Classical Music Playlist, June 15, 2021
The Symphony #1 by Sergei Rachmaninoff had a disastrous premiere performance. It was led by a great composer who was apparently a lousy conductor: Alexander Glazunov. Not only did he not really know what he was doing, he also gave the symphony very little rehearsal and, it’s been said, that he was drunk on the podium. The whole experience devastated Rachmaninoff so badly that for three years he composed nothing else until after months of visits to a doctor who helped him through hypnosis. Finally, Rachmaninoff emerged from his funk with his spectacularly successful Piano Concerto #2, but writing symphonies still intimidated him. He didn’t compose his Second Symphony for another ten years, and his final symphony, his Third, until 28 years after the Second. Today at 2:00 pm hear the Symphony #1 that after Rachmaninoff’s death (and in other conductors’ hands) has been hailed a triumph.
6:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 9 in F major Opus 6/9 HWV 327
Handel & Haydn Society; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
6:14 a.m.
Franz Schubert
Sonata "Arpeggione" in A minor D 821
Australian Chamber Orchestra; Richard Tognetti, conductor John Williams, guitar
6:37 a.m.
Francois Devienne
Flute Concerto No. 4 in G major
Swedish Chamber Orchestra Patrick Gallois, flute
6:55 a.m.
Amy Beach
From Grandmother's Garden: Honeysuckle Opus 97/5
Joanne Polk, piano
6:59 a.m.
Karl Goldmark
Im Fruhling Overture (In Spring) Opus 36
National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland; Stephen Gunzenhauser, conductor
7:11 a.m.
Gabriel Faure
Papillon Opus 77
Yo Yo Ma, cello; Kathryn Stott, piano
7:15 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Serenade (Cassation) in G major K 63
Orchestre D'Auvergne; Leopold Hager, conductor Jean-Jacques Kantorow, violin
7:45 a.m.
Roy Harris
Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair
Lara Downes, piano
7:47 a.m.
Shelley Washington
Middleground
PubliQuartet
7:58 a.m.
Edvard Grieg
Two Nordic Melodies Opus 63
Moscow Soloists; Yuri Bashmet, conductor
8:12 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Leonore Overture No. 2 Opus 72
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor
8:29 a.m.
Paul Lewis
Suite Navarraise: Arrival in Pau (pronounced POE)
Royal Ballet Sinfonia; Gavin Sutherland, conductor
8:33 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major BWV 1050
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Murray Perahia, conductor
8:56 a.m.
Pablo Casals
Song of the Birds
City of Birmingham Cellos Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello
9:00 a.m.
Domenico Cimarosa
Serenade for flute and guitar in C minor
James Galway, flute; Kazuhito Yamashita, guitar
9:12 a.m.
Arthur Bliss
A Colour Symphony
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Sir Charles Groves, conductor
9:47 a.m.
Clara Schumann
Piano Concerto: I. Allegro maestoso in A minor Opus 7
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; Holly Mathieson, conductor Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
9:54 a.m.
Wynton Marsalis
Fiddle Dance Suite: No. 4 Nicola's Strathspey
Nicola Benedetti, violin
10:00 a.m.
Johan Helmich Roman
The Drottningholm Music (1)
Stockholm Museum Chamber Orchestra; Claude Genetay, conductor
10:14 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 3 in F major Opus 90
Philadelphia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
10:53 a.m.
Marianne Martinez
IL PRIMO AMORE: Sol che un istante
La Floridiana; Nicoleta Paraschivescu, conductor Nuria Rial, soprano
10:59 a.m.
Johannes Hanssen
Valdres March
Boston Pops Orchestra; Arthur Fiedler, conductor
11:04 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Concerto No. 4 (originally for violin, arr. for cello) in G major HOB VIIa:4
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Stephen Mosko, conductor Mischa Maisky, cello
11:24 a.m.
Edward Elgar
Introduction and Allegro Opus 47
English Symphony Orchestra; William Boughton, conductor
11:38 a.m.
Nino Rota
The Leopard (Il Gattopardo): Dances
Philharmonic of La Scala; Riccardo Muti, conductor
11:55 a.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
THE SNOW MAIDEN: Dance of the Tumblers
Russian National Orchestra; Mikhail Pletnev, conductor
12:00 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 2 in F major Opus 6/2 HWV 320
Handel & Haydn Society; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
12:12 p.m.
Alexander MacKenzie
Twelfth Night Opus 40
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Martyn Brabbins, conductor
12:33 p.m.
Alun Hoddinott
Folksong Suite
Royal Ballet Sinfonia; Andrew Penny, conductor
12:43 p.m.
Francois Devienne
Bassoon Concerto No. 1
Slovak Chamber Orchestra; Bohdan Warchal, conductor Eckart Hubner, bassoon
1:00 p.m.
Daniel-Francois Auber
Rondo for cello and orchestra
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Roberto Paternostro, conductor Martin Ostertag, cello
1:14 p.m.
John Field
Piano Concerto No. 4 in Eb major
New Irish Chamber Orchestra; Janos Furst, conductor John O'Conor, piano
1:47 p.m.
Francesco Geminiani
Concerto Grosso No. 6 in A major Opus 2/6
Southwest German Chamber Orchestra; Paul Angerer, conductor
1:54 p.m.
Simon Jeffes
"Still Life" at the Penguin Cafe: Air a Danser
BBC Concert Orchestra; Barry Wordsworth, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Symphony No. 1 in D minor Opus 13
St. Petersburg Philharmonic; Mariss Jansons, conductor
2:47 p.m.
Mel Bonis
Ave Maria
Helene Guilmette, soprano; Martin Dube, piano
2:50 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Andante Festivo
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
2:56 p.m.
Arthur Sullivan
HMS Pinafore: Overture
Welsh National Opera Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
3:02 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for strings in G minor RV 156
Northwest Chamber Orchestra; Alun Francis, conductor
3:10 p.m.
Georg Joseph Vogler
Ballet Suite No. 1
London Mozart Players; Matthias Bamert, conductor
3:21 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Impromptu No. 2 in Eb major Opus 90/2 D 899
Krystian Zimerman, piano
3:27 p.m.
Carl Nielsen
Symphony No. 2 "Four Temperaments" Opus 16
Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
4:02 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 9: II. Molto Vivace (Scherzo and Trio) in D minor Opus 125
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
4:15 p.m.
Jennifer Higdon
Harp Concerto: I. First Light
Rochester Philharmonic; Ward Stare, conductor Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
4:23 p.m.
William Alwyn
Elizabethan Dances (1957)
London Symphony Orchestra; Richard Hickox, conductor
4:42 p.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Where the Lemon Trees Blossom Opus 364 Wo die Citronen bluh'n
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Alfred Walter, conductor
4:53 p.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Romeo & Juliet: Dance of the Knights Opus 64
Boston Ballet Orchestra; Jonathan McPhee, conductor
5:00 p.m.
Hamilton Harty
Comedy Overture
Ulster Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor
5:15 p.m.
Johannes Brahms; Dave Brubeck
Brahms Lullaby
Dave Brubeck, piano
5:20 p.m.
Dominick Argento
Valentino Dances
Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, conductor William Schimmel, accordion
5:31 p.m.
Igor Stravinsky
Scherzo a la Russe
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Paavo Jarvi, conductor
5:36 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 19 in Eb major K 132 (FROM THE RUSSELL KLETZING COLLECTION)
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
5:54 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Sonata No. 12: II. Adagio
Chick Corea, piano
6:00 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 5 in F major Opus 76
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra; Stephen Gunzenhauser, conductor
6:40 p.m.
Claude Debussy
Clair de lune ("Moonlight")
Stephen Hough, piano
6:46 p.m.
Maurice Ravel
Pavane for a Dead Princess (Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte)
Angel Romero, guitar
6:52 p.m.
Robert Dauber
Serenade
Niv Ashkenazi, violin; Matthew Graybill, piano
6:56 p.m.
TRADITIONAL
Mother
Takako Nishizaki, violin; Gerald Garcia, guitar
