky Variations on Theme by Tchaikovsky Op 35 William Boughton English String Orchestra Nimbus 7020
14:25:00 00:06:20 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Rondo in D major Vladimir Horowitz, piano DeutGram 4795448
14:45:00 00:10:34 Peter Tchaikovsky Sérénade mélancolique Op 26 Odense Symphony Alexander Vedernikov Jennifer Koh, violin Cedille 166
14:56:00 00:04:00 Emmanuel Chabrier Suite pastorale: Idyll Neeme Järvi Orch de la Suisse Romande Chandos 5122
15:02:00 00:17:02 Jean Françaix The Flower Clock Academy St. Martin in Fields Mathias Mönius Albrecht Mayer, oboe Decca 4782564
15:22:00 00:06:49 Claude Debussy Images, Book 1: Hommage à Rameau Kotaro Fukuma, piano Hortus 113
15:32:00 00:04:54 Zdenek Fibich Poème Václav Neumann Czech Philharmonic Orfeo 180891
15:40:00 00:05:13 Alexander Borodin Petite Suite: Intermezzo Gennady Rozhdestvensky Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Chandos 9386
15:47:00 00:07:26 Carl Maria von Weber Preciosa: Overture Op 78 Karl Münchinger Vienna Philharmonic Decca 4785437
15:55:00 00:02:30 David Guion Arkansas Traveler Ronald Corp New London Orchestra Hyperion 67067
15:58:00 00:05:20 Franz Joseph Haydn Finale from Piano Trio No. 45 Vienna Piano Trio Nimbus 5535
CLASSICAL MUSIC with Bill O’Connell; COMPOSERS DATEBOOK: Liszt vs. Thalberg
16:07:00 00:02:21 Maurice Ravel Minuet on the Name 'Haydn' Sean Chen, piano Steinway 30029
16:12:00 00:12:03 Franz Joseph Haydn Minuet & Finale from Symphony No. 98 Franz Welser-Möst Vienna Philharmonic ViennaPhil 2009
16:28:00 00:05:30 Franz Joseph Haydn Adagio from String Quartet No. 23 Op 20 Angeles Quartet Decca 4783695
16:37:00 00:02:57 Dieterich Buxtehude Fugue in C major Alan Feinberg, piano Steinway 30034
16:41:00 00:08:14 Franz Joseph Haydn Te Deum No. 2 in C major Collegium Musicum 90 Richard Hickox Collegium Musicum 90 Chorus Chandos 633
16:52:00 00:03:19 Franz Joseph Haydn Finale from String Quartet No. 30 Op 33 Angeles Quartet Decca 4783695
16:56:00 00:03:10 Peter Tchaikovsky Swan Lake: Goblet Dance Valéry Gergiev Mariinsky Theater Orchestra Decca 10104
17:04:00 00:05:56 Brian Dykstra Lemon Grass Rag Katherine DeJongh, flute; Brian Dykstra, piano Centaur 3161
17:26:00 00:08:45 Tony Banks Six Pieces for Orchestra: Siren City of Prague Philharmonic Paul Englishby Martin Robertson, saxophone Naxos 572986
17:40:00 00:04:50 Claude Debussy Suite bergamasque: Clair de lune Kotaro Fukuma, piano Hortus 113
17:47:00 00:03:11 Claude Debussy Images, Book 1: Mouvement Kotaro Fukuma, piano Hortus 113
17:52:00 00:02:53 Jerome Moross The Big Country: Theme José Serebrier Royal Philharmonic Royal Phil 17
17:56:00 00:03:19 Giovanni Gabrieli Canzon on the 1st tone No. 1 à 8 National Brass Ensemble OberlinMus 1504
DINNER CLASSICS
18:09:00 00:14:32 Franz Joseph Haydn Trumpet Concerto in E flat major English Chamber Orchestra Raymond Leppard Wynton Marsalis, trumpet Sony 57497
18:25:00 00:04:10 Franz Joseph Haydn Overture to an English Opera Sir Roger Norrington London Classical Players EMI 55192
18:31:00 00:04:06 Franz Joseph Haydn The Creation: The Heavens Are Telling Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Robert Shaw Atlanta Symphony Chorus Telarc 80119
18:38:00 00:13:50 Franz Joseph Haydn Piano Sonata No. 52 in G major Jenö Jandó, piano Naxos 553128
18:53:00 00:06:16 Franz Joseph Haydn Finale from Sinfonia Concertante Chamber Orchestra of Europe Claudio Abbado Marieke Blankestijn, violin; William Conway, cello; Douglas Boyd, oboe; Matthew Wilkie, bassoon DeutGram 4778117
SYMPHONY AT SEVEN with John Simna
19:02:00 00:25:59 Franz Joseph Haydn Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major English Chamber Orchestra Benjamin Britten Mstislav Rostropovich, cello Decca 4785437
19:30:00 00:25:23 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Divertimento No. 11 in D major Orpheus Chamber Orchestra DeutGram 415669
19:57:00 00:02:23 Antonín Dvorák Cypress No. 11 Cypress String Quartet Avie 2275
WCLV ESSENTIAL CLASSICS
20:02:00 00:06:05 Christoph Willibald Gluck Orfeo ed Euridice: Dance of the Blessed Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Susan Palma-Nidel, flute DeutGram 437782
20:10:00 00:22:22 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major Academy St. Martin in Fields Sir Neville Marriner Rachel Barton Pine, violin Avie 2317
20:35:00 00:23:35 Franz Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 82 in C major Esa-Pekka Salonen Stockholm Chamber Orchestra Sony 45972
NIGHT MUSIC with Rob Grier; COMPOSERS DATEBOOK: Liszt vs. Thalberg
21:03:00 00:25:56 Franz Joseph Haydn String Quartet No. 67 in F major Op 77 Takács Quartet Decca 430199
21:31:00 00:02:24 Franz Joseph Haydn All Through the Night Angelika Kirchschlager, mezzo; Jonathan Rees, violin; Dave Daniels, cello; Roger Vignoles, piano Sony 64498
21:36:00 00:17:02 Jean Françaix The Flower Clock Academy St. Martin in Fields Mathias Mönius Albrecht Mayer, oboe Decca 4782564
21:56:00 00:47:56 Franz Joseph Haydn Mass No. 3 in C major Musicians of the Louvre Marc Minkowski Lucy Crowe, soprano; Nathalie Stutzmann, alto; Richard Croft, tenor; Luca Tittolo, bass; Louvre Musicians Chorus Naïve 5183
22:45:00 00:02:43 Manuel Ponce Scherzino mexicano Milos Karadaglic, guitar DeutGram 17000
22:50:00 00:03:38 Domenico Scarlatti Sonata in D minor Yevgeny Sudbin, piano Bis 2138
22:56:00 00:03:12 Anonymous Verbum caro factus est Ross Duffin Quire Cleveland Quire 102
QUIET HOUR with Rob Grier
23:02:00 00:04:25 André Grétry Céphale et Procris: Menuetto Stefan Sanderling Orchestre de Bretagne ASV 1095
23:06:00 00:09:50 Franz Joseph Haydn Adagio from String Quartet No. 27 Op 20 Angeles Quartet Decca 4783695
23:18:00 00:04:56 Antonín Dvorák Czech Suite: Romance Op 39 Sir John Eliot Gardiner NDR Symphony Orchestra DeutGram 437506
23:22:00 00:11:06 Johannes Brahms Andante from Piano Concerto No. 2 Op 83 Cleveland Orchestra Franz Welser-Möst Yefim Bronfman, piano Belvedere 8005
23:36:00 00:07:06 Andrea Luchesi Piano Sonata in B-Flat [No. 1] Roberto Plano, piano Concerto 2069
23:43:00 00:10:53 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Andante from Symphony No. 41 James Levine Boston Symphony Orchestra BSO Clas 1001
23:55:00 00:02:57 Johann Sebastian Bach Largo from Keyboard Concerto No. 5 in F minor Berlin State Orchestra Simone Dinnerstein Simone Dinnerstein, piano Sony 81742
