Program Guide 06-26-2017
Almanac
June 26
1747 Leopold Kozeluch – Bohemian (Czech) composer, pianist and music teacher (d.1818); was offered Mozart's position in Salzburg when Mozart left in 1781.
1870 premiere of Richard Wagner's opera Die Walküre in Munich, staged at the insistence of the composer’s patron, King Ludwig II of Bavaria, and against Wagner’s wishes; though ‘The Valkyrie’ is Part 2 of the cycle, The Ring of the Nibelung, this premiere was not part of a complete Ring cycle.
1912 first performance of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 9 at the Vienna Festival by the Vienna Philharmonic led by Bruno Walter; the enjoyment of this work prompted essayist Lewis Thomas to write the title essay in his Late Night Thoughts on Listening to Mahler's Ninth Symphony.
1926 first performance of Leos Janacek's Sinfonietta in Prague, conducted by Václav Talich; written for very large orchestra including 25 brass players.
1928 Jacob Druckman – American composer (d.1996); won the Pulitzer Prize in 1972 for his first large orchestral work Windows.
1986 first performance of Ellen Taaffe Zwilich's Piano Concerto by the Detroit Symphony with Günther Herbig conducting and soloist Marc-André Hamelin.
Recording of the Week
Program Guide
00:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Angela Mitchell
00:02:00 00:31:28 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 36 in C major
Christoph von Dohnányi Cleveland Orchestra Decca 436421
00:36:00 00:34:22 Peter Tchaikovsky String Sextet in D minor Op 70
Emerson String Quartet Paul Neubauer, viola; Colin Carr, cello Sony 547060
01:14:00 00:34:03 Claude Debussy La boîte à joujoux
Michael Tilson Thomas London Symphony Sony 48231
01:51:00 01:15:33 Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 9 in D major
George Szell Cleveland Orchestra MAA 97
03:10:00 00:29:37 Franz Schubert Piano Sonata No. 19 in C minor
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano EMI 16448
03:43:00 00:21:38 William Byrd Mass for Four Voices
Paul Hillier Pro Arte Singers Harm Mundi 2908304
04:07:00 00:19:09 Jean Sibelius Symphony No. 7 in C major Op 105
George Szell Cleveland Orchestra MAA 97
04:29:00 00:29:39 Joaquín Rodrigo Concierto para una fiesta
Naples Philharmonic Erich Kunzel David Russell, guitar Telarc 80459
05:02:00 00:18:01 Leopold Kozeluch Symphony in D
Matthias Bamert London Mozart Players Chandos 9703
05:23:00 00:18:05 Sergei Rachmaninoff Variations on a Theme of Corelli Op 42
Daniil Trifonov, piano DeutGram 4794970
05:44:00 00:06:32 Pietro Antonio Locatelli Introduttione Teatrale in D major Op 4
Elizabeth Wallfisch Raglan Baroque Players Hyperion 67041
05:50:00 00:06:44 Ludwig van Beethoven Finale from String Quartet No. 3 Op 18
Cypress String Quartet Avie 2348
05:57:00 00:01:25 Maurice Ravel Mother Goose: Pavane of Sleeping Beauty
Paavo Järvi Cincinnati Symphony Telarc 80601
06:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Jacqueline Gerber
06:07:00 00:07:02 George Frideric Handel Concerto Grosso in G major Op 3
Marc Minkowski Musicians of the Louvre Erato 94354
06:18:00 00:08:35 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Finale from Piano Quartet No. 2
Fauré Quartet DeutGram 6609
06:28:00 00:04:26 Peter Tchaikovsky Eugene Onegin: Polonaise
David Zinman Baltimore Symphony Telarc 80378
06:32:00 00:03:16 Charlie Chaplin A King in New York: Now That It's Ended
Eckart Runge, cello; Jacques Ammon, piano Genuin 12220
06:40:00 00:07:48 Jean Sibelius Finale from Symphony No. 5 Op 82
Christoph von Dohnányi Cleveland Orchestra MAA 1032
06:51:00 00:02:16 Leos Janácek Fanfare from Sinfonietta Op 60
Christoph von Dohnányi Cleveland Orchestra MAA 1032
06:55:00 00:02:40 John Philip Sousa March 'King Cotton'
Timothy Foley Nonpareil Wind Band EMI 54130
07:02:00 00:06:15 Antonín Dvorák Slavonic Dance No. 10 in E minor Op 72
Christoph von Dohnányi Cleveland Orchestra Decca 430171
07:10:00 00:04:43 Giuseppe Matteo Alberti Sinfonia teatrale for 4 Trumpets
Philharmonia Orchestra Christopher Warren-Green Wallace Collection Nimbus 5017
07:15:00 00:06:21 William Boyce Symphony No. 2 in A major Op 2
Christopher Hogwood Academy of Ancient Music l'Oiseau 436761
07:20:00 00:03:18 Maurice Ravel Mother Goose: Laideronnette, Empress
Paavo Järvi Cincinnati Symphony Telarc 80601
07:28:00 00:02:03 Leonard Bernstein West Side Story: Jet Song
Canadian Brass RCA 68633
07:30:00 00:03:41 Johann Strauss Jr Polka française "Kreuzfidel" Op 301
Franz Welser-Möst Cleveland Orchestra MAA 2003
07:40:00 00:06:59 Franz Schubert Impromptu No. 6 in A flat major
Shai Wosner, piano Onyx 4172
07:48:00 00:04:45 Edvard Grieg Peer Gynt: Arabian Dance
Herbert Blomstedt San Francisco Symphony Decca 425857
07:54:00 00:02:52 Johann Sebastian Bach Cello Suite No. 1: Prelude
Massimo La Rosa, trombone MLR 2013
07:58:00 00:01:15 Leonard Bernstein Anniversary for Stephen Sondheim
Lara Downes, piano Sono Lumin 92207
08:07:00 00:06:51 Victor Herbert Festival March
Erich Kunzel Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Vox 3035
08:15:00 00:09:31 Franz Lachner Minuet & Finale from Wind Quintet No. 2
Vienna-Berlin Ensemble DeutGram 423591
08:30:00 00:03:51 Arvo Pärt Agnus Dei from 'Berlin Mass'
Chamber Ensemble Richard Stoltzman, clarinet; Bill Douglas, bassoon RCA 68416
08:33:00 00:02:32 Anthony Holborne Almaine 'The Honeysuckle'
Jordi Savall Hespèrion XXI AliaVox 9813
08:40:00 00:05:57 George Frederick Bristow Scherzo from Symphony No. 2 Op 24
Rebecca Miller Royal Northern Sinfonia New World 80768
08:47:00 00:06:12 Johann Sebastian Bach Finale from Concerto
Chamber Orchestra of Europe Douglas Boyd Douglas Boyd, oboe DeutGram 429225
08:55:00 00:06:01 Jerome Moross Rachel, Rachel: Americana Miniature
Paul Bateman City of Prague Philharmonic Silva 1049
09:05:00 00:13:17 Leopold Kozeluch Wind Symphony in D
Consortium Classicum Orfeo 442981
09:22:00 00:03:26 Johann Nepomuk Hummel Rondo from Piano Trio No. 3 Op 35
Beaux Arts Trio Philips 446077
09:28:00 00:06:45 Richard Rodgers State Fair: Suite
John Mauceri Hollywood Bowl Orchestra Philips 434932
09:35:00 00:04:55 George W. Chadwick Scherzo from Symphony No. 2 Op 21
Neeme Järvi Detroit Symphony Chandos 9334
09:45:00 00:04:29 Igor Stravinsky The Rite of Spring: Sacrificial Dance
Leonard Bernstein New York Philharmonic Sony 90578
09:51:00 00:06:32 Georg Philipp Telemann Concerto for Flute, Oboe d'amore
European Baroque Soloists Denon 9614
09:59:00 00:03:27 Francis Poulenc Improvisation No. 13 in A minor
Paul Crossley, piano CBS 44921
10:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Mark Satola
10:03:00 00:02:02 Louiguy La vie en rose
Antonio Pompa-Baldi, piano Steinway 30015
10:08:00 00:11:02 Samuel Wesley Symphony in D major
Matthias Bamert London Mozart Players Chandos 9823
10:20:00 00:03:33 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Mitridate: March
Rinaldo Alessandrini Norwegian Nat'l Opera Orch Naïve 30479
10:25:00 00:04:48 Richard Wagner Die Walküre: Ride of the Valkyries
Fabio Luisi Philharmonia Zürich Accentus 102
10:31:00 00:04:28 John Williams Air and Simple Gifts
Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Itzhak Perlman, violin; Gabriela Montero, piano; Anthony McGill, clarinet Sony 752307
10:38:00 00:07:58 Richard Wagner Die Walküre: Magic Fire Music
José Serebrier Bournemouth Symphony Naxos 570293
10:49:00 00:02:00 Traditional Scotland the Brave
John Williams Boston Pops Orchestra Philips 420946
10:52:00 00:23:36 Leos Janácek Sinfonietta Op 60
Christoph von Dohnányi Cleveland Orchestra MAA 1032
11:16:00 00:04:22 Josef Suk Andante from Serenade for Strings Op 6
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra DeutGram 447109
11:23:00 00:09:20 George Frideric Handel Organ Concerto No. 2 in B flat major Op 4
Brandenburg Consort Roy Goodman Paul Nicholson, organ Hyperion 67291
11:35:00 00:09:10 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade: The Young Prince & The Young Princess
Cleveland Orchestra Lorin Maazel Daniel Majeske, violin Decca 4787779
11:47:00 00:09:14 Franz Schubert Minuet & Finale from Symphony No. 3
Pablo Heras-Casado Freiburg Baroque Orchestra Harm Mundi 902154
11:58:00 00:01:25 Lars-Erik Larsson A Winter's Tale: Intermezzo Op 18
Andrew Manze Helsingborg Symphony CPO 777671
12:07:00 00:08:12 Gabriel Pierné Ramuntcho: Overture
Juanjo Mena BBC Philharmonic Chandos 10633
12:17:00 00:06:21 Claude Debussy Marche écossaise
Jean Martinon Orchestre National de France EMI 72667
12:26:00 00:05:35 Sergei Prokofiev War and Peace: New Year's Eve Waltz
Marin Alsop São Paulo Symphony Naxos 573518
12:33:00 00:03:41 Frédéric Chopin Impromptu No. 1 in A flat major Op 29
Shai Wosner, piano Onyx 4172
12:41:00 00:04:59 Frédéric Chopin Polonaise No. 3 in A Op 40
Vladimir Ziva Moscow Symphony Naxos 555048
12:47:00 00:08:06 Johann Strauss Jr Waltz "Fairy Tales from the Orient" Op 444
Daniel Barenboim Vienna Philharmonic Decca 12569
12:57:00 00:01:34 Johann Sebastian Bach Orchestral Suite No. 2: Rondeau
Ensemble Sonnerie Monica Huggett Gonzalo X. Ruiz, oboe Avie 2171
13:00 THE BIG WORK AT ONE
13:01:00 00:29:23 Camille Saint-Saëns Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor Op 61
Philharmonia Orchestra Antonio Pappano Maxim Vengerov, violin EMI 57593
13:32:00 00:14:44 Antonín Dvorák Overture 'In Nature's Realm' Op 91
Jun Märkl Indianapolis Symphony Telarc 32927
13:47:00 00:12:02 Richard Strauss First Waltz Sequence from 'Der Rosenkavalier'
Kazuki Yamada Orch de la Suisse Romande PentaTone 518
14:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Mark Satola
14:00:00 00:02:04 Leo Brouwer Danza caracteristica
Jason Vieaux, guitar Azica 71287
14:03:00 00:03:01 Ernesto Lecuona Vals romantico
Kathryn Stott, piano EMI 56803
14:07:00 00:13:17 Franz Liszt Rapsodie espagnole
Roberto Szidon, piano DeutGram 4779525
14:22:00 00:07:42 Gerald Finzi Romance in E flat major Op 11
Richard Hickox City of London Sinfonia Chandos 9888
14:32:00 00:05:04 Johann Sebastian Bach Partita No. 2: Sinfonia
Simone Dinnerstein, piano Sony 798943
14:48:00 00:09:01 Andrea Luchesi Piano Sonata in F [No. 3]
Roberto Plano, piano Concerto 2069
14:58:00 00:01:27 Paul Schoenfield Four Souvenirs: Tin Pan Alley
Caroline Goulding, violin; Christopher O'Riley, piano Telarc 80744
15:01:00 00:18:01 Leopold Kozeluch Symphony in D
Matthias Bamert London Mozart Players Chandos 9703
15:23:00 00:05:19 Tommaso Traetta Armida: Overture
Pablo Heras-Casado Concerto Cologne Archiv 4792050
15:31:00 00:03:31 Georg Philipp Telemann Suite for Recorder & Strings in a
Philomel Baroque Orchestra Elissa Berardi, recorder Centaur 2366
15:38:00 00:04:36 Girolamo Frescobaldi Toccata Camerata Salzburg
Jian Wang, cello DeutGram 474236
15:45:00 00:10:40 Dmitri Shostakovich Finale from Symphony No. 5 Op 47
Franz Welser-Möst Cleveland Orchestra MAA 70904
15:56:00 00:01:06 George Gershwin Gershwin Song-book: That Certain Feeling
Peter Donohoe, piano EMI 54280
16:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Bill O’Connell; COMPOSERS DATEBOOK: Zwilich's Piano Concerto
15:58:00 00:06:16 Frédéric Chopin Impromptu No. 3 in G flat major Op 51
Shai Wosner, piano Onyx 4172
16:08:00 00:01:44 Jules Massenet Impromptu 'Eau courante'
Aldo Ciccolini, piano EMI 64277
16:13:00 00:10:39 Peter Tchaikovsky Allegro from String Sextet Op 70
Emerson String Quartet Paul Neubauer, viola; Colin Carr, cello Sony 547060
16:27:00 00:05:40 Hans Zimmer Driving Miss Daisy: Driving
Dirk Brossé Brussels Philharmonic Decca 467749
16:34:00 00:04:50 François Devienne Rondo from Flute Concerto No. 7
Tapiola Sinfonietta Jean Jacques Kantorow Sharon Bezaly, flute Bis 1359
16:41:00 00:08:09 Michael Haydn Symphony No. 32 in D
Johannes Goritzki German Chamber Academy Neuss CPO 999179
16:52:00 00:02:54 Giovanni Gabrieli Plaudite, psallite, jubilate Deo
Vittorio Negri Gregg Smith Singers; Texas Boys' Choir; Edward Tarr Brass Ensemble; E. Power Biggs, organ CBS 42645
16:56:00 00:03:05 Ernö Dohnányi Fugue from Variations on a Nursery Song Op 25
Buffalo Philharmonic JoAnn Falletta Eldar Nebolsin, piano Naxos 572303
17:04:00 00:05:56 Johann Sebastian Bach Gloria in excelsis Deo from Mass in B minor
Harry Christophers The Sixteen Choir & Orch Collins 70322
17:25:00 00:09:40 Ludwig van Beethoven Fantasy in G major Op 77
Shai Wosner, piano Onyx 4172
17:40:00 00:05:09 Edvard Grieg Peer Gynt: Act 3 Prelude 'Ase's Death'
Herbert Blomstedt San Francisco Symphony Decca 425857
17:47:00 00:02:52 Edvard Grieg Lyric Pieces Book 5: March of the
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano EMI 57296
17:52:00 00:03:11 Nicolas Gombert Mille regretz
Stile Antico Harm Mundi 807595
17:56:00 00:02:58 Antonín Dvorák American Suite: Finale Op 98
Benjamin Pasternack, piano Naxos 559777
18:00 DINNER CLASSICS
18:09:00 00:14:28 Gustav Mahler Funeral March from Symphony No. 5
Leonard Bernstein Vienna Philharmonic DeutGram 423608
18:25:00 00:07:14 Franz Schubert Impromptu No. 8 in F minor
Shai Wosner, piano Onyx 4172
18:34:00 00:02:27 George Gershwin Impromptu in Two Keys
Shai Wosner, piano Onyx 4172
18:38:00 00:14:27 Alex North Cleopatra: Caesar and Cleopatra
John Mauceri London Philharmonic LPO 86
18:56:00 00:02:49 Alex North Spartacus: Love Theme
Erich Kunzel Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Telarc 80600
19:00 SYMPHONY AT SEVEN with John Simna
19:02:00 00:20:27 Franz Joseph Haydn Sinfonia Concertante in B flat major
Chamber Orchestra of Europe Claudio Abbado Marieke Blankestijn, violin; William Conway, cello; Douglas Boyd, oboe; Matthew Wilkie, bassoon DeutGram 4778117
19:25:00 00:31:28 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 36 in C major
Christoph von Dohnányi Cleveland Orchestra Decca 436421
20:00 WCLV ESSENTIAL CLASSICS
20:02:00 00:10:40 Antonio Vivaldi Guitar Concerto in D major
Orchestra of St Luke's Eliot Fisk, guitar MusicMast 67097
20:15:00 00:15:05 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio espagnol Op 34
George Szell Cleveland Orchestra Sony 93019
20:32:00 00:25:00 Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 1 in C major Op 21
Bruno Weil Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra Tafelmusik 1032
20:57:00 00:02:04 Luciano Berio Wasserklavier
Hélène Grimaud, piano DeutGram 24427
21:00 NIGHT MUSIC with Rob Grier; COMPOSERS DATEBOOK: Zwilich's Piano Concerto
21:03:00 00:13:47 Richard Wagner Die Walküre: Wotan's Farewell & Magic
Donald Runnicles Dresden State Orchestra Teldec 17109
21:19:00 00:11:06 Franz Schubert Impromptu No. 7 in B flat major
Shai Wosner, piano Onyx 4172
21:31:00 00:07:23 Sergei Rachmaninoff All-Night Vigil: Blessed art Thou
Sigvards Klava Latvian Radio Choir Ondine 1206
21:41:00 00:08:10 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Horn Concerto No. 1 in D major
Scottish Chamber Orchestra Sir Charles Mackerras Eric Ruske, horn Telarc 80367
21:51:00 00:36:38 Sergei Prokofiev Cinderella: Act 1 Op 87
Vladimir Ashkenazy Cleveland Orchestra Decca 410162
22:29:00 00:21:53 Michael Torke Iphigenia
Richard Owen Camerata New York Ecstatic 92261
22:54:00 00:04:12 Antonín Dvorák Slavonic Dance No. 3 in A flat major Op 46
Rafael Kubelik Bavarian Radio Symphony DeutGram 4793449
23:00 QUIET HOUR
23:02:00 00:03:34 Alec Wilder Air for Oboe
Manhattan Chamber Orchestra Richard Auldon Clark Bert Lucarelli, oboe Newport 85570
23:05:00 00:07:40 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Adagio from Oboe Concerto
Cleveland Orchestra Christoph von Dohnányi John Mack, oboe Decca 443176
23:15:00 00:04:53 Felix Mendelssohn Song without Words No. 7 in E flat major Op 30
Vassily Primakov, piano Bridge 9350
23:19:00 00:08:36 Ralph Vaughan Williams Six Studies in English Folk Song
Janet Hilton, clarinet; Keith Swallow, piano Chandos 2419
23:28:00 00:05:19 Richard Strauss Four Last Songs: Beim Schlafengehn
Berlin Radio Symphony George Szell Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano EMI 56241
23:36:00 00:07:24 Franz Liszt Die Zelle in Nonnenwerth
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano EMI 57002
23:43:00 00:11:00 Franz Schubert Andante from Piano Trio No. 1
Joseph Kalichstein, piano; Jaime Laredo, violin; Sharon Robinson, cello Bridge 9376
23:56:00 00:02:53 Johann Sebastian Bach Largo from Keyboard Concerto No. 5 in F minor
Academy St. Martin in Fields Murray Perahia Murray Perahia, piano Sony 89690
23:56:00 00:03:25 Vladimir Odoyevsky Lullaby
Lera Auerbach, piano Bis 1502