Today would have been the 99th birthday of Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000),
one of America’s most important composers. We’ll hear some of his
choral gems and his "Mysterious Mountain" Symphony. Also, the Symphony
#2 of Jean Sibelius.
Alan Hovhaness, etc.
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Playlist:
3:02 pm
- Concert #1
- Composer: Francois Couperin
- Ensemble: Smithsonian Chamber Players
- Conductor: Kenneth Slowik
- CD/Album: F. Couperin: Concerts Royaux
- Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Harmonia Mundi (DH Mundi) 77327
3:14 pm
- Symphony #2 in D , Op. 43
- Composer: Jean Sibelius
- Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy
- CD/Album: Sibelius: Symphony No. 2/Finlandia
- Record co./Cat #: London 436566
4:07 pm
- L'Italiana a Londra: Overture ("The Italian Girl in London")
- Composer: Domenico Cimarosa
- Ensemble: Toronto Chamber Orchestra
- Conductor: Kevin Mallon
- CD/Album: Cimarosa: Overtures 2
- Record co./Cat #: Naxos 8.570279
4:15 pm
- Piano Sonata #15 "Sonata facile" in C , K 545
- Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Soloists: Angela Jia Kim, piano
- CD/Album: Mozart: Scenes from Childhood
- Record co./Cat #: Miro 1003
4:27 pm
- 4 Quartets , Op. 92 ("Oh Lovely Night"/"Late Autumn"/"Evening Song"/"Why?")
- Composer: Johannes Brahms
- Ensemble: Monteverdi Choir (members)
- Soloists: Robert Levin, piano
- CD/Album: Brahms: Choral Works
- Record co./Cat #: Philips 432152
- Note: (on verse by: Georg Friedrich Daumer/Hermann Allmers/Friedrich Hebbel/Goethe)
4:37 pm
- Celtic Symphony (for String Orchestra and 6 Harps)
- Composer: Granville Bantock
- Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Soloists: and various soloists
- Conductor: Vernon Handley
- CD/Album: Bantock: Celtic & Hebridean Symphonies / The Witch of Atlas
- Record co./Cat #: Hyperion 66450
5:07 pm
- Wasps: Overture
- Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
- Conductor: Neville Marriner
- CD/Album: Vaughan Williams: Fantasia, In the Fen Country, Norfolk, etc.
- Record co./Cat #: Philips 442427
5:17 pm
- Violin Concerto #2 in E , BWV 1042
- Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
- Ensemble: LA Chamber Orchestra
- Soloists: Hilary Hahn, violin
- Conductor: Jeffrey Kahane
- CD/Album: Bach: Violin Concertos
- Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 986
5:35 pm
- Piano Concerto #2 in g , Op. 22
- Composer: Camille Saint-Saens
- Ensemble: Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam
- Soloists: Bella Davidovich, piano
- Conductor: Neeme Jarvi
- CD/Album: Rachmaninoff - 'Paganini' Variations / Saint Saens - PIano COncerto No. 2
- Record co./Cat #: Philips 410052
6:07 pm
- String Quartet #1 "La chasse" in Bb , Op. 1/#1 , HOB III/1
- Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
- Ensemble: Angeles String Quartet
- CD/Album: Haydn: The String Quartets
- Record co./Cat #: Philips 464650
6:25 pm
- Four Motets , Op. 268
- Composer: Alan Hovhaness
- Ensemble: William Ferris Chorale
- Conductor: Paul French
- CD/Album: American Choral Premieres
- Record co./Cat #: Cedille 90000109
6:38 pm
- Symphony #2 "Mysterious Mountain" , Op. 132
- Composer: Alan Hovhaness
- Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor: Fritz Reiner
- CD/Album: Hovhaness - Prokofiev - Stravinsky
- Record co./Cat #: RCA 61957