A Celebration Of Spring In Classical Music
On this the official 2nd day of Spring we mark the start of the season with a daylong celebration featuring great musical works inspired by or otherwise connected with Spring. Enjoy Spring Fling!
6:00 a.m.
Luigi Cherubini
L'Hotellerie Portugaise: Overture
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
6:12 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Daisies (Marguerite) Opus 38/3
Olga Kern, piano
6:15 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Bagatelles Opus 47
Takacs Quartet
6:33 a.m.
Ottorino Respighi
Three Botticelli Pictures: La Primavera (Spring)
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
6:39 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 1 in F major K 37
English Chamber Orchestra; Murray Perahia, conductor Murray Perahia, piano
6:56 a.m.
Andrew York
Sunburst
Jason Vieaux, guitar
7:01 a.m.
Arnold Bax
Morning Song (Maytime in Sussex)
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor Margaret Fingerhut, piano
7:11 a.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Maiden's Dance from "The Stone Flower" Opus 118
Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
7:16 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Four Seasons: Spring (La Primavera) in E major Opus 8 RV 269
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Claudio Abbado, conductor Viktoria Mullova, violin
7:28 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
DER FREISCHUTZ: Overture Opus 77 J 277
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; Antoni Wit, conductor
7:39 a.m.
Josef Myslivecek
Symphony in Bb major F 30
London Mozart Players; Matthias Bamert, conductor
7:50 a.m.
Agustin Barrios
Vals de Primavera
David Russell, guitar
7:55 a.m.
Ignaz Holzbauer
Flute Concerto in D major
La Stagione Frankfurt; Karl Kaiser, conductor Karl Kaiser, flute
8:12 a.m.
Gareth Walters
Primavera Overture
Royal Ballet Sinfonia; Andrew Penny, conductor
8:19 a.m.
Edward Elgar
Three Bavarian Dances Opus 27
Bournemouth Sinfonietta; Norman Del Mar, conductor
8:33 a.m.
Jean-Baptiste Lully
Chaconne "The Love Doctor" (de l'Amour medecin) Suite
Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall, conductor
8:37 a.m.
Robert Schumann
Papillons (Butterflies) Opus 2
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
8:54 a.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Voices of Spring (Fruhlingsstimmen) Opus 410
Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Jascha Horenstein, conductor
9:00 a.m.
William Boyce
Symphony No. 6 in F major Opus 2
London Festival Orchestra; Ross Pople, conductor
9:09 a.m.
Emile Waldteufel
Love and Spring Waltz (Amour et Printemps)
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra; Kurt Redel, conductor
9:15 a.m.
Alessandro Scarlatti
THE GARDEN OF ROSES: Overture (Il Giardino di Rose)
Philharmonia Orchestra; Simon Wright, conductor John Wallace, trumpet; John Miller, trumpet
9:20 a.m.
Maurice Ravel
Le tombeau de Couperin (The tomb of Couperin)
Ulster Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
9:37 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Song Without Words: "May Breezes" in G major Opus 62/1
Nikita Magaloff, piano
9:41 a.m.
Giuseppe Tartini
Violin Concerto in F major D 69
Orfeo Orchestra; Gyorgy Vashegyi, conductor Laszlo Paulik, violin
10:00 a.m.
Emil von Reznicek
Comedy Overture (Eine Lustspiel-Ouverture)
WDR Symphony Orchestra Koln; Michail Jurowski, conductor
10:09 a.m.
Michio Miyagi
The Sea in Springtime (Haru no Umi)
Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
10:18 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 31 "Paris" in D major K 297
Prague Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
10:34 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Violin Sonata No. 5 "Spring" in F major Opus 24
Pinchas Zukerman, violin; Marc Neikrug, piano
10:59 a.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
TSAR SALTAN: Flight of the Bumblebee
Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, conductor
11:01 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major HOB VIIb:1
English Chamber Orchestra; Julian Lloyd Webber, conductor Julian Lloyd Webber, cello
11:29 a.m.
Lodewijk Mortelmans
The Myth of Spring (Mythe der Lente)
VRT Philharmonic Orchestra; Silveer Van Den Broeck, conductor
11:41 a.m.
Adalbert Gyrowetz
Symphony in Eb major Opus 6, No. 2
London Mozart Players; Matthias Bamert, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Frederick Delius
On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Christopher Seaman, conductor
12:07 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor Opus 18
Montreal Symphony Orchestra; Charles Dutoit, conductor Jorge Bolet, piano
12:45 p.m.
Pieter Hellendaal
Concerto Grosso in D minor Opus 3/2
Combattimento Consort; Jan Willem de Vriend, conductor
12:57 p.m.
Gabriel Faure
Papillon Opus 77
Yo Yo Ma, cello; Kathryn Stott, piano
1:01 p.m.
Johann Fischer
THE JOURNAL OF SPRING: Suite No. 7
L'Orfeo Barokorkester; Michi Gaigg, conductor
1:09 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture
Philharmonia Orchestra; Neville Marriner, conductor
1:22 p.m.
Giovanni Paisiello
Piano Concerto No. 8 in F major
Saint Cecilia Chamber Orchestra; Pietro Spada, conductor Pietro Spada, piano
1:51 p.m.
Pietro Mascagni
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: The air is sweet with orange blossoms (Gli Aranci Olezzano)
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra of Bratislava; Alexander Rahbari, conductor Slovak Philharmonic Chorus
2:00 p.m.
Eric Coates
The Three Elizabeths Suite: Springtime in Angus (The Queen Mother)
The Royal Artillery Band; Major Geoffrey Kingston, conductor
2:09 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
ABDUCTION FROM THE SERAGLIO Overture K 384
Lausanne Chamber Orchestra; Yehudi Menuhin, conductor
2:15 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Symphony No. 1 "Spring" in Bb major Opus 38
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
2:49 p.m.
Francesco Geminiani
Concerto Grosso in D major Opus 4/1
Southwest German Chamber Orchestra; Paul Angerer, conductor
3:00 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Spring Song
Lahti Symphony Orchestra; Osmo Vanska, conductor
3:10 p.m.
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Flute Concerto in D minor Wq 22 / H 425
C. P. E. Bach Chamber Orchestra; Hartmut Haenchen, conductor Eckart Haupt, flute
3:35 p.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Spring in Buenos Aires (Primavera Portena)
David Tanenbaum, guitar
3:40 p.m.
Antonio Rosetti
Symphony in F major A33/KI:24
London Mozart Players; Matthias Bamert, conductor
3:59 p.m.
Karl Goldmark
Im Fruhling Overture (In Spring) Opus 36
National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland; Stephen Gunzenhauser, conductor
4:09 p.m.
Johann Hertel
Trumpet Concerto No. 1 in Eb major
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Elgar Howarth, conductor Hakan Hardenberger, trumpet
4:24 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Song Without Words "Spring Song" (Book V, No. 6) in A major Opus 62/6
Andras Schiff, piano
4:27 p.m.
Claude Debussy
Images for Orchestra: Iberia
BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra; Raymond Leppard, conductor
4:49 p.m.
Thomas Morley
Now is the month of maying
; John Rutter, conductor Cambridge Singers
4:52 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
RUSALKA: Polonaise in Eb major
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Vaclav Neumann, conductor
4:58 p.m.
Johan Wagenaar
Concert Overture: The Force of Spring (Fruhlingsgewalt) Opus 11
Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra; Jac Van Steen, conductor
5:07 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Concerto No. 2 in E major BWV 1042
Gli Incogniti; Amandine Beyer, conductor Amandine Beyer, violin
5:23 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Etude No. 21 "Butterfly" in Gb major Opus 25/9
Murray Perahia, piano
5:25 p.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Russian Easter Festival Overture Opus 36
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Jose Serebrier, conductor
5:41 p.m.
Johann Christian Bach
Sinfonia Concertante in Eb major C 37
London Festival Orchestra; Ross Pople, conductor
5:55 p.m.
Christian Sinding
Rustle of Spring Opus 32/3
Jerome Lowenthal, piano
5:59 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for 2 oboes, 2 violins, bassoon in C major RV 557
Ensemble Zefiro; Alfredo Bernardini, conductor Members of...
6:09 p.m.
Agustin Barrios
Vals de Primavera
David Russell, guitar
6:14 p.m.
Lili Boulanger
One Spring Morning (D'un Matin de Printemps)
The Women's Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
6:20 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Rondo for piano & orchestra in D major K 382
Moscow Virtuosi; Vladimir Spivakov, conductor Evgeny Kissin, piano
6:30 p.m.
Hubert Parry
An English Suite
City of London Sinfonia; Richard Hickox, conductor
6:54 p.m.
Mark O'Connor
Butterfly's Day Out
Yo Yo Ma, cello; Edgar Meyer, bass; Mark O'Connor, mandolin
