Program Guide 05-17-2017
Almanac
May 17
1866 Erik Satie – French composer and pianist (d.1925); an eccentric, colorful figure in the Parisian avant-garde; his work was a precursor to later artistic movements such as minimalism and the Theater of the Absurd.
1890 premiere of Pietro Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana (Rustic Chivalry) at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome; often performed in a so-called ‘Cav/Pag’ double-bill with Pagliacci by Ruggero Leoncavallo.
1901 Werner Egk – German composer (d.1983); born Werner Joseph Mayer, and it is said—but denied by the composer—that the he chose the acronym E-G-K because it stood for 'ein grosser Komponist' (a great composer).
1923 Peter Mennin – American composer and teacher (d.1983); directed the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, then for many years ran the Juilliard School, succeeding William Schuman.
1939 premiere of Prokofiev's cantata Alexander Nevsky based on the score for the 1938 Sergei Eisenstein film, in Moscow with the composer conducting.
1944 Paul Crossley – English pianist (76 years old); presented a landmark television series on avant garde classical music entitled Sinfonietta on Britain’s Channel 4.
1978 Philips Electronics of The Netherlands announced a new digital sound reproduction system from flat, silver ‘Compact Discs’.
Recording of the Week
Program Guide
00:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Angela Mitchell
00:02:00 00:24:10 Franz Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 87 in A major Bruno Weil Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra Sony 66296
00:31:00 00:46:18 Ludwig van Beethoven Violin Concerto in D major Op 61 Berlin Philharmonic Eugen Jochum Wolfgang Schneiderhan, violin DeutGram 4796018
01:20:00 00:39:19 Franz Schubert Piano Sonata No. 20 in A major Jorge Federico Osorio, piano Cedille 171
02:03:00 00:40:15 Sergei Prokofiev Alexander Nevsky Op 78 Cleveland Orchestra Riccardo Chailly Irina Arkhipova, mezzo-soprano; Cleveland Orchestra Chorus Decca 410164
02:45:00 00:46:45 George Frideric Handel Water Music Suites Nos. 1-3 Orpheus Chamber Orchestra DeutGram 435390
03:34:00 00:41:21 Johan Svendsen Octet for Strings in A Op 3 Kontra Quartet Lars Bjornkjaer, violin; Per Lund Madsen, violin; Bjarne Boie Rasmussen, viola; Lars Holm Johansen, cello Bis 753
04:21:00 00:27:08 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Flute Concerto No. 1 in G major Vienna Philharmonic Karl Böhm Werner Tripp, flute DeutGram 4795448
04:50:00 00:15:36 Erik Satie Parade David Porcelijn BBC Symphony Orchestra BBC 293
05:10:00 00:12:46 César Franck Prelude, Fugue & Variations Op 18 Paul Crossley, piano Sony 58914
05:25:00 00:18:02 Antonio Rosetti Symphony in B flat Concerto Cologne Teldec 98420
05:47:00 00:06:40 Jean Sibelius Cortège Leif Segerstam Turku Philharmonic Naxos 573300
05:55:00 00:03:19 Jerome Moross Fugue from Symphony No. 1 JoAnn Falletta London Symphony Albany 1403
06:00 BBC NEWS; CLASSICAL MUSIC with Jacqueline Gerber
06:07:00 00:03:44 Camille Saint-Saëns Gavotte & Finale from Septet Op 65 Ensemble Vivant OpeningDay 9379
06:15:00 00:09:12 Erik Satie Trois gymnopédies Anne Queffélec, piano VirginClas 90754
06:25:00 00:02:40 Sergei Prokofiev Lieutenant Kijé Suite: Troika Op 60 Paavo Järvi Cincinnati Symphony Telarc 80683
06:30:00 00:03:45 Jean-Baptiste Lully Phaëton: Chaconne in G Jeanne Lamon Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra Tafelmusik 1001
06:32:00 00:01:50 Felix Mendelssohn Elijah: Lift Thine Eyes to the Mountains Robert Shaw Women of the; Atlanta Symphony Chorus Telarc 80119
06:40:00 00:09:58 Franz von Suppé Poet and Peasant: Overture Zubin Mehta Vienna Philharmonic CBS 44932
06:50:00 00:03:38 Rihards Dubra Ave Maria I Voces8 Decca 22601
06:55:00 00:03:18 Eric Coates March "Calling All Workers" Ronald Corp New London Orchestra Hyperion 66868
07:03:00 00:06:00 Maurice Ravel Pavane for a Princess of the Past Ludovic Morlot Seattle Symphony SeattleSM 1002
07:10:00 00:07:46 Sir Arthur Sullivan The Mikado: Overture Sir Neville Marriner Academy St. Martin in Fields Philips 434916
07:20:00 00:04:33 Erik Satie Poudre d'or Pascal Rogé, piano Decca 421713
07:25:00 00:02:14 Jean-Philippe Rameau Tambourins from Concert No. 3 en Christophe Rousset Les Talens Lyriques Decca 1845
07:30:00 00:04:51 Randall Thompson Largo from Symphony No. 2 Leonard Bernstein New York Philharmonic Sony 60594
07:40:00 00:04:54 Nicolas Chédeville Allegro from Flute Sonata Op 13 Gary Schocker, flute; Jason Vieaux, guitar Azica 71230
07:45:00 00:06:53 Emile Waldteufel Waltz 'Estudiantina' Op 191 Michel Swierczewski Gulbenkian Orchestra Nimbus 5264
07:55:00 00:03:09 Roman Hoffstetter Serenade from String Quartet in F major Op 3 Orpheus Chamber Orchestra DeutGram 437782
08:07:00 00:06:45 Ludwig van Beethoven Finale from String Quartet No. 5 Op 18 Cypress String Quartet Avie 2348
08:15:00 00:04:37 Ralph Vaughan Williams The Running Set George Hurst Bournemouth Sinfonietta Chandos 2419
08:20:00 00:02:50 Jay Ungar A Time for Farewell Thomas Hampson, baritone; Wolfram Rieger, piano THM 5432
08:25:00 00:04:27 Constant Lambert Horoscope: Dance for the Followers of Barry Wordsworth BBC Concert Orchestra Argo 436118
08:30:00 00:05:02 Johannes Brahms Intermezzo in E flat minor Op 118 Jorge Federico Osorio, piano Cedille 171
08:40:00 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
08:50:00 00:01:46 Erik Satie Gnossienne No. 6 Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano Decca 470290
08:55:00 00:05:03 Billy Strayhorn Chelsea Bridge Center City Brass Quintet Chandos 4554
09:02:00 00:16:13 Maurice Ravel Daphnis et Chloé: Suite No. 2 Cleveland Orchestra Christoph von Dohnányi Cleveland Orchestra Chorus Teldec 44945
09:20:00 00:03:21 Peter Tchaikovsky The Seasons: August Op 37 Lang Lang, piano Sony 511758
09:27:00 00:02:55 Lt. Charles A. Zimmerman March 'Anchors Aweigh' Frederick Fennell Cleveland Symphonic Winds Telarc 80099
09:32:00 00:03:44 Camille Saint-Saëns Ascanio: Waltz-Finale Geoffrey Simon London Philharmonic Cala 4031
09:46:00 00:04:33 Robert Russell Bennett Symphonic Songs: Celebration Lt. Col. Jason K. Fettig United States Marine Band Altissimo 4032
09:51:00 00:05:11 Henri Herz Polonaise from Piano Concerto No. 8 Op 218 Tasmanian Symphony Howard Shelley Howard Shelley, piano Hyperion 67465
10:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Mark Satola
10:01:00 00:03:19 Erik Satie Gnossienne No. 3 Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano Decca 470290
10:05:00 00:02:47 Erik Satie Gymnopédie No. 1 Matthias Maute Ensemble Caprice Analekta 9848
10:11:00 00:11:19 Richard Wagner Die Feen: Overture Fabio Luisi Philharmonia Zürich Accentus 102
10:22:00 00:04:55 Sergei Prokofiev Waltz Suite: End of the Fairy Tale Op 110 Marin Alsop São Paulo Symphony Naxos 573518
10:28:00 00:04:03 Felix Mendelssohn Scherzo from String Quartet No. 4 Op 44 American String Project MSR 1386
10:34:00 00:03:32 Frédéric Chopin Mazurka No. 49 in A minor Op 68 Grigory Sokolov, piano DeutGram 4794342
10:41:00 00:03:55 Heitor Villa-Lobos Suite populaire brésilienne: Mazurka- Milos Karadaglic, guitar DeutGram 17000
10:46:00 00:02:52 Johann Strauss Jr Polka 'Thunder and Lightning' Op 324 Franz Welser-Möst Cleveland Orchestra MAA 2003
10:52:00 00:21:40 Franz Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 73 in D major Orpheus Chamber Orchestra DeutGram 439779
11:14:00 00:04:54 Franz Liszt Transcendental Etude No. 8 in C minor Daniil Trifonov, piano DeutGram 4795529
11:21:00 00:08:44 Franz Schubert Fierrabras: Overture Christian Benda Prague Sinfonia Naxos 570329
11:31:00 00:07:05 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Minuet & Trio in C major Nikolaus Harnoncourt Vienna Concentus Musicus DHM 75736
11:41:00 00:09:10 Sir William Walton Coronation Te Deum Philharmonia Orchestra Sir David Willcocks John Scott, organ; Bach Choir Chandos 8760
11:52:00 00:07:16 Gustav Holst Walt Whitman Overture Op 7 JoAnn Falletta Ulster Orchestra Naxos 572914
12:07:00 00:08:05 Ambroise Thomas Raymond: Overture Charles Dutoit Montreal Symphony Decca 421527
12:17:00 00:06:45 Hugo Wolf Italian Serenade in G major Brodsky Quartet Chandos 10761
12:26:00 00:05:22 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov The Maid of Pskov: Overture Gerard Schwarz Seattle Symphony Naxos 572788
12:26:00 00:10:11 Camille Saint-Saëns Rhapsodie d'Auvergne Op 73 Royal Philharmonic André Previn Jean-Philippe Collard, piano EMI 49757
12:33:00 00:02:20 Claude Debussy Children's Corner: Dr. Gradus ad Paul Crossley, piano Sony 53111
12:38:00 00:06:14 Sir Edward Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major Op 39 Howard Griffiths Brandenburg State Orchestra Klanglogo 1506
12:57:00 00:01:34 Peter Tchaikovsky Swan Lake: Dance of the Little Valéry Gergiev Mariinsky Theater Orchestra Decca 10104
13:00 THE BIG WORK AT ONE
13:01:00 00:25:48 Felix Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor Op 64 Göttingen Symphony Orchestra Christoph-Mathias Mueller Rachel Barton Pine, violin Cedille 144
13:27:00 00:17:31 Richard Wagner A Siegfried Idyll Daniel Barenboim Chicago Symphony Orchestra Teldec 24224
13:46:00 00:12:35 Antonín Dvorák Scherzo capriccioso Op 66 Christoph von Dohnányi Cleveland Orchestra Decca 414422
14:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Mark Satola
14:00:00 00:02:48 Antonín Dvorák Cypress No. 5 Cypress String Quartet Avie 2275
14:03:00 00:01:34 Franz Liszt Schubert Song 'Das Wandern' Evgeny Kissin, piano RCA 58420
14:07:00 00:12:03 Karol Szymanowski Concert Overture Op 12 Edward Gardner BBC Symphony Orchestra Chandos 5115
14:20:00 00:06:03 Maurice Ravel Miroirs: La vallée des cloches Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano DeutGram 14764
14:41:00 00:10:28 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony in C major Sir Charles Mackerras Prague Chamber Orchestra Telarc 80273
14:53:00 00:06:33 Francis Poulenc Mélancolie Paul Crossley, piano CBS 44921
15:03:00 00:14:30 Frederick the Great Flute Concerto No. 3 in C major CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra Peter Schreier Patrick Gallois, flute DeutGram 439895
15:19:00 00:07:23 Ludwig van Beethoven Variations on 'God Save the King' Olli Mustonen, piano Decca 436834
15:28:00 00:05:09 Erik Satie Je te veux Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano Decca 470290
15:37:00 00:05:43 Erik Satie Jack in the Box Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano Decca 470290
15:45:00 00:08:38 Hector Berlioz Overture 'Le corsaire' Op 21 Sir Colin Davis Dresden State Orchestra RCA 68790
15:55:00 00:01:23 Sergei Prokofiev The Love for Three Oranges: March Op 33 Gil Shaham, violin; Akira Eguchi, piano DeutGram 447640
15:58:00 00:04:30 Johannes Brahms Rhapsody in E flat major Op 119 Jorge Federico Osorio, piano Cedille 171
16:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Bill O’Connell; COMPOSERS DATEBOOK: Debussy and the Persistence of Ms. Elisa Hall
16:06:00 00:03:57 Franz Schubert Scherzo from Piano Sonata No. 21 Jorge Federico Osorio, piano Cedille 171
16:13:00 00:10:04 Claude Debussy Rapsodie for Saxophone & Orchestra Academy St. Martin in Fields Sir Neville Marriner John Harle, saxophone EMI 72109
16:27:00 00:06:09 Erik Satie Gymnopédies Nos. 1 & 3 Louis Lane Cleveland Orchestra Sony 63056
16:35:00 00:04:04 Carl Stamitz Rondo from Cello Concerto No. 3 Prague Chamber Orchestra Christian Benda Christian Benda, cello Naxos 550865
16:41:00 00:07:36 Enrique Granados Goyescas: Los Requiebros Jorge Luis Prats, piano Decca 4782732
16:52:00 00:02:56 Johann Sebastian Bach Fugue à la gigue in G major Leonard Slatkin BBC Philharmonic Chandos 9835
16:56:00 00:02:46 George Frideric Handel Allegro from Concerto Grosso Op 3 Richard Egarr Academy of Ancient Music Harm Mundi 907415
17:04:00 00:04:53 Bruce Broughton Silverado: Overture Carl Topilow Cleveland Pops Orchestra ClevPops 2016
17:23:00 00:11:36 Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Trio No. 9 in E flat major Beaux Arts Trio Philips 4788977
17:40:00 00:05:00 Igor Stravinsky The Firebird: Round Dance of the Paavo Järvi Cincinnati Symphony Telarc 80587
17:46:00 00:03:26 Igor Stravinsky Tango in D minor Jenny Lin, piano Steinway 30028
17:52:00 00:02:21 Traditional Dashing Away with the Smoothing Iron John Rutter Cambridge Singers Collegium 120
17:55:00 00:04:25 Giovanni Battista Pergolesi Siciliano from Violin Concerto in B flat I Solisti Veneti Claudio Scimone Bettina Mussumeli, violin Erato 88172
18:00 BBC NEWS; DINNER CLASSICS
18:09:00 00:14:42 Antonio Lotti Oboe d'amore Concerto in A major I Musici Heinz Holliger, oboe d'amore Philips 420189
18:25:00 00:05:50 Francis Poulenc Mouvements perpétuels Paul Crossley, piano CBS 44921
18:33:00 00:02:15 Claude Debussy Preludes Book 2: Hommage à S. Pickwick, Paul Crossley, piano Sony 53111
18:38:00 00:14:54 Franz Joseph Haydn String Quartet No. 13 in G major Op 9 Angeles Quartet Decca 4783695
18:55:00 00:03:27 Francis Poulenc Improvisation No. 13 in A minor Paul Crossley, piano CBS 44921
19:00 SYMPHONY AT SEVEN with John Simna
19:02:00 00:13:40 Bedrich Smetana Má vlast: From Bohemia's Woods and Nikolaus Harnoncourt Vienna Philharmonic RCA 54331
19:17:00 00:37:30 Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 4 in E minor Op 98 Franz Welser-Möst Cleveland Orchestra Belvedere 8005
19:56:00 00:03:21 Gabriel Fauré Barcarolle No. 4 in A flat Op 44 Charles Owen, piano Avie 2240
20:00 CLEVELAND OVATIONS: CIM Live - Faculty Recital: Jinjoo Cho, violin; Mark Kosower, cello; Sharon Robinson, cello; Antonio Pompa-Baldi, piano – recorded April 5 in Mixon Hall at the Cleveland Institute of Music
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata g Op 19
Bedrich Smetana: Piano Trio in g Op 15
21:17:00 00:41:53 Sergei Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor Op 30 Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Vasily Petrenko Simon Trpceski, piano Avie 2192
22:00 THE BLACK ARTS with A. Grace Lee Mims: recordings by tenor William Brown
23:00 QUIET HOUR with Rob Grier
23:02:00 00:03:28 Giuseppe Verdi La traviata: Act 1 Prelude James Gaffigan CityMusic Cleveland CityMusic 3
23:05:00 00:04:16 Claude Debussy Preludes Book 2: La terrasse des Alexander Schimpf, piano Genuin 10181
23:09:00 00:09:03 Erik Satie Deux préludes posthumes et une Douglas Bostock Chamber Philharmonic Bohemia Classico 168
23:19:00 00:05:15 Edvard Grieg Peer Gynt: Solveig's Song George Szell Cleveland Orchestra CBS/Sony 488
23:24:00 00:07:13 Franz Liszt Years of Pilgrimage, 1st Year: Les Antonio Pompa-Baldi, piano Centaur 3280
23:33:00 00:06:09 Camille Saint-Saëns Romance in D flat Op 37 Tapiola Sinfonietta Jean Jacques Kantorow Sharon Bezaly, flute Bis 1359
23:39:00 00:12:46 César Franck Prelude, Fugue & Variations Op 18 Paul Crossley, piano Sony 58914
23:56:00 00:03:05 Albert Périlhou La vierge à la crèche La Pietà Angèle Dubeau Angèle Dubeau, violin Analekta 8730