Program Guide 12-19-2017
Almanac
December 19
1825 George Frederick Bristow – American composer (d.1898); a champion of American music, an historically important choral composer and a nationalist in his choice of texts.
1919 first performance of the orchestral version of The White Peacock by Charles Tomlinson Griffes, with the Philadelphia Orchestra led by Leopold Stokowski.
1944 William Christie – American-born French conductor and harpsichordist (73 years old); a specialist in baroque repertoire and the founder of the ensemble Les Arts Florissants in 1979.
1958 Steven Isserlis – English cellist (59 years old); renowned for his eclectic repertoire and his use of gut strings; author of two books for children, Why Beethoven Threw the Stew (2001) and Why Handel Waggled His Wig (2006
Recording of the Week
Program Guide
00:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Angela Mitchell
00:02:00 00:37:10 Antonín Dvorák Symphony No. 5 in F major Op 76
Witold Rowicki London Symphony Philips 4788977
00:42:00 00:36:46 Franz Schubert Piano Quintet in A major
Cleveland Quartet John O'Conor, piano; James Vandemark, bass; Members of Telarc 80225
01:21:00 00:35:31 Jacob Clemens non Papa Missa Pastores quidnam vidistis
Stile Antico Harm Mundi 807575
02:00:00 00:35:21 Sir Edward Elgar Falstaff Op 68
Sir Andrew Davis BBC Symphony Orchestra Teldec 98436
02:38:00 00:41:30 Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 4 in E minor Op 98
Vladimir Ashkenazy Cleveland Orchestra Decca 436853
03:23:00 00:23:05 Marc-Antoine Charpentier Te Deum
William Christie Les Arts Florissants Harm Mundi 2908304
03:49:00 00:26:13 Samuel Barber Cello Concerto Op 22
St. Louis Symphony Leonard Slatkin Steven Isserlis, cello RCA 68283
04:19:00 00:23:03 Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet No. 4 in C minor Op 18
Cleveland Quartet Telarc 80414
04:45:00 00:36:08 Alexander Glazunov Raymonda: Suite Op 57
José Serebrier Royal Scottish Nat'l Orch Warner 61939
05:24:00 00:14:21 Ottorino Respighi Poema autunnale Monte Carlo Philharmonic
Yakov Kreizberg Julia Fischer, violin Decca 15535
05:42:00 00:06:12 Felix Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night's Dream: Nocturne Op 61
George Szell Cleveland Orchestra Sony 82849
05:49:00 00:06:54 Michel Corrette Symphonie des noëls No. 2 in D major
Arion Baroque Orchestra early-mus 7768
06:00 BBC NEWS; CLASSICAL MUSIC with Jacqueline Gerber
06:07:00 00:02:42 George Frideric Handel Messiah: Lift up your heads
William Christie Les Arts Florissants Harm Mundi 2908304
06:10:00 00:03:01 Anonymous Personet hodie
Cleveland Orchestra Robert Porco Cleveland Orchestra Chorus MAA 2005
06:15:00 00:12:58 Peter Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker: Pas de deux
Fritz Reiner Chicago Symphony Orchestra RCA 300350
06:30:00 00:04:09 Jerry Herman Mame: We Need a Little Christmas
Petri Juutilainen Northern Lights Orch WSchatz 5
06:33:00 00:02:15 Vince Guaraldi O Tannenbaum
Canadian Brass Steinway 30027
06:40:00 00:12:35 Bryan Kelly Improvisations on Christmas Carols
Gavin Sutherland City of Prague Philharmonic Naxos 557099
06:52:00 00:02:13 John Francis Wade O Come, All Ye Faithful
Robert Page Cleveland Orchestra Chorus MAA 1999
06:55:00 00:03:57 Ralph Vaughan Williams March 'Sea Songs'
Frederick Fennell Cleveland Symphonic Winds Telarc 80099
07:03:00 00:05:43 Modest Mussorgsky Khovanshchina: Solemn March
Evgeny Svetlanov Russian State Symphony RCA 68406
07:10:00 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
07:22:00 00:03:18 Traditional Wexford Carol
Paul O'Shaughnessy, fiddle Sony 87771
07:26:00 00:07:51 Antonín Dvorák Scherzo from Symphony No. 9 Op 95
Christoph von Dohnányi Cleveland Orchestra Decca 414421
07:40:00 00:10:33 John Taverner Magnificat à 5
Joseph Jennings Chanticleer Teldec 81829
07:50:00 00:04:23 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Sérénade Op 37
Chamber Orchestra of Europe Sir John Eliot Gardiner Steven Isserlis, cello VirginClas 91134
07:55:00 00:03:10 Raymond Scott The Toy Trumpet New London Orchestra
Ronald Corp Mark Calder, trumpet Hyperion 67067
07:58:00 00:01:16 Mikola Leontovich Carol of the Bells
Richard Westenburg Musica Sacra DeutGram 429732
08:07:00 00:05:38 Antonio Vivaldi Concerto for Strings in G major
Andrew Parrott Taverner Players EMI 54208
08:15:00 00:11:18 Johann Melchior Molter Concerto Pastorale in G major
La Pietà Angèle Dubeau Angèle Dubeau, violin Analekta 8730
08:25:00 00:08:44 George Frederick Bristow Nocturne from Symphony in F sharp minor Op 26
Neeme Järvi Detroit Symphony Chandos 9169
08:40:00 00:02:55 Peter Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker: Miniature Overture
Lorin Maazel Cleveland Orchestra Telarc 80068
08:44:00 00:03:26 Peter Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker: Arabian Dance
Lorin Maazel Cleveland Orchestra Telarc 80068
08:48:00 00:02:21 Peter Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker: Dance of the Reed Pipes
Lorin Maazel Cleveland Orchestra Telarc 80068
08:53:00 00:07:14 Erich Wolfgang Korngold The Private Lives of Elizabeth & Essex:
Paul Bateman City of Prague Philharmonic Silva 3010
09:05:00 00:16:08 Alan Danson A Christmas Carol - A Dickens of a Tale
Mainstreet Brass Alan Danson, narrator MSR 1325
09:25:00 00:04:06 Vic Mizzy Green Acres: Theme
Grant Gershon Hollywood Chamber Orchestra Delos 3222
09:32:00 00:07:08 Georg Philipp Telemann Wind Quartet No. 1 in D
European Baroque Soloists Denon 9613
09:45:00 00:04:28 Ralph Vaughan Williams Fantasia on 'Greensleeves'
Michael Stern Kansas City Symphony Reference 129
09:50:00 00:06:41 Gustav Holst Choral Fantasy on Old Carols 'Christmas Bay Brass
A. David Krehbiel John Fenstermaker, organ Gothic 49120
09:55:00 00:03:14 King Henry VIII Green grow'th the Holly
Paul Hillier Theatre of Voices Harm Mundi 907079
10:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Mark Satola
10:00:00 00:02:54 George Frideric Handel Messiah: Pastoral Symphony
William Christie Les Arts Florissants Harm Mundi 2908304
10:04:00 00:02:44 Domenico Scarlatti Sonata in D minor
Yevgeny Sudbin, piano Bis 2138
10:09:00 00:12:59 Zdenek Fibich Spring Op 13
Marek Stilec Czech National Symphony Naxos 573197
10:24:00 00:06:44 Benjamin Britten A Ceremony of Carols: Four Carols
Patrick Dupré Quigley Seraphic Fire; Jacqueline Kerrod, harp SFM 14
10:36:00 00:03:48 George Frideric Handel Berenice: Minuet
Sir Neville Marriner Academy St. Martin in Fields EMI 47027
10:39:00 00:06:19 Henry Purcell The Fairy Queen: Act 4 Symphony
William Christie Les Arts Florissants Harm Mundi 901308
11:01:00 00:14:08 Franz Schubert Rondo in A major
Brandenburg Orchestra Roy Goodman Elizabeth Wallfisch, violin Hyperion 66840
11:17:00 00:05:44 George Frederick Bristow Scherzo from Symphony No. 3 Op 26
Neeme Järvi Detroit Symphony Chandos 9169
11:25 A CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA CHRISTMAS
11:25:00 00:02:57 Traditional Il est né le divin enfant
Cleveland Orchestra Robert Porco Cleveland Orchestra Chorus MAA 2014
11:27:00 00:02:57 Traditional Sans Day Carol Cleveland Orchestra
Gareth Morrell Cleveland Orchestra Chorus MAA 1996
11:30:00 00:01:10 Peter Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker: Chinese Dance
Robert Porco Cleveland Orchestra MAA 2002
11:32:00 00:02:06 Edmund Walters As Joseph was a walking Cleveland Orchestra
Gareth Morrell Cleve Orch Children's Chorus MAA 1993
11:34:00 00:03:15 Traditional Of the Father's Love Begotten
Cleveland Orchestra Gareth Morrell Cleveland Orchestra Chorus MAA 1993
11:41:00 00:04:29 Hugh Martin Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Cleveland Orchestra Robert Porco Cleveland Orchestra Chorus MAA 2014
11:45:00 00:01:31 Traditional Patapan
Robert Porco Cleveland Orchestra MAA 2011
11:47:00 00:05:16 Irving Berlin White Christmas Cleveland Orchestra
Robert Porco Cleveland Orchestra Chorus MAA 2008
11:52:00 00:03:34 Mel Tormé The Christmas Song
Cleveland Orchestra Robert Page Cleveland Orchestra Chorus MAA 1999
12:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Mark Satola
12:06:00 00:11:27 Felix Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture Op 21
George Szell Cleveland Orchestra CBS/Sony 485
12:19:00 00:06:19 Henry Purcell The Fairy Queen: Act 4 Symphony
William Christie Les Arts Florissants Harm Mundi 901308
12:28:00 00:03:50 William Billings A Virgin Unspotted
Peter Bennett Quire Cleveland Quire 101
12:32:00 00:03:37 Peter Tchaikovsky The Seasons: December Op 37
Lang Lang, piano Sony 511758
12:39:00 00:05:45 Frederick Delius Winter Night 'Sleigh Ride'
John Rutter Royal Philharmonic Collegium 133
12:47:00 00:13:51 Mack Wilberg Christmas Carol Medley
Symphony Orchestra Jerold Ottley Mormon Tabernacle Choir; Lois Matheson, soprano Bonneville 9402
13:00 THE BIG WORK AT ONE
13:02:00 00:35:01 Richard Strauss Also sprach Zarathustra Op 30
Berlin Philharmonic Herbert von Karajan Michel Schwalbé, violin DeutGram 4793449
13:38:00 00:16:28 Franz Liszt Symphonic Poem No. 6 'Mazeppa'
Gianandrea Noseda BBC Philharmonic BBC 336
13:55:00 00:04:00 John Rutter What Sweeter Music?
John Rutter Royal Philharmonic Decca 1821
14:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Mark Satola
14:00:00 00:02:30 Giovanni Gabrieli Canzoni e Sonate: Canzon 13
Empire Brass Telarc 80204
14:03:00 00:02:49 Giovanni Gabrieli Canzon on the 7th tone à 8 No. 2
Philadelphia Brass Ensemble Cleveland Brass Ensemble Sony 87771
14:08:00 00:10:56 Robert Russell Bennett The Many Moods of Christmas: Medley
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Robert Shaw Atlanta Symphony Chorus Telarc 80087
14:21:00 00:09:46 George Frederick Bristow Overture to 'A Winter's Tale' Op 30
Rebecca Miller Royal Northern Sinfonia New World 80768
14:45:00 00:12:25 Johann Sebastian Bach Motet 'Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied'
Chamber Ensemble Anton Armstrong St. Olaf Choir St.Olaf 3215
15:01:00 00:14:08 Darius Milhaud Suite provençale Op 152
Neeme Järvi Detroit Symphony Chandos 7031
15:14:00 00:08:48 Francesco Manfredini Concerto Grosso in C major Op 3
Simon Standage Collegium Musicum 90 Chandos 634
15:22:00 00:03:45 Orlande de Lassus Resonet in laudibus
Peter Bennett Quire Cleveland Quire 101
15:26:00 00:03:40 Hieronymus Praetorius O quam pulcha es
Balthasar Neumann Ensemble Pablo Heras-Casado Balthasar Neumann Choir Archiv 4794522
15:27:00 00:02:30 Franz Liszt Christmas Tree: In dulci jubilo
Leslie Howard, piano Hyperion 66388
16:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Bill O’Connell; COMPOSERS DATEBOOK: A Griffes Premiere in Philadelphia
15:58:00 00:04:44 Traditional Greensleeves
Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute; Alexandre Lagoya, guitar; Michel Legrand, celeste Sony 87771
16:07:00 00:02:18 Claudio Monteverdi Vespers of the Blessed Virgin: Deus in adjutorium
Canadian Brass Sony 87771
16:12:00 00:12:20 Leroy Anderson Suite of Carols for String Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin BBC Concert Orchestra Naxos 559356
16:28:00 00:06:16 Maurice Jarre Prancer: Theme
Maurice Jarre Royal Philharmonic Milan 35607
16:36:00 00:03:48 H. Walford Davies O Little Town of Bethlehem
John Hugh Thomas BBC National Chorus of Wales; Huw Tregelles Williams, organ Nimbus 5310
16:41:00 00:04:12 Traditional The Coventry Carol
Ross Duffin Quire Cleveland Quire 105
16:45:00 00:03:00 Daniel Read While Shepherds Watched
Peter Bennett Quire Cleveland Quire 101
16:52:00 00:02:49 Joseph Beal & James Boothe Jingle Bell Rock
Chamber Ensemble Vienna Boys' Choir DeutGram 23692
16:55:00 00:03:39 Julie Giroux Christmas and Sousa Forever
Jerry Junkin Dallas Wind Symphony Reference 126
17:04:00 00:05:47 Johann Sebastian Bach Mass in b: Sanctus
Munich Bach Orchestra Karl Richter Munich Bach Choir DeutGram 4795448
17:13:00 00:09:16 Various 'Songs of Angels' Pt. 2
Robert Shaw Robert Shaw Chamber Singers Telarc 80377
17:24:00 00:10:51 Otto Nicolai Christmas Overture
Bamberg Symphony Karl Anton Rickenbacher Bamberg Symphony Chorus VirginClas 91079
17:40:00 00:03:55 Jan Sandström Lo, how a Rose e'er blooming
Ralph Woodward Fairhaven Singers Guild 7380
17:46:00 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
17:52:00 00:06:43 Scott Joplin Solace
Joshua Rifkin, piano Nonesuch 79159
17:58:00 00:01:03 Traditional Boar's Head Carol
Robert Shaw Robert Shaw Chamber Singers Telarc 80377
18:00 BBC NEWS; DINNER CLASSICS
18:09:00 00:09:46 George Frederick Bristow Overture to 'A Winter's Tale' Op 30
Rebecca Miller Royal Northern Sinfonia New World 80768
18:20:00 00:04:33 Franz Gruber Silent Night Philadelphia Brass Ensemble
Richard Condie Mormon Tabernacle Choir; Alexander Schreiner, organ Sony 87771
18:26:00 00:03:38 Gabriel Fauré Requiem: Pie Jesu
Philharmonia Orchestra Sir Andrew Davis Lucia Popp, soprano Sony 87771
18:32:00 00:18:28 Franz Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 89 in F major
Bruno Weil Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra Sony 66253
18:53:00 00:05:58 Traditional Watts Nativity Carol
Martin Neary Emma Kirkby, soprano; Westminster Abbey Choir Sony 87771
19:00 SYMPHONY AT SEVEN with John Simna
19:02:00 00:18:06 Camille Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto No. 2 in D minor Op 119
NDR Symphony Orchestra Christoph Eschenbach Steven Isserlis, cello RCA 63518
19:22:00 00:30:43 Robert Schumann Symphony No. 4 in D minor Op 120
Michael Tilson Thomas San Francisco Symphony SFM 71
19:54:00 00:04:55 Frédéric Chopin Mazurka No. 13 in A minor Op 17
Yundi, piano Mercury 4812443
20:00 WCLV ESSENTIAL CLASSICS
20:02:00 00:16:03 Ralph Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending
Academy St. Martin in Fields Sir Neville Marriner Iona Brown, violin Decca 414595
20:20:00 00:12:49 Alfred Burt A Christmas Greeting
Boston Pops Orchestra John Williams Tanglewood Festival Chorus Philips 416287
20:35:00 00:21:51 Joaquín Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez
Northern Chamber Orchestra Nicholas Ward Norbert Kraft, guitar Naxos 503293
20:57:00 00:01:54 Max Reger Mariä Wiegenlied Op 76
Stephen Cleobury Choir King's College Cambridge King'sColl 1
21:00 NIGHT MUSIC with Rob Grier; COMPOSERS DATEBOOK: A Griffes Premiere in Philadelphia
21:03:00 00:36:39 Various 'Celebration' - Christmas Fanfares, Carols and Readings Pt. 1
Fanfare Tpts, Welsh Guards John Hugh Thomas BBC National Chorus of Wales; Huw Tregelles Williams, organ; Aled Jones, narrator Nimbus 5310
21:41:00 00:04:27 Felix Mendelssohn Scherzo from Octet for Strings Op 20
Cleveland Quartet Meliora String Quartet Telarc 80142
21:46:00 00:04:35 Harold Darke In the Bleak Midwinter
City of London Sinfonia John Rutter Cambridge Singers Collegium 106
21:53:00 00:02:29 Charles Wood The Lamb
Ross Duffin Quire Cleveland Quire 105
21:57:00 00:32:18 Various 'Celebration' - Christmas Fanfares, Carols and Readings Pt. 2
Fanfare Tpts, Welsh Guards John Hugh Thomas BBC National Chorus of Wales; Huw Tregelles Williams, organ; Aled Jones, narrator Nimbus 5310
22:31:00 00:14:31 Marc-Antoine Charpentier Noëls for Instruments
Bernard Labadie Les Violons du Roy Dorian 90180
22:47:00 00:11:29 Robert Russell Bennett The Many Moods of Christmas: Medley
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Robert Shaw Atlanta Symphony Chorus Telarc 80087
22:48:00 00:11:00 Cyril J. Mockridge Miracle on 34th Street: Suite
David Newman Royal Philharmonic Telarc 88801
23:00 QUIET HOUR
23:02:00 00:07:00 Woldemar Bargiel Adagio in G major Op 38
German Chamber Philharmonic Christoph Eschenbach Steven Isserlis, cello RCA 63665
23:09:00 00:10:17 Robert Schumann Adagio from Symphony No. 2 Op 61
Michael Tilson Thomas San Francisco Symphony SFM 71
23:21:00 00:05:22 Isaac Albéniz Iberia: Evocatión
Jesús López-Cobos Cincinnati Symphony Telarc 80470
23:26:00 00:10:10 Federico Moreno Tórroba Andante from Tonada concertante
Extremadura Symphony Manuel Coves Pepe Romero, guitar Naxos 573503
23:38:00 00:04:25 André Grétry Céphale et Procris: Menuetto
Stefan Sanderling Orchestre de Bretagne ASV 1095
23:42:00 00:08:08 Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Largo from Flute Concerto
CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra Peter Schreier Patrick Gallois, flute DeutGram 439895
23:53:00 00:02:54 George Frideric Handel Messiah: Pastoral Symphony
William Christie Les Arts Florissants Harm Mundi 2908304
23:57:00 00:02:46 Frank Bridge Entr'acte "Canzonetta"
William Boughton English String Orchestra Nimbus 5366
23:58:00 00:02:31 Vince Guaraldi Christmas is Coming
Canadian Brass Steinway 30027
