Program Guide 04-21-2017
Almanac
April 21
1899 Randall Thompson – American composer (d.1984); his most popular and recognizable choral work is Alleluia, commissioned by Serge Koussevitzky for the opening of the Berkshire Music Center at Tanglewood.
1918 premiere of Sergei Prokofiev's Symphony No. 1 ‘Classical’ in Petrograd (St. Petersburg) conducted by the composer; written in conscious emulation of the style of Joseph Haydn.
1933 Easley Blackwood – American composer, pianist and music professor (86 years old); author of a very substantial treatise on music, A Practical Musician's Guide to Tonal Harmony.
1937 premiere of Aaron Copland’s play-opera for high school The Second Hurricane at the Grand Street Playhouse in New York, with Lehman Engle conducting and Orson Welles directing the staged production; one professional adult actor, Joseph Cotton, also participated (he was paid $10).
1948 first performance of Vaughan Williams’s Symphony No. 6 at Royal Albert Hall in London, by the BBC Symphony, Sir Adrian Boult conducting; to post-war audiences who associated the work’s often violent character with the detonation of the atomic bombs over Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the composer said, "It never seems to occur to people that a man might just want to write a piece of music."
Recording of the Week
Program Guide
CLASSICAL MUSIC with Angela Mitchell
00:02:00 00:29:26 Sergei Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major Op 26 Russian National Orchestra Mstislav Rostropovich Mikhail Pletnev, piano DeutGram 471576
00:34:00 00:34:22 Peter Tchaikovsky String Sextet in D minor Op 70 Emerson String Quartet Paul Neubauer, viola; Colin Carr, cello Sony 547060
01:11:00 00:48:33 Johannes Brahms Serenade No. 1 in D major Op 11 Nicholas McGegan Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra PhiBaroque 5
02:02:00 00:27:46 Randall Thompson Symphony No. 2 in E minor Leonard Bernstein New York Philharmonic Sony 60594
02:32:00 00:25:16 Édouard Lalo Cello Concerto in D minor St Cecilia Academy Orchestra Antonio Pappano Han-Na Chang, cello EMI 82390
03:00:00 00:41:34 Sir Charles Hubert H. Parry Symphony No. 4 in E minor Matthias Bamert London Philharmonic Chandos 8896
03:44:00 00:37:29 Dmitri Shostakovich Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor Op 99 Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra Marek Janowski Hilary Hahn, violin Sony 89921
04:24:00 00:28:13 Ludwig Thuille Sextet for Piano & Winds in B flat major Op 6 Chantilly Quintet Gianluca Luisi, piano Naxos 570790
04:54:00 00:21:18 Christian Sinding Violin Concerto No. 1 in A major Op 45 Bournemouth Symphony Bjarte Engeset Henning Kraggerud, violin Naxos 557266
05:18:00 00:17:11 Percy Grainger Lincolnshire Posy Jerry Junkin Dallas Wind Symphony Reference 117
05:47:00 00:06:31 Robert Schumann Toccata in C Op 7 Sviatoslav Richter, piano DeutGram 4796018
05:54:00 00:03:08 Antonín Dvorák Slavonic Dance No. 7 in C minor Op 46 Rafael Kubelik Bavarian Radio Symphony DeutGram 4793449
CLASSICAL MUSIC with Jacqueline Gerber
06:07:00 00:03:03 Ralph Vaughan Williams The Turtledove Paul Spicer James Oxley, tenor; Finzi Singers Chandos 9425
06:10:00 00:02:31 Johann Strauss Jr Polka 'Tritsch-Tratsch' Op 214 Nikolaus Harnoncourt Berlin Philharmonic Teldec 24489
06:15:00 00:07:39 Claude Debussy Images: Rondes de printemps Pierre Boulez Cleveland Orchestra DeutGram 435766
06:25:00 00:03:55 Franz Anton Hoffmeister Rondo Allegro from Viola Concerto in B flat major Baltimore Chamber Orchestra Markand Thakar Victoria Chiang, viola Naxos 572162
06:30:00 00:04:15 Antonín Dvorák Humoresque No. 6 Op 101 Orion Weiss, piano Bridge 9355
06:40:00 00:10:18 Benjamin Britten Gloriana: Courtly Dances André Previn Royal Philharmonic Telarc 80126
06:51:00 00:03:01 Georg Philipp Telemann Bourrée alla Polacca John Williams, guitar CBS 44518
06:55:00 00:03:08 Richard Rodgers Victory at Sea: Guadalcanal March Erich Kunzel Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Telarc 80175
07:05:00 00:05:06 Franz Waxman Taras Bulba: Ride to Dubno Carl Topilow Cleveland Pops Orchestra ClevPops 2016
07:10:00 00:05:30 Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Finale from Cello Concerto English Chamber Orchestra Sir Andrew Davis Matt Haimovitz, cello DeutGram 429219
07:20:00 00:03:53 Anthony Collins Vanity Fair Ronald Corp New London Orchestra Hyperion 66868
07:25:00 00:02:17 Gilbert & Sullivan The Mikado: Chorus of Nobles 'If you Welsh National Opera Orchestra Sir Charles Mackerras Men of; Welsh National Opera Chorus Telarc 80284
07:30:00 00:04:29 Nicolò Paganini Perpetual Motion Op 11 Eastman Wind Ensemble Donald Hunsberger Wynton Marsalis, cornet Sony 60804
07:32:00 00:02:21 Jean-Philippe Rameau Rondeau 'La Villageoise' Christopher O'Riley, piano CPI 3294112
07:40:00 00:09:44 Peter Tchaikovsky Andantino from Symphony No. 4 Op 36 Kurt Sanderling Leningrad Philharmonic DeutGram 4796018
07:51:00 00:02:16 Jean-Philippe Rameau Naïs: Rigaudons Marc Minkowski Musicians of the Louvre Archiv 4478
07:55:00 00:01:54 William Byrd Jig in A minor Canadian Brass CBS 45792
08:07:00 00:05:52 Antonio Vivaldi Trumpet Concerto in A flat Berlin Philharmonic Herbert von Karajan Maurice André, trumpet EMI 56260
08:15:00 00:04:18 Sergei Rachmaninoff Waltz Op 11 Antonio Pompa-Baldi, piano; Emanuela Friscioni, piano Centaur 3062
08:20:00 00:03:57 Reinhold Glière The Red Poppy: Heroic Coolie Dance Zdenek Mácal New Jersey Symphony Delos 3178
08:25:00 00:07:38 Maurice Ravel Miroirs: Alborada del gracioso Ludovic Morlot Seattle Symphony SeattleSM 1002
08:40:00 00:08:28 Joaquín Turina The Bullfighter's Prayer Op 34 Brodsky Quartet Chandos 10761
08:51:00 00:03:56 Franz Schubert Scherzo from Piano Sonata No. 21 Alfred Brendel, piano Philips 4788977
08:55:00 00:04:11 Harry Warren 42nd Street: 42nd Street Keith Lockhart Boston Pops Orchestra BostonPops 4
09:05:00 00:17:08 Claude Debussy Jeux Lorin Maazel Cleveland Orchestra Decca 4787779
09:29:00 00:06:18 Frédéric Chopin Finale from Piano Trio Op 8 Pamela Frank, violin; Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Emanuel Ax, piano Sony 53112
09:35:00 00:04:17 Earle Hagen Harlem Nocturne Quartet San Francisco ViolinJazz 105
09:55:00 00:03:48 Peter Tchaikovsky Swan Lake: Dance of the Cygnets Dmitry Yablonsky Russian State Symphony Naxos 555873
CLASSICAL MUSIC with Mark Satola
10:02:00 00:02:11 Peter Tchaikovsky Valse sentimentale Op 51 Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Kathryn Stott, piano Sony 510316
10:05:00 00:03:24 Duke Ellington In a Sentimental Mood Jason Vieaux, guitar Azica 71287
10:11:00 00:10:27 Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Sinfonia in F Rebecca Miller Orch of Age of Enlightenment Signum 395
10:23:00 00:05:33 Franz Joseph Haydn Piano Sonata No. 61 in D major András Schiff, piano Teldec 17141
10:31:00 00:03:56 Samuel Barber Souvenirs Suite: Waltz Op 28 Yoel Levi Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Telarc 80441
10:38:00 00:06:25 Randall Thompson Scherzo from Symphony No. 2 Leonard Bernstein New York Philharmonic Sony 60594
10:45:00 00:05:17 Julius Fucik Florentine March Op 214 Neeme Järvi Royal Scottish Nat'l Orch Chandos 5158
10:53:00 00:22:44 Maurice Ravel Piano Concerto in G major MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Kristjan Järvi Simone Dinnerstein, piano Sony 503245
11:17:00 00:03:16 Maurice Ravel Le tombeau de Couperin: Fugue Alexander Schimpf, piano Oehms 867
11:23:00 00:07:20 Gaetano Donizetti Ugo, conte di Parigi: Overture Riccardo Chailly La Scala Philharmonic Decca 4831148
11:33:00 00:10:00 Giovanni Battista Sammartini Symphony in A major Kevin Mallon Aradia Ensemble Naxos 557298
11:45:00 00:08:55 Leos Janácek Moravian Dances Antoni Wit Warsaw Philharmonic Naxos 572695
11:56:00 00:03:06 Léo Delibes Coppélia: Galop final Martin West San Francisco Ballet Orchestra Reference 125
12:07:00 00:07:54 Antonín Dvorák Slavonic Dance No. 16 in A flat major Op 72 Christoph von Dohnányi Cleveland Orchestra Decca 430171
12:17:00 00:09:40 Amilcare Ponchielli La Gioconda: Dance of the Hours Riccardo Chailly La Scala Philharmonic Decca 4831148
12:28:00 00:03:07 Frédéric Chopin Scherzo from Sonata No. 3 Op 58 Ingrid Fliter, piano EMI 14899
12:33:00 00:03:54 Morton Gould Pavanne from American Symphonette No. 2 David Alan Miller Albany Symphony Orchestra Albany 1174
12:40:00 00:05:27 Sergei Prokofiev Gavotte & Finale from Symphony No. 1 Op 25 Orpheus Chamber Orchestra DeutGram 423624
12:47:00 00:10:27 Étienne Méhul Young Henry's Hunt: Overture Michel Swierczewski Gulbenkian Orchestra Nimbus 5184
THE BIG WORK AT ONE
13:01:00 00:28:56 Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major Op 19 Symphony of the Air Josef Krips Arthur Rubinstein, piano RCA 300350
13:31:00 00:13:44 Johann Christian Bach Symphony for Double Orchestra in E flat major Op 18 Simon Standage Academy of Ancient Music Chandos 540
13:46:00 00:14:32 Leopold Mozart Symphony in D major Georg Mais Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra ArteNova 897710
CLASSICAL MUSIC with Mark Satola
14:02:00 00:05:08 Arrigo Boito Mefistofele: Prelude Riccardo Chailly La Scala Philharmonic Decca 4831148
14:08:00 00:03:23 Ruggero Leoncavallo Pagliacci: Intermezzo Riccardo Chailly La Scala Philharmonic Decca 4831148
14:14:00 00:12:27 Muzio Clementi Piano Sonata in B flat major Op 24 Nikolai Demidenko, piano Hyperion 66808
14:29:00 00:02:45 Franz Liszt Years of Pilgrimage, Italy: Canzonetta Lazar Berman, piano DeutGram 4779525
14:45:00 00:08:10 Giacomo Puccini Madama Butterfly: Act 2 Intermezzo Riccardo Chailly La Scala Philharmonic Decca 4831148
14:54:00 00:08:30 Joaquín Turina La procesión del rocio Op 9 Jesús López-Cobos Cincinnati Symphony Telarc 80574
15:06:00 00:13:05 Hugo Alfvén Swedish Rhapsody No. 1 Op 19 Esa-Pekka Salonen Swedish Radio Symphony Sony 46668
15:22:00 00:08:37 Lars-Erik Larsson Lyric Fantasy Op 54 Andrew Manze Helsingborg Symphony CPO 777671
15:32:00 00:04:25 Umberto Giordano Siberia: Act 2 Prelude Riccardo Chailly La Scala Philharmonic Decca 4831148
15:39:00 00:04:55 Randall Thompson Frostiana: Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Dallas Wind Symphony Timothy Seelig Turtle Creek Chorale Reference 49
15:46:00 00:05:59 William Schuman New England Triptych: Chester Lt. Col. Jason K. Fettig United States Marine Band Altissimo 4032
15:55:00 00:01:58 John Lennon/Paul McCartney Good Day Sunshine Les Boréades de Montréal Atma 2218
15:59:00 00:05:39 Randall Thompson Alleluia Timothy Seelig Turtle Creek Chorale Reference 49
CLASSICAL MUSIC with Bill O’Connell; COMPOSERS DATEBOOK: Bach in the USA
16:07:00 00:02:25 Randall Thompson Frostiana: The Pasture Dallas Wind Symphony Timothy Seelig Turtle Creek Chorale Reference 49
16:12:00 00:10:14 Domenico Cimarosa I due Baroni di Rocazzura: Overture Patrick Gallois Sinfonia Finlandia Naxos 572734
16:26:00 00:05:46 John Williams Lincoln: Freedom's Call City of Prague Philharmonic Silva 1398
16:35:00 00:04:05 John Williams The Olympic Spirit John Williams Boston Pops Orchestra Sony 62592
16:41:00 00:08:19 Margo Guryan Chopsticks Variations Nos. 1-7 Margo Guryan, piano Oglio 81619
16:52:00 00:02:59 Richard Rodgers Carousel: If I Loved You BBC Symphony Orchestra Patrick Summers Ailyn Pérez, soprano; Stephen Costello, tenor Warner 633485
16:57:00 00:01:46 Johann Sebastian Bach Orchestral Suite No. 2: Rondeau Boston Baroque Martin Pearlman Christopher Krueger, flute Telarc 80619
17:04:00 00:05:25 Vincenzo Bellini Norma: Overture Riccardo Chailly La Scala Philharmonic Decca 4831148
17:13:00 00:08:49 Richard Addinsell Suicide Squadron: Warsaw Concerto BBC Symphony Orchestra Hugh Wolff Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano Decca 460503
17:24:00 00:10:47 Antonín Dvorák Finale from Symphony No. 5 Op 76 Witold Rowicki London Symphony Philips 4788977
17:40:00 00:04:30 Stephen Foster Hard Times Come Again No More Thomas Hampson, baritone; Craig Rutenberg, piano THM 5432
17:46:00 00:03:24 Stephen Foster Old Folks at Home Leila Josefowicz, violin; John Novacek, piano Philips 462948
17:52:00 00:03:08 Sergei Prokofiev Cinderella: Waltz Marin Alsop São Paulo Symphony Naxos 573518
17:55:00 00:03:56 Felix Mendelssohn Finale from Violin Concerto in D minor Basel Chamber Orchestra Daniel Hope Daniel Hope, violin DeutGram 4795305
DINNER CLASSICS
18:09:00 00:13:37 Gabriel Fauré Masques et bergamasques Op 112 Ludovic Morlot Seattle Symphony SeattleSM 1004
18:24:00 00:05:51 Gioacchino Rossini Tancredi: Overture Riccardo Chailly La Scala Philharmonic Decca 4831148
18:32:00 00:02:50 Ruggero Leoncavallo I Medici: Act 1 Prelude Riccardo Chailly La Scala Philharmonic Decca 4831148
18:38:00 00:14:27 Franz Joseph Haydn String Quartet No. 16 in A major Op 9 Angeles Quartet Decca 4783695
18:55:00 00:04:00 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Andante No. 1 from Symphony No. 31 Sir John Eliot Gardiner English Baroque Soloists Philips 420937
18:55:00 00:03:23 Ruggero Leoncavallo Pagliacci: Intermezzo Riccardo Chailly La Scala Philharmonic Decca 4831148
SYMPHONY AT SEVEN with John Simna
19:02:00 00:10:38 Felix Mendelssohn Capriccio brillante in B minor Op 22 Sinfonia da Camera Ian Hobson Ian Hobson, piano Arabesque 6688
19:15:00 00:39:37 Antonín Dvorák Symphony No. 9 in E minor Op 95 George Szell Cleveland Orchestra Sony 63151
19:57:00 00:02:32 Anthony Holborne Almaine 'The Honeysuckle' Jordi Savall Hespèrion XXI AliaVox 9813
WCLV ESSENTIAL CLASSICS
20:02:00 00:15:41 Maurice Ravel Five Pieces for Children from 'Mother Paavo Järvi Cincinnati Symphony Telarc 80601
20:20:00 00:13:59 Sergei Prokofiev Symphony No. 1 in D major Op 25 Orpheus Chamber Orchestra DeutGram 423624
20:36:00 00:21:53 Ottorino Respighi The Pines of Rome Herbert von Karajan Berlin Philharmonic DeutGram 4796018
NIGHT MUSIC with Rob Grier; COMPOSERS DATEBOOK: Bach in the USA
21:03:00 00:19:05 Sir Edward German Welsh Rhapsody Andrew Penny National Symphony of Ireland MarcoPolo 223726
21:24:00 00:09:49 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Sonata No. 15 in C major Daniel-Ben Pienaar, piano Avie 2209
21:36:00 00:04:13 Ola Gjeilo The Spheres Chamber Orchestra of London Nigel Short Tenebrae Decca 24646
21:44:00 00:05:21 Frédéric Chopin Nocturne No. 1 in B flat minor Op 9 Arthur Rubinstein, piano RCA 300350
21:51:00 00:35:05 Johan Svendsen Symphony No. 1 in D major Op 4 Mariss Jansons Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra EMI 49769
22:29:00 00:19:34 Franz Danzi Wind Quintet in F major Op 68 Vienna-Berlin Ensemble DeutGram 423591
22:52:00 00:06:46 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Rondo in C major Academy St. Martin in Fields Iona Brown Pepe Romero, guitar Philips 426263
QUIET HOUR with Rob Grier
23:02:00 00:03:41 Alfredo Catalani La Wally: Act 3 Prelude Riccardo Chailly La Scala Philharmonic Decca 4831148
23:05:00 00:04:53 Giuseppe Verdi Otello: Ave Maria London Symphony Sir Georg Solti Renée Fleming, soprano Decca 4825281
23:10:00 00:04:13 Giacomo Puccini Adagietto Riccardo Chailly Verdi Symphony Milan Decca 2141
23:17:00 00:04:10 Charles Tomlinson Griffes Clouds Op 7 JoAnn Falletta Buffalo Philharmonic Naxos 559164
23:21:00 00:05:39 Randall Thompson Alleluia Timothy Seelig Turtle Creek Chorale Reference 49
23:26:00 00:09:47 Keith Jarrett Adagio for Oboe & Strings Fairfield Orchestra Thomas Crawford Marcia Butler, oboe ECM 1450
23:39:00 00:08:15 Sergei Prokofiev Andante for Strings Op 50 Neeme Järvi Royal Scottish Nat'l Orch Chandos 10481
23:47:00 00:07:33 Sergei Rachmaninoff Largo from Piano Concerto No. 4 Op 40 Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Vasily Petrenko Simon Trpceski, piano Avie 2191
23:56:00 00:02:56 Claude Debussy Preludes Book 1: Danseuses de Delphes Pascal Rogé, piano Decca 4785437
