Program Guide 11-23-2017
Almanac
November 23
1834 first performance of Hector Berlioz's Harold in Italy by the Paris Conservatory Orchestra; four movement work for obbligato viola and orchestra, technically Berlioz's second symphony (after Symphonie fantastique); mood of the piece inspired by Lord Byron's poem Childe Harold's Pilgrimage.
1876 Manuel de Falla – Spanish composer (d.1946); along with Isaac Albéniz and Enrique Granados, one of Spain's most important musicians of the first half of the 20th century.
1878 André Caplet – French composer and conductor (d.1925); known these days mostly through his orchestrations of works by Claude Debussy.
1933 Krzysztof Penderecki – Polish composer and conductor (84 years old); probably Poland's greatest living composer; among his best-known works are Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima, St. Luke Passion, Polish Requiem and Anaklasis.
1940 first performance of Dmitri Shostakovich's Piano Quintet at the Moscow Conservatory by the Beethoven Quartet with the composer at the piano; awarded the Stalin Prize in 1941.
1985 first performance of Michael Torke's Bright Blue Music in Carnegie Hall, New York; on composing this piece, the composer says "The feeling of working was exuberant; I would leave my outdoor studio, and the trees and bushes seemed to dance, and the sky seemed bright blue."
Recording of the Week
Program Guide
WCLV ALL-NIGHT WITH ANGELA MITCHELL
00:02:00 00:24:18 Edward MacDowell First Modern Suite Op 10 James Barbagallo, piano Naxos 559011
00:29:00 00:40:36 Aaron Copland Symphony No. 3 Neeme Järvi Detroit Symphony Chandos 9474
01:13:00 00:33:46 George Gershwin Piano Concerto in F major Buffalo Philharmonic JoAnn Falletta Orion Weiss, piano Naxos 559705
01:49:00 00:28:39 George W. Chadwick Symphonic Sketches Neeme Järvi Detroit Symphony Chandos 9334
02:21:00 00:47:53 John Knowles Paine Symphony No. 2 in A major Op 34 JoAnn Falletta Ulster Orchestra Naxos 559748
03:12:00 00:31:18 Deems Taylor Through the Looking Glass Seattle Symphony Gerard Schwarz Ilkka Talvi, violin; Raymond Davis, cello; Victoria Bogdashevskaya, piano Delos 3099
03:46:00 00:38:44 Meredith Willson Symphony No. 1 in F minor William Stromberg Moscow Symphony Naxos 559006
04:28:00 00:14:36 Samuel Barber Capricorn Concerto Op 21 St. Louis Symphony Leonard Slatkin Jacob Berg, flute; Peter Bowman, oboe; Susan Slaughter, trumpet RCA 68283
04:45:00 00:40:11 Charles Ives Symphony No. 1 in D minor Neeme Järvi Detroit Symphony Chandos 9053
05:28:00 00:23:21 Aaron Copland Appalachian Spring: Suite Robert Spano Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Telarc 80596
05:54:00 00:05:02 Scott Joplin The Entertainer Joshua Rifkin, piano Nonesuch 79159
THANKSGIVING WITH JACQUELINE GERBER
06:00:00 00:02:56 David Guion Turkey in the Straw Michael Lewin, piano Sono Lumin 92103
06:04:00 00:08:14 Elmer Bernstein To Kill a Mockingbird: Suite Elmer Bernstein Royal Philharmonic Pops Denon 75288
06:15:00 00:03:24 Stephen Foster Old Folks at Home Leila Josefowicz, violin; John Novacek, piano Philips 462948
06:20:00 00:08:59 Aaron Copland Our Town: Suite Leonard Slatkin St. Louis Symphony RCA 61699
06:30:00 00:07:08 Sir William Walton Coronation March 'Orb and Sceptre' André Previn Royal Philharmonic Telarc 80125
06:38:00 00:01:46 Leonard Bernstein Divertimento for Orchestra: Turkey Trot John Morris Russell Cincinnati Pops Orchestra FanfareCin 4
06:40:00 00:07:04 Mark O'Connor Americana Symphony: Splendid Horizons Marin Alsop Baltimore Symphony OMAC 12
06:47:00 00:05:11 Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Deep River Op 59 Lara Downes, piano Sono Lumin 92207
06:52:00 00:06:09 Richard Hayman March Medley Erich Kunzel Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Telarc 80122
07:00:00 00:03:05 Percy Grainger Harvest Hymn City of London Sinfonia Richard Hickox Joyful Company of Singers Chandos 9554
07:03:00 00:09:22 Arturo Márquez Danzon No. 2 Alondra de la Parra Philharmonic Orch of Americas Sony 75555
07:15:00 00:05:40 William Arms Fischer Goin' Home Alisa Weilerstein, cello; Anna Polonsky, piano Decca 19765
07:22:00 00:02:03 Anonymous Spiritual 'The Battle of Jericho' Stuttgart Brass Quartet Hänssler 98623
07:25:00 00:07:33 William Grant Still Folk Suite No. 1 New Zealand String Quartet Alexa Still, flute; Susan DeWitt Smith, piano Koch Intl 7192
07:35:00 00:03:07 Alice Hawthorne Listen to the Mocking Bird Anonymous 4; Bruce Molsky, banjo Harm Mundi 807549
07:42:00 00:09:13 Aaron Copland An Outdoor Overture Gerard Schwarz Seattle Symphony Delos 3140
07:50:00 00:06:00 Edvard Grieg Lyric Pieces Book 10: Woodland Peace Op 71 Per Tengstrand, piano Azica 71207
07:55:00 00:02:25 Randall Thompson Frostiana: The Pasture Dallas Wind Symphony Timothy Seelig Turtle Creek Chorale Reference 49
08:00:00 00:03:32 Don Gillis Cotton Bowl from Symphony X 'Big D' Ian Hobson Sinfonia Varsovia Albany 1058
08:05:00 00:07:55 Joseph Lanner Waltz 'Evening Stars' Op 180 Franz Welser-Möst Vienna Philharmonic DeutGram 4763793
08:15:00 00:04:30 Karl Jenkins I'll Make Music Stephen Layton Polyphony DeutGram 4793232
08:22:00 00:22:09 Leonard Bernstein Symphonic Dances from 'West Side Story' Keith Lockhart Utah Symphony Reference 105
08:49:00 00:06:15 Gian Carlo Menotti Amahl and the Night Visitors: Suite Robert Porco Cleveland Orchestra MAA 2002
08:55:00 00:03:01 Rev. Robert Lowry Shall We Gather at the River? Anonymous 4; Bruce Molsky, vocal Harm Mundi 807549
08:55:00 00:02:43 Traditional Shenandoah Thomas Hampson, baritone; Wolfram Rieger, piano THM 5432
THANKSGIVING WITH BILL O'CONNELL
09:01:00 00:07:38 Alexander Reinagle Occasional Overture in D major Patrick Gallois Sinfonia Finlandia Naxos 559654
09:08:00 00:04:50 Edvard Grieg Lyric Pieces Book 10: Once Upon a Per Tengstrand, piano Azica 71207
09:13:00 00:05:00 Don Ray Homestead Dances: Farmhands' Dance Derek Gleeson Dublin Philharmonic Albany 1058
09:22:00 00:06:01 Jerome Moross Rachel, Rachel: Americana Miniature Paul Bateman City of Prague Philharmonic Silva 1049
09:28:00 00:08:03 John Williams War Horse: The Homecoming John Williams Symphony Orchestra Sony 797528
09:36:00 00:05:33 John Williams Far and Away: Themes La Pietà Angèle Dubeau Angèle Dubeau, violin Analekta 8733
09:44:00 00:14:48 Morton Gould Folk Suite David Amos London Symphony Harm Mundi 906010
THANKSGIVING WITH JIM MEHRLING
10:00:00 00:06:24 Alexander Reinagle Overture in G major Patrick Gallois Sinfonia Finlandia Naxos 559654
10:06:00 00:07:54 Don Ray Homestead Dances: Quilters' Dance Derek Gleeson Dublin Philharmonic Albany 1058
10:18:00 00:15:39 Morton Gould Interplay Albany Symphony Orchestra David Alan Miller Findlay Cockrell, piano Albany 1174
10:37:00 00:20:40 Aaron Copland The Tender Land: Suite Aaron Copland Boston Symphony Orchestra RCA 300350
THANKSGIVING WITH MARK SATOLA
11:00:00 00:08:59 Aaron Copland Our Town: Suite Leonard Slatkin St. Louis Symphony RCA 61699
11:08:00 00:09:14 Frederic Hand A Psalm of Thanksgiving Jayna Nelson, flute; Frederic Hand, guitar Willow 1036
11:18:00 00:03:36 J. A. P. Schulz The Harvest Feast: Overture Christopher Hogwood Danish National Radio Sym Chandos 9553
11:21:00 00:14:21 Jerome Moross The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Paul Bateman City of Prague Philharmonic Silva 1049
11:36:00 00:08:14 Elmer Bernstein To Kill a Mockingbird: Suite Elmer Bernstein Royal Philharmonic Pops Denon 75288
11:44:00 00:08:02 Howard Hanson Andante from Symphony No. 2 Op 30 Leonard Slatkin St. Louis Symphony EMI 6612
12:00 SPECIAL: GIVING THANKS: A CELEBRATION OF FALL, FOOD & GRATITUDE
THANKSGIVING WITH ANGELA MITCHELL
14:00:00 00:03:36 J. A. P. Schulz The Harvest Feast: Overture Christopher Hogwood Danish National Radio Sym Chandos 9553
14:04:00 00:06:04 Brian Dykstra November's Rag Brian Dykstra, piano Centaur 3161
14:11:00 00:03:05 Percy Grainger Harvest Hymn City of London Sinfonia Richard Hickox Joyful Company of Singers Chandos 9554
14:17:00 00:17:48 Walter Piston The Incredible Flutist: Suite Seattle Symphony Gerard Schwarz Scott Goff, flute Naxos 559160
14:38:00 00:15:59 Ralph Vaughan Williams A Song of Thanksgiving City of London Sinfonia Matthew Best John Gielgud, narrator; Lynne Dawson, soprano; John Scott, organ; London Oratory Junior Choir; Corydon Singers Hyperion 66569
14:55:00 00:03:03 Ralph Vaughan Williams The Turtledove Paul Spicer James Oxley, tenor; Finzi Singers Chandos 9425
THANKSGIVING WITH ROB GRIER
15:00:00 00:08:52 Aaron Copland An Outdoor Overture Louis Lane Cleveland Orchestra Sony 62401
15:08:00 00:02:57 Aaron Copland Down a Country Lane Frank Battisti N.E. Conservatory Winds Albany 1058
15:11:00 00:06:23 Aaron Copland Letter from Home JoAnn Falletta Buffalo Philharmonic Naxos 559240
15:21:00 00:20:31 Virgil Thomson Symphony on a Hymn Tune Howard Hanson Eastman-Rochester Orchestra Mercury 434310
15:45:00 00:04:21 Edvard Grieg Lyric Pieces Book 6: Homesickness Op 57 Emil Gilels, piano DeutGram 4793449
15:49:00 00:04:52 Morton Gould Spirituals for Strings: Were You There? Kenneth Klein London Philharmonic Strings Albany 1058
15:54:00 00:05:23 John Powell Five Virginian Folk Songs Op 34 Debra Wendells Cross, flute; Barbara Chapman, harp Albany 1058
THANKSGIVING WITH BILL O'CONNELL
16:22:00 00:06:01 Jerome Moross Rachel, Rachel: Americana Miniature Paul Bateman City of Prague Philharmonic Silva 1049
16:28:00 00:08:03 John Williams War Horse: The Homecoming John Williams Symphony Orchestra Sony 797528
16:36:00 00:05:33 John Williams Far and Away: Themes La Pietà Angèle Dubeau Angèle Dubeau, violin Analekta 8733
16:44:00 00:14:48 Morton Gould Folk Suite David Amos London Symphony Harm Mundi 906010
THANKSGIVING WITH JIM MEHRLING
17:00:00 00:06:24 Alexander Reinagle Overture in G major Patrick Gallois Sinfonia Finlandia Naxos 559654
17:06:00 00:07:54 Don Ray Homestead Dances: Quilters' Dance Derek Gleeson Dublin Philharmonic Albany 1058
17:18:00 00:15:39 Morton Gould Interplay Albany Symphony Orchestra David Alan Miller Findlay Cockrell, piano Albany 1174
17:37:00 00:20:40 Aaron Copland The Tender Land: Suite Aaron Copland Boston Symphony Orchestra RCA 300350
18:00:00 SPECIAL: THANKSGIVING WITH CANTUS
KEYBANK SYMPHONY AT SEVEN WITH JOHN SIMNA
19:02:00 00:18:04 Leonard Bernstein Candide: Suite Eiji Oue Minnesota Orchestra Reference 87
19:22:00 00:33:21 Ferde Grofé Grand Canyon Suite Seattle Symphony Gerard Schwarz Ilkka Talvi, violin Delos 3104
ESSENTIAL CLASSICS WITH JOHN SIMNA
20:02:00 00:08:51 John Williams Cowboys Overture John Williams Boston Pops Orchestra Philips 420178
20:13:00 00:17:39 George Gershwin An American in Paris Riccardo Chailly Cleveland Orchestra Decca 417326
20:32:00 00:24:56 Robert Russell Bennett A Symphonic Picture of Gershwin's Eugene Ormandy Philadelphia Orchestra Sony 62402
20:58:00 00:01:40 Amy Beach Autumn Song Op 56 Kyle Bielfield, tenor; Lachlen Glen, piano Delos 3445
21:00 SPECIAL: GIVING THANKS: A CELEBRATION OF FALL, FOOD & GRATITUDE
SHH! QUIET HOUR WITH ROB GRIER
23:02:00 00:06:07 Carl Busch Omaha Indian Love Song Reuben Blundell Gowanus Arts Ensemble New Focus 166
23:08:00 00:11:49 Eric Whitacre The River Cam London Symphony Eric Whitacre Julian Lloyd Webber, cello Decca 16636
23:22:00 00:11:01 Don Gillis Prayer and Hymn for a Solemn Occasion Ian Hobson Sinfonia Varsovia Albany 618
23:33:00 00:06:07 Lou Harrison Pastorale No. 7 "For My Brother" Dennis Russell Davies Brooklyn Philharmonic MusicMast 67089
23:41:00 00:04:06 Morton Gould Blues from 'Interplay' Albany Symphony Orchestra David Alan Miller Findlay Cockrell, piano Albany 1174
23:45:00 00:09:12 Samuel Barber Adagio for Strings Op 11 New Century Chamber Orch NSS Music 10
23:56:00 00:02:52 William Grant Still Mystic Pool from 'Traceries' Denver Oldham, piano Koch Intl 7084
