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The Classical Station, WCPE 1 Start Runs Composer Title Performerslib # Label Cat
Fri, Feb 05, 2021 - 00 The Classical Station, WCPE 1 Start Runs Composer Title PerformersLIb # Label Cat. # Barcode 00:01:30 31:51 Humperdinck Moorish Rhapsody Czecho-Slovak Radio 00509 Marco Polo 8.223369 489103023363 Symphony/Fischer-Die 0 skau 00:34:2102:08 Schumann Traumerei Alexis Weissenberg 07843 Virgin 234865 509992348652 Classics 2 00:37:2921:34 White, Joseph Violin Concerto in F sharp Barton Pine/Encore 04328 Cedille 035 735131903523 minor Chamber Orchestra/Hege 01:00:23 08:32 Strauss, R. Waltzes from Der Chicago 00458 RCA 5721 07863557212 Rosenkavalier Symphony/Reiner 01:10:0542:05 Berlioz Harold in Italy, Op. 16 Imai/London 02693 Philips 442 290 028944229028 Symphony/Davis 01:53:20 05:30 Thomas Connais-tu le pays from Von Stade/London 05873 Sony 89370 696998937024 Mignon Philharmonic/Pritchard Classical 02:00:2013:27 Vivaldi Cello Sonata No. 4 in B flat, RV Anner Bylsma 05188 Sony 51350 074645135021 45 02:15:17 27:48 Respighi Church Windows Cincinnati 08438 Telarc 80356 089408035623 Symphony/Lopez-Cob os 02:44:3514:08 Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 9 in E, Op. John O'Conor 05592 Telarc 80293 089408029325 14 No. 1 03:00:1307:50 Balakirev Islamey, an Oriental Fantasy USSR 05750 Melodiya 34165 743213416526 Symphony/Svetlanov 03:09:0308:02 Debussy 3rd mvt (Andantino) from String Ysaye Quartet 09850 Decca 478 3691 028947836919 Quartet in G minor, Op. 10 03:18:1540:32 Dvorak Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. Ma/NY 03691 Sony 67173 074646717325 104 Philharmonic/Masur 04:00:1712:51 Alfven Swedish Rhapsody No. -
Verdehr Trio Verdehr Trio
Ithaca College Digital Commons @ IC All Concert & Recital Programs Concert & Recital Programs 2-22-1991 Concert: Verdehr Trio Verdehr Trio Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.ithaca.edu/music_programs Part of the Music Commons Recommended Citation Verdehr Trio, "Concert: Verdehr Trio" (1991). All Concert & Recital Programs. 5582. https://digitalcommons.ithaca.edu/music_programs/5582 This Program is brought to you for free and open access by the Concert & Recital Programs at Digital Commons @ IC. It has been accepted for inclusion in All Concert & Recital Programs by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ IC. Ithaca College ITHACA School of Music ITHACA COLLEGE CONCERTS 1990-91 VERDEHR TRIO Walter Verdehr, violin Elsa Ludewig-Verdehr, clarinet Gary Kirkpatrick, piano CREATURES OF PROMETHEUS, op. 43 Ludwig van Beethoven No. 14 Andante and Allegretto (1770-1827) EIGHT PIECES FOR CLARINET, VIOLA AND PIANO, op. 83 Max Bruch (1838-1920) transcribed by Elsa Ludewig-Verdehr VI. Nachtgesang: Andante con moto (Nocturn) IV. Allegro agitato A TRIO SETTING (19<JO) Gwither SchQller (b. 1925) Fast and Explosive Slow and Dreamy Allegretto; Scherzando e Leggiero IN1ERMISSION SONATA A TRE (1982) KarelHusa (b.1921) Con intensita Con sensitivita Con velocita SLAVONIC DANCES Antonin Dvofak (1841-1904) Tempo di Menuetto, op. 46, no. 2 Allegretto grazioso, op. 72, no. 2 Presto, op. 46, no. 8 Walter Ford Hall Auditorium Friday, February 22, 1991 8:15 p.m. PROGRAM NOTES Ludwig van Beethoven. Creatures of Prometheus, op. 43 The Andante and Allegretto, op. 43, no. 14 by Beethoven is taken from the ballet Creatures of Prometheus, op. 43. Written in 1800-1801, it was Beethoven's introduction to the Viennese stage and the first performance was given in the Burgtheater in Vienna on March 28, 1801. -
Masterpieces Celebrating the Human Journey Music by Barber, Bruch, Ravel, Prokofiev and Piazzolla
Masterpieces Celebrating the Human Journey Music by Barber, Bruch, Ravel, Prokofiev and Piazzolla Aude Castagna, Concert director and cello Vlada Volkova, piano; Jeff Gallagher, clarinet Shannon Delaney and Brian Johnston, violins Eleanor Angel, viola The Music Nostalgia: Prokofiev, Overture on Hebrew Themes (1919) Sergei Prokofiev wrote the Overture on Hebrew Themes, Op. 34, in 1919, during a trip to the United States. The piece was commissioned by a Russian sextet, the Zimro Ensemble, sponsored by the Russian Zionist Organization and was written for the unusual combination of clarinet, string quartet, and piano. The members had just arrived in America from the Far East on a world tour and gave Prokofiev a notebook of Jewish folksongs. The melodies Prokofiev chose have never been traced to any authentic sources and may have been actually composed by the ensemble’s clarinetist in the Jewish style. Its structure follows the form of a fairly conventional overture. It is in the key of C minor. The first theme, un poco allegro, has a jumpy and festive rhythm, unmistakably evoking klezmer music by alternating low and high registers and using repeated swelling and tapering of volume. The second theme, piu mosso, is a nostalgic cantabile theme introduced by the cello and then passed to the first violin. Dreams of Love: Eight Pieces for Clarinet, Cello, & Piano, (1910) Op. 83 by Max Bruch Numbers 1, 2,5, 6 and 7. Max Bruch (1838-1920) received his earliest music instruction from his mother, a noted singer and pianist. He was widely known and respected in his day as a composer, conductor, and teacher. -
Thursday Playlist
February 6, 2020: (Full-page version) Close Window “Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.” — Igor Stravinsky Start Buy CD Program Composer Title Performers Record Label Stock Number Barcode Time online Sleepers, Reference 00:01 Buy Now! Saint-Saëns Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28 Geller/Kansas City Symphony/Stern 136 030911113629 Awake! Recordings 00:11 Buy Now! Alfven Suite ~ The Mountain King, Op. 37 Royal Opera Orchestra Stockholm/Alfvén Swedish Society 1003 N/A Scottish Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 00:29 Buy Now! Bruch Ehnes/Montreal Symphony/Bernardi CBC 5222 059582522226 46 01:00 Buy Now! Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21 Arrau/London Philharmonic/Inbal Decca 478 0108 028947801085 01:36 Buy Now! Bach Trio Sonata in C, BWV 529 Balsom/Ibragimova/Caudle/Ross EMI 58047 724355804723 01:51 Buy Now! Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture, Op. 26 Freiburg Baroque Orchestra/Heras-Casado Harmonia Mundi 90235 3149020232521 02:02 Buy Now! Berwald Symphony No. 3 in C, "Sinfonie singuliere" Royal Philharmonic/Bjorlin EMI 00920 5099950092024 02:33 Buy Now! Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 19 in G minor, Op. 49 No. 1 John O'Conor Telarc 80293 089408029325 02:42 Buy Now! Bizet L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1 Berlin Philharmonic/Karajan DG 415 106 028921510624 03:01 Buy Now! Strauss, R. Waltzes ~ Der Rosenkavalier Slovak Philharmonic/Kosler Naxos 8.578041-42 747313804177 03:14 Buy Now! Bridge An Irish Melody English String Orchestra/Boughton Nimbus 5366 083603536626 03:23 Buy Now! Mozart String Quartet No. 23 in F, K. 590 Mosaic Quartet Auvidis Astree 8659 3298490086599 03:59 Buy Now! Debussy The Sunken Cathedral ~ Preludes, Book I Gerhard Oppitz RCA 61968 090266196821 04:08 Buy Now! Bach, C.P.E. -
Scottish Fantasy
JOSHUA BELL BRUCH Scottish Fantasy Academy of St Martin in the Fields Br uc h (1838-1920) SCOTTISH FANTASY FOR VIOLIN AND ORCHESTRA, OP. 46 1 I. Introduction: Grave, Adagio cantabile 2 II. Scherzo: Allegro 3 III. Andante sostenuto 4 IV. Finale: Allegro guerriero VIOLIN CONCERTO NO. 1 IN G MINOR, OP. 26 5 I. Vorspiel: Allegro moderato 6 II. Adagio 7 III. Finale: Allegro energico Joshua Bell, Soloist/Director Academy of St Martin in the Fields Master of More than Melody The works presented here are two out of the three pieces by Max Bruch that can be called staples of the classical repertoire. (The third is his piece for cello and orchestra, Kol Nidrei.) In his lifetime he was best known for large-scale choral works, well received at their premieres and popular with the many amateur choral societies found throughout Europe in the later 19th century. Those choruses began to dwindle once the 20th century got underway. As they disappeared, Bruch’s cantatas and oratorios also faded from consciousness, rarely, if ever, to be heard again. By association, Bruch became thought of as a composer whose time had come and gone. It is interesting to compare the very diff erent assessments of him in two successive editions of Grove’s Dictionary of Music, from 1904 and 1954. The earlier edition declared: “He is above all a master of melody, and of the eff ective treatment of masses of sound.” By 1954 the verdict on his output was dismissive and condescending: ‘It is its lack of adventure that limited its fame.’ Bruch was born during the lifetimes of Mendelssohn and Schumann and died when Schoenberg and Stravinsky were creating gigantic waves in musical life. -
JONGEN: Danse Lente for Flute and Harp Notes on the Program by Noel Morris ©2021
JONGEN: Danse lente for Flute and Harp Notes on the Program By Noel Morris ©2021 en years ago, a video of a Jongen’s Sinfonia is a masterpiece, a tour de crowded department store force celebrated by organists around the at Christmastime went world. Unfortunately, due to a series of Tviral. In it, holiday shoppers mishaps, the Sinfonia waited more suddenly find themselves than 80 years for a performance on awash in music—a thundering the Wanamaker Organ. rendition of the Hallelujah Chorus. The video shows Today, Jongen is best bewildered customers, remembered as an organ store clerks and live singers composer, although he wrote shuffling about in a chamber works, a symphony gleeful heap. It happened and concertos, among other at a Philadelphia Macy’s things. It’s only been in recent (formerly Wanamaker’s), years that musicians have begun home of the world’s largest to explore Jongen’s other works. pipe organ. From an early age, Jongen The Wanamaker Organ was the excelled at the piano and began to crown jewel of one of America’s dabble in composition; he entered first department stores. During the the Liège Conservatory at age seven 1920s, Rodman Wanamaker paid to and continued his studies into his twenties. have the instrument refurbished and enlarged During the 1890s he worked as a church organist to 28,482 pipes and decided to commission some around Liège and later joined the faculty at the new music for its rededication. He chose the famous Conservatory. After the German army invaded Belgium Belgian organist Joseph Jongen, who responded in 1914, he took his family to England where he formed with his Sinfonia concertante (1926), a piece the a piano quartet and traveled the UK, entertaining a composer would later refer to as “that unfortunate war weary people. -
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra 2016-2017 Mellon Grand Classics Season October 7 and 9, 2016 MANFRED HONECK, CONDUCTOR PINCHAS ZUKERMAN, VIOLIN JAMES MacMILLAN Britannia MAX BRUCH Concerto No. 1 for Violin and Orchestra in G minor, Opus 26 I. Prelude: Allegro moderato II. Adagio III. Finale: Allegro energico Mr. Zukerman Intermission EDWARD ELGAR Variations on an Original Theme, Opus 36 “Enigma Variations” Enigma: Andante Variations: I. "C.A.E." L'istesso tempo II. "H.D.S.- P." Allegro III. "R.B.T." Allegretto IV. "W.M.B." Allegro di molto V. "R.P.A." Moderato VI. "Ysobel" Andantino VII. "Troyte" Presto VIII. "W.N." Allegretto IX. "Nimrod" Moderato X. "Dorabella - Intermezzo" Allegretto XI. "G.R.S." Allegro di molto XII. "B.G.N." Andante XIII. "*** - Romanza" Moderato XIV. "E.D.U." - Finale JAMES MacMILLAN Fanfare for Pittsburgh A special commission to celebrate the Pittsburgh Symphony’s 120th Anniversary and the opening of the 2016-17 season. Oct. 7-9, 2016, page 1 PROGRAM NOTES BY DR. RICHARD E. RODDA JAMES MACMILLAN Britannia (1994) Sir James MacMillan was born in Kilwinning, Ayshire, Scotland on July 16, 1959. Britannia was composed in 1994 as a celebration of British orchestras. It was premiered by the London Symphony Orchestra in Barbican Hall on September 21, 1994, with Michael Tilson Thomas conducting. These performances mark the Pittsburgh premiere of Britannia, and mark the first of four MacMillan compositions to be performed in the 2016-17 season as the Pittsburgh Symphony Composer of the Year. The score calls for piccolo, three flutes, three oboes, English horn, three clarinets, bass clarinet, two bassoons, contrabassoon, four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, harp and strings. -
Max Bruch (1838-1920) Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in G Minor
Max Bruch (1838-1920) Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in G minor Any person who lives 80 years is likely to see consequential change unfold before their eyes, and in a myriad of ways. This is true in any generation but perhaps more so for the 82 year old Max Bruch, who was born a decade after Beethoven’s death and died a decade after Mahler’s. In terms of European history, he very nearly gulfs the distance between the Napoleonic War and the Second World War, missing each by a short twenty years. It is not difficult, therefore, to see Bruch’s artistic output of over 100 published pieces overshadowed by the stylistic changes that came with every generation. He was firmly ensconced in his middle romantic genre, unyielding, distrustful and holding in contempt the swirling mass of ideas around him. Those ideas included the music of some fifty great composers including Bruckner, Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, Bizet, Debussy, Wagner, Liszt, Rachmaninov and Stravinsky. That Bruch was inflexible in his approach to anything other than his style, caused a waning in popularity which unfortunately exists to this day. We acknowledge his Violin Concerti, the Scottish Fantasy and Kol Nidrei for Cello. But who remembers his great forays into opera, especially Die Loreley, or his extraordinary mastery of massed choral music, accounting for 19 works, both genres propelling him, at least at the time, into semi stardom. It is a dominant fact of his life – and a cause for continuing bitterness - that having counted himself with the more conservative writing of the Mendelssohn- Schumann school, he never bested the great Johannes Brahms, despite outliving him by two and a half decades. -
The Fifteenth-Anniversary Season: the Glorious Violin July 14–August 5, 2017 David Finckel and Wu Han, Artistic Directors Experience the Soothing Melody STAY with US
The Fifteenth-Anniversary Season: The Glorious Violin July 14–August 5, 2017 David Finckel and Wu Han, Artistic Directors Experience the soothing melody STAY WITH US Spacious modern comfortable rooms, complimentary Wi-Fi, 24-hour room service, itness room and a large pool. Just two miles from Stanford. BOOK EVENT MEETING SPACE FOR 10 TO 700 GUESTS. CALL TO BOOK YOUR STAY TODAY: 650-857-0787 CABANAPALOALTO.COM DINE IN STYLE 4290 Bistro features creative dishes from our Executive Chef and Culinary Team. Our food is a fusion of Asian Flavors using French techniques while sourcing local ingredients. TRY OUR CHAMPAGNE SUNDAY BRUNCH RESERVATIONS: 650-628-0145 4290 EL CAMINO REAL PALO ALTO CALIFORNIA 94306 Music@Menlo The Glorious Violin the fifteenth-anniversary season July 14–August 5, 2017 DAVID FINCKEL AND WU HAN, ARTISTIC DIRECTORS Contents 2 Season Dedication 3 A Message from the Artistic Directors 4 Welcome from the Executive Director 4 Board, Administration, and Mission Statement 5 The Glorious Violin Program Overview 6 Essay: “Violinists: Old Time vs. Modern” by Henry Roth 10 Encounters I–V 13 Concert Programs I–VII Léon-Ernest Drivier (1878–1951). La joie de vivre, 1937. Trocadero, Paris, France. Photo credit: Archive 41 Carte Blanche Concerts I–V Timothy McCarthy/Art Resource, NY 60 Chamber Music Institute 62 Prelude Performances 69 Koret Young Performers Concerts 72 Master Classes 73 Café Conversations 74 The Visual Arts at Music@Menlo 75 Music@Menlo LIVE 76 2017–2018 Winter Series 78 Artist and Faculty Biographies 90 Internship Program 92 Glossary 96 Join Music@Menlo 98 Acknowledgments 103 Ticket and Performance Information 105 Map and Directions 106 Calendar www.musicatmenlo.org 1 2017 Season Dedication Music@Menlo’s ifteenth season is dedicated to the following individuals and organizations that share the festival’s vision and whose tremendous support continues to make the realization of Music@Menlo’s mission possible. -
Cello Clarinet
Repertoire List of Eligible Solo Works (one movement of choice is to be performed) Cello Bach, J. C. : Cello Concerto in c minor Bloch : Schelomo, Hebraic Rhapsody for Cello & Orchestra Boccherini : Cello Concerto in B-flat major, G.482 Bruch : Kol Nidrei, Op. 47 Cassadó : Requiebros, Dvorak : Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104, B. 191 Dvorak : Rondo, Op.94 Elgar : Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 Faure : Elegy, Op. 24 Haydn : Any Concerto Herbert : Concerto No.2 in E minor for Violoncello & Orchestra, op.30 Lalo : Cello Concerto in D minor Popper : Hungarian Rhapsody, Op.68 Prokofiev : Sinfonia concertante, Op.125 Saint-Saëns : Any Concerto Saint-Saëns : Allegro appassionato, Op.43 Schumann : Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129 Shostakovich : Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major, Opus 107 Tchaikovsky : Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op.33 Vieuxtemps : Any Concerto Vivaldi : Any Concerto Clarinet Benjamin : Concerto on Themes by Cimarosa Bozza : Clarinet Concerto Cavallini/Reed: Adagio & Tarantella Crusell : Concerto No.2, Op.5 Debussy : Première rhapsodie Dello Joio : Concertante Finzi : Clarinet Concerto op. 31 Krommer : Clarinet Concerto, Op.36 Mozart : Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622 Pleyel : Concerto in C major, B.106 Rossini : Variations for Clarinet & Small Orchestra Spohr : Any Concerto Stamitz : Any Concerto Weber : Any Concerto Double Bass Bottesini : Double Bass Concerto No.2 in B minor Cimador : Double Bass Concerto Dittersdorf : Double Bass Concerto No.2 in E-flat major, Kr.172 Dragonetti : Double Bass Concerto in A major Hoffmeister: Concerto Koussevitzky : Double Bass Concerto, Op.3 Pichl : Double Bass Concerto Vanhal : Concerto for Double Bass & Orchestra Vivaldi: Concerto in a minor (transcribed from violin) Flute Bach : Orchestral Suite No. -
(Re)Constructing Johann Sebastian Bach: Reception History and Performance Practice in New York City During
(RE)CONSTRUCTING JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: RECEPTION HISTORY AND PERFORMANCE PRACTICE IN NEW YORK CITY DURING THE GREAT WAR A THESIS IN Musicology Presented to the faculty of the University of Missouri-Kansas City in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree MASTER OF MUSIC By THOMAS JARED MARKS B.M. University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2010 Kansas City, Missouri 2013 ©2013 THOMAS JARED MARKS ALL RIGHTS RESERVED (RE)CONSTRUCTING JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: RECEPTION HISTORY AND PERFORMANCE PRACTICE IN NEW YORK CITY DURING THE GREAT WAR Thomas Jared Marks, Candidate for the Master of Music Degree University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2013 ABSTRACT The perception of Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) in New York City during the time of the Great War can be illuminated through two threads: 1) reception history and reputation, and 2) contemporary performance practices. Between 1914 and 1927, the reputation of Bach migrated away from one having nationalistic and Romantic associations to one embodying both a “universal” objectivity and a distinctly American subjectivity. Similarly, the manner in which Bach’s music was performed also changed. Before the Great War, transcribing and arranging Bach’s music was common. After the war, some New York City critics began to advocate for Bach’s music to be played as historical reconstructions. Transcriptions and arrangements continued to be performed alongside historical reconstructions, and both a subjective and historically “objective” approaches to performing the composer’s music existed. New York City musician William Henry Humiston (1869-1923) and his idea of Bach provides a useful case study of one musician’s approach to understanding the composer. -
Repertoire Suggestions for Competition
REPERTOIRE SUGGESTIONS FOR ROGER & ELLA JO ADAMS CONCERTO COMPETITION VIOLIN CLARINET Bach, Violin Concerto No. 2 BWV 1042 Copland, Clarinet Concerto Barber, Violin Concerto Debussy, Rhapsody Beethoven, Violin Concerto Mozart, Clarinet Concerto Brahms, Violin Concerto Nielsen, Clarinet Concerto Bruch, Violin Concerto No. 1 or 2 or Weber, Clarinet Concerto No. 2 Scottish Fantasy BASSOON Glazunov, Violin Concerto Elgar, Romance Goldmark, Violin Concerto Francaix, Bassoon Concerto Kabalevsky, Violin Concerto Jolivet, Bassoon Concerto Lalo, Symphonie Espagnole Hummel, Bassoon Concerto Mendelssohn, Violin Concerto in E minor Mozart, Bassoon Concerto Mozart, Any Violin Concerto Vivaldi, Bassoon Concerto in E minor Paganini, Violin Concerto No. 1 or 2 Weber, Bassoon Concerto Prokofiev, Violin Concerto No. 1 or 2 HORN Saint-Saens, Violin Concerto No. 3 Gliere, Horn Concerto Sibelius, Violin Concerto Haydn, Horn Concerto No. 1 Tchaikovsky, Violin Concerto Jacob, Concerto for Horn and Strings Vieuxtemps, Violin Concerto No. 5 Mozart, Horn Concerto No. 2, 3, or 4 Vivaldi, Four Seasons, Complete R. Strauss, Horn Concerto No. 1 or 2 Wieniawski, Violin Concerto No. 1 or 2 TRUMPET VIOLA Arutunian, Trumpet Concerto Bartok, Viola Concerto Haydn, Trumpet Concerto Bloch, Suite for Viola and Orchestra Hummel, Trumpet Concerto Hindemith, Der Schwanendreher Telemann, Trumpet Concerto in D major Hoffmeister, Viola Concerto TROMBONE Martinu, Rhapsody-Concerto Creston, Fantasy Stamitz, Viola Concerto David, Trombone Concertino Walton, Viola Concerto Jacob, Trombone Concerto CELLO Martin, Ballade Boccherini, Cello Concerto Tomasi, Trombone Concerto Dvorak, Cello Concerto TUBA Elgar, Cello Concerto Vaughan Williams, Bass Tuba Concerto Haydn, Cello Concerto in D major or C major John Williams, Tuba Concerto Lalo, Cello Concerto HARP Saint-Saens, Cello Concerto No.