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Street Shots Challenge
A guide for music played on WNYC-2
12:00am
Absolute Solo! (Farewell to the New World Order)
Fred Ho
Fred Ho, saxophone
New World/CRI 805
12:07am
Allegro Penseroso
Milton Babbitt
Marilyn Nonken, piano
CRI 877
12:20am
Chansons madecasses
Maurice Ravel
Jan DeGaetani, mezzo-soprano
Paul Dunkel, flute
Donald Anderson, cello
Gilbert Kalish, piano
Nonesuch 71355
12:35am
The Dreamer That Remains -- A Study In Loving
Harry Partch
Harry Partch Ensemble
Jack Logan, conductor
Harry Partch, intoning voice, narrator
New World Records 80623-2
12:46am
Burleske, Op. 11
Richard Strauss
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor
Emanuel Ax, piano
Angel/EMI 56364
1:07am
Marco Polo: Part 1
Tan Dun
The Netherlands Radio Kamerorkest
Tan Dun, conductor
Thomas Young, tenor
Susan Botti, soprano
Dong-Jian Gong, bass
Alexandra Montano, mezzo-soprano
Schaefer's stacks
1:48am
Marco Polo: Part 2
Tan Dun
The Netherlands Radio Kamerorkest
Tan Dun, conductor
Thomas Young, tenor
Susan Botti, soprano
Dong-Jian Gong, bass
Alexandra Montano, mezzo-soprano
Schaefer's stacks
2:48am
Triple Concerto in C, Op. 56
Ludwig van Beethoven
London Symphony Orchestra
Bernard Haitink, conductor
Gordan Nikolitch, violin
Tim Hugh, cello
Lars Vogt, piano
LSO Live 0598
3:24am
Trio for Clarinet, Violin and Piano
Paul Schoenfield
Zodiac Trio
Vanessa Mollard, violin
Riko Higuma, piano
Kliment Krylovskiy, clarinet
Emeritus Recordings 20072
3:43am
Symphony No. 2, "London"
Ralph Vaughan Williams
London Symphony Orchestra
Richard Hickox, conductor
Chandos 9902
4:45am
Divertimento for Winds in F, K. 253
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Zefiro
Astree/Naive 8529
4:58am
Adagio from the Serenade No. 10 for Winds (Gran Partita)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Marlboro Wind Ensemble
Richard Stoltzman, clarinet
CBS/Sony 45813
5:00am
Quest
John Cage
American Festival of Microtonal Music Ensemble
Joshua Pierce, piano and prepared piano
Robert White, tenor
ants AG06
5:00am
Een vroylic wesen
Jacob Barbireau
Ciaramella Instrumental and Vocal Ensemble
Adam and Rotem Gilbert, conductor
Naxos 8.557627
5:03am
Dry Humping the American Dream
Gutbucket
Gutbucket
Cantaloupe 21021
5:10am
Triple Quartet
Steve Reich
Orchestre National de Lyon
David Robertson, conductor
Astree/Naive 782167
5:25am
A Village Romeo and Juliet: The Walk to the Paradise Garden
Frederick Delius
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir John Barbirolli, conductor
Angel/EMI 65119
5:34am
Icaria 1
Sylvie Courvoisier
Sylvie Courvoisier, piano
Eric Friedlander, cello
Mark Feldman, violin
ECM 1839
5:38am
Tashi
Charles Wuorinen
The Group for Contemporary Music
Jean Kopperud, clarinet
Curtis Macomber, violin
Fred Sherry, cello
James Winn, piano
Naxos 8.559321
6:09am
Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Cello and Orchestra, Op. 29
Miklos Rozsa
Russian Philharmonic Orchestra
Dmitry Yablonsky, conductor
Anastasia Khitruk, violin
Andrey Tchekmazov, cello
naxos 8.570350
6:43am
Nosturnos
Arthur Kampela
Jenny Lin, piano
KOCH International 7670
6:59am
Chocolate Factory
Ronn McFarlane
Ronn McFarlane, lute
Danny Mallon, percussion
Dorian DSL 90701
7:03am
Windows and Canopies
James Dillon
Music Projects/London
Richard Bernas, conductor
NMC d004
7:23am
Symphony No. 1 in D Minor
Alexander von Zemlinsky
Gurzenich Orchestra
James Conlon, conductor
Angel/EMI 56473
7:55am
I Fought the Law
David Lang
Carlo Boccadoro, conductor
Paolo Fre, flute and piccolo
Mirco Ghirardini, clarinet and blass clarinet
Thomas Schrott, violin
Marco Decimo, cello
Stefano Dall'Ora, bass
Riccardo Memore, viola
Cantaloupe 21030
8:01am
Stabat Mater
Gioacchino Rossini
Orchestra of Maggio Musicale
Riccardo Muti, conductor
Catherine Malfitano, soprano
Agnes Baltsa, mezzo-soprano
Robert Gambill, tenor
Gwynne Howell, bass
Angel/EMI 68658
9:03am
"Songlines, Sun Dreaming"
Carson Cooman
Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic Orchestra
Kirk Trevor, conductor
Naxos 559329
9:10am
"Schmidt-Lied"
Theo Bleckmann
Theo Bleckmann, vocals
Fumio Yasuda, piano
Todd Reynolds, violin
Courtney Orlando, violin
Caleb Burhans, viola
Wendy Sutter, cello
Winter and Winter 910138
9:13am
14 diverse canons, BWV 1087
Johann Sebastian Bach
Palladian Ensemble
Honest/Linn 5036
9:21am
Soak up the Sun
Band arrangement
New York City "All-City" High School Marching Band
Douglas Ocharsky, conductor
NYC Dept. of Ed.
9:22am
El moro de Antequera
Traditional
Hesperion XXI
Jordi Savall, conductor
Montserrat Figueras, voice
Alia Vox 9809
9:29am
String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor, Op. 132
Ludwig van Beethoven
Yale String Quartet
Broadus Erle, violin
Yoko Matsuda, violin
David Schwartz, viola
Aldo Parisot, cello
Vanguard 74
10:14am
The Squirrel and the Ricketty-Racketty Bridge
Gavin Bryars
Seth Josel, electric guitars
Mode 177
10:25am
Symphony No. 3: A Symphony for Free Men
Don Gillis
Sinfonia Varsovia
Ian Hobson, conductor
Albany Records TROY933
11:03am
Suite No. 2 for 2 pianos, Op. 17
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Martha Argerich, piano
Nelson Freire, piano
Philips 475 8520
11:23am
China Gates
John Adams
Nicholas Hodges, piano
Nonesuch 79699-2
11:28am
Hui matin a l'ajournee (This morning and daybreak)
Gautier de Coincy
The Harp Consort
Andrew Lawrence-King, conductor
Harmonia Mundi 907317
11:36am
Trio for Clarinet, Violin and Piano
Marcus Paus
Zodiac Trio
Vanessa Mollard, violin
Riko Higuma, piano
Kliment Krylovskiy, clarinet
Emeritus Recordings 20072
11:45am
Sliding Down
Edgar Meyer
Edgar Meyer, double bass
Bela Fleck, banjo
Mike Marshall, mandolin
CBS/Sony 62891
11:50am
Carillon
Michael Harrison
Michael Harrison, piano
Cantaloupe 21043
11:56am
Reges terrae
Pierre de Manchicourt
Ebba Rydh, mezzo soprano
Ingrid Hanken, soprano
Edda Rydh, mezzo-soprano
Narianne Beate Kielland, mezzo soprano
Per Kristian Amundrod, tenor
Frank Havroy, bariton
Chandos 5050
1:00pm
Organum (for String trio)
Paul Giger
Paul Giger, violin
Marius Ungureanu, viola
Beat Schneider, cello
ECM 1681
1:06pm
"Kingdom Come"
Ingram Marshall
American Composers Orchestra
Paul Dunkel, conductor
Nonesuch 79613
1:23pm
Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson
Aaron Copland
Barbara Bonney, soprano
Andre Previn, piano
London 455511
1:53pm
Come, Heavy Sleep
John Dowland
John Potter, tenor
ECM 1697
1:57pm
Nocturnes 1 - 10
Frederic Chopin
Maurizio Pollini, piano
Deutsche Grammophon 4775718
2:42pm
Six Lieder
Samuel Barber
Samuel Barber, baritone and piano
Bridge 9156
2:56pm
The Road: Part II - Tracks
Frederic Rzewski
Frederic Rzewski, piano
Nonesuch 79623-2
3:32pm
The Four Temperaments
Paul Hindemith
New York City Ballet Orchestra
Robert Irving, conductor
Gordon Boelzner, piano
Nonesuch 9 79135-2
4:02pm
Drumming: Part I
Steve Reich
So Percussion
Rebecca Armstrong, vocals
Jay Clayton, vocals
Erin Lesser, piccolo
Cantaloupe 21026
4:23pm
Drumming: Part II
Steve Reich
So Percussion
Rebecca Armstrong, vocals
Jay Clayton, vocals
Erin Lesser, piccolo
Cantaloupe 21026
4:44pm
Drumming: Part III
Steve Reich
So Percussion
Rebecca Armstrong, vocals
Jay Clayton, vocals
Erin Lesser, piccolo
Cantaloupe 21026
5:01pm
Drumming: Part IV
Steve Reich
So Percussion
Rebecca Armstrong, vocals
Jay Clayton, vocals
Erin Lesser, piccolo
Cantaloupe 21026
5:16pm
Sonata sopra Sancta Maria
Claudio Monteverdi
Gabrieli Consort and Players
Paul McCreesh, conductor
Archiv Produktion 00289 477 6147
5:23pm
"Confluence" (Concerto No. 4 for 15 Players)
Huang Ruo
International Contemporary Ensemble
Huang Ruo, conductor
Naxos 559322
5:38pm
Sonate pour clavecin
Bohuslav Martinu
Barbara Harbach, harpsichord
Gasparo 251
5:45pm
Quest
John Cage
American Festival of Microtonal Music Ensemble
Joshua Pierce, piano and prepared piano
Robert White, tenor
ants AG06
5:46pm
"Hergen"
Mongolian Folk Music
Hungaroton 18013/14
5:48pm
String Quintet No.2 in G, Op. 111
Johannes Brahms
Zukerman Chamber Players
altara 1011
6:20pm
Concerto grosso in G Minor, Op. 6/8, "Christmas Concerto"
Arcangelo Corelli
Red Priest
Dorian 90317
6:31pm
Lieder des Abschieds, Op. 14
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
BBC Philharmonic
Sir Edward Downes, conductor
Linda Finnie, contralto
Chandos CHAN 10431 X
6:47pm
Quartet
Fisher Tull
Stentorian Consort
Troy 948
6:56pm
Despair
Steve Nieve
Muriel Teodori, Director
Elvis Costello, Chief of Police
Sting, as Dionysos
Barbara Bonney, Opera Singer
Robert Wyatt, The Friend
Nathalie Manfrino, Ghost of Butterfly
Sara Fulgoni, Ghost of Carmen
Deutsche Grammophon B0008745-02
7:03pm
The Violist's Notebooks (2002)
John Harbison
Anthea Kreston, viola
Naxos 559243
7:19pm
String Quartet in B-flat, Op. 133, "Grande Fuga"
Ludwig van Beethoven
Quartetto Italiano
Amadeus 151
7:37pm
Downland's Goodnight
Ronn McFarlane
Ronn McFarlane, lute
Dorian DSL 90701
7:39pm
De spineto nata rosa
Anonymous English
Trio Mediaeval
ECM 1753
7:43pm
Shibboleth
Dan Kaufman
Barbez
Tzadik 8119
7:45pm
A Hymn for the Lost and the Living
Eric Ewazen
James C. Lebens, trombone
Eric Ewazen, piano
Albany Records TROY 954
7:56pm
"Divergence" (Concerto No. 3 for 5 Players)
Huang Ruo
International Contemporary Ensemble
Huang Ruo, conductor
Naxos 559322
8:06pm
Threnody for Carlos Chavez
Lou Harrison
Gamelan Sekar Kembar
Susan Bates, violin
CRI 613
8:14pm
Quinteto Concertante
Osvaldo Lacerda
American Brass Quintet
Raymond Mase, trumpet
Kevin Cobb, trumpet
David Wakefield, horn
Michael Powell, trombone
John D. Rojak, bass trombone
Summit Records DCD 484
8:26pm
Transposition
Vladimir Ussachevsky
Smithsonian Folkways 6160
8:27pm
Cultivating The Land
Traditional Chinese
The Hubei Song and Dance Ensemble of the People's Republic of China
Fortuna Records 17075
8:30pm
Etude pour Pianola
Igor Stravinsky
player piano
Musikproduktion Dabringhaus und Grimm 645 1404-2
8:33pm
Suite pastorale
Emmanuel Chabrier
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
Deutsche Grammophon 447751
8:52pm
Monday
Michael Torke
London Sinfonietta
Lothar Zagrosek, conductor
Argo 443 528-2
9:03pm
Passacaglia for Orchestra, Op. 1
Anton Webern
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Pierre Boulez, conductor
Deutsche Grammophon 447099
9:13pm
Three Quarter-Tone Pieces
Charles Ives
Continuum
Joel Sachs, conductor
Naxos 8.559194
9:25pm
Peaches
Andre Previn
Elizabeth Mann, flute
Andre Previn, piano
Arabesque 6701
9:30pm
Merce grido piangendo
Carlo Gesualdo
The Consort of Musicke
Anthony Rooley, conductor
Emma Kirkby, soprano
Evelyn Tubb, soprano
Mary Nichols, alto
Joseph Cornwell, tenor
Andrew King, tenor
Richard Wistreich, bass
Decca 475 9110
9:33pm
Prospectors Arrive
Jonny Greenwood
Martin Burgess, violin
Caroline Dale, cello
Michael Dussek, piano
Nonesuch 369020-2
9:38pm
Impresje poetyckie
Marta Ptaszynska
Warsaw Wind Quintet
Michiko Otaki, piano
DUX 241
9:51pm
"Walsinghame"
Sir Arnold Bax
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Vernon Handley, conductor
Martyn Hill, tenor
Lynore McWhirter, soprano
Brighton Festival Chorus
Chandos 10366
10:08pm
Etchings for solo violin
Ralph Shapey
Miranda Cuckson, violin
Centaur 2900
10:15pm
West Side Story
Leonard Bernstein, arr. Andreas Kowalewitz
Horns of the Berlin Philharmonic
Berlin Philharmonic
10:32pm
Improvisation on a Persian Song
Haim Alexander
Marina Minkin, harpsichord
Albany Records Troy 977
10:34pm
The Importance of Water
M. Rowell and J. Bilagody
Ethel
Truck Stop Project n/a
10:37pm
Siberian Sleighride
Raymond Scott
The Beau Hunks Sextette
basta 30-90362
10:41pm
Piano Sonata No. 2
Avner Dorman
Eliran Avini, piano
Naxos 579001
10:53pm
Peter Grimes: Four Sea Interludes, Op. 33
Benjamin Britten
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
Deutsche Grammophon 431768
11:11pm
Piano Concerto in E-flat, Op. 31
Hans Pfitzner
Czechoslovak RSO, Bratislava
Heribert Beissel, conductor
Wolf Harden, piano
Marco Polo 223162
11:51pm
Snap!
Michael Daugherty
Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble
Larry Rachleff, conductor
Opus One 138
11:58pm
String Quartet No. 2, "Hunting: Gathering"
Kevin Volans
Kronos Quartet
Nonesuch 979255