Program Guide 01-15-2018
Almanac
January 15
1775 death of Giovanni Battista Sammartini – Italian composer, oboist, organist, choirmaster and teacher (age c.74); Gluck was among his students, and was highly regarded by younger composers including Johann Christian Bach; contributed to the formation of the concert symphony through the shift from a brief opera-overture style and the introduction of a new seriousness and use of thematic development that anticipate Haydn and Mozart.
1890 premiere of Tchaikovsky's ballet The Sleeping Beauty at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg with choreography by Marius Petipa; anticipates Sondheim’s Into the Woods in that the scenario conceived by Ivan Vsevolozhsky, based on the Brothers Grimm version of Charles Perrault's La Belle au bois dormant, incorporates other Perrault characters such as Puss in Boots, Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, and Tom Thumb.
1893 Ivor Novello (David Ivor Davies) – Welsh composer and actor (d.1951); wrote songs and stage musicals; first big hit was Keep the Home Fires Burning, enormously popular during the First World War.
1909 Elie Siegmeister – American composer, educator and author (d.1991); wrote a number of important books on music and released an instructional album, Invitation to Music, on which he discusses the fundamentals of music.
1923 premiere of Gabriel Pierné’s ballet Cydalise et le chèvre-pied (Cydalise and the Satyr) at the Paris Opéra; most recognizable pieces in the ballet is The Entry of the Little Fauns.
1941 first performance (outdoors and in the rain) of Olivier Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time at Stalag VIII-A, a German prisoner of war camp in Görlitz, Silesia, with the composer at the piano; the audience numbered about 400 fellow prisoners and guards; Messiaen later recalled: "Never was I listened to with such rapt attention and comprehension."
1946 Joseph Kalichstein – Israeli-American pianist and teacher (71 years old); professor at Juilliard and member of a famous trio with violinist Jaime Laredo and cellist Sharon Robinson.
1958 premiere of Samuel Barber's Vanessa at the Metropolitan Opera under the baton of Dimitri Mitropoulos; features an original English libretto by Gian-Carlo Menotti, who also directed; Barber revised the opera in 1964, reducing the four acts to the three-act version most commonly performed today.
1960 Aaron Jay Kernis – American composer (57 years old); achieved success as a composer at age 23 when his work Dream of the Morning Sky was premiered by the New York Philharmonic with Zubin Mehta conducting; his Pulitzer-winning Musica Instrumentalis (1997) is based on the last movement of Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 9.
1998 first performance of Christopher Rouse’s Der gerettete Alberich (Alberich Redeemed) for percussion and orchestra, by the Cleveland Orchestra conducted by Christoph von Dohnányi, with soloist Evelyn Glennie; inspired by the treacherous Nibelung dwarf king from Wagner’s Ring Cycle.
Recording of the Week
Program Guide
00:00 CLEVELAND OVATIONS: Apollo’s Fire & Apollo’s Singers/Jeannette Sorrell; Erica Schuller & Molly Netter, soprano; Daniel Moody, countertenor; Ross Hauck, tenor; Jeffrey Strauss, baritone; Apollo’s Singers
George Frideric Handel: Israel in Egypt (1739)
George Frideric Handel: Water Music Suites Nos. 1-3 (1717)
01:30:00 00:27:54 George Frideric Handel Water Music Suites Nos. 1-3
Jeannette Sorrell Apollo's Fire ApolloFire 2002
02:00 CONCIERTO with Frank Dominguez: Celebrating the Latin contribution to classical music
Bedrich Smetana: Overture to "The Bartered Bride"
Samuel Gardner: Jazzetto
Samuel Gardner: Coquetterie
Samuel Gardner: From the Canebreak
Franz Schubert: Entr'acte No. 3 and Ballet Music No. 2 from Rosamunde
Joaquín Turina: Rincón mágico: Desfile en forma de sonata (Magical Corner: Parade in sonata form)
Vicente Emilio Sojo: Five Pieces from Venezuela
Morton Gould: Pieces of China:The Great Wall, Fable, China Blue, Puppets, Slow Dance-Lotus, China Chips
Manuel Blasco: De uno en uno vayan entrando; Ventezillo traviesso; La chacona me pieden vaya
Antonio Soler: Quintet No. 4 in a
03:57:00 00:01:49 William Boyce Jig from Symphony No. 7 Op 2
Christopher Hogwood Academy of Ancient Music l'Oiseau 436761
04:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Angela Mitchell
04:02:00 00:14:02 Sergei Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dance No. 3 Op 45
Vasily Petrenko Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Avie 2188
04:20:00 00:52:09 Olivier Messiaen Quartet for the End of Time
Gil Shaham, violin; Paul Meyer, clarinet; Jian Wang, cello; Myung-Whun Chung, piano DeutGram 469052
05:15:00 00:18:34 Franz Joseph Haydn Piano Trio No. 44 in E major
Joseph Kalichstein, piano; Jaime Laredo, violin; Sharon Robinson, cello Dorian 90164
05:36:00 00:05:51 Francisco Tárrega Capricho árabe
Sharon Isbin, guitar Bridge 9491
05:46:00 00:08:00 Franz Liszt Ballade No. 1 in D flat major
Roberto Plano, piano Azica 71222
05:54:00 00:03:09 Johann Sebastian Bach Violin Partita No. 3: Gavotte
Tasmin Little, violin Naked Vn 2008
06:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Jacqueline Gerber
06:07:00 00:03:04 Franz Joseph Haydn Gypsy Rondo from Piano Trio No. 39
Joseph Kalichstein, piano; Jaime Laredo, violin; Sharon Robinson, cello Dorian 90164
06:12:00 00:05:04 Peter Tchaikovsky The Sleeping Beauty: Waltz
Mikhail Pletnev Russian National Orchestra DeutGram 457634
06:18:00 00:10:42 Franz Schubert Scherzo from String Quintet
Cypress String Quartet Gary Hoffman, cello Avie 2307
06:30:00 00:04:54 Claude Debussy Tarantelle styrienne 'Danse'
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano Decca 460247
06:40:00 00:09:07 Antonio Vivaldi Viola d'amore Concerto in D minor
Ars Antigua Rachel Barton Pine, viola Cedille 159
06:50:00 00:05:05 Thomas Tomkins Celebrate Jehovam
Ross Duffin Quire Cleveland Quire 2013
06:55:00 00:03:18 John Philip Sousa March 'The Diplomat'
Keith Brion Royal Artillery Band Naxos 559131
07:03:00 00:04:21 Paul Halley Appalachian Morning
John Williams Boston Pops Orchestra Sony 48224
07:10:00 00:09:38 Deems Taylor Through the Looking Glass: Jabberwocky
Gerard Schwarz Seattle Symphony Delos 3099
07:23:00 00:04:09 Johann Sebastian Bach Fugue from Violin Sonata No. 1
Chris Thile, mandolin Nonesuch 535360
07:30:00 00:04:41 Johannes Brahms A German Requiem: How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place
Vienna Symphony Wolfgang Sawallisch Vienna Singverein Philips 4788977
07:40:00 00:09:13 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Rondo from Clarinet Concerto
Cleveland Orchestra Christoph von Dohnányi Franklin Cohen, clarinet Decca 443176
07:51:00 00:06:16 Anatoly Liadov Kikimora Op 63
Ernest Ansermet Orch de la Suisse Romande Decca 4785437
08:07:00 00:06:44 Johann Christian Bach Adriano in Siria: Overture
Simon Standage Academy of Ancient Music Chandos 540
08:19:00 00:10:49 Evaristo Felice dall'Abaco Concerto a più Istrumenti in E minor Op 5
Concerto Cologne Martin Sandhoff, flute; Cordula Breuer, flute Teldec 22166
08:31:00 00:05:51 Francisco Tárrega Capricho árabe
Sharon Isbin, guitar Bridge 9491
08:41:00 00:10:14 Domenico Cimarosa I due Baroni di Rocazzura: Overture
Patrick Gallois Sinfonia Finlandia Naxos 572734
08:50:00 00:02:19 Dmitri Shostakovich Hamlet: Flourish & Dance Music Op 32
Andris Nelsons Boston Symphony Orchestra DeutGram 4795201
08:55:00 00:03:54 Frederick Loewe My Fair Lady: Main Title
Keith Lockhart Boston Pops Orchestra BostonPops 4
09:05:00 00:16:50 Ottorino Respighi Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 3
Jesús López-Cobos Lausanne Chamber Orchestra Telarc 80309
09:25:00 00:07:22 David Raksin Forever Amber: Main title & The King's
David Raksin New Philharmonia Orchestra RCA 81268
09:36:00 00:07:02 Franz Joseph Haydn Minuet & Finale from String Quartet #52 Op 64
Angeles Quartet Decca 4783695
09:45:00 00:07:26 Jan Antonín Kozeluch Rondo from Oboe Concerto in F major
Potsdam Chamber Academy Albrecht Mayer Albrecht Mayer, oboe DeutGram 4792942
09:55:00 00:03:37 Roxanna Panufnik Kyrie after William Byrd
Suzi Digby Ora Harm Mundi 906102
10:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Mark Satola
10:01:00 00:03:57 Ralph Vaughan Williams March 'Sea Songs'
Frederick Fennell Cleveland Symphonic Winds Telarc 80099
10:05:00 00:02:34 Max Steiner The Caine Mutiny: March
Charles Gerhardt National Philharmonic RCA 2792
10:10:00 00:11:51 Franz Schubert Piano Trio in B flat major
Joseph Kalichstein, piano; Jaime Laredo, violin; Sharon Robinson, cello Bridge 9376
10:23:00 00:06:16 Carl Maria von Weber Overture to 'The Ruler of the Spirits'
Neeme Järvi Philharmonia Orchestra Chandos 8766
10:32:00 00:05:33 Enrique Granados Spanish Dance No. 5 in E minor Op 5
Sharon Isbin, guitar Bridge 9491
10:41:00 00:06:27 Joaquín Rodrigo Aranjuez ma pensée
Isabel Leonard, mezzo-soprano; Sharon Isbin, guitar Bridge 9491
10:51:00 00:23:08 Gustav Holst Symphony in F major Op 8
JoAnn Falletta Ulster Orchestra Naxos 572914
11:15:00 00:02:37 Frederick Delius Hassan: Serenade
Cleveland Sinfonietta Louis Lane Rafael Druian, violin; Martha Dalton, harp Sony 48260
11:20:00 00:08:16 George Frideric Handel Suite for Trumpet & Strings in D major
Philharmonia Orchestra Claudio Scimone Bibi Black, trumpet EMI 54620
11:30:00 00:08:08 Robert Schumann Overture to Scenes from Goethe's Faust
Benjamin Britten English Chamber Orchestra Decca 4785437
11:41:00 00:09:38 Richard Strauss Salome: Dance of the Seven Veils
Kazuki Yamada Orch de la Suisse Romande PentaTone 518
11:52:00 00:08:03 Gioacchino Rossini La Cenerentola: Overture
Claudio Abbado Chamber Orchestra of Europe DeutGram 431653
12:08:00 00:09:50 Carl Maria von Weber Polonaise brillante Op 72
Northwest Sinfonietta Christophe Chagnard Joel Fan, piano Reference 134
12:18:00 00:10:27 Étienne Méhul Young Henry's Hunt: Overture
Michel Swierczewski Gulbenkian Orchestra Nimbus 5184
12:30:00 00:03:56 John Philip Sousa Presidential Polonaise
Timothy Foley Nonpareil Wind Band EMI 54130
12:38:00 00:05:40 Franz Liszt Polonaise from Tchaikovsky's 'Eugene Onegin'
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano Decca 436736
12:47:00 00:12:31 Zdenek Fibich Toman and the Wood Nymph Op 49
Marek Stilec Czech National Symphony Naxos 573197
13:00 THE BIG WORK AT ONE
13:02:00 00:32:44 Peter Tchaikovsky The Sleeping Beauty: Prologue
Mikhail Pletnev Russian National Orchestra DeutGram 457634
13:36:00 00:22:54 Antonín Dvorák Serenade for Winds in D minor Op 44
Vienna Philharmonic Myung-Whun Chung Members of DeutGram 471613
14:00 PERFORMANCE TODAY with Fred Child
Thomas Dorsey: Precious Lord, Take My Hand Mahalia Jackson, vocal; Mildred Falls, piano; Ralph Jones, organ The Fall-Jones Ensemble
George Gershwin: An American in Paris Houston Symphony Andres Orozco-Estrada, conductor Houston Symphony, Jones Hall, Houston, TX
Leos Janacek: Pohadka (Fairy Tale) for Cello and Piano Keith Robinson, cello; Hyeyeon Park, piano Music@Menlo, The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton, Atherton, CA
Faustin Jean Jean: Quartet for saxophones Equus Saxophone Quartet Classical KING FM 98.1, KING FM Studios, Seattle, WA
Mikhail Glinka: Nocturne "Parting" Alexei Lubimov, piano
Thierry Escaich: Psalmos, Concerto for Orchestra Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Louis Langree, conductor Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Springer Auditorium, Music Hall, Cincinnati, OH
Maurice Ravel: Introduction et allegro, for Flute, Clarinet, String Quartet, and Harp Tara Helen O'Connor, flute; Alexander Fiterstein, clarinet; Elizabeth Hainen, harp; Danbi Um, violin; Erin Keefe, violin; Richard O'Neill, viola; Mihai Marica, cello Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY
Mikhail Glinka, Arr. Mily Balakirev: The Lark Emmanuel Ceysson, harp The Chamber Music Society of Palm Beach, Palm Beach, FL
16:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Bill O’Connell
15:59:00 00:02:05 Federico García Lorca Las morillas de Jaén
Isabel Leonard, mezzo-soprano; Sharon Isbin, guitar Bridge 9491
16:05:00 00:03:16 Manuel de Falla Seven Spanish Popular Songs: Jota
Isabel Leonard, mezzo-soprano; Sharon Isbin, guitar Bridge 9491
16:11:00 00:13:51 Johan Wagenaar Overture to 'Cyrano de Bergerac' Op 23
Riccardo Chailly Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Decca 425833
16:29:00 00:05:29 James Horner Mighty Joe Young: Dedication & Windsorg
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Erich Kunzel Winton Woods HS Chorus Telarc 80535
16:37:00 00:02:02 Randy Newman Family Album: Lionel Teaches Marilyn
Gloria Cheng, piano Harm Mundi 907635
16:41:00 00:07:41 Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 25 in G major Op 79
HJ Lim, piano EMI 64952
16:52:00 00:02:59 Charles Gounod Faust: Soldiers' Chorus
London Symphony Richard Hickox Men of; London Symphony Chorus MCA 25877
16:57:00 00:02:03 Anonymous Spiritual 'The Battle of Jericho'
Stuttgart Brass Quartet Hänssler 98623
17:04:00 00:06:12 Ferruccio Busoni Bagatelles Op 28
Per Enoksson, violin; Kathryn Stott, piano Bis 784
17:13:00 00:11:25 Erich Wolfgang Korngold The Private Lives of Elizabeth & Essex
André Previn London Symphony DeutGram 471347
17:27:00 00:07:10 Tylman Susato The Danserye: Renaissance Dances
Ludwig Güttler Güttler Brass Ensemble BerlinClas 1090
17:40:00 00:04:55 Frédéric Chopin Berceuse in D flat major Op 57
Orli Shaham, piano Canary 15
17:47:00 00:03:27 Frédéric Chopin Mazurka No. 1 in F sharp minor Op 6
Lara Downes, piano Steinway 30016
17:52:00 00:07:14 Camille Saint-Saëns Finale from Symphony No. 1 Op 2
Eliahu Inbal Frankfurt Radio Symphony PentaTone 157
18:00 DINNER CLASSICS
18:09:00 00:16:43 George Frideric Handel Concerto Grosso in A major Op 6
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra DeutGram 447733
18:27:00 00:02:56 Federico García Lorca El café de Chinitas
Isabel Leonard, mezzo-soprano; Sharon Isbin, guitar Bridge 9491
18:32:00 00:02:41 Federico García Lorca Sevillanas del siglo XVIII
Isabel Leonard, mezzo-soprano; Sharon Isbin, guitar Bridge 9491
18:36:00 00:16:19 Ralph Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Robert Spano Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Telarc 80676
18:56:00 00:02:31 John Dowland Lord Willoughby's Welcome Home
Sharon Isbin, guitar Sony 745456
19:00 SYMPHONY AT SEVEN with John Simna
19:02:00 00:14:11 Jean Sibelius Karelia Suite Op 11
Lorin Maazel Vienna Philharmonic Decca 4785437
19:18:00 00:37:05 Ludwig van Beethoven Concerto for Violin, Cello & Piano in C major Op 56
English Chamber Orchestra Sir Alexander Gibson Joseph Kalichstein, piano; Jaime Laredo, violin; Sharon Robinson, cello Chandos 8409
19:57:00 00:02:22 Jean-Philippe Rameau Musette en rondeau
Christopher O'Riley, piano CPI 3294112
20:00 NIGHT MUSIC with Rob Grier
20:01:00 00:18:19 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 31 in D major
Jane Glover London Mozart Players ASV 647
20:22:00 00:15:22 Edvard Grieg Lyric Pieces Book 3 Op 43
Antonio Pompa-Baldi, piano Centaur 2930
20:39:00 00:19:18 Einojuhani Rautavaara Concerto for Birds & Orchestra Op 61
Leif Segerstam Helsinki Philharmonic Ondine 1041
21:03:00 00:19:20 Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco Concerto for 2 Guitars Op 201
London Philharmonic Leonard Slatkin Kazuhito Yamashita, guitar; Naoko Yamashita, guitar RCA 60355
21:24:00 00:13:47 Richard Wagner Die Walküre: Wotan's Farewell & Magic
Donald Runnicles Dresden State Orchestra Teldec 17109
21:39:00 00:03:15 Lili Boulanger Nocturne
Janine Jansen, violin; Itamar Golan, piano Decca 15249
21:44:00 00:05:48 Peter Tchaikovsky The Sleeping Beauty: Pas de quatre
Mikhail Pletnev Russian National Orchestra DeutGram 457634
21:51:00 00:42:19 Franz Schubert Piano Trio No. 1 in B flat major
Joseph Kalichstein, piano; Jaime Laredo, violin; Sharon Robinson, cello Bridge 9376
22:35:00 00:12:18 Antonín Dvorák Slavonic Rhapsody No. 3 in A flat major Op 45
Neeme Järvi Royal Scottish Nat'l Orch Chandos 8589
22:50:00 00:09:14 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Divertimento No. 8 for Winds in F major
Quintett.Wien Nimbus 5479
23:00 QUIET HOUR
23:02:00 00:05:51 Francisco Tárrega Capricho árabe
Sharon Isbin, guitar Bridge 9491
23:07:00 00:07:43 Frederick Delius Caprice & Elegy
Philharmonia Orchestra Leonard Slatkin János Starker, cello RCA 63665
23:15:00 00:05:54 Gabriel Pierné Impromptu-Caprice Op 9
Yolanda Kondonassis, harp Azica 71273
23:23:00 00:06:06 Felix Mendelssohn Andante from String Quartet No. 4 Op 44
American String Project MSR 1386
23:29:00 00:11:00 Franz Schubert Andante from Piano Trio No. 1
Joseph Kalichstein, piano; Jaime Laredo, violin; Sharon Robinson, cello Bridge 9376
23:42:00 00:11:06 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Adagio from Divertimento No. 15
Jeffrey Tate English Chamber Orchestra EMI 69823
23:55:00 00:03:23 Peter Tchaikovsky The Sleeping Beauty: Panorama
Mikhail Pletnev Russian National Orchestra DeutGram 457634
23:57:00 00:02:00 Aaron Copland Midsummer Nocturne
Leo Smit, piano Sony 82849