As public broadcasters lemming off the cliff of a younger demographic, that which is peripheral to the "Classical Music for Dummies" canon is suddenly more interesting. This week's show presents Beethoven and Tchaikovsky's takes on "Ode to Joy" and symphonic battle scenes. Who'd want to eat Beef Napoleon anyways?

Set #1 - 8:00am - 9:00am

1. Concerto turco nominato izia semaisi
Transcribed by Giovanni Battista Toderini (1787) &
Traditional: Hicaz son yürük semaî
L'Orient Imaginaire: Mustafa Doğan Dikmen - frame drum with metal discs, Vladimir Ivanoff - frame drum & artistic director, Ihsan Özer - board zither, Ahmed Kadri Rizeli - fiddle, Silke Strauf - cello, Belinda Sykes - oboe, Axel Weidenfeld - chitarrone, Mehmet Cemal Yesilçay - ud
Alla Turca
Teldec, 3984-24573-2
7:41

2. J. S. Bach: Capriccio on the Departure of His Most Beloved Brother (1704)
Wolfgang Rübsam - piano
Naxos, 8.550692
11'

3. Ludwig van Beethoven: 5 Variations on Rule Britannia in D major (1803)
4:28

4. Ludwig van Beethoven: 7 Variations on God Save the King in C major (1803)
8:42

Tracks 3-4
Alfred Brendel - piano
Beethoven: Piano Variations - Bagatelles Disc 1
Brilliant Classics, 93183

5. Robert Schumann: Hermann & Dorothea Overture (1851)
Riccardo Muti - conductor, Philharmonia Orchestra
EMI Classics, CZS 7 67319 2
9:06

6. Ludwig van Beethoven: Wellington's Victory (1813)
Arranged by Stephen McNeff
Georg Tintner - conductor, The Canadian Brass: Charles Daellenbach - tuba, Frederic Mills - trumpet, David Ohanian - horn, Ronald Romm - trumpet, Eugene Watts - trombone, Players from the New York Philharmonic & Boston Symphony Orchestra brass, John Brownell, Ruth Cahn & John Mele - percussion
Brass Busters!
RCA, 09026-68076-2
12:32

Set #2 - 9:00am - 10:00am

7. Ludwig van Beethoven: Fantasia for Chorus, Piano & Orchestra (1808)
Text by Christopher Kuffner (1808)
Andrew Davis - conductor, Anton Kuerti - piano, Toronto Symphony
CBC Records, SMCD5027-3
18:30

8. Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Ode to Joy (1865)
Text by Friedrich Schiller (1785)
Derek Gleeson - conductor, Alla Ardakov - soprano, Ludmilla Shemchuk - contralto, Alexandre Naoumenko - tenor, Dimitri Kharitonov - bass, London Philharmonic & Choir
Carlton Classics, 30366 00122
27:40

Set #3 - 10:00am - 11:00am

9. Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: 1812 Festival Overture (Original Scoring) (1880)
Antal Dorati - conductor, Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra (now renamed Minnesota Orchestra), University of Minnesota Brass Band
Bronze Cannon (Douay, France 1775) provided by US Military Academy, West Point, NY
Bells of the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial Carillon, The Riverside Church, NYC
Mercury, 434 360-2
15:20

10. Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Suite No.1 in D major (1878)
Kazuhiro Koizumi - conductor, Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
CBC Records, SMCD 5089
41:03