Saturday April 6

12:00am WCLV ALL NIGHT
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A Op 92 (1812)--Russian National Orchestra/Mikhail Pletnev (DeutGram 4776409 CD)  38:51

Sir William Walton: Viola Concerto in a (1929)--Yuri Bashmet, viola; London Symphony Orchestra/André Previn (RCA 63292 CD)  25:43

Franz Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-Flat D 960 (1828)--Alexander Schimpf, piano  (Oehms 867 CD)  41:54

Carlos Salzedo: Variations on a Theme in Ancient Style Op 30 (1911)--Yolanda Kondonassis, harp  (Telarc 80581 CD)  14:56

Rodion Shchedrin: Carmen Suite (1967)--National Symphony of Ukraine/Theodore Kuchar (Naxos 553038 CD)  44:50

Johannes Brahms: Piano Trio No. 1 in B Op 8 (1854)--André Previn, piano; Viktoria Mullova, violin; Heinrich Schiff, cello  (Philips 442123 CD)  36:41

Carl Nielsen: Symphony No. 1 in g Op 7 (1892)--Janácek Philharmonic/Theodore Kuchar (Brilliant 92885 CD)  33:21

Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto for Violin, Piano & Strings in d (1823)--David Lefèvre, violin; Alain Lefèvre, piano; London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert (Analekta 9283 CD)  39:22

Alexander Glazunov: Raymonda: Suite Op 57 a (1898)--Royal Scottish Nat'l Orch/José Serebrier (Warner 61939 CD)  36:08

Ron Nelson: Courtly Airs and Dances (1995)--Dallas Wind Symphony/Jerry Junkin (Reference 76 CD)  12:01

Friedrich Kuhlau: The Robber's Castle: Overture (1814)--Danish National Radio Sym/Michael Schonwandt (Chandos 9648 CD)   4:01

6:00 CONCIERTO: Celebrating the Latin contribution to classical music with Frank Dominguez
Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita No.4 in D BWV 828--Juan Jose Chuquisengo, piano (MPH 80333 CD)

Joaquin Rodrigo: Six Songs: Cantiga, Soneto, Seranilla, Barcarola, Cancion del grumete, Esta nina se lleva la flor--Laurie Rubin, mezzo-soprano; Marja Stroke, piano (Bridge 9364 CD)

Camille Saint-Saens: Sonata Op 167--Oskar Espina Ruiz, clarinet; Keiko Kurachi, piano (Kobaltone 13701 CD)

Manuel Ponce: Four Pieces for Guitar: Valse, Tropico, Mazurka, Rumba--Adam Holzman, guitar (Naxos 553832 CD)

El Parnasso: Quando las desdichas mias; Ay, fortuna cruel; A tierras agenas--Jose Hernandez Pastor, altus; Ariel Abramovich, vihuela (Arcana 316 CD)

Georges Bizet (arr Jose Serebrier): Carmen Symphony--Orquesta Sinfonica de Barcelona & Cataluña/Jose Serebrier (Bis 1305 CD)

8:00 PERFORMANCE TODAY WEEKEND with Valery Kahler

Bedrich Smetana: The Fisherman--Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra/Robert Stankovsky (Marco Polo 223705 CD) 4:20

Zoltán Kodály: First movement from "Mountain Nights"--Cantus (Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport, MA) 3:38

Piano Puzzler - This weeks' contestant is Michelle Willis from Herriman, Utah.

Puzzler Payoff - Leos Janacek: In the Mists: Andante--Andrew Rangell, piano (Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport, MA) 3:33 

Bedrich Smetana: String Quartet No. 1 "From My Life"--Pavel Haas Quartet (Carnegie Hall, Weill Recital Hall, New York City, NY) 28:58 

9:00 PERFORMANCE TODAY WEEKEND
Ernest Chausson: The Time of Lilacs--Mischa Maisky, cello; Daria Hovora, piano (DeutGram 457657 CD) 4:40

Charles Tomlinson Griffes: Poem for Flute & Orchestra--Christina Jennings, flute; River Oaks Chamber Orchestra/Scott Yoo (St. John the Divine Episcopal Church) 9:44

Perfchat - Xiang Yu

Ernest Chausson: Poeme Op 25--Xiang Yu, violin; Evan Wong, piano (Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio; St. Paul, MN) 23:43

Giacomo Puccini: Chrysanthemums--Parker Quartet (NEC Jordan Hall, Boston, MA) 5:40 

Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne in E-Flat Op 9/2--Lukas Vondracek, piano (Bass Performance Hall, Fort Worth, TX) 4:11

10:00 MUSICAL PASSIONS with Eric Kisch: Homage to Papa Haydn Pt. 1

Franz Joseph Haydn: Prince of Wales March – Wind Ensemble of the Austrian Tonkünstler Orchestra Vienna/Theodor Guschlbauer (MHS 620 LP) 4:23

Franz Joseph Haydn: Piano Sonata No. 47 – Menuet & Finale. Presto – Emanuel Ax, piano (Sony 53635 CD) 7:55

Franz Joseph Haydn: Piano Trio No. 25 – Finale. Rondo all’Ongarese – Beaux Arts Trio (Philips 6768077 LP) 3:12

Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet Op.64 no.5 “The Lark” – Allegro moderato – Jerusalem Quartet (Harmonia Mundi 901823 CD) 8:46

Franz Joseph Haydn: Two songs – “An den Vetter” & Daphnens einzigen Fehler” – Victoria de los Angeles & Elizabeth Schwarzkopf, sopranos; Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone; Gerald Moore, piano (EMI 49238 CD) 4:15

Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet Op.76 no.3 “Emperor” – Poco adagio – Quartetto Italiano (Quintessence 7170 LP) 8:15

Franz Joseph Haydn:  Sonata for Flute & Piano op.90 – Allegro moderato – Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute; Robert Veyron-Lacroix, piano (Nonesuch 1045 LP) 6:28

11:00 THE SCORE with Edmund Stone: This week A Conversation with Michael Danna. We'll talk with the winner of the 2013 Best Score Oscar. Michael Danna talks about his score for Life of Pi, and other films including Little Miss Sunshine and The Sweet Hereafter.

20th Century Fox Theme – Telarc 80168 - Alfred Newman - Cincinnati Pops Orchestra/Erich Kunzel

Godstorm from Life of Pi, 2012 – Sony 88725477252 - Mychael Danna - original soundtrack/Mike Nowak, conductor

Tango Amongst the Lilies and Victory in the Lilies from The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, 2009 - Lionsgate Records - Mychael Danna - original soundtrack

A Little Touch and The Ride Home from Exotica, 1994 - Varese Sarabande VSD 5543 - Mychael Danna - original soundtrack

Pied Piper and A Different Town from The Sweet Hereafter, 1997 - Virgin Records America 7243 8 4495527 - Mychael Danna - original soundtrack

Piscene Molitor Patel, Godstorm, and First Night, First Day from Life of Pi, 2012

On Its Head from Moneyball, 2011 - Madison Gate Records - Mychael Danna - original soundtrack/Nicholas Dodd conductor

Tsimtsum from Life of Pi, 2012

Tony's Salvation from The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, 2009

The Winner Is from Little Miss Sunshine, 2006 – Lakeshore LKS 338652 - Mychael Danna - original soundtrack

On Its Head from Moneyball, 2011

Touch You from Chloe, 2009 – Silva SILED1305 - Mychael Danna - original soundtrack

I Want To Get Her Back from 500 Days of Summer, 2009 – Direct-to-listeners - Mychael Danna - original soundtrack

Finale from The Ice Storm, 1997 – Velvel VEL-79713 - Mychael Danna - original soundtrack

Dewey had watched them die from Capote, 2005 – RCA 8-2876-78151-2 - Mychael Danna - original soundtrack/Nicholas Dodd conductor

See You Again from The Time Traveler's Wife, 2009 - Mychael Danna - original soundtrack

Tsimtsum from Life of Pi, 2012

Throne Room from Star Wars, 1977 – Sony 51333 - John Williams - London Symphony/John Williams

12:00pm COMPOSERS DATEBOOK; CLASSICS FOR KIDS: Frédéric Chopin

12:08 WCLV CLASSICAL WEEKEND

Sir William Walton: Coronation March "Crown Imperial" (1937)--Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/André Previn (Telarc 80125 CD)   6:23

Erich Wolfgang Korngold: The Private Lives of Elizabeth & Essex: Suite (1939)--London Symphony Orchestra/André Previn (DeutGram 471347 CD)  11:25

Francis Poulenc: Piano Concerto (1949)--Pascal Rogé, piano; Philharmonia Orchestra/Charles Dutoit (Decca 436546 CD)  19:30

Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Much Ado About Nothing: Hornpipe Op 11 (1919)--Gil Shaham, violin; André Previn, piano  (DeutGram 439886 CD)   1:58

1:00 METROPOLITAN OPERA
Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold (1854)

The 2012-13 Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast season continues with a live broadcast of Richard Wagner’s Das Rheingold, led by Met Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi. Luisi will lead three complete cycles of Wagner’s epic Der Ring des Nibelungen at the Met this season in honor of the composer’s bicentennial, with each of the four operas receiving a worldwide radio broadcast. Das Rheingold, the first opera in the cycle, features company role debuts by Mark Delavan as Wotan and Meredith Arwady as Erda. Eric Owens (Alberich), Stephanie Blythe (Fricka), Stefan Margita (Loge), Hans-Peter König (Fafner), Franz-Josef Selig (Fasolt), Gerhard Siegel (Mime), and Wendy Bryn Harmer (Freia) reprise their acclaimed portrayals from previous Ring cycles at the Met. Das Rheingold is performed without an intermission.

PLEASE NOTE: The three remaining operas in the cycle will be broadcast on WCLV according to this schedule: April 13 at Noon, Die Walküre; April 20 at Noon, Siegfried; and May 11 at Noon, Götterdämmerung. 

3:46 WCLV CLASSICAL WEEKEND
Carlos Salzedo: Suite of Eight Dances: Tango, Rumba & Bolero (1943)--Yolanda Kondonassis, harp  (Azica 71273 CD)   7:37

Carlos Salzedo: Chanson de la Nuit (1927)--Yolanda Kondonassis, harp  (Azica 71273 CD) 3:43

4:00 WCLV CLASSICAL WEEKEND
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 7 "Sinfonia antartica" (1952)—Heather Harper, soprano; Sir Ralph Richardson, speaker; Women of the Ambrosian Singers; London Symphony Orchestra/André Previn (RCA 60590 CD)  44:12

Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Much Ado About Nothing: Suite Op 11 (1919)--London Symphony Orchestra/André Previn (DeutGram 453436 CD)  10:07

5:00 FROM THE TOP with Christopher O'Riley and America's finest young musicians; for more information, visit the FTT website - Recorded: May 30, 2012 in Bogota, Colombia!

·         Filarmónica Joven de Colombia ["FJC", the Colombian Youth Philharmonic]/Luis Guillermo Vicaria - 2nd half Batalla Imperial of Tiento del Primer Tono y Batalla Imperial (aka "Tiento") by Cristóbal Halffter

·         Filarmónica Joven de Colombia/Luis Guillermo Vicaria – Excerpt from Death and Transfiguration Op 24 by Richard Strauss

·         Christopher O'Riley, piano; Filarmónica Joven de Colombia/Luis Guillermo Vicaria - Variations 19-24 from Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Op 43 by Sergei Rachmaninoff

·         Allegro Ensemble, Martha Sofía Rivera, director - El Abrazo by Gustavo Adolfo Renjifo (arr Martha Sofía Rivera) and Te Olvidé by Antonio María Peñaloza (arr Martha Sofía Rivera)

·         Filarmónica Joven de Colombia/Luis Guillermo Vicaria - Colombia Tierra Querida (Colombia Beloved Land)

6:00 FOOTLIGHT PARADE: SOUNDS OF THE AMERICAN MUSICAL with Bill Rudman: Petula Clark’s Musicals

7:00 SYMPHONY AT SEVEN with John Simna
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 2 in D K 211 (1775)--Julia Fischer, violin; Netherlands Chamber Orchestra/Yakov Kreizberg (PentaTone 5186094 CD)  19:12

Johannes Brahms: Serenade No. 2 in A Op 16 (1859)--Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Sir Charles Mackerras (Telarc 80522 CD)  31:08

8:00 SATURDAYS FROM SEVERANCE - The Cleveland Orchestra/Franz Welser-Möst; Gil Shaham, violin; Carnegie Hall concert of 05/23/12

Johannes Brahms: Violin Concerto in D Op 77 (1878)

Kaija Saariaho: Laterna Magica (2009)

Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 6 in b Op 54 (1939)

10:00 WEEKEND RADIO with Robert Conrad - The Metropolitan Opera is doing the Ring Cycle starting this week, so we present an all-Wagner show including Anna Russell’s classic analysis of the Ring...also, the sound track from "What's Opera, Doc?" and "Brünnhilde’s Battle Cry as it might be sung by an American Crooner"…plus the Wisdom of Mark Levy and This Week in the Media

11:00 LATE PROGRAM with John Simna
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Adagio in E K 261 (1776)--Joshua Bell, violin; English Chamber Orchestra/Peter Maag (Decca 436376 CD)   8:48

Ludwig van Beethoven: Adagio from String Quartet No. 10 Op 74 (1809)--Cleveland Quartet (Telarc 80351 CD)   9:45

Johannes Brahms: Adagio from Piano Trio No. 1 Op 8 (1854)--André Previn, piano; Viktoria Mullova, violin; Heinrich Schiff, cello  (Philips 442123 CD)   9:17

Franz Schubert (arr Peter Gülke): Andante in b D 936a (1828)--Cleveland Orchestra/Christoph von Dohnányi (MAA 75 CD)  10:52

Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne No. 18 in E Op 62/2 (1846)--Nelson Freire, piano  (Decca 14053 CD)   5:31

Francis Poulenc: Mélancolie (1940)--Paul Crossley, piano  (CBS 44921 CD)   6:33