Wednesday August 1
12:00am WCLV ALL NIGHT with Robin Grier
Camille Saint-Saëns: Symphony in A (1850)--Orchestre National de France/Jean Martinon (Brilliant 94360 CD) 25:13
Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in b Op 115 (1891)--David Shifrin, clarinet; Emerson String Quartet (DeutGram 459641 CD) 37:48
Igor Stravinsky: Pulcinella - Ballet with Song after Pergolesi (1920)--Mary Simmons, soprano; Glenn Schnittke, tenor; Phillip MacGregor, bass; Cleveland Orchestra/Igor Stravinsky (Sony 63325 CD) 37:13
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 1 in f-Sharp Op 1 (1891)--Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano; Cleveland Orchestra/Vladimir Ashkenazy (Decca 448219 CD) 28:39
Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in E-Flat "Romantic" (1874)--Cleveland Orchestra/Christoph von Dohnányi (MAA 1032 CD) 63:13
Heitor Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 3 (1938)--José Feghali, piano; Nashville Symphony/Kenneth Schermerhorn (Naxos 557460 CD) 30:51
Johann Friedrich Fasch: Concerto for 2 Horns, Winds & Strings in D (c.1727)--Tempesta di Mare (Chandos 783 CD) 19:05
E. J. Moeran: Sinfonietta (1944)--Northern Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (EMI 64721 CD) 24:38
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A Op 92 (1812)--Cleveland Orchestra/Christoph von Dohnányi (Telarc 80163 CD) 34:11
Jan Blockx: Flemish Dances (1884)--BRT Philharmonic Brussels/Alexander Rahbari (Marco Polo 223418 CD) 13:13
Joaquín Turina: La procesión del rocio Op 9 (1913)--Cincinnati Symphony/Jesús López-Cobos (Telarc 80574 CD) 8:30
6:00 BBC NEWS; FIRST PROGRAM with Jacqueline Gerber
Jean-Philippe Rameau: Les Indes galantes: Danse des Sauvages (1735)--Musicians of the Louvre/Marc Minkowski (Archiv 4478 CD) 2:13
Peter Tchaikovsky:Marche slav Op 31 (1876)--Israel Philharmonic Orchestra/Zubin Mehta (Teldec 90201 CD) 9:08
George Frideric Handel: Samson: Act 1 Sinfonia (1743)--Anthony Halstead, horn; Christian Rutherford, horn; English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (Archiv 419219 CD) 7:51
Ludwig van Beethoven: Finale from Piano Trio No. 2 Op 1/2 (1794)--Joseph Kalichstein, piano; Jaime Laredo, violin; Sharon Robinson, cello (Koch Intl 7724 CD) 7:22
Édouard Lalo: Scherzo for Orchestra (1884)--FrankfurtState Orchestra/Nikos Athinäos (Signum 6600 CD) 5:11
6:55 SOUSALARM: Frank H. Losey: March "Gloria" (1898)--USAF Heritage of America Band/Col. Lowell Graham (Klavier 11139 CD) 3:14
7:00 NEWS; CHOICE CD – Emilio Balcarce: La bordona (1958)--Mirian Conti, piano (Steinway 30010 CD) 3:17
Johann Pachelbel: Canon in D (c.1700)--Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (DeutGram 429390 CD) 4:07
Silvestre Revueltas: Sensemayá (1938)--Simón Bolívar Symphony/Gustavo Dudamel (DeutGram 4777457 CD) 6:29
Johann Christian Bach: Carattaco: Overture (1767)--Hanover Band/Anthony Halstead (CPO 999488 CD) 7:09
William Boyce: Symphony No. 2 in A Op 2/2 (1760)--Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood (l'Oiseau 436761 CD) 6:21
8:00 BBC NEWS; FIRST PROGRAM
Jean Sibelius: Humoresque No. 2 in D Op 87/2 (1917)--Pekka Kuusisto, violin; Tapiola Sinfonietta/Pekka Kuusisto (Ondine 1074 CD) 2:05
Sir Arnold Bax: Russian Suite: Gopak (1919)--London Philharmonic Orchestra/Bryden Thomson (Chandos 8669 CD) 5:57
Manuel de Falla: El amor brujo: Ritual Fire Dance (1915)--London Symphony Orchestra/Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (MCA 25887 CD) 4:10
Carl Maria von Weber: Oberon: Overture (1826)--Cleveland Orchestra/George Szell (MAA 10603 CD) 9:10
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (arr Jeannette Sorrell): Suite of Dances (c.1784)--Apollo's Fire/Jeannette Sorrell (Avie 2159 CD) 6:14
Loveman Curtiss CIPC Interlude - Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata in G KK 427 (c.1750)--Sergei Babayan, piano (ProPiano 224506 CD) 2:12
9:07 COMPOSERS DATEBOOK; FIRST PROGRAM
Johann Sebastian Bach (arr Ottorino Respighi): Passacaglia & Fugue in c BWV 582 (1707)--BBC Philharmonic/Leonard Slatkin (Chandos 9835 CD) 13:42
Alexander Reinagle (arr Bertil van Boer): Occasional Overture in D (1794)--Sinfonia Finlandia/Patrick Gallois (Naxos 559654 CD) 7:38
Édouard Lalo: Allegro from Symphonie espagnole Op 21 (1874)--Maxim Vengerov, violin; Philharmonia Orchestra/Antonio Pappano (EMI 57593 CD) 8:00
10:00 WCLV MIDDAY with Mark Satola
Johann Strauss: Cachucha Galop Op 97 (1838)--Vienna Philharmonic/Franz Welser-Möst (Decca 4782601 CD) 1:50
Johann Strauss: Chinese Galop Op 20 (1828)--Vienna Philharmonic/Nikolaus Harnoncourt (DeutGram 474250 CD) 1:38
Alphons Diepenbrock: Overture "The Birds" (1917)--The Hague Philharmonic/Hans Vonk (Chandos 8821 CD) 10:10
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Theme & Variations from Clarinet Quintet K 581 (1789)--David Shifrin, clarinet; Emerson String Quartet (DeutGram 459641 CD) 8:58
Frédéric Chopin: Ballade No. 4 in f Op 52 (1842)--Evgeny Kissin, piano (RCA 63259 CD) 11:30
11:00 WCLV MIDDAY
Johann Friedrich Fasch: Hornpipe from Suite in a (c.1727)--Tempesta di Mare (Chandos 783 CD) 2:28
Henry Purcell: Amphitrion: Hornpipe (1690)--Aradia Ensemble/Kevin Mallon (Naxos 570149 CD) 2:03
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
Joaquín Turina: The Bullfighter's Prayer Op 34 (1925)--Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (DeutGram 431680 CD) 8:12
Carl Friedrich Abel: Symphony in D Op 7/3 (1767)--Cantilena/Adrian Shepherd (Chandos 8648 CD) 11:00
12:00pm BBC NEWS; MERIDIAN
Jacques Offenbach: The Grand Duchess of Gérolstein: Overture (1867)--Gulbenkian Orchestra/Michel Swierczewski (Nimbus 5303 CD) 4:32
David Raksin: Laura: Theme (1944)--New Philharmonia Orchestra/David Raksin (RCA 81268 CD) 5:51
Johann Strauss Jr: Waltz "Farewell to America" (1872)--Slovak Radio Symphony/Johannes Wildner (Marco Polo 223247 CD) 7:47
Jean Sibelius: Finlandia Op 26 (1899)--Cleveland Orchestra/Yoel Levi (Telarc 80095 CD) 7:47
1:00 THE BIG WORK AT ONE
Johannes Brahms: Violin Concerto in D Op 77 (1878)--Hilary Hahn, violin; Academy St. Martin in Fields/Sir Neville Marriner (Sony 89649 CD) 40:38
Robert Schumann: Konzertstück in G Op 92 (1849)--Rudolf Serkin, piano; Cleveland Orchestra/George Szell (MAA 75 CD) 16:00
2:00 WCLV MIDDAY
Frederick A. Jewell: March "The Screamer" (1906)--USAF Heritage of America Band/Col. Lowell Graham (Klavier 11139 CD) 2:03
Percy Grainger: In Dahomey "Cakewalk Smasher" (1909)--Marc-André Hamelin, piano (Hyperion 66884 CD) 3:52
Peter Tchaikovsky: Allegro from String Sextet Op 70 "Souvenir of Florence" (1890)--James Dunham, viola; Paul Katz, cello; Ying Quartet (Telarc 80685 CD) 10:56
Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Fantasy on Mozart's "Il mio tesoro" (1820)--Gérard Caussé, viola; Solistes de Montpellier-Moscou/Gerard Caussé (EMI 54817 CD) 7:25
Camille Saint-Saëns: Rhapsodie d'Auvergne Op 73 (1884)--Jean-Philippe Collard, piano; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/André Previn (EMI 49757 CD) 10:11
3:00 CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA PREVIEWS: Saturday August 4 at 8:00PM: At the Blossom Music Center, James Gaffigan, chief conductor of the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra and principal guest conductor of the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, and a former Cleveland Orchestra assistant conductor (2003 to 2006), leads The Cleveland Orchestra in a program that features a suite from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet, the Prelude to Act 3 of Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde, and Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 1, with Daniil Trifonov as soloist. Mr. Trifonov is the first prize winner at the 14th International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow (2011).
Sunday August 5 at 7:00PM: Also at Blossom, The Cleveland Orchestra performs a program titled “A Night at the Opera” under the direction of guest conductor Johannes Debus (music director of the Canadian Opera Company), in his Cleveland Orchestra debut. The program includes operatic arias, duets, and choruses performed by soprano Angela Meade and tenor Michael Fabiano and the Blossom Festival Chorus, prepared by Cleveland Orchestra Assistant Director of Choruses Lisa Wong. Program selections are from operas including Verdi’s La Forza del Destino, Luisa Miller, Nabucco, Otello, Rigoletto, La Traviata, and Il Trovatore; Puccini’s La Bohème; Bellini’s Norma; and Catalani’s La Wally.
Franz Liszt: Transcendental Etude No. 5 in B-Flat "Will o' the Wisps" (1851)--Alice Sara Ott, piano (DeutGram 4778362 CD) 3:51
4:00 COMPOSERS DATEBOOK
4:05 WCLV DRIVE TIME with Bill O’Connell
CHOICE CD – Julián Plaza: Nocturna (1959)--Mirian Conti, piano (Steinway 30010 CD) 1:36
Leopold Mozart: Concerto for 2 Horns in E-Flat (c.1750)--Hermann Baumann, horn; Radovan Vlatkovic, horn; Academy St. Martin in Fields/Iona Brown (Philips 416815 CD) 11:00
MOVIE QUIZ: Jerome Moross: The Big Country: Theme (1958)--Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/José Serebrier (Royal Phil 17 CD) 2:53
Franz Joseph Haydn: Andante from Symphony No. 101 "Clock" (1794)--Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Claudio Abbado (DeutGram 4778117 CD) 7:38
5:00 NEWS; DRIVE TIME
Gabriel Fauré: Impromptu No. 3 in A-Flat Op 34 (1883)--Kathryn Stott, piano (Hyperion 66911 CD) 4:30
Rodion Shchedrin: Selections from "Carmen Suite" (1967)--National Symphony of Ukraine/Theodore Kuchar (Naxos 553038 CD) 9:57
Antonín Dvorák: Slavonic Dance No. 7 in c Op 46/7 (1878)--Katia Labèque, piano; Marielle Labèque, piano (Philips 426264 CD) 3:13
CHOICE CD – Carlos López Buchardo: Canción del carretero (1924)--Mirian Conti, piano (Steinway 30010 CD) 3:23
6:00 BBC NEWS; DINNER CLASSICS
Eugène d'Albert: Piano Concerto No. 2 in E Op 12 (1893)--Karl-Andreas Kolly, piano; Barcelona Symphony/Ronald Zollman (Pan Classics 510083 CD) 18:31
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Minuet in D K 355 (1789)--András Schiff, piano (Decca 421369 CD) 2:37
Ludwig van Beethoven (arr Mischa Elman): Minuet in G WOO 10 /2 (1795)--Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin; Lambert Orkis, piano (DeutGram 457619 CD) 3:07
Felix Mendelssohn: String Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat (1821)--Northern Chamber Orchestra/Nicholas Ward (Naxos 553161 CD) 11:00
7:00 KEYBANK'S SYMPHONY AT SEVEN with John Simna
Johann Stamitz: Symphony in E-Flat Op 11/3 (1757)--New Zealand Chamber Orch/Donald Armstrong (Naxos 553194 CD) 16:47
Antonín Dvorák: Violin Concerto in a Op 53 (1880)--Arabella Steinbacher, violin; Berlin Radio Symphony/Marek Janowski (PentaTone 5186353 CD) 33:30
8:00 WCLV ESSENTIAL CLASSICS
Claude Debussy: Three Nocturnes (1897)--Women of the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus; Cleveland Orchestra/Pierre Boulez (DeutGram 439896 CD) 22:25
Robert Schumann: Piano Concerto in a Op 54 (1845)--Leif Ove Andsnes, piano; Berlin Philharmonic/Mariss Jansons (EMI 57562 CD) 29:53
9:00 SONG OF AMERICA: Langston Hughes and the Harlem Renaissance - Langston Hughes, one of America’s great poets, gave jubilant voice to the lives of African Americans. His poetry has inspired settings by dozens of composers; we hear some of that music and learn about the world that inspired him.
Interviewee: Donna Akiba Harper Sullivan, professor of English, SpelmanCollege
Margaret Bonds: The Negro Speaks of Rivers (Thomas Hampson, baritone; Vlad Iftinca, piano) recital, July 2011
Ricky Ian Gordon: My People (Harolyn Blackwell, soprano; Warren Jones, piano) RCA 09026-61944-2; track 12
Langston Hughes: I, Too (Langston Hughes reads the poem) Smithsonian Folkways SFW47001; track 2
Margaret Bonds: I, Too (Kevin Maynor, bass; Eric Olsen, piano) The Black Art Song Fleur de Son; track 12
Erik Santos: Bound No’th Blues (Darryl Taylor, tenor; Patricia Terry-Ross, harp; Erik Santos, piano and snaps) Naxos 8.559136; track 23
Langston Hughes: Minstrel Man (Paul Robeson reads the poem) EMI Classics 509992155 8627; CD 5, track 25
Margaret Bonds: Minstrel Man (Kevin Maynor, bass; Eric Olsen, piano) The Black Art Song Fleur de Son; track 11
Jean Berger: Lonely People (Thomas Hampson, baritone; Malcolm Martineau, piano) Orfeo d’Or C707062; CD 2, track 16
William Grant Still: A Black Pierrot (Darryl Taylor, tenor; Maria Corley, piano) Naxos 8.559136; track 6
Jean Berger: Heart (Thomas Hampson, baritone; Malcolm Martineau, piano) Orfeo d’Or C707062; CD 2, track 15
Howard Swanson: Joy (Darryl Taylor, tenor; Maria Corley, piano) Naxos 8.559136; track 13
Harry T. Burleigh: Lovely Dark and Lonely One (Regina McConnell, soprano; Michael Cordovana, piano) CRC 2252, track 23
John Stone: Daybreak in Alabama (Amy Bartram, soprano; John Stone, piano) Daybreak in Alabama: A Langston Hughes Song Cycle (no CD info)
John Musto: Litany (Paul Sperry, tenor; Irma Vallecillo, piano) Albany Records TROY 081; track 16
Hermann Reutter: Drum (Thomas Hampson, baritone; Malcolm Martineau, piano) Orfeo d’Or C707062; CD 2, track 7
Elie Siegmeister: Peace (Esther Hinds, soprano; Alan Mandel, piano) CRI 814; track 24
Ricky Ian Gordon: Dream Variations (Audra McDonald, soprano; ensemble conducted by Eric Stern) Nonesuch 79626; track 1
10:00 THE BLACK ARTS with A. Grace Lee Mims: pianist Cecil Lytle
11:00 LATE PROGRAM
Franz Schubert: Andante from Piano Trio No. 1 D 898 (1827)--Joseph Kalichstein, piano; Jaime Laredo, violin; Sharon Robinson, cello (Bridge 9376 CD) 11:00
Peteris Vasks: Cantabile for String Orchestra (1979)--I Fiamminghi/Rudolf Werthen (Telarc 80457 CD) 6:21
Jules Mouquet: Pan and the Birds from "La Flûte de Pan" (1905)--Manuela Wiesler, flute; Helsingborg Symphony/Philippe Auguin (Bis 529 CD) 6:20
Franz Liszt: Transcendental Etude No. 3 in F "Paysage" (1851)--Alice Sara Ott, piano (DeutGram 4778362 CD) 5:11
Franz Joseph Haydn: Adagio from Cello Concerto No. 2 (1783)--Antonio Meneses, cello; Northern Sinfonia/Antonio Meneses (Avie 2176 CD) 5:24
Johannes Brahms: Romanze from String Quartet No. 1 Op 51/1 (1873)--Emerson String Quartet (DeutGram 431650 CD) 7:24
Felix Mendelssohn (arr Barry Lieberman): Andante from String Quartet No. 4 Op 44/2 (1838)--American String Project (MSR 1386 CD) 6:06
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