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Street Shots Challenge
A guide for music played on WNYC FM
OVERNIGHT MUSIC with Alex Ambrose
12:00am
"Iolanthe": Overture
Sir Arthur Sullivan
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Alexander Faris, conductor
Nimbus 5066
12:07am
Concerto for Soprano and Orchestra, Op. 82
Reinhold Gliere
City of London Sinfonia
Richard Hickox, conductor
Eileen Hulse, soprano
Chandos 9094
12:22am
"Four Last Songs": 'Beim Schlafengehn' (Going to Sleep)
Richard Strauss
Staatskapelle Dresden
Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor
Cheryl Studer, soprano
Deutsche Grammophon 439865
12:29am
"Hughe Ashton's Ground"
William Byrd
Glenn Gould, piano
Philips 456808
12:38am
Double Clarinet Sonata
Francis Poulenc
Sabine Meyer, clarinet
Wolfgang Meyer, clarinet
Angel/EMI 55253
12:45am
"Le Royaume enchante" (The Enchanted Kingdom)
Nikolai Tcherepnin
Russian National Orchestra
Mikhail Pletnev, conductor
Deutsche Grammophon 447084
1:01am
Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 19
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Mstislav Rostropovich, cello
Alexander Dedyukhin, piano
Deutsche Grammophon 471620
1:32am
"The Cries of London"
Orlando Gibbons
Fretwork
Red Byrd, vocal ensemble
Virgin 90849
1:40am
Nocturne No. 4 in E-flat, Op. 36
Gabriel Faure
Edward Aldwell, piano
ProPiano 224508
1:48am
"Kanon Pokajanen": 'Prayer'
Arvo Part
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Tonu Kaljuste, conductor
ECM 1654
2:01am
"Souvenir de Florence" in D Minor, Op. 70
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Camerata Bern
Thomas Furi, conductor
Erato 88237
2:33am
Fantasy in Three Parts
Stephen Paulus
Susan Morris De Jong, flute
Jeffrey Van, guitar
Gasparo 336
2:50am
"Suomalainen myytti" (A Finnish Myth)
Einojuhani Rautavaara
Tapiola Sinfonietta
Jean Jacques Kantorow, conductor
BIS 910
2:58am
Piano Concerto No. 15 in B-flat, K. 450
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
Daniel Barenboim, piano
Teldec 16827
3:23am
Quartette for Four Voices and Piano, Op. 92
Johannes Brahms
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
Members of the Monteverdi Choir
Robert Levin, keyboard
Philips 432152
3:33am
"Yta I"
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Mikael Helasvuo, flute
Finlandia 95607
3:39am
Mandolin Concerto
Emanuele Barbella
I Solisti Aquilani
Vittorio Antonellini, mandolin
KOCH/Schwann 311171
3:49am
"Herzlich lieb hab ich Dich, O Herr," BUX 41
Dietrich Buxtehude
Anima Eterna
Jos van Immerseel, conductor
Collegium Vocale
Channel Classics 7895
4:09am
Ballade No. 2 in B Minor, S. 171
Franz Liszt
Vladimir Horowitz, piano
RCA 63314
4:25am
Piano Trio No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 92
Camille Saint-Saens
Yuval Trio
Centaur 2292
EVENING MUSIC with Margaret Juntwait
7:00pm
"West Side Story": 'Symphonic Dances': Scherzando
Leonard Bernstein
Katia and Marielle Labeque, pianos
CBS/Sony 45531
7:01pm
"Beatrice and Benedict": Entr' acte
Hector Berlioz
New York Philharmonic
Pierre Boulez, conductor
CBS/Sony 64103
7:03pm
Gavotte
Jean-Baptiste Lully
Mischa Maisky, cello
Pavel Gililov, piano
Deutsche Grammophon 431544
7:06pm
Gigue "de Lully" in G Minor
Josef Reicha
Christophe Rousset, harpsichord
London/Decca 458588
7:08pm
Sextett for Winds in E-flat
Franz Joseph Haydn
Consortium Classicum
Teldec 35814
7:22pm
"Carnival Overture," Op. 92
Antonin Dvorak
London Symphony Orchestra
Istvan Kertesz, conductor
London 430046
7:33pm
Flute Concerto No. 2 in D, K. 314
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Sir Neville Marriner, conductor
Irena Grafenauer, flute
Philips 422678
7:55pm
"On the Town": 'Lonely Town'
Leonard Bernstein
Jessye Norman, soprano
John Williams, piano
Philips 422401
8:08pm
"Beatrice and Benedict": Overture
Hector Berlioz
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Colin Davis, conductor
LSO Live 07
8:20pm
"Candide": Overture
Leonard Bernstein
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
CBS/Sony 47529
8:29pm
"Damnation of Faust": 'Rakoczy' March, Op. 24
Hector Berlioz
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
CBS/Sony 63154
8:38pm
Mass: Gloria
Leonard Bernstein
Uncredited Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
Alan Titus, baritone
Lee Hooper, soprano
The Norman Scribner Choir
The Berkshire Boy Choir
CBS/Sony 63089
8:49pm
Te Deum, Op. 22: Christe, rex gloriae
Hector Berlioz
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Colin Davis, conductor
Nicolas Kynaston, organ
Wandsworth School Boys' Choir
Philips 416660
9:00pm
"Three Brilliant Fantasies on Themes by Franz Schubert": Fantasy No. 2, Op. 339/2
Carl Czerny
Barry Tuckwell, horn
Daniel Blumenthal, piano
EtCetera 1121
9:18pm
"Pirates of Penzance": 'With Cat-Like Tread'
Sir Arthur Sullivan
Pro Arte Orchestra
Sir Malcolm Sargent, conductor
John Cameron, baritone
Glyndebourne Festival Chorus
Angel/EMI 64409
9:21pm
"The Mikado": 'The Sun, Whose Rays Are All Ablaze'
Sir Arthur Sullivan
Welsh National Opera Orchestra
Sir Charles Mackerras, conductor
Marie McLaughlin, soprano
Telarc 80284
9:24pm
"Iolanthe": 'If You Go In, You're Sure To Win''
Sir Arthur Sullivan
Pro Arte Orchestra
Sir Malcolm Sargent, conductor
George Baker, baritone
Ian Wallace, baritone
Alexander Young, tenor
Angel/EMI 64400
9:28pm
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67
Ludwig van Beethoven
(Uncredited Orchestra)
Gunther Schuller, conductor
GM Records 2051
10:00pm
Impromptu No. 3 in B-flat, Op. 142, D. 935: Andante
Franz Schubert
Carol Rosenberger, piano
Delos 3230
10:02pm
"Si de vos mi bien" (If I had not looked at you)
Anonymous 16th Century Valencian
Jordi Savall, conductor
Jordi Savall, viola da gamba
Sophie Watillon, viol
Serge Casademunt, viol
Eunice Brandao, viol
Lorenz Duftschmid, viol
Astree/Naive 9960
10:05pm
"Xerxes": 'Frondi tenere... Ombra mai fu' (Largo)
George Frederick Handel
Ensemble Orchestral de Paris
John Nelson, conductor
Stephanie Blythe, contralto
Virgin 45475
10:10pm
Symphony No.101 in D, "Clock"
Franz Joseph Haydn
Orchestra of St. Luke's
Sir Charles Mackerras, conductor
Telarc 80311
10:38pm
"Hungarian Peasant Suite"
Bela Bartok
Tapiola Sinfonietta
Jean Jacques Kantorow, conductor
Hanna Juutilainen, flute
BIS 740
10:52pm
"Scherzo capriccioso," Op. 66
Antonin Dvorak
London Symphony Orchestra
Istvan Kertesz, conductor
London 430046