Schedule & Playlists

Playlist for Friday, February 2, 2024

12:00 - 6:00 am

12:00 am

Domenico Scarlatti: Clavier Sonata in D, Kk 119 (L 415)

Igor Kipnis, hc
The Virtuoso Scarlatti: 15 Sonatas For Harpsichord

Chesky CD-75

12:05 am

Jadassohn: Symphony No. 1 in c, Op. 24

Brandenburg State Orch/Howard Griffiths
Salomon Jadassohn

CPO 777607-2 (2)

12:26 am

Ferruccio Busoni: "Stücke für Pianoforte," Op. 33b

No. 6, "Exeunt omnes"

Geoffrey Douglas Madge, p
Ferruccio Busoni: The Piano Work

Philips 420740-2 (6)

12:28 am

George Whitefield Chadwick: "Euterpe" Overture

Nashville Sym/Kenneth Schermerhorn
CHADWICK: Thalia / Melpomene / Euterpe

Naxos 8.559117

12:37 am

Edvard Grieg: Piano Pieces, Op. 6, "Humoresques"

Einar Steen-Nokleberg, p
GRIEG: Piano Sonata, Op. 7 / Stimmungen / 4 Piano Pieces, Op. 1

Naxos 8.550881

12:48 am

Frederick Delius: Two Pieces for Small Orchestra (1911-12)

#1, "On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring"

Royal Phil/Thomas Beecham

EMI/Ang CDS7-47509-8 (2)

12:54 am

Louis-Claude Daquin: "Le Coucou (The Cuckoo)"

John O'Conor, p
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 9

Telarc CD-80391

1:00 am

Franz Liszt: Six Grand Etudes After Paganini

No. 1, "Tremolo"

Sandro Ivo Bartoli, p
Virtuoso Piano Etudes

Brilliant Classics 95571 (22)

1:05 am

Nicolo Paganini: "Balletto campestre (Variazioni su un tema comico)"

Salvatore Accardo, v; Chamber Orch of Europe/Franco Tamponi
Accardo Plays Paganini Volume 2

Angel DS-38128

1:32 am

Franz Liszt: "Responsories and Antiphons"

"Tristis est anima mea"

Leslie Howard, p
Responsories and Antiphons

Hyperion CDA-67161/2 (2)

1:34 am

Franz Liszt: "Transcendental Etudes" (1851)

No. 9, "Ricordanza"

Mariangela Vacatello, p
Virtuoso Piano Etudes

Brilliant Classics 95571 (22)

1:46 am

Franz Liszt: "Hungarian Rhapsody" No. 2 in c-sharp minor

Orch/Leopold Stokowski
Leopold Stokowski Stereo Collection- Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 in B Minor/ Enescu: Romanian Rhapsody/ Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody

RCA 88691916852 (14)

1:54 am

Jenner, Gustav: "Twelve Quartets"

cl,

Thorofon CTH-2054

2:00 am

Herbert Clarke: "The Bride of the Waves" (Polka brillante)

Gerard Schwarz, cornet; William Bolcom, p
Cornet Favorites & Highlights From Cousins

Nonesuch 79157-2

2:05 am

Ernst von Dohnányi: "American Rhapsody," Op 47

BBC Phil/Matthias Bamert
Dohnanyi: Symphony No. 1

Chandos CHAN-9647

2:19 am

Leonard Bernstein: "Thirteen Anniversaries"

No. 13, "In Memoriam: Ellen Goetz"

Stefan Litwin, p
Bernstein: Complete Solo Piano Music

Cala CACD-77006

2:21 am

Leonard Bernstein: "West Side Story"

"Variants"

Richard Stoltzman, cl; London Sym/Michael Tilson Thomas
Copland: Clarinet Concerto/ Bernstein, Gershwin

RCA 61790-2

2:33 am

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Clarinet Quartet in F, K. 496

Jozsef Balogh, cl; Maria Szabo, v; Cecilia Bodolai, vi; Ilona Ribli, vc
Mozart

Naxos 8.550439

2:55 am

Kratzoff, Kira: "The Walk"

Solo Musica SM-417

3:00 am

Johann Georg Pisendel: Sonata in c for oboes, strings & continuo

Musica Antiqua Köln/Reinhard Goebel
Concerti "Per L'Orchestra Di Dresda"

DG Archiv 447644-2

3:04 am

Antonio Vivaldi: Sonata "per Monsieur Pisendel" in F, R 19

La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler, v
Per Monsieur Pisendel 2: Six Virtuoso Violin Sonatas Of The Baroque

Avie AV-2308

3:21 am

Johann Georg Pisendel: Sonata in D

Trio Settecento
Trio Settecento: A German Bouquet

Cedille CDR-90000114

3:31 am

Johann Sebastian Bach: "Klavierbüchlein für Wilhelm Friedemann Bach"

"Fantasia" No. 2

Joseph Payne, hc
Klavierbüchlein for Wilhelm Friedemann

Hänssler Classic CD-92.137 (2)

3:33 am

Edvard Grieg: "Holberg" Suite, Op. 40

Orpheus Chamber Orch
Grieg: Holberg Suite Op. 40, Two Elegiac Melodies Op. 34/ Tchaikovsky: Serenade For Strings Op. 48

DG 423060-2

3:53 am

Dietrich Buxtehude: Chorale Prelude, "Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ"

Nicholas Danby, o

Virgin 91139-2

4:00 am

Hermann Bellstedt: "Napoli, Variations on a Neapolitan Song"

Doc Severinsen, tr; Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel
Trumpet Spectacular

Telarc CD-80223

4:04 am

Don Gillis: Symphony #5 1/2, "A Symphony for Fun"

Albany Sym Orch/David Alan Miller
Gillis: Symphony X

Albany TROY-391

4:19 am

Alan Hovhaness: Four Bagatelles, Op 30

Shanghai String Quartet
HOVHANESS, A.: 4 Bagatelles / String Quartet Nos. 1-4 / ZHOU, L.: Song of the Ch'in ( Spirit Murmur) (Shanghai Quartet)

Delos DE-3162

4:28 am

Paul Chihara: "Bagatelles" (2010)

#4, "Frankie and Annie..."

Jerome Lowenthal, p
Paul Chihara: Take the A Train

Bridge 9488

4:29 am

Camille Saint-Saëns: Bagatelles, Op. 3

Ian Hobson, p
Saint-Saens: Le Carnaval Des Animaux, Septour, Allegro Appasionato and 6 Bagatelles

Arabesque Z-6570

4:53 am

Adolphe-Charles Adam: "Giselle"

Act 1: "Pas de deux" (Giselle et Albrecht)

London Sym Orch/Michael Tilson Thomas
Adam: Giselle

Sony SK-42450

5:00 am

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade No. 10 in B-Flat, K. 361

Adagio

St Luke's Orch/Sir Charles Mackerras
Mozart: Serenade in B-Flat for 13 Winds

Telarc CD-80359

5:05 am

Johannes Brahms: Serenade no.2 in A, Op.16

Scottish Chamber Orch/Sir Charles Mackerras
Brahms Serenades 1 & 2

Telarc CD-80522

5:36 am

Johannes Brahms: Romances and Songs, Op 84

#4, "Vergebliches Ständchen"

Elly Ameling, s; Rudolf Jansen, p
On The Wings Of Song

Philips 422333-2

5:38 am

Jean Sibelius: Piano Trio in C, "Lovisa" (1888)

Tapiola Trio
Sibelius: Early Chamber Works

Finlandia FACD-375

5:54 am

Jean Sibelius: "The Tempest," Op. 109

Suite No. 1: "Berceuse"

Kansas City Sym Orch/Michael Stern
Shakespeare's Tempest

Reference Recordings RR-115

6:00 - 10:00 am

6:00 am

Mornings with Dennis Moore

Including news and weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and "Carl’s Almanac" at 7:30 am.

6:03 am

Jean Sibelius: "Andante festivo"

Bergen Phil Orch/Sir Andrew Davis
Sibelius: Violin Concerto etc.

Chandos CHSA-5134

6:07 am

Traditional Swedish: Folksong, "Ack Värmeland, du sköna"

Danish String Quartet
Wood Works

Dacapo 8.226081

6:11 am

Igor Stravinsky: "Le Baiser de la fée"

Scene 3: Pas de deux

La Scala Phil/Riccardo Muti
Stravinsky: Le Baiser de la fée; Bartók: Deux Images

Sony SK-58949

6:25 am

Tomás Luis de Victoria: "O vos omnes"

Stile Antico
Passion & Resurrection

Harmonia Mundi HMU-807555

6:31 am

Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64

III. Finale, "Allegro molto vivace"

Joshua Bell, v; Camerata Salzburg/Roger Norrington
Mendelssohn & Beethoven: Violin Concertos

Sony SK-89505

6:38 am

Pauline Viardot: "Six Morceaux"

No. 2, "Bohémienne"

Raphaela Gromes, vc; Festival Strings Lucerne/Daniel Dodds
Femmes

Sony 19658710712

6:41 am

George Frideric Handel: "Serse"

Aria, "Ombra mai fù (Largo)"

Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage
Handel At The Opera

Chandos CHAN-0650

6:45 am

Sergei Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 in D, Op. 25, "Classical"

London Phil Orch/Leonard Slatkin
Elgar: Symphony No. 1/ In The South

RCA 61350-2

7:02 am

Edward Elgar: "Chanson de matin," Op. 15, No. 2

BBC Sym Orch/Sir Andrew Davis
Elgar: The Music Makers; Dream Children; Elegy; Sospiri; Sursum corda; Chanson de matin; Chanson de nuit; Salut d’amour

Teldec 92374-2

7:06 am

André J. Thomas: "I Dream a World"

Tonality; Lara Downes, p
New Day Begun

Rising Sun Music RS-012

7:10 am

Jean-Joseph de Mondonville: Sonata in F, Op. 3, No. 2

Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski
Mondonville: Six Sonates en symphonie, Op. 3

Archiv 474550-2

7:18 am

Sergei Rachmaninoff: Two-Piano Suite No. 2, Op. 17

III. Romance

Alexander Djordjevic & Gregory Shifrin, p's
Chicago Duo Piano Festival (July 19, 2019)

Music Institute of Chicago

7:26 am

Johann Sebastian Bach: "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048

III. Allegro

La Petite Bande/Sigiswald Kuijken
Classics Greatest Hits

RCA-DHM 88697683852

7:31 am

Josef Lanner: "Flüchtige Lust" Waltzes, Op 46

Ensemble Wien
Joseph Lanner: Dance Music from Old Vienna

Sony SK-57974

7:39 am

Ryuichi Sakamoto: "Babel" film score

"Bibo no Aozura"

Russian Renaissance
Russian Renaissance

Azica ACD-71333

7:45 am

John Baptist Cramer: Piano Concerto No. 6 in E-flat major, Op. 51

I. "Allegro spiritoso"

London Mozart Players/Howard Shelley, p
The Classical Piano Concerto: Johann Baptist Cramer

Hyperion CDA-68302

8:02 am

Alfredo Casella: "Paganiniana," Op. 65

4th mvt (Finale), "Tarantella"

La Scala Phil/Riccardo Muti
Busoni: Turandot Suite, Casella: Paganiniana, Martucci: Three Pieces / Riccardo Muti

Sony SK-53280

8:07 am

Maurice Ravel: "Le tombeau de Couperin"

Forlane

Arthur Rubinstein, p
The Artistry of Artur Rubinstein

RCA 5665-2-RC

8:13 am

Camille Saint-Saëns: "Morceau de concert" in G, Op. 154

Elizabeth Hainen, h; Bulgarian National Radio Orch/Rossen Milanov
Elizabeth Hainen * Harp Concertos * Albrechtsberger * Parish-Alvars * Saint-Saens

Avie AV-2221

8:30 am

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Così Fan Tutte," K. 588

Overture

La Cetra/Andrea Marcon
Mozart Overtures

DG 4779445

8:36 am

Traditional Scottish: "The Water is Wide (O Waly, Waly)"

Dale Warland Singers/Dale Warland
Blue Wheat

American Choral Catalog ACC-122

8:40 am

Henry Thacker Burleigh: "Four Southland Sketches"

Samuel Nebyu, v; Bethany Brooks, p
Music by Composers of African Descent

BCM+D Records 888295594394

8:54 am

Richard Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 2 in E-Flat

III. Finale, Rondo: "Allegro molto"

Dennis Brain, hn; Philharmonia Orch/Wolfgang Sawallisch
Richard Strauss & Hindemith Horn Concertos

EMI CDC7-47834-2

9:02 am

Samuel Barber: "The School for Scandal" Overture, Op. 5

Royal Scottish National Orch/Marin Alsop
Orchestral Works Vol. 1

Naxos 8.559024

9:11 am

Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 101 in D, "Clock"

II. "Andante"

New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein
Classical Fan Favorites

Sony [Classical Fan Favorites]

9:21 am

Giovanni Battista Fontana: Sonata No. 8

Quicksilver
Stile Moderno: New Music from the Seventeenth Century

Acis APL-72546

9:29 am

Claude Debussy: "Children's Corner" Suite

"Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum"

Philharmonia/Geoffrey Simon
Debussy - Volume Two / Geoffrey Simon

Cala CACD-1002

9:32 am

Moisés Moleiro: "Children's Suite"

Clara Rodríguez, p
Piano Music of Moleiro

ASV CDDCA-890

9:39 am

Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas: "Salamanca"

Alasdair Fraser, v; Natalie Haas, vc
In the Moment

Culburnie Records CUL-122D

9:45 am

Hector Berlioz: "Rob Roy" Overture

San Diego Sym/Yoav Talmi
Berlioz: Overtures

Naxos 8.550999

10:00 am - 3:00 pm

10:00 am

Midday with Lisa Flynn

Including the "Daily Excursion" at 11:00 am and "Music in Chicago" at 12:00 pm.

10:00 am

Alessandro Scarlatti: Concerto grosso No. 3 in F

Europa Galante/Fabio Biondi, v
A. Scarlatti & D. Scarlatti: Concerti & Sinfonie / Fabio Biondi/Europa Galante

Virgin 45495-2

10:09 am

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quartet No. 13 in d minor, K. 173

American String Quartet
Mozart: The Complete String Quartets

Musicmasters 67194-2 (6)

10:25 am

Gioachino Rossini: "Otello"

Ballet Music

Monte Carlo Opera Orch/Antonio de Almeida
Rossini: Ballet Music

Philips 422843-2

10:45 am

Astor Piazzolla: "Five Tango Sensations"

No. 2, "Loving"

Fareed Haque, g; KAIA String Quartet
New Latin American Music For Guitar And String Quartet

Delmark DE-5029

10:53 am

John Field: Nocturne No. 11 in E-Flat

John O'Conor, p
Field: Nocturnes Nos. 1-15 / John O'Conor

Telarc CD-80199

11:00 am

Franz von Suppé: "Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna"

Vienna Phil/Zubin Mehta
Suppé: Overtures

CBS MK-44932

11:09 am

Ralph Vaughan Williams: "Flos Campi"

Frederick Riddle, vi; Bournemouth Sinfonietta Cho, Orch/Norman Del Mar
Vaughan Williams: Flos Campi, Suite For Viola & Orchestra / Frederick Riddle

Chandos CHAN-8374

11:31 am

Jean-Joseph Mouret: "Sinfonies de fanfares"

Hannes, Wolfgang & Bernhard Läubin, tr's; Simon Preston, o
Simon Preston, organ,
Awake the Trumpet's Lofty Sound

DG 419245-2

11:38 am

Marin Marais: "Sonate à la Marésienne"

Trio Sonnerie
La Gamme

Linn CKD-434

11:51 am

William Walton: "The Wise Virgins" Suite (after Bach)

V. "Sheep May Safely Graze"

London Phil Orch/Bryden Thomson
Walton: The Quest · The Wise Virgins

Chandos CHAN-8871

12:00 pm

Johannes Brahms: Three Intermezzi, Op. 117

Hélène Grimaud, p
Brahms: Piano Pieces Op. 116-119

Erato 14350-2

12:16 pm

Richard Strauss: "Der Rosenkavalier," Op. 59

Suite

Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi
Strauss, R: Capriccio Suite/ Salome's Dance/Der Rosenkavalier

Chandos CHAN-8758

12:42 pm

Morten Lauridsen: "Les Chansons des Roses"

"Dirait-on"

Chamber Choir of Europe/Nicol Matt; Morten Lauridsen, p
Light Eternal: The Choral Music of Morten Lauridsen

DG 4835058

12:48 pm

Maurice Ravel: "Introduction and Allegro"

Isabelle Moretti, h; Quatuor Parisii
Musiques à Orsay

Naïve V-4919

1:01 pm

Johann Sebastian Bach: Two-Violin Concerto in D minor, BWV 1043

Anne Akiko Meyers, v's; English Chamber Orch/Steven Mercurio
Air: The Bach Album

eOne EOM-CD-7785

1:17 pm

Richard Wagner: "Siegfried"

"Forest Murmurs"

Berlin Phil/Klaus Tennstedt
Wagner: Music From The Ring / Klaus Tennstedt

EMI CDC7-47007-2

1:25 pm

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: "Four Characteristic Waltzes," Op. 22

Rochelle Sennet, p
Bach to Black: Suites for Piano

Albany TROY-1869/71 (3)

1:40 pm

Carl Maria von Weber: "Euryanthe"

Overture

Vienna Phil/Christian Thielemann
German Overtures

DG 4745022

1:49 pm

Georg Philipp Telemann: "Paris Quartet (Deuxième Suite)" in b

Freiburg Baroque Consort
Telemann: Pariser Quartette / Freiburger Barockconsort

Harmonia Mundi HMC-901787

2:00 pm

Adolphus Hailstork: Two Romances

No. 2, "Amoroso"

Beverly Baker, vi; Virginia Chamber Players
As Falling Leaves * The Virginia Chamber Players in Concert

Albany TROY-612

2:07 pm

Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat, Op. 97, "Rhenish"

London Phil Orch/Kurt Masur
Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3

Teldec 46446-2

2:40 pm

Franz Liszt: Fantasy on the Waltz from Gounod's "Faust"

Mariam Batsashvili, p
Romantic Piano Masters

Warner 9029629061

2:51 pm

Henry Purcell: "The Fairy Queen"

Act 4 Instrumental Suite

Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall
Purcell: The Fairy Queen & The Prophetess - Orchestral Suites

Fontalis ES-8583

3:00 - 7:00 pm

3:00 pm

Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

Including "Friday Afternoon at the Movies" at 4:30pm and "The Unrush Hour" at 5:00 pm.

3:00 pm

Johann Strauss II: Waltz, "Tales from the Vienna Woods," Op. 325

Vienna Phil/Lorin Maazel
1994 New Year's Concert

Sony SK-46694

3:14 pm

Louise Farrenc: Trio for flute, cello and piano in E minor, Op. 45

Jean Berkenstock, f; Walter Preucil, vc; William Koehler, p
Louise Farrenc: Trio in E Minor, Op. 45

Centaur CRC-2206

3:38 pm

Antonín Dvořák: "The Wild Dove," Op. 110

Bavarian Radio Sym/Rafael Kubelík
Dvořák: The 9 Symphonies / Rafael Kubelik

DG 463158-2 (6)

3:57 pm

Sergei Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 43

Variation No. 18

Cécile Ousset, p; City of Birmingham Sym Orch/Simon Rattle
Various - Best Loved Classic - Vol. 8

EMI CDZ7-62507-2

4:02 pm

Edvard Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Op. 54

Lyric Suite

Gothenburg Sym Orch/Neeme Järvi
Grieg: Symphonic Dances, Norwegian Dances, Lyric Suite

DG 419431-2

4:22 pm

Manuel de Falla: "The Three-Cornered Hat"

Dances

John Williams, g
Spanish Guitar Favourites

CBS MK-44794

4:30 pm

Patrick Doyle: "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire"

"Quidditch World Cup/The Foreigners Arrive; Neville's Waltz; Harry in Winter; The Golden Egg"

City of Prague Phil Orch/James Fitzpatrick
The Essential Harry Potter Film Music Collection

Silva SILCD-1251

4:47 pm

Béla Bartók: "Romanian Folk Dances"

Andrew Rangell, p
A Folk Song Runs Through It

Steinway & Sons 30018

4:52 pm

Jean Françaix: Trumpet and Piano Sonatine

Alison Balsom, tr; Tom Poster, p
Légende

Warner 0190295987725

5:00 pm

Peter Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 3 in G, Op. 55

Finale, "Theme and Variations"

La Scala Orch/Lovro Von Matacic
Lovro Von Mataĉić - Artist Profile , Rinsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky, Glazunov, Bruckner

EMI CDZB5-68739-2 (2)

5:21 pm

Mary D. Watkins: "Five Movements in Color"

No. 2, "Soul of Remembrance"

New Black Music Repertory Ensemble/Leslie Dunner
Recorded Music of the African Diaspora

Albany TROY-1200

5:26 pm

Claude Debussy: Prelude No. 8, "La fille aux cheveux de lin"

Philippe Entremont, p
Debussy's Greatest Hits

CBS MLK-45628

5:29 pm

Charles Gounod: Symphony No. 2 in E-Flat

III. Scherzo

Orch of St John's/John Lubbock
Gounod: The Two Symphonies

ASV CDDCA-981

5:35 pm

Franz Joseph Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 2 in D

Steven Isserlis, vc; Chamber Orch of Europe/Roger Norrington
Haydn: Cello Concertos In C & D, Sinfonia Concertante

RCA 68578-2

6:00 pm

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Bassoon Concerto in B-Flat, K. 191

David McGill, bn; Cleveland Orch/Christoph von Dohnányi
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto, Oboe Concerto, Bassoon Concerto

Decca 443176-2

6:20 pm

Franz Schubert: Piano Quintet in A, D. 667, "Trout"

I. "Allegro vivace"

Domus; Chi-chi Nwanoku, db
Mozart, Schubert: Piano Quartets; "Kegelstatt" Trio; "The Trout" Quintet

Virgin 61454-2 (2)

6:35 pm

George Frideric Handel: Concerto grosso in C, "Alexander's Feast"

Munich Bach Orch/Karl Richter
Handel: Concerti Grossi Op. 3 and Op. 6

DG 413256-2

6:50 pm

Aaron Copland: "Our Town"

Suite

St. Louis Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin
Music For Films

RCA 61699-2

7:00 pm

7:00 pm

Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

Cello Concertos

The cello started to gain popularity in the 17th and early 18th centuries when it was found to be very good at accompanying singers at the opera. The cello became the vehicle for numerous great and famous compositions in many different settings. This week, explore concertos by Tchaikovsky, Villa-Lobos, Elgar and others.

8:00 pm

8:00 pm

Sounds Classical

John Jeter

LaRob K. Rafael and Kristina Lynn talk with conductor John Jeter, music director of Arkansas’s Fort Smith Symphony, about his work to bring attention to underperformed music and artists.

9:00 - 11:00 pm

9:00 pm

The New York Philharmonic This Week.

Salonen: "L.A. Variations;" Strauss: "Ein Heldenleben;" Frank Huang, violin; Alan Gilbert, conductor.

10:59 pm

Ernest Bloch: Solo Cello Suite No. 1

II. "Allegro"

Pieter Wispelwey, vc
Walton Cello Concerto; Bloch; Ligeti; Britten

Onyx ONYX-4042

11:00 pm

11:00 pm

Best of Studs Terkel

Thomas A. Dorsey and John Steiner, Part 2 (c. 1961)

Part 2 of Studs Terkel’s 1961 interview with gospel composer Thomas A. Dorsey, and his colleague during that conversation, John Steiner. "Gospel," a new four-hour PBS docuseries by Henry Louis Gates Jr., premieres this month.