Program Guide 12-15-2017
Almanac
December 15
1657 Michel-Richard de Lalande – French composer and organist (d.1726); employed by King Louis XIV; one of the most important composers of ‘grands motets’; also wrote orchestral suites known as Simphonies pour les Soupers du Roy and ballets; certain works foreshadowed the cantatas of JS Bach and the Water Music and oratorios of Handel.
1892 David Guion – American composer (d.1981); best known for his arrangements of cowboy tunes, African American spirituals, and original compositions often inspired by the soundscape of west Texas.
1938 first performance of Ernest Bloch's Violin Concerto with the Cleveland Orchestra led by Dimitri Mitropoulos and soloist Joseph Szigeti to whom the work is dedicated.
2000 premiere of John Adams’s oratorio El Niño at Le Châtelet in Paris with by soloists Dawn Upshaw, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson and Willard White, and the Theatre of Voices and the Deutsches Symphonie conducted by Kent Nagano; the American premiere occurred in San Francisco on January 11, 2001.
Recording of the Week
Program Guide
CLASSICAL MUSIC with Angela Mitchell
00:02:00 00:31:04 Peter Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings in C major Op 48 East Coast Chamber Orch E1 Music 7784
00:36:00 00:29:01 Ralph Vaughan Williams Nativity Play 'The First Nowell' City of London Sinfonia Richard Hickox Sarah Fox, soprano; Roderick Williams, baritone; Joyful Company of Singers Chandos 10385
01:08:00 00:34:51 Amy Beach Piano Concerto in C sharp minor Op 45 BBC Scottish Symphony Rebecca Miller Danny Driver, piano Hyperion 68130
01:46:00 00:27:15 Johann Sebastian Bach Cantata No. 63 "Christen, ätzet diesen Collegium Vocale Orchestra Philippe Herreweghe Carolyn Sampson, soprano; Ingeborg Danz, alto; Mark Padmore, tenor; Sebastian Noack, bass; Collegium Vocale Harm Mundi 901781
02:16:00 00:37:28 Ernest Bloch Violin Concerto Royal Philharmonic José Serebrier Michael Guttman, violin ASV 785
02:57:00 00:34:10 Zdenek Fibich Symphony No. 1 in F major Op 17 Neeme Järvi Detroit Symphony Chandos 9230
03:34:00 00:32:11 Dmitri Kabalevsky Piano Concerto No. 1 in A minor Op 9 NDR Radio Philharmonic Alun Francis Michael Korstick, piano CPO 777658
04:09:00 00:29:58 Paul Hindemith Symphonia Serena Yan Pascal Tortelier BBC Philharmonic Chandos 9217
04:42:00 00:19:01 Franz Schubert Piano Sonata No. 1 in E major Arcadi Volodos, piano Sony 89647
05:04:00 00:35:26 Richard Strauss Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme Suite Op 60 Erich Leinsdorf Chamber Orchestra of Europe ASV 809
05:43:00 00:06:32 Daryl Runswick Fantasia on 'The Coventry Carol' and Geoffrey Simon London Cello Sound Cala 55003
05:49:00 00:05:49 François Joseph Gossec Christmas Suite Academy of Ancient Music Christopher Hogwood Academy Ancient Music Choir l'Oiseau 410179
05:57:00 00:02:00 Traditional Jolly Old St. Nicholas Canadian Brass Eric Robertson, organ OpeningDay 7345
CLASSICAL MUSIC with Jacqueline Gerber
06:07:00 00:03:58 John Bull Dr. Bull's Goodnight Alan Feinberg, piano Steinway 30019
06:15:00 00:11:00 Carl Friedrich Abel Symphony in D major Op 7 Adrian Shepherd Cantilena Chandos 8648
06:25:00 00:05:15 Robert Schumann Theme & Variations from Violin Sonata #2 Op 121 Caroline Goulding, violin; Danae Dörken, piano Ars Prod. 38536
06:30:00 00:03:43 Engelbert Humperdinck Hansel and Gretel: Children's Prayer Leonard Bernstein New York Philharmonic Sony 87771
06:40:00 00:08:35 Ottorino Respighi Three Botticelli Pictures: Adoration of Orpheus Chamber Orchestra DeutGram 437533
06:50:00 00:05:00 Jack Rollins & Steve Nelson Frosty the Snowman Petri Juutilainen Northern Lights Orch WSchatz 5
06:57:00 00:02:49 Carl Michael Ziehrer Schönfeld March Op 422 Sir John Eliot Gardiner Vienna Philharmonic DeutGram 463185
07:03:00 00:03:22 Albert Hague You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch Canadian Brass Steinway 30027
07:06:00 00:02:37 Ralph Vaughan Williams Wassail Song Ross Duffin Quire Cleveland Quire 105
07:10:00 00:10:12 John Field Rondo from Piano Concerto No. 2 Scottish Chamber Orchestra Sir Charles Mackerras John O'Conor, piano Telarc 80370
07:25:00 00:01:59 Vincenzo Galilei Saltarello Kristo Käo, guitar Kitarrikoo 2008
07:29:00 00:06:12 Richard Wagner Tristan und Isolde: Liebestod Fabio Luisi Philharmonia Zürich Accentus 102
07:40:00 00:08:28 Joh. Christoph Friedrich Bach Symphony No. 4 in E Dennis Russell Davies Orchestra of St Luke's MusicMast 7062
07:50:00 00:05:36 Walter Kent I'll Be Home for Christmas Jerry Junkin Dallas Wind Symphony Reference 126
07:57:00 00:01:45 Peter Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker: Dance of the Sugar Plum Todd Wilson, organ MAA 11009
08:07:00 00:05:31 Antonín Dvorák Scherzo from Serenade for Strings Op 22 Vladimir Ashkenazy Cleveland Orchestra Decca 433549
08:15:00 00:08:24 Jonathan Smith A Little Christmas Medley Mainstreet Brass MSR 1325
08:26:00 00:03:13 Richard Wagner Lohengrin: Act 3 Prelude Franz Welser-Möst Cleveland Orchestra DeutGram 4778773
08:30:00 00:05:19 Ludwig van Beethoven Andante from Sonata No. 15 Op 28 HJ Lim, piano EMI 64952
08:40:00 00:05:39 Joseph Achron Hebrew Dance Op 35 Gil Shaham, violin; Orli Shaham, piano Canary 10
08:45:00 00:05:54 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Three German Dances Orpheus Chamber Orchestra DeutGram 429783
08:50:00 00:03:03 Jacques Ibert Waltz from 'Divertissement' Paavo Järvi Tapiola Sinfonietta Bis 630
08:52:00 00:02:01 George Frideric Handel Israel in Egypt: He spake the word English Baroque Soloists Sir John Eliot Gardiner Monteverdi Choir Philips 432110
08:55:00 00:05:36 Lionel Bart Selections from 'Oliver!' Carl Topilow Cleveland Pops Orchestra Azica 72216
09:05:00 00:17:25 Leopold Mozart Cassation in G 'Toy Symphony' Sir Neville Marriner Academy St. Martin in Fields Philips 416386
09:27:00 00:06:29 Frédéric Chopin Polonaise No. 4 in C minor Op 40 Rafal Blechacz, piano DeutGram 18883
09:35:00 00:05:36 Giuseppe Torelli Concerto Grosso in G minor Op 8 La Pietà Angèle Dubeau Angèle Dubeau, violin Analekta 8730
09:45:00 00:07:07 Johann Sebastian Bach Orchestral Suite No. 4: Ouverture Monica Huggett Ensemble Sonnerie Avie 2171
09:53:00 00:07:58 Philip Lane Wassail Dances Gavin Sutherland City of Prague Philharmonic Naxos 557099
09:55:00 00:01:59 Heinrich Schütz The Christmas Story: The Hosts of Angels Musica Fiata Frieder Bernius Stuttgart Chamber Choir Sony 87771
CLASSICAL MUSIC with Mark Satola
10:03:00 00:02:30 David Guion Arkansas Traveler Ronald Corp New London Orchestra Hyperion 67067
10:06:00 00:04:35 Lyndol Mitchell Kentucky Mountain Portraits: Ballad Howard Hanson Eastman-Rochester Orchestra Mercury 434324
10:13:00 00:11:39 Peter Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker: Act 2 Divertissement Antal Doráti Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Philips 4788977
10:25:00 00:08:40 Anthony DiLorenzo Christmas 'Toons Burning River Brass BurnRiver 2008
10:37:00 00:04:35 Edward MacDowell Suite No. 1: Forest Spirits Op 42 Takuo Yuasa Ulster Orchestra Naxos 559075
10:42:00 00:06:07 George W. Chadwick Symphonic Sketches: Hobgoblin Neeme Järvi Detroit Symphony Chandos 9334
10:50:00 00:11:32 Daniil Trifonov Rachmaniana Daniil Trifonov, piano DeutGram 4794970
11:04:00 00:09:45 Georg Philipp Telemann Concerto for 3 Oboes in B flat major Combattimento Consort Olympia 342
11:15:00 00:08:03 George Frideric Handel Keyboard Suite No. 13 in B flat major Keith Jarrett, piano ECM 1530
A CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA CHRISTMAS
11:25:00 00:02:28 Alan Silvestri The Polar Express: Spirit of the Season Cleveland Orchestra Robert Porco Cleveland Orchestra Chorus MAA 2011
11:27:00 00:03:27 Traditional The Virgin Mary had a Baby Boy Cleveland Orchestra Clayton H. Krehbiel Cleveland Orchestra Chorus MAA 1999
11:31:00 00:03:59 Traditional Wexford Carol Cleveland Orchestra Robert Porco Brian Keith Johnson, baritone; Mary Kay Fink, Irish whistle; Cleveland Orchestra Chorus MAA 2011
11:35:00 00:04:10 Anonymous Personet hodie Cleveland Orchestra Robert Porco Cleveland Orchestra Chorus MAA 2008
11:41:00 00:02:01 James Pierpont Jingle Bells Cleveland Orchestra Gareth Morrell Cleveland Orchestra Chorus MAA 1996
11:43:00 00:03:48 Leslie Adams Christmas Lullaby Cleveland Orchestra Gareth Morrell Cleve Orch Children's Chorus MAA 1993
11:46:00 00:04:36 Hector Berlioz L'Enfance du Christ: The Shepherds' Cleveland Orchestra Robert Porco Cleveland Orchestra Chorus MAA 2002
11:51:00 00:03:11 Leroy Anderson Sleigh Ride Robert Porco Cleveland Orchestra MAA 2008
11:56:00 00:01:20 Traditional Fum, fum, fum Cleveland Orchestra Robert Porco Cleveland Orchestra Chorus MAA 2011
CLASSICAL MUSIC with Mark Satola
12:07:00 00:07:37 Franz von Suppé Beautiful Galatea: Overture Leonard Bernstein New York Philharmonic Sony 61830
12:16:00 00:06:16 Frederick Loewe My Fair Lady: Suite Richard Glazier, piano Centaur 3347
12:24:00 00:07:10 Giuseppe Verdi Nabucco: Overture Riccardo Muti La Scala Philharmonic Sony 68468
12:33:00 00:02:56 David Guion Turkey in the Straw Michael Lewin, piano Sono Lumin 92103
12:40:00 00:03:12 Aaron Copland Rodeo: Hoedown Michael Tilson Thomas San Francisco Symphony RCA 63511
12:46:00 00:12:57 Georges Bizet Carmen Suite No. 1 Sir Neville Marriner London Symphony Philips 4788977
THE BIG WORK AT ONE
13:01:00 00:38:22 Peter Tchaikovsky Suite No. 2 in C major Op 53 Neeme Järvi Detroit Symphony Chandos 9454
13:41:00 00:13:09 Robert Schumann Fantasie in C major Op 131 New York Philharmonic Kurt Masur Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin DeutGram 457075
CLASSICAL MUSIC with Mark Satola
14:00:00 00:02:37 Traditional Sussex Carol 'On Christmas Night' Apollo's Fire Jeannette Sorrell Meredith Hall, soprano; Apollo's Singers Avie 2269
14:02:00 00:02:40 William Billings The Shepherd's Carol Richard Westenburg Musica Sacra DeutGram 429732
14:07:00 00:10:38 Leroy Anderson Suite of Carols for Winds BBC Concert Orchestra Leonard Slatkin Members of Naxos 559382
14:20:00 00:09:34 Johannes Brahms Andante from String Quartet No. 2 Op 51 Chiara String Quartet Azica 71289
14:34:00 00:11:09 Arcangelo Corelli Concerto Grosso in G minor Op 6 Bath Festival Orchestra Yehudi Menuhin Robert Masters, violin; Derek Simpson, cello Warner 555053
14:49:00 00:08:34 Claude Debussy Première rapsodie Cleveland Orchestra Pierre Boulez Franklin Cohen, clarinet DeutGram 4795448
15:01:00 00:16:00 Carl Maria von Weber Konzertstück in F minor Op 79 Bavarian Radio Symphony Sir Colin Davis Gerhard Oppitz, piano RCA 68219
15:19:00 00:07:34 Giuseppe Verdi La forza del destino: Overture Riccardo Muti La Scala Philharmonic Sony 68468
15:27:00 00:03:05 Agustín Barrios Villancico de Navidad John Williams, guitar Sony 87771
15:32:00 00:03:52 Anonymous Corde natus ex parentis Voces8 Christian Forshaw, saxophone Decca 22601
15:39:00 00:05:44 Morten Lauridsen O magnum mysterium Voces8 Decca 4785703
15:47:00 00:09:04 Ralph Vaughan Williams English Folk Song Suite John Wilson Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Avie 2194
15:58:00 00:04:44 Traditional Greensleeves Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute; Alexandre Lagoya, guitar; Michel Legrand, celeste Sony 87771
CLASSICAL MUSIC with Bill O’Connell; COMPOSERS DATEBOOK: Thomas and the Trombone
16:07:00 00:02:32 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart German Dance in F Leonard Bernstein New York Philharmonic Sony 87771
16:12:00 00:12:11 Various "Songs of Angels" Pt. 1 Robert Shaw Robert Shaw Chamber Singers Telarc 80377
16:28:00 00:07:04 John Lunn Downton Abbey: Suite Alastair King Chamber Orchestra of London Decca 16260
16:37:00 00:03:07 Frédéric Chopin Scherzo from Sonata No. 3 Op 58 Ingrid Fliter, piano EMI 14899
16:41:00 00:08:02 Jacob Clemens non Papa Missa Pastores quidnam vidistis: Gloria Stile Antico Harm Mundi 807575
16:52:00 00:02:51 John Rutter Star Carol City of London Sinfonia John Rutter Cambridge Singers Collegium 121
16:57:00 00:03:08 Louis Moreau Gottschalk Pasquinade Op 59 Cecile Licad, piano Naxos 559145
17:04:00 00:06:09 Johann Sebastian Bach Cantata No.191: Chorus 'Gloria in Bethlehem Bach Festival Orch Greg Funfgeld Bach Choir of Bethlehem Analekta 9873
17:13:00 00:06:41 Gustav Holst Choral Fantasy on Old Carols 'Christmas Bay Brass A. David Krehbiel John Fenstermaker, organ Gothic 49120
17:23:00 00:11:29 Francis Poulenc Four Christmas Motets Marcus Creed RIAS Chamber Chorus Harm Mundi 2908304
17:38:00 00:03:23 Traditional O Little Town of Bethlehem Andrew Carwood St. Paul's Cathedral Choir; Simon Johnson, organ Decca 4789225
17:43:00 00:04:39 Gustav Holst In the Bleak Midwinter Andrew Carwood St. Paul's Cathedral Choir; Simon Johnson, organ Decca 4789225
17:52:00 00:06:48 Frédéric Chopin Nocturne No. 8 in D flat major Op 27 Leon Fleisher, piano Vanguard 1551
DINNER CLASSICS
18:09:00 00:17:26 Frédéric Chopin Variations on 'Là ci darem la mano' Op 2 NDR Symphony Orchestra Krzysztof Urbanski Jan Lisiecki, piano DeutGram 4796824
18:28:00 00:04:02 Michael Praetorius Lo, how a rose e'er blooming André Previn Frederica von Stade, mezzo; American Boychoir; Christmas Concert Chorus Sony 87771
18:34:00 00:02:35 Henry J. Gauntlett Once in Royal David's City Valentin Radu Ama Deus Ensemble; Wesley Parrott, organ Sony 87771
18:38:00 00:13:08 Bernard Herrmann Currier and Ives Suite James Sedares New Zealand Symphony Koch Intl 7224
18:54:00 00:05:33 Jacques Offenbach Die Rheinnixen: Overture Michel Swierczewski Gulbenkian Orchestra Nimbus 5303
SYMPHONY AT SEVEN with John Simna
19:02:00 00:18:02 Antonio Rosetti Symphony in B flat Concerto Cologne Teldec 98420
19:22:00 00:32:35 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major Cleveland Orchestra Mitsuko Uchida Mitsuko Uchida, piano Decca 4830716
19:57:00 00:02:27 Antonín Dvorák Cypress No. 2 Cypress String Quartet Avie 2275
WCLV ESSENTIAL CLASSICS
20:02:00 00:08:01 Engelbert Humperdinck Hansel and Gretel: Overture Jeffrey Tate Bavarian Radio Symphony EMI 54022
20:12:00 00:19:58 Peter Tchaikovsky The Sleeping Beauty: Suite Op 66 Mstislav Rostropovich Berlin Philharmonic DeutGram 4795448
20:34:00 00:23:43 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Bernard Haitink Herman Krebbers, violin Philips 4788977
20:57:00 00:01:54 William Byrd Jig in A minor Canadian Brass CBS 45792
NIGHT MUSIC with Rob Grier; COMPOSERS DATEBOOK: Thomas and the Trombone
21:03:00 00:18:59 Patric Standford A Christmas Carol Symphony Gavin Sutherland City of Prague Philharmonic Naxos 557099
21:23:00 00:05:45 Frederick Delius Winter Night 'Sleigh Ride' John Rutter Royal Philharmonic Collegium 133
21:30:00 00:17:42 Johann Christoph Pez Concerto Pastorale in F major Bernard Labadie Les Violons du Roy Dorian 90180
21:50:00 00:02:43 Samuel Scheidt In dulci jubilo Robert Moody Canadian Brass Ensemble OpeningDay 7347
21:54:00 00:31:02 Witold Lutoslawski Polish Christmas Carols BBC Symphony Orchestra David Zinman Julia Doyle, soprano; Philharmonia Chorus RCA 11561
22:26:00 00:22:58 Benjamin Britten A Ceremony of Carols Op 28 Martin Neary Westminster Abbey Choir; Aline Brewer, harp Sony 62615
22:51:00 00:07:30 Newell H. Long 'Twas the Night Before Christmas Fennell Symphonic Winds Frederick Fennell Robert Conrad, narrator ELF 991018
QUIET HOUR
23:02:00 00:08:34 Hector Berlioz Harold in Italy: Pilgrims' March Op 16 London Symphony Sir Colin Davis Nobuko Imai, viola Philips 4788977
23:10:00 00:08:06 John Corigliano Voyage for Flute & Strings I Fiamminghi Rudolf Werthen Paul Edmund-Davies, flute Telarc 80421
23:20:00 00:07:34 Traditional Mary Queen of Scots' Lament La Nef Meredith Hall, soprano Atma 2336
23:27:00 00:08:39 Max Bruch Adagio from Scottish Fantasy Op 46 London Symphony Jascha Horenstein David Oistrakh, violin Decca 4785437
23:38:00 00:06:43 Michael Haydn Adagio from Notturno in F major Orpheus Chamber Orchestra DeutGram 437782
23:44:00 00:08:48 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Larghetto from Piano Quartet No. 2 Fauré Quartet DeutGram 6609
23:55:00 00:02:49 Sir John Tavener The Lamb Ross Duffin Quire Cleveland Quire 105
23:56:00 00:03:01 Anonymous The Angel Gabriel (Gabriel's Message) Noel Edison Elora Festival Singers Naxos 573421
