Classical Music Playlist, August 2, 2021
!["Macbeth apercevant le spectre de Banco" by Théodore Chassériau [1854]](/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,width=780/media/12259694/beethoven-shakespeare-macbeths-ghost-banquo-b.jpg)
"Macbeth apercevant le spectre de Banco" by Théodore Chassériau [1854]
Beethoven’s Piano Trio in D major, Op. 70, No. 1, earned its nickname, the “Ghost” Trio, for its slow and dark middle movement. The name appears to have originated with a description of the music by Beethoven’s student, Carl Czerny, as reminiscent of Hamlet’s ghost. But the actual ghostly music may have had its origin in Beethoven’s ideas for an opera on Shakespeare’s Macbeth that he was contemplating at the time. Beethoven’s notebook sketches for the ghostly second movement contain a reference to Macbeth. He may have considered this music for a scene with the three witches or with Banquo’s ghost from the Shakespeare play. Beethoven’s “Ghost” Trio is today’s Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
6:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 5 in D major Opus 6/5 HWV 323
Handel & Haydn Society; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
6:15 a.m.
Manuel Ponce
Concierto del Sur for guitar and orchestra
Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas; Alondra de la Parra, conductor Pablo Sainz Villegas, guitar
6:43 a.m.
Joan Baptista Pla
Trio Sonata for two flutes and continuo in D major
Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute; Claudi Arimany, flute; Zsuzsa Pertis, harpsichord
6:53 a.m.
Max Richter
Mercy
Hilary Hahn, violin; Cory Smythe, piano
6:59 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Consecration of the House Overture in C major Opus 124 (Die Weihe de Hauses)
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
7:12 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto for three violins in D major BWV 1064R
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra Petra Mullejans, violin; Gottfried von der Goltz, violin; Anne Katharina Schreiber, violin
7:30 a.m.
Edvard Grieg
Norwegian Dances Opus 35
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra; Paavo Jarvi, conductor
7:48 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Odelette Opus 62
English Chamber Orchestra; Steuart Bedford, conductor William Bennett, flute
7:56 a.m.
Robert Farnon
Seashore
BBC Concert Orchestra; Gavin Sutherland, conductor Valentina Lisitsa, piano
8:01 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Fair Melusina Overture Opus 32
London Symphony Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor
8:14 a.m.
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari
JEWELS OF THE MADONNA Suite
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Jose Serebrier, conductor
8:32 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 5: IV. Andante maestoso (Finale) in E minor Opus 64
Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
8:45 a.m.
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Les Cyclopes ("Cyclops")
Assad Brothers Sergio Assad, guitar; Odair Assad, guitar
8:50 a.m.
Rebecca Clarke
Viola Sonata: I. Impetuoso
Philip Dukes, viola; Sophia Rahman, piano
9:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto No. 6 in A minor Opus 3/6 RV 356
Virtuosi di Roma; Renato Fasano, conductor Franco Gulli, violin
9:10 a.m.
Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 5 in Eb major Opus 82
Philharmonia Orchestra; Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
9:43 a.m.
Muzio Clementi
Sonata in D major Opus 25/6
Byron Schenkman, piano
9:53 a.m.
Arthur Frackenpohl
Fanfare for Fred
Carolina Brass
9:56 a.m.
Camargo Mozart Guarnieri
Brazilian Dance (Dansa Brasileira)
Boston Pops Orchestra; Keith Lockhart, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Scherzo capriccioso Opus 66
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra; Zdenek Kosler, conductor
10:14 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Piano Concerto No. 5 in G major HOB 18
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Gerard Schwarz, conductor Carol Rosenberger, piano
10:38 a.m.
Ennio Morricone
Cinema Paradiso: Love Theme
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic; Alexander Shelley, conductor Daniel Hope, violin
10:42 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Art of the Fugue: Contrapunctus No. 9 BWV 1080
Les Violons du Roy; Bernard Labadie, conductor
10:46 a.m.
Hugo Alfven
Swedish Rhapsody #2 "Uppsala Rhapsody" Opus 24
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Niklas Willen, conductor
10:58 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Egmont Overture Opus 84
New York Philharmonic; Kurt Masur, conductor
11:08 a.m.
Randall Thompson
Symphony No. 2 in E minor
National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic; James Ross, conductor
11:38 a.m.
Pieter Hellendaal
Concerto Grosso in F major Opus 3/3
Combattimento Consort; Jan Willem de Vriend, conductor
11:49 a.m.
Philip Glass
Etude 9
Vikingur Olafsson, piano
11:53 a.m.
Maurice Ravel
Menuet Antique
Ulster Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
12:01 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
DER FREISCHUTZ: Overture Opus 77 J 277
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; Antoni Wit, conductor
12:12 p.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Lark Ascending
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Simon Rattle, conductor Nigel Kennedy, violin
12:30 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Concertpiece for 4 horns & orchestra in F major Opus 86
Staatskapelle Dresden; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Members of...
12:50 p.m.
Scott Joplin
Treemonisha: Prelude Act III
Houston Grand Opera Orchestra; Gunther Schuller, conductor
12:54 p.m.
Mel Bonis
Sonate, Op. 64: I. Andantino con moto
Juliette Hurel, flute; Helene Couvert, piano
1:01 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Rondo for piano & orchestra in A major K 386 (FROM THE RUSSELL KLETZING COLLECTION)
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Alfred Brendel, piano
1:10 p.m.
Charles Gounod
Petite Symphonie for winds in Bb major
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
1:32 p.m.
Henry Purcell
Overture, Rondeau & Incidental Music from Abdelazer ("The Moor's Revenge")
Hartford Chamber orchestra; Fritz Mahler, conductor
1:45 p.m.
Andrew York
Muir Woods
Andrew York, guitar
1:51 p.m.
Amilcare Ponchielli
LA GIOCONDA: Dance of the Hours
National Philharmonic Orchestra; Bruno Bartoletti, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Trio "Ghost" in D major Opus 70/1
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano; Itzhak Perlman, violin; Lynn Harrell, cello
2:24 p.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
MACBETH: Witches Chorus: tre volte miagola...
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor Chicago Symphony Chorus
2:29 p.m.
William Grant Still
Panamanian Dances (Danzas de Panama)
Berlin Symphony Orchestra; Isaiah Jackson, conductor
2:44 p.m.
Ethel Smyth
THE BOATSWAIN'S MATE: Overture
BBC National Orchestra of Wales; Rumon Gamba, conductor
2:51 p.m.
Alexander Borodin
In the Steppes of Central Asia
Bavarian Radio Symphony; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
3:01 p.m.
Jennifer Higdon
Dance Card: IV. Celestial Blue
Chicago Sinfonietta; Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
3:09 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Czech Suite Opus 39
Padova Chamber Orchestra; David Golub, conductor
3:36 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Oboe Concerto No. 1 in Bb major HWV 301
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor David Reichenberg, oboe
3:45 p.m.
Franz Lehar
THE MERRY WIDOW: Vilja Song (Vilja-Lied)
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra; Arthur Fagen, conductor Richard Stoltzman, clarinet
3:53 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Polonaise No. 6 "Heroic" in Ab major Opus 53
Lang Lang, piano
4:00 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Symphony No. 3: III. Allegro in A minor Opus 44
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Osmo Vanska, conductor
4:13 p.m.
Florence Price
Violin Concerto No. 2
Janacek Philharmonic; Ryan Cockerham, conductor Er-Gene Kahng
4:28 p.m.
Otto Kelland
Let Me Fish Off Cape St. Mary's
Ofra Harnoy, cello; Mike Herriott, brass
4:34 p.m.
Edward Elgar
Introduction and Allegro Opus 47
English Symphony Orchestra; William Boughton, conductor
4:48 p.m.
Enrique Granados
Danzas espanolas No. 1 "Minueto"
Alicia de Larrocha, piano
4:51 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Leonore Overture No. 1 in C major Opus 138
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
5:00 p.m.
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 1: 2nd movement in D major
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; Marin Alsop, conductor
5:10 p.m.
Franz Benda
Flute Concerto in A major
Ars Rediviva Ensemble of Prague; Milan Munclinger, conductor Andras Adorjan, flute
5:30 p.m.
Richard Danielpour
An American Mosaic: X. Interlude (Third Consolation)
Simone Dinnerstein, piano
5:35 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude & Fugue "The Wedge" in E minor BWV 548
Yo Yo Ma, cello; Chris Thile, mandolin; Edgar Meyer, bass
5:48 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Rhapsodie d'Auvergne Opus 73
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor Jean-Philippe Collard, piano
6:00 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sinfonia Concertante for violin & viola in Eb major K 364
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor Gidon Kremer, violin; Kim Kashkashian, viola
6:32 p.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
MLADA: Procession of the Nobles
Philadelphia Orchestra; Eugene Ormandy, conductor
6:38 p.m.
Peter Maxwell Davies
Farewell to Stromness
Christopher O'Riley, piano
6:42 p.m.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Lundu for the Marqueza de Santos (Lundu da Marqueza de Santos)
New York Chamber Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor Robert Bonfiglio, harmonica
6:45 p.m.
Jonathan Leshnoff
Symphony no. 4: Heichalos: Part II: Slow
The Nashville Symphony; Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
