Program Guide 05-29-2017
Almanac
May 29
1860 Isaac Albéniz – Spanish composer (d.1909); best known for his piano works based on folk music idioms.
1897 Erich Wolfgang Korngold – Austrian-born American composer (d.1957); esteemed as one of the founders of the ‘Hollywood Sound’; his 1938 Academy Award for the score to The Adventures of Robin Hood marked the first time an Oscar was awarded to the composer rather than the head of the studio music department.
1913 premiere of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring (Le sacre du printemps); written for the Paris season of Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes company, with choreography by Vaslav Nijinsky; the premiere precipitated a near-riot at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées.
1933 Helmut Rilling – German choral conductor (86 years old); founder of the Gächinger Kantorei (1954), the Bach-Collegium Stuttgart (1965), the Oregon Bach Festival (1970) and other Bach Academies worldwide.
1953 Danny Elfman – American composer (66 years old); lead singer and songwriter for the rock band Oingo Boingo, from 1976 to 1995, later wrote music for television and film, scoring the majority of the films for his long-time friend, director Tim Burton.
1955 Pascal Dusapin – French composer (64 years old); his music is marked by its micro-tonality, tension, and energy
Recording of the Week
Program Guide
00:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Angela Mitchell
00:02:00 00:28:06 Hershy Kay Stars and Stripes Ballet
Arthur Fiedler Boston Pops Orchestra RCA 61501
00:33:00 00:15:00 Aaron Copland A Lincoln Portrait
Los Angeles Philharmonic Zubin Mehta Gregory Peck, narrator Decca 4785437
00:51:00 00:28:22 Don Gillis Star-Spangled Symphony
Ian Hobson Sinfonia Varsovia Albany 618
01:22:00 00:40:11 Charles Ives Symphony No. 1 in D minor
Neeme Järvi Detroit Symphony Chandos 9053
02:05:00 00:34:27 Morton Gould American Ballads
Theodore Kuchar National Symphony of Ukraine Naxos 559005
02:42:00 00:40:36 Aaron Copland Symphony No. 3
Neeme Järvi Detroit Symphony Chandos 9474
03:25:00 00:39:37 Antonín Dvorák Symphony No. 9 in E minor Op 95
George Szell Cleveland Orchestra Sony 63151
04:07:00 00:23:16 George Gershwin Catfish Row [Suite from 'Porgy & Bess']
Chicago Symphony Orchestra James Levine James Levine, piano DeutGram 4795448
04:33:00 00:25:19 Hershy Kay Cakewalk Suite
Arthur Fiedler Boston Pops Orchestra RCA 61501
05:01:00 00:33:01 Aaron Copland Billy the Kid
David Zinman Baltimore Symphony Argo 440639
06:00 MEMORIAL DAY with Bill O’Connell
06:01:00 00:02:10 Danny Elfman Batman: Theme
Carl Davis Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Naxos 572111
06:04:00 00:03:55 Erich Wolfgang Korngold The Adventures of Robin Hood: March
Erich Kunzel Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Telarc 80708
06:07:00 00:07:07 Erich Wolfgang Korngold Finale from Violin Concerto Op 35
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Alexander Shelley Daniel Hope, violin DeutGram 4792954
06:18:00 00:34:39 Morton Gould Stephen Foster Gallery
Theodore Kuchar National Symphony of Ukraine Naxos 559005
06:56:00 00:02:45 E. E. Bagley National Emblem March
Leonard Slatkin St. Louis Symphony RCA 60983
07:00 MEMORIAL DAY with Jacqueline Gerber
07:00:00 00:02:38 Fred K. Huffer March "Black Jack"
Col. Lowell Graham USAF Heritage of America Band Klavier 11139
07:02:00 00:10:55 James Hewitt New Federal Overture
Patrick Gallois Sinfonia Finlandia Naxos 559654
07:13:00 00:03:53 Morton Gould American Ballads: Saratoga Quick Step
Theodore Kuchar National Symphony of Ukraine Naxos 559005
07:17:00 00:06:36 Mark O'Connor Americana Symphony: Soaring Eagle
Marin Alsop Baltimore Symphony OMAC 12
07:24:00 00:07:08 Charles Ives Variations on 'America'
José Serebrier Bournemouth Symphony Naxos 559083
07:31:00 00:03:08 Richard Rodgers Victory at Sea: Guadalcanal March
Erich Kunzel Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Telarc 80175
07:34:00 00:09:43 Alexander Glazunov Triumphal March Op 40
Vladimir Ziva Moscow Symphony Naxos 555048
07:44:00 00:02:25 John Philip Sousa March 'U.S. Field Artillery'
Keith Brion New Sousa Band Delos 3102
07:46:00 00:05:31 Harold Arlen I Love a Parade
John Williams Boston Pops Orchestra Sony 46747
07:51:00 00:01:05 George M Cohan Over There
Erich Kunzel Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Telarc 80175
07:53:00 00:07:08 William Grant Still The American Scene: Tomb of the Unknown Solider
Richard Auldon Clark Manhattan Chamber Orchestra Newport 85596
08:00:00 00:06:45 Roy Harris Overture 'When Johnny Comes Marching Home'
Gerard Schwarz Seattle Symphony Delos 3140
08:06:00 00:14:26 Aaron Copland A Lincoln Portrait
Seattle Symphony Gerard Schwarz James Earl Jones, narrator Delos 3140
08:21:00 00:10:43 Aaron Copland Billy the Kid: Three Dances
Hugh Wolff St. Paul Chamber Orchestra Teldec 77310
08:32:00 00:06:51 Bernard Herrmann For the Fallen
James Sedares New Zealand Symphony Koch Intl 7224
08:38:00 00:04:13 Irving Berlin God Bless America
Boston Pops Orchestra John Williams Tanglewood Festival Chorus Sony 48224
09:00 MEMORIAL DAY with Jim Mehrling
09:01:00 00:09:58 Victor Herbert American Fantasy
Leonard Slatkin St. Louis Symphony RCA 60983
09:12:00 00:02:51 Meredith Willson The Music Man: 76 Trombones
Leonard Slatkin BBC Concert Orchestra Naxos 559357
09:18:00 00:06:30 Alan Hovhaness Let the Living and The Celestial Sing Op 344
Eastern Music Festival Orch Gerard Schwarz Greg Banaszak, saxophone Naxos 559755
09:26:00 00:17:48 Walter Piston The Incredible Flutist: Suite
Seattle Symphony Gerard Schwarz Scott Goff, flute Naxos 559160
09:47:00 00:10:47 Virgil Thomson Acadian Songs and Dances
Louis Lane Cleveland Orchestra Sony 63034
10:00 MEMORIAL DAY with Mark Satola
10:00:00 00:04:05 William Steffe The Battle Hymn of the Republic
St. Louis Symphony Leonard Slatkin St Louis Symphony Chorus RCA 60983
10:04:00 00:11:50 James Hewitt Medley Overture
Patrick Gallois Sinfonia Finlandia Naxos 559654
10:15:00 00:08:02 Howard Hanson Andante from Symphony No. 2 Op 30
Leonard Slatkin St. Louis Symphony EMI 6612
10:23:00 00:07:51 Paul Creston Celebration Overture Op 61
Gerard Schwarz United States Marine Band Naxos 573121
10:31:00 00:03:19 Stephen Paulus The Road Home
Dale Warland Dale Warland Singers Gothic 49243
10:35:00 00:13:26 Michael Daugherty Mount Rushmore: Abraham Lincoln
Pacific Symphony Carl St. Clair Pacific Chorale Naxos 559749
11:00 MEMORIAL DAY with Angela Mitchell
11:01:00 00:02:08 John Philip Sousa March 'El Capitán'
Leonard Slatkin St. Louis Symphony RCA 60983
11:03:00 00:05:36 Virgil Thomson Fugue & Chorale on 'Yankee Doodle'
Leonard Slatkin St. Louis Symphony RCA 60983
11:08:00 00:03:35 John Stafford Smith The Star Spangled Banner
Leonard Slatkin Nashville Symphony Naxos 570716
11:17:00 00:21:43 Richard Rodgers Victory at Sea: Suite
Erich Kunzel Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Telarc 80175
11:42:00 00:12:20 David Amram Variations on 'Red River Valley'
Manhattan Chamber Orchestra Richard Auldon Clark Julius Baker, flute Newport 85546
11:56:00 00:02:43 Jay Roberts The Entertainer's Rag
Richard Dowling, piano Klavier 77035
12:00 MEMORIAL DAY with Rob Grier
12:02:00 00:04:04 Richard Hayman Servicemen on Parade
Leonard Slatkin St. Louis Symphony RCA 60983
12:06:00 00:09:05 Paul Turok Variations on an American Song Op 20
Leonard Slatkin Nashville Symphony Naxos 559373
12:19:00 00:04:12 John Williams Liberty Fanfare
John Williams Boston Pops Orchestra Philips 420178
12:23:00 00:06:06 John Williams Saving Private Ryan: Hymn to the Fallen
Boston Pops Orchestra John Williams Tanglewood Festival Chorus Sony 51333
12:29:00 00:04:08 John Williams Midway: March
John Williams Boston Pops Orchestra Sony 46747
12:37:00 00:19:27 Jerome Kern Showboat: A Scenario for Orchestra
John Mauceri Hollywood Bowl Orchestra Philips 446404
12:58:00 00:01:43 Robert Crawford The U.S. Air Force March
Frederick Fennell Dallas Wind Symphony Reference 85
13:00 MEMORIAL DAY with Robert Conrad
13:01:00 00:28:22 Don Gillis Star-Spangled Symphony
Ian Hobson Sinfonia Varsovia Albany 618
13:31:00 00:25:19 Hershy Kay Cakewalk Suite
Arthur Fiedler Boston Pops Orchestra RCA 61501
14:00 MEMORIAL DAY Bill O’Connell
14:01:00 00:02:10 Danny Elfman Batman: Theme
Carl Davis Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Naxos 572111
14:04:00 00:03:55 Erich Wolfgang Korngold The Adventures of Robin Hood: March
Erich Kunzel Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Telarc 80708
14:07:00 00:07:07 Erich Wolfgang Korngold Finale from Violin Concerto Op 35
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Alexander Shelley Daniel Hope, violin DeutGram 4792954
14:18:00 00:34:39 Morton Gould Stephen Foster Gallery
Theodore Kuchar National Symphony of Ukraine Naxos 559005
14:56:00 00:02:45 E. E. Bagley National Emblem March
Leonard Slatkin St. Louis Symphony RCA 60983
15:00 MEMORIAL DAY with Jim Mehrling
15:01:00 00:09:58 Victor Herbert American Fantasy
Leonard Slatkin St. Louis Symphony RCA 60983
15:12:00 00:02:51 Meredith Willson The Music Man: 76 Trombones
Leonard Slatkin BBC Concert Orchestra Naxos 559357
15:18:00 00:06:30 Alan Hovhaness Let the Living and The Celestial Sing Op 344
Eastern Music Festival Orch Gerard Schwarz Greg Banaszak, saxophone Naxos 559755
15:26:00 00:17:48 Walter Piston The Incredible Flutist: Suite
Seattle Symphony Gerard Schwarz Scott Goff, flute Naxos 559160
15:47:00 00:10:47 Virgil Thomson Acadian Songs and Dances
Louis Lane Cleveland Orchestra Sony 63034
16:00 MEMORIAL DAY with Mark Satola
16:00:00 00:04:05 William Steffe The Battle Hymn of the Republic
St. Louis Symphony Leonard Slatkin St Louis Symphony Chorus RCA 60983
16:04:00 00:11:50 James Hewitt Medley Overture
Patrick Gallois Sinfonia Finlandia Naxos 559654
16:15:00 00:08:02 Howard Hanson Andante from Symphony No. 2 Op 30
Leonard Slatkin St. Louis Symphony EMI 6612
16:23:00 00:07:51 Paul Creston Celebration Overture Op 61
Gerard Schwarz United States Marine Band Naxos 573121
16:31:00 00:03:19 Stephen Paulus The Road Home
Dale Warland Dale Warland Singers Gothic 49243
16:35:00 00:13:26 Michael Daugherty Mount Rushmore: Abraham Lincoln
Pacific Symphony Carl St. Clair Pacific Chorale Naxos 559749
17:00 MEMORIAL DAY with Angela Mitchell
17:01:00 00:02:08 John Philip Sousa March 'El Capitán'
Leonard Slatkin St. Louis Symphony RCA 60983
17:03:00 00:05:36 Virgil Thomson Fugue & Chorale on 'Yankee Doodle'
Leonard Slatkin St. Louis Symphony RCA 60983
17:08:00 00:01:19 John Stafford Smith The Star Spangled Banner
Leonard Slatkin St. Louis Symphony RCA 60778
17:17:00 00:21:43 Richard Rodgers Victory at Sea: Suite
Erich Kunzel Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Telarc 80175
17:37:00 00:10:12 William Grant Still The American Scene: The East
Richard Auldon Clark Manhattan Chamber Orchestra Newport 85596
17:42:00 00:12:20 David Amram Variations on 'Red River Valley'
Manhattan Chamber Orchestra Richard Auldon Clark Julius Baker, flute Newport 85546
17:56:00 00:02:43 Jay Roberts The Entertainer's Rag
Richard Dowling, piano Klavier 77035
18:00 MEMORIAL DAY with Rob Grier
18:02:00 00:04:04 Richard Hayman Servicemen on Parade
Leonard Slatkin St. Louis Symphony RCA 60983
18:06:00 00:09:05 Paul Turok Variations on an American Song Op 20
Leonard Slatkin Nashville Symphony Naxos 559373
18:19:00 00:04:12 John Williams Liberty Fanfare
John Williams Boston Pops Orchestra Philips 420178
18:23:00 00:06:06 John Williams Saving Private Ryan: Hymn to the Fallen
Boston Pops Orchestra John Williams Tanglewood Festival Chorus Sony 51333
18:29:00 00:04:08 John Williams Midway: March
John Williams Boston Pops Orchestra Sony 46747
18:37:00 00:19:27 Jerome Kern Showboat: A Scenario for Orchestra
John Mauceri Hollywood Bowl Orchestra Philips 446404
18:58:00 00:01:43 Robert Crawford The U.S. Air Force March
Frederick Fennell Dallas Wind Symphony Reference 85
19:00 SYMPHONY AT SEVEN with John Simna
19:02:00 00:11:01 Don Gillis Prayer and Hymn for a Solemn Occasion
Ian Hobson Sinfonia Varsovia Albany 618
19:15:00 00:40:36 Aaron Copland Symphony No. 3
Neeme Järvi Detroit Symphony Chandos 9474
19:58:00 00:01:52 William Grant Still Swanee River
Denver Oldham, piano Koch Intl 7084
20:00 WCLV ESSENTIAL CLASSICS
20:02:00 00:06:09 Dudley Buck Festival Overture on 'The Star-Spangled Banner'
St. Louis Symphony Leonard Slatkin St Louis Symphony Chorus RCA 60983
20:10:00 00:14:50 Aaron Copland A Lincoln Portrait
St. Louis Symphony Leonard Slatkin Gen. Norman Schwartzkopf RCA 60983
20:27:00 00:28:06 Hershy Kay Stars and Stripes Ballet
Arthur Fiedler Boston Pops Orchestra RCA 61501
20:56:00 00:03:43 John Philip Sousa Welch Fusilier March
Loras John Schissel Virginia Grand Military Band WalkFrog 430
21:00 NIGHT MUSIC with Rob Grier
21:01:00 00:12:03 Howard Hanson Song of Democracy
Eastman-Rochester Orchestra Howard Hanson Eastman Chorus Mercury 432008
21:15:00 00:05:28 Horatio Parker Nocturne from Four Sketches Op 19
Peter Kairoff, piano Albany 315
21:23:00 00:24:10 Erich Wolfgang Korngold Violin Concerto in D major Op 35
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Alexander Shelley Daniel Hope, violin DeutGram 4792954
21:50:00 00:03:06 Eric Whitacre Oculi Omnium
Eric Whitacre Eric Whitacre Singers Decca 16636
21:54:00 00:32:29 Mark O'Connor Americana Symphony 'Variations on Appalachia Waltz'
Marin Alsop Baltimore Symphony OMAC 12
22:29:00 00:21:03 Aaron Copland Billy the Kid: Suite
Michael Tilson Thomas San Francisco Symphony RCA 63511
22:53:00 00:05:38 Aaron Copland The Tender Land: The Promise of Living
Boston Pops Orchestra John Williams Tanglewood Festival Chorus Sony 48224
23:00 QUIET HOUR
23:02:00 00:11:01 Don Gillis Prayer and Hymn for a Solemn Occasion
Ian Hobson Sinfonia Varsovia Albany 618
23:13:00 00:06:10 George Walker Lyric for Strings
Edwin London Cleveland Chamber Symphony Albany 270
23:21:00 00:09:00 George Gershwin Lullaby for Strings
Brodsky Quartet Chandos 10801
23:30:00 00:07:19 Morton Gould American Ballads: Amber Waves
Theodore Kuchar National Symphony of Ukraine Naxos 559005
23:39:00 00:07:08 William Grant Still The American Scene: Tomb of the Unknown Solider
Richard Auldon Clark Manhattan Chamber Orchestra Newport 85596
23:46:00 00:07:22 Howard Hanson Andante from Symphony No. 2 Op 30
Gerard Schwarz Seattle Symphony Naxos 559701
23:56:00 00:03:04 Aaron Copland Old American Songs Set No. 1: Long Time
St. Paul Chamber Orchestra Hugh Wolff Thomas Hampson, baritone Teldec 77310
23:56:00 00:03:26 Franz Liszt Paraphrase on Schumann's 'Widmung'
Daniil Trifonov, piano Mariinsky 530
