Tuesday, October 9

My guest at noon is Patricio Cobos, music director of the LaGrange Symphony Orchestra and for many years a member of the Columbus State faculty. Before and after a recording of Beethoven's Third, Cobos speaks about his choice to teach in Columbus rather than play in an orchestra, his evolving listening preferences and the growth of the LaGrange Symphony. He even speaks musically, with that gentle Chilean accent. Listen to our interview on air or online at www.gpb.org, right after the noon news and again just before one. Tonight's concert launches Cobos's seventh season with the LSO.

Midday Music selections listed below have connections to the following concerts :

• LaGrange Symphony, tonight at 7:30 (Callaway Auditorium, LaGrange College) with conductor Patricio Cobos and violinist Anastasia Agapova. Beethoven's Eroica Symphony (which we hear at noon) and Tchaikovsky's violin concerto.
• Inman Piano Trio, Thursday at the Falany Performing Arts Center (Reinhardt College, Waleska). Music of Shostakovich (as heard in the 11:00 hour), Kirchner, Howells.
• Atlanta Symphony, Thursday through Saturday, with guest conductor Pinchas Zukerman and violinist Viviane Hagner. Chausson's Poeme (which we hear today), Ravel's Tzigane, Haydn's Hen Symphony, Saint-Saens's Organ Symphony.
• Talich Quartet (who conclude today's broadast with Mendelssohn) - Czechs playing Schubert and more, Friday at Augusta State's Maxwell Theatre.
• Camelot, presented by the Augusta Opera at Augusta's Imperial Theatre this Friday and Saturday.
• Rome Symphony, Saturday with guest conductor Richard Prior and pianist William Ransom. Mozart's "Great G minor" Symphony (No. 40) and Bach's D minor keyboard concerto (which we hear at 1:00).

11 AM . . .

• Rubinstein: Melody in F major. Gregor-Smith, Wrigley (ASV 2103)
• Chausson: Poeme. Itzhak Perlman, New York Phil, Mehta (DG 423 063) [Pictured: 437 737, which contains the same performance.]
  
• Shostakovich: Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67. Trio Wanderer (Harmonia Mundi 901825, pictured)
• Paganini: Guitar Sonata No. 4 in D major. Marco Tamayo (Naxos 8.557598)

12 N . . .

• Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, "Eroica." Revolutionary and Romantic Orch, Gardiner (Archiv 445 944) [Pictured: 439 900, complete Beethoven symphonies.]
  

1 PM . . .

• Loewe: Camelot, Overture. Original Broadway cast recording (Sony 60542)
• Bach: Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052. Murray Perahia, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields (Sony 89245, pictured)
• Mendelssohn: String Quartet in E minor, Op. 44/2. Talich Quartet (Calliope 9302) [Pictured: 3311/3, complete Mendelssohn quartets.]
  

Monday, October 8

Couple of concerts of note:

• Tomorrow, October 9, the LaGrange Symphony performs Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto with soloist Anastasia Agapova and Beethoven's "Eroica" Symphony. Please tune in to Tuesday's Midday Music, noon hour, for a chat with the LaGrange Symphony's music director, Chilean-born conductor and violinist Patricio Cobos, and a recording of Beethoven's Third. (Today on GPB we hear the Tchaikovsky, with violinist Julia Fischer.)
• Thursday through Saturday, Pinchas Zukerman guest-conducts the Atlanta Symphony. They'll play Saint-Saens' "Organ" Symphony, a couple of French violin showpieces, and Haydn's "Hen" Symphony (which we hear this morning).
• Tonight in Columbus, it's organ time. CSU's Schwob School of Music presents organist Boyd Jones in a free concert at 7:30 in RiverCenter's Legacy Hall, playing Charles Ives' Variations on America, Bach's Canonic Variations on Vom Himmel Hoch and more.
  

11 AM

• Dvorak: Slavonic Rhapsody No. 3. Slovak Phil, Kosler (Naxos 9.501701)
• Milhaud: Flute Sonatine. Vanessa Gunter, Timothy Gunter (M & P Systems)
• Schutz: Psalm 100, "Make a Joyful Noise unto the Lord." Collegium Vocale Gent, Concerto Palatino, Herreweghe (Harmonia Mundi 901895)
• Haydn: "The Hen," Symphony No. 83 in G minor. London Mozart Players, Glover (Sanctuary 203)

12 N

• Albinoni: Concerto in C major for Two Oboes, Op. 7/11. Heinz Holliger, Hans Elhorst, Camerata Bern (Archiv 427 111)
• Vierne: Rhapsody for harp, Op. 25. Pascale Zanlonghi (Timpani 2019)
• Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto. Julia Fischer, Russian National Orch, Kreizberg (PentaTone 5186 095)

1 PM

• Wagner: Rienzi Overture. Vienna Phil, Thielemann (DG 289 474 5022)
  
• Saint-Saens: Allegro Appassionato, Op. 43. Han-Na Chang, Orch Natl Acad Santa Cecilia, Pappano (EMI 82390)
• Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491. Mikhail Pletnev, German Chamber Phil (Virgin 0946 365467)

Thursday, October 4

Results just in for the 2007 Gramophone Awards! (That's a UK-based award, associated with the British magazine Gramophone, and not to be confused with the American Grammys.) German violinist Julia Fischer won the Gramophone Award for Artist of the Year, while a concert recording of Brahms piano concertos with Brazilian pianist Nelson Freire won Gramophone's Record of the Year. We hear Fischer at noon and Freire at one.

Concocting a musical weekend around Georgia? This is Anastasia Agapova, a prize-winning Russian violinist now studying at Columbus State. Tuesday she plays Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto with Patricio Cobos and the LaGrange Symphony. Tonight in Carrollton, guest piano duo Kevin Hampton and Lyle Indergaard play four-hand piano music by Schubert, Corigliano and others at the University of West Georgia. Saturday the Albany Chorale sings folksongs from around the world at Darton College. The Savannah Sinfonietta is giving concerts too. And here's a new article on the new Valdosta Symphony season.

Earlier this week I also mentioned imminent performances by the Talich Quartet (in Augusta), Atlanta Symphony (with Garrick Ohlsson), Atlanta Opera (Turandot) and Polina Leschenko (at Spivey Hall). For links, please see Tuesday's and Wednesday's entries below. Happy concertgoing!

11 AM

• Berlioz: Romeo and Juliet, dramatic symphony. Philharmonia Orch, Giulini (EMI 47616) [Pictured: a more recent recording with Sir Colin Davis and the London Symphony on LSO Live.]
  

12 N

• Tchaikovsky: Valse-Scherzo. Julia Fischer, Russian National Orch, Kreizberg (PentaTone 5186 095)
  
• Stanford: Serenade (nonet). Capricorn (Helios 55061)
  
• Vivaldi: Four Seasons: Autumn. Cho-Liang Lin, Sejong, Newman (Naxos 8.557920)
  
• Buck: Festival Overture on the American National Air. London Sym, Klein (Albany 235)

1 PM

• Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat. Nelson Freire, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch, Chailly (Decca B0006588) - Winner, Gramophone Award for RECORD OF THE YEAR

Wednesday, October 3

They're coming thick and fast, those concerts.

Straight from the Czech Republic, the Talich Quartet appears in Augusta next Friday, October 12 at Augusta State's Maxwell Theatre, playing Haydn's "Lark" Quartet, Janacek's "Intimate Letters" and Schubert's "Death and the Maiden." (We hear the Talich Quartet three times today: first in that Schubert, and later in Borodin and Mendelssohn.)

At 23 she became concertmaster of the Charleston Symphony. Diana Cohen visits Valdosta to solo in the Chaconne from The Red Violin with the Valdosta Symphony. (On GPB today we hear that music by Corigliano at noon.) For more on Saturday's concert, also see yesterday's entry below.

Among the piano works on Polina Leschenko's Spivey Hall debut recital Saturday in Morrow is the sixth of Liszt's Grand Paganini Etudes (which we hear in the noon hour). See more on Leschenko below.

Tuesday, October 9 the LaGrange Symphony, with its new and improved website, performs Beethoven's "Eroica" Symphony, the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto, and Weber's Overture to Der Freischutz (which opens today's Midday Music) at LaGrange College.

And now, playlist time.

11 AM

• Weber: Der Freischutz, Overture. Bavarian Radio Sym, Kubelik (DG 415 840)
• Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, "Death and the Maiden." Talich Quartet (Calliope 9234)

12 N

• Corigliano: Chaconne from The Red Violin. Chloe Hanslip, Royal Phil, Slatkin (Naxos 8.559302)
• Liszt: Grandes Etudes de Paganini, No. 6. Marc-Andre Hamelin (Hyperion 67370)
• Borodin: Nocturne from String Quartet No. 2. Talich Quartet (Calliope 9202)
• Krommer: Concerto for Two Clarinets and Orchestra. Sabine Meyer, Julian Bliss, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sillito (EMI 79786)

1 PM

• David: Trombone Concertino. Christian Lindberg, Bamberg Sym, Segerstam (BIS 378)
• Mendelssohn: String Quartet in E-flat, Op. 44/3. Talich Quartet (Calliope 9302)

Tuesday, October 2

Before today's playlist, let's connect with this week's real, live performances and performers across Georgia.

The Valdosta Symphony Orchestra sports several guest conductors in 2007-2008. First up is Mary Woodmansee Green, music director of the Hilton Head Symphony. Saturday at Valdosta State she leads the VSO in "America the Beautiful." Guest violinist is Diana Cohen. Tickets: ArtSouth, (229) 333-2150. Note: The Valdosta Symphony has a new website. Also online is a blog by executive director James Shrader, where you can hear his interview with Maestra Green about Saturday's all-American program.

Spivey Hall in Morrow opens for the fall with a gala piano recital by pianist Polina Leschenko. Born in 1981 in St. Petersburg, Leschenko is already on note-mingling terms with some of the world's greatest. We hear her and Martha Argerich in a Brahms piano duo recorded at the Lugano Festival. She makes her Spivey debut Saturday. And guess what? Spivey's director, Sam Dixon, has a blogspot blog too.

The Atlanta Symphony, conductor Robert Spano and guest pianist Garrick Ohlsson perform a program of Franck, Berlioz and Chopin. Thursday through Saturday they're at Atlanta's Symphony Hall; Sunday afternoon they take the show to the UGA Performing Arts Center in Athens. (To hear Garrick Ohlsson talk about Chopin with GPB's Terrance McKnight, check out the thirteenth interview here.)

And finally: It's not too late to experience Atlanta Opera's Turandot. The production continues October 2, 5 and 7 at the new Cobb Energy Centre at I-285 and I-75.

On to the playlist! On the GPB airwaves today Midday Music brings you...

11 AM

• Handel: Water Music, Suite No. 1 in F. London Classical Players, Norrington (Virgin 391334)
• Haydn: Symphony No. 89. Berlin Philharmonic, Rattle (EMI 94237)
• Scriabin: Le Poem Divin: finale, Jeu Divin. Royal Concertgebouw Orch, Kondrashin (RCO box 06004)
  

12 N

• Rosza: Ben Hur: Parade of the Charioteers. Hollywood Bowl Sym, Rosza (Sony 60991)
• Massenet: Hungarian Scenes (Orchestral Suite No. 2). New Zealand Sym, Ossonce (Naxos 8.553124)
• Brahms: Haydn Variations, Op. 56b. Martha Argerich and Polina Leschenko (EMi 58471)
• Franck: The Accursed Huntsman. Minnesota Orch, Oue (Reference 82)

1 PM

• Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 19 in C minor, D. 958. Leif Ove Andsnes (EMI 84321)
• Tuur: Igavik (Eternity). Estonian National Male Choir, Estonian National Sym Orch, Jarvi (Virgin 385785)

Monday, October 1

October greetings to you! I'm continuing to merrily pilfer a recent shipment of discs from EMI and Virgin Classics. Today it yields Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony, flute music by Reinecke, orchestral Zemlinsky and Sibelius's Lemminkainen Legends, all available from PB-1.



11 AM

• Vivaldi: Concerto in G minor, RV 156. Academy of Ancient Music Berlin, Seiler (Harmonia Mundi 901975)
• Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E minor. Orchestra of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia, Pappano (EMI 53258)

12 N

• Mozart: Der Schauspieldirektor (The Impresario), Overture. Lausanne Chamber Orch, Menuhin (Virgin 363284)
• Reinecke: Flute Sonata, "Undine." Emmanuel Pahud, Yefim Bronfman (EMI 73708)
• Zemlinsky: Es War Einmal, Overture; Kleider machen Leute, Entr'acte. Gurzenich Orch, Conlon (EMI 72481)
• Albeniz: Iberia, Book 1. Cincinnati Sym, Lopez-Cobos (Telarc 80470)

1 PM

• Sibelius: Lemminkainen Legends. Philadelphia Orch, Ormandy (EMI 88679)

Thursday, September 27

Today's show culminates with Oceana. It's Osvaldo Golijov's setting of poetry by Pablo Neruda, performed by vocalist Luciana Souza and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus with Robert Spano conducting. A couple of seasons ago, GPB aired tape from the ASO concert performance. GPB's Terrance McKnight interviewed composer Osvaldo Golijov and vocalist Luciana Souza, and today we hear part of that interview as a lead-in to our first broadcast of this watery work in commercial CD form, from a 2007 Deutsche Grammophon release. (For an archived, fuller version of Terrance's interview, see the fifth interview on this page.)

The CD and the composer

Tonight the Atlanta Symphony's latest season gets underway with La Boheme by Puccini. This weekend's concerts will be recorded live for future release on Telarc. And that's not all the Puccini around Atlanta. The Atlanta Opera launches its new season Saturday, in the new Cobb Energy Centre, with Turandot.

11 AM

• Leclair: Flute Sonata in C major, Op. 2/3. Fenwick Smith et al. (Naxos 8.557440-41)
  
• Dvorak: Violin Concerto in A minor. James Ehnes, BBC Phil, Noseda (Chandos 10309)
• Gottschalk: Bamboula, danse negre. Cecile Licad (Naxos 8.559145)
  
• Puccini: Turandot: Nessun dorma, on trombone. Joseph Alessi, Warren Jones (NAxos 8.570232)
  

12 N

• Poulenc: Concerto for Two Pianos in D minor. Guher and Suher Pekinel, French Radio Phil, Janowski (Teldec 46155)
  
• Bantock: Pagan Symphony. Royal Phil, Handley (Hyperion 66630)
  

1 PM

• Beethoven: Creatures of Prometheus, Overture. Atlanta Sym, Levi (Telarc 80358)
  
• Golijov: La Pasion segun San Marcos: excerpt. Luciana Souza et al. (Hanssler 98.404)
  
• Golijov: Oceana. Luciana Souza, Atlanta Sym Orch & Chorus, Gwinnett Young Singers, members of Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, Spano (DG B0009069)
• Puccini: La Boheme: Prelude and Aria. Quartetto Gelato.
  

Wednesday, September 25

Three cheers for American soprano Dawn Upshaw! Yesterday she was named a fellow of the MacArthur Foundation. As the announcement of her "genius grant" noted, "She has become a catalyst for the creation of numerous works through her passionate advocacy of contemporary composers, both established and emerging," and "Through her performances, award-winning recordings, teaching, and commissions, Upshaw is breaking down stylistic barriers and forging a new model of a performer who is directly involved in the creation of contemporary music." Here's an example with a Georgia connection: Dawn Upshaw has collaborated in recordings with Robert Spano and the Atlanta Symphony of new music by Osvaldo Golijov.


In the noon hour we hear Upshaw and the ASO in parts of Golijov's Ainadamar and Three Songs. Today happens to be the 50th anniversary of West Side Story and the birthday of George Gershwin, and we note both those American milestones too. (Tomorrow Midday Music marks the new ASO concert season with more Golijov: listen for the ASO's new recording of Oceana.)

11 AM

• Ries: Introduction and Polonaise, Op. 174. Hinterhuber, Gavle Sym, Grodd (Naxos 8.557844)
• Beethoven: "Archduke" Piano Trio in B-flat, Op. 97. Chung Trio (EMI 81751)

12 N

• Tchaikovsky: Andante Cantabile, Op. 11. Han-Na Chang, Orch of the Natl Acad of Santa Cecilia, Pappano (EMI 82390)
• Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat for violin and viola, K. 364. Daniel Majeske, Robert Vernon, Cleveland Orch, Dohnanyi (London 443 175)
• Golijov: Ainadamar:"Mariana, tus ojos." Dawn Upshaw, Jessica Rivera, Atlanta Sym Orch & Chorus, Spano (DG 6429)
• Golijov: Three Songs: "Lua descolorida." Dawn Upshaw, Atlanta Sym, Spano.

1 PM

• Bernstein/Brohn: West Side Story Suite. Joshua Bell, Philharmonia Orch, Zinman (Sony 89358)
• Amram: American Dance Suite: Blues. Manhattan Chamber Orch, Clark (Newport 85546)
  
• Gershwin: An American in Paris. Cincinnati Pops, Kunzel (Telarc 80542)
  

Tuesday, September 25

Atlanta groups take the spotlight this week.

• The season opener of the Atlanta Symphony is, of all things, an opera. Robert Spano conducts the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus and soloists in La Boheme this Thursday through Saturday.
• If you prefer your Puccini fully staged, the Atlanta Opera presents Turandot, set in ye olde China and including the famous tenor tune “Nessun dorma.” This marks the Atlanta Opera's first production in its new home, the spanking new Cobb Energy Centre at I-75 and I-285. The show opens September 29 and repeats several times the first week of October.
• On a more intimate scale and singer-free, the Vega Quartet performs Saturday evening at Emory University, where they are quartet-in-residence. On the program at the Schwartz Center are Beethoven's "Serioso" Quartet, Dvorak's "American" Quartet and Smetana's "From My Life."
  

Meanwhile, in whatever venue you find yourself, today's Midday Music offers...

11 AM

• Milhaud: Scaramouche. Sabine Meyer, Oleg Maisenberg (EMI 79787)
• Corelli: Concerto Grosso in C minor, Op. 6/3. Brandenburg Consort, Goodman (Hyperion 66741/2)
• Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor. Evgeny Kissin, London Sym, Davis (EMI 82879)

12 N

• Leclair: Flute Sonata in C major, Op. 1/2. Fenwick Smith, John Gibbons, Laura Blustein (Naxos 8.557440-41)
• Shostakovich: Festive Overture. Cincinnati Pops, Kunzel (Telarc 80595)
• Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 13. Cleveland Quartet (Telarc 80142)

1 PM

• Dvorak: Rondo for cello and orchestra, Op. 94. Han-Na Chang, Natl Acad of Santa Cecilia, Pappano (EMI 82390)
• Haydn: Symphony No. 99 in E-flat. English Chamber Orch, Tate (EMI 88666)
• Wegelius: Rondo quasi Fantasia for piano and orchestra. Margit Rahkonen, Finnish Radio Sym, Sakari (Yleis 0002)

Monday, September 24

The BFG by Roald Dahl is about a Big Friendly Giant who catches dreams and catalogs them in jars before distributing them to sleepers. In this passage (pp. 97-98), our young heroine Sophie is grilling the BFG on the process:

"Can you really and truly tell what sort of a dream it's going to be simply by listening to it?" Sophie asked.
"I can," the BFG said, not looking up.
"But how? Is it by the way it hums and buzzes?"
"You is less or more right," the BFG said. "Every dream in the world is making a different sort of buzzy-hum music. And these grand swashboggling ears of mine is able to read that music."
"By music, do you mean tunes?"
"I is not meaning tunes."
"Then what do you mean?"
"Human beans is having their own music, right or left?"
"Right," Sophie said. "Lots of music."
"And sometimes human beans is very overcome when they is hearing wonderous music. They is getting shivers down their spindels. Right or left?"
"Right," Sophie said.
"So the music is saying something to them. It is sending a message.
I do not think the human beans is knowing what that message is, but they is loving it just the same."
"That's about right," Sophie said.

Human beans of listener land, I is hoping you will be similarly overcome with shivers down your spindels as you hear the wonderous pieces on Midday Music. Today's discs are new releases, and all but one come from EMI Classics:



11 AM

• Mendelssohn: Ruy Blas Overture. New Philharmonia Orch, Atzmon (EMI 81888)
• Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2. David Oistrakh, Philharmonia Orch, Galliera (EMI 81487)
• Rosza: Duo for Violin and Piano, Op. 7. Philippe Quint, William Wolfram (Naxos 8.570190)

12 N

• Glazunov: Melodie, Op. 20/1. Han-Na Chang, Orch of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia, Pappano (EMI 82390)
• Hadyn: Symphony No. 101, "The Clock." English Chamber Orch, Tate (EMI 88666)
• Saint-Saens: Clarinet Sonata in E-flat, Op. 167. Sabine Meyer, Oleg Maisenberg (EMI 79787)

1 PM

• Taneyev: Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 30. Lilya Zilberstein and friends at the Lugano Festival 2006 (EMI 89241)

Friday, September 21

Requests with Alan Cooke will be back next Friday. Today's show is hosted by Eric Nauert at GPB's Savannah station, WSVH. Playlist here. See you next week.

Thursday, September 20

John Hsu grew up in Shanghai, came to the States after World War II and trained at the New England Conservatory at a time when Asian musicians in this country were few and far between. Then followed a distinguished 50-year career as a cellist, conductor and pioneering expert on such early string instruments as the viola da gamba and baryton. Now in his 80s and recently retired from Cornell University, he keeps on his toes as music director of the Atlanta Baroque Orchestra.



In the noon hour, John Hsu introduces some of the trumpety fare he'll be conducting at the ABO's festive tenth anniversary concert Sunday. Also on Midday Music, we hear selections by Jean Sibelius, who died 50 years ago today, and Max Bruch's Kol Nidrei, based on liturgy from the solemn Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, which begins Friday evening.

11 AM

• Sibelius: Humoresque, Op. 89/5. Gringolts, Gothenburg Sym, Jarvi (DG 2249)
• Sibelius: Swanwhite, Suite. Kuusisto, Tapiola Sinfonietta (Ondine 1074-5)
• Sibelius: Four choral songs. Accentus, Ericson (Naive 5037)
• Mozart: Sinfonia in G major, K. 45a, "Lambach." Concentus Musicus Vienna, Harnoncourt (DHM 63970)

12 N

• Wagner: Lohengrin: Act 3 Prelude. Philadelphia Orch, Thielemann (DG 289 453 485)
• Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 4, Boston Baroque, Pearlman (Telarc 80619)
• Chopin: Impromptu No. 1 in A-flat. Mikhail Pletnev (DG 453 456)
  
• Orlando di Lasso (de Lassus): Pentitential Psalms of David No. 4, "Miserere mei Deus." Collegium Vocale Gent, Herreweghe (Harmonia Mundi 901931.32)

1 PM

• Sibelius: Symphony No. 5. Iceland Sym, Oramo (Naxos box 8.505179)
• Paganini: Cantabile in D major. Sarah Chang, Charles Abramovic (EMI 56161)
  
• Bruch: Kol Nidrei. Matt Haimovitz, Chicago Sym, Levine (DG 427 323)
  

Wednesday, September 19

Alan Cooke: The Exit Interview. As listeners in the Augusta area may have already noticed, Alan Cooke - station manager and music host at WACG since 1979 - has retired. (Other GPB listeners shouldn't register much difference, as he is continuing to host Midday Music Friday requests for the network, glory be!) To note this milestone, GPB presents a conversation Alan Cooke and I had two days ago, looking back and looking forward. Four segments of our interview air during the noon hour. Thanks for everything, Alan, and best of luck in your new Monday-through-Thursday life!



11 AM

• Dohnanyi: Symphony No. 1 in D minor. London Phil, Botstein (Telarc 80511)

12 N

• Interview segments with Alan Cooke, plus...
• Schumann: Kinderszenen: Traumerei. Vladimir Horowitz (CBS 42409)
• Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 2 in D major: Finale. Ann Gastinel, Moscow Soloists, Bashmet (Naive 4969)
• Haydn: Piano Trio in G major, "Gypsy." Vienna Piano Trio (Nimbus 5535)
• Haydn, J.M.: Flute Concerto in D, 1st mvt; and Haydn, F.J.: Scherzando No. 1 in F major. Emmanuel Pahud, Haydn Ensemble Berlin, Schellenberger (EMI 56577)
• Haydn: The Creation: The Heavens Are Telling. Radio Sym Orch & Chorus Stuttgart, Marriner (EMI 50842)

1 PM

• Mozart: Gran Partita (Serenade in B-flat for 12 wind instruments and double bass), K. 361. Moonwinds, Lluna (HMI 987071)
• Haydn: The Creation: Stimmt an die Seiten. Orch & Chorus of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia, Chung (DG 289 459 156)
  

Tuesday, September 18

Your attention, please, fans of Alan Cooke! Although Alan will keep hosting GPB's Midday Music Friday requests show for fun, he has just retired from full-time work. This after almost three decades as station manager and music host at WACG Augusta. Tomorrow, to mark Alan's retirement, I talk with him about his life and times in radio. He takes music and community more seriously than he takes himself, making his conversation both inspirational and funny. Please listen Wednesday at noon for our interview, interspersed with music throughout the hour by one of his favorite composers, Haydn.

As for today's playlist:



11 AM

• Marcello: Flute Sonata in B minor. Arita, Arita, Nakano (Denon 18013)
  
• Orlando di Lasso (de Lassus): Penitential Psalms of David No. 5. Domine, exaudi orationem meam (Psalms 101-102). Collegium Vocale Gent, Herreweghe (Harmonia Mundi 901831.32)
  
• Rubinstein: Romance, Op. 44/1. Mischa Maisky, Pavel Gililov (DG 5831)
  
• Bax: Nympholept, nature poem for orchestra. Royal Scottish National Orch, Lloyd-Jones (Naxos 8.555343)
  

12 N

• Janacek: Sinfonietta, Op. 60. Berlin Phil, Abbado (DG 427 313)
  
• Brahms: Variations on a Hungarian Song, Op. 21/2. Olga Kern (Harmonia Mundi 907392)
  
• Borodin: Prince Igor, Overture. Russian National Orch, Pletnev (DG 439 892)
  
• Barrios: Three guitar pieces (Pais de Albanic, Faniniana, Tango No. 2). Jeffrey McFadden (Naxos 8.557807)
  

1 PM

• Bach: Violin Concerto in E major, BWV 1042. Elizabeth Wallfisch, Orch of the Age of Enlightenment (Virgin 7077 59319)
  
• Schubert: Rosamunde (Magic Harp) Overture. Chamber Orch of Europe, Abbado (DG 423 656)
  
• Diepenbrock: The Birds, Overture. Residentie Orch, Vonk (Chandos 8821)
  
• Strauss: Salome: Dance of the Seven Veils. Cincinnati Sym, Lopez-Cobos (Telarc 80371)
  

Monday, September 17

Not too many concerts to report for next weekend. Thus, more space here for CD art. But I do want to mention the Atlanta Baroque Orchestra's tenth anniversary gala concert, "Rejouissance," Sunday at 3:00, featuring trumpet and woodwind soloists in festive Telemann and Vivaldi concertos and Bach's Fourth Orchestral Suite, John Hsu conducting. And now, on to today's illustrated Midday Music playlist:

11 AM

• Vierdanck: Capriccio in D minor. Parnassi Musici (CPO 777 205)
• Haydn: Piano Sonata No. 10 in C major. Fazil Say (Naive 5070)
• Ravel: Daphnis and Chloe, Suite No. 1. Royal Concertgebouw Orch, Haitink (PentaTone 167)
• Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor. Murray Perahia, Israel Phil, Mehta (Sony 44922)

12 N

• Moravec: Mood Swings. Trio Solisti (Naxos 8.559323)
• Vivaldi: "Il Gardellino," Flute Concerto in D major, Op. 10/3. Patrick Gallois, Orpheus Chamber Orch (DG 437 839)
• Dvorak: Violin Sonatina in G major, Op. 100. Gil Shaham, Orli Shaham (DG 449 820)
• Orlando di Lasso (de Lassus): Penitential Psalms of David No. 6, "De profundis clamavi." Collegium Vocale Gent, Herreweghe (Harmonia Mundi 901831.32)

1 PM

• Brahms: Piano Sonata No. 1 in C major, Op. 1. Sviatoslav Richter (RCA 82876 60860)
• Beethoven: Sextet in E-flat for horns and strings, Op. 81b. Consortium Classicum (MDG 301 0594)
  

Wednesday, September 12

Today's Midday Music focuses on Augusta, especially in the noon hour.

Hear recordings by two guest artists on the Augusta Symphony's 2007-2008 masterworks series: guitarist Sharon Isbin (in one of the works she brings to Augusta this weekend, Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez) and clarinetist David Shifrin (in the quintet for clarinet and strings by Brahms). Also, conductor Donald Portnoy talks about Saturday's Augusta Symphony concert, and we hear the Augusta Symphony itself in an overture by Rossini. And Brenda Durant of the Greater Augusta Arts Council tells us about the international food and varied music at the Arts in the Heart of Augusta Festival. The festival runs Friday through Sunday, with a focus on Ireland.

Thursday I'm out. Russell Wells of WSVH Savannah brings you the show, with music related to Rosh Hashanah. Friday Alan Cooke does his usual requests juggling act out of WACG Augusta.

11 AM

• Kodaly: Dances of Galanta. Philharmonia Hungarica, Dorati (Mercury 432 005)
  
• Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B minor. David Shifrin, Chamber Music Northwest (Delos 3066)
  

12 N

• Traditional Irish: Pull Down the Shade. Carol Thompson (Dorian 90273)
  
• Harty: In Ireland. National Sym Orch of Ireland, O'Duinn (Naxos 8.554732)
  
• Traditional Irish: Down by the Sally Gardens. Aureole (Koch 7660)
• Rossini: Italian Girl in Algiers, Overture. Augusta Sym, Giuliani
  
• Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez. Sharon Isbin, Lausanne Chamber Orch, Foster (Virgin 7590242)
  
• Ginastera: Estancia: Malambo. Boston Pops, Lockhart (RCA 63717)
  

1 PM

• Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks. Philadelphia Orch, Sawallisch (EMI 55185)
  
• Mendelssohn: Octet in E-flat, Op. 20. Guarnieri and Orion quartets (Arabesque 6714)
  

Tuesday, September 11

On MM today there's a Handel flute sonata with Frans Bruggen, Rachmaninoff's Second Piano Concerto with Yefim Bronfman and a Beethoven overture with the Atlanta Symphony. In the noon hour, Columbus Symphony conductor George Del Gobbo gives us an introduction to the rhythmic patterns that pervade Beethoven's Seventh. (He and the CSO perform it Saturday. Info.) Then we hear that piece with Carlos Kleiber and the Vienna Philharmonic. Hey, when you don't have the Columbus Symphony on disc, you make do.



11 AM

• Saint-Saens: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso. Kyung-Wha Chung, Royal Phil, Dutoit (London 417 118)
  
• Handel: Sonata for Transverse Flute and Continuo in E minor, HWV 359b. Bruggen, Bylsma, Asperen (Sony 60100)
  
• Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor. Yefim Bronfman, Philharmonia Orch, Salonen (Sony 47183)
  
• Saint-Saens: The Swan. Blaker, Palmer (Etcetera 1111)
  

12 N

• Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 1. Atlanta Sym, Levi (Telarc 80358)
  
• Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major. Vienna Phil, Kleiber (DG 447 400)
• Beach: Scottish Legend. Alan Feinberg (Argo 436 121)
  

1 PM

• Spohr: Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra. Lark Quartet, San Francisco Ballet Orch, LeRoux (Arabesque 6723)
• Mozart: String Quartet No. 22 in B-flat, K. 589. Endellion String Quartet (Arabesque 6723)