Program Guide 04-12-2017
Almanac
April 12
1722 Pietro Nardini – Italian composer and violinist (d.1793); friend of Mozart's father Leopold.
1747 premiere of George Frideric Handel’s oratorio Judas Maccabaeus; became one of Handel's most popular oratorios.
1801 Joseph Lanner – Austrian dance music composer (d.1843); in 19th century Vienna, just as famous as his friend and musical rival Johann Strauss Sr.
1826 premiere of Carl Maria von Weber's opera Oberon (or, The Elf King's Oath) at the Royal Opera House in London.
1867 premiere of the Offenbach operetta Le Grande Duchesse de Gerolstein (The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein), in Paris; the story is a satirical critique of unthinking militarism and concerns a spoiled and tyrannical young Grand Duchess who learns that she cannot always get her way.
1932 Henri Lazarof – Bulgarian-born American composer (d.2013); best known for his Tableaux for piano and orchestra.
1933 first performance of Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s Violin Concerto No. 2 ‘The Prophets’ at Carnegie Hall by the New York Philharmonic with Arturo Toscanini conducting and soloist Jascha Heifetz, who had commissioned the work; an expression of the composer’s pride in his Jewish origins, or as he described it, the "splendor of past days", in the face of rising anti-Semitism that was sweeping across much of Europe.
1995 first performance of the Bassoon Concerto ‘The Five Sacred Trees’ by John Williams; Judith LeClair was the soloist with the New York Philharmonic conducted by Kurt Masur.
Recording of the Week
Program Guide
00:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Angela Mitchell
00:02:00 00:33:44 Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major Op 15 Mahler Chamber Orchestra Leif Ove Andsnes Leif Ove Andsnes, piano Sony 542058
00:39:00 00:41:30 Peter Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 in F minor Op 36 Lorin Maazel Cleveland Orchestra Telarc 80047
01:24:00 00:31:16 Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco Violin Concerto No. 2 Op 66 SWR Symphony Orch Pieter-Jelle de Boer Tianwa Yang, violin Naxos 573135
01:58:00 00:32:32 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Symphony No. 2 Op 9 Dmitri Kitayenko Bergen Philharmonic Chandos 9178
02:33:00 00:32:35 Antonín Dvorák String Quintet No. 3 in E flat major Op 97 Emerson String Quartet Paul Neubauer, viola DeutGram 4778765
03:09:00 00:40:09 Alexander Zemlinsky Die Seejungfrau Riccardo Chailly Deutsches Symphonie Berlin Decca 417450
03:53:00 00:25:03 Francis Poulenc Concerto for Organ, Strings & Timpani in G minor Philadelphia Orchestra Christoph Eschenbach Olivier Latry, organ Ondine 1094
04:21:00 00:28:00 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart String Quintet No. 5 in D major Sarah Kapustin, violin; Diana Cohen, violin; Mark Holloway, viola; Sebastian Krunnies, viola; David Soyer, cello Marlboro 80001
04:53:00 00:29:33 Sergei Prokofiev Cinderella Suite No. 1 Op 107 Theodore Kuchar National Symphony of Ukraine Naxos 550968
05:24:00 00:17:11 François Devienne Flute Concerto No. 8 in G major London Mozart Players Sir James Galway Sir James Galway, flute RCA 63701
05:42:00 00:05:30 Jean Sibelius Romance in C major Op 42 Vladimir Ashkenazy Boston Symphony Orchestra Decca 436566
05:51:00 00:04:20 Antonio Caldara Coriolanus: Overture Philharmonia Orchestra Simon Wright Wallace Collection Nimbus 5079
05:57:00 00:02:13 Franz Joseph Haydn Finale from String Quartet No. 53 Op 64 Angeles Quartet Decca 4783695
06:00 BBC NEWS; CLASSICAL MUSIC with Jacqueline Gerber
06:07:00 00:03:00 Jacques Ibert Entr'acte Paul Fried, flute; David Sussman, guitar GoldenTone 1
06:15:00 00:08:18 Carl Friedrich Abel Symphony in B flat major Op 7 Adrian Shepherd Cantilena Chandos 8648
06:25:00 00:02:14 Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco Sea Murmurs Op 24 Daniel Hope, violin; Maria Todtenhaupt, harp DeutGram 4792954
06:30:00 00:03:20 Johann Sebastian Bach English Suite No. 3: Prelude Paramount Brass Centaur 2355
06:32:00 00:02:50 Erik Satie Gymnopédie No. 3 Bruce Levingston, piano Sono Lumin 92148
06:40:00 00:08:36 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Rondo from Serenade No. 7 Prague Chamber Orchestra Sir Charles Mackerras Oldrich Vlcek, violin Telarc 80161
06:51:00 00:02:38 Michael Praetorius Terpsichore: Three Ballets à 4 New London Consort l'Oiseau 4759101
06:52:00 00:02:16 Miklós Rózsa King of Kings: Resurrection & Finale Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Erich Kunzel Mormon Tabernacle Choir Telarc 80631
06:55:00 00:03:54 Frank W. Meacham The American Patrol Loras John Schissel Blossom Festival Band MAA 40601
07:05:00 00:06:36 Richard Rodgers The Sound of Music: Entr'acte John Mauceri Hollywood Bowl Orchestra Philips 434932
07:10:00 00:09:26 Franz Schubert Finale from String Quartet No. 14 Jasper Quartet Sono Lumin 92152
07:20:00 00:02:05 Anatoly Liadov The Musical Snuff Box Op 32 Erich Kunzel Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Telarc 80657
07:25:00 00:02:28 Jean-Baptiste Lully Phaëton: Overture Jeanne Lamon Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra Tafelmusik 1001
07:30:00 00:04:25 Antonín Dvorák Czech Suite: Polka Op 39 Sir John Eliot Gardiner NDR Symphony Orchestra DeutGram 437506
07:40:00 00:08:56 Franz Joseph Haydn Minuet & Finale from Symphony No. 90 Bruno Weil Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra Sony 66253
07:53:00 00:04:31 Eric Coates London Suite: Knightsbridge March Ronald Corp New London Orchestra Hyperion 66968
08:07:00 00:06:50 Saverio Mercadante Russian Rondo from Flute Concerto in E minor Academy St. Martin in Fields Sir Neville Marriner Irena Grafenauer, flute Philips 426318
08:18:00 00:07:17 Daniel Auber The Bronze Horse: Overture Yan Pascal Tortelier BBC Philharmonic Chandos 9765
08:25:00 00:02:32 Frédéric Chopin Prelude No. 4 in E minor Op 28 Wolfgang Sawallisch Philadelphia Orchestra EMI 55592
08:31:00 00:06:51 Joseph Lanner Styrian Dances Op 165 Franz Welser-Möst Vienna Philharmonic Sony 544071
08:43:00 00:07:06 Alexander Borodin Finale from Symphony No. 1 Gerard Schwarz Seattle Symphony Naxos 572786
08:48:00 00:03:38 Ottorino Respighi Ancient Airs Suite No. 1: Passo mezzo Jesús López-Cobos Lausanne Chamber Orchestra Telarc 80309
08:55:00 00:06:45 Howard Shore A "Lord of the Rings" Suite London Symphony Klauspeter Seibel Sir James Galway, flute DeutGram 3024
09:09:00 00:17:39 George Gershwin An American in Paris Riccardo Chailly Cleveland Orchestra Decca 417326
09:33:00 00:03:30 Gioacchino Rossini Galop from 'William Tell' Overture Erich Kunzel Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Telarc 80141
09:40:00 00:03:15 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Sadko: Song of India Vienna Radio Symphony Cornelius Meister Aida Garifullina, soprano Decca 4788305
09:43:00 00:03:38 Traditional Allüki Vienna Radio Symphony Cornelius Meister Aida Garifullina, soprano Decca 4788305
09:45:00 00:08:03 George Frideric Handel Concerto Grosso in G major Op 3 Richard Egarr Academy of Ancient Music Harm Mundi 907415
10:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Mark Satola
10:00:00 00:03:45 Peter Tchaikovsky Serenade Op 63 Vienna Radio Symphony Cornelius Meister Aida Garifullina, soprano Decca 4788305
10:04:00 00:02:51 Peter Tchaikovsky Mazeppa: Maria's Lullaby Vienna Radio Symphony Cornelius Meister Aida Garifullina, soprano Decca 4788305
10:09:00 00:10:22 George W. Chadwick Rip Van Winkle Overture Neeme Järvi Detroit Symphony Chandos 9439
10:21:00 00:03:36 Johannes Brahms Capriccio in F sharp minor Op 76 Alessio Bax, piano Signum 309
10:27:00 00:05:03 Franz Liszt Transcendental Etude No. 10 in F minor Marina Lomazov, piano Lomazov 100
10:37:00 00:04:17 Charles Ives Scherzo from Symphony No. 1 Neeme Järvi Detroit Symphony Chandos 9053
10:42:00 00:06:43 Don Gillis Paul Bunyan Ian Hobson Sinfonia Varsovia Albany 768
10:50:00 00:22:16 Peter Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture Christoph Eschenbach Philadelphia Orchestra Ondine 1150
11:13:00 00:04:06 Sergei Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet: Minuet Lorin Maazel Cleveland Orchestra Decca 4787779
11:20:00 00:07:19 Joseph Lanner Waltz 'The Suitors' Op 103 Claudio Abbado Vienna Philharmonic DeutGram 431628
11:29:00 00:08:52 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 24 in B flat major Sir Charles Mackerras Prague Chamber Orchestra Telarc 80186
11:40:00 00:08:07 Ludwig van Beethoven Andante favori in F major Peter Takács, piano Cambria 1175
11:50:00 00:07:13 George Gershwin Finale from Piano Concerto in F major Buffalo Philharmonic JoAnn Falletta Orion Weiss, piano Naxos 559705
12:07:00 00:08:22 Franz Schubert The Devil's Pleasure Palace: Overture Manfred Huss Haydn Sinfonietta, Vienna Koch Intl 1121
12:18:00 00:08:49 Joseph Lanner Schönbrunn Waltz Op 200 Franz Welser-Möst Vienna Philharmonic Decca 4782601
12:28:00 00:02:18 Lou Harrison Western Dance Michael Boriskin, piano Koch Intl 7465
12:32:00 00:02:20 Percy Grainger Duke of Marlborough Fanfare Jerry Junkin Dallas Wind Symphony Reference 117
12:38:00 00:04:31 Jacques Offenbach The Grand Duchess of Gérolstein: Michel Swierczewski Gulbenkian Orchestra Nimbus 5303
12:44:00 00:10:23 Niels Gade Scottish Overture 'In the Highlands' Op 7 Christopher Hogwood Danish National Radio Sym Chandos 9862
13:00 THE BIG WORK AT ONE
13:01:00 00:29:39 Franz Schubert Symphony No. 5 in B flat major Christoph von Dohnányi Cleveland Orchestra MAA 1032
13:32:00 00:14:31 Moritz Moszkowski Spanish Dances Op 12 Martin West San Francisco Ballet Orchestra Reference 138
14:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Mark Satola
14:01:00 00:02:15 Sergei Rachmaninoff How Beautiful it is Here Op 21 Vienna Radio Symphony Cornelius Meister Aida Garifullina, soprano Decca 4788305
14:03:00 00:02:58 Sergei Rachmaninoff Prelude No. 23 in G sharp minor Op 32 Vassily Primakov, piano Bridge 9348
14:08:00 00:10:49 Leonard Bernstein On the Town: Three Dance Episodes Leonard Slatkin St. Louis Symphony EMI 63905
14:21:00 00:09:37 Ludwig van Beethoven Variations on 'Ein Mädchen oder Zuill Bailey, cello; Simone Dinnerstein, piano Telarc 80740
14:35:00 00:06:30 George Frideric Handel Judas Maccabaeus: Two Choruses & Academy St. Martin in Fields Sir Neville Marriner Catherine Denley, mezzo; Anthony Rolfe Johnson, tenor; ASMF Chorus Philips 412733
14:44:00 00:11:48 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 9 in C major Nikolaus Harnoncourt Vienna Concentus Musicus DHM 63970
14:56:00 00:03:40 Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari The Jewels of the Madonna: Serenata Gianandrea Noseda BBC Philharmonic Chandos 10511
15:02:00 00:13:38 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Serenade No. 6 in D major Andrew Manze English Concert Harm Mundi 907280
15:18:00 00:04:34 John Field Nocturne No. 12 in E major Elizabeth Joy Roe, piano Decca 4789672
15:24:00 00:06:34 Hector Berlioz Harold in Italy: Serenade Op 16 London Symphony Sir Colin Davis Nobuko Imai, viola Philips 4788977
15:32:00 00:03:30 Peter Tchaikovsky Impromptu in E minor Op 72 Mikhail Pletnev, piano DeutGram 4284
15:39:00 00:07:54 Sergei Rachmaninoff Vocalise Op 34 Vienna Radio Symphony Cornelius Meister Aida Garifullina, soprano Decca 4788305
15:50:00 00:06:30 Antonio Vivaldi Violin Concerto in G major English Concert Trevor Pinnock Simon Standage, violin Archiv 423094
15:58:00 00:04:13 Peter Tchaikovsky Mazeppa: Gopak Theodore Kuchar National Symphony of Ukraine Naxos 554845
16:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Bill O’Connell; COMPOSERS DATEBOOK: Loeffler's Quartet
16:06:00 00:03:30 Traditional Cossack Lullaby Vienna Radio Symphony Cornelius Meister Aida Garifullina, soprano Decca 4788305
16:13:00 00:09:51 Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco Jeremiah from Violin Concerto No. 2 Op 66 SWR Symphony Orch Pieter-Jelle de Boer Tianwa Yang, violin Naxos 573135
16:27:00 00:05:42 Elmer Bernstein The Babe: The Hero Erich Kunzel Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Telarc 80468
16:36:00 00:02:58 Elmer Bernstein To Kill a Mockingbird: Main Title Erich Kunzel Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Telarc 80708
16:41:00 00:07:54 Richard Strauss Second Waltz Sequence from 'Der Herbert Blomstedt Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Decca 4645
16:52:00 00:03:07 Gabriela Lena Frank Three Latin American Dances: The Mestizo Keith Lockhart Utah Symphony Reference 105
16:57:00 00:02:47 Josef Bonime Danse hébraïque Gil Shaham, violin; Orli Shaham, piano Canary 10
17:04:00 00:05:51 Léo Delibes Lakmé: Flower Duet Paris Opera-Comique Orchestra Alain Lombard Mady Mesplé, soprano; Danielle Millet, soprano Warner 86211
17:13:00 00:12:37 Sir Charles Hubert H. Parry Symphonic Variations Andrew Penny Royal Scottish Nat'l Orch Naxos 553469
17:28:00 00:06:41 Franz von Suppé Light Cavalry: Overture Franz Welser-Möst Cleveland Orchestra MAA 10406
17:40:00 00:05:10 Jo Knümann Romanian Basel Chamber Orchestra Daniel Hope Daniel Hope, violin; Avi Avital, mandolin; Jacques Ammon, piano DeutGram 4795305
17:47:00 00:02:41 Antonio Vivaldi Fugue from Concerto for 2 Violins Op 3 Chamber Orchestra of Europe Daniel Hope, violin; Lorenza Borrani, violin DeutGram 4777463
17:52:00 00:02:57 Adolphe Adam Giselle: La chasse Michael Tilson Thomas London Symphony Sony 42450
17:57:00 00:02:26 Carl Nielsen The Greenwood Leaves Are Light Now Michael Bojesen Ars Nova Copenhagen DaCapo 220569
18:00 BBC NEWS; DINNER CLASSICS
18:09:00 00:14:03 Michael Haydn Symphony No. 11 in B flat Matthias Bamert London Mozart Players Chandos 9352
18:27:00 00:03:42 Marie-Auguste Durand Waltz No. 1 in E flat Op 83 John O'Conor, piano Telarc 80391
18:31:00 00:03:47 John Field Adagio from Piano Concerto No. 2 Scottish Chamber Orchestra Sir Charles Mackerras John O'Conor, piano Telarc 80370
18:36:00 00:16:58 Peter Rasmussen Wind Quintet in F major Reykjavik Wind Quintet Chandos 9849
18:55:00 00:03:07 Traditional The Meeting of the Waters Irish Chamber Orchestra Mitch Farber John O'Conor, piano WSchatz 14
19:00 SYMPHONY AT SEVEN with John Simna
19:02:00 00:14:20 Pietro Nardini Violin Concerto in E minor Vienna State Opera Orchestra Vladimir Golschmann Mischa Elman, violin Vanguard 8033
19:19:00 00:36:20 Robert Schumann Symphony No. 2 in C major Op 61 George Szell Cleveland Orchestra Sony 62349
19:57:00 00:02:16 Edvard Grieg Lyric Pieces Book 3: Solitary Traveler Op 43 Per Tengstrand, piano Azica 71207
20:00 CLEVELAND OVATIONS: Oberlin Conservatory – highlights from concerts recorded at Oberlin College
Henri Dutilleux: Three Stanzas on the Name ‘Sacher’
Various arrangers: Four Spirituals
Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D
Dominick Argento: Walden Pond: Nocturnes and Barcarolles
Jean Langlais: Messe solennelle Op. 40
22:45:00 00:13:30 Richard Wagner Parsifal: Act 1 Prelude Christian Thielemann Philadelphia Orchestra DeutGram 453485
22:00 THE BLACK ARTS with A. Grace Lee Mims: recordings by the great bass-baritone Paul Robeson
Mendelsson: Lord God of Abraham
Rachmaninoff: Cradle song
Mussorgsky: Within four walls
Traditional: The peat bog soldiers
Traditional: The four insurgent generals
Traditional: Song of the plains
Traditional: John Henry
Earl Robinson: Joe Hill
Peter de Rose: Wagon wheels
Earl Robinson: The house I live in
Jerome Kern: Old man river
Lawrence Brown, arr: Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
23:00 QUIET HOUR with Rob Grier
23:01:00 00:05:15 Anton Arensky Andante from String Quartet No. 1 Op 11 Ying Quartet Sono Lumin 92143
23:06:00 00:02:27 Sergei Rachmaninoff Lilacs Op 21 Vienna Radio Symphony Cornelius Meister Aida Garifullina, soprano Decca 4788305
23:09:00 00:05:42 Peter Tchaikovsky Berceuse in A flat major Op 72 Mikhail Pletnev, piano DeutGram 4284
23:16:00 00:06:35 Alexandre Desplat L'Étreinte from Trois études Gloria Cheng, piano Harm Mundi 907635
23:23:00 00:08:04 Robert Moran Notturno in Weiss Eric Banks The Esoterics; Alexis Odell, harp; Melissa Walsh, harp Innova 244
23:32:00 00:04:07 Gabriel Fauré Berceuse Op 16 Seattle Symphony Ludovic Morlot Alexander Velinzon, violin SeattleSM 1004
23:36:00 00:09:10 Johannes Brahms Ballade No. 4 in B major Op 10 Alessio Bax, piano Signum 309
23:45:00 00:06:54 Robert Fuchs Adagio from Serenade No. 4 Op 51 Christian Ludwig Cologne Chamber Orchestra Naxos 572607
23:53:00 00:02:55 Frederick S. Converse Serenade Reuben Blundell Gowanus Arts Ensemble New Focus 166
23:56:00 00:03:22 Franz Liszt Schubert Song 'Litanei' Arcadi Volodos, piano Sony 62691
