Classical Music Playlist, May 3, 2021
Iosif Kotek and Tchaikovsky in 1877
Tchaikovsky’s only Violin Concerto came out of relationships both awful and ideal. Escaping his doomed-from-the-start marriage, Tchaikovsky sought refuge at Lake Geneva in Switzerland in March 1878. Within days, his former student, friend and quite possibly more than that, the young violinist Iosif Kotek, arrived at his door. They relaxed and played music together, and Tchaikovsky immediately conceived of writing a violin concerto. Daily, young Kotek gave advice on violin writing, and he played each page of the score after Tchaikovsky wrote it. The Concerto was completed within weeks. Hoping to avoid gossip, Tchaikovsky dedicated the Concerto not to Kotek but to the famous violinist Leopold Auer, who later taught it to his student Jascha Heifetz, who you can hear play it at 2:00pm today on CapRadio Music.
6:00 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor": III. Rondo in Eb major Opus 73
Bavarian Radio Symphony; Kurt Sanderling, conductor Mitsuko Uchida, piano
6:11 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 3 in Eb major Opus 10
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra; Stephen Gunzenhauser, conductor
6:46 a.m.
Tomaso Albinoni
Sonata a Cinque in A major Opus 2/3
English Chamber Orchestra; Raymond Leppard, conductor
6:55 a.m.
Jacques Ibert
The Little White Donkey
Salut Salon
6:58 a.m.
Grace Williams
Fantasia on Welsh Nursery Tunes
Royal Ballet Sinfonia; Andrew Penny, conductor
7:11 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Variations on Mozart's "La ci darem la mano" in Bb major Opus 2
Slovak State Philharmonic, Kozice; Robert Stankovsky, conductor Idil Biret, piano
7:31 a.m.
Luigi Boccherini
Finale from the "Fandango" Quintet in D major G 448
Bingham String Quartet Jason Carter, guitar
7:37 a.m.
Max Richter
Autumn 3
Berlin Chamber Orchestra; Andre de Ridder, conductor Daniel Hope, violin
7:40 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Piano Sonata in G minor in G minor (1843) H395
Anna Shelest, piano
7:58 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
DER FREISCHUTZ: Overture Opus 77 J 277
Czechoslovak RSO, Bratislava; Alfred Walter, conductor
8:11 a.m.
Thomas Arne
Symphony No. 3 in Eb major
Cantilena; Adrian Shepherd, conductor
8:23 a.m.
Gioachino Rossini
The Willow Song
Amanda Pepping, trumpet; Gail Novak, piano
8:28 a.m.
Alexander Voormolen
Baron Hop Suite No. 2
Residentie Orkest Den Haag; Matthias Bamert, conductor
8:50 a.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Majorca (Mallorca) Opus 202
Jason Vieaux, guitar
8:59 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto for oboe d'amore in A major BWV 1055
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Neil Black, oboe d'amore
9:15 a.m.
Igor Stravinsky
Pulcinella Suite
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
9:39 a.m.
Felix Blumenfeld
Etude for piano left hand in Ab Op. 36
Nicholas McCarthy, piano
9:45 a.m.
Giacomo Puccini
Capriccio Sinfonico
Philharmonic of La Scala; Riccardo Muti, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Antonio Soler
Three Sonatas
State of Mexico Symphony; Enrique Batiz, conductor
10:12 a.m.
Richard Strauss
Sonatina No. 2 for Winds "The Happy Workshop" in Eb major
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
10:50 a.m.
John Lunn
DOWNTON ABBEY: A Royal Command
Chamber Orchestra of London; Alastair King, conductor
10:56 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dance No. 9 in E minor
Staatskapelle Berlin; Otmar Suitner, conductor
10:59 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso "Alexander's Feast" in C major HWV 318
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
11:13 a.m.
Cesar Franck
Variations Symphoniques
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Litton, conductor Andrew Litton, piano
11:29 a.m.
George Gershwin
PORGY AND BESS: Suite
Leila Josefowicz, violin; John Novacek, piano
11:49 a.m.
Franz Beck
Sinfonia No. 3 in A major Opus 1
New Zealand Chamber Orchestra; Donald Armstrong, conductor
11:59 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Coriolan Overture in C minor Opus 62
Cologne/Kolner Radio Symphony Orchestra; Gunter Wand, conductor
12:08 p.m.
Florence Price
Violin Concerto no. 1 in D major
Janacek Philharmonic; Ryan Cockerham, conductor Er-Gene Kahng
12:33 p.m.
Samuel Barber
Souvenirs Ballet Suite
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Schenck, conductor
12:54 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Mandolin Concerto (originally for violin) in A minor Opus 3/6 RV 356
Venice Baroque Orchestra Avi Avital, mandolin
1:02 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
My Home Overture Opus 62
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Vaclav Neumann, conductor
1:13 p.m.
Franz Anton Hoffmeister
Clarinet Concerto in Bb major
Concerto Amsterdam; Jaap Schroder, conductor Dieter Klocker, clarinet
1:34 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Africa-Fantasie Opus 89
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Geoffrey Simon, conductor Gwendolyn Mok, piano
1:46 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Partita No. 2: Chaconne in D minor BWV 1004
Hopkinson Smith, lute
2:00 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto in D major Opus 35
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor Jascha Heifetz, violin
2:30 p.m.
William Grant Still
Folk Suite No. 2
Sierra Winds
2:38 p.m.
Georgy Sviridov
Russia Cast Adrift
St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra; Constantine Orbelian, conductor Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
2:41 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Concertpiece for piano and orchestra in F minor Opus 79 (Konzertstuck)
Staatskapelle Dresden; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Peter Rosel, piano
3:00 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Variations on Ah, vous dirai-je, maman K 265
Annette Heim, flute; Bret Heim, guitar
3:13 p.m.
Aaron Copland
Rodeo
Buffalo Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
3:33 p.m.
Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Grand Tarantelle Opus 67/5
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor William Tritt, piano
3:42 p.m.
Zoltan Kodaly
Concerto for Orchestra
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
3:59 p.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto for flute and strings in D major
Berlin Baroque Soloists; Rainer Kussmaul, conductor Emmanuel Pahud, flute
4:13 p.m.
Frank Bridge
Suite for Strings (Prelude, Intermezzo & Finale)
English String Orchestra; William Boughton, conductor
4:27 p.m.
Morton Gould
Symphonette No. 2: Pavanne
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
4:32 p.m.
Giacomo Puccini
LA BOHEME: O soave fanciulla...Farewell Duet Act 1
Berlin Philharmonic; Herbert Von Karajan, conductor Luciano Pavarotti, tenor; Nuccia Focile, soprano
4:36 p.m.
Mikhail Glinka
RUSLAN AND LUDMILA: Overture
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; David Zinman, conductor
4:42 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
String Quartet No. 15: III. Heiliger Dankgesang in A minor Opus 132 3rd Movement
A Far Cry
4:59 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Piano Quartet: IV. Finale in Eb major Opus 47
Emerson String Quartet Menahem Pressler, piano
5:08 p.m.
Friedrich Witt
Symphony "Jena" in C major
Sinfonia Finlandia (Jyvaskyla); Patrick Gallois, conductor
5:35 p.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
LA FORZA DEL DESTINO Overture
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Tullio Serafin, conductor
5:44 p.m.
Arnold Bax
Morning Song (Maytime in Sussex)
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor Margaret Fingerhut, piano
5:53 p.m.
David Bowie
Where Are We Now?
BBC Concert Orchestra; Richard Balcombe, conductor Jess Gillam, soprano saxophone; Ben Dawson, piano; John Harle, bass guitar
5:59 p.m.
Leonard Bernstein
On the Waterfront: Symphonic Suite
Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Eduardo Mata, conductor
6:21 p.m.
Maurice Ravel
Le tombeau de Couperin (The tomb of Couperin)
Lyon Opera Orchestra; Kent Nagano, conductor
6:39 p.m.
Agustin Barrios
Vals de Primavera
David Russell, guitar
6:44 p.m.
Steve Reich
Duet for 2 violins and string orchestra
Basel Chamber Orchestra; Daniel Hope, conductor Daniel Hope, violin; Simos Papanas, violin
6:50 p.m.
Johann Johannsson
The Theory of Everything Suite
La Pieta Angele Dubeau, violin
