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Proms Composer: Henry Cowell

With Andrew McGregor. Including Biber: Missa Salisburgensis. Waxman: Taras Bulba (excerpt); Proms Composer: Henry Cowell. Plus pianist Igor Levit and music by John Adams and Bach.

with Andrew McGregor

0900
Biber: Missa Salisburgensis
La Capella Reial de Catalunya
Le Concert des Nations
Jordi Savall

Waxman: The Ride of the Cossacks, from Taras Bulba
London Philharmonic Orchestra
John Mauceri

0930 Proms Composer: Henry Cowell
Henry Cowell (1897-1965) was an American composer of experimental music and the central figure in a circle of avant-garde composers that included Carl Ruggles, Edgard Varèse, and Ruth Crawford. They were sometimes referred to as "ultra-modernists." In 1936 Cowell was sent to San Quentin State Prison on a "morals" charge involving a 17-year-old male. Despite being granted a pardon in 1942, the experience of prison had a devastating effect on him. And his music became noticeably more conservative soon after his release from San Quentin.

1000
Handel: Scherza infida, from Ariodante
Alice Coote (mezzo)
The English Concert
Harry Bicket

John Adams: Absolute Jest
St Lawrence String Quartet
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Michael Tilson Thomas

1030
Andrew talks to pianist Igor Levit about his previous recordings of Bach and Beethoven and his forthcoming release, "Variations", featuring large-scale sets of variations by Bach, Beethoven and Frederic Rzewski.

1110
Gramphone Awards 2015
Smetana: String Quartet No. 1 in E minor 'From My Life'; String Quartet No. 2 in D minor - 3rd mvt
Pavel Haas Quartet

Per Norgard: Symphony No. 8 - 2nd mvt
Vienna Philharmonic
Sakari Oramo (conductor)

Schubert: An der Mond in einer Herbstnacht, D614 (Schreiber); Hoffnung, D295
Christian Gerhaher (baritone)
Gerold Huber (piano)

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor Op.37 - 3rd mvt
Maria Joao Pires (piano)
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Harding (conductor)

1150
J S Bach: Harpsichord Concerto No 1 in D minor BWV 1052
Andreas Staier (harpsichord)
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
Petra MΓΌllejans.

3 hours, 12 minutes

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Sat 29 Aug 2015 09:00
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Music Played

  • Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

    Missa Salisburgensis: Kyrie

    Performer: Jordi Savall. Choir: La Capella Reial de Catalunya. Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations.
    • Alia Vox AVSA1192.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 12.

  • Franz Waxman

    Taras Bulba: The Ride of the Cossacks

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Mauceri.
    • LPO : 0086.
    • LPO.
    • 5.

  • Gabriel PiernΓ©

    Poeme Symphonique Op.37 For Piano And Orchestra

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet. Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic. Conductor: Juanjo Mena.
    • CHANDOS : CHAN10871.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 6.

  • Henry Cowell

    Anger Dance For Piano

    • Smithsonian Folkways SFWCD40801.
    • Smithsonian Folkways.
    • 8.

  • Henry Cowell

    The Banshee For Piano

    • Smithsonian Folkways SFWCD40801.
    • Smithsonian Folkways.
    • 9.

  • Henry Cowell

    Suite For Violin And Piano (1925): 1st Mvt - Largo

    • Naxos 8.559192.
    • Naxos.
    • 12.

  • Henry Cowell

    Polyphonica, For Small Orchestra

    • Naxos 8.559192.
    • Naxos.
    • 18.

  • Henry Cowell

    Ostinato Pianissimo For Percussion

    Performer: The Manhattan Percussion Ensemble. Performer: Paul Price.
    • Wergo WER 6928 2.
    • Wergo.
    • 7.

  • Henry Cowell

    Synchrony For Orchestra

    Performer: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • SFS MEDIA : 821936-0056-2-0.
    • SFS MEDIA.
    • 1.

  • Henry Cowell

    Symphony No.2 'Anthropos': 3rd mvt - Repression

    Performer: American Symphony Orchestra.

  • Henry Cowell

    Who Wrote This Fiendish Rite Of Spring?

    • Naxos 8.559192.
    • Naxos.
    • 11.

  • Henry Cowell

    Persian Set For Orchestra: 4th mvt - Rondo

    Orchestra: Leopold Stokowski. Conductor: Leopold Stokowski.
    • CRI 114.
    • CRI.
    • 8.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Ariodante: Scherza infida! (Act 2 Scene 3)

    Singer: Alice Coote. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Harry Bicket.
    • HYPERION : CDA67979.
    • HYPERION.
    • 10.

  • John Adams

    Absolute Jest For String Quartet And Orchestra: Beginning

    Ensemble: St. Lawrence String Quartet. Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • SFS Media SFS 0063.
    • SFS Media.
    • 1.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata no.30

    Performer: Igor Levit.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Partita no.6 - Sarabande

    Performer: Igor Levit.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Diabelli Variations

    Performer: Igor Levit.

  • Frederic Rzewski

    Variations on The People United Will Never Be Defeated

    Performer: Igor Levit.

  • Bedrich Smetana

    Quartet No. 2 In D Minor For Strings: 3rd mvt

    Ensemble: Pavel Haas Quartet.
    • SUPRAPHON : SU-4172-2.
    • SUPRAPHON.
    • 7.

  • Per Norgard

    Symphony No. 8: 3rd mvt - Adagio molto

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • DaCapo: 6.220574.
    • DaCapo.
    • 5.

  • Franz Schubert

    An Den Mond In Einer Herbstnacht D.614

    Performer: Gerold Huber. Singer: Christian Gerhaher.
    • Sony Classical 88883 712172.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Franz Schubert

    Hoffnung (Schaff, Das Tagwerk Meiner Hande) D.295

    Performer: Gerold Huber. Singer: Christian Gerhaher.
    • Sony Classical 88883 712172.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No. 3 In C Minor Op.37: 3rd mvt - Rondo

    Performer: Maria JoΓ£o Pires. Orchestra: Swedish R S O. Conductor: Daniel Harding.
    • Onyx ONYX 4125.
    • Onyx.
    • 3.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto No. 1 In D Minor BWV.1052 For Keyboard And String Orchestra

    Performer: Andreas Staier. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Petra MΓΌllejans.
    • Harmonia Mundi HMC 902181.81.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 1.

9:00am

Biber: Baroque Splendor - Missa Salisburgensis

BIBER: Motet 'Plaudite tympana'; Battalia a 10; Sonata Sancti Polycarpi; Missa Salisburgensis; Fanfara

Hanna Bayodi-Hirt, Marianne Beate Kielland, Pascal Bertin, David Sagastume, Nicholas Mulroy, Lluis Vilamajo, Daniele Carnovich, Antonio Abete, La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall (conductor)

ALIA VOX AVSA9912 (Hybrid SACD)

Μύ

The Genius of Film Music: Hollywood Blockbusters 1960s–1980s

London Philharmonic Orchestra, John Mauceri (conductor)

LPO LPO0086 (2CD supra-budget)

Μύ

Pierne: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2

PIERNE, G: Les Cathedrales; Paysages Fraciscains; Poeme symphonique in D minor Op. 37; Fantaisie-Ballet in B flat major Op. 6; Scherzo-Caprice in D major Op. 25; Etude de concert; Nocturne en forme de valse No. 2

Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano), ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic, Juanjo Mena (conductor)

CHANDOS CHAN10871 (CD mid-price)

9:30am Proms Composer - Henry Cowell

Henry Cowell (1897-1965) was an American composer of experimental music and the central figure in a circle of avant-garde composers that included Carl Ruggles, Edgard Varèse, and Ruth Crawford. They were sometimes referred to as "ultra-modernists." In 1936 Cowell was sent to San Quentin State Prison on a "morals" charge involving a 17-year-old male. Despite being granted a pardon in 1942, the experience of prison had a devastating effect on him. And his music became noticeably more conservative soon after his release from San Quentin.

Μύ

Henry Cowell: Piano Music

COWELL, H: Anger Dance; Dynamic Motion; The Banshee

Henry Cowell (piano)

SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS SFWCD40801

Μύ

American Classics - Henry Cowell

COWELL, H: Deep Color; The Fairy Answer; Fabric; Tiger; Quartet for Flute, Oboe, Cello, and Harpsichord; Three Anti-Modernist Songs; Suite for Violin and Piano; Polyphonica, for Small Orchestra; Irish Suite, for String Piano and Small Orchestra

Continuum: Ellen Lang ( mezzo-soprano), Mia Wu (violin), Jayn Rosenfel (flute), Marsha Heller (oboe), Maria Kitsopoulos (cello), Cheryl Seltzer (harpsichord / piano), Joel Sachs (piano / conductor)

NAXOS 8559192 (CD budget)

Μύ

Earle Brown - A Life In Music Volume 1

CAGE: Amores

COWELL, H: Ostinato Pianissimo

HARRISON, L: Canticle No. 1

KAGEL: Transicion II

ROLDAN: Ritmica VI; Ritmica V

RUSSELL, W: Three Dance Movements; Three Cuban Pieces

STOCKHAUSEN: Zyklus / Refrain

Christoph Caskel (percussion), David Tudor (piano), Aloys Kontarsky (piano, wood blocks), Bernhard Kontarsky (celeste, antique cymbals), The Manhattan Percussion Ensemble, Musica elettronica viva, AMM, John Cage, Paul Price

WERGO WER69282 (3CD mid-price)

Μύ

Persian Set / Suite

COWELL, H: Persian Set

Leopold Stokowski and His Orchestra

COMPOSERS RECORDINGS INC. CRI 114

Μύ

Multiplicities

COWELL, H: The Universal Flute

DENCH: Caught Breath of Time

DILLON, J: Sgothan; Diffraction

ECKARDT: Multiplicities

FERNEYHOUGH: Superscriptio

FINNISSY: Ulpirra

HOLT, SIMON: Maiastra

PARKIN: Elegy

Nancy Ruffer (flutes)

METIER MSVCD92063 (CD mid-price)

Μύ

American Mavericks

COWELL, H: Synchrony

San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)

SFS MEDIA 821936-0056-2-0

10:00am

Handel: Arias

HANDEL: Quando mai (from Radamisto); Mi lusinga il dolce affetto (from Alcina); Verdi prati (from Alcina); Sta nell'Ircana pietrosa tana (from Alcina); Hercules: There in myrtle shades; Hercules: Cease, ruler of the day, to rise; Hercules: Where shall I fly?; Cara speme (from Giulio Cesare); Con l'ali di costanza (from Ariodante); Scherza, infida (from Ariodante); Dopo notte (from Ariodante)

Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano), The English Concert, Harry Bicket (conductor)

HYPERION CDA67979 (CD mid-price)

Μύ

John Adams: Absolute Jest

ADAMS, J: Grand Pianola Music; Absolute Jest

Orli Shaham (piano), Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano), Synergy Vocals, San Francisco Symphony, St. Lawrence String Quartet, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), John Adams

SFS SFS0063 (Hybrid SACD)

10:30am Interview – Igor Levit

Andrew talks to pianist Igor Levit about his previous recordings of Bach and Beethoven and his forthcoming release, β€œVariations”, featuring large-scale sets of variations by Bach, Beethoven and Frederic Rzewski.

Beethoven: The Late Piano Sonatas

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major Op. 101; Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat major Op. 106 'Hammerklavier'; Piano Sonata No. 31 in A flat major Op. 110; Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor Op. 111; Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major Op. 109

Igor Levit (piano)

SONY 88883747352 (2CD mid-price)

Μύ

BACH, J S: Partitas Nos. 1-6, BWV825-830

Igor Levit (piano)

SONY 88843036822 (2CD mid-price)

Μύ

Variations

BACH, J S: Goldberg Variations

BEETHOVEN: Diabelli Variations

RZWESKI: The People United Will Never Be Defeated

SONY Autumn release – 23 October (3CD)

11:10am – Gramophone Awards 2015

Smetana: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2

SMETANA: String Quartet No. 1 in E minor 'From My Life'; String Quartet No. 2 in D minor

Pavel Haas Quartet

SUPRAPHON SU41722 (CD mid-price)

Μύ

Per Norgard: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 8

NORGARD: Symphony No. 1 'Sinfonia austera'; Symphony No. 8

Vienna Philharmonic, Sakari Oramo (conductor)

DACAPO 6220574 (Hybrid SACD mid-price)

Μύ

Nachtviolen

SCHUBERT: An der Mond in einer Herbstnacht, D614 (Schreiber); Hoffnung, D295; Im Janner 1817 (Tiefes Leid) D876; Abschied D475 (Mayrhofer); Herbst, D945; Uber Wildemann D884 (Ernst Schulze); Der Wanderer, D649 (Friedrich von Schlegel); Der Wanderer an den Mond D870 (Seidl); Der Zwerg, D771 (Collin); Abendstern, D806; Im Walde D834; Nach einem Gewitter D561 (Mayrhofer); Der Schiffer D694 (F von Schlegel); An die Nachtigall, D196 (Holty); Totengraberweise D869 (Schlechta); Fruhlingsglaube, D686; Nachtviolen D752 (Mayrhofer); Abendlied fur die Entfernte, D856 (Schlegel); Wehmut, D772 (Collin); Der Strom, D565 (poet unknown); Der Hirt D490 (Mayrhofer); Lied eines Schiffers an die Dioskuren D360 (Mayrhofer); Nachtgesang D314 (Kosegarten); Der Sanger am Felsen, D482

Christian Gerhaher (baritone), Gerold Huber (piano)

SONY 88883712172 (CD mid-price)

Μύ

Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & 4

BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor Op. 37; Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major Op. 58

Maria Joao Pires (piano), Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding (conductor)

ONYX ONYX4125 (CD mid-price)

11:50am

J S Bach: Harpsichord Concertos

BACH, J S: Keyboard Concertos Nos. 1-7 BWV1052-1058

Andreas Staier (harpsichord), Freiburger Barockorchester

HARMONIA MUNDI HMC902181/82 (2CD mid-price)

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  • Sat 29 Aug 2015 09:00
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