Classical Music Playlist, June 24, 2021
Frédéric Chopin at 25 (1835) by his fiancée Maria Wodzińska
Frédéric Chopin avoided writing for orchestra or voice and focused primarily on works for solo piano his entire life. But that focus benefited his legacy because in his short time (1810-1849), he left us an entire catalog of masterworks for the instrument that have never stopped being influential. Nonetheless, in his day a pianist was expected to compose orchestral showpieces for themselves. So before he was twenty, Chopin wrote two piano concertos. Some say the orchestral writing in these concertos is uninteresting, while others note that the simplicity of the orchestral support intentionally serves to highlight the complexity of the solo. His e-minor Concerto was well received at its premiere in Poland and later in France where one review said that “There is spirit in these melodies, there is fantasy in these passages, and everywhere there is originality.” Hear it for yourself today at 2:00pm for your Midday Masterpiece on CapRadio Music.
6:00 a.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 1 in D major Opus 6
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment; Catherine Mackintosh, conductor Catherine Mackintosh, violin
6:12 a.m.
Max Bruch
Scottish Fantasy Opus 46
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Joshua Bell, conductor Joshua Bell, violin
6:43 a.m.
Carl Czerny
Andante e Polacca
Hermann Baumann, horn; Leonard Hokanson, piano
6:55 a.m.
Dmitri Kabalevsky
A Short Story
Carol Rosenberger, piano
6:59 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
My Home Overture Opus 62
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Vaclav Neumann, conductor
7:11 a.m.
Joseph Kraus
Viola Concerto in C major VB 153b
Tapiola Sinfonietta David Aaron Carpenter, viola
7:30 a.m.
Philip Glass
Modern Love Waltz
Gloria Cheng-Cochran, piano
7:34 a.m.
Vincenzo Tommasini
The Good Humored Ladies
Concert Arts Orchestra; Robert Irving, conductor
7:50 a.m.
Johann Heinichen
Concerto in F major S 234
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Peter van Anrooy
Piet Hein Rhapsody
Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra; Kees Bakels, conductor
8:11 a.m.
John Garth
Cello Concerto in Bb major
European Community Chamber Orchestra; Dimitri Demetriades, conductor Alexander Baillie, cello
8:23 a.m.
Franz Liszt
Hungarian March to the Assault
Czechoslovak RSO, Bratislava; Ondrej Lenard, conductor
8:29 a.m.
Mauro Giuliani
Guitar Concerto No. 3 in F major Opus 70
English Chamber Orchestra; Raymond Leppard, conductor Angel Romero, guitar
8:58 a.m.
Morton Gould
American Caprice
Lara Downes, piano
9:04 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Variations on Ah, vous dirai-je, maman K 265
Janina Fialkowska, piano
9:17 a.m.
Edouard Lalo
Symphonie Espagnole in D minor Opus 21
London Symphony Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor Itzhak Perlman, violin
9:51 a.m.
Jorge Calandrelli
Solitude
Milos Karadaglic, guitar; Jess Gillam, soprano saxophone
9:55 a.m.
Manuel de Falla
Three-Cornered Hat: Neighbors' Dance
Simon Bolivar Orchestra; Eduardo Mata, conductor
10:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Water Music Suite No. 2 in D major HWV 349
Orchestra of St. Luke's; Charles Mackerras, conductor
10:11 a.m.
Ottorino Respighi
The Birds (Gli Uccelli)
Palermo Teatro Massimo Orchestra; Marzio Conti, conductor
10:31 a.m.
Pablo Casals
Sardana
City of Birmingham Cellos; Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla, conductor Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello
10:38 a.m.
Franz Schubert
Military March (Marche militaire) No. 1 in D major Opus 51 D 733 (Military March)
Vladimir Horowitz, piano
10:46 a.m.
Christoph Forster
Horn Concerto in Eb major ICF 6
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Barry Tuckwell, horn
10:59 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
SAMSON ET DELILA: Bacchanale Opus 47
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Lorin Maazel, conductor
11:07 a.m.
Antonio Cartellieri
Symphony No. 4
Evergreen Symphony Orchestra; Gernot Schmalfuss, conductor
11:30 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Marche Slav Opus 31
Russian National Orchestra; Mikhail Pletnev, conductor
11:39 a.m.
Alfred Schnittke
Suite in the Old Style
Moscow Virtuosi; Vladimir Spivakov, conductor Alexei Utkin, oboe
11:52 a.m.
Ludovico Einaudi
Odd Days
La Pieta; Angele Dubeau, conductor Angele Dubeau, violin
11:59 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Oberon Overture J 306
Philharmonia Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
12:09 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 60 "The Absent-minded Man" (Il Distratto) in C major
Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra; Adam Fischer, conductor
12:35 p.m.
Leos Janacek
Suite (Serenade) Opus 3
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra; Libor Pesek, conductor
12:49 p.m.
Georges Bizet
Children's Games (Jeux d'enfants) Opus 22
Orchestra of the Bastille; Myung Whun Chung, conductor
1:01 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Flute Concerto No. 2 "The Night" (La Notte) in G minor Opus 10 RV 439
Europa Galante; Fabio Biondi, conductor
1:11 p.m.
Jules Massenet
LE CARILLON Ballet suite
National Philharmonic Orchestra; Richard Bonynge, conductor
1:49 p.m.
Missy Mazzoli
Impromptu (Thomas's Piece)
The Kapralova Orchestra Joshua Bell, violin
1:52 p.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Asturias (Leyenda) - from "Suite Espanola" Opus 47
Turibio Santos, guitar
2:00 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor Opus 11
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Emmanuel Krivine, conductor Maria Joao Pires, piano
2:42 p.m.
George Phillip Telemann
Concerto for horn and strings in D major
St. Petersburg Chamber Philharmonic; Jeffrey Meyer, conductor Bruce Atwell, horn
2:52 p.m.
Gustav Holst
Brook Green Suite Opus 190
English Chamber Orchestra; Steuart Bedford, conductor
3:01 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
String Symphony No. 5 in Bb major
Amsterdam Sinfonietta; Lev Markiz, conductor
3:14 p.m.
Franz Benda
Flute Concerto in E minor
C. P. E. Bach Chamber Orchestra; Peter Schreier, conductor Patrick Gallois, flute
3:36 p.m.
Carlos Troyer
Traditional Zuni Songs: Lover's Wooing & Zunian Lullaby
Dario Muller, piano
3:44 p.m.
Georg Muffat
Chaconne in G major
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor
4:01 p.m.
Gian-Francesco Malipiero
La Cimarosiana
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana; Christian Benda, conductor
4:12 p.m.
Pietro Locatelli
Concerto Grosso No. 5 in D major Opus 1/5
Raglan Baroque Players; Nicholas Kraemer, conductor
4:21 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Symphony No. 1 in Eb major Opus 2
Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra; Augustin Dumay, conductor
4:52 p.m.
Zenobia Powell Perry
Pavane for Piano
Josephine Gandolfi, piano
4:55 p.m.
Jennifer Higdon
Dance Card: III. Jumble Dance
Chicago Sinfonietta; Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
5:01 p.m.
Engelbert Humperdinck
KONIGSKINDER: Overture (The Royal Children)
Czechoslovak RSO, Bratislava; Alfred Walter, conductor
5:10 p.m.
Johann Friedrich Fasch
Lute Concerto in D minor
Hopkinson Smith, lute; Chiara Banchini, violin; David Plantier, violin; David Courvoisier, viola; Roel Dieltiens, cello
5:26 p.m.
Lili Boulanger
Prelude in D Flat Major in Db major
Anna Shelest, piano
5:31 p.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Concerto for tuba and orchestra in F minor
London Symphony Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor John Fletcher, bass tuba
5:45 p.m.
Alan Hovhaness
Prelude and Quadruple Fugue Opus 128
I Fiamminghi; Rudolf Werthen, conductor
5:52 p.m.
Marin Marais
Bells of Saint Genevieve (Sonnerie de Ste. Genevive du Monte)
Les Concerts du Monde; Keith Clark, conductor
5:58 p.m.
Joseph Wolfl
Piano Concerto No. 5 "Grand Military" Opus 43
S. W. German Radio Symphony Orchestra; Johannes Moesus, conductor Yorck Kronenberg, piano
6:23 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Leonore Overture No. 3 Opus 72
Philadelphia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
6:38 p.m.
James Aikman
Ania's Song: A Pavane for String Orchestra (2006)
St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra; Vladimir Lande, conductor
6:47 p.m.
Scott Joplin
Treemonisha: Prelude Act III
Houston Grand Opera Orchestra; Gunther Schuller, conductor
6:52 p.m.
Howard Shore
The Forest: 3rd movement
National Arts Centre Orchestra; Alexander Shelley, conductor Milos Karadaglic, guitar
