Program Guide 04-05-2017
Almanac
April 5
1784 Ludwig Spohr – German composer, violinist and conductor (d.1859); inventor of the violin chinrest and the orchestral rehearsal mark.
1803 first performances of Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 2, Piano Concerto No. 3, and oratorio Christ on the Mount of Olives at a huge concert in the Theater an der Wien in Vienna, conducted by the composer.
1869 Albert Roussel – French composer (d.1937); spent seven years in the French Navy, turning to music as an adult.
1874 premiere of Johann Strauss Jr.'s operetta Die Fledermaus (The Bat) at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna.
1912 Carlos Guastavino – Argentine composer (d.2000); one of the foremost Argentine composers of the 20th century.
1914 first concert performance in Paris of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring, conducted by Pierre Monteux, who had led the riotous world premiere of the staged version of the ballet with Diaghilev's Ballets Russes May 29, 1913; this time, Stravinsky was carried from the hall in triumph.
1917 Richard Yardumian – Armenian-American composer (d.1985); in 1945, Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra premiered Desolate City, marking the beginning of a long association with Ormandy, which led to several recordings on the Columbia label; largely self-taught as a composer.
1946 first performance of Charles Ives's Symphony No. 3 ‘The Camp Meeting’, at the smaller concert room at Carnegie Hall by the Little Orchestra, conducted by Lou Harrison; awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Music that year.
Recording of the Week
Program Guide
00:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Angela Mitchell
00:02:00 00:38:02 Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor Op 37 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Bernard Haitink Claudio Arrau, piano Philips 4788977
00:45:00 00:40:03 Johannes Brahms String Sextet No. 2 in G major Op 36 Academy Chamber Ensemble Chandos 9151
01:28:00 00:33:22 Igor Stravinsky The Rite of Spring Pierre Boulez Cleveland Orchestra DeutGram 4795448
02:043:00 00:42:14 Antonín Dvorák Symphony No. 4 in D minor Op 13 Libor Pesek Czech Philharmonic VirginClas 91144
02:49:00 00:22:29 Charles Ives Symphony No. 3 'The Camp Meeting' Orpheus Chamber Orchestra DeutGram 439869
03:13:00 00:25:57 Ludwig Spohr Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in E flat Op 57 Seattle Symphony Gerard Schwarz Jon Manasse, clarinet Harm Mundi 907516
03:44:00 00:25:25 Albert Roussel Symphony No. 3 in G minor Op 42 Stéphane Denève Royal Scottish Nat'l Orch Naxos 570245
04:12:00 00:20:28 Johann Sebastian Bach English Suite No. 4 in F major Angela Hewitt, piano Hyperion 67451
04:37:00 00:43:03 Sir George Dyson Violin Concerto City of London Sinfonia Richard Hickox Lydia Mordkovitch, violin Chandos 9369
05:22:00 00:20:10 Franz Liszt Symphonic Poem No. 7 'Festive Sounds' Sir Georg Solti London Philharmonic DeutGram 4779525
05:45:00 00:05:06 Sir Edward Elgar The Crown of India: March Op 66 BBC Philharmonic Sir Andrew Davis Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus Chandos 10570
05:51:00 00:06:46 Peter Tchaikovsky Swan Lake: Waltz Mstislav Rostropovich Berlin Philharmonic DeutGram 4793449
06:00 BBC NEWS; CLASSICAL MUSIC with Jacqueline Gerber
06:07:00 00:03:06 Franz Liszt Schubert Song 'Die Forelle' Daniil Trifonov, piano Mariinsky 530
06:15:00 00:05:55 Ludwig van Beethoven Finale from String Quartet No. 9 Op 59 Cleveland Quartet Telarc 80268
06:20:00 00:03:30 Johann Sebastian Bach Cello Suite No. 3: Bourrée Andrés Díaz, cello Azica 71252
06:25:00 00:08:07 Anton Bruckner Scherzo from Symphony No. 1 Sir Georg Solti Chicago Symphony Orchestra Decca 448898
06:40:00 00:10:02 Franz Danzi Fantasy on Mozart's 'La ci darem la Potsdam Chamber Academy Andreas Ottensamer, clarinet Decca 4814711
06:51:00 00:01:48 Daniil Trifonov Dolce romantico from 'Rachmaniana' Daniil Trifonov, piano DeutGram 4794970
06:55:00 00:04:05 Claudio Grafulla March "Washington Grays" Frederick Fennell Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra Brain 7504
07:05:00 00:04:26 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Rondo from Bassoon Concerto Cleveland Orchestra Christoph von Dohnányi David McGill, bassoon Decca 443176
07:10:00 00:06:29 Léon Minkus Don Quixote: Grand pas de deux Erich Kunzel Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Telarc 80625
07:20:00 00:03:51 Anderson & Roe Papageno! Greg Anderson, piano; Elizabeth Joy Roe, piano Steinway 30006
07:25:00 00:02:08 William Grant Still Suite for Violin: Gamin Alexa Still, flute; Susan DeWitt Smith, piano Koch Intl 7192
07:30:00 00:03:29 Philippe Gaubert Madrigal Fenwick Smith, flute; Sally Pinkas, piano Naxos 557305
07:40:00 00:05:12 Jack Gallagher Intrada from Sinfonietta for Strings JoAnn Falletta London Symphony Naxos 559652
07:45:00 00:02:08 Hildegard von Bingen Alma Redemptoris Mater Barbara Thornton Sequentia DHM 77320
07:47:00 00:04:43 Giuseppe Matteo Alberti Sinfonia teatrale for 4 Trumpets & Philharmonia Orchestra Christopher Warren-Green Wallace Collection Nimbus 5017
07:55:00 00:03:19 John Williams Attack of the Clones: Love Theme Erich Kunzel Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Telarc 80600
08:07:00 00:06:04 Antonín Dvorák Allegretto from Symphony No. 8 Op 88 Andrés Orozco-Estrada Houston Symphony PentaTone 578
08:17:00 00:08:50 Felix Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture 'Fingal's Cave' Op 26 Roy Goodman Hanover Band Nimbus 5318
08:27:00 00:03:11 David Ludwig Seasons Lost: Spring Curtis 20/21 Ensemble Vinay Parameswaran Jennifer Koh, violin; Jaime Laredo, violin Cedille 146
08:31:00 00:03:14 Sergei Prokofiev The Stone Flower: Wedding Dance Op 118 Neeme Järvi Royal Scottish Nat'l Orch Chandos 10481
08:39:00 00:02:59 Leroy Anderson Chicken Reel Leonard Slatkin BBC Concert Orchestra Naxos 559313
08:43:00 00:09:05 Tomaso Albinoni Oboe Concerto in C major Op 9 American Classical Orchestra Thomas Crawford Marc Schachman, oboe Centaur 3108
08:54:00 00:02:01 George Frideric Handel Israel in Egypt: He gave them hailstones English Baroque Soloists Sir John Eliot Gardiner Monteverdi Choir Philips 432110
08:58:00 00:05:26 John Williams Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Raiders' John Williams Boston Pops Orchestra Philips 420178
09:05:00 00:19:11 Manuel Rosenthal Gaîté parisienne: Suite Seiji Ozawa Boston Symphony Orchestra DeutGram 423698
09:32:00 00:06:12 Ludwig van Beethoven Presto from String Quartet No. 14 Op 131 Franz Welser-Möst Cleveland Orchestra TCO 821
09:42:00 00:03:48 Florence Foster Jenkins Laughing Song from 'Die Fledermaus' Florence Foster Jenkins, sop?; Cosme McMoon, piano RCA 61175
09:55:00 00:03:27 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Presto from String Quartet No. 3 Cuarteto Casals Harm Mundi 987060
09:57:00 00:01:16 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Contradance in B flat major Jeannette Sorrell Apollo's Fire Avie 2159
10:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Mark Satola
10:00:00 00:02:27 Edvard Grieg Norwegian Dance No. 2 Op 35 Petri Sakari Iceland Symphony Chandos 9028
10:03:00 00:04:22 Johan Svendsen Scherzo from String Quartet Op 1 Kontra Quartet Bis 753
10:09:00 00:11:03 Robert Schumann Overture to Byron's 'Manfred' Op 115 George Szell Cleveland Orchestra Sony 62349
10:21:00 00:04:31 Robert Schumann Vienna Carnival: Finale Op 26 Daniel Gortler, piano Roméo 7281
10:28:00 00:02:31 John Dowland Lord Willoughby's Welcome Home Sharon Isbin, guitar Sony 745456
10:31:00 00:04:24 Robert Casadesus Toccata Op 40 Marina Lomazov, piano Lomazov 100
10:40:00 00:06:42 Albert Roussel Divertissement Op 6 Catherine Cantin, flute; Maurice Bourgue, oboe; Michel Portal, clarinet; Amaury Wallez, bassoon; Pascal Rogé, piano Decca 425861
10:51:00 00:22:29 Charles Ives Symphony No. 3 'The Camp Meeting' Orpheus Chamber Orchestra DeutGram 439869
11:14:00 00:05:05 Henry Cowell Hymn for String Orchestra David Amos City of London Sinfonia Harm Mundi 906011
11:17:00 00:08:32 Franz Schubert Der Spiegelritter: Overture Manfred Huss Haydn Sinfonietta, Vienna Koch Intl 1121
11:26:00 00:08:30 Thomas Arne Symphony No. 1 in C major Adrian Shepherd Cantilena Chandos 8403
11:34:00 00:08:11 Johann Strauss Jr Die Fledermaus: Overture Franz Welser-Möst Cleveland Orchestra MAA 70901
12:06:00 00:09:55 Gioacchino Rossini La gazza ladra: Overture Lorin Maazel Cleveland Orchestra Decca 4787779
12:18:00 00:08:24 Richard Rodgers Slaughter on 10th Avenue from 'On Your John Mauceri Hollywood Bowl Orchestra Philips 446404
12:29:00 00:04:32 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Mitridate: Se viver non degg'io Potsdam Chamber Academy Andreas Ottensamer, clarinet; Emmanuel Pahud, flute Decca 4814711
12:38:00 00:05:54 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Three German Dances Orpheus Chamber Orchestra DeutGram 429783
12:47:00 00:10:34 Johann Strauss Jr Waltz 'Morning Papers' Op 279 Zubin Mehta Vienna Philharmonic Sony 66860
13:00 THE BIG WORK AT ONE
13:00:00 00:31:40 Camille Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 1 in E flat major Op 2 Eliahu Inbal Frankfurt Radio Symphony PentaTone 157
13:33:00 00:13:58 Gabriel Fauré Ballade in F sharp major Op 19 BBC Philharmonic Yan Pascal Tortelier Kathryn Stott, piano Chandos 9416
13:48:00 00:11:19 Richard Wagner Die Feen: Overture Fabio Luisi Philharmonia Zürich Accentus 102
14:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Mark Satola
14:01:00 00:02:42 Sir Charles Hubert H. Parry Lady Radnor's Suite: Bourrée William Boughton English String Orchestra Nimbus 5068
14:04:00 00:02:28 Johann Sebastian Bach Orchestral Suite No. 4: Bourrée Monica Huggett Ensemble Sonnerie Avie 2171
14:08:00 00:13:26 Nikolai Tcherepnin The Enchanted Kingdom Op 39 Mikhail Pletnev Russian National Orchestra DeutGram 447084
14:23:00 00:07:31 Jean Sibelius Suite champêtre Op 98 William Boughton English String Orchestra Nimbus 5169
14:48:00 00:10:33 Ludwig van Beethoven Scherzo & Finale from Symphony No. 2 Op 36 Sir John Eliot Gardiner Révolutionaire et Romantique Soli Deo 721
15:00:00 00:15:22 Franz Liszt Réminiscences de Don Juan Greg Anderson, piano; Elizabeth Joy Roe, piano Steinway 30022
15:16:00 00:05:32 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Don Giovanni: Catalogue Aria Orch of Valencian Community Riccardo Frizza Erwin Schrott, baritone Decca 11838
15:23:00 00:06:14 Sir Edward Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major Op 39 Howard Griffiths Brandenburg State Orchestra Klanglogo 1506
15:31:00 00:05:43 Franz Lehár The Merry Widow: Waltz Arthur Fiedler Boston Pops Orchestra RCA 68793
15:41:00 00:06:29 Johann Strauss Jr Die Fledermaus: Waltzes 'Du und Du' Op 367 Willi Boskovsky Johann Strauss Orch of Vienna EMI 64108
15:50:00 00:07:26 Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco Finale from Concerto Italiano Op 31 SWR Symphony Orch Pieter-Jelle de Boer Tianwa Yang, violin Naxos 573135
15:58:00 00:04:33 Johann Strauss Jr Die Fledermaus: Csárdás 'Klänge der English Chamber Orchestra Jeffrey Tate Renée Fleming, soprano Decca 458858
16:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Bill O’Connell; COMPOSERS DATEBOOK: Strauss Goes Batty?
16:07:00 00:02:38 Johann Strauss Jr Polka 'Tik-Tak' Op 365 Howard Griffiths Brandenburg State Orchestra Klanglogo 1506
16:13:00 00:11:29 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Overture on Russian Themes Op 28 Gerard Schwarz Seattle Symphony Naxos 572788
16:28:00 00:04:50 Henry Mancini Victor/Victoria: Finale Erich Kunzel Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Telarc 80183
16:34:00 00:05:03 Henry Mancini March with Mancini Erich Kunzel Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Telarc 80183
16:41:00 00:07:08 Xaver Scharwenka Scherzo from Piano Concerto No. 1 Op 32 BBC Scottish Symphony Michael Stern Marc-André Hamelin, piano Hyperion 67508
16:52:00 00:03:11 Jorge Ben Mas que nada Berlin Philharmonic Cellists EMI 56981
16:57:00 00:02:40 Sergei Prokofiev Lieutenant Kijé Suite: Troika Op 60 Paavo Järvi Cincinnati Symphony Telarc 80683
17:04:00 00:05:50 Alfred Grünfeld Soirée de Vienne Op 56 Konstantin Scherbakov, piano EMI 69704
17:26:00 00:08:17 José Pablo Moncayo Huapango Alondra de la Parra Philharmonic Orch of Americas Sony 75555
17:40:00 00:05:55 Franz Danzi Finale from Concertino in B flat major Op 47 Potsdam Chamber Academy Andreas Ottensamer, clarinet; Albrecht Mayer, English horn Decca 4814711
17:48:00 00:02:08 Johannes Brahms Hungarian Dance No. 7 in F major Chamber Ensemble Andreas Ottensamer, clarinet; Oszkár Ökrös, cimbalom Mercury 4811409
17:52:00 00:02:36 Giacomo Puccini La bohème: Musetta's Waltz London Philharmonic Sir Andrew Davis Nicole Cabell, soprano Decca 6590
17:56:00 00:02:56 Anonymous Romance English Chamber Orchestra Paul Watkins Milos Karadaglic, guitar DeutGram 15579
18:00 BBC NEWS; DINNER CLASSICS
18:08:00 00:21:31 Franz Schubert Fantasy in C major Maurizio Pollini, piano DeutGram 4796018
18:31:00 00:06:35 Ludwig van Beethoven Overture 'Name Day' Op 115 Claudio Abbado Vienna Philharmonic DeutGram 429762
18:40:00 00:03:38 Ludwig van Beethoven Allegretto from Sonata No. 28 Op 101 Maurizio Pollini, piano DeutGram 4796018
18:46:00 00:07:31 Ludwig Spohr Finale from Nonet Op 31 Vienna-Berlin Ensemble Gerhart Hetzel, violin; Wolfram Christ, viola; Georg Faust, cello; Alois Posch, double bass DeutGram 427640
18:55:00 00:03:30 Ludwig van Beethoven Minuet from Septet Op 20 Berlin Philharmonic Octet Members of Philips 4788977
19:00 SYMPHONY AT SEVEN with John Simna
19:03:00 00:20:16 Carl Stamitz Clarinet Concerto No. 7 in E flat major Potsdam Chamber Academy Andreas Ottensamer, clarinet Decca 4814711
19:25:00 00:31:00 Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 2 in D major Op 36 Mikhail Pletnev Russian National Orchestra DeutGram 4776409
19:58:00 00:02:03 Alexander Borodin Petite Suite: Serenade Gennady Rozhdestvensky Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Chandos 9386
20:00 CLEVELAND OVATIONS: CIM LIVE - Laurence Lesser, cello, guest artist; HaeSun Paik, piano– recorded in Mixon Hall 3/22
Ludwig van Beethoven:
Twelve Variations on ‘Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen’ from Mozart’s ‘The Magic Flute’ Op 66
Cello Sonata No. 2 in g Op 5/2
Seven Variations on ‘Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen’ from Mozart’s ‘The Magic Flute’ WoO 46
Cello Sonata No. 3 in A Op 69
21:30:00 00:29:28 Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major Op 19 Mahler Chamber Orchestra Leif Ove Andsnes Leif Ove Andsnes, piano Sony 370548
22:00 THE BLACK ARTS with A. Grace Lee Mims: recordings of music by composer Florence Price
22:59:00 00:01:20 Peter Tchaikovsky The Seasons: July Op 37 Lang Lang, piano Sony 511758
23:00 QUIET HOUR with Rob Grier
23:02:00 00:06:57 Carl Maria von Weber Romanza from Clarinet Concerto No. 2 Op 74 Academy St. Martin in Fields Sir Neville Marriner Andrew Marriner, clarinet Philips 432146
23:09:00 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
23:18:00 00:07:34 Henryk Wieniawski Légende in G minor Op 17 London Symphony Lawrence Foster Gil Shaham, violin DeutGram 431815
23:26:00 00:09:19 Ignace Jan Paderewski Romanze from Piano Concerto Op 17 London Symphony Arthur Fiedler Earl Wild, piano Elan 82266
23:37:00 00:04:50 Cyril Scott Lotus Land Op 47 Jack Richard Crossan, piano Cambria 1086
23:43:00 00:03:00 Carlos Guastavino Cantilena No. 4 Christopher O'Riley, piano CPI 3294112
23:46:00 00:11:49 Eric Whitacre The River Cam London Symphony Eric Whitacre Julian Lloyd Webber, cello Decca 16636
23:58:00 00:01:48 Daniil Trifonov Dolce romantico from 'Rachmaniana' Daniil Trifonov, piano DeutGram 4794970
