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Program #272
Eighth Anniversary — Orchestral
Margaret Brouwer: Pulse, The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Gerard Schwartz, conductor (Naxos 8.559259 * BUY THE CD)
Nancy Van de Vate: A Peacock Southeast Flew: Concerto for Pipa and Orchestra, Gao Hong, pipa, Moravian Philharmonic, Jiri Mikula, conductor (VMM 3043)
Margaret Lucy Wilkins: Symphony, Timisoara Symphony Orchestra, Barrie Webb, conductor (VMM 3055)

Program #273
Off Center
Madeleine Dring: Colour Suite and Other Bon-Bons, Leigh Kaplan, pianist (Cambria CD-1084 * BUY THE CD)
Ana Sokolovic: Cinq locomotives et quelques animaux, Ensemble contemporain de Montreal, Véeronique Lacroix, conductor (Canadian Music Centre CMCCD 11406 * BUY THE CD)
Madeleine Dring: Flute and Paino Dances, Louise Di Tullio, flutist and Leigh Kaplan, pianist (Cambria CD-1084 * BUY THE CD)
Hanna Kulenty: Drive Blues (Radio Netherlands CD, "More New Blues for Piano," NM Extra 98021 * BUY THE CD)

Program #274
Wind-Blown
Cindy McTee: Soundings, The North Texas Wind Symphony, Eugene Migliaro Corporon, conductor (Klavier disc K-11084 * BUY THE CD)
Ruth Gipps: Horn Concerto, Op.58, David Pryatt, horn, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Nicholas Braithwaite conductor (* BUY THE CD)
Carolyn Bremer: Early Light, The North Texas Wind Symphony, Eugene Corporon, conductor (Klavier * BUY THE CD)
Cindy McTee: Time Piece, The North Texas Wind Symphony, Eugene Migliaro Corporon, conductor (* BUY THE CD)
Elizabeth Raum: Sweet Dances, John Griffiths, tuba (CBC recording, "Extreme Tuba")

Program #275
The Percussive Universe
Margaret Brouwer: Aurolucent Circles, Evelyn Glennie, Percussionist, Seattle Symphony, Gerard Schwarz, conductor (Naxos CD entitled American Classics, Naxos 8.559250 * BUY THE CD)
Odaline de la Martinez: Canciones, Marina Tafur, singer,Martin Allen, percussion, and Shelagh Sutherland, piano (Lorelt CD, LNT103, * BUY THE CD)
Libby Larsen: Corker, Caroline Harti, clarinet, Robert Adney, percussion (Innova CD * BUY THE CD)
Yvonne Desportes: The One Man Band, from "The Flea Market," Albrecht Volz, percussion, and Andreas Baumann, piano

Program #276
Music for Love's Season
Julie Pinel and Mlle B***: Four Airs, La Donna Musicale (The Pleasures of Love and Libation, LA 07103 * BUY THE CD)
Elizabeth Raum: Cinderella Suite, The Meininger-Trio (CD not yet released)
Anne Boyd: Cycle of Love, Counter tenor Hartley Newnham and the Tall Poppies Ensemble (Tall Poppies CD * BUY THE CD)

Program #277
Music for Chamber Orchestra
Margaret Brouwer: Concerto for Violin & Orchestra, Michi Wiancko, violin, City Music Cleveland LIVE, James Gaffigan, conductor (CMC-4 * BUY THE CD)
Linda Bouchard: Exquisite Fires, The National Arts Centre Orchestra, Trevor Pinnock, conductor (Marquis Classics 81219 2, EMI * BUY THE CD)
Augusta Read Thomas: Spirit Musings, Laura Russell, violin. Cleveland Chamber Symphony, Edwin London, conductor (Albany Records CD, Troy 347 * BUY THE CD)

Program #278
Van de Vate's Nemo
Nancy Van de Vate: Nemo: Beyond Vulkania (part one, part two, part three, part four), Zoltan Korda, Andrea Kotulovana, Elena, Jifi Klecker, Marek Olbrzymek, Adriana Hlasova. The Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, Toshiyuki Shimada, conductor (Vienna Modearn Masters CD, VMM 4002 * BUY THE CD)

Program #279
Grammy Awards
Jennifer Higdon: Zaka, Eighth Blackbird (Cedille Records CD, CDR 9000 094 * BUY THE CD)
Joan Tower: Made in America, Nashville Symphony, Leonard Slatkin, conductor (Naxos 8.559328 * BUY THE CD)
Joan Tower: Tambor, Nashville Symphony, Leonard Slatkin, conductor (Naxos 8.559328 * BUY THE CD)
Amy Beach: Piano Concerto in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 4 (excerpt), Mary Louise Boehm, pianist, Westphalian Symphony Orchestra, Siegfried Landau, conductor ( * BUY THE CD)

Program #280
The Seven Psalms of David
Antonia Padoani Bembo: The Seven Psalms of David: Psalm VI, La Donna Musicale (La Donna Musicale CD, The Seven Psalms of David, Vol. 1 * BUY THE CD)
Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre: Sonata in A, La Donna Musicale (La Donna Musicale CD, The Seven Psalms of David, Vol. 1 * BUY THE CD)
Antonia Padoani Bembo: The Seven Psalms of David: Psalm CXLII, La Donna Musicale (La Donna Musicale CD, The Seven Psalms of David, Vol. 1 * BUY THE CD)
Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre: Prelude in D minor, Ruth McKay, harpsichord (La Donna Musicale CD, The Seven Psalms of David, Vol. 2 * BUY THE CD)
Antonia Padoani Bembo: The Seven Psalms of David: Psalm XXXI, La Donna Musicale (La Donna Musicale CD, The Seven Psalms of David, Vol. 2 * BUY THE CD)

Program #281
Brass, Brass, Brass, Brass
Augusta Read Thomas: Meditation for trombone and orchestra, Christian Lindberg, trombone, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Grant Llewellyn, conductor (Bis CD called American Trombone Concertos, Volume 2, Bis CD 788 * BUY THE CD)
Odette Gartenlaub: Pour le Cor, Lin Foulk, horn, Martha Fischer, piano ("Four Elements" CD put out by Lin Foulk (* BUY THE CD)
Katherine Hoover: Suite for Saxophones, The New York Saxophone Quartet (cd out of print)
Cindy McTee: Ballet for Band, The North Texas Wind Symphony conducted by Eugene Migliaro Corporn (Klavier disc, K11144 * BUY THE CD)

Program #282
English and American String Quartets
Margaret Brouwer: Demeter Prelude, Cavani String Quartet (New World Records 80606-2 * BUY THE CD)
Doreen Carwithen: String Quartet No. 1, Sorrel Quartet (Chandos CD, CHAN 9596 * BUY THE CD)
Kathryn Mishell: String Quartet No.2, Miwako Watanabe and Connie Kupka, violins, Roland Kato, viola, David Spelz, cello (Pierian 0014 * BUY THE CD)

Program #283
Celebrating Passover and Earth Day
Dorothy Hindman: Jerusalem Windows, The Danilevsky Trio (CD "Demanding Music")
Alexina Louie: Music for Heaven and Earth, Esprit Orchestra, Alex Pauk, conductor (CBC Records CD * BUY THE CD)
Judith Shatin: View from Mt. Nebo, Da Capo Chamber Players (Innova CD entitled "Dreamtigers," Innova 613 * BUY THE CD)

Program #284
Concerto Hour
Katherine Hoover: Clarinet Concerto, Robert Spring, clarinet, Timothy Russell, conductor (Summit Records CD entitled "Black Dog," DCD 412 * BUY THE CD)
Barbara Harbach: Frontier Fancies, Frantisek Novotny, violin, Slovak Radio symphony Orchestra, Kirk Trevor conductor ( * BUY THE CD)
Elizabeth Raum: Concerto del Garda, John Griffiths,tuba, Orchestra of the Capella of St. Petersburg, Richard Raum, conductor (LOH 14342 * BUY THE CD)

Program #285
Twentieth & Twenty-first Century American Chamber Music
Ruth Crawford Seeger: Suite No. 2 for Four Strings and Piano, Pellegrini Quartet, pianist Reinhard Roth (CPO 999 670-24 * BUY THE CD)
Asha Srinivasan: Alone, Dancing, Kyungmi Lee, flutist (private recording)
Kathryn Mishell: Quintet for Flute, Violin, Viola, Cello, and Piano, Marianne Gedigian, flute, Robert Rudé, violin, Bruce Williams, viola, Douglas Harvey, cello, and Rick Rowley, piano (private recording)
Chin-Chin Chen: The Turning Point, Arthur Campbell, clarinetist (Gasparo GSCD-341 * BUY THE CD)
Belinda Reynolds: Cover, New Millennium Ensemble (Innova 653 * BUY THE CD)

Program #286
Earth, Air, Water, Mortality
Madeleine Dring: Three Piece Suite, Cynthia Green Libby, oboe, Peter Collins piano (Hester Park CD entitled Daystream Dances, CD 7707 * BUY THE CD)
Hilary Tann: Water's Edge, North/South Chamber Orchestra, Max Lifchitz, conductor (North/South Records CD entitled "American Tapestry" * BUY THE CD)
Rhian Samuel: Songs of Earth and Air, Sharon Mabry,mezzo-soprano, Rosemary Platt, piano (Capstone CD entitled Music by Women, CPS-8714 * BUY THE CD)
Elizabeth Bell: Perne in a Gyre, The Slovak Chamber Players (MMC 2082 * BUY THE CD)

Program #287
Seven composers for the 88
Marianne Martinez: Sonata in A major, Nancy Fierro, piano (Pelican LP entitled "The Romance of Women's Music," LP2017 )
Clara Schumann: Prelude and Fugue, Op. 16, Piece Fugitive, Op. 15, no. 1, Impromptu, Scherzo in C minor, op. 14, Nancy Fierro, piano (Pelican LP entitled "The Romance of Women's Music," LP2017)
Francoise Choveaux: Trois Romances en homage à Schumann, Op. 59, Anne Jomin, pianist (EP001001)
Fanny Hensel: Sonata in E Major, Leanne Rees, piano (Fleur de Son Classics CD, FDS 57939 * BUY THE CD)
Heather Schmidt: Sprint, Heather Schmidt performing (Centredisques CD, CMCCD 9603 * BUY THE CD)
Alex Shapiro: For my Father, Susanne Kessel, pianist (Oehms Classics, WDR 534 * BUY THE CD)
Elizabeth Lauer: Passe-partout Step, the composer was joined at the piano by Linda Maranis (Virtuosi Records CD entitled "Five Flower Rags" * BUY THE CD)

Program #288
It is My Heart Singing
Elizabeth Maconchy: Tenth String Quartet, Mistry String Quartet (Unicorn-Kanchana 1990 * BUY THE CD)
Tina Davidson: It is My Heart Singing, The Cassatt String Quartet, with Stephen Manes at the piano (Albany CD, Troy 842 * BUY THE CD)
Joan Tower: In Memory, The Tokyo String Quartet ("American Classics," Naxos 8.559215 * BUY THE CD)

Program #289
Guitar Music from Five Centuries
Camilla de Rossi: Sinfonia from the Oratorium "Il Sacrifizio di Abramo," Chris Bilobram, guitarist ("Composition Féminine," VKJK 0422 * BUY THE CD)
Emilia Giuliani-Guglielmi: Variazioni su un tema di Mercadante, Op. 9, Chris Bilobram, guitarist ("Composition Féminine," VKJK 0422 * BUY THE CD)
Ester Magi: Cantus and Processus, Ulrika Kristian, violin, and Heiki Mätlik, guitar (Finlandia CD * BUY THE CD)
Ida Presti: Danse Rythmique, Chris Bilobram, guitarist ("Composition Féminine," VKJK 0422 * BUY THE CD)
Joan Tower: Snow Dreams, Carol Wincenc, flute, Sharon Isbin, guitar ("Black Topaz," New World 80470-2 * BUY THE CD)
Maria Luisa Anido: Preludio pampeano, Melodia de Argentina, and Aire de vidalita Chris Bilobram, guitarist ("Composition Féminine," VKJK 0422 * BUY THE CD)
Clarice Assad: Ratchenitsa, and A Moda Antiga (private recording)

Program #290
Music for Cello and Orchestra
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: Symphony No. 2, the Cello Symphony, Louisville Orchestra conducted by Lawrence Leighton Smith (First Edition CD * BUY THE CD)
Jennifer Higdon: brief interview, Soliloquy, Kate Dillingham, cello, The Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Alexei Kornienko, conductor ( * BUY THE CD)
Joan Tower: Music for Cello and Orchestra, Lynn Harrell, cellist, the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin, conductor ( * BUY THE CD)

Program #291
Czech Composers: New releases
Olga Jezkova: Yellow-Red Poster, The Pilsen Philharmonic Orchestra, Kiri Malát, conductor (Kapralova Society CD entitled Olga Jezkova: Yellow-Red Poster)
Vítzslava Kaprálová: Five Compositions for Piano, Virginia Eskin, piano
Vítzslava Kaprálová: Burlesque, Op. 3b, for violin and piano, Stephanie Chase, violin, Virginia Eskin, piano
Olga Jezkova: String Quartet "Blue," The Pilsen Philharmonic Orchestra, The Bennewitz string quartet (Kapralova Society CD entitled Olga Jezkova: Yellow-Red Poster)

Program #292
Violin-Piano Duos
Nancy Galbraith: Introduction and Allegro for Violin and Piano, Saul Bitran ,violin, Luz Manriquez, piano
Marie Grandval: Grande Sonate, Op. 8, Laura Kobayashi, violin, Susan Keith Gray, piano (Albany Records, Troy 372 * BUY THE CD)
Grazyna Bacewicz: Sonata No. 5, Laura Kobayashi, violin, Susan Keith Gray, piano (Albany Records, Troy 372 * BUY THE CD)
Kathryn Mishell: Elegy, Laura Kobayashi, violin, Susan Keith Gray, piano (Pierian CD #0051; release date 2015 * BUY THE CD)

Program #293
Solo Hour
Germaine Tailleferre: Romance, Marcelo Bratke, pianist (Olympia, OCD 487 * BUY THE CD)
Gal Ziv: The Prince
Nancy Van de Vate: Twelve Pieces for Piano on One to Twelve Notes, Vol. III, Carlyn Morenus, piano (VMM2043 * BUY THE CD)
Joan Tower: Wild Purple, Paul Neubauer, violist (Naxos 8.559215 * BUY THE CD)
Shulamit Ran: Three Scenes for Clarinet, Arthur Campbell, clarinet (CD entitled Premieres! on Gasparo label, GSCD-341 * BUY THE CD)
Rhian Samuel: A Garland for Anne, Chenyin Li, piano (Deux-Elles DXL 1128 * BUY THE CD)

Program #294
Strings Alone and Together
Sophie Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté: Concerto for solo violin, Nandor Szederkenyi, violin (Karpatia CD, MK10201 * BUY THE CD)
Nancy Galbraith: Interview and String Quartet No. 1, Cuarteto Latinoamericano ( * BUY THE CD)

Program #295
Late Nineteenth Century European Piano Music
Ethel Smyth: Prelude and Fugue in F sharp major, Liana Serbescu, piano (CPO 999 327-2 * BUY THE CD)
Marie Jaëll: Six Esquisses Romantiques(Romantic Sketches), Alexandre Sorel, pianist (SOCD 156 * BUY THE CD)
Hanna Marie Hansen: Valse Mélancolique, Jorunn Marie Bratlie, piano (Norsk Kulturráds Klassikerserie CD called Ole Olsen, NKFCD 50024-2)
Brigit Lund: Sporgsmaal og Svar (Question and Answer), and Halling, Jorunn Marie Bratlie, piano (Norsk Kulturráds Klassikerserie CD called Ole Olsen, NKFCD 50024-2 )
Anna Severine Lindeman: The Brook, Poppy, and In high Spirits, Jorunn Marie Bratlie, piano (Norsk Kulturráds Klassikerserie CD called Ole Olsen, NKFCD 50024-2 )
Nadia Boulanger: Vers la Vie nouvelle, Angela Gassenhuber, piano (TRO-CD 01407 * BUY THE CD)
Vítezslava Kaprálová: Little Song, Virginia Eskin, piano

Program #296
Two Great American Concertos
Joan Tower: Clarinet Concerto, David Shifrin, clarinet, Louisville Orchestra, Max Bragado-Darman, conductor (d'Note classics CD, DND 1016 * BUY THE CD)
Shulamit Ran: Violin Concerto, Ittai Shapira, violin, BBC Concert Orchestra, Charles Hazelwood, conductor (Albany CD, Troy 970 * BUY THE CD)

Program #297
Food and Faust
Marie Barker Nelson: Culinary Concerto for Clarinet, Richard Stoltzman, clarinet, Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz conductor (MMC2080 * BUY THE CD)
Liza Lehman: Henry King, and Charles Augustus Fortescue, Graham Johnson, tenor, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, pianist (Hyperion * BUY THE CD)
Elizabeth Raum: Faustbuch, John Griffiths, tuba, Janina Kuzmas, piano (CBC recording)
Elizabeth Raum: Waltzin' Matuba, John Griffiths, tuba ( CBC recording)
Melanie Metrano: Time for Tea,, part of "Two Infatuations and a Phobia," sung by the composer, Judith Munro de Wette, piano ("Songs in Transit: An American Expedition," Capstone Records, CPS-8756 * BUY THE CD)

Program #298
Late Nineteenth Century European Piano Music, Part II
Cécile Chaminade: Sonata in C Minor, op. 21, Nancy Fierro, piano (Pelican LP 2016)
Inger Bang Lund: Nocturne and Humoreske, Jorunn Marie Bratlie, piano
Mathilde Berendsen Nathan: Kinderspiele, Romanse, and I Tanker (In thoughts), Jorunn Marie Bratlie, piano
Signe Lund: I Baaten (In a Boat)and Legende, Marie Bratlie, piano (CD called Ole Olsen from the Norsk Kulturrads Klassikerserie, NKFCD 50024-2)
Ethel Smyth: Prelude and Fugue in C Major, Liana Serbescu, piano (CPO 999 327-2 * BUY THE CD)
Marie Jaëll: Album Leaf, Alexandre Sorel, piano (SOCD 156 * BUY THE CD)

Program #299
String Orchestra and More
Jean Coulthard: Music to St. Cecilia for organ and strings, Patrick Wedd, organist, Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Mario Bernardi, conductor (CBC disc, SMCD 5113 * BUY THE CD)
Chen Yi: Romance of Hsiao and Ch'in, Ulf Hoelscher and Nachum Erlich, violins and the Karlsruhe Ensemble, Andreas Weiss, conductor (Angel CD, "Compassion" * BUY THE CD)
Shulamit Ran: Yearning, Edna Michell, violin, Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, Lukas Foss, conductor (Angel CD, "Compassion" * BUY THE CD)
Barbara Harbach: Arcadian Reverie, The Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Kirk Trevor, conductor (MS 1252 * BUY THE CD)
Betty Olivero: SyAchòt Ketana (In Memorium), Edna Michell, Ulf Hoelscher and Bohuslav Matosek, violinists, Patricia Rozario,soprano, The Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra ,Lukas Foss, conductor (Angel CD, "Compassion" * BUY THE CD)
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: Prologue and Variations, the chamber orchestra Metamorphosen, Scott Yoo, conductor (Albany Records, Troy 194 * BUY THE CD)

Program #300
Into the Light's 300^th Show
Louise Farrenc: Symphony No. 3 in G minor op.36, Radio-Philharmonie Hannover des NDR, Johannes Goritzki conductor (CPO * BUY THE CD)
Libby Larsen: Still Life with Violin, Elisabeth. Kufferath, violin. The World Youth Symphony Orchestra,Gerard Schwarz, conductor (private recording)
Joan Tower: Trés Lent, Joan Tower, piano, André Emelianoff, cello (New World CD called "Black Topaz," 80470-2 * BUY THE CD)

Program #301
The Best of 2008
Jennifer Higdon: Soliloquy, Kate Dillingham, cellist; the Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Alexei Kornienko, conductor (private label)
Joan Tower: In Memory, The Tokyo String Quartet (Naxos CD "American Classics," 8.559215 * BUY THE CD)
Margaret Brouwer: Concerto for Violin & Orchestra, Michi Wiancko, violin, Music Cleveland LIVE, James Gaffigan, conductor (CMC-4 * BUY THE CD)
Julie Pinel and Mlle B***: Four Airs, La Donna Musicale (The Pleasures of Love and Libation, LA 07103 * BUY THE CD)
Vítzslava Kaprálová: Burlesque, Op. 3b, for violin and piano, Stephanie Chase, violin, Virginia Eskin, piano (KIC-CD-7742 * BUY THE CD)