Program Guide 07-04-2017
Almanac
July 4
Independence Day!
1623 death of William Byrd – English composer (aged c. 80, the exact date of his birth is not known); his output of about 470 compositions justifies his reputation as one of the great masters of European Renaissance music.
1694 Louis Claude Daquin – French composer and organist (d.1772); at the age of eight, he conducted his own choral work Beatus Vir.
1826 Stephen Foster – American songwriter (d.1864); known as the ‘Father of American music’; among the best known of his more than 200 songs are Oh! Susanna, Camptown Races, Old Folks at Home, Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair and Beautiful Dreamer.
1831 The patriotic hymn America (to the tune of the British song God Save the King [or Queen] with new words supplied by Samuel Francis Smith is sung by a children's choir at a Fourth of July service at the Park Street Church in Boston.
1903 Flor Peeters – Belgian composer, organist and teacher (d.1986); enjoyed great renown, giving concerts and liturgical master-classes all over the world.
1909 Alec Templeton – Welsh-born American composer, pianist and satirist (d.1963); active in radio and TV in the '40s & '50s even though blind from birth; his compositions include Scarlatti Stoops to Conga and Bach Goes to Town.
1923 first performance of Ralph Vaughan Williams's English Folk Song Suite in London, by the band of the Royal Military School of Music.
Recording of the Week
Program Guide
00:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Angela Mitchell
00:02:00 00:25:19 Hershy Kay Cakewalk Suite
Arthur Fiedler Boston Pops Orchestra RCA 61501
00:30:00 00:34:27 Morton Gould American Ballads
Theodore Kuchar National Symphony of Ukraine Naxos 559005
01:07:00 00:30:14 Howard Hanson Symphony No. 2 Op 30
Leonard Slatkin St. Louis Symphony EMI 6612
01:40:00 00:28:06 Hershy Kay Stars and Stripes Ballet
Arthur Fiedler Boston Pops Orchestra RCA 61501
02:11:00 00:28:22 Don Gillis Star-Spangled Symphony
Ian Hobson Sinfonia Varsovia Albany 618
02:42:00 00:47:53 John Knowles Paine Symphony No. 2 in A major Op 34
JoAnn Falletta Ulster Orchestra Naxos 559748
03:33:00 00:24:05 William Grant Still Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American"
Neeme Järvi Detroit Symphony Chandos 9154
04:00:00 00:34:39 Morton Gould Stephen Foster Gallery
Theodore Kuchar National Symphony of Ukraine Naxos 559005
04:36:00 00:40:11 Charles Ives Symphony No. 1 in D minor
Neeme Järvi Detroit Symphony Chandos 9053
05:19:00 00:18:15 Robert Russell Bennett Suite of Old American Dances
Frederick Fennell Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra Kosei 3503
05:41:00 00:06:09 Dudley Buck Festival Overture on 'The Star-Spangled Banner"
St. Louis Symphony Leonard Slatkin St Louis Symphony Chorus RCA 60983
05:53:00 00:06:25 Scott Joplin Magnetic Rag
William Appling, piano Albany 1163
06:00 MUSIC FOR INDEPENDENCE DAY with Bill O’Connell
06:01:00 00:09:58 Victor Herbert American Fantasy
Leonard Slatkin St. Louis Symphony RCA 60983
06:11:00 00:02:16 John Philip Sousa March 'Manhattan Beach'
Timothy Foley Nonpareil Wind Band EMI 54130
06:13:00 00:03:38 John Philip Sousa March 'The Liberty Bell'
Timothy Foley Nonpareil Wind Band EMI 54130
06:20:00 00:02:34 Stephen Foster Gentle Annie
Kyle Bielfield, tenor; Lachlen Glen, piano; Michael Samis, cello Delos 3445
06:22:00 00:04:30 Stephen Foster Hard Times Come Again No More
Thomas Hampson, baritone; Craig Rutenberg, piano THM 5432
06:27:00 00:11:14 Percy Grainger Tribute to Stephen Foster
English Country Gardiner Orch Sir John Eliot Gardiner Monteverdi Choir Philips 446657
06:40:00 00:08:14 Elmer Bernstein To Kill a Mockingbird: Suite
Elmer Bernstein Royal Philharmonic Pops Denon 75288
06:49:00 00:09:13 Aaron Copland An Outdoor Overture
Gerard Schwarz Seattle Symphony Delos 3140
07:00 MUSIC FOR INDEPENDENCE DAY with Jacqueline Gerber
07:00:00 00:03:49 John Philip Sousa March 'The Stars and Stripes Forever'
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Erich Kunzel May Festival Chorus Telarc 80144
07:03:00 00:02:57 Stephen Foster Beautiful Dreamer
Kyle Bielfield, tenor; Lachlen Glen, piano Delos 3445
07:06:00 00:23:21 Aaron Copland Appalachian Spring: Suite
Robert Spano Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Telarc 80596
07:30:00 00:03:54 Frank W. Meacham The American Patrol
Loras John Schissel Blossom Festival Band MAA 40601
07:34:00 00:08:54 Virgil Thomson Autumn Concertina
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Sir Neville Marriner Ann Mason Stockton, harp EMI 6612
07:42:00 00:05:06 Richard Rodgers Victory at Sea: The Song of the High Seas
Erich Kunzel Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Telarc 80175
07:48:00 00:03:30 Morton Gould Folk Suite: Overture
David Amos London Symphony Harm Mundi 906010
07:51:00 00:06:30 Leonard Bernstein Fancy Free Ballet: Three Dances
Arthur Fiedler Boston Pops Orchestra RCA 61501
07:58:00 00:19:27 Jerome Kern Showboat: A Scenario for Orchestra
John Mauceri Hollywood Bowl Orchestra Philips 446404
08:17:00 00:05:52 David Diamond Allegretto from Symphony No. 4
Leonard Bernstein New York Philharmonic Sony 60594
08:23:00 00:16:56 John Philip Sousa El Capitán and His Friends: Suite
Keith Brion Central Band of the RAF Naxos 559730
08:40:00 00:03:24 Stephen Foster Old Folks at Home
Leila Josefowicz, violin; John Novacek, piano Philips 462948
08:43:00 00:01:50 Leonard Bernstein On the Town: I Can Cook Too
Center City Brass Quintet Chandos 4554
09:00 MUSIC FOR INDEPENDENCE DAY with Jim Mehrling
09:01:00 00:04:33 Walter Kittredge Tenting on the Old Camp Ground
Anonymous 4 Harm Mundi 807549
09:05:00 00:05:30 Louis Moreau Gottschalk Caprice on 'The Battle Cry of Freedom' Op 55
Leonard Pennario, piano EMI 64667
09:11:00 00:05:29 William Steffe The Battle Hymn of the Republic
Orchestra of Temple Square Craig Jessop Mormon Tabernacle Choir Telarc 80606
09:20:00 00:13:42 Richard Wagner American Centennial March
Elgar Howarth Philip Jones Brass Ensemble Decca 414149
09:37:00 00:02:43 Jay Roberts The Entertainer's Rag
Richard Dowling, piano Klavier 77035
09:39:00 00:12:19 James Hewitt New Medley Overture in C major
Patrick Gallois Sinfonia Finlandia Naxos 559654
09:52:00 00:06:51 Franz Doppler Duettino Americain Op 37
Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute; Claudi Arimany, flute; John Steele Ritter, piano Delos 3212
10:00 MUSIC FOR INDEPENDENCE DAY with Mark Satola
10:00:00 00:05:09 Morton Gould American Ballads: Star-Spangled Overture
Theodore Kuchar National Symphony of Ukraine Naxos 559005
10:05:00 00:10:55 James Hewitt New Federal Overture
Patrick Gallois Sinfonia Finlandia Naxos 559654
10:16:00 00:06:52 William Billings Independence
Neely Bruce Continental Harmony Singers New World 80276
10:22:00 00:09:05 Paul Turok Variations on an American Song Op 20
Leonard Slatkin Nashville Symphony Naxos 559373
10:32:00 00:07:33 William Grant Still Folk Suite No. 1
New Zealand String Quartet Alexa Still, flute; Susan DeWitt Smith, piano Koch Intl 7192
10:39:00 00:07:23 Louis Moreau Gottschalk The Union Op 48
Cecile Licad, piano Naxos 559145
11:00 MUSIC FOR INDEPENDENCE DAY Angela Mitchell
11:01:00 00:06:45 Roy Harris Overture 'When Johnny Comes Marching
Gerard Schwarz Seattle Symphony Delos 3140
11:07:00 00:04:24 Morton Gould American Salute
Theodore Kuchar National Symphony of Ukraine Naxos 559005
11:16:00 00:17:48 Walter Piston The Incredible Flutist: Suite
Seattle Symphony Gerard Schwarz Scott Goff, flute Naxos 559160
11:37:00 00:09:43 Alexander Glazunov Triumphal March Op 40
Vladimir Ziva Moscow Symphony Naxos 555048
11:46:00 00:07:47 Johann Strauss Jr Waltz 'Farewell to America'
Johannes Wildner Slovak Radio Symphony MarcoPolo 223247
11:55:00 00:03:12 Aaron Copland Fanfare for the Common Man
Robert Moody Canadian Brass Ensemble OpeningDay 7347
12:00pm MUSIC FOR INDEPENDENCE DAY with Rob Grier
12:01:00 00:04:29 George Gershwin Of Thee I Sing: Overture
Michael Tilson Thomas Orchestra of St Luke's CBS 44798
12:05:00 00:05:21 George Gershwin O Land of Mine, America
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Erich Kunzel Central State Univ. Chorus Telarc 80445
12:14:00 00:03:07 Louis Moreau Gottschalk The Banjo Op 15
Cecile Licad, piano Naxos 559145
12:17:00 00:09:18 Louis Moreau Gottschalk Bamboula Op 2
Cecile Licad, piano Naxos 559145
12:30:00 00:23:32 Aaron Copland The Red Pony: Suite
JoAnn Falletta Buffalo Philharmonic Naxos 559240
12:55:00 00:02:52 Aaron Copland Old American Songs Set No. 2: At the River
St. Paul Chamber Orchestra Hugh Wolff Thomas Hampson, baritone Teldec 77310
13:00 SPECIAL: Sugarloaf Mountain, an Appalachian Gathering
Apollo’s Fire, Cleveland’s Baroque Orchestra; Jeannette Sorrell, Founder and Music Director
Performed at St. Paul Episcopal Church, Cleveland Heights, OH
Traditional: Glory in the Meeting House (arr Sorrell, Schiffer, Bergman) (3:38)
Traditional: The Mountains of Rhum; Farewell to Ireland; Highlander’s Farewell; We’ll Rant and Roar (arr Sorrell)
Traditional: Nottamun Town (arr Kay)
Traditional: The Fox Went out on a Chilly Night (arr Sorrell)
Stephen Foster: Oh, Susanna (arr Sorrell); Traditional: Pretty Peg; Far from Home (arr Schiffer)
Traditional: Once I had a Sweetheart; Traditional: Wayfaring Stranger (arr Sorrell)
George F. Root: Just before the Battle, Mother; Traditional: Go March Along (4:35)
Traditional: Oh, Mary, Don’t You Weep (arr Sorrell)
Traditional: Sugarloaf Mountain (lyrics and arr Sorrell)
14:00 MUSIC FOR INDEPENDENCE DAY with Bill O’Connell
14:01:00 00:09:58 Victor Herbert American Fantasy
Leonard Slatkin St. Louis Symphony RCA 60983
14:11:00 00:02:16 John Philip Sousa March 'Manhattan Beach'
Timothy Foley Nonpareil Wind Band EMI 54130
14:13:00 00:03:38 John Philip Sousa March 'The Liberty Bell'
Timothy Foley Nonpareil Wind Band EMI 54130
14:20:00 00:02:34 Stephen Foster Gentle Annie
Kyle Bielfield, tenor; Lachlen Glen, piano; Michael Samis, cello Delos 3445
14:22:00 00:04:30 Stephen Foster Hard Times Come Again No More
Thomas Hampson, baritone; Craig Rutenberg, piano THM 5432
14:27:00 00:11:14 Percy Grainger Tribute to Stephen Foster
English Country Gardiner Orch Sir John Eliot Gardiner Monteverdi Choir Philips 446657
14:40:00 00:08:14 Elmer Bernstein To Kill a Mockingbird: Suite
Elmer Bernstein Royal Philharmonic Pops Denon 75288
14:49:00 00:09:13 Aaron Copland An Outdoor Overture
Gerard Schwarz Seattle Symphony Delos 3140
15:00 MUSIC FOR INDEPENDENCE DAY with Jim Mehrling
15:01:00 00:04:33 Walter Kittredge Tenting on the Old Camp Ground
Anonymous 4 Harm Mundi 807549
15:05:00 00:05:30 Louis Moreau Gottschalk Caprice on 'The Battle Cry of Freedom' Op 55
Leonard Pennario, piano EMI 64667
15:11:00 00:05:29 William Steffe The Battle Hymn of the Republic
Orchestra of Temple Square Craig Jessop Mormon Tabernacle Choir Telarc 80606
15:20:00 00:13:42 Richard Wagner American Centennial March
Elgar Howarth Philip Jones Brass Ensemble Decca 414149
15:37:00 00:02:43 Jay Roberts The Entertainer's Rag
Richard Dowling, piano Klavier 77035
15:39:00 00:12:19 James Hewitt New Medley Overture in C major
Patrick Gallois Sinfonia Finlandia Naxos 559654
15:52:00 00:06:51 Franz Doppler Duettino Americain Op 37
Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute; Claudi Arimany, flute; John Steele Ritter, piano Delos 3212
16:00 MUSIC FOR INDEPENDENCE DAY with Mark Satola
16:00:00 00:05:09 Morton Gould American Ballads: Star-Spangled Overture
Theodore Kuchar National Symphony of Ukraine Naxos 559005
16:05:00 00:10:55 James Hewitt New Federal Overture
Patrick Gallois Sinfonia Finlandia Naxos 559654
16:16:00 00:06:52 William Billings Independence
Neely Bruce Continental Harmony Singers New World 80276
16:22:00 00:09:05 Paul Turok Variations on an American Song Op 20
Leonard Slatkin Nashville Symphony Naxos 559373
16:32:00 00:07:33 William Grant Still Folk Suite No. 1
New Zealand String Quartet Alexa Still, flute; Susan DeWitt Smith, piano Koch Intl 7192
16:39:00 00:07:23 Louis Moreau Gottschalk The Union Op 48
Cecile Licad, piano Naxos 559145
17:00 MUSIC FOR INDEPENDENCE DAY Angela Mitchell
17:01:00 00:06:45 Roy Harris Overture 'When Johnny Comes Marching
Gerard Schwarz Seattle Symphony Delos 3140
17:07:00 00:04:24 Morton Gould American Salute
Theodore Kuchar National Symphony of Ukraine Naxos 559005
17:16:00 00:17:48 Walter Piston The Incredible Flutist: Suite
Seattle Symphony Gerard Schwarz Scott Goff, flute Naxos 559160
17:37:00 00:09:43 Alexander Glazunov Triumphal March Op 40
Vladimir Ziva Moscow Symphony Naxos 555048
17:46:00 00:07:47 Johann Strauss Jr Waltz 'Farewell to America'
Johannes Wildner Slovak Radio Symphony MarcoPolo 223247
17:55:00 00:03:12 Aaron Copland Fanfare for the Common Man
Robert Moody Canadian Brass Ensemble OpeningDay 7347
18:00 MUSIC FOR INDEPENDENCE DAY with Rob Grier
18:01:00 00:04:29 George Gershwin Of Thee I Sing: Overture
Michael Tilson Thomas Orchestra of St Luke's CBS 44798
18:05:00 00:05:21 George Gershwin O Land of Mine, America
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Erich Kunzel Central State Univ. Chorus Telarc 80445
18:14:00 00:03:07 Louis Moreau Gottschalk The Banjo Op 15
Cecile Licad, piano Naxos 559145
18:17:00 00:09:18 Louis Moreau Gottschalk Bamboula Op 2
Cecile Licad, piano Naxos 559145
18:30:00 00:23:32 Aaron Copland The Red Pony: Suite
JoAnn Falletta Buffalo Philharmonic Naxos 559240
18:55:00 00:02:52 Aaron Copland Old American Songs Set No. 2: At the River
St. Paul Chamber Orchestra Hugh Wolff Thomas Hampson, baritone Teldec 77310
19:00 SYMPHONY AT SEVEN with John Simna
19:02:00 00:18:15 Robert Russell Bennett Suite of Old American Dances
Frederick Fennell Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra Kosei 3503
19:22:00 00:34:27 Morton Gould American Ballads
Theodore Kuchar National Symphony of Ukraine Naxos 559005
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 00:21:43 Richard Rodgers Victory at Sea: Suite
Erich Kunzel Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Telarc 80175
20:33:00 00:24:56 Robert Russell Bennett A Symphonic Picture of Gershwin's 'Porgy and Bess'
Eugene Ormandy Philadelphia Orchestra Sony 62402
21:00 NIGHT MUSIC with Rob Grier
21:03:00 00:15:41 Peter Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture Op 49
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Erich Kunzel Kiev Symphony Chorus; Cincinnati Children's Choir Telarc 80541
21:20:00 00:14:26 Aaron Copland A Lincoln Portrait
Seattle Symphony Gerard Schwarz James Earl Jones, narrator Delos 3140
21:36:00 00:14:48 Morton Gould Folk Suite
David Amos London Symphony Harm Mundi 906010
21:53:00 00:06:45 Louis Moreau Gottschalk Caprice Americain 'Columbia' Op 34
Leonard Pennario, piano EMI 64668
22:00 SPECIAL: Sugarloaf Mountain, an Appalachian Gathering
Apollo’s Fire, Cleveland’s Baroque Orchestra; Jeannette Sorrell, Founder and Music Director
Performed at St. Paul Episcopal Church, Cleveland Heights, OH
Traditional: Glory in the Meeting House (arr Sorrell, Schiffer, Bergman) (3:38)
Traditional: The Mountains of Rhum; Farewell to Ireland; Highlander’s Farewell; We’ll Rant and Roar (arr Sorrell)
Traditional: Nottamun Town (arr Kay)
Traditional: The Fox Went out on a Chilly Night (arr Sorrell)
Stephen Foster: Oh, Susanna (arr Sorrell); Traditional: Pretty Peg; Far from Home (arr Schiffer)
Traditional: Once I had a Sweetheart; Traditional: Wayfaring Stranger (arr Sorrell)
George F. Root: Just before the Battle, Mother; Traditional: Go March Along (4:35)
Traditional: Oh, Mary, Don’t You Weep (arr Sorrell)
Traditional: Sugarloaf Mountain (lyrics and arr Sorrell)
23:00 QUIET HOUR
23:02:00 00:07:33 Bill Evans Peace Piece
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano Decca 455512
23:09:00 00:07:19 Morton Gould American Ballads: Amber Waves
Theodore Kuchar National Symphony of Ukraine Naxos 559005
23:19:00 00:07:08 William Grant Still The American Scene: Tomb of the Unknown
Richard Auldon Clark Manhattan Chamber Orchestra Newport 85596
23:26:00 00:08:49 Samuel Barber Adagio for Strings Op 11
Robert Spano Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Telarc 80673
23:37:00 00:06:28 Arthur Foote A Night Piece for Flute & Strings
Cleveland Sinfonietta Louis Lane Maurice Sharp, flute Epic 1116
23:43:00 00:11:01 Don Gillis Prayer and Hymn for a Solemn Occasion
Ian Hobson Sinfonia Varsovia Albany 618
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 00:02:55 Anonymous Spiritual 'We Shall Walk Through the Valley in Peace"
Dale Warland Dale Warland Singers Gothic 49243
