Music in the Morning with Rick Westover
| Monday, February 26 |
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9:09 AM / Linda dePinquertaine-Gauthier / Chorale
Linda dePinquertaine-Gauthier, Piano
Stratham Fields Productions SFP-101-CD
9:13 AM / A. Vivaldi / Winter: from The Four Seasons
Concerti for Violin, Strings and Continuo, Op. 8, Nos. 1-4
Arnie Roth, Violin and Conductor
Musica Anima, Strings
Patrick Stewart, Narration
American Grammaphone AGCD801
9:25 AM / Antonio Lotti / Sonata in G
Eroica Trio
EMI Classics 7243 5 56873 2 6
9:36 AM / W. A. Mozart / Overture from the Magic Flute
Modern Mandolin Quartet
Windham Hill Records 01934 11108-2
9:45 AM / Jacques Casterede / Brief Encounters
Terry Everson, Trumpet
Susan Nowicki, Piano
The International Trumpet Guild ITG 001
9:54 AM / Scott Joplin / Easy Winners
The Uptown Quartet
Philips 838 358-2
10:01 AM / NPR Newscast
10:06 AM / Dr. Sue Ann Martin / Arts Almanac
10:09 AM / Sergei Rachmaninoff / Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42
Vladimir Viardo, Piano
Elektra Nonesuch 9 79283-2
10:29 AM /Arcangelo Corelli / Concerto Grosso in D, Op. 6, No. 8
Alexander Titov, Conductor
New Classical Orchestra of St. Petersburg
Sony (Infinity Digital) QK 66722
10:43 AM / Richard Strauss / Don Juan, Op. 20
Lorin Maazel, Conductor
Cleveland Orchestra
CBS Masterworks MDK 44909
11:01 AM / NPR Newscast
11:07 AM / Charles Gounod / Symphony No. 1 in D
Christopher Hogwood, Conductor
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
London 430 231-2
11:38 AM / Camille Saint-Saens / Septet, Op. 65, in E-flat
Andre Previn, piano
Thomas Stevens, Trumpet
Julie Rosenfeld and Ani Kavafian, First and Second Violin
Toby Hoffman, Viola
Carter Brey, Cello
Jack Kulowitsch, Double Bass
BMG Classics 09026-68181-2 |
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| Tuesday, February 27 |
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9:10 AM / Matthew Dunne / Did You See the Moon Last Night?
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
Telarc CD-80647
9:16 AM / Astor Piazzola / Soledad
Gidon Kremer, Violin
And Friends
Nonesuch 79407-2
*Gidon Kremer celebrates a birthday today. Born 2-27-1947.
9:23 AM / Bobby McFerrin / Circle Song 6
Bobby McFerrin
And other singers
Sony SSK 8550 (sampler disc)
9:31 AM / G. P. Telemann / Oboe Concerto in f
Han de Vries, Baroque Oboe
Alma Musica Amsterdam
EMI Classics CDC 7 54664 2
9:42 AM / John Field / Sonata Op. 1, No. 1 in E-flat
John O’Connor, Piano
Telarc CD-80290
*John O’Connor will be in Mid Michigan this week. He’ll teach a Master Class Thursday on the campus of CMU. After the class, O’Connor stops by CMU Public Radio to sit in with Susan McTaggart-Dennis for Afternoon Classical. Then O’Connor performs Saturday at the Midland Center for the Arts at 8 pm. More info online at MCFTA.ORG
9:56 AM / J. Malats / Serenata Espanola
Hector Ivan Garcia, Guitar
Joplin & Sweeney Music Company JS 104-CD
10:01 AM / NPR Newscast
10:06 AM / Dr. Sue Ann Martin / Arts Almanac
10:10 AM / Zoltan Kodaly / Dances of Galanta
Bruce Andrus, Horn
Laura Ardan, Clarinet
Yoel Levi, Conductor
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Telarc CD-80413
10:27 AM / Traditional American Folksong / He’s Gone Away
Kathleen Battle, Soprano
Cyrus Chestnut, Piano
Sony Classical
10:35 AM / L. V. Beethoven / Symphony No. 8 in F, Op. 67
Herbert Van Karajan, Conductor
Berlin Philharmonic
*Today marks the first performance of Beethoven’s 8th in Vienna, 1814.
11:01 AM / NPR Newscast
11:07 AM / Luigi Cherubini / String Quartet No. 3 in d
Hausmusik London
CPO 999 949-2
11:40 AM / Victor Herbert / Irish Rhapsody
Richard Hayman, Conductor
and His Orchestra
Naxos 8.555016
*If you love Celtic music, do not miss Grada and Teada when they stop in your town in early March. It’s an Our Front Porch tour. More information at wcmu.org or by phone 888-268-0111.
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| Wednesday, February 28 |
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9:08 AM / Paul Halley / The Jig is Up
Paul Halley, Piano, Organ & Harpsichord
Pelagos PEL 103
9:13 AM / Richard W. Uhler / Flying Clouds Tango
Kleveland Klezmorim
*Released by WKSU FM
9:21 AM / Jen Guerra / Africlassical.com feature
9:29 AM / Alejandro Cardona / Moyugba Orisha
Gabriel Cabezas, Cello
White Pine Music WCD-208
*2006 Sphinx Competition Laureate. More information at sphinxmusic.com.
15-year-old Cabezas performs with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra Saturday, April 21st.
White Pine is the newly established (2003) record label based on the campus of Central Michigan University.
9:42 AM / Joseph Bologne Chevalier de Saint-Georges /
Symphony No. 1 in G, Op. 11, No. 1
Paul Freeman, Conductor
The London Symphony Orchestra
CBS Records P19425
9:57 AM / Paul Halley / Shores of Ironbound
Paul Halley, Piano, Organ & Harpsichord
Pelagos PEL 103
10:01 AM / NPR Newscast
10:06 AM / Dr. Sue Ann Martin / Arts Almanac
10:08 AM / W. A. Mozart / Oboe Quintet in c, K 406
Max Artved, Oboe
And Friends
Naxos 8.557361
10:37 AM / Robert Schumann / Konzerstuck for Four Horns, Op. 86
American Horn Quartet
Dariusz Wisniewski, Conductor
Sinfonia Varsovia
Naxos 8.557747
*Hear a local performance of this work by the Midland Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Carlton Woods during our Performance Thursday offering from 8 to 10 pm tomorrow night. Host Susan McTaggart-Dennis will be joined by Maestro Woods.
10:55 AM / Louis Moreau Gottschalk / Tournament Galop
Richard Rosenberg, Conductor
Hot Springs Music Festival
Naxos 8.559036
11:01 AM / NPR Newscast
11:09 AM / Ottorino Respighi / Burlesca
Adriano, Conductor
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Naxos 8.557820
11:17 AM / Miles Davis//Victor Feldman / Blue in Green//Seven Steps to Heaven
The Turtle Island String Quartet
Neeme Jarvi, Conductor
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Chandos CHAN 9331
11:27 AM / Duke Ellington / Three Black Kings
Neeme Jarvi, Conductor
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Unisys DSO-1003
11:48 AM / William Grant Still / Summerland
Videmus
New World Records
80399-2
11:52 AM/ William Grant Still / Lift Every Voice and Sing
Robert Honeysucker, Baritone
Videmus
New World Records
80399-2 |
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| Thursday, March 1 |
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9:09 AM / Domenico Scarlatti / Sonata, K. 531
Judy Loman, Harp
Marquis 77471 81343 2 5
9:15 AM / Sir Malcolm Arnold / Four Welsh Dances, Op. 138
Andrew Penny, Conductor
Queensland Symphony Orchestra
Naxos 8.553526
*In honor of St. David’s Day. St. David is the patron saint of Wales. Don your daffodils and leeks. Thanks to the caller from Midland for the suggestion.
9:31 AM / Frederick Chopin / Barcarolle, Op. 60
Robert Silverman, Piano
Marquis 7 74718 15032 5
*Born near Warsaw, Poland on this day in 1810.
9:42 AM / Bruno Coulais / Vois sur ton Chemin (Look to your Path)
Les Petits Chanteurs de Saint-Marc Choir
Nicolas Porte, Director
Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra
Deyan Pavlov, Director
Nonesuch 61741-2
9:45 AM / Leo Brouwer / Cuban Landscape with Rain
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
Telarc CD-80593
9:54 AM / Georges Bizet / Habanera
Charlotte Church and Friends
Columbia CK 89710
*Charlotte Church hails from Wales.
10:01 AM / NPR Newscast
10:06 AM / Dr. Sue Ann Martin / Arts Almanac
10:12 AM / Gustav Hoyer / The Lion Triumphant
Robert Ian Winstin, Conductor
Philharmonia Bulgarica
ERM Media ERM-6696
10:33 AM / J. Haydn / String Quartet in D, Op. 76, No. 5
Cleveland Quartet
Telarc CD-80415
10:53 AM / Frederick Chopin / Nocturne in e, Op. 72, No.1
John O’Connor, Piano
Telarc CD-80313
*O’Connor’s in studio this afternoon with Susan has been thwarted by the weather. He is still scheduled to perform Saturday with the Midland Center for the Arts under the direction of Maestro Carlton Woods. MCFTA.ORG for more info.
11:01 AM / NPR Newscast
11:10 AM / Frederick Chopin / Concerto No. 2 for Piano and Orchestra in f, Op. 21
Emanuel Ax, Piano
Sir Charles MacKerras, Conductor
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Sony Classical SK 63371
11:44 AM / Traditional / Songs of the Hebrides
The Burns Musical Society
Marquis Classics ERAD 169
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| Friday, March 2 |
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9:08 AM / Aaron Copland / Nonet for Strings
Members of St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble
Music Masters 7055-2-C
*First performed 3/2/1961 in Washington D.C.
9:30 AM / J. Haydn / Symphony No. 98 in B-flat
Herbert Van Karajan, Conductor
Berlin Philharmonic
Deutsche Grammophon 2741 015
*First performed in 1792 on this date with Haydn conducting in London at the Hanover-Square Concert Rooms.
10:01 AM / NPR Newscast
10:07 / Dr. Sue Ann Martin / Arts Almanac
10:13 AM / Bedrich Smetana / Four Czech Polks
Rudolf Firkusny, Piano
EMI Classics 66069
*Bedrich Smetana born 3/2/1824.
10:27 AM / Dan Welcher / Symphony No. 3 “Shaker Life”
Eugene Migliaro Corporon, Conductor
North Texas Wind Symphony
Klavier KCD-11099
*A Birthday for Welcher too. The composer was born in Rochester, NY in 1948.
10:48 AM / Kurt Weill / Je Ne T’aime Pas (I Don’t Love You)
Ute Lemper
London 425 204-2
*Kurt Weill was born 3/2/1900.
10:52 AM / Joseph Curiale / An American Variation
Osamu Kitajima, Japanese Koto
Masakazu Yoshizawa, Shakuhachi
Maurice Murphy, Trumpet
Joseph Curiale, Conductor
London Symphony Orchestra
Orchard Road 7156
11:01 AM / NPR Newscast
11:07 AM / Community Notes
11:11 AM / Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov / Symphony No.3 in C, Op. 32
Neeme Jarvi, Conductor
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Deutsche Grammophon 423 604-2
*Rimsky-Korsakov conducted a benefit concert for the victims of the Volga Famine in St. Petersburg in 1874 on this date. It was the first performance of his 3rd Symphony and his debut as conductor.
11:47 AM / Mark O’Connor / Vistas
Mark O’Connor, Violin
Yo-Yo Ma, Cello
Edgar Meyer, Bass
Sony Classical SK 66782
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