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1956 |
Saarbrücken (recorded
at the radio station) |
Sonata for Bassoon in F minor (TWV 41:f1) Georg Philipp Telemann [1681 - 1767]
Adagio (2:10) Allegro (4:11) Andante (1:45) Arthur Grossman, Bassoon David Njaa, Harpsichord |
Summer
somewhere in France |
Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 35 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky [1840 - 1893]
Allegro Moderato (16:22) Canzonetta: Andante (5:59) Finale: Allegro vivacissimo (8:47) Henry Lewis, Conductor Leonard Felberg, Violin |
1957 |
April 6 Bordeaux: |
Concerto for Bassoon in Bb major, K 191 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [1756 - 1791]
Annonce Allegro (7:28) Andante ma Adagio (6:45) Rondo (4:25) Ling Tung, Conductor Arthur Grossman, Bassoon |
July 30 Augsburg: |
Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky [1840 - 1893]
Andante Sostenuto (17:02) Andantino (9:11) Scherzo (5:46) Ling Tung, Conductor |
Sept. 7 Karlsruhe: |
Allegro vivace (7:21) Andante con moto (6:12) Con moto moderato (7:14) Ling Tung, Conductor |
Sept. 10 Göppingen: |
Don Juan, Op. 20 (17:05) Richard Strauss [1864 - 1949]
Ling Tung, Conductor |
October 13 Stuttgart: |
Overture to Oberon (8:09) Carl Maria von Weber [1786 -1826]
Antal Dorati, Conductor |
Overture to the Marriage of Figaro, K 492 (4:12) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [1756 - 1791]
(Encore) Antal Dorati, Conductor | |
Rakoczy March (4:20) Hector Berlioz [1803 - 1869]
(Encore) Antal Dorati, Conductor |
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Dec. 18 Tübingen: |
Porgy and Bess (18:59)) George Gershwin [1898 - 1937]
Henry Schuman, Conductor |
1958 - 59
All recordings in this section were made live at concerts; specific dates and places are not known for most of them. Most were later broadcast over AFN on the "Seventh Army Concert Hour", and they are grouped here as they were in those broadcasts, preceded by pieces not broadcast on that series. This grouping does not correspond to recording dates. The dates that are shown are recording dates, not broadcast dates. |
Ling Tung, Conductor | |
Summer 1958 |
Trumpet Voluntary (3:08) Henry Purcell [1659 - 1695] / Jeremiah Clark [1659 - 1707]
Recorded in Organ Loft of Passau Cathedral, World’s largest Baroque Organ Edward Lee Alley, Conductor William Scarlett, Bob Bogenschutz, Dick Hurwitz, trumpets Porter Poindexter, trombone |
Sabre Dance from Gayane (2:22) Aram Khachaturian [1903 - 1978]
7 | |
Overture to the Marriage of Figaro, K 492 (3:32) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [1756 - 1791]
7 | |
7 | |
7 | |
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Intro (2:13)
Edward Lee Alley, Conductor |
Intro (0:50)
Symphony No. 32 in G major, K. 318 (8:12) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [1756 - 1791]
Edward Lee Alley, Conductor | |
Edward Lee Alley, Conductor | |
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Overture to the Marriage of Figaro, K 492 (4:12) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [1756 - 1791]
Edward Lee Alley, Conductor |
Intro (1:00)
Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor (17:04) Johann Sebastian Bach [1685 - 1750]
Edward Lee Alley, Conductor John Wehlan and Edwin Holzer, violins | |
Intro (0:18)
Symphony no. 4 in D minor, Opus 120 (29:20) Robert Schumann [1810 - 1856]
Edward Lee Alley, Conductor Richard Berman, violin Edmond Basson, cello | |
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Intro (2:11) Edward Lee Alley, Conductor |
, |
Intro (0:56)
Summer Stock Overture (1955) (5:08) Samuel Adler [1928 - ]
Samuel Adler, Conductor |
Piano Concerto no. 3 in C Minor, Opus 37 Ludwig van Beethoven [1770 - 1827]
Edward Lee Alley, Conductor Arno Drucker, Piano | |
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Intro (2:05)
Symphony no. 1 in D major ("Classical"), Opus 25 (12:48) Sergei Prokofiev [1891 - 1953]
Edward Lee Alley, Conductor |
Intro (1:07)
Pavanne, op. 50 (5:27) Gabriel Fauré [1845 - 1924]
Edward Lee Alley, Conductor | |
Intro (1:02)
Water Music Suite (28:28) Georg Frideric Handel [1685 - 1759]
Edward Lee Alley, Conductor | |
October 11, 1958 Brussels |
Intro (2:38)
Symphony no. 29 in A major, K 201 (21:09) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [1756 - 1791]
Edward Lee Alley, Conductor |
Intro (1:17)
Symphony no. 8 in F major, Opus 93 (26:39) Ludwig van Beethoven [1770 - 1827]
Edward Lee Alley, Conductor | |
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Intro (2:24)
Overture to Amelia al Ballo (4:47) Gian Carlo Menotti [1911 - 2007]
Edward Lee Alley, Conductor |
June 1958
Frankfurt |
Intro (1:15)
Symphony no. 1 in C minor, Opus 68 Johannes Brahms [1833 - 1897]
Edward Lee Alley, Conductor Richard Berman, violin solos |
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Intro (2:16)
Overture to Abduction from the Seraglio, K 384 (6:11) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [1756 - 1791]
Edward Lee Alley, Conductor |
Intro (0:47)
Partita for Wind Quintet (13:44) Irving Fine [1914 - 1962]
Felix Skowronek, flute Henry Schuman, oboe William McColl, clarinet Arthur Grossman, bassoon Howard Hillyer, horn | |
Symphony no. 5 in Bb major, D 485 (27:10) Franz Schubert [1797 - 1828]
Edward Lee Alley, Conductor | |
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Intro (2:17) Edward Lee Alley, Conductor |
Intro (1:01) Edward Lee Alley, Conductor Felix Skowronek, flute | |
Intro (1:19)
Symphony no. 1 in C major, Opus 21 (26:53) Ludwig van Beethoven [1770 - 1827]
Edward Lee Alley, Conductor | |
June 1958 Frankfurt |
Symphony no. 40 in G minor, K 550 (32:15) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [1756 - 1791]
Edward Lee Alley, Conductor |
March 1959 Free University in Berlin |
Symphony no. 2 (1943) (27:20) Walter Piston [1894 - 1976]
Edward Lee Alley, Conductor |
Porgy and Bess Suite (21:13) George Gershwin [1898 - 1937]
Edward Lee Alley, Conductor | |
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Intro (0:51)
Symphony no. 38 in C major ("Prague"), K 504 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [1756 - 1791]
Edward Lee Alley, Conductor |
Intro (1:14)
Overture to La Forza del Destino (10:39) Giuseppe Verdi [1813 - 1901]
Edward Lee Alley, Conductor | |
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Intro (2:58)
Overture and Allegro from La Sultane (6:56) François Couperin [1668 - 1733] / Darius Milhaud [1892 - 1974]
Edward Lee Alley, Conductor |
October 13 Stuttgart: |
Intro (1:09)
Overture to Oberon (8:00) Carl Maria von Weber [1786 -1826]
Antal Dorati, Conductor |
Intro (1:22)
Overture to die Meistersinger (9:14) Richard Wagner [1813 - 1883]
Edward Lee Alley, Conductor | |
Intro (0:34)
Minuet from String Quintet in E Minor, Op. 11, no. 5 (3:08) Luigi Boccherini [1743 - 1805]
Edward Lee Alley, Conductor | |
Intro (1:13)
Rhapsody in Blue (19:00) George Gershwin [1898 - 1937]
Edward Lee Alley, Conductor Arno Drucker, piano |
1959 |
October 19 Kaiserslautern: |
Symphony no. 36 in C major ("Linz"), K 425 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [1756 - 1791]
John Canarina, Conductor |
Two Choric Dances, op 17b Paul Creston [1906 - 1985]
Dance 1 (8:10) Dance 2 (5:19) John Canarina, Conductor | |
October 30 Hanau (complete program): |
Overture to Colas Breugnon, op 24 (4:49)
Dimitri Kabalevsky [1904 - 1987]
John Canarina, Conductor |
Second Essay for Orchestra, op 17 (11:09)
Samuel Barber [1910 - 1981]
John Canarina, Conductor | |
"Billy the Kid" Ballet Suite (1938) (20:15)
Aaron Copland [1900 - 1990]
John Canarina, Conductor | |
Symphony no. 2 in D major, Opus 73 Johannes Brahms [1833 - 1897]
John Canarina, Conductor | |
Hungarian Dance No. 6 (3:40) Johannes Brahms [1833 - 1897]
(Encore) John Canarina, Conductor |
1960 |
February 13 Berlin: |
El Salón México (1936) (11:27) Aaron Copland [1900 - 1990]
John Canarina, Conductor |
Dances from "The Three-Cornered Hat" (1919) Manuel de Falla [1876 - 1946]
John Canarina, Conductor |
Encore Announcement
Overture to Candide (4:30) Leonard Bernstein [1918 - 1990] John Canarina, Conductor | |
March 25
Heidelberg: |
Excerpts from "die Meistersinger" Richard Wagner [1813 - 1883]
Dance of the Apprentices, Procession of the Masters (12:17) John Canarina, Conductor |
March 31 Stuttgart: |
An American in Paris (18:18) George Gershwin [1898 - 1937]
John Canarina, Conductor |
April 4 Holzminden: |
Rhapsody in Blue (15:44) George Gershwin [1898 - 1937]
John Canarina, Conductor John Whalin, piano |
May 6 Frankfurt (Hessische Rundfunk): |
Excerpt from "Romeo and Juliet" (H79) Hector Berlioz [1803 - 1869]
"Romeo Alone -- Feast at the Capulets" (13:38) John Canarina, Conductor |
"Medea" Ballet Suite, op. 23 Samuel Barber [1910 - 1981]
John Canarina, Conductor | |
October 17 Böblingen |
Symphony no. 8 in F major, Opus 93 Ludwig van Beethoven [1770 - 1827]
John Canarina, Conductor |
Documentary Program about the Orchestra, 1960 (24:18) |
2001 |
2006 |
2016 |
June LeBell: Musical Conversation with Ed Alley, broadcast May 3rd (57:00) included here through the courtesy of radio station WSMR-89.1 FM Almost 42 minutes of the broadcast comprises recordings from this site. Not all are identified; here is the order, with links to the entries above: |
Rimsky-Korsakoff: | Dance of the Tumblers | |
Berlioz: | Rakoczky March | |
Verdi: | Overture to la Forza del Destino | |
Purcell/Clark: | Trumpet Voluntary | |
Mendelssohn: | Italian Symphony, 1st Movement | |
Brahms: | Hungarian Dance No. 6 | |
de Falla: | Dances from "The Three-Cornered Hat" |