Classical Music Playlist, June 10, 2021
Viktor Hartmann's design for the main façade of The Bogatyr Gates - AKA "The Great Gate of Kyiv"
Russian architect and painter Viktor Hartmann (of German descent) was born in St Petersburg in 1834 and won highest honors at the St Petersburg Academy of Fine Arts. Following this he produced countless sketches, watercolors and even early photographs of cathedrals and other architectural wonders not only in Russia but France, Italy, Germany and Poland, as well as his own original designs. He followed a movement in which artists of every medium sought to revive and depict a uniquely Russian aesthetic. It was through association with this movement that Hartmann met like-minded composer Mily Balakirev and his circle of composers pursuing the same ideals. This group of composers included Modest Mussorgsky, with whom Hartmann became close friends. Hartmann’s sudden death of a brain aneurysm at age 39 (1873) shook Mussorgsky (and other Russian artists) and an exhibition of over 400 artworks was assembled in his honor in early 1874, with Mussorgsky and others contributing Hartmann works from their own collections. Moved by the exhibition, Mussorgsky composed a suite of ten “pictures” for solo piano inspired by his friend’s artworks. Nearly fifty years later, in 1922, Maurice Ravel brilliantly orchestrated the piano suite. Hear the orchestral color he added to Mussorgsky’s piano sketches today at 2:00pm in “Pictures at an Exhibition.”
Incidentally, of the more than 400 works displayed at the Exhibition, today only about sixty-five can be accounted for, and only images of six of the ten originals that inspired Mussorgsky. Above is Hartmann’s proposed design that inspired Mussorgsky’s famous “Great Gate of Kiev” final movement.
6:00 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 2 in Bb major K 39
English Chamber Orchestra; Murray Perahia, conductor Murray Perahia, piano
6:15 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Sleeping Beauty Suite Opus 66
Philadelphia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
6:37 a.m.
George Gershwin
Walking the Dog
BBC Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
6:42 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Symphony No. 2 in C major J 51
Tapiola Sinfonietta; Jean Jacques Kantorow, conductor
7:01 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto, Op. 4, No. 4 in A minor Opus 4 RV 357
Academy of Ancient Music; Christopher Hogwood, conductor Monica Huggett, violin
7:12 a.m.
Gabriel Faure
Requiem: Pie Jesu Opus 48
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andreas Delfs, conductor Renee Fleming, soprano
7:17 a.m.
Joseph Kraus
Sinfonia in C# minor
Swedish Chamber Orchestra; Petter Sundkvist, conductor
7:38 a.m.
Elena Roussanova
Moments of Arrival
Prague Radio Symphony; Julius Williams, conductor
7:51 a.m.
Maurice Ravel
Miroirs: Une Barque sur l'Ocean (A Boat on the Ocean)
Lise de la Salle, piano
8:00 a.m.
Claude Debussy
Petite Suite
Northern Sinfonia of England; Jean-Bernard Pommier, conductor
8:13 a.m.
Georges Bizet
Carmen Suite No. 2
London Symphony Orchestra; Neville Marriner, conductor
8:32 a.m.
Richard Wagner
DIE WALKURE: Magic Fire Music
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Jose Serebrier, conductor
8:41 a.m.
Ignaz Holzbauer
Flute Concerto in D major
La Stagione Frankfurt; Karl Kaiser, conductor Karl Kaiser, flute
8:55 a.m.
Lou Harrison
New York Waltzes
Lara Downes, piano
8:59 a.m.
Johann Neruda
Trumpet Concerto in Eb major
German Chamber Philharmonic; Thomas Klug, conductor Alison Balsom, trumpet
9:15 a.m.
Florence Price
Piano Sonata in E minor
Althea Waites, piano
9:41 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Overture in D minor
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
9:48 a.m.
Danny Elfman
Violin Concerto "Eleven Eleven": IV. Giocoso. Lacrime
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; John Mauceri, conductor Sandy Cameron, violin
10:00 a.m.
Hector Berlioz
The Corsair Overture (Le Corsaire) Opus 21
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Yuri Temirkanov, conductor
10:09 a.m.
Franz Danzi
Concerto No. 2 for flute and orchestra in D minor Opus 31
Munich Chamber Orchesta; Hans Stadlmair, conductor Andras Adorjan, flute
10:30 a.m.
Rebecca Clarke
Morpheus
Philip Dukes, viola; Sophia Rahman, piano
10:38 a.m.
Ottorino Respighi
The Magic Pot: Suite (La pentola magica)
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Adriano, conductor
10:56 a.m.
Charles Gounod
Papal March (Marche Pontificale)
Academy of Saint Cecilia Orchestra; Myung Whun Chung, conductor
11:00 a.m.
Francesco Geminiani
Concerto Grosso No. 11 in E major Opus 7/11
Academy of Ancient Music; Andrew Manze, conductor
11:08 a.m.
Charles Stanford
Concert Variations on an English Theme Opus 71
Ulster Orchestra; Vernon Handley, conductor Margaret Fingerhut, piano
11:36 a.m.
Ludovico Einaudi
I Giorni
Berlin Chamber Orchestra; Simon Halsey, conductor Daniel Hope, violin; Jacques Ammon, piano
11:42 a.m.
Edvard Grieg
Norwegian Dances Opus 35
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra; Paavo Jarvi, conductor
12:01 p.m.
Otto Klemperer
Merry Waltz
Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, conductor
12:10 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 101 "Clock" in D major
Capella Istropolitana; Barry Wordsworth, conductor
12:40 p.m.
John Barry
Out Of Africa
La Pieta; Angele Dubeau, conductor Angele Dubeau, violin
12:44 p.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Russian Easter Festival Overture Opus 36
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Daniel Barenboim, conductor
1:00 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto No. 1 for four violins and orchestra in D major Opus 3 RV 549
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor Members of...
1:08 p.m.
Claude Debussy
Children's Corner
Quebec Symphony Orchestra; Yoav Talmi, conductor
1:27 p.m.
Ethel Smyth
String Quintet in E major: III. Scherzo - Allegro Vivace in E major Opus 1
Mannheim String Quartet
1:33 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
American Suite in A major Opus 98
Budapest Festival Orchestra; Ivan Fischer, conductor
1:54 p.m.
Jennifer Higdon
Harp Concerto: IV. Rap Knock
Rochester Philharmonic; Ward Stare, conductor Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
2:00 p.m.
Modest Mussorgsky
Pictures at an Exhibition
Russian National Orchestra; Carlo Ponti, conductor
2:33 p.m.
Eric Ewazen
Pastorale (from Ballade, Pastorale and Dance)
Eric Ewazen, piano; Baerli Nugent, flute; David Wakefield, french horn
2:43 p.m.
Johan Halvorsen
3 Norwegian Dances
Bergen Philharmonic; Neeme Jarvi, conductor Marianne Thorsen, violin
2:54 p.m.
Gioachino Rossini
BARBER OF SEVILLE: Dunque io son (duet)
Academy of Saint Cecilia Orchestra; Myung Whun Chung, conductor Cecilia Bartoli, mezzo-soprano; Bryn Terfel, baritone
3:00 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Concerto No. 2 in E major BWV 1042
Berlin Philharmonic Nigel Kennedy, violin
3:18 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Sonata in E major Opus 6
Frederic Chiu, piano
3:42 p.m.
George Walker
Folk Songs for Orchestra
Cleveland Chamber Symphony; Edwin London, conductor
3:54 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Waltz No. 1 "Grande Valse Brillante"
National Philharmonic Orchestra; Richard Bonynge, conductor
4:01 p.m.
Michael Torke
Javelin
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
4:11 p.m.
Jules Massenet
LE CID: Ballet Suite
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
4:32 p.m.
Amy Beach
From Blackbird Hills
Lara Downes, piano
4:37 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
PRECIOSA: Overture J 279
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; Antoni Wit, conductor
4:46 p.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Romance in G major
Encore Chamber Orchestra; Daniel Hege, conductor Rachel Barton Pine, violin
5:00 p.m.
Francesco Geminiani
Concerto Grosso in D major Opus 4/1
Southwest German Chamber Orchestra; Paul Angerer, conductor
5:11 p.m.
Hubert Parry
Lady Radnor's Suite
English String Orchestra; William Boughton, conductor
5:27 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
7 Variations on "God Save the King"
Bela Fleck, banjo; John Williams, guitar
5:37 p.m.
Samuel Barber
School for Scandal Overture
New York Philharmonic; Thomas Schippers, conductor
5:46 p.m.
Johann Strauss, Sr.
Court Ball Dances (Hofbal-Tanze) Opus 51
London Symphony Orchestra; Arnie Roth, conductor
5:51 p.m.
Maurice Ravel
Menuet Antique
Anne Queffelec, piano
5:59 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Clarinet Concerto in A major K 622
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Charles Munch, conductor Benny Goodman, clarinet
6:28 p.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
AIDA: Triumphal March from Act II
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
6:36 p.m.
Lukas Foss
Salomon Rossi Suite
Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra; Lukas Foss, conductor
6:44 p.m.
An-Lun Huang
Saibei Suite No. 2: "Saibei Dance"
Chicago Sinfonietta; Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
6:49 p.m.
Claude Debussy
Rhapsody for Saxophone and Orchestra
Lyon National Orchestra; Jun Markl, conductor Alexander Doisy, saxophone
