Saturday February 12
12:00am WCLV ALL NIGHT
Aaron Copland: A Lincoln Portrait (1942)--James Earl Jones, narrator; Seattle Symphony/Gerard Schwarz (Delos 3140 CD) 14:26
George Frideric Handel: Il pastor fido: Suite HWV 8 (1712)--Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra/Jeanne Lamon (Sony 68257 CD) 23:06
Sir Edward Elgar: The Crown of India Suite Op 66 (1912)--Clare Shearer, mezzo-soprano; Gerald Finley, baritone; Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus; BBC Philharmonic/Sir Andrew Davis (Chandos 10570 CD) 57:26
Ludwig van Beethoven: Variations on a Waltz by Diabelli Op 120 (1823)--Daniel Shapiro, piano (Azica 71234 CD) 54:22
Roy Harris: Symphony No. 3 (1939)--New York Philharmonic/Leonard Bernstein (DeutGram 419780 CD) 18:26
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-Flat K 493 (1786)--Fauré Quartet (DeutGram 6609 CD) 27:30
Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 6 in b Op 54 (1939)--Russian National Orchestra/Vladimir Jurowski (PentaTone 5186068 CD) 32:19
Jean-Philippe Rameau: Concert No. 6 en sextuor (1768)--Les Talens Lyriques/Christophe Rousset (Decca 1845 CD) 16:31
Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 3 in d (1873)--Cleveland Orchestra/Christoph von Dohnányi (Decca 443753 CD) 57:28
Morton Gould:Lincoln Legend (1941)--Nashville Symphony/Leonard Slatkin (Naxos 559373 CD) 16:32
Tomaso Albinoni: Concerto for 2 Oboes in D Op 9/12 (1722)--Anthony Robson, oboe; Catherine Latham, oboe; Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage (Chandos 610 CD) 7:01
6:00 LIVE AT THE CONCERTGEBOUW: Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra/John Storgards; Mario Brunello, cello [recorded 9-10-2010]
Modest Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina: Prelude "Dawn on the MoscowRiver" (1873)
Einojuhani Rautavaara: Cello Concerto No 2 "Towards the Horizon" (2009) [European premiere]
Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D Op 43 (1902)
Encores: Edvard Grieg: Violin Sonata No. 1 in F Op 8 (1865)--Isabelle van Keulen, violin; Ronald Brautigam, piano (Challenge 72171 CD)
Jean Sibelius: Finale from String Quartet in d Op 56 "Voces Intimae"--Utrecht String Quartet (Cobra 0003 CD)
8:00 PERFORMANCE TODAY WEEKEND with Fred Child
François Couperin: L'Et Caetera Ou Menuets from Concerto No. 9, 'Ritratto dell'amore--Peter Sykes, harpsichord; Carol Ou, cello; Fenwick Smith, flute (New England Conservatory Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory, Boston, MA) 2:35
Gabriel Fauré: Barcarolle No. 13 in C Op 116--Alessio Bax, piano (Music@Menlo, Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton, Atherton, CA) 3:58
Camille Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 in c Op 78 "Organ"--Kent Tritle, organ New York Philharmonic/Sir Andrew Davis (Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York City, NY) 35:33
9:00 PERFORMANCE TODAY WEEKEND
Jacob do Bandolim (arr Radames Gnattali): Alvorada--Camerata Brasil, Henrique Cazes, director and cavaquinho (Cultural Centre, Belem, Brazil) 4:04
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat K 482--Robert Levin, piano; Nashville Symphony/Nicholas McGegan (Laura Turner Concert Hall, Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Nashville, TN) 33:41
Tomas Luis de Victoria: Holy Saturday: First Lamentation from Lamentations of Jeremiah--Tallis Scholars/Peter Phillips (Gimell 43 CD) 2:58
10:00 COMPOSERS DATEBOOK
10:03 WCLV CLASSICAL WEEKEND
FEBRUARY CHOICE CDs – Johann Sebastian Bach: Keyboard Concerto No. 5 in f BWV 1056 (1740)--Simone Dinnerstein, piano; Berlin State Orchestra/Simone Dinnerstein (Sony 81742 CD) 9:06
Anonymous (arr Lennie Niehaus): Spiritual "Deep River"--Stuttgart Brass Quartet (Hänssler 98623 CD) 2:29
Anonymous (arr Lennie Niehaus): Spiritual "When the Saints Go Marching In"--Stuttgart Brass Quartet (Hänssler 98623 CD) 2:51
Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut: Act 3 Intermezzo (1893)--BBC Philharmonic/Gianandrea Noseda (Chandos 10634 CD) 4:52
Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach: Minuet & Finale from Symphony No. 20 (1790)--Leipzig Chamber Orchestra/Morten Schuldt-Jensen (Naxos 572217 CD) 8:18
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Slava Op 11/6 (1894)--Antonio Pompa-Baldi, piano; Emanuela Friscioni, piano (Centaur 3062 CD) 5:03
11:00 CIM’S OFFBEAT with Merry Peckham - The Birth of the Beaux Arts - the life and music of pianist Menahem Pressler, founder of the Beaux Arts Trio. Menahem Pressler grew up listening to great recordings. He came to America to experience live performances of the music that he loved, and ended up launching an international career.
12:00pm MUSICAL PASSIONS with Eric Kisch: Valentine’s Day 2011
Manuel de Falla: Love the Magician: Ritual Fire Dance – Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Artur Rodzinski (EMI 68742 CD) 3:32
Johannes Brahms: Neue Liebeslieder Waltzes, Nos. 12-15 – Los Angeles Vocal Arts Ensemble/Armen Guzelimian & Raul Herrera (Nonesuch 79008 CD) 8:35
Joseph Lanner: Die Romantiker (The romantics) Waltz – Alexander Schneider, Felix Galimir, Paul Wolfe, violins; Walter Trampler, viola; Julius Levine, double bass (Columbia 6316 LP) 6:01
Franz Lehár: The Merry Widow – “Strings are sighing” and Act 3 Finale – Beverly Sills, soprano; Alan Titus, baritone; New York City Opera Orchestra and Chorus/Julius Rudel (EMI 37500 LP) 3:56
Carl Zeller: Der Vogelhändler (The bird seller) “Schenkt man sich Rosen in Tirol” – Alfred Dallapozza, tenor; Anneliese Rothenberger, soprano; Chorus of the Vienna State Opera in the Volksoper, Vienna Symphony Orchestra/Willy Boskovsky (EMI 37165 LP) 3:14
Enrique Granados: Two love songs: “Weep dear heart, you are right to weep.” & “They went to the pine woods” – Victoria de los Angeles, soprano; Orchestre de la Societé des Concerts du Conservatoire/Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (EMI 65061 CD) 4:18
Johann Sebastian Bach: Wedding Cantata: 2 arias – Elly Ameling, soprano; Collegium Aurum/Franz-Josef Maier (Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 66142 CD) 7:30
1:00 THE METROPOLITAN OPERA
This week the 2010-2011 Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast season offers the network broadcast premiere of a classic American masterpiece, Nixon in China, conducted by the opera’s composer, John Adams. James Maddalena, who has portrayed Nixon to great acclaim since the opera’s premiere in 1987, sings the title role and, with this production, makes his Met debut.
Adams, whose Doctor Atomic had its Met premiere in 2008, makes his house debut as conductor with Nixon in China. In addition to Maddalena, the cast includes Janis Kelly in her Met debut as Pat Nixon; Kathleen Kim as Chiang Ch’ing (Madame Mao); Robert Brubaker as Mao Tse-tung; Russell Braun as Chou En-lai; and Richard Paul Fink as Henry Kissinger.
The intermissions will include live Backstage Interviews with some of the stars of Nixon in China conducted by Thomas Hampson as well as the popular Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera Quiz, hosted by baritone Mariusz Kwiecien who is currently appearing at the Met in Don Pasquale.
4:50 WCLV CLASSICAL WEEKEND
Loveman Curtiss Opera Interlude - Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale: Servants' Chorus (1843)--Atlanta Symphony Chorus; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra/Robert Shaw (Telarc 80333 CD) 3:59
5:00 FROM THE TOP with Christopher O'Riley and America's finest young musicians – for more information: http://www.fromthetop.org/ - Recorded: January 23 2011 in Yountville, CA
• Clarinetist Perry Choi, 17, from Monterey, CA, performs Adagio from Concerto in A K 622 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, accompanied by Christopher O’Riley, piano.
• Pianist Marie Kelly, 12, from Napa, CA, performs Nos. 2, 4 and 6 from Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm by Béla Bartók.
• Soprano Alisa Jordheim, From the Top alum, sings “It Ceased to Hurt Me”, “I Shall Not Murmur”, and “I Like to See It Lap the Miles” from The White Election, Part Three: Almost Peace by Gordon Getty, based on the poems of Emily Dickinson, accompanied by Christopher O’Riley, piano.
• The Mondo Trio [violinist Matthew Chow, 14, from Los Altos, CA, cellist Ila Shon, 13, from Portola Valley, CA, and pianist Hanson Tam, 13, from Hillsborough, CA] performs Allegro con brio from Piano Trio No.4 in B-flat Op11 by Ludwig van Beethoven.
• Violinist Nikita Haduang, 15, from Henderson, NV, performs Presto in moto perpetuo from Concerto Op 14 by Samuel Barber, accompanied by Christopher O’Riley, piano.
6:00 FOOTLIGHT PARADE: SOUNDS OF THE AMERICAN MUSICAL with Bill Rudman: Crossing Over Gracefully - Classically trained singers including Dawn Upshaw and Sylvia McNair take a crack at songs from Broadway, and the results are gorgeous.
7:00 KEYBANK'S SYMPHONY AT SEVEN with John Simna
Bedrich Smetana: The Bartered Bride: Overture & Dances (1866)--Cleveland Orchestra Chorus; Cleveland Orchestra/Christoph von Dohnányi (Decca 444867 CD) 19:07
Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat D 485 (1816)--Cleveland Orchestra/Christoph von Dohnányi (MAA 1032 CD) 29:39
8:00 SATURDAYS FROM SEVERANCE - The Cleveland Orchestra/Jun Märkl; Leonidas Kavakos, violin; live from Severance Hall
Modest Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina: Prelude "Dawn on the MoscowRiver" (1873)
Jean Sibelius: Violin Concerto in d Op 47 (1905)
Claude Debussy: Printemps (1887)
Claude Debussy: Images: Rondes de printemps (1912)
Franz Liszt: Symphonic Poem No. 3 "Les Préludes" (1848)
9:50 Johann Strauss Jr: Die Fledermaus: Overture (1874)--Cleveland Orchestra/Franz Welser-Möst (MAA 70901 CD) 8:11
10:00 WEEKEND RADIO with Robert Conrad - Chickens are topic one, including Jim Gearhart’s “Chicken” and “In the Mood” clucked by a chicken chorus. Also some other Gearhart phone calls including “The Green Gearhart” and “Radio Noose.” A Message from Richard Howland-Bolton and This Week in the Media.
11:00 LATE PROGRAM with John Simna
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Andantino from Concerto for Flute & Harp K 299 (1778)--Joshua Smith, flute; Lisa Wellbaum, harp; Cleveland Orchestra/Christoph von Dohnányi (Decca 443175 CD) 8:14
Johann Friedrich Fasch: Air No. 1 from Suite for Winds & Strings in d (1749)--Virtuosi Saxoniae/Ludwig Güttler (Capriccio 10218 CD) 9:40
Max Reger: The Violin-Playing Hermit Op 128/1 (1913)--Jaap van Zweden, violin; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/Neeme Järvi (Chandos 8794 CD) 8:15
Dmitri Shostakovich: Andante from Piano Concerto No. 2 Op 102 (1957)--Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano; BBC Symphony Orchestra/Hugh Wolff (Decca 460503 CD) 7:13
Keith Jarrett: Elegy for Violin & Strings (1984)--Michelle Makarski, violin; Fairfield Orchestra/Thomas Crawford (ECM 1450 CD) 14:41
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