Classical Music Playlist, March 30, 2021
"Art preserves life in a very special way. Our memories die with us, but art preserves the values and experiences."
We’re highlighting the life and music of pioneering women in classical music every weekday during March for Women's History Month. Today, two composers:
Undine Smith Moore (1904–1989) trained as a classical pianist but she was drawn to vocal music. As a composer and arranger Moore wrote numerous choral works, many of them inspired by African spirituals and folk music. Of her over 100 compositions, only 26 were published in her lifetime. “Scenes from the Life of a Martyr,” her 16-part choral cantata based on the life of Dr Martin Luther King, Jr, premiered at Carnegie Hall in 1981 and was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.
Moore became known to some as the Dean of Black Women Composers. She taught at what is now Virginia State University for over 40 years where she also co-founded the Black Music Center which aimed to educate members about the “contributions of Black people to the music of the United States and the world”. She described it as the proudest moment in her career.
Much of the above was taken from an article at ClassicFM; read the full article here:
https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/undine-smith-moore-dean-black-women-composers/ For further exploration of Moore’s accomplishments, try these links:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Undine_Smith_Moore https://smtd.umich.edu/ami/gershwin/?p=10714 Zenobia Powell Perry (1908 – 2004) was an American composer, professor and civil rights activist. She studied music under African-American composer William L. Dawson at the Tuskegee Institute, after which Perry became part of a black teacher training program headed by Eleanor Roosevelt who would become a mentor and friend to Perry and even helped sponsor her graduate studies. Though she didn’t begin writing her own music until the 1950s, she was prolific, including an opera about the Underground Railroad titled “Tawawa House” that premiered in 1987 but didn’t have a fully staged performance until Townsend Opera of Modesto (now Opera Modesto) revived the work in 2014.
There is so much more to learn about Zenobia Powell Perry; here are some websites to get started:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenobia_Powell_Perry
https://www.jeanniegaylepool.com/zenobia-powell-perry-1
6:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for diverse instruments in C major RV 558
Academy of Ancient Music; Andrew Manze, conductor
6:11 a.m.
John Field
Piano Concerto No. 3 in Eb major
New Irish Chamber Orchestra; Janos Furst, conductor John O'Conor, piano
6:43 a.m.
Gustav Holst
A Moorside Suite
North Texas Wind Symphony; Eugene Corporon, conductor
6:58 a.m.
Peter Benoit
In the fields (In de Velden) for oboe and strings
VRT Philharmonic Orchestra; Silveer Van Den Broeck, conductor Joost Gils, oboe
7:01 a.m.
Alexander Glazunov
Concert Waltz No. 1 (Valse de Concert) in D major Opus 47
Bamberg Symphony; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
7:12 a.m.
Alexander MacKenzie
Second Scottish Rhapsody Opus 24
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Martyn Brabbins, conductor
7:30 a.m.
Zenobia Powell Perry
Pavane for Piano
Josephine Gandolfi, piano
7:33 a.m.
Gabriel Faure
Requiem: Pie Jesu Opus 48
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andreas Delfs, conductor Renee Fleming, soprano
7:38 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 26 in Eb major K 184
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
7:48 a.m.
David Lyon
Short Suite
Royal Ballet Sinfonia; David Lloyd-Jones, conductor
7:59 a.m.
Franz Schubert
Rosamunde Overture Opus 26 D 644 (The Magic Harp)
Prague Sinfonia; Christian Benda, conductor
8:12 a.m.
Ennio Morricone
Cinema Paradiso: Love Theme
European Chamber Orchestra Lochen; Michael Wendeberg, conductor Laurent Korcia, violin
8:16 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 102 in Bb major
Capella Istropolitana; Barry Wordsworth, conductor
8:44 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Ballade No. 1 in G minor
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
8:54 a.m.
Undine Smith Moore
Afro-American Suite for Flute, Cello, and Piano: III. Adagio ma appossionato
Mallarme Chamber Players
8:59 a.m.
George Enescu
Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A major Opus 11
Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra; Lawrence Foster, conductor
9:11 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 4 in Bb major Opus 60
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor
9:47 a.m.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5
New World Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor Renee Fleming, soprano
10:00 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Concerto in G minor BWV 1056
English Chamber Orchestra; Pinchas Zukerman, conductor Pinchas Zukerman, violin
10:11 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Suite No. 1 in D major Opus 43
Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra; Neville Marriner, conductor
10:48 a.m.
Leslie Bricusse
Overture to Goodbye Mr Chips
Boston Pops Orchestra; Keith Lockhart, conductor
10:53 a.m.
Fredrich Ernst Fesca
CANTEMIRE: Overture
NDR Radio Philharmonic Hanover; Frank Beermann, conductor
11:02 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Concert Piece (Morceau de concert) Opus 94
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Kurt Masur, conductor Hermann Baumann, horn
11:11 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
String Symphony No. 11 in F major
Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra; Scott Yoo, conductor
11:47 a.m.
Zenobia Powell Perry; Josephine Gandolfi, arr.
Tawawa House Suite: 3. Sunday Dance Tune
Josephine Gandolfi, piano; Deanne Tucker, piano
11:50 a.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Running Set
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; James Judd, conductor
11:58 a.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 6 in F major Opus 6
I Solisti Italiani
12:11 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
The Hero's Song Opus 111
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Bohumil Gregor, conductor
12:34 p.m.
Philip Glass
Metamorphosis II
Anne Akiko Meyers, violin; Akira Eguchi, piano
12:42 p.m.
Ignaz Holzbauer
Flute Concerto in D major
La Stagione Frankfurt; Karl Kaiser, conductor Karl Kaiser, flute
12:58 p.m.
Claude Debussy
Sacred and Profane Dances (Danses Sacree et Profane)
Prometheus Ensemble
1:08 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Piano Concerto in A minor Opus 54
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor Martha Argerich, piano
1:39 p.m.
Luigi Boccherini
Symphony No. 5 in Bb major Opus 21 G 497
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor
1:56 p.m.
Undine Smith Moore
Introduction and Allegro
Marcus Eley, clarinet; Lucerne DeSa, piano
2:00 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 11 in A major Opus 6/11 HWV 329
Handel & Haydn Society; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
2:17 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
Symphonic Dances Opus 64
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
2:49 p.m.
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach
Sinfonie in F major F 88
CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra; Hartmut Haenchen, conductor
2:58 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Invitation to the Dance Opus 65
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
3:08 p.m.
Francois Devienne
Bassoon Concerto in B Flat in Bb major
Slovak Chamber Orchestra; Bohdan Warchal, conductor Eckart Hubner, bassoon
3:28 p.m.
Max Bruch
Symphony No. 3 in E major Opus 51
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Kurt Masur, conductor
4:01 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Concert Rondo "Krakowiak" in F major Opus 14
Northwest Sinfonietta; Christophe Chagnard, conductor Joel Fan, piano
4:16 p.m.
Hubert Parry
An English Suite
City of London Sinfonia; Richard Hickox, conductor
4:40 p.m.
Scott Joplin
Bethena: A Concert Waltz
Giovanni DeChiaro, guitar
4:46 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for eleven instruments in C major RV 555
Europa Galante; Fabio Biondi, conductor
4:56 p.m.
William Kroll
Banjo and Fiddle
English Chamber Orchestra Nigel Kennedy, violin
5:00 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Serenade for Strings: I. Andante non troppo in C major Opus 48
St. Petersburg Philharmonic; Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
5:10 p.m.
Stanislaw Moniuszko
The General's Mistress (concert overture 'Kochanka Hetmanska')
Warsaw Philharmonic; Antoni Wit, conductor
5:18 p.m.
Francis Poulenc
The Does (Les Biches): Suite "The Does" - fashionable Parisian women
Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra; Stephane Deneve, conductor Stuttgart SWR Vocal Ensemble
5:40 p.m.
Domenico Cimarosa
Oboe Concerto in C minor
I Musici Heinz Holliger, oboe
5:52 p.m.
John Lunn
DOWNTON ABBEY: A Royal Command
Chamber Orchestra of London; Alastair King, conductor
5:56 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Humoresque No. 7 in Gb major Opus 101/7
Josef Suk, violin; Lincoln Mayorga, piano
6:00 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto No. 1 (originally for violin) in A minor BWV 1041
Elias String Quartet Xuefei Yang, guitar
6:16 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Clarinet Quintet in A major K 581
Hagen Quartet Eduard Brunner, clarinet
6:48 p.m.
Dana Suesse
Jazz Nocturne
Hot Springs Festival Orchestra; Richard Rosenberg, conductor
6:53 p.m.
Zenobia Powell Perry
Piano Potpurri: No. 5. A Jazz Trifle
LaDoris Hazzard Cordell, piano
6:56 p.m.
George Gershwin
PORGY AND BESS: It Ain't Necessarily So
Duo Sonidos
