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David Cavlovic

Beginning Wednesday, September 21, 2022, all future episodes will be merged with the On Demand version of my radio show for Ottawa's CKCU-FM 93.1, Music for A While. The On Demand version will consist of the 60 minute radio show plus a Dave's Music Room segment. Lots of good music to listen to! Check out what is already available On Demand, as well as all future episodes, at https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/602/info.html

  1. 08/06/2022

    Herman, Tito, Raymond, and Django

    Episode #76: Herman, Tito, Raymond, and Django Uploaded: August 6, 2022 Herman meets Puente Alvin Gilbert Cohn & Willard Palmer Harris: It’s coolin’ time Johnny Mandel: Sinbad the Sailor Neil Hefti: Black orchid Ralph Burns: Fire Island Woody Hermann & Tito Puente: Cha-cha chick Mambo herd New Cha-cha Latin flight Alvin Gilbert Cohn: Blue Station Woody Herman & Tito Puente: Tito meets Woody Woody Herman: Original No. 2 Prelude a la Cha-cha Allan Dick Small: Bamba Samba Woody Herman, reeds Tito Puente, vibraphone, band leader Charlie Byrd, guitar (uncredited) with big band JAZZ CRG 120008 The Raymond Scott Project Raymond Scott: Powerhouse Girl at the typewriter Dinner music for a pack of hungry cannibals New Year’s Eve in a haunted house War dance for wooden Indians In an 18th Century drawing room Oil Gusher Bumpy weather over Newark Moment whimsical The toy trumpet Christmas Night in Harlem Confusion among a fleet of taxicabs upon meeting with a fare Peter Tambourine Raymond Scott Quintette STASH RECORDINGS INC. ST-CD-543 Django Reinhardt 1937 William Christopher Handy: St. Louis blues* Gus Deloof: Bouncin’ around* Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelli: Minor swing+ Fletcher Allen: Viper’s dream+ Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelli: Swinging with Django+, ** Django Reinhardt: Bolero++ Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelli: Mabel++ Reginald Forsythe & Dorothy Fields: Serenade for a wealthy widow*** Michel Warlop: Taj Mahal*** Vincent Youmans: Tea for two*** Vincent Youmans: Tea for two Gus Deloof: Easy goin’+++ Harlem swing+++ Django Reinhardt, guitar with: *Louis Gaste, guitar *Eugène d’Hellemmes, bass +Quintette du Hot Club de France **Michel Warlop, violin ++Quintette du Hot Club de France (augmented) ***Michel Warlop et son orchestre +++Philippe Brun et son swing band CLASSICS 762

    2h 24m
  2. 07/15/2022

    Folk into Classic into Folk

    Episode #73: Folk into Classic into Folk Uploaded: July 16, 2022 Pehr Henrik Nordgren: Pelimannimuotokuvia (Portraits of Country Fiddlers) for string orchestra, Op. 26 I.  Näpsäyttäjä (The Plucker) II.  Tuumiskelija (The Thinker) III.  Vanhan miehen menuetti (The Old Man’s Minuet) IV.  Pelimannin elämänkappale (The Fiddler’s Favourite Tune) Edvard Grieg: To nordiske melodier (Two Nordic Melodies), Op. 63 I.  I folketonestil (In Folk Style) II.  Kulokk & Stabbelåten (Cow-call & Peasant Dance) Witold Lutosławski: Pięć melodii na orkiestrę smyczkową (Five Melodies for string orchestra) I.  Ach, Moj Jasienko (Ah, my Jasienko) II.  Hey, Od Krakowa Jade (I’m from Kraków) III.  Gaik (The Grove) IV.  Gasior (The Gander) V.  Rektor (School Master) Heino Eller: Viis pala Keelpillorestrile (Five pieces for string orchestra) I.  Romanss (Romance) II.  Tants (Dance) III.  Tants (Dance) IV.  Hällilaul (Lullaby) V.  Kodumaine viis (Homeland melody) Sulkhan Tsintsadze: Six Miniatures I.  Shepherd’s Dance II.  Fly away, black swallow III.  Chonguri IV.  Khasanbegura V.  Suliko VI.  Satchido Keski-Pohjanmaan Kamariorkesteri Juha Kangas, conductor ONDINE ODE 766-2 Nikos Skalkottas: Five Greek Dances I.  Epirotikos II.  Kretikos III.  Tsamkos IV.  Arkadikos V.  Kleftikos Manitoba Chamber Orchestra Simon Streatfeild, conductor CBC RADIO Hortobágyi Emlék (Souvenirs from Hortobágyi) Béla Zerkovitz: Mondják meg a legkisebbik Horváth-lánynak (Tell Horváth’s youngest daughter) Trad., arr. János Kriza & Józef Nádor: A kisleány kertjébe’ (In the girl’s garden) Pista Dankó: Jegenyefán fészket rak a csóka (The jeackdaw nests in the poplar) Pista Dankó & Lajos Pósa: Még azt mondják, ninc Szegeden boszorkány (They say Szeged has no witches) Anonymous: Friss (Fast) Concert Csárdás in A Major Gusztáv Simkó & Csaba Sassy: Sirasstok engem, orgonavirágok (Mourn for me, liliacs) Jenő Sándor & Andor Szenes: Miért nem szabad, szeresselek (Why am I not allowed to love you) József Dóczy: Házam ereszére (On the eaves of my house) Anonymous: Friss (Fast) Concert Csárdás in C Minor Lakatos György és Cigányzenekara (György Lakatos and his Gypsy Band) HUNGAROTON CLASSIC HCD 10226 Manuel de Falla: El amor brujo (Love, the Magician) Introducción y escena ('Introduction and scene') En la cueva ('In the cave') Canción del amor dolido ('Song of suffering love') El aparecido (El espectro) ('The apparition') Danza del terror ('Dance of terror') El círculo mágico (Romance del pescador) ('The magic circle') A media noche: los sortilegios (Midnight) Danza ritual del fuego (Ritual fire dance) Escena ('Scene') Canción del fuego fatuo ('Song of the will-o'-the-wisp') Pantomima ('Pantomime') Danza del juego de amor ('Dance of the game of love') Final – las campanas del amanecer ('Finale – the bells of sunrise) Rocio Jurado, vocalist Orquesta Nacional de España Jesús López-Cobos, conductor EMI CDC 7 47586 2

    2h 18m
  3. 07/08/2022

    Mab about the boy

    Episode #72: Mab about the boy Uploaded: July 9, 2022 Hector Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette, Symphonie dramatique, Op. 17 Part I: Introduction: Combats – Tumulte – Intervention du Prince Prologue: “D’anciennes haines endormies” Strophes: “Premiers transports que nul n’oublie! Récitatif: “Bientôt de Roméo la pale reverie” Scherzo: “Mab, la meesagère fluette et légère!” Part II: Roméo seul – Tristesse – Bruit lointain de bal et de concert – Grande fête chez Capulet Part III: Nuit sereine – Le Jardin de Capulet, silencieux ed desert – Les jeunes Capulets, sortant de la fête, passent en chantant des reminiscences de la musique du bal – “Ohe! Capulets, bonsoir” – Scène d’amour Part IV: La reine Mab, ou la fée des songes Part V: Convoi funébre de Juliette – “Jetez des fleurs pour la vierge expirée!” Part VI: Roméo au Tombeau des Capulets: Invocation – Réveil de Juliette – Joie délirante, désespoir, dernières angoisses et mort de deux amants Part VII: Final: Le foule accourt au cimetière – Récitatif et Air du Pére Laurence, “Quoi! Roméo et retour! Roméo! – Recitatif: “Je vais dévoiler le mystère” Air: “Pauvres enfants que je pleure” Rixe des Capulets et des Montaigus, “Mais notre sang rougit leure glaive!” – “Silence! malhereux!” Serment de reconciliation, “Jurez donc, par l’auguste symbole” Regina Resnik, contralto André Turp, tenor David Ward, bass London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra Pierre Monteux WESTMINSTER LEGACY 00289 479 2343 GB 40 Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No 13 in B-flat Minor, Op. 113, “Babi Yar”, after poems by Yevgeny Yevtushenko I.  Babi Yar. Adagio II.  Humour. Allegretto III.  In the store. Adagio IV.  Fears. Largo V.  A Career. Allegretto Nicola Ghiuselev, bass Men of the Choral Arts Society of Washington National Symphony Orchestra Mstislav Rostropovich, conductor ERATO ECD 75529

    2h 57m
  4. 05/27/2022

    Balkan Bachelors and Rachmaninov's Third

    Episode #66: Balkan Bachelors and Rachmaninov’s Third Uploaded: May 28, 2022 Jules Massenet: Suite No. 4 for orchestra, "Scènes pittoresques" I.  Marche II.  Air de ballet III.  Angelus IV.  Fête bohème City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Louis Frémaux, conductor KLAVIER KCD-11007 Village Music of Yugoslavia. Songs & Dances from Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia & Macedonia Tkanje (Weaving) (singers from the village of Debeljaci, Bosnia) Oj meni, meni, meni (Oh my, my, my) (singers and tamburica band from the villages of Prkovici and Šiškovici, Croatia) Kad su stari svinje žirovali (When they fed the old pigs acorns) (male singers from the village of Prkovici, Croatia) Sinoć mi je lane moje dolazio Mile (Mile came to me last night) (Anka Došen, lead singer, with singers and tamburica band from the village of Bizovac, Croatia) Hajd na levo (Let’s go to the left) singers and tamburica band from the villages of Prkovici and Šiškovici, Croatia) Pjevati ću neću stat u muku (I will sing and not think of troubles) (Marija Djurović, singer, village of Babino Polje, Croatia) Tarabana/Geganje (idiomatic title) (singers, and Ivica Kurtovič, šargija, from the village of Debeljaci, Bosnia) Bécarac (Bachelor’s song) (Ivica Došen, lead singer, with singers and tamburica band from the village of Bizovac, Croatia) Poskočica (a Kolo, or Lindjo, dance) (Vicko Lazo, caller; Franjo Klobasa, lijera; village of Bizovac, Croatia) Gojila se gizdava mladica (I loved a lass for a short time) (Marija Marković, singer, village of Babino Polje, Croatia) Otrgnem rožicu ruman Cvet – Potancu (I pick a rose, a red flower, followed by a dance) (Josip Cubranović & Ivan Dijanić, singers & sopele, from the village of Vrbnik, Croatia) Gigetanje (a responsory song style given the name Gigetanje when one syllable of the song is repeated often (gi, ge)) (singers from the village of Debeljaci, Bosnia) Pevano kolo (a Slovenian dance) (Anka & Ivica Došen, lead singers, with singers and tamburica band from the village of Bizovac, Croatia) Lijepa ti je od jabuke voćka (The apple from the tree is beautiful) (Marija Djurović, singer, village of Babino Polje, Croatia) Gaida Avasi (instrumental) (Ilija Gulev, djura; Georgi Šarlandjiev, zurla; Todor Goshev, tupan; village of Geveglia, North Macedonia) NONESUCH EXPLORER SERIES 7559-72042-2 Charles Ives: Piano Trio (1911) I.  Andante II.  Presto TSIAJ III.  Moderato con moto Pacific Art Trio: Israel Baker, violin Edgar Lustgarten, ‘cello Alice Shapiro, piano DELOS D/CD 1009 Sergei Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30 I.  Allegro ma non troppo II.  Intermezzo (Allegro) III.  Finale (All breve) Abbey Simon, piano Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra Leonard Slatkin, conductor MMG VOX PRIMA MWCD 7130 Link to Talking Albums podcast featuring Rob Preuss, interviewed by John McDonald: https://open.spotify.com/show/6a3DMBNX8v1kl4GbyeSOfv?si=1b7e5314affe4ef7

    2h 20m

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Beginning Wednesday, September 21, 2022, all future episodes will be merged with the On Demand version of my radio show for Ottawa's CKCU-FM 93.1, Music for A While. The On Demand version will consist of the 60 minute radio show plus a Dave's Music Room segment. Lots of good music to listen to! Check out what is already available On Demand, as well as all future episodes, at https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/602/info.html