Discoveries from the Fleisher Collection: broadcasting music from the Edwin A. Fleisher Collection of Orchestral Music at the Free Library of Philadelphia.
The first Saturday of each month from 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. on WRTI 90.1 FM. Hosted by Kile Smith, former Curator of the Fleisher Collection, and Jack Moore, Program Director of WRTI.
In Discoveries from the Fleisher Collection, we uncover the unknown, rediscover the little-known, and take a fresh look at some of the remarkable treasures housed in the Fleisher Collection of Orchestral Music in the Free Library of Philadelphia. The Fleisher Collection is the largest lending library of orchestral performance material in the world.
2013 • 2012 • 2011 • 2010 • 2009 • 2008 • 2007 • 2006 • 2005 • 2004 • 2003 • 2002
2013
January 5, 2013 Charles Tomlinson Griffes
February 2, 2013 Percy Grainger
March 9, 2013 Frederick Delius
April 6, 2013 Edvard Grieg
May 4, 2013 Sergei Prokofiev
2012
January 7, 2012 Béla Bartók
February 4, 2012 Igor Stravinsky
March 10, 2012 Howard Hanson
April 7, 2012 Zoltán Kodály
May 5, 2012 Paul Hindemith
June 2, 2012 Ralph Vaughan Williams
July 7, 2012 John Philip Sousa
August 4, 2012 Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel
September 1, 2012 Franz Schubert, Johannes Brahms, Johann Sebastian Bach
October 13, 2012 Karol Szymanowski
November 3, 2012 William Grant Still
2011
January 8, 2011 Igor Stravinsky, David Finko, Louis Gruenberg
February 12, 2011 Aaron Copland, Charles-Marie Widor
March 5, 2011 Ferruccio Busoni
April 2, 2011 Richard Wagner, Robert Volkmann
May 5 2011 Ferdinand David, Ignaz Moscheles, Felix Mendelssohn
June 4, 2011 Friedrich Gernsheim, Engelbert Humperdinck
July 2, 2011 Claude Debussy
August 6, 2011 Ignaz Pleyel, Dmitri Shostakovich
September 3, 2011 Guillermo Uribe Holguín, Theodoro Valcárcel Caballero, Manuel Gómez Carrillo, Francisco Mignone
October 1, 2011 Aleksandr Scriabin
November 5, 2011 Lili Boulanger, Vivian Fine, Florence Price
December 3, 2011 Jean Sibelius
2010
January 2, 2010 Alexander Glazunov
February 6, 2010 Edward Elgar, Dorothy Howell, Edward MacDowell
March 6, 2010 Elinor Remick Warren
April 3, 2010 Hugo Alfvén
May 1, 2010 Edward MacDowell, Curt Cacioppo, Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate
June 5, 2010 Paul Kletzki, Johannes Brahms
July 3, 2010 Ferde Grofé
August 14, 2010 Henry Cowell, interview with Gary Galván
September 4, 2010 Louis Spohr, Henri Vieuxtemps, interview with Misha Keylin
October 2, 2010 Mieczyslaw Karlowicz
November 6, 2010 Xaver Scharwenka
December 4, 2010 Paul Juon
2009
January 3, 2009 Julián Aguirre, Jenö Hubay
February 14, 2009 William Grant Still, William Dawson
March 7, 2009 Ferdinand Hiller, Max Bruch
April 4, 2009 Albert Hurwit, Felix Draeseke
May 16, 2009 John Davison, Joel Mandelbaum, Aleksandr Grechaninov
June 6, 2009 Josef Holbrooke, Ralph Vaughan Williams
July 4, 2009 Anton Rubinstein
August 1, 2009 Camille Saint-Saëns, Paul Jeanjean
September 5, 2009 Romeo Cascarino, Maurice Wright
October 3, 2009 Victor Herbert, George Chadwick
November 7, 2009 Salomon Jadassohn, Gloria Coates
December 5, 2009 Ignaz Brüll, Walter Burle Marx
2008
January 5, 2008 Irving Schlein
February 9, 2008 John Knowles Paine
March 1, 2008 Carl Ruggles
April 5, 2008 Louis Spohr
May 3, 2008 Horatio Parker
June 14, 2008 Carlos López Buchardo, Silvestre Revueltas, Alejandro García Caturla, Mozart Camargo Guarnieri, interview with Gary Galván
July 5, 2008 Alan Hovhaness, Benjamin Godard, David Heuser
August 2, 2008 Harry Hewitt, Zygmunt Stojowski
September 6, 2008 Miklós Rózsa, Robert Russell Bennett
October 4, 2008 Ma Szű-tsung, Josef Suk
November 1, 2008 Josef Suk
December 6, 2008 Tibor Serly, David Heuser
2007
January 6, 2007 W.A. Mozart, Engelbert Humperdinck, Nicolai Berezowsky, J.S. Bach, Felix Mendelssohn, Johann Michael Bach, Michael Praetorius, Ottorino Respighi
February 3, 2007 Franz Strauss, Nicolai Lopatnikoff
March 3, 2007 Harold Davidson, Gerald Strang, William Russell, John J. Becker, Johanna Beyer, John Cage, interview with Christopher Shultis
April 7, 2007 Joel Suben, Alan Hovhaness
May 5, 2007 Friedrich Kalkbrenner, Louis Moreau Gottschalk
June 2, 2007 Wilhelm Bernhard Molique, Louis Gesensway
July 7, 2007 Florencio Asenjo, George Frederick Bristow
August 4, 2007 David Raksin, Nancy Van de Vate
September 1, 2007 Johann Strauss Jr., Victor Herbert, Stephen Cohn
October 20, 2007 Amy Beach
November 3, 2007 Joaquín Rodrigo
December 1, 2007 Gene Gutchë
2006
January 7, 2006 Ilja Hurník
February 4, 2006 Vladimir Ptushkin, interview with conductor Gavriel Heine
March 4, 2006 Jerzy Gablenz, interview with Thomas and George Gablenz
April 1, 2006 Lili Boulanger, Vivian Fine, Florence Price
May 6, 2006 Thomas Schnauber, Anton Rubinstein, interview with Jason Love
June 3, 2006 Josef Reicha, Eugen D’Albert, interview with Jeffrey Solow
July 1, 2006 Charles Ives
August 5, 2006 Carlo Gesualdo, Kile Smith
September 2, 2006 Miklós Rózsa, Robert Russell Bennett
October 7, 2006 Pablo Sarasate, Sir John Blackwood McEwen, Rachel Barton Pine / Alasdair Fraser, interview with Rachel Barton Pine
November 4, 2006 Tibor Serly, Geoffrey Peterson, interview with Geoffrey Peterson
December 2, 2006 Louis Gesensway, Jules Massenet
2005
January 8, 2005 Karl Stamitz, Clermont Pépin, interview with Clermont Pépin
February 19, 2005 Amy Beach, Ernst Bacon, interview with Ellen Bacon
March 5, 2005 John Powell, interview with Rolf Charlston
April 2, 2005 Maurice Wright, François-Joseph Gossec, interview with Maurice Wright
May 7, 2005 Eugen d’Albert, Gösta Nystroem, interview with Nystroem daughter Mona Batt
June 4, 2005 Harold Boatrite, Antonio Rosetti, interview with Boatrite and harpsichordist Temple Painter
July 2, 2005 Jeremy Beck, George Chadwick, interview with Jeremy Beck
August 6, 2005 Mily Balakirev, César Cui, interview with pianist Joseph Banowetz
September 3, 2005 Josef Geringer, Jerzy Gablenz, interview with Geringer daughter Lilly Drukker
October 8, 2005 Harry Hewitt, Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, Meyer Kupferman
November 5, 2005 Aaron Copland, David Dzubay, Emma Lou Diemer, interview with David Dzubay
December 3, 2005 Gardner Read, Ann Wyeth McCoy
2004
January 3, 2004 Joseph Achron, Emma Lou Diemer, interview with Emma Lou Diemer
February 7, 2004 Arthur Foote, Karl Boelter, Lou Harrison
March 6, 2004 Clara Schumann, Hans Huber
April 10, 2004 John Biggs, George Lloyd
May 1, 2004 Marcel Farago, interview with Marcel Farago and conductor Rossen Milanov
June 5, 2004 Jacobo Ficher, Henry Hadley, interview with Jacobo Ficher son Miguel Ficher
July 3, 2004 Florencio Asenjo, Franz Lachner, interview with Florencio Asenjo
August 7, 2004 William Henry Fry, Dean Rishel, interview with Dean Rishel
September 4, 2004 Dudley Buck, Raoul Pleskow, Adolph Weiss, interview with Raoul Pleskow and saxophonist Marshall Taylor
October 16, 2004 Frederick Shepherd Converse, Lee Hoiby, interview with Lee Hoiby and Free Library Director Elliot Shelkrot
November 6, 2004 Stephen Dodgson, interview with Stephen Dodgson and flutist Robert Stallman
December 4, 2004 Ignaz Moscheles, Joseph Kasinskas, Frank James Staneck, interview with Joseph Kasinskas, violinist Bridget Kasinskas, Frank James Staneck, and conductor Philip Travaline
2003
January 4, 2003 Louis Spohr, Peter Zagar
February 1, 2003 Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Ernst Bacon, Fridrich Bruk
March 1, 2003 Ferruccio Busoni, Gene Gutchë
April 5, 2003 Emanuel Leplin
May 3, 2003 Arne Running, David Finko, interview with Arne Running, David Finko, and conductor James Freeman
June 7, 2003 Victor Herbert, George Szell
July 5, 2003 Louis Gruenberg, Harl McDonald
August 2, 2003 Romeo Cascarino, George Chadwick
September 6, 2003 Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, Wolfgang Mozart, interview with Ellen Taaffe Zwilich and conductor Donald Spieth
October 4, 2003 Clifford Vaughan, Henry F. Gilbert
November 1, 2003 George Frederick McKay, Henry Vieuxtemps
December 6, 2003 Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, William Henry Fry, interview with violinist Rachel Barton Pine
2002
September 7, 2002 William Henry Fry, Lou Harrison, Jules Massenet
October 5, 2002 Aaron Avshalomov, Jacob Avshalomov, Burnet Tuthill, interview with conductor JoAnn Falletta, clarinetist Robert Alemany
November 2, 2002 Horatio Parker, George Chadwick, John Biggs
December 7, 2002 Joachim Raff, Clermont Pčpin, Lee Hoiby