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WCLV Program Guide 12-29-2024

00:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Peter van de Graaff

0:00:00 Sergei Rachmaninoff Etudes-tableaux, Op. 39 Van Cliburn, p Philips 456748-2 (2) Great Pianists of the 20th Century, Volume 19: Van Cliburn 5:17

0:05:17 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Violin Sonata in D, K. 7 Andrew Smith, v; Joshua Pierce, p MSR Classics MS-1800 (6) Mozart: The Violin Sonatas 13:22

0:20:20 Peter Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 in b-flat, Op. 23 Van Cliburn, p; Orch/Kiril Kondrashin Philips 456748-2 (2) Great Pianists of the 20th Century, Volume 19: Van Cliburn 34:43

0:55:03 Grazyna Bacewicz Ten Concert Etudes Ewa Kupiec, p Hanssler Classc CD-93.034 Bacewicz Piano Works 1:37

1:00:00 Josef Strauss Waltzes, Dorfschwalben aus osterreich (Village Swallows), Op 164 Rita Streich, s, RIAS Sym Orch/Kurt Gaebel Decca DL-9873 Coloratura Favorites 5:09

1:05:09 Johann Strauss II Waltzes, Dorfgeschichten (in Landler Style), Op. 47 Czecho-Slovak State Phil/Alfred Walter Marco Polo 8.223219 J.Strauss, Jr. Edition - Volume 19 8:05

1:13:14 Erich Wolfgang Korngold Straussiana (1953) Linz Bruckner Orch/Caspar Richter ASV CDDCA-1108 Korngold: Fairytale Pictures and other orchestral music 6:47

1:21:24 Felix Mendelssohn Symphony No. 5 in d, Op 107, Reformation Philharmonia Orch/Walter Weller Chandos CHAN-9099 Mendelssohn: Complete Symphonies, THe Hebrides- Overture 32:39

1:54:03 Max Reger Thirty Little Chorale Preludes, Op 135a Heinz Lohmann, o MHS 1464 Reger: 30 Little Chorale Preludes, Op. 135a 1:21

2:00:00 Bastiano Chilese Canzon in Echo a 8 (1608) Hesperion XXI/Jordi Savall Alia Vox AV-9815 Battaglie And Lamenti 1600-1660: Monteverdi, Peri, Fontei, Strozzi 5:02

2:05:02 Antonio Vivaldi Violin & Echo Violin Concerto in A, R 552 Roland Straumer, v; Michael Frenzel, v; Virtuosi Saxoniae/Ludwig Guttler Berlin Classics 0090562-BC Baroque Violin Concertos - VIVALDI, A. / GRAUN, J.G. / PISENDEL, J.G. / TELEMANN, G.P. 14:29

2:19:31 Orlandus (Roland de) Lassus Echo Song Empire Brass Telarc CD-80553 The Glory of Gabrieli: Antiphonal Music for Brass Choirs 1:39

2:21:10 Conradin Kreutzer Septet in E-Flat, Op 62 Berlin Octet Berlin Classics 0090372-BC N/A 33:40

2:54:50 George Frideric Handel March in D, HWV 345 King's Consort/Robert King Hyperion CDA-67286 (2) The Coronation Of King George II 1:45

03:00 CLASSICAL MUSIC with Peter van de Graaff

3:00:00 John Wilbye Madrigal, Weep, weep mine eyes Quink Telarc CD-80328 English Madrigals 5:42

3:05:42 Granville Bantock Celtic Symphony Royal Phil/Vernon Handley Hyperion CDA-66450 Bantock: Hebridean Symphony, Celtic Symphony, The Witch Of Atlas, The Sea Reivers 19:55

3:25:37 Turlough O'Carolan Maurice O'Connor Patrick Ball, h Fortuna CDFOR-005 N/A 1:32

3:27:09 Edward MacDowell Piano Sonata #4, Op 59, Keltic James Tocco, p Gasparo GSCD-231 MacDowell: 4 Sonatas/ Griffes: Solo Works 19:42

3:46:51 Hamilton Harty In Ireland (1935) Ireland National Sym Orch/Proinssias O'Duinn Naxos 8.554732 HARTY: Irish Symphony (An) / With the Wild Geese / In Ireland 8:09

3:55:00 Buxton Orr Celtic Suite Royal Ballet Sinfonia/John Wilson ASV CDWHL-2123 The Land Of The Mountain And The Flood: Scottish Orchestral Music 1:52

4:00:00 Robert Schumann Lieder und Gesange aus Wilhelm Meister, Op. 98a Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, br; Christoph Eschenbach, p DG 2709088 (3) N/A 5:42

4:05:42 Robert Schumann Hermann und Dorothea Overture, Op. 136 Philharmonia Orch/Riccardo Muti Angel S-37602 Symphony No. 2 / Overture To Goethe's Hermann And Dorothea 9:15

4:14:57 Johannes Brahms Variations in f-sharp on a theme by Schumann, Op 9 Louis Lortie, p Chandos CHAN-9289 Schumann & Brahms: Piano Works 17:46

4:34:12 Aram Khachaturian Spartacus Ballet Suite No. 2 Scottish National Orch/Neeme Jarvi Chandos CHAN-8927 Khachaturian: Spartacus Suites 20:35

4:54:47 Leonard Bernstein On the Town Orch/Leonard Bernstein RCA 60915-2 Leonard Bernstein ?- The Early Years 1:42

5:00:00 Carl Maria von Weber Der Freischutz Karita Mattila, s; Dresden Staatskapelle/Colin Davis Erato 42141-2 Karita Mattila * German Romantic Arias 5:27

5:05:27 Paul Taffanel Fantasy on Der Freischutz Davide Formisano, f; Phillip Moll, p Preiser PR-90516 N/A 11:39

5:17:06 Paul Hindemith Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes by Weber (1943) Philharmonia Orch/Neeme Jarvi Chandos CHAN-8766 Weber: Overtures 20:16

5:39:07 Emerich Kalman Grafin Mariza Montreal Musica Camerata Radio Canada Int'l MVCD-1112 Salon Viennois 15:41

5:54:48 Franz Millocker Der Bettelstudent Fritz Wunderlich, t, Munich Radio Orch/Werner Schmidt-Boelcke Eurodisc 301188 (2) Recital 1:40

 

06:00 WCLV SUNDAY MORNING with Sam Petrey

05:56:59 Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo (1890) Oslo Philharmonic Mariss Jansons EMI 56576 3:21

06:02:55 George Frideric Handel: Il pastor fido Suite: Musette (1734) Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra Jeanne Lamon Sony 68257 1:38

06:05:50 George Frideric Handel: Chandos Anthem No. 9 'O praise the Lord with one consent' (1718) James Bowman, countertenor The Sixteen Choir & Orchestra Harry Christophers Chandos 505 24:02

06:31:25 William Byrd: Mass for Four Voices (1592) Pro Arte Singers Paul Hillier Harmonia Mundi 2908304 21:38

06:54:33 Traditional: In dulci jubilo (1570) Cleveland Orchestra Chorus Cleveland Orchestra Gareth Morrell MAA 1999 1:48

06:56:47 Maurice Ravel: Mother Goose: The Fairy Garden (1911) Stuttgart Radio Symphony Gianluigi Gelmetti EMI 82160 3:39

 

07:00 PIPEDREAMS with Michael Barone: An American Organist’s Christmas – music for the holiday festival with a distinctly home-grown flavor.

DAVID CONTE: Christmas Intrada –Ken Cowan (1997 Fisk-Rosales/Edith Bates Old Recital Hall, Rice University, Houston, TX) PD Archive (r. 12/12/20)

TRADITIONAL (arr. Larsen): Carol Fantasy –Christian Elliott (Wurlitzer/Nethercutt Collection, San Sylmar, CA) CPE Productions 107

FRED COOTS: Santa Claus is coming to town –Michael Stairs (1929 Aeolian/Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, PA) DTR 9102

AMES WELCH: 2 Christmas Songs (Sleep, baby, and smile & And holy is his name) –Nancy Wait and Sheryl Lee Wilson, sopranos; James Welch (1903 Murray Harris/Memorial Church, Stanford University, CA) Wilson 806/8419

WILBUR HELD: Of the Father’s love begotten –Robert Benjamin Dobey (2001 Schoenstein/Grace Episcopal Church, Sheboygan, WI) Pro Organo 7175

LEO SOWERBY: Jesu, bright and morning star –Memphis Chamber Choir & Boy Choir/Darren Raley; John Ayer (1990 Reuter/St. John’s Episcopal Church, Memphis, TN) Pro Organo 7099

GEORGE BAKER: 3 Christmas Pieces (Ricercar on Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland; Berceuse-Paraphrase on Away in a manger; Toccata-Gigue on the Sussex Carol) –George Baker (1862 Cavaillé-Coll/Church of St. Sulpice, Paris, France) Solstice 252

 

08:00 WITH HEART AND VOICE with Peter DuBois: “For Unto Us a Child is born!” – Joyous music of the season

08:58:50 George F. Root: The Shining Shore (1891) William Appling Singers William Appling Albany 1058 1:34

 

09:00 IF IT AIN’T BAROQUE with John Mills

09:03:37 Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio: Part 4 BWV 248 (1734) RIAS Chamber Chorus Academy for Early Music Berlin René Jacobs Harmonia Mundi 2908304 22:25

09:27:46 Jan Dismas Zelenka: Capriccio No. 3 (1718) Bach Sinfonia Daniel Abraham Sono Luminus 92163 16:03

09:45:50 Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 122 'Das neugeborne Kindelein' (1724) Collegium Vocale of Ghent Collegium Vocale Orchestra Philippe Herreweghe Harmonia Mundi 901594 13:41

 

10:00 SUNDAY BRUNCH with Sam Petrey

10:03:29 James Swearingen: And the Herald Angels Sang (2001) Fennell Symphonic Winds Frederick Fennell ELF 991018 2:53

10:07:00 Seth Markham: Home for Christmas (1970) Fennell Symphonic Winds Frederick Fennell ELF 991018 3:54

10:11:47 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade No. 13 in G K 525 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik' (1787) Cleveland Orchestra Christoph von Dohnányi Decca 443175 18:36

10:31:56 Gabriel Fauré: Pelléas et Mélisande Suite Op 80 (1898) Seattle Symphony Ludovic Morlot SeattleSM 1004 18:08

10:51:19 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: The Golden Cockerel: Suite (1907) Seattle Symphony Gerard Schwarz Naxos 503293 28:13

11:20:39 Bryan Kelly: Improvisations on Christmas Carols (1969) City of Prague Philharmonic Gavin Sutherland Naxos 557099 12:35

11:34:50 Claude Debussy: Children's Corner Suite (1908) Simon Trpceski, piano EMI 272 15:52

11:51:51 Steven Amundson: Angel's Dance (1995) Cincinnati Pops John Morris Russell FanfareCin 1 4:28

11:57:14 Brian Dykstra: Spring Beauties Rag (1996) Brian Dykstra, piano Centaur 3161 3:32

 

12:00 PERFORMANCE TODAY WEEKEND with Fred Child

Valerie Coleman: Afro-Cuban Concerto: Afro Imani Winds Album: The Classical Underground Koch 7599 Music: 4:17

Valerie Coleman: Umoja - Anthem of Unity New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; Fawzi Haimor, conductor EBU, Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington, New Zealand Music: 13:52

Traditional, arr: Colin Jacobsen: Haneros Haluli Colin Jacobsen, violin; The Knights; Eric Jacobsen, conductor Album: The Knights Before Christmas Bright Shiny Things 159 Music: 7:22

George Walker: String Quartet No.1, "Lyric" Telegraph Quartet Hamilton College, Wellin Hall, Schambach Center for Music and the Performing Arts, Clinton, NY Music: 21:09

Felix Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night's Dream arr. for 4 hands: Scherzo Jeffrey Kahane, piano; Wu Han, piano Album: Music@Menlo Live 2. Being Mendelssohn Music@Menlo 20092 Music: 4:22

Maurice Ravel: La Valse The Orchestra Now; Naomi Woo, conductor Bard College and The Orchestra Now, Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, Bard College, Annandale on Hudson, NY Music: 12:24

Joachim Stutschewsky: Hassidic Fantasy Goldstein-Peled-Fiterstein Trio Lillian & Robert Utsey Chamber Music Series, Brooks Center for the Performing Arts, Clemson University, Clemson, SC Music: 13:32

Joseph Haydn: Piano Trio in E Major, Op. 86, No. 2, Hob. XV:28 Wu Han, piano; Arnaud Sussmann, violin; David Finckel, cello Music@Menlo Chamber Music Festival and Institute, Spieker Center for the Arts, Atherton, CA Music: 16:05

13:54:40 John Rutter: Distant Land (1991) Royal Philharmonic John Rutter Decca 1821 6:09

 

14:00 ORCHESTRAS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION – NDR Radio Philharmonic; Alan Gilbert, conductor; Emanuel Ax, piano

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 25 in C K 503

Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne op. 27/1 (encore)

Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor

Frédéric Chopin: Scherzo No. 1 in b minor Op 20 (excerpt)—Emanuel Ax, piano (CBS MK 44544) Emanuel Ax: Chopin– Scherzos & Mazurkas

 

16:00 THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA ON THE RADIO with Bill O’Connell – The Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst, conductor; Leila Josefowicz, violin – recorded live in Mandel Concert Hall at Severance 5/25/2023

Richard Wagner: Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde

Alban Berg: Violin Concerto

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade No. 10 in B-flat K 361

17:46:38 Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks Op 28 (1895) Cleveland Orchestra Franz Welser-Möst TCO 0004 13:59

 

18:00 FROM THE TOP with America's finest young musicians; recorded October 2022

We meet a teenage pianist with an affinity for horror movie scores, a percussionist who adapts Debussy for marimba, a talented violinist who likes to read books upside down, and an outstanding trio from Utah play Café Music. They all answer the question -- why classical music?

Jane Story, 16, violin, from Stevens Point, WI - Praeludium and Allegro (In the style of Pugnani) (6:50) Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962)

Aleo Esparza, 18, percussion, from Chicago, IL - Children's Corner, L. 113 - I. Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum (2:50) Claude Debussy (1862-1918) arr. Aleo Esparza

Vladimir Tsiper, 15, violin, from Eagan, MN - Four Preludes (Shostakovich Opus 34, Nos. 2, 6, 17, 20) (4:38) Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) arr. Dmitri Tsyganov (1903-1992)

Matthew Hahn, 15, piano, from Lake Forest, IL - Ballade No.2 in F major, Op.38 (7:14) Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)

Virtuosi Trio – Hannah Jean Baker, 19, piano, from North Salt Lake, UT, Sarah Noelle Baker, 17, cello, from North Salt Lake, UT, Olivia Owens, 16, violin, from Orem, UT - Café Music (Mvmt I) (6:21) Paul Schoenfield (b. 1947)

Peter Dugan, piano - Three Preludes for Piano, Prelude 1 (0:54) George Gershwin (1898-1937)

18:59:41 Sergei Rachmaninoff: Prelude No. 12 in C Op 32 # 1 (1910) Sviatoslav Richter, piano Deutsche Gram 4795448 1:11

 

19:00 SYMPHONY AT SEVEN with John Simna

19:01:59 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: The Tale of Tsar Saltan: Suite Op 57 (1903) Seattle Symphony Gerard Schwarz Naxos 572693 19:08

19:22:10 Deems Taylor: Through the Looking Glass (1919) Ilkka Talvi, violin Seattle Symphony Gerard Schwarz Delos 3099 31:18

19:54:27 Louis-Claude Daquin: Noel No. 10 'Grand jeu et Duo' (1757) Todd Wilson, organ MAA 11009 6:03

 

20:00 SPECIAL A Chanticleer Christmas with Steve Staruch

The Grammy-winning men’s chorus brings its signature sound to a centuries-spanning program from Renaissance masterworks to roof-raising spirituals.

In the Bleak Midwinter Gustav Holst, arr. Joseph Jennings

O Adonai from Sieben Magnificat-Antiphonen Arvo Pärt (b. 1935)

Vigilate William Byrd (c. 1540–1623)

Village Wedding John Tavener (1944–2013)

Once in Royal David’s City Henry Gauntlett (1805–1876), arr. Jared Graveley

Ding dong! Merrily on High Traditional French, arr. Adam Brett Ward

O Virgo Virginum Josquin Desprez

Skating Vince Guaraldi (1928–1976), arr. Graveley

Snow Irving Berlin (1888-1989), arr. Cedric Dent (arrangement commissioned by Chanticleer in 2023)

Medley of Christmas Spirituals - Traditional, arr. Joseph H. Jennings

"Rise up, shepherd, and follow"

"Behold that star"

"Oh, what a pretty little baby"

"Go, tell it on the mountain"

Ave Maria Franz Biebl (1906–2001)

20:58:41 Carl Nielsen: The Mother: The Fog is Lifting (1920) Judith Hall, flute Nimbus 5247 1:51

 

21:00 INNOVATIONS with Mark Satola - featuring works by Cleveland area composers, presented in cooperation with the Cleveland Composers’ Guild

Keith Fitch: Piano Quartet “Last Words” (2014) — Steven Rose, violin; Kirsten Docter, viola; Melissa Kraut, cello; Kathryn Brown, piano (private CD) 25:32

Michael Leese: Music for Harp, Percussion and Strings — Jocelyn Chang, Dilling harp; Cleveland Chamber Symphony/Lucas Richman, cond. (Capstone 8736) 11:08

Matthew Saunders: Starry Wanderers — Liliana Garlisi, piano (CCG 10-12-14) 15:43

21:55:03 Louis Théodore Gouvy: Rondo from Symphonie brève Op 58 (1873) German Radio Philharmonic Jacques Mercier CPO 777382 5:35

 

22:00 CITY CLUB FORUM – recorded Friday at The City Club of Cleveland, a citadel of free speech, Healthy Beginnings: Supporting Maternal and Infant Vitality with Carolyn Jones, Director & Executive Producer, American Delivery; and Angela Newman-White, MA Executive Director, First Year Cleveland. Moderator: Marlene Harris-Taylor, Director of Engaged Journalism, Ideastream Public Media

22:58:17 Johann Strauss Jr: Bandit's Galop Op 378 (1877) Vienna Philharmonic Franz Welser-Möst Sony 2:23

 

23:00 QUIET HOUR

23:02:17 Frédéric Chopin: Berceuse in D-Flat Op 57 (1844) Yundi, piano Mercury 4812443 4:30

23:06:48 Carl Maria von Weber: Romanze from Clarinet Concerto No. 2 Op 74 (1811) Sabine Meyer, clarinet Dresden State Orchestra Hans Vonk EMI 82160 7:09

23:13:58 Pietro A. Yon: Gesu Bambino (1917) Bay Brass A. David Krehbiel Gothic 49120 5:25

23:19:31 Sergei Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil: Rejoice, O Virgin Op 37 # 6 (1915) Latvian Radio Choir Sigvards Klava Ondine 1206 3:03

23:22:35 Henri Büsser: Le sommeil de l'Enfant Jesus (1920) Lisa Cowan, violin WCC 1009 7:35

23:30:11 Frederick Delius: Intermezzo from 'Fennimore and Gerda' (1910) Welsh National Opera Orchestra Sir Charles Mackerras Argo 433704 5:51

23:36:12 Joni Mitchell: Both Sides, Now (1967) Howie Smith, saxophone Cleveland Jazz Orchestra Paul Ferguson ClevJazzOrch 2017 5:51

23:42:04 Lyun Joon Kim: Elegy (1950) Oslo Philharmonic Mariss Jansons EMI 56576 4:05

23:46:09 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Andante from Serenade No. 7 K 250 'Haffner' (1776) Oldrich Vlcek, violin Prague Chamber Orchestra Sir Charles Mackerras Telarc 80161 9:47

23:56:06 Samuel Barber: With Rue My Heart is Laden Op 2 # 2 (1928) Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello Decca 4851630 1:06

23:57:13 Peter Tchaikovsky: None But the Lonely Heart Op 6 # 6 (1869) Lisa Batiashvili, violin Deutsche Gram 4790835 2:59