Saturday April 7
12:00am WCLV ALL NIGHT
Ludwig van Beethoven: Fifteen Variations & Fugue in E-Flat Op 35 "Eroica" (1802)--Olli Mustonen, piano (Decca 436834 CD) 22:00
Johann Sebastian Bach: Easter Oratorio BWV 249 (1736)--Lisa Larson, soprano; Elisabeth von Magnus, alto; Gerd Türk, tenor; Klaus Mertens, bass; Amsterdam Baroque Choir; Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra/Ton Koopman (Erato 23416 CD) 40:55
Franz Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-Flat D 960 (1828)--Leif Ove Andsnes, piano (EMI 16448 CD) 42:15
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Op 55 "Eroica" (1804)--Vienna Philharmonic/Sir Simon Rattle (EMI 57445 CD) 49:33
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade No. 12 for Winds in c K 388 (1782)--Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (DeutGram 431683 CD) 23:32
Josef Bohuslav Foerster: Symphony No. 4 in c Op 54 "Easter Eve" (1905)--Prague Symphony Orchestra/Václav Smetácek (Supraphon 111822 CD) 41:37
Frédéric Chopin: Cello Sonata in g Op 65 (1846)--Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Emanuel Ax, piano (Sony 53112 CD) 25:16
William Schuman: Symphony No. 3 (1941)--New York Philharmonic/Leonard Bernstein (DeutGram 419780 CD) 32:26
Ferruccio Busoni: Turandot Suite Op 41 (1911)--La Scala Philharmonic/Riccardo Muti (Sony 53280 CD) 24:16
Sir William Walton: Partita for Orchestra (1958)--Cleveland Orchestra/George Szell (Sony 46732 CD) 15:13
Frederick Delius (arr Sir Thomas Beecham): Dance Rhapsody No. 2 (1916)--Welsh National Opera Orchestra/Sir Charles Mackerras (Argo 433704 CD) 7:58
6:00 CONCIERTO with Frank Dominguez
Joaquín Turina: Poema en forma de canciones--José Carreras, tenor; Martin Katz, piano (Philips411478 CD)
Anonymous: Sonata Chiquitana No. 4 AMCh 264--James Johnstone, organ; Florilegium and Arakaendar Bolivia/Ashley Solomon (Channel 28009 CD)
Jesús de Monasterio: Violin Concerto in c--Ara Malikian, violin; Orquesta Sinfonica de Castilla y Leon/Alejandro Posada (Trito 0071 CD)
Frédéric Chopin: Mazurka in a Op 59/1--Martha Argerick, piano (DeutGram 13960 CD)
Eduardo Toldrá: String Quartet "Vistes al mar" (w/poems by Joan Maragall)--Quartet de Barcelona (Anacrusi 020 CD)
Leo Brouwer: Un dia de noviembre--Lily Afshar, guitar (Archer 1919 CD)
Leo Brouwer: Cancion de Cuna--Lily Afshar, guitar (Archer 1919 CD)
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Op 19--Alicia de Larrocha, piano; Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 414391 CD)
8:00 PERFORMANCE TODAY WEEKEND with Bill Morelock
Peter Tchaikovsky: Souvenir d'un lieu cher: Mélodie Op 42 /3--Julia Fischer, violin; Milana Chernyavska, piano (OrdwayCenter for the Performing Arts, St. Paul, MN) 3:24
Antonio Lauro: Vals Venezolano No. 3--Sergio Assad and Odair Assad, guitars
(Lobero Theatre, Santa Barbara, California) 1:33
Piano Puzzler: "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" in the style of Handel
Puzzler Payoff: George Frideric Handel: Messiah: Hallelujah--Westminster Symphonic Choir; New York Philharmonic/Alan Gilbert (Riverside Church, New York, NY) 3:27
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in g K 550--Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra/Lorin Maazel (Carnegie Hall, New York City, New York) 31:04
9:00 PERFORMANCE TODAY WEEKEND
Ludwig van Beethoven: The Creatures of Prometheus: Overture--German Chamber Philharmonic Bremen/Paavo Järvi (Die Glocke, Bremen, Germany) 4:40
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Etude Tableau in a Op 39/6--Alexander Gavrylyuk, piano (Amaturo Theater, Broward Center for the Performing Arts, Fort Lauderdale, FL) 3:00
George Frideric Handel: La Resurrezione di Nostro Signor Gesu Cristo (The Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ) HWV 47 (excerpts), Part I:
1. Sonata
2. Angel: Aria: Disserratevi, oh porte d'averno
3. Lucifer: Aria: Caddi, e ver
8. Mary Magdalene: Aria: Ferma l'ali, e sui miei lumi
10. Cleophas: Piangete, si, piangete
12. Mary M. & Cleophas: Duet: Dolce chiodi, amate spine
17. St. John: Recit & aria: Itene pure, o fide
18. Mary M.: Recit & aria: Se Maria dunque spera
20. Duet: Angel & Chorus of Angels: Il Nume vincitor--Christine Schafer, soprano; Ruben Drole, bass-baritone; Roberta Invernizzi, soprano; Wiebke Lehmkuhl, contralto; Toby Spence, tenor; Concentus Musicus Vienna/Nikolaus Harnoncourt (Concert Hall, Culture and Congress Center, Lucerne, Switzerland) 37:42
10:00 COMPOSERS DATEBOOK
10:03 WCLV CLASSICAL WEEKEND
APRIL CHOICE CD – Michi Wiancko: La Follia Variations after Geminani (2007)--East Coast Chamber Orch (E1 Music 7784 CD) 12:39
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Rondeau from Piano Concerto No. 9 K 271 "Jeunehomme" (1777)--Leif Ove Andsnes, piano; Norwegian Chamber Orchestra/Leif Ove Andsnes (EMI 57803 CD) 8:58
APRIL CHOICE CD – Brian Dykstra: Belle Rag (2009)--Kyra Kester, piccolo; Brian Dykstra, piano (Centaur 3161 CD) 4:31
Brian Dykstra: Greater Liberation Rag (2005)--Brian Dykstra, piano (Centaur 3161 CD) 4:32
Frederick Delius: Koanga: La Calinda (1898)--Indianapolis Symphony/Raymond Leppard (Koss Class 3303 CD) 3:56
Loveman Curtiss CIPC Interlude - APRIL CHOICE CD – Andrea Luchesi: Piano Sonata in C [No. 3] (c.1780)--Roberto Plano, piano (Concerto 2069 CD) 4:13
11:00 13 DAYS WHEN MUSIC CHANGED FOREVER: February 24, 1607: The Premiere of Monteverdi’s “L’Orfeo” - This is a program about the dawn of opera, but also about secular music becoming through-composed high art (something that had been the exclusive purview of church music). We’ll look at precursors to L’Orfeo in Ancient Greece and Rome, as well as Jacopo Peri’s Euridice, written a generation before Monteverdi.
12:00pm MUSICAL PASSIONS with Eric Kisch: Passionate Personality – Rebecca Mayhew: City Music’s Terezin Project
Gideon Klein: Allegro from String Trio (1944) – unknown trio (PD YouTube) 2:10
Victor Ullmann: Part 1 from String Quartet No. 3 Op 46 (1943) - Moyses Pogossian and Radu Paponiu, violins; Ningning Jin, viola; James Kang, cello (Public performance PD YouTube) 9:08
Hans Krása: Brundibar: selections – Soloists; Northwest Boychoir; Music of Remembrance/Gerard Schwartz (Naxos 570119 CD) 9:11
Hans Krása: Fugue from Passacaglia & Fugue for String Trio (1944) – unknown trio (PD YouTube) 2:38
Chinary Ung: Khse Buon for solo cello – Maya Beiser, cello (PD YouTube) 7:37
1:00 METROPOLITAN OPERA
The 2011-12 Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast season continues with a live broadcast of Massenet’s Manon. Anna Netrebko sings her first Met performances of the title role, with Piotr Beczala in his role debut as Manon’s lover, the Chevalier des Grieux, and Paulo Szot as her cousin, Lescaut. Met Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi leads the performance of Laurent Pelly’s striking new production, which opened March 26.
The intermissions will include backstage interviews led by HD host Natalie Dessay, and the popular Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera Quiz, featuring tenor Matthew Polenzani.
5:13 FROM THE TOP with Christopher O'Riley and America's finest young musicians; for more information, visit the FTT website -
Recorded April 7, 2011at the e.g. (entertainment gathering) Conference in Monterey, California
• Charles Yang, violin, age 22, from New York City - Chaconne in g by Tomaso Vitali, accompanied by Christopher O'Riley, piano
• Ray Ushikubo, piano, age 9, from Riverside, California - Grand Valse Brillante Op 18 by Frédéric Chopin
• Emily Brown, double bass, age 16, from Myersville, Maryland - War and Peace by François Rabbath
• Jake Shimabukuro, ukulele and Roberto Granados, guitar, age 12, from Hayward, CA - Pianoforte by Jake Shimabukuro
• Jake Shimabukuro, ukulele and Charles Yang, violin, with Roberto Granados, guitar and Emily Brown, double bass - Trapped by Jake Shimabukuro (arr Lee Blaske)
6:13 FOOTLIGHT PARADE: SOUNDS OF THE AMERICAN MUSICAL with Bill Rudman: Laundry Lists - Some of Broadway’s classic lists songs, including Porter’s “You’re the Top” and Rodgers and Hart’s “The Lady Is a Tramp.”
7:13 KEYBANK'S SYMPHONY AT SEVEN with John Simna
Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 26 in d "Lamentation" (1770)--Vienna Philharmonic/Franz Welser-Möst (Vienna Phil 2009 CD) 16:01
Emmanuel Chabrier: Suite pastorale (1881)--Vienna Philharmonic/Sir John Eliot Gardiner (DeutGram 447751 CD) 18:35
8:00 SATURDAYS FROM SEVERANCE - The Cleveland Orchestra/Hans Graf; Jeffrey Kahane, piano; recorded live at the Blossom Music Festival
Maurice Ravel: La valse (1920)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 25 in C K 503 (1786)
Johann Strauss Jr: Die Fledermaus: Overture (1874)
Johann Strauss Jr: Polka "In the Jelly Doughnut Woods" Op 336 (1870)
Johann Strauss Jr: Polka "Tritsch-Tratsch" Op 214 (1858)
Johann Strauss Jr: Emperor Waltz Op 437 (1888)
Johann Strauss Jr: Polka "At the Hunt" Op 373 (1875)
Johann Strauss Jr: Waltz "On the Beautiful Blue Danube" Op 314 (1867)
Johann Strauss: Radetzky March Op 228 (1848)
9:45 Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser: Overture (1845)--Cleveland Orchestra/George Szell (CBS 38486 CD) 13:18
10:00 WEEKEND RADIO with Robert Conrad - Stuart McLean tells about “The Canoe Trip.” Monty Python goes shopping at “The Cheese Shop” and “The Bookshop.” Also, This Week in the Media and The Wisdom of Mark Levy.
11:00 LATE PROGRAM with John Simna
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Andantino from Piano Concerto No. 9 K 271 "Jeunehomme" (1777)--Leif Ove Andsnes, piano; Norwegian Chamber Orchestra/Leif Ove Andsnes (EMI 57803 CD) 10:43
Claude Debussy: Images, Book 2: Et la lune descend sur le templequi fut (1907)--Simon Trpceski, piano (EMI 272 CD) 5:00
Johann Friedrich Fasch: Air from Concerto in G (c.1727)--Tempesta di Mare (Chandos 783 CD) 9:09
Johannes Brahms: Adagio from Violin Concerto Op 77 (1878)--Joshua Bell, violin; Cleveland Orchestra/Christoph von Dohnányi (Decca 444811 CD) 9:10
Erik Satie (arr Francis Poulenc): Deux préludes posthumes et une gnossienne (arr 1939)--Chamber Philharmonic Bohemia/Douglas Bostock (Classico 168 CD) 9:03
Frederick Delius (arr Eric Fenby): Two Aquarelles (1932)--Welsh National Opera Orchestra/Sir Charles Mackerras (Argo 433704 CD) 4:45
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