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Play List 5/6/09 6-8pm

Let’s see if the computer cooperates today…

Elgar, E – Sospiri – Nigel Kennedy, Peter Pettinger
Cale, J; Conrad, T; MacLise, A – Trance #2
Scriabin – Si comme la Lune – Accentus, cond. Equilbey 
Scriabin – La Lune parait – Accentus, cond. Equilbey
Scriabin – The Poem of Ecstasy – Philadelphia Orchesta, cond. Muti
Mozart – Concerto for Horn No. 3: mvmt 1 “Allegro” – Hermann Baumann, Concentus Musicus of Vienna
Monteverdi – Vespers: Concerto: Nigra sum – Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra, cond. John Eliot Gardner
Schubert, F – March and CHorus “Zu hohen Ruhmespforten” from Fierrabras – Chamber Orchestra of Europe and Arnold Schoenberg Choir, cond. Abbado
Haydn – String Quartet in F minor, op. 20 no. 5: mvmt II “Menuetto” – Emerson Quartet

*Explorations Part #3*

Randall, N – Discombulation – Alias Chamber Ensemble
Randal, N – Mangosteen –  DuoAtl

Pijper, W – Piano Concerto – Theo Bruins, piano & Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Rozlof van Driesten
Seeger, R C – Suite for Five Wind Instruments and Piano – Continuum Ensemble
Maslanka, D – Hohner – University of Houston Percussion Ensemble, dir. Blake Wilkins

Playlist 4/29/09 6:00pm-8:00pm

Tchaikovsky, P I – Serenede Melancolique – Clara Rockmore
Biber – Rosary Sonata XVI Der Schutzengel als Begleiter des Menschen – Elizabeth Durham
Corigliano – III. Oxford, The Gypsies; Journey Across Europe  – Joshua Bell/Philharmonia Orch
Purcell, H –  The Queen’s Dolour – Maurice Andre
Tausig – Concert Etudes, Op. 1 – No. 1 in F sharp major – Michael Ponti
Summer, J – The Dumb Show – Miroslav Sekera
Nigg, S – Concerto for Violin and Orchestra: mvmt 3 ‘Mosso’ – Christian Ferras, Ochestre Philharmonique de l’ORTF, Charles Bruck, cond.
Webern, A -Passacaglia for orchestra, Op. 1 – Berlin Philharmonic, cond. Boulez
Hoiby, L – Jabberwocky – Ursala Kleineke
Bernstein, L – The Lark: Spring Song – Counterpoint Chorus
Reich, S – Music for 18 Musicians – Steve Reich and musicians.

Playlist: 4/22/09 6-8pm

Attempt #2 at live updating the playlist went somewhat peachy, minus the computer meltdown.  I hate computers.  Sorry for that bit of clumsy radio, but we finally got ourselves sorted out.

Here’s the rant from Kyle Gann I talked about during the show. Best interntet writing I’ve read in a while! Read it!

http://www.artsjournal.com/postclassic/2009/04/what_composers_talk_about.html

 

Schubert, F – String Quartet in D minor, D810: mvmt 3 – Scherzo: Allegro molto – Brodsky Quartet
Hoiby, L – The Serpent – Ursula Kleineke-Boyer (Soprano), Maria Perez-Goodman (piano)
Gordon, M – Trance pt. 4 – Icebreaker Ensemble
Summer, J – So Many Journeys – The Shakespeare Concerts
Rzewski, F – Pocket Symphony: Part A – eighth blackbird
Gabrieli, G – Canzon IX – London Symphony Orchestra Brass, dir. Eric Crees
Castelnuovo-Tedesco, M – Romancero Gitano: La Guitarra – Counterpoint Chorus
Steinberg, P – The Upper West Side: Bethesda Fountain – Mathias Wexler
Kopetzki, E – Exploration of Time – Univ. of Houston Percussion Ensemble, dir. Blake Wilkins
Gorecki, H – String Quartet 2: mvmt 2 – Kronos Quartet

** Explorations Series 2 **
Price, W – Sans Titre II – Djamel Mami
Price, W – A Prayer for the Forgotten – Red Stick Saxophone Quartet
 
(click to listen to the pieces)

Penderecki, K – A Polish Requiem: Kyrie – Warsaw National Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra
Ligeti, G – Concerto for Violin and Orchestra: mvmt 5 – Saschko Gawriloff & Ensemble Intercontemporain, cond. Boulez
Bach, J S – Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in C Major – Gould, Glenn
Greenwood, J – There Will Be Blood: Open Spaces – BBC Concert Orchestra, cond. Robert Ziegler
Rameau – Daphnis et Egle (Suite for Orchestra), I. Ouverture – Capella Savaria, Mary Térey-Smith

Playlist: 4/15/09 6:00-8:00pm

Copland, A – Fanfare for the Common Man – Detroit Symphony Orchestra, cond. Antal Dorati
Sibelius, J – Pohjola’s Daughter, Op. 49 – Iceland SYmphony Orchestra, cond. Petri Sakari
Bach, J S – French Suite No. V, mvmt 1 – Till Fellner
Weill, K – Symphony No. 2, mvmt 1 – The Gulbenkian Orchestra, cond. Michel Swierczewski
Moyse, L – Solfege a la francaise, mvmt 1 – Counterpoint Chorus, cond. Robert de Cormier
Shostakovich, D S – Symphony No. 5, mvmt 1 – New York Philharmonic, cond. L. Bernstein
Vivaldi – L’hiver – Accentus, cond. Laurence Equilbey
arr. Cassidy, P – She Moved Through the Fair – Brodsky Quartet
Sousa, J P – The Liberty Bell March – Boston Pops Orchestra
Stravinsky, I – Ragtime – Boston Symphony Chamber Players
Corelli – Concerto Grosso no. 9 in F Major – Slovak Chamber Orchestra  cond. Bohdan Warchal
Ravel – Valses Nobles Et Sentimentales – 8. Épilogue: Lent- Jean Martinon: Orchestre De L’Opéra De Paris
Albeniz – Malaguena 1 – Larrocha
Schaeffer, P – Cinq Etudes de Bruits: Etude Violette
Hovanhess, A – Magnificant: Gloria Patri – The Choirs and Orchestra of St. John’s Cathedral (Denver), cond. Donald Pearson
Harder, L – Circus Plenus Clamor Ingens Ianuae Tensae – University of Houston Percussion Ensemble, dir. Blake Wilkins

Playlist April Fool’s Day 2009 (4/01/09) 6:40-8:00pm

Hey – Sorry for the lack of heads up on the shortened show.  It will be the same next week…

Ruggles, J – The Sun Treader – Columbia Symphony Orchestra, cond. Zoltan Rozsnyai
Atom – Wellen und Felder III (from the album Leidgut)
Fink, M J- Din/ Epitaph – Marty Walker
Mono – Silent FLight, Sleeping Dawn (from the album Hymn to the Immortal Wind)
Corigliano, J – Mr. Tambourine Man: Masters of War – Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. JoAnn Falleta; Hilda Plitmann, Soprano
Poulenc – Easter Motet: Tenebrae factae Sunt – Choir of Christ CHurch Cathedral (Oxford), dir. Simon Preston
Satie, E –  Trois Morceaux en forme de poire: Maniere de commencement- Alexandre Tharaud & Eric Le Sage
Xenakis, I – Embellie – Adritti Quartet
du Fay, G – COnditor alme Siderum – Schola Hungarica, cond. Janka Szendrei

Play list 3/18/09 6-8pm

Cowell, H – Irish Suite, for String Piano and Small Orchestra – Continuum Ensemble
Patavino, F – Donne, Venete Al Ballo – Hilliard Ensemble
Haydn, J – Piano Trio in G, I: Andante – Florestan Trio
Corigliano, J – Mr. Tambourine Man, VII: Postlude: Forever Young – Hila Plitmann, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra / JoAnn Falletta
Dylan, B – Forever Young – Dylan, B
Corigliano, J – Oboe Concerto, I: Tuning Game – Bert Lucarelli, American Symphony Orchestra, Kozuyoshi Akiyama
Rimsky Korsakov, N – Capriccio Espagnole, I: Alborado – Montreal Symphony Orchestra, cond. Dutoit
Goebbels, H – Herakles, II – Ensemble Modern
Weill, K – Threepenny Opera, Mack the Knife – Nick Cave
Bolcom, W – Frescoes – I:War in Heaven – Bruce Mather, Pierrette LePage
Pergolesi – Concertino in G, III: Grave, Staccato – Latvian Chamber Orchestra, cond. Tovi Lifshitz
Puccini Turandot – Fermo! Che fai? Tarresta – Zubin Mehta
Gann, K – Fugitive Objects – Aron Kallay
Ashley, R – Celestial Excursions, III: “The River Deepens” Prelude to Grandmother – Robert Ashley Ensemble
Prokofiev, S – Cello Sonata in C Major, Op. 119, II: Moderato – Andante dolce – Yo Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax

By the way, I don’t know if I really expressed this effectively over the air, but the William Bolcom piece blew me away.  That was an impulse play from the WRSU vinyl library I hadn’t heard.  I need to find that album.

Play list: 3/11/09 6-8pm

Pictures of those vinyl recordings later….

Ornstein, L – Tarantelle – Janice Weber
Copland, A – Ceremonial Fanfare – Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
R. Dubois – Just for the purposes of playing around – the freight elevator quartet, ensemble
Hindemith, P – Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber -I: Allegro -New York Philharmonic, cond. Bernstein
Bernstein, L – Fancy Free – Finale – Columbia Symphony Orchestra, cond. Bernstein
Bizet – Carmen Suite – Marche des contrebandiers (Introduction to Act III) – Philadelphia Orchestra, cond. Ormandy
Elfman, D – Seranada Schizophrana – IV: The Quadruped Patrol – Studio Orchestra
Schoenberg – Three Satires for Chorus – I: Am Scheideweg, II: Vielseitgkeit – Sudfunk-Chor Stuttgart, cond. Huber
Cowell, H – Concerto Grosso – V: Allegro – Manhattan chamber Orchestra, Richard Auldon Clark
Sakamoto, R – Prelude – Sakamoto, R
Varese, E – Un grand sommeil noir (original version) – Mireille Delunsch, Francois Kerdoncuff
Corigliano, J – Mr. Tambourine Man – I: Prelude: Mr. Tambourine Man – Hila Plitmann, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. JoAnn Falletta
Dylan, B – Mr. Tambourine Man – Dylan, B
Part, A – De Profundis – Elora Festival Singers and Orchestra, cond. Edison
Messiaen, O – Quatuor pour la fin du temps – V: Louange a Eternite de Jesus – Ensemble Walter Boeykens
Holst, G – “Hammersmith”: Prelude and Scherzo, Op. 52 – Eastman Wind Ensemble, Fennel
Brahms – Double Concerto in A minor – III: Vivace non troppo – Oistrakh, Rostropovich, Cleveland Orchestra, cond. Szell

Play List 3/4/09 6-8pm

Two hours of classical and new music on a Wednesday night! 

Hayasaka, F – Ikiru – Overture – Studio Orchestra
Scriabin, A – Piano Concerto in F# Minor – I: Allegro – Chicago Symphony Orchestra, cond Pierre Boulez
Greenwood, J – Bodysong – Convergence – The Emperor Quartet, + etc.
Brahms, J – Concerto for Violin and Orchestra – Mvmt I – Edward Gratch,Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Kirill Kondrashin
Hindemith – Sonata No. 3 for piano – II: Lefhaft – Gould, Glenn
Monteverdi, C – Madrigals, Book 6 – Zefiro torna el bel tempo rimena – Concerto Italiano, Renaldo Allessandrini
Britten, B – Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, Op. 31 – I: Prologue, II Pastoral – City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox
Chopin, F – Rondo in C minor, Op 1 – Frank var de Laar
Stravinsky, I = Rite of Spring – II:vi Sacrificial Dance – London Symphony Orchestra, Robert Craft
Pachelbel, J – Easter Cantatas – III: Halleluja! Lobet den Herrn – La Capella Ducale, Musica Fiata, Roland WIlson
Strauss, R – An Alpine Symphony Op 64 – II: Sunrise, III: The Ascent – Berlin Philharmonic, cond. Herbert von Karajan
Shostakovich, D S – Viola Sonata – III: Adagio – Arnette Bartholdy, Julius Drake
Walton, W – Battle of Britain – Dogfight – Studio Orchestra

As promised, the Rite of Spring on youtube!  I love youtube.

Play List 2/25/09 6pm – 6:40pm

Another short show.  Stay tuned tomorrow for some comments on the Alan Moore interview in Wired and hopefully this weekend a review of the recent Naxos release of John Corigliano’s Mr. Tambourine Man.

Three Constructions – First Construction (In Metal) – Cage, J – Donald Knaack Percussion Ensemble
Billy the Kid – Mexican Dance – Copland, A – Baltimore Symphony Orchestra,  David Zinman
St. Luke Passion – Deus meus (Psalm 21) – Penderecki, K – Warsaw National Philharmonic and Choir, Antoni Wit
Night on Bald Mountain – Mussorgsky, M – New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein
Two Romances to Lyrics by M. Lermontov – I: A Morning in the Caucasus – Shostakovich, D S – Natalia Biryukova, Yuri Serov

Play List 2/18/09 6:00-6:40 pm

Another abbreviated show… and one scratchy voice

Ebony Concerto -I: Allegro Moderato – Stravinsky, I 0 Netherlands Wind Ensemble cond. Edo de Waart, Clar Solo: George Pieterson 
String Quartet #4 – IV: Allegretto Pizzicato, V: Allegro Molto – Bartok, B – Vermeer Quartet 
New York to Neptune (1998) – Ligeti, L – Stefan RodeProcede Roesco-Letort 
Rapture – Concerto for Pecussion and Orchestra – II: Mallets – Torke, M – Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Marin Alsop 
Estate (Frammento di Alceo) – Dallapiccola, L – Choeur Contemporain d’Aix en Provence, cond. Roland Hayrabedian 
Canzon VII (1615) – Gabrieli, G – London Symphony Orchestra Brass 
Lieutenant Kije – Symphonic Suite, Op. 60 – I: The Birth of Kije – Prokofiev, S – Chicago Symphony Orchestra, cond. Fritz Reiner