9:07 AM / S. Rachmaninov / Melody
Itzhak Perlman, Violin
Samuel Sanders, Piano
EMI Classics 0777 7 548822 7

9:11 AM / Johann Friedrich Fasch / Trumpet Concerto in D
Niklas Eklund, Baroque Trumpet
Nils-Erik Sparf, Conductor
The Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble
Naxos 8.553531

9:18 AM / Antonio Salieri / Armonia per un Tempio dell notte
Ensemble Italiano di Fiati
Tactus TC 751902

9:26 AM / Johannes Brahms / Allegro amabile from: Sonata in E-flat Op. 120, No. 2
Barbara Westphal, Viola
Ursula Oppens, Piano
Bridge Records BCD 9021

9:38 AM / Darius Milhuad / The Creation of the World, Op. 81
Branford Marsalis, Alto Saxophone
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Sony Classical SK 89251

9:56 AM / W. A. Mozart / Song for Amadeus
Bobby McFerrin, Vocal
Chick Corea, Piano
Sony Classical SK 62601

10:01 AM / NPR Newscast

10:07 AM / Ferdinando Sor / Variations on a Theme by Mozart
Lynn Harting-Ware, Guitar
Acoma GXD 5735

10:18 AM / Nicolo Paganini / Serenata in C for Viola, Cello and Guitar
Antonello Farulli, Viola
Andrea Noferini, Cello
Adriano Sebastiani, Guitar
Dynamic CDS 76

10:37 AM / Oystein Sommerfeldt / Little Overture, Op. 11
Bjarte Engeset, Conductor
Iceland Symphony Orchestra
Naxos 8.557018

10:41 AM / Edvard Fliflet Bræin / Out Towards the Sea
Bjarte Engeset, Conductor
Iceland Symphony Orchestra
Naxos 8.557018

10:46 AM / Traditional Scottish / The Hawthorne
Abby Newton, Cello and friends
Redwing Music RWMCD 5410

10:50 AM / Frederic Chopin / Waltz in b, Op. 69, No. 2 and Waltz in D-flat, Op. 64, No. 1
Janos Balint, Flute
Deborah Sipkai, Harp
Capriccio 10748

10:56 AM / Francis Poulenc / Humoresque
Pascal Roge, Piano
London 425 862-2

11:10 AM / W. A. Mozart / Clarinet Quintet in A, K. 581
Richard Stoltzman, Clarinet
Tokyo String Quartet
BMG Classics 60723-2-RC

11:45 AM / Antonio Vivaldi / Concerto in E-flat, RV 258
Giuliano Carmignola, Baroque Violin
Andrea Marcon, Conductor
Venice Baroque Orchestra
Sony Classical SK 87733

9:08 AM / Jorge Liderman / Waking Between the Fields – The King Who Rises Early – The Morning Meal –
Leaving for Marseille – A Cool Afternoon in May all from 46 Spanish Songs for Violin and Guitar
Duo 46
Albany TROY829

9:15 AM / G. F. Handel / Suite in d, HWV 440
Keith Jarrett, Piano
ECM New Series 1530
78118-21530-2
*Jarrett was born in Allentown, PA on 5/08/1945.

9:25 AM / Leroy Anderson / Blue Tango
Georg Huber, Conductor
Salonorchester Schwanen
Naxos 8.555344

9:31 AM / Nino Rota / Amarcord
Carlo Savina, Conductor
studio orchestra
CAM 5502

9:38 AM / Enrico Pieranunzi / Fellini’s Waltz
Enrico Pieranunzi, Piano
Charlie Haden, Bass
CAM 5502

9:44 AM / Louis Moreau Gottschalk / Souvenir de Porto Rico, Marche des Gibaros
John Arpin, Piano
Fanfare CDD 515
*American composer L. M. Gottschalk was born in New Orleans on May 8th, 1829.

9:52 AM / Isaac Albeniz / Tango and Malaguena from: Espana – 6 hojas de album, Op. 165
Pepe and Celin Romero, Guitars
Philips 411 432-2

10:01 AM / NPR Newscast

10:08 AM / Aaron Copland / Appalachian Spring
Aaron Copland, Conductor
Boston Symphony Orchestra
BMG Classics 09026-61505-2
*May 8th, 1945 – It was announced that Copland had won the Pulitzer Prize for Music
for his Appalachian Spring Ballet.

10:35 AM / Joseph Curiale / Shadow and Light
Pippa Davies, Flute
Geoff Brown, English Horn
Yuko Inoue, Viola
Caroline Dearnley, Cello
Kelvin Thomson, Piano
Orchard Road Music 7156

10:44 AM / Domenico Scarlatti / Sonata in g
Mariku Anraku, Harp
EMI Classics 7243 5 56515 2 5

10:48 AM / Jean-Marie Leclair / Sonata in D, Op. 2, No. 8
Irena Grafenauer, Flute
Brigitte Engelhard, Harpsichord
Jorg Baumann, Cello
Klaus Stoll, Double Bass
Philips 426 713-2

11:01 AM / NPR Newscast

11:07 AM / Igor Stravinsky / Dumbarton Oaks Concerto
Robert Craft, Conductor
The Orchestra of St. Luke’s
Music Masters Classics 01612-67113-2
*This selection was first performed in Washington D.C. on 5/08/1938.

11:23 AM / F. J. Haydn / Quartet in E, Op. 2, No. 2
Julian Breem, Guitar
Members of the Cremona String Quartet
Musical Heritage Society 524263A

11:42 AM / E. J. Moeran / Serenade in G
Richard Hickox, Conductor
Nrothern Sinfonia of England
EMI Classics 0777 7 64721 2 6

9:06 AM / Scott Tennant-Simon Jeffes / Celtic Fare
The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
Sony Classical SK 89100

9:13 AM / Sergei Rachmaninoff / Lilacs, Op. 21, No. 5
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Piano
Telarc CD-80489

9:16 AM / W. A. Mozart / Divertimento in B-flat for Strings
Sir Neville Marriner, Conductor
The Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Philips 422 545-2

9:29 AM/ Gioachino Rossini / The Silken Ladder Overture
Alessandro Arigoni, Conductor
Italian Philharmonic Orchestra
Black Dot Records MMC10009
*Rossini’s opera The Silken Ladder was first performed
in Venice on May 9th, 1812.

9:38 AM / Samuel Barber / Canzone for Flute and Piano
Leone Buyse, Flute
Martin Amlin, Piano
Crystal Records CD317

9:42 AM / John Corigliano / Voyage for Flute and String Orchestra
James Galway, Flute
David Effron, Conductor
Eastman Philharmonia
RCA Victor Red Seal 6602-2-RC

9:52 AM / Antonio Vivaldi / Concerto in E-flat, RV 483
Tamas Bankocs, Bassoon
Bela Drahos, Conductor
Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia
Naxos 8.557556

10:01 AM / NPR Newscast

10:09 AM / Camille Saint-Saens / Havanaise, Op. 83
Marat Bisengaliev, Violin
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Naxos 8.550494

10:19 AM / Paul McCartney / Spiral
Lawrence Foster, Conductor
London Symphony Orchestra
EMI Classics 7243 5 56897 2 6

10:32 AM / Jean Sibelius / The Tempest: Suite No. 1, Op. 109, No. 2
Petri Sakari
Iceland Symphony Orchestra
Naxos 8.554266
*Inspired by the wet forecast for the CMU Public Radio listening area today.
Showers and maybe a thunderstorm. Let’s hope for the best.

10:57 AM / Robert Schumann / Garden Melody from:
12 Pieces for Little and Big Children, Op. 85
Timothy and Nancy LeRoi, Pianos
Arsis CD 114

11:01 AM / NPR Newscast

11:06 AM / Community Notes

11:09 AM / Christopher Theofanidis / Rainbow Body
Robert Spano, Conductor
The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Telarc CD-80596

11:24 AM / A. Vivaldi / Sonata in c
Eroica Trio
EMI Classics
7243 5 56873 2 6

11:32 AM / P. Tchaikovsky / Suite for Orchestra
No. 4 in G, Op. 61 ‘Mozartiana’
Sir Neville Marriner, Conductor
Radio Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart
Cappricio 10 200

9:08 AM / Nancy Bloomer Deussen / Peninsula Suite
Robert Ian Winstin, Conductor
Philharmoni Bulgarica
ERM Media ERM-6696

9:20 AM / Jean-Marie Leclair / Sonata, Op. 9, No. 3
The Weiss Duo
Crystal Rercords CD835
*Leclair was born on May 10th, 1697.

9:36 AM / Johannes Brahms / Vivace from: String Quartet No. 3 in B-flat, Op. 67
Quartetto Italiano
Philips 456 320-2

9:47 AM / Leos Janacek / Moravian Dances
Libor Pesak, Conductor
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
Naxos 8.555245

9:57 AM / Stephen Foster / Gentle Annie
The Chestnut Brass Company
Naxos 8.559124

10:01 AM / NPR Newscast

10:07 AM / Jose Maria Vitier / Solidad
Denyce Graves, Mezzo-soprano
Jose Maria Vitier, Piano
Marcos Granados, Flute
Leo Grinhauz, Cello
Memo Acevedo and John Amira, Percussion
Jay Elfenbein, Bass
RCA Victor Red Seal 09026-63726-2

10:13 AM / Astor Piazzola / The Last Woman
Victor Villadangos, Guitar
Naxos 8.55721

10:18 AM / J. Haydn / Sonata No. 35 in A-flat
Emanuel Ax, Piano
Sony Classical SK 89363

10:33 AM / Dr. Sue Ann Martin / Arts Almanac

10:37 AM / Dmitri Shostakovich / Concerto No. 2 in F for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 102
Yefim Bronfman, Piano
Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor
Los Angeles Pholharmonic
Sony Classical SK 60677
*This selection was first performed on 5/10/57 with Shostakovich’s son, Maxim, at the piano.  Maxim was celebrating his birthday – born 17 years earlier 5/10/38.

10:57 AM / Benjamin Britten / Alla Marcia
Maggini Quartet
Naxos 8.557320 (Compilation)
Naxos 8.554360 (Original)

11:01 AM / NPR Newscast

11:06 AM / Community Notes

11:10 AM / Max Steiner / Casablanca Suite
William Tritt, Piano
Erich Kunzel, Conductor
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Telarc CD-80175
*Steiner was born on May 10th, 1888.

11:16 / Anatol Liadov / Polonaise, Op. 49
Stephen Gunzenhauser, Conductor
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
Marco Polo 8.220348
*Liadov was born on 5/10/1855.

11:25 AM / Bohuslav Martinu / Trio for Flute, Cello and Piano
Linda Toote, Flute
Scott Tisdel, Cello
Stephanie Jacob, Piano
Arundax Recordings 80140

11:47 AM / Michael Torke / Ecstatic Orange
David Zinman, Conductor
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Argo 433 071-2
*First performed on 5/10/1985 by the Brooklyn Philharmonic under the direction of Lukas Foss.

9:09 AM / Alan Hovhaness / Prayer of St. Gregory
Paul Willwerth, Trumpet
Steven Egler, Organ
SonEloqui CD 1984-2

9:14 AM / Arvo Part / Kondakion from: Kanon Pokajanen
Tonu Kaljuste, Director
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
BMG Classics ECM 1654/55

9:18 AM / W. A. Mozart / Allegro from: Serenade No. 5 in D, KV 204
Franzjosef Maier, Conductor
Collegium Aureum
Harmonia Mundi 19 9958 2

9:26 AM / Franz Schubert / Military March, Op. 51, No. 1, D 733
Camerata Bern
Musica Helvetica MH CD 63.2

9:33 AM / Georges Bizet / Farandole
Ervin Monroe and Alexander Zonjic, Flutes
Little Piper

9:39 AM / Ivan Khandoshkin / Violin Sonata No. 2 in E-flat, Op. 3
Anastasia Khitruk, Violin
Naxos 8.570028

9:53 AM / Ryuichi Sakamoto / Energy Flow
Ryuichi Sakamoto, Piano
Sony Classical SK 89079

10:01 AM / NPR Newscast

10:07 AM / Dr. Sue Ann Martin / Arts Almanac

10:11 AM / Tomas Svoboda / Concerto for Marimba and Orchestra, Op. 148
Niel DePonte, Marimba
James DePriest, Conductor
Oregon Symphony
Albany Records TROY604

10:44 AM / Domenico Scarlatti / Sonata in C
Beatrice Long, Piano
Naxos 8.553846

10:51 AM / W. A. Mozart / Adagio for Violin and Orchestra in E, K. 261
Pinchas Zukerman, Violin and Conductor
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
SBK 46540

11:01 AM / NPR Newscast

11:06 AM / Community Notes

11:09 AM / Scott Joplin / The Entertainer: ‘A Ragtime Two-Step’
Alexander Peskanov, Piano
Naxos 8.559114

11:15 AM / Aaron Copland / Music for the Theatre
Gerard Schwarz, Conductor
New York Chamber Symphony
David Shifrin, Clarinet
Mark Hill, English Horn
Neil Baum, Trumpet
EMI 7 49095 2

11:37 AM / Irving Berlin, et al. / A Salute to Fred Astaire
John Williams, Conductor
Boston Pops
Philips 412 132 -2

*If you heard The Writers Almanac this morning, then you heard about the birthdays of Irving Berlin 5/11/1888
and Fred Astaire 5/11/1899.

11:48 AM / William Grant Still / Mother and Child
Richard Auldon Clark, Conductor
Manhattan Chamber Orchestra
Newport Classic NPD 85596

*Here’s to you, Mom.  And a Happy Mother’s Day to all!!