Classical Music Playlist, April 29, 2021
On December 22, 1808, Beethoven was the soloist in the public premiere of his Piano Concerto #4 at a marathon 4-1/2 hour concert in which he also premiered his 5th and 6th Symphonies, and other music. Re-live part of that event in only 32 minutes with his Piano Concerto #4 at 2:00pm today!
6:00 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
String Symphony No. 6 in Eb major
Amsterdam Sinfonietta; Lev Markiz, conductor
6:13 a.m.
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Flute Concerto in G major Wq 169 / H 445
Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra; Jorg Faerber, conductor James Galway, flute
6:39 a.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Maiden's Dance from "The Stone Flower" Opus 118
Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
6:45 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Andante Spianato and Grand Polonaise in G major/Eb major Opus 22
Warsaw Philharmonic; Kazimierz Kord, conductor Garrick Ohlsson, piano
7:00 a.m.
Francesco Geminiani
Concerto Grosso in D major Opus 4/1
Southwest German Chamber Orchestra; Paul Angerer, conductor
7:12 a.m.
Maurice Ravel
Pavane for a Dead Princess (Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Daniel Barenboim, conductor
7:19 a.m.
Fredrich Ernst Fesca
Symphony No. 3 in D major Opus 13
NDR Radio Philharmonic Hanover; Frank Beermann, conductor
7:48 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Havanaise Opus 83
New York Philharmonic; Zubin Mehta, conductor Itzhak Perlman, violin
7:59 a.m.
Johann Strauss, Sr.
Carriere Polka Opus 200
Biedermeier Ensemble Wien
8:02 a.m.
Luigi Cherubini
MEDEA: Overture
Munich Radio Orchestra; Kurt Redel, conductor
8:13 a.m.
Giuseppe Martucci
Tarantella Opus 44
Francesco Caramiello, piano
8:20 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Abu Hassan Overture J 106
Tapiola Sinfonietta; Jean Jacques Kantorow, conductor
8:25 a.m.
Joaquin Rodrigo
Concierto para una fiesta
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Sachio Fujioka, conductor Craig Ogden, guitar
8:54 a.m.
Edward K. (Duke) Ellington
THREE BLACK KINGS: Martin Luther King
Buffalo Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor Sal Andolina, clarinet and alto saxophone
9:02 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 21 in A major K 134
Prague Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
9:20 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Piano Concerto No. 1 in D major Opus 17
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor Jean-Philippe Collard, piano
9:50 a.m.
Scott Joplin
Treemonisha: Prelude Act III
Houston Grand Opera Orchestra; Gunther Schuller, conductor
9:55 a.m.
Simon Jeffes
"Still Life" at the Penguin Cafe: Prelude and Yodel
BBC Concert Orchestra; Barry Wordsworth, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for 2 oboes, 2 violins, bassoon in C major RV 557
Ensemble Zefiro; Alfredo Bernardini, conductor Members of...
10:09 a.m.
Arthur Bliss
A Colour Symphony
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Sir Charles Groves, conductor
10:43 a.m.
Ruggiero Leoncavallo
I PAGLIACCI: Vesti la giubba
Symph.Orch./GTL Barcelona; Luis Garcia-Navarro, conductor Jose Carreras, tenor
10:47 a.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Morning Papers Opus 279 (Morgenblatter)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Franz Bauer-Theussl, conductor
10:59 a.m.
Alexander Borodin
PRINCE IGOR Overture
Russian National Orchestra; Mikhail Pletnev, conductor
11:10 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Suite No. 2 in C major Opus 53
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
11:50 a.m.
Paul Dukas
Villanelle for horn and orchestra
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Kurt Masur, conductor Hermann Baumann, horn
11:57 a.m.
William Grant Still
Get on Board
Sierra Winds
12:00 p.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 10 in C major Opus 6
I Solisti Italiani
12:11 p.m.
Josef Suk
Serenade for Strings in Eb major Opus 6
Virtuosi of Prague; Oldrich Vlcek, conductor
12:39 p.m.
Edward K. (Duke) Ellington
New World A' Comin'
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor Duke Ellington, piano
12:51 p.m.
Peter van Anrooy
Piet Hein Rhapsody
Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra; Kees Bakels, conductor
1:01 p.m.
Engelbert Humperdinck
HANSEL UND GRETEL Overture
Bavarian Radio Symphony; Jeffrey Tate, conductor
1:10 p.m.
Mily Balakirev
Symphony No. 2 in D minor
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Vassily Sinaisky, conductor
1:46 p.m.
Steve Howe
Aire para un Dia (Mood for a Day)
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
1:51 p.m.
Aaron Copland
Cuban Dance (Danzon Cubano)
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; David Zinman, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major Opus 58
Berlin Philharmonic; Claudio Abbado, conductor Maurizio Pollini, piano
2:33 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
In Nature's Realm Overture Opus 91
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Seiji Ozawa, conductor
2:48 p.m.
Silvestre Revueltas
Ocho por Radio
London Sinfonietta; David Atherton, conductor
2:55 p.m.
Frank Bridge
Four Pieces for strings: Song without words H. 22
Moscow Chamber Orchestra; Constantine Orbelian, conductor
2:58 p.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto for flute, strings and continuo in G major
Berlin Baroque Soloists; Rainer Kussmaul, conductor Emmanuel Pahud, flute
3:08 p.m.
Georges Bizet
Carmen Suite No. 2
London Symphony Orchestra; Neville Marriner, conductor
3:27 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 103 "Drum Roll" in Eb major
Orchestra of St. Luke's; Charles Mackerras, conductor
3:57 p.m.
Claude Debussy
Sarabande
Quebec Symphony Orchestra; Yoav Talmi, conductor
4:03 p.m.
Gerald Finzi
Romance in Eb major Opus 11
London Sinfonia; Richard Hickox, conductor
4:12 p.m.
Maurice Ravel
La Valse
Wei Luo, piano
4:25 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quartet No. 22 in Bb major K 589
Hagen Quartet
4:50 p.m.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Lundu for the Marqueza de Santos (Lundu da Marqueza de Santos)
New York Chamber Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor Robert Bonfiglio, harmonica
4:53 p.m.
Gioachino Rossini
THE SILKEN LADDER: Overture
National Philharmonic Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
5:01 p.m.
Gaspar Sanz
Spanish Suite (Suite Espagnole)
Celedonio Romero, guitar
5:11 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Septet in Eb major Opus 65
London Festival Orchestra (members of); Ross Pople, conductor
5:29 p.m.
Franz Lehar
THE MERRY WIDOW: Vilja Song (Vilja-Lied)
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra; Arthur Fagen, conductor Richard Stoltzman, clarinet
5:37 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Piano Concerto No. 1: III. Rondo in E minor Opus 11
Mahler Chamber Orchestra; Mikhail Pletnev, conductor Daniil Trifonov, piano
5:47 p.m.
Ernest Bloch
From Jewish Life: No. 1. Prayer
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello; Braimah Kanneh-Mason, violin
5:52 p.m.
Dmitri Shostakovich
Festive Overture Opus 96
Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Litton, conductor
5:59 p.m.
George Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor Misha Dichter, piano
6:16 p.m.
Aaron Copland
Clarinet Concerto
Columbia Symphony Orchestra; Aaron Copland, conductor Benny Goodman, clarinet
6:34 p.m.
Edward K. (Duke) Ellington
Solitude
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
6:38 p.m.
Edward K. (Duke) Ellington
Isfahan
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Simon Rattle, conductor Bobby Watson, alto sax; Peter Walden, english horn
6:44 p.m.
Edward K. (Duke) Ellington
Harlem
Buffalo Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
