Classical Music Playlist, April 23, 2021
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, 1880. Source: Library of Congress
Tchaikovsky had a lifelong admiration of Shakespeare and also composed music based on The Tempest and Hamlet. It also may be that the doomed love of Romeo and Juliet resonated with his own tortured personal life. But it was actually a suggestion by fellow composer Mily Balakirev that Tchaikovsky should write a piece based on the fateful young lovers of Verona; he even suggested a plan of structure for the piece as he saw that a recent composition, that Tchaikovsky dedicated to him, was put together "in a very slapdash manner [with] clumsy stitching... The whole thing is completely uncoordinated." So Tchaikovsky somewhat followed Balakirev's suggestions and created a classic that doesn't musically re-tell the story, but conveys characters, moods and ideas from Shakespeare.
We'll air the drama, romance and brilliant melodies of Tchaikovsky's Romeo & Juliet Fantasy Overture at 2:00pm today on CapRadio Music.
And looking forward to the Academy Awards on Sunday, you'll also hear an hour of movie music starting at 6pm. Cinema scores by John Williams, Ennio Morricone, Nino Rota, Tan Dun and more, from movies such as Star Wars, Schindler’s List, Black Panther, The Godfather, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Da 5 Bloods, and others.
6:00 a.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 6 in F major Opus 6
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
6:13 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Piano Sonata No. 42 in G major HOB 16/27
Tzimon Barto, piano
6:31 a.m.
Saverio Mercadante
Flute Concerto in E minor
Sinfonia Finlandia (Jyvaskyla); Patrick Gallois, conductor Patrick Gallois, flute
6:53 a.m.
Gabriel Pierne
Impromptu Caprice in Ab major Opus 9
Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
6:59 a.m.
Anton Arensky
Piano Quintet: Scherzo Opus 51
Ying Quartet Adam Neiman, piano
7:11 a.m.
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Flute Concerto in A major Wq 168 / H 438
Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra; Jorg Faerber, conductor James Galway, flute
7:32 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Humoresque No. 7 in Gb major Opus 101/7
James Ehnes, piano
7:37 a.m.
Adolphe Adam
GISELLE: Suite
CSR Symphony Orchestra; Ondrej Lenard, conductor
7:55 a.m.
Domenico Scarlatti
Sonata in E major K 531
Assad Brothers Sergio Assad, guitar; Odair Assad, guitar
7:59 a.m.
John Rutter
Folk Suite
Royal Ballet Sinfonia; David Lloyd-Jones, conductor
8:14 a.m.
Leo Delibes
Sylvia: Pizzicato Polka
New Philharmonia Orchestra; Richard Bonynge, conductor
8:17 a.m.
Ignace Pleyel
Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in Bb major
S. W. German Chamber Orchestra of Pforzheim; Sebastian Tewinkle, conductor Dieter Klocker, clarinet
8:43 a.m.
Hector Berlioz
Damnation of Faust: Dance of the Sylphs
Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, conductor
8:47 a.m.
Nino Rota
Orchestra Rehearsal (Prova d'orchestra)
Orchestra of La Scala, Milan; Riccardo Muti, conductor
8:59 a.m.
Reinhold Gliere
Heroic March Opus 71
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Vassily Sinaisky, conductor
9:11 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Polacca (Polonaise) Brillante Opus 72
Northwest Sinfonietta; Christophe Chagnard, conductor Joel Fan, piano
9:22 a.m.
Juan Arriaga
Symphony in D minor
Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall, conductor
9:52 a.m.
Morten Lauridsen
O magnum mysterium
; Robert Shaw, conductor Robert Shaw Chamber Singers
10:00 a.m.
Hamilton Harty
Fantasy Scenes
Ulster Orchestra; Takuo Yuasa, conductor
10:12 a.m.
Johann Albrechtsberger
Harp Concerto in C major
Paul Kuentz Chamber Orchestra; Paul Kuentz, conductor Nicanor Zabaleta, harp
10:31 a.m.
Lili Boulanger
Of a Bright Garden (D'un Jardin Clair)
Margot Dilmaghani, piano
10:34 a.m.
Charles Gounod
Symphony No. 1 in D major
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
11:01 a.m.
Franz Schubert
Rosamunde Overture Opus 26 D 797 (The Magic Harp)
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
11:12 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 1 in C major Opus 21
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
11:40 a.m.
John Williams
Themes from Jurassic Park
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
11:46 a.m.
Albertus Groneman
Sonata in G major
Jed Wentz, flute; Balazs Mate, cello; Marcelo Bussi, harpsichord
12:01 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Ballade No. 1 in G minor Opus 23
Evgeny Kissin, piano
12:12 p.m.
Luigi Boccherini
Cello Concerto in C major G 477
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra; Johannes Goritzki, conductor Johannes Goritzki, cello
12:32 p.m.
Howard Hanson
Fantasy Variations on a Theme of Youth
New York Chamber Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor Carol Rosenberger, piano
12:45 p.m.
Charles Stanford
Irish Rhapsody No. 5
Ulster Orchestra; Vernon Handley, conductor
1:01 p.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 5 in Bb major Opus 6
I Solisti Italiani
1:12 p.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Piano Sonata in G minor in G minor (1843) H395
Joanne Polk, piano
1:32 p.m.
William Boyce
Symphony No. 3 in C major Opus 2
Aradia Ensemble; Kevin Mallon, conductor
1:39 p.m.
Richard Strauss
Horn Concerto No. 2 in Eb major
Staatskapelle Dresden; Rudolph Kempe, conductor Peter Damm, horn
2:00 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Kirov Orchestra; Valery Gergiev, conductor
2:21 p.m.
Carl Stamitz
Concerto for flute and oboe in G major
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Kenneth Sillito, conductor Aurele Nicolet, flute; Heinz Holliger, oboe
2:41 p.m.
Leon Minkus
Don Quixote: Grand pas de deux
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Robert Irving, conductor
2:49 p.m.
Aaron Copland
Our Town
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
3:00 p.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus
New Queen's Hall Orchestra; Barry Wordsworth, conductor
3:14 p.m.
Louise Farrenc
Trio for clarinet, cello, and piano: III. Minuetto: Allegro in Eb major Opus 44
Linos Ensemble
3:19 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 82 "The Bear" in C major
Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra; Adam Fischer, conductor
3:45 p.m.
Jack Gallagher
Sonatina for Piano
Frank Huang, piano
3:59 p.m.
Jeno Takacs
Divertimento for Orchestra Opus 75
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra; Milan Horvath, conductor
4:11 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto for two keyboards in C minor BWV 1060
Hamburg Philharmonic; Christoph Eschenbach, conductor Christoph Eschenbach, piano; Justus Frantz, piano
4:26 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Scherzo capriccioso Opus 66
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra; Zdenek Kosler, conductor
4:40 p.m.
Claude Debussy
Rhapsody for Saxophone and Orchestra
Lyon National Orchestra; Jun Markl, conductor Alexander Doisy, saxophone
4:51 p.m.
Dmitri Shostakovich
Suite for Variety Orchestra: Waltz #2
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
4:55 p.m.
Emmanuel Chabrier
Danse Slav (from Le Roi Malgre Lui)
Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra; Herve Niquet, conductor
5:01 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Peter Schmoll Overture Opus 8
Tapiola Sinfonietta; Jean Jacques Kantorow, conductor
5:11 p.m.
George Walker
Lyric for Strings
Cleveland Chamber Symphony; Edwin London, conductor George Walker, violin
5:18 p.m.
Ignace Pleyel
Flute Concerto in C major B 160
Sinfonia Finlandia (Jyvaskyla); Patrick Gallois, conductor Patrick Gallois, flute
5:43 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Rhapsodie d'Auvergne Opus 73
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor Jean-Philippe Collard, piano
5:54 p.m.
George Gershwin
Etude No. 3 "THE MAN I LOVE"
Nicholas McCarthy, piano
5:58 p.m.
John Williams
STAR WARS: Main Theme
London Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
6:04 p.m.
John Williams
Schindler's List: Main Theme
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor Itzhak Perlman, violin
6:07 p.m.
John Williams
Lincoln: With Malice Toward None
Los Angeles Recording Arts Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
6:13 p.m.
Emile Mosseri
MINARI: Selections from the Original Soundtrack
studio ensemble Yeri Han, vocals
6:19 p.m.
Ludwig Goransson
Ancestral Plane (Black Panther Original Score)
Studio Orchestra Erina Saito, piano
6:24 p.m.
Ennio Morricone
The Mission: Gabriel's oboe
Roma Sinfonietta Orchestra; Ennio Morricone, conductor Yo Yo Ma, cello
6:31 p.m.
Nino Rota
The Godfather: Selections
Orchestra of La Scala, Milan; Riccardo Muti, conductor
6:37 p.m.
Tan Dun
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: The Eternal Vow
Shanghai Symphony Orchestra; Tan Dun, conductor Yo Yo Ma, cello
6:40 p.m.
Alexandre Desplat
Elisa's Theme (from the 2017 movie 'The Shape of Water')
London Symphony Orchestra; Alexandre Desplat, conductor
6:44 p.m.
James Horner
Legends of the Fall: The Ludlows
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor Paul Patterson, violin; Sylvia Mitchell, violin; Julie Spangler, piano
6:49 p.m.
Terence Blanchard
Da 5 Bloods: End Credits
Studio Orchestra
