On this Independence Day weekend, we're featuring a number of special programs interspersed with locally-hosted American music around the clock. When you aren't watching fireworks, be sure to tune your radios and other devices to classical music on WCLV Ideastream Public Media!
Sunday, July 4
06:00 MUSICA SACRA
Aaron Copland: Four Motets (1927)
Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei (1967)
Orlande de Lassus: Domine Dominus noster (1590)
06:30 MUSIC AND THE SPOKEN WORD with Lloyd Newell & the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square
07:00 PIPEDREAMS with Michael Barone: Americana Revisited (VI) -A colorful collection of works by American composers and performers, past and present
WILLIAM SELBY: Voluntary in A E. Power Biggs (1759 Johnson/Old North Church, Boston, MA)
DUDLEY BUCK: Concert Variations on The Star-spangled Banner, Op. 23 Andrew Peters (1965-2015 Schantz/2nd Presbyterian Church, St. Louis, MO)
RENÉ BECKER: Pastorella, Op. 81b Damin Spritzer (1938 Kimball/St. John’s Cathedral, Denver, CO)
PAUL FEJKO: The Trumpet Vine Paul Fejko (1933-1976 Aeolian-Skinner/All Saints Episcopal Church, Worcester, MA)
GWYNETH WALKER: Sanctuary (Reverence-All Nature Sings-A Refuge, Peace) JanEl Will (2019 Dobson/Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg, VA)
EMMA LOU DIEMER: Song & Praise, fr Sunday Suite Carolyn Diamond, piano; Jane Horn (1988 Reuter/St. Michael’s Lutheran Church, Bloomington, MN)
GERRE HANCOCK: Ora Labora (Hymn & Variations Choir of St. Thomas Church/Jeremy Filsell; Benjamin Sheen (2018 Dobson/St. Thomas Church, New York, NY)
08:00 WITH HEART AND VOICE with Peter DuBois: Summer Celebrations! - July is chock full of national holidays, and to celebrate, on this edition of With Heart and Voice we’ll listen to festive sacred choral and organ music from America, Canada and France. Join Peter DuBois for the party!
09:00 SPECIAL Fourth of July with the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square with Julie Amacher – The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square, The Orchestra at Temple Square, Mack Wilberg, conductor
David Warner (arr Mack Wilberg): Simple Gifts
Traditional (arr F. Hunter): Down in the Valley
Traditional (arr John Rutter): Sourwood Mountain
Daniel Kelley, Brewster Higley (arr Robert De Cormier): Home on the Range
Traditional (arr Mack Wilberg): Cindy
Traditional (arr Robert De Cormier, Eddie Sauter): Shenandoah
Lewis Allen & Earl Robinson (arr Michael Davis): The House I Live In
Anonymous, Oscar Brand after Pete Seeger: When I First Came to This Land
John Rutter: Distant Land
Traditional (arr John Rutter): When the Saints Go Marching In
Traditional (arr Aaron Copland & Irving Fine, Glenn): Old American Songs (excerpts)
Katharine Lee Bates, Samuel Ward (arr Mack Wilberg): America the Beautiful
John Philip Sousa, Charles Burr (arr Arthur Harris): The Stars and Stripes Forever
10:00 LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC with Brian Lauritzen – Gustavo Dudamel, conductor; Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano (Gershwin); Yuja Wang, piano (Adams)
Jessie Montgomery: Banner
George Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F
John Adams: Must the Devil Have All the Good Tunes? ( World premiere, LA Phil commission)
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A Op 92
12:00 SPECIAL To Honor and Inspire with Andrea Blain – performances by the United States Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine bands including marches by Sousa, Jewell and Gould, and works by Copland, Saint-Saens and Holst.
Morton Gould: American Salute. US Marine Band
Aaron Copland: Variations on a Shaker Melody. US Army Field Band
John Philip Sousa: Easter Monday on the White House Lawn
Pietro MascagniI: Regina Coeli from Cavalleria Rusticana. US Marine Band
John Philip Sousa: Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. USAF Heritage Band
Franz von Suppé: Overt to the Light Cavalry. US Marine Band
John Philip Sousa: Hail to the Spirit of Liberty March. US Coast Guard Band
Gustav Holst: Moorside March. US Marine Band
Johann Sebastian Bach: My Spirit Be Joyful. USAF Band of the Golden West
John Philip Sousa: The Stars and Stripes Forever. USAF Heritage Band
Various (arr Knox): Armed Forces Medley. US Marine Band
13:00 MUSIC for INDEPENDENCE DAY with John Mills
Samuel F. Smith: America (1831)
Percy Grainger: Tribute to Stephen Foster (1917)
Don Gillis: Symphony No. 1 'An American Symphony' (1941)
Henri Vieuxtemps: Souvenir d'Amérique 'Yankee Doodle Variations' (1845)
14:00 SYMPHONYCAST with Julie Amacher – Minnesota Orchestra, Juanjo Mena, conductor; Kirill Gerstein, piano – New program!
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in c Op 18
Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 Op 60 ‘Leningrad’
Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 92 ‘Oxford’
16:00 THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA ON THE RADIO with Robert Conrad - The Cleveland Orchestra, Louis Lane, conductor; Van Cliburn, piano; Rafael Druian, violin; Bernhard Goldschmidt, violin; Abraham Skernick, viola; Lynn Harrell, cello; David Perlman, double bass – recorded live at the Blossom Music Center, 8/3/1968
Paul Creston: Introit for Orchestra
Alberto Ginastera: Concerto for Strings
Edward MacDowell: Piano Concerto No. 2
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in c Op 18
18:00 MUSIC for INDEPENDENCE DAY with Bill O’Connell
John Williams: Liberty Fanfare (1986)
John Williams: Lincoln: Suite (2012)
Traditional: Red River Valley
Stephen Foster: Gentle Annie (1856)
Joseph Brackett: Simple Gifts (1848)
Dan Locklair: Symphony No. 2 'America' (2016)
19:00 SYMPHONY AT SEVEN with John Simna
James Hewitt: New Federal Overture (1796)
Morton Gould: Stephen Foster Gallery (1939)
Aaron Copland: A Lincoln Portrait (1942)
Hershy Kay: Stars and Stripes Ballet (1957)
Peter Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture (1880)
Irving Berlin: God Bless America (1918)
21:00 INNOVATIONS with Mark Satola - featuring works by Cleveland area composers, presented in cooperation with the Cleveland Composers’ Guild
Nikola Resanovich: The Ox and the Lark James Umble, alto sax; Robert Fitzer, clarinet
Fredric Lissauer: Two Tapestries Op. 36 (2001-02) Karin Harrell, violin; Lisa Boyko, viola; Alan Harrell, cello; Amy Tarantino, piano
Loris O. Chobanian: Images for flute and guitar (1991-92) Jan Vinci, flute; Joel Brown, guitar
Jack Gallagher: mvt. 1 Symphony No. 2 “Ascendant” (2010-13) London Symphony Orchestra/JoAnn Falletta
22:00 CITY CLUB FORUM – recorded Friday at The City Club of Cleveland, a citadel of free speech - No More “Snake on the Lake:” The Future of Redistricting in Ohio - David Daley; Jen Miller; Alora Thomas Lundborg
23:00 QUIET HOUR with Rob Grier
Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei (1967)
Aaron Copland: Music for a Great City: Night Thoughts (1961)
Stephen Foster: Beautiful Dreamer (1864)
David Conte: Ave Maria (1991)
David Amram: Variations on 'Red River Valley' (1991)
Robert Moran: Trinity Requiem: In Paradisum (2011)
George W. Chadwick: Suite Symphonique: Romanza (1911)
Duke Ellington: Prelude to a Kiss (1938)
John Morris: Young Frankenstein: A Transylvanian Lullaby (1974)
Monday, July 5
04:00 MUSIC for INDEPENDENCE DAY with John Mills
Samuel Barber: Cello Concerto (1945)
Frederick Rzewski: The People United Will Never be Defeated! (1975)
Randall Thompson: The Testament of Freedom (1943)
Henry Fillmore: March 'Americans We' (1929)
Samuel F. Smith: America (1831)
Percy Grainger: Tribute to Stephen Foster (1917)
Don Gillis: Symphony No. 1 'An American Symphony' (1941)
Henri Vieuxtemps: Souvenir d'Amérique 'Yankee Doodle Variations' (1845)
07:00 MUSIC for INDEPENDENCE DAY with Jacqueline Gerber
James Horner: Field of Dreams: Medley (1989)
Sid Ramin: Irving Berlin Patriotic Overture (1994)
Richard Wagner: American Centennial March (1876)
Aaron Copland: A Lincoln Portrait (1942)
Richard Hayman: March Medley (1960)
Morton Gould: American Ballads: Star-Spangled Overture (1976)
08:00 MUSIC for INDEPENDENCE DAY with Mark Satola
Aaron Copland: The Red Pony: Suite (1948)
Ernö Dohnányi: American Rhapsody (1953)
John Williams: Lincoln: The Petersen House & Finale (2012)
John Philip Sousa: March 'Semper Fidelis' (1888)
09:00 MUSIC for INDEPENDENCE DAY with Bill O’Connell
John Williams: Liberty Fanfare (1986)
John Williams: Lincoln: Suite (2012)
Traditional: Red River Valley
Stephen Foster: Gentle Annie (1856)
Joseph Brackett: Simple Gifts (1848)
Dan Locklair: Symphony No. 2 'America' (2016)
10:00 SPECIAL To Honor and Inspire with Andrea Blain – performances by the United States Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine bands including marches by Sousa, Jewell and Gould, and works by Copland, Saint-Saens and Holst.
Morton Gould: American Salute. US Marine Band
Aaron Copland: Variations on a Shaker Melody. US Army Field Band
John Philip Sousa: Easter Monday on the White House Lawn
Pietro MascagniI: Regina Coeli from Cavalleria Rusticana. US Marine Band
John Philip Sousa: Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. USAF Heritage Band
Franz von Suppé: Overt to the Light Cavalry. US Marine Band
John Philip Sousa: Hail to the Spirit of Liberty March. US Coast Guard Band
Gustav Holst: Moorside March. US Marine Band
Johann Sebastian Bach: My Spirit Be Joyful. USAF Band of the Golden West
John Philip Sousa: The Stars and Stripes Forever. USAF Heritage Band
Various (arr Knox): Armed Forces Medley. US Marine Band
11:00 MUSIC for INDEPENDENCE DAY with Robert Conrad
Don Gillis: Fourth of July from 'Star-Spangled Symphony' (1951)
Ernest Bloch: America (1928)
Aaron Copland: Old American Songs Set No. 1: Simple Gifts (1950)
12:00 LUNCHTIME WITH THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA with John Mills
Leonard Bernstein: Slava! [A Political Overture] (1977)
Leonard Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from 'West Side Story' (1961)
Walter Piston: The Incredible Flutist: Suite (1940)
George Gershwin: Cuban Overture (1932)
13:00 MUSIC for INDEPENDENCE DAY with John Simna
John Philip Sousa: El Capitan and His Friends: Suite (1898)
Ron Nelson: Courtly Airs and Dances (1995)
Robert Russell Bennett: Symphonic Songs for Band (1957)
John Philip Sousa: La Reine de la Mer (1896)
14:00 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)
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
Traditional: Oh, Mary, Don’t You Weep (arr Sorrell)
Traditional: Sugarloaf Mountain (lyrics and arr Sorrell)
15:00 MUSIC for INDEPENDENCE DAY with Rob Grier
William Grant Still: The American Scene: The East (1957)
Vincent Persichetti: A Lincoln Address (1973)
Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring: Suite (1945)
John Philip Sousa: March 'The Liberty Bell' (1893)
16:00 SPECIAL Fourth of July with the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square with Julie Amacher – The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square, The Orchestra at Temple Square, Mack Wilberg, conductor
David Warner (arr Mack Wilberg): Simple Gifts
Traditional (arr F. Hunter): Down in the Valley
Traditional (arr John Rutter): Sourwood Mountain
Daniel Kelley, Brewster Higley (arr Robert De Cormier): Home on the Range
Traditional (arr Mack Wilberg): Cindy
Traditional (arr Robert De Cormier, Eddie Sauter): Shenandoah
Lewis Allen & Earl Robinson (arr Michael Davis): The House I Live In
Anonymous, Oscar Brand after Pete Seeger: When I First Came to This Land
John Rutter: Distant Land
Traditional (arr John Rutter): When the Saints Go Marching In
Traditional (arr Aaron Copland & Irving Fine, Glenn): Old American Songs (excerpts)
Katharine Lee Bates, Samuel Ward (arr Mack Wilberg): America the Beautiful
John Philip Sousa, Charles Burr (arr Arthur Harris): The Stars and Stripes Forever
17:00 MUSIC for INDEPENDENCE DAY with Bill O’Connell
John Philip Sousa: March 'Manhattan Beach' (1893)
John Philip Sousa: Presidential Polonaise (1886)
John Philip Sousa: March 'Who's Who in Navy Blue?' (1920)
David Amram: This Land: Symphonic Variations on a Song by Woody Guthrie (2007)
Jerome Moross: Sonata Scherzo from Symphony No. 1 (1942)
John Williams: Liberty Fanfare (1986)
John Williams: Lincoln: Suite (2012)
Traditional: Red River Valley
Stephen Foster: Gentle Annie (1856)
Joseph Brackett: Simple Gifts (1848)
Dan Locklair: Symphony No. 2 'America' (2016)
19:00 SYMPHONY AT SEVEN with John Simna
Leroy Anderson: Piano Concerto in C (1953)
William L. Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony (1934)
20:00 NIGHT MUSIC with Rob Grier
Charles Ives: Symphony No. 3 'The Camp Meeting' (1911)
Virgil Thomson: The River: Suite (1957)
Gerard Schwarz: Above and Beyond (2012)
Alec Wilder: Carl Sandberg Suite (1960)
George Walker: Folk Songs for Orchestra (1990)
William Grant Still: Incantation and Dance (1945)
Jennifer Higdon: Lullaby from Harp Concerto (2018)
Aaron Copland: Symphony No. 3 (1946)
David Diamond: Rounds for String Orchestra (1944)
Arthur Foote: Air and Gavotte (1891)