Monday, October 26, 2015


Composers, Songs and Singers
Aired on WCBN FM 10/25/15
In memoriam Helen Biadaszkiewicz Grenier

Anton Webern
Earliest Spring 1899
Dorothy Dorow

Arnold Schoenberg
Sunshine in the Forest 1899
Sandrine Piau

Alban Berg
Night 1907
Brigitte Baileys

Hans Werner Henze
By the Waters of the Fountains 1956
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

Olivier Messiaen
Why? 1930
Ingrid Kappelle

Morton Feldman
The O’Hara Songs 1962
Charles van Tassel

Alexander von Zemlinsky
The Morning Star 1891
Ruth Ziesak

Hugo Wolf
At Midnight 1888
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

Gustav Mahler
I Breathed a Gentle Fragrance 1901
Dame Janet Baker

Gustav Mahler
St.Anthony of Padua’s Sermon to the Fish 1893
Mitsuko Shirai

Johannes Brahms
Sapphic Ode 1884
Nathalie Stutzmann

Robert Schumann
Sweetheart, You Gaze at Me 1840
Sena Jurinac

Sergei Prokofiev
The Rosy Dawn is Coloring the East 1936
Andrey Slavny

A.S. Dargomizhsky
Night Zephyr 1844
Anatoly Fokanov

Modest Mussorgsky
Mephistopheles’ Song of the Flea 1879
Feodor Chaliapin recorded in St.Petersburg 1907

Hector Berlioz
La Villanelle & The Spectre of the Rose 1841
Jan DeGaetani

Francis Poulenc
Montparnasse c.1941
Dame Felicity Lott

Claude Debussy
Zephyr 1881
Sandrine Piau

Fryderyk Chopin
The Leaves Are Falling 1836
Ewa Podles

Charles Ives
Songs My Mother Taught Me 1895
Thomas Hampson

Antonin Dvorak
And the Wood’s Silent all Around Me 1880
Dagmar Peckova

Felix Mendelssohn
I Want to Declare My Love to You 1836
Sophie Daneman & Nathan Berg

W.A.Mozart
The Magician 1785
The Old Lady 1787
Mitsuko Shirai

Gilbert & Sullivan
The Sun Whose Rays Are All Ablaze
{from The Mikado 1885}
Margaret Mitchell

Michael William Balfe
Come into the Garden, Maude 1857
John McCormack, recorded in 1915

Stephen Foster
There’s a Good Time Coming 1846
Leslie Guinn

Henry Purcell
Here the Deities Approve
{from Welcome to All the Pleasures 1683}
Collegium Vocale

Henry Purcell/Benjamin Britten
I Sail Upon the Dog Star
Neil Mackie

Franz Schubert
Lutzow’s Wild Hunt 1815
Die Singphoniker

Kurt Weill/Bertolt Brecht
Song on the Inadequacy of Human Aspiration 1928
Teresa Stratas

Alexander von Zemlinsky
As I Stroll in the Woods of an Evening 1892
Hans-Peter Blochwitz

Claudio Monteverdi
My Heart, As I Gaze Upon You
My Heart, Are You Not Dying?
{from the 4th Book of Madrigals, published 1603}
Delitiae Musicae

Franz Josef Haydn
Mermaid’s Song
{Now the Dancing Sunbeams Play} pre-1794
Elly Ameling

Antonio Vivaldi
Whispering Little Zephyrs c.1723
Cecilia Bartoli

Dmitri Shostakovich
Comin’ Thro’ the Rye 1971
Alexai Mochalov

Benedetto Ferrari
Lovers, I Can Tell You {17th Century}
Anne Sofie von Otter

Georg Philipp Telemann
Pastorell {18th Century}
Peter Schreirer

J.S.Bach
Agnus Dei from the B Minor Mass 1749
Anne Sofie von Otter

John Dowland
Weep You No More, Sad Fountains 1603
John Potter

French Medieval Songs:
The Siren Lives in the Sea
In May, in the Sweet New Season
Anne Azema




Thursday, June 18, 2015


Dead White Guys
Sunday Morning
European Classical Radio
WCBN 88.3 FM
www.wcbn.org
6.28.15

Potentials & Probabilities:

Tierkreis
Karlheinz Stockhausen
1975-77

Five Preludes for Piano
Nikolai Roslavetz
1919-1922

Novelette No. 8
in F Sharp Minor
Robert Schumann
1838

Adagio from Music for Strings,
Percussion & Celesta
Bela Bartok
1937

Méditations sur le mystère
de la Sainte Trinité {part 9}
Olivier Messiaen
1969

Psalm No.98
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
1613

Zeffiretti che sussurrate

Antonio Vivaldi c. 1720-23

"Erbarme dich, mein Gott"
from the St. Matthew Passion
Johann Sebastian Bach
1727

Impromptu a la mazur
Op.7 No.1 in G sharp minor
Alexander Scriabin 1892

Andante from 2nd Piano Concerto
Johannes Brahms
1878-1881

Andante con moto in A minor
from Symphony No.9
Franz Schubert
1825-26

Symphonies for Wind Instruments
Igor Stravinsky
1920

The Bride of Frankenstein:
The Creation of the Female Monster
Franz Waxman
1st Hollywood score: 1935

Violin Concerto in E Minor RV 273
Antonio Vivaldi

Overture from Cox and Box
Sir Arthur Sullivan
1866

Country Band March
Charles Ives
c.1903

Variations on a theme of Mozart
{from the Magic Flute} in E Flat
Mikhail Glinka 1822

Prelude to Musique Anodine
Gioachino Rossini
c. 1857-60s

Le Boeuf sur le Toit
Darius Milhaud
c. 1919-20




Thursday, May 21, 2015








Dead White Guys – Sunday Morning Classical Radio on WCBN FM
5/31/15 Program featuring composers & performers with naughty-sounding names
Dedicated to Ann Arbor’s legendary alternative educator Tom Dodd
Index of potentials & probabilities:

Johann Joseph Fux
Sinfonia: Largo
from Il Fontedella Salute
Oratorium, Op. 23{1716}

Heinrich Schutz
O süsser Jesu Christ, SWV 405
From Symphoniae Sacrae III, Op 12 {1650}

Heinrich Schutz
O primavera SW1
Italian Madrigal {Venice, 1611}

Heinrich Schutz
Magnificat anima mea SWV 468 {1665}

Johann Joseph Fux
Allegro: Sonata a tre ex d per due violini
{violoncello & basso continuo} K 342

Fux
Ciaccona per organo K. 403/2

Fux
Grave {trombone, organ, cello}

Fux
Media vita in morte sumus

Fux
De profundis {motet} K 130

Fux
Adagio per organo K 400
from Sonata Terza

Samuel Scheidt
Musical Games {1620}

John Blow
Musick’s the Cordial of a Troubled Breast
{from the Ode for Ste. Cecilia’s Day, 1684}

Diego Pisador
Pavana & Villanesca {1552}

Anton Ferdinand Titz
String Quartet in C Minor
Op.1 No.4 {1781}

Charlie Kunz
Waltz Medley {recorded in 1937}

Robert Fuchs
Finale from Serenade for String Orchestra
No.3 in E minor Op.21 {1878}

Ludwig Schytte
3rd movement from
Piano Concerto Op.28 {1894}

Walter Piston
Allegro from Quintet
for flute & string quartet {1942}

Josef Suk
Burlesca from 4 Pieces
for violin & piano Op.17 {1900}
performed by his grandson,
violinist Josef Suk

Josef Suk
Serenade for cello & piano {1890}
Ballade Op.3 {1898}

Josef Suk
Bagatela for flute, violin & piano
“With Nosegay in Hand” {1917}

Ildebrando Pizzetti
Le Quai du Port de Famagoustentry
from La Pisanella {1913}

Vicente Asencio
La Serenor { La Serenidad}

Julius Fucik
Entry of the Gladiators {1897}

J. Airlie Dix
The Trumpeter
sung by John McCormack in 1915

Dame Clara Butt recorded in 1917
singing Stephen Foster’s
“The Old Folks at Home”

Josef Suk
Sousedska for 2 violins, double bass,
cymbals, triangle, side & bass drums {1935}

Josef Suk
The Game of the Swans and the Peacocks - A la polka
from Pohadka (Fairy Tale)
Op.16 {1897-98}

Paul Bowles
Music for a Farce {1938}



Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Madame 
Myra 
Hess


the incomparable artemis quartet
the inexhaustible navarra quartet
DWG broadcast of 4/05/15

Navarra Quartet
Adagio from String Quartet No. 3 {1995}
Peteris Vasks - String Quartets 1-3
Challenge Classics

Artemis Quartet
Adagio a non troppo
from Antonin Dvorak's String Quartet no.13 {1895}
Dvorak-Janacek
Virgin Classics

Paris Instrumental Ensemble for Contemporary Music
Children's Chorus of Notre-Dame de Paris
Konstantin Simonovitch
Polla ta Dhina for Children's Chorus and Orchestra {1962}
Iannis Xenakis Album 2: Akrata-Achorripsis-Polla ta Dhina-ST/10
Angel

Cleveland Quartet
String Quartet no.12 {1893}
Dvorak: Quartets 14 & 12
TELARC

Vovka Ashkenazy, Richard Stamper, Christine Jackson
Theme & Variations from Tchaikovsky's Piano Trio Op.50
Tchaikovsky-Arensky: Piano Trios
Naxos

Myra Hess - solo piano recorded March & April 1938
Carnaval Op.9 "Little Scenes on Four Notes" {1834-1835}
Dame Myra Hess - the Complete Pre-war Schumann Recordings
Naxos Historical

Myra Hess - solo piano recorded 1931
Vogel als Prophet - The Prophet Bird Op. 82, no.7
Dame Myra Hess - the Complete Pre-war Schumann Recordings
Naxos Historical

Mozart TV
The Jetsons in the style of Benjamin Britten
Mozart TV
Delos

Francois-Joel Thiollier
Selections from the Children's Corner Suite
Debussy Piano Works Vol.2
Naxos

Frederic Chiu
Selections from Cinderella Op.95
Prokofiev Piano Music
Classical Express

Mozart TV
Mr. Ed in the style of Joaquin Rodrigo
Mozart TV
Delos

Heinz Huppertz
Punto arenas
German Tango Bands 1925-1939
Harlequin

Fritz Schulz mit Heinz Sandauer Orchester
Ein Kleines Kompliment

Friedl Czepa & Hans Schott-Schobinger
Heinz Sandauer Orchester
Das ist das Gassenjugenlied
{the song of the street urchin –
 everyone whistles it when a cop is on the block}

[Aus Vorkriegs-Musikalischen Lustspielen
From Prewar Musical Comedies
Request Records]

Oskar Joost
Guitarrita Porque Noras
German Tango Bands 1925-1939
Harlequin

Saxophon-Orchester-Dobbri
Tango Angele
Weill: O Moon of Alabama - 1928-1944
Capriccio Archive

Adalbert Lutter
Rosa Mia
German Tango Bands 1925-1939
Harlequin

Comedian Harmonists
Creole Love Call
Comedian Harmonists
EMI Electrola

Robyn Archer with the London Sinfonietta
Ballad of Sexual Obsession/Benares Song
Robyn Archer Sings Brecht
Angel

Teresa Stratas
Das Lied von den Braunen Inseln
The Unknown Kurt Weill
Nonesuch




Dead White Guys –2.15.15
WCBN’s Classical Music Show
As aired during our fundraiser

Royal Ballet Sinfonia - Andrew Penny
Overture: The Mikado
The Gilbert and Sullivan Overtures
Naxos

Silvia Zenker & Evelinde Trenkner
Nachtmusik 1 - piano reduction
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No.7
DG

Jean Guillou – organ
Promenade from Modest Mussorgsky's
Pictures at an Exhibition
Dorian

Harald Feller – organ
Allegro from KV 594
W.A. Mozart: Compositions for Organ
& German Dances 1-12
Point Classics

Keith Jarrett – piano
Excerpts from Suite I No.4 HWV 429
G.F. Handel Suites for Keyboard
ECM New Series

Wolfgang Rubsam – organ
First movement: Concerto in C Major BWV 594
{arrangement of Vivaldi's
Grosso Mogul Concerto in D Major, RV 208}
J.S. Bach Organ Transcriptions
Naxos

Idil Biret – piano
F. Chopin: Polonaise No.3 in A Major
The Polish Heart
Naxos

Klaus Kaufmann – piano
Bamboula
Louis Moreau Gottschalk: Piano Works
Koch International

Gidon Kremer & Kremerata Baltica
W.A. Mozart: Serenata Notturna K 239
After Mozart
Nonesuch

Coull String Quartet
Andante in E Major Op. 81 No. 1
Felix Mendelssohn
String Quartets, Andante & Scherzo
Hyperion

Mozart TV
I Love Lucy played in the style of Henry Purcell
Mozart TV
Delos

Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
An der schonen blauen Donau - Walzer, Op.314
Johann Strauss, Jr. Edition Vol.33
Marco Polo

Pat Flowers – piano
Blue Danube, Bach Prelude and Fugue
1945-1947
Classics Chronological

Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Pierre Boulez
Beginning of 2nd movement – Landler
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 9
Deutsche Grammophon

Benny Goodman & his Orchestra
Peter & the Wolf {Prokofiev}
Beethoven Wrote It - But It Swings!
Sony Classical

Symphonic Orchestra of Russia - Mark Gorenstein
The Hooligan
The Young Lady and the Hooligan
Le Chant Du Monde

Michele Campanella – piano
Premiere communion
Gioacchino Rossini - Peches de viellesse:
Album pour les enfants adolescents
Agora

Jan DeGaetani
& the Eastman Chamber Ensemble - David Effron
Three Songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn
Jan DeGaetani Sings Berlioz, Mahler
Bridge

Saito Kinen Orchestra - Seiji Ozawa
Baby chorus scene - "silence!"
Les Mamelles de Tiresias
Philips

Sinfonie Orchester
des Bayerischen Rundfunks - Bernard Haitink
Queen of the Night aria
Die Zauberflote
EMI

Maria Makarova – organ
Galop in A Major
Dmitri Shostakovich - Music for Organ
Olympia

Pimlico Opera presents
A Spin Around Moscow &
On Being Well-Connected
from Dmitri Shostakovich’s
Moscow Cheryomushki
BBC Music Magazine

Mozart TV
Mr. Ed/Rodrigo
Jeopardy think music/Handel;
The Jetsons/Britten
Mozart TV
Delos

Pimlico Opera presents
Polka from
Dmitri Shostakovich’s
Moscow Cheryomushki
BBC Music Magazine

Contemporary Chamber Ensemble - Arthur Weisberg
Ballad of the Easy Life
Kurt Weill: Suite from the Threepenny Opera
Elektra Nonesuch

Lauritz Melchior & Danny Kaye
introduced by Judy Garland
Home on the Range - sung in English & Russian!
Opera Rarities
Opera D'Oro

Polish State Philharmonic Orchestra {Katowice}
Kaiserwalzer Op.437
Johann Strauss, Jr. Edition, Vol.9
Marco Polo