Program Guide 04-05-2017

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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.

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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