Thursday, November 29, 2012

What I plan and hope to air & stream on Sunday morning, December 2nd 2012:


Dead White Guys
{WCBN’s rotating host Classical Music program}
Pre-show listing of potentials for broadcast of 12.02.12
This program dedicated to the memory & spirit
Of Jacques Karamanoukian {1940-2002}

Komitas Vartaped
Six Armenian Songs
Recorded 1908

Dietrich Fischer Dieskau & Gerald Moore 1957
Four Serious Songs
Johannes Brahms 1896

Enrico Caruso
Recorded 1902
Celeste Aida – Giuseppe Verdi 1871
O Dolce Incanto – Jules Massenet 1884
Una Furtiva Lagrima – Gaetano Donizetti 1832

Enrico Caruso
Recorded 1912
Crucifix – Jean-Baptiste Faure 1873

Sophie Daneman, Nathan Berg & Eugene Asti 1997
Parting Song of the Migrating Birds – Felix Mendelssohn 1844

Emmanuel Ax
Sonata No.49 in C Sharp Minor HOB XVI:36
Franz Josef Haydn

Nina Kavtaradze 2000
A Tear
Modest Mussorgsky 1880

Myra Hess 1931
Vogel Als Prophet
Robert Shumann Op.82 No.7 in G minor
{probably composed by Clara Schumann}
Published 1849

Alicia de Larrocha 1982
Villanesca
Enrique Granados 1890

Kornel Zempleni 1989
Dances of Marosszek
Zoltan Kodaly 1927

Idil Biret
Polonaise in A major Op.40 No.1
Frederic Chopin 1838

New London Consort – Phillip Pickett 1985
Selected Dances from Terpsichore
Michael Praetorius 1612

Klaus Kaufmann 1988
Ojos Criollos – Danse Cubaine Op.37
Louis Moreau Gottschalk 1859

Renata Scotto et al 1980
Brindisi from La Traviata
Giuseppe Verdi 1853

Pro Arte Orchestra, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus
Sir Malcolm Sargent 1957
Dance from The Gondoliers
W.S. Gilbert & Arthur Sullivan 1889

Symphonic Orchestra of Russia
Mark Gorenstein: Moscow 1994
The Hooligan {originally from the Bolt}
Dmitri Shostakovich 1930-1931

Lotte Lenya & Company 1932
Mahagonny Medley
Kurt Weill & Bertolt Brecht 1927-1929

Ensemble conducted by Helmut Imig, Germany 2001
Finale from the Cabinet of Dr. Caligari:
Who’s Who in the Lunatic Asylum?
Reconstructed music by Giuseppe Becce {1877-1973}

Dorothy Dorow & instrumentalists, Netherlands 1988
Nachtwandler
Arnold Schoenberg 1901

Steffen Schleiermacher, Berlin 1993
Sonata No.2 {The Airplane} & Jazz Sonata
George Antheil 1922

Studies for Player Piano No.42 and 48a {for two player pianos!}
recorded on the composer’s
own player piano in Mexico City 1988
Conlon Nancarrow {born 1912}

Boris Berman
Sonata IV for Prepared Piano
John Cage {born 1912}
Sonatas & Interludes for Prepared Piano
Naxos


Monday, November 26, 2012


Dead White Guys 
10.21.12
arwulf arwulf here
good morning everybody

{times indicate when data was posted online, not when tracks began}

9:07 AM
amelia cuni
microtonal raga 1
john cage: 18 microtonal ragas
other minds

8:54 AM
harry partch ensemble
dan lee mitchell, musical director
the wayward, part IV: barstow
eight hitchhiker inscriptions
from a highway railing at barstow, california
{1941, revised 1968}
recorded at mills college, oakland california 1982
the harry parch collection, volume 2
cri

8:47 AM
contemporary chamber ensemble - arthur weisberg
anstatt das song
kurt weill - kleine dreigroschenopermusik
nonesuch

8:45 AM
french basso pol plancon
recorded in 1908
nonnes, qui reposes from robert le disable
by giacomo meyerbeer
eames & plancon
prima voce

8:40 AM
victoria yevtodieva, soprano
with lidia kovalenko, violin & irina molokina, cello
the city sleeps
from seven poems by alexander blok op.127 {1967}
dmitri shostakovich: complete songs volume 2 - the last years
delos

8:35 AM
victoria yevtodieva, soprano
with pianist yuri servo
{stalinist} lullaby
from "songs of our days" op 76 {1937}
sergei prokofiev: songs and romances, complete
delos

8:06 AM
mischa maisky, cello
with the russian national orchestra
conducted by mikhail pletnev
concerto for violoncello and orchestra op.66
by nikolai miaskovsky {1944-45}
prokofiev/miaskovsky
deutsche grammophon

7:58 AM
prager streichquartette
waltz no.2 for string quartet {circa 1880}
antonin dvorak: the string quartets vol. 1
deutsche grammophon

7:40 AM
new york philharmonic orchestra - leonard bernstein
symphony no.3 third movement
gustav mahler: symphony no.3 – lieder
sony classical

7:38 AM
arwulf arwulf & ted harley
what the animals {third movement, mahler's third symphony}
reproductive rights for all women
nicht schleppen

7:36 AM
dietrich fischer dieskau accompanied by wolfgang sawallisch
ablosung im sommer {summer substitution}
gustav mahler - lieder aus des knaben wunderhorn
orfeo

7:30 AM dietrich fischer dieskau accompanied by wolfgang sawallisch
nachtzauber {night magic}- hugo wolf
lieder nach gedichten von eichendorff
orfeo

7:25 AM
thomas moser accompanied by cyprien katsaris
the porcelain pavilion
gustav mahler: das lied von der erde {piano version}
teldec

7:17 AM
peter hill
prelude no.1: la colombe {1929}
the piano music of olivier messiaen
unicorn-kanchana

7:13 AM
maurizio pollini
variations for piano op.27 - anton webern
stravinsky/prokofiev/webern/boulez
deutsche grammophon

7:10 AM
hans petermandl
zwei kleine klavierstucke
paul hindemith piano works, volume two
marco polo

7:07 AM
hakon austbo
intimate sketches {1927-28}
leos janacek - piano works
brilliant classics

7:04 AM
enrique granados
danza española op.37 no.2 – árabe
granados plays granados
laserlight

6:56 AM
hans fagius
pange lingua, praeludium
zoltan kodaly: complete organ music
bis

6:55 AM
siegbert rampe, harpsichord
partita in d minor
georg muffat: complete clavier works
dg gold

6:47 AM
sonatores pannoniae
la serafina – canzon
pietro lappi: 23 canzone
hungaroton classic

6:32 AM
janet baker, english chamber orchestra - raymond leppard
salve regina - domenico scarlatti
janet baker sings d. & a. scarlatti, monteverdi, h. & w. lawes, handel
testament

6:26 AM
john potter
the lowest trees have tops
john dowland: in darkness let me dwell
ecm

6:08 AM
heinz holliger, academy of st. martin the fields - iona brown
concerto in a for oboe d'amore, strings and continuo
johann sebastian bach: 3 oboe concertos
philips

6:04 AM
marion verbruggen, recorder;
ton koopman, chest organ;
jaap ter linden, violoncello
sonata in b flat major
george frideric handel: complete sonatas for recorder
harmonia mundi

6:01 AM
l'arpeggiata - christina pluhar
toccata - claudio monteverdi
teatro d'amore
virgin classics
Here's another approach, fairly bristling with shorter performances. Some of these, like the Satie pieces played on guitar, were under two minutes in duration. Again, the times reflect when the info was posted, not when the tracks began.


10.14.2012 - Dead White Guys WCBN 88.3 FM wcbn.org

8:56 AM
amelia cuni
ragas 18 & 17 solo for voice
john cage: 58 microtonal ragas
other minds music

8:54 AM
michael tilson thomas & the buffalo philharmonic
men {1920}
the complete music of carl ruggles
other minds music

8:50 AM
pimlico opera company
on being well-connected
from the operetta moscow, cheryomushki {1958}
shostakovich cheryomushki
bbc music

8:48 AM
nelson eddy {1940}
major general's song
from gilbert & sullivan's pirates of penzance {1879}
the old refrain
asv living era

8:46 AM
lauritz melchior {english} danny kaye {russian}
home on the range
{bilingual performance introduced by judy garland}
opera rarities
allegro

8:43 AM
cincinnati pops orchestra
conducted by erich kunzel
galop from genevieve de brabant {1859}
offenbach: gaite parisienne
telarc

8:39 AM
brno state symphony orchestra
conducted by leos svarovsky
lachian trojak {1892}
leos janacek: unknown II
supraphon

8:34 AM
philharmonia orchestra
conducted by riccardo muti
overture from giuseppe verdi's opera nabucco {1841}
verdi – nabucco
emi

8:23 AM
peter schreier, neues bachisches collegium musicum
directed by hans-joachim rotzsch
BWV 137, tenor aria {1725}
bach kantaten BWV 137, 21
berlin classics

8:21 AM
arleen auger, neues bachisches collegium musicum
directed by hans-joachim rotzsch
BWV 137, alto aria {1725}
bach kantaten BWV 137, 21
berlin classics

8:19 AM
thomanerchor leipzig,
neues bachisches collegium musicum
directed by hans-joachim rotzsch
BWV 137 opening chorus {1725}
bach kantaten BWV 137, 21
berlin classics

8:10 AM
anne sofie von otter
amanti, io vi so dire {lovers, i can tell you}
by benedetto ferrari {17th century}
music for a while: baroque melodies
archiv production

8:07 AM
amelita galli-curci & company {1927}
sextette from lucia di lammermoor
by gaetano donizetti {1835}
amelita galli-curci - the victor recordings
romophone

8:05 AM
dorothy dorow with rudolf jansen
vorfruhling {earliest spring}
poem by ferdinand avenarius
set by anton von webern {1899}
webern lieder
etcetera

7:56 AM
margaret mitchell of the d'oyly carte opera company,
the new promenade orchestra conducted by isidore godfrey
the sun whose rays are all ablaze
gilbert & sullivan: the mikado
naxos historical

7:52 AM
jan de gaetani
with the eastman chamber ensemble conducted by david effron
le spectre de la rose
from les nuits d'ete op.7 by hector berlioz {1856}
jan de gaetani sings berlioz, mahler
bridge

7:47 AM
ensemble clement janequin
with organist willem jansen
ach herr, du schopfer aller ding, SWV 450 {c.1615-1627}
heinrich schutz: die sieben worte jesu christi am kreuz
harmonia mundi

7:41 AM
patricia rozario & the holst singers
conducted by stephen layton
the 92nd psalm in hebrew, unaccompanied
set by franz schubert {1828}
hyperion schubert edition volume 31
hyperion

7:32 AM
tatiana nikolaeva
prelude no.13 in f sharp minor {1950-51}
shostakovich: 24 preludes and fugues for piano
melodiya

7:19 AM
gustav mahler - welte-mignon player piano roll {1905}
piano reduction of fourth movement from symphony no.4 {1899-1901}
mahler plays mahler
golden legacy

7:13 AM
gidon kremer & kremerata musica
piano quartet by gustav mahler {age 16 - 1876}
mahler-schoenberg-berg-webern
deutsche grammophon

7:07 AM
duo danica: merete hoffmann & asger troelsen
danse bretonne by jean langlais {1986}
telemann/langlais: works for oboe & organ
kontrapunkt

7:03 AM
maria makarova
contredanse
from the soundtrack of the film the gadfly {1955}
dmitri shostakovich - music for organ
olympia

6:52 AM
berlin philharmoniker - pierre boulez
german dances by franz schubert {1824}
arranged by anton webern {1931}
boulez conducts webern II
deutsche grammophon

6:49 AM
itzhak perlman, pinchas zukerman & samuel sanders
waltzes for two violins & piano by dmitri shostakovich {1955}
bartok/shostakovich/prokofiev
emi classics - matrix 26

6:42 AM
wind section of the ussr state symphony orchestra
two pieces from scarlatti scored for wind ensemble op.17 {1928}
dmitri shostakovich - symphony no.4/two pieces from scarlatti
gennadi rozhdestvensky
praga

6:31 AM
peter basche & ekkehard glocke, oboes - dieter wagner, cor anglais
variations on an aria from mozart's opera don giovanni
for two oboes & cor anglais {1796-97}
beethoven: unknown works volume 3
berlin classics

6:25 AM
erhard fietz, mandolin & amadeus webersinke, piano
adagio & sonatine for mandolin & piano, WoO 45 & 44 {1796}
beethoven: unknown works volume 3
berlin classics

6:16 AM
peter fletcher
tiny thoughts for children:
war song of the king of the beans,
what the little princess of tulips said,
and waltz of the chocolate-covered almonds {1913}
erik satie: peter fletcher, guitar
centaur

6:10 AM
gil shaham & orli shaham
larghetto from romantic pieces op.75 {1887}
dvorak for two - works for violin & piano
deutsche grammophon

6:08 AM
vienna brahms trio
innig {sincerely}
from six pieces in canonic form op.56 {1844}
robert schumann piano trios volume 2
naxos

6:04 AM
collegium musicum 90, simon standage
instrumental version of the plane tree aria
from the opera serse {1738}
handel at the opera
chandos
Here's what the first broadcast looked & sounded like. It was and is for me a dream come true!
Note that the times indicate when I posted the data, rather than starting times for the tracks.
I left the times in to give an indication of when the music came across.


Dead White Guys 8.26.12

arwulf arwulf is delighted to have joined the host rotation for this program

8:50 AM
john potter & ambrose field
being dufay
being dufay
ecm

8:14 AM
chantal juillet with the rundfunk-sinfonieorchester berlin, directed by john mauler
kurt weill: concerto for violin and wind orchestra, op.12
entartete musik: music suppressed by the third reich
london

8:08 AM
murray mclachlan
nikolai miaskovsky: piano sonata no.9 in F, op. 84
nikolai miaskovsky piano sonatas volume 3
olympia

7:58 AM
konstantin pluzhnikov & yuri servo
the voice of birds {poem by konstanin balmont} op.86
sergei prokofiev: complete songs & romances
delos

7:51 AM
mitsuko shirai & hartmut holl
st. anthony of padua's sermon to the fish
gustav mahler: selected songs
capriccio

7:43 AM
sandrine piau & ann hallenberg with modo antiquo directed by federico maria sardelli
zeffiretti che susurrate
antonio vivaldi: arie d'opera dal fondo foa 28
naive

7:29 AM
münchner rokoko solisten
c.p.e. bach: sonata WQ 161 in c minor: "sanguineus und melancholicus"
sturm und drang
tacet

7:04 AM
benjamin britten & mstislav rostropovich
robert schumann: fünf stucke im volkston {five pieces in popular style}, op.102
schubert/schumann/debussy
decca

6:55 AM
john potter & ambrose field
la dolce vista
being dufay
ecm

6:43 AM
quartetto italiano
slow movement for string quartet {1905}
anton webern: complete music for string quartet
Philips

6:38 AM
joseph swensen & john gibbons
largo from sonata no.4 for violin & harpsichord BWV 1017
johann sebastian bach: works for violin & harpsichord, vol.1
rca victor red seal

6:33 AM
lajos kertesz
zoltan kodaly: lament & air from szekely
bela bartok-zolatan kodaly: piano music
hungaroton classic

6:21 AM
rias-kammerchor directed by marcus creed
first lesson - lectio prima {in coena domini}
ernst krenek: lamentatio jeremiae prophetae
harmonia mundi

6:13 AM
hilliard ensemble
agnus dei
guillaume dufay
coro

6:09 AM
michelle makarski
giuseppe tartini - sonata no.7 in a minor
elogio per un'ombra
ecm

At WCBN 88.3 FM {wcbn.org} we call our Sunday Morning Classical Program "Dead White Guys".
I became one of numerous rotating hosts at the end of August 2012.