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Thursday, June 17, 2021

Classical Music Playlist, June 17, 2021

Composer Ralph Vaughan Williams
 

Composer Ralph Vaughan Williams

As World War II raged, English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams used his time and talents to lift people up. In his mid 60s when the war began, he volunteered with a variety of efforts and in that time of violence and horror his compositions turned serene and peaceful, such as his gorgeous "Serenade To Music" and the Oboe Concerto begun in 1943. His life example and his musical gifts showed the highest nobility of human nature when its absolute worst was on display in others. 

With people stressed, worried and worse, Vaughan Williams brought forth his Symphony #5 to give them calm, serenity and respite. Built on passages from an opera he, at the time, thought he would never finish (The Pilgrim’s Progress; eventually completed in 1952), the Fifth Symphony is filled with spiritual light and sublime mystery. Immediately after its premiere, reviews called it transcendent, benedictory and consoling. Hear this radiant symphony in its entirety at 2:00pm today on CapRadio Music.

Also, listen again at 6:30pm for his beautiful "Serenade to Music," written during the lead up to WWII and inspired by Shakespeare. 

6:00 a.m.
6:00 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Keyboard Concerto No. 5 in F minor BWV 1056
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Murray Perahia, conductor Murray Perahia, piano
6:10 a.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Lieutenant Kije Suite Opus 60
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Andre Previn, conductor
6:31 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in C major Opus 1/6
Kodaly Quartet
6:48 a.m.
John Knowles Paine
Overture to Shakespeare's "As You Like It" Opus 28
Ulster Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
6:59 a.m.
Daniel-Francois Auber
Gustav the Third, or The Masked Ball: Overture (GUSTAVE III, ou le Bal Masque)
English Chamber Orchestra; Richard Bonynge, conductor
7:00 a.m.
7:11 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Polonaise No. 6 "Heroic" in Ab major Opus 53
Lang Lang, piano
7:19 a.m.
Ignace Pleyel
Flute Concerto in C major B 160
Sinfonia Finlandia (Jyvaskyla); Patrick Gallois, conductor Patrick Gallois, flute
7:44 a.m.
Kenji Bunch
Concerto for Piano Trio and Percussion
Ahn Trio Matthew Gold, percussion; Brian Resnick, percussion
7:51 a.m.
Bela Bartok
Romanian Folk Dances SZ 56
Les Violons du Roy; Jean-Marie Zeitouni, conductor
8:00 a.m.
8:00 a.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 11 in Bb major Opus 6
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
8:12 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor Opus 40
Royal Flemish Philharmonic; Phillippe Herreweghe, conductor Martin Helmchen, piano
8:36 a.m.
Franz Beck
Sinfonia No. 5 in G major Opus 1
New Zealand Chamber Orchestra; Donald Armstrong, conductor
8:48 a.m.
John Ireland
A Downland Suite: Minuet
Guildhall String Ensemble; Robert Salter, conductor
8:54 a.m.
Charles Gounod
ROMEO ET JULIETTE: Je veux vivre (Juliet's waltz song)
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra; Arthur Fagen, conductor Richard Stoltzman, clarinet
8:59 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Jubilation Overture (Jubel-Overture) J 245
Tapiola Sinfonietta; Jean Jacques Kantorow, conductor
9:00 a.m.
9:07 a.m.
Carl Stamitz
Horn Concerto in Eb major
Prague Chamber Orchestra; Frantisek Vajnar, conductor Zdenek Tylsar, horn
9:25 a.m.
Dag Wiren
Serenade for string orchestra in G major Opus 11
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
9:41 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Souvenir of a dear place (Souvenir d'un lieu cher) Opus 42/3
Bergen Philharmonic; Andrew Litton, conductor Vadim Gluzman, violin
10:00 a.m.
10:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Bassoon Concerto No. 1 "The Night" (La Notte) in Bb major RV 501
I Solisti Italiani Milan Turkovich, bassoon
10:10 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Carnival of the Animals
Sinfonia da Camera; Ian Hobson, conductor Ian Hobson, piano
10:34 a.m.
Johann Christian Bach
Sinfonia No. 6 in G minor Opus 6/6
Academy of Ancient Music; Simon Standage, conductor
10:50 a.m.
Leo Brouwer
El Decameron Negro: 3. Balada de la doncella enamorada
Sharon Isbin, guitar
10:57 a.m.
Franz Schubert
Die Schone Mullerin: No. 5 "Am Feierabend" D 795
Kevin McMillan, baritone; Warren Jones, piano
11:00 a.m.
11:01 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Prague Waltzes
Prague Symphony Orchestra; Jiri Belohlavek, conductor
11:11 a.m.
Max Bruch
Symphony No. 1 in Eb major Opus 28
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Kurt Masur, conductor
11:41 a.m.
Lars-Erik Larsson
Pastoral Suite: Scherzo Opus 19
New York Scandia Symphony; Dorrit Matson, conductor
11:46 a.m.
Samuel Barber
Sketches for Piano: Minuet (to Sara)
Daniel Pollack, piano
11:48 a.m.
Henry Purcell
The Gordian Knot Untied Z 597
Parley of Instruments
12:00 p.m.
12:02 p.m.
William Grant Still
Folk Suite No. 2
Sierra Winds
12:10 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 14 in Eb major K 449
Camerata Academica Salzburg; Sandor Vegh, conductor Andras Schiff, piano
12:33 p.m.
TRADITIONAL
Singing on the Fishing Boat at Dusk
Pacific Harmony String Quartet
12:40 p.m.
Hubert Parry
Symphonic Variations
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Matthias Bamert, conductor
12:55 p.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Waltz from "The Stone Flower" Opus 118
Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
1:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m.
Jan Dismas Zelenka
Capriccio No. 1 in D major Z 182
Bern Camerata; Alexander van Wijnkoop, conductor
1:16 p.m.
E. J. Moeran
Cello Concerto
Ulster Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor Guy Johnston, cello
1:46 p.m.
Missy Mazzoli
Heartbreaker
MIchael Mizrahi, piano
1:52 p.m.
Marianne Martinez
Concerto for Harpsichord in E major: I. Allegro in E major
La Floridiana; Nicoleta Paraschivescu, conductor Nicoleta Paraschivescu, harpsichord
2:00 p.m.
2:00 p.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Symphony No. 5 in D major
London Symphony Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
2:42 p.m.
Michael Gandolfi
The Garden of Cosmic Speculation: The Willowtwist
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Robert Spano, conductor
2:48 p.m.
Gabriel Faure
Violin Sonata No. 1: III Allegro vivo in A major Opus 13
Joshua Bell, violin; Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
2:53 p.m.
Claude Debussy
Scottish March (Marche Ecossaise)
Lyon National Orchestra; Jun Markl, conductor
3:00 p.m.
3:00 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto No. 1 (originally for violin) in A minor BWV 1041
Elias String Quartet Xuefei Yang, guitar
3:16 p.m.
Ruth Crawford (Seeger)
Rissolty Rossolty
Schonberg Ensemble; Oliver Knussen, conductor
3:20 p.m.
Jan Kalliwoda
Symphony No. 2 in Eb major Opus 17
Cologne Academy; Michael Alexander Willens, conductor
3:48 p.m.
Carlos Chavez
Symphony No. 2 "Sinfonia India"
State of Mexico Symphony; Enrique Batiz, conductor
4:00 p.m.
4:02 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Invitation to the Dance Opus 65
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
4:12 p.m.
Ottorino Respighi
The Fantastic Toyshop (La Boutique Fantasque)
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
4:33 p.m.
Karl Goldmark
In Italy Overture Opus 49
Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra; Andras Korodi, conductor
4:47 p.m.
Joaquin Rodrigo
Concierto de Aranjuez: II. Adagio
Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra; Antonio de Almeida, conductor Alexandre Lagoya, guitar
4:58 p.m.
Dmitri Shostakovich
Symphony No. 1: I. Allegretto-Allegro non troppo in E minor Opus 10
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
5:00 p.m.
5:08 p.m.
Bedrich Smetana
Ma Vlast: II. The Moldau (Vltava)
Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, conductor
5:22 p.m.
Anton Rubinstein
FERAMORS: Bridal Procession
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra; Michael Halasz, conductor
5:26 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Piano Sonata No. 48 in C major HOB 16/35
Jean-Eflam Bavouzet, piano
5:44 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Suite No. 5 "The Harmonious Blacksmith" - Air and Variations in D minor HWV 430
Castellani Andriaccio Duo
5:49 p.m.
Maurice Ravel
Tzigane: Rhapsodie de concert
London Symphony Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor Itzhak Perlman, violin
6:00 p.m.
6:00 p.m.
Frederick Delius
North Country Sketches
Ulster Orchestra; Vernon Handley, conductor
6:30 p.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Serenade to Music
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Vernon Handley, conductor
6:42 p.m.
William Schuman
New England Triptych: Chester
The President's Own U.S. Marine Band; Lt. Col. Jason K. Fettig, conductor
6:48 p.m.
Michael Abels
Iconoclasm - For Lenny
Lara Downes, piano
6:52 p.m.
Tobias Picker
Old and Lost Rivers
Houston Symphony Orchestra; Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

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