Alan Hovhaness, etc.
03/08/10 3:00PM By Joe Goetz
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.
Playlist
3:02pm
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 |
3:14pm
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 |
4:07pm
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 |
4:15pm
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 |
4:27pm
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) |
4:37pm
Celtic Symphony (for String Orchestra and 6 Harps)
| Composer | Granville Bantock |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Conductor | Vernon Handley |
| Soloists | and various soloists |
| CD/Album | Bantock: Celtic & Hebridean Symphonies / The Witch of Atlas |
| Record co./Cat # | Hyperion 66450 |
5:07pm
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 |
5:17pm
Violin Concerto #2 in E, BWV 1042
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | LA Chamber Orchestra |
| Conductor | Jeffrey Kahane |
| Soloists | Hilary Hahn, violin |
| CD/Album | Bach: Violin Concertos |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 986 |
5:35pm
Piano Concerto #2 in g, Op. 22
| Composer | Camille Saint-Saens |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam |
| Conductor | Neeme Jarvi |
| Soloists | Bella Davidovich, piano |
| CD/Album | Rachmaninoff - 'Paganini' Variations / Saint Saens - PIano COncerto No. 2 |
| Record co./Cat # | Philips 410052 |
6:07pm
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 |
6:25pm
Four Motets, Op. 268
| Composer | Alan Hovhaness |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | William Ferris Chorale |
| Conductor | Paul French |
| CD/Album | American Choral Premieres |
| Record co./Cat # | Cedille 90000109 |
6:38pm
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 |
