Classical Music Playlist, August 16, 2021
In 1954 the very busy Leonard Bernstein fulfilled two long-delayed commitments: a commission for the Koussevitzky Foundation and the promise to his violinist friend Isaac Stern for a new concerto. He fulfilled both of these with one composition: "Serenade, After Plato's 'Symposium'." Plato's dialogue contains seven speeches about love from notable men such as Aristophanes and Socrates. Each speaker begins with points from the previous speaker and likewise, said Bernstein about his music, "each movement evolves out of elements in the preceding one.” The composer noted that the music has “no literal program,” but the work “resulted from a rereading of Plato’s charming dialogue, The Symposium.... It's really a love piece.” And it's today's Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm featuring violinist Hilary Hahn.
6:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for 2 trumpets in C major RV 537
English Chamber Orchestra; Raymond Leppard, conductor Wynton Marsalis, trumpet
6:08 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Liebeslieder Waltzes Opus 52
I Musici de Montreal; Yuli Turovsky, conductor
6:34 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Ruins of Athens Overture Opus 113
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor
6:40 a.m.
Joseph Bertolozzi
Suite Poughkeepsie
SEATTLEMUSIC; Joel Eric Suben, conductor
6:59 a.m.
Claude Debussy
Petite Suite
Northern Sinfonia of England; Jean-Bernard Pommier, conductor
7:12 a.m.
Edvard Grieg
Holberg Suite Opus 40
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor And various soloists
7:34 a.m.
Granville Bantock
The Sea Reivers (Hebridean Tone Poem No. 2)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Vernon Handley, conductor
7:39 a.m.
Darius Milhaud
Suite Provencale Opus 152
Lille National Orchestra; Jean-Claude Casadesus, conductor
7:55 a.m.
Terence Blanchard
25th Hour: Opening Title
Brussels Philharmonic; Dirk Brosse, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Rondo for horn & orchestra in Eb major K 371
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor Eric Ruske, horn
8:09 a.m.
Victor Herbert
Five Pieces for Cello & Strings
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Lynn Harrell, cello
8:25 a.m.
Michael Torke
Bright Blue Music
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; David Zinman, conductor
8:35 a.m.
George Walker
Caprice
George Walker, piano
8:38 a.m.
Joseph Kraus
Viola Concerto in Eb major VB 153c
Tapiola Sinfonietta David Aaron Carpenter, viola
9:00 a.m.
Luigi Boccherini
Quintet for guitar and strings No. 4: III. Fandango in D major G 448
Pacifica Quartet Sharon Isbin, guitar
9:08 a.m.
Andre Campra
Venetian Festivals
Limoges Baroque Ensemble; Jean-Michel Hasler, conductor
9:23 a.m.
Robert Dauber
Serenade
Niv Ashkenazi, violin; Matthew Graybill, piano
9:28 a.m.
Louise Farrenc
Nonette in E-flat: I. Adagio - Allegro in Eb major Opus 38
Minerva Chamber Ensemble; Kevin Geraldi, conductor
9:41 a.m.
Ernest Chausson
Poeme
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France; Mikko Franck, conductor Hilary Hahn, violin
10:00 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
SAMSON ET DELILA: Bacchanale Opus 47
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Paul Paray, conductor
10:08 a.m.
Muzio Clementi
Piano Concerto in C major
Philharmonia Orchestra; Francesco d'Avalos, conductor Pietro Spada, piano
10:32 a.m.
Nino Rota
8 1/2 (music from the film)
Orchestra of La Scala, Milan; Riccardo Muti, conductor
10:39 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Four Seasons: Summer (L'Estate) in G minor Opus 8 RV 315
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Claudio Abbado, conductor Viktoria Mullova, violin
10:49 a.m.
Amy Beach
Ballade, Op. 6 Opus 6
Anna Shelest, piano
10:59 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
String Quartet No. 15: III. Heiliger Dankgesang in A minor Opus 132 3rd Movement
A Far Cry
11:16 a.m.
William Grant Still
Symphony No. 5 "Western Hemisphere"
Fort Smith Symphony; John Jeter, conductor
11:37 a.m.
Craig Urquhart
Remembering Lenny
Lara Downes, piano
11:42 a.m.
Henry Purcell
The Old Bachelor Overture Z 607
Bournemouth Sinfonietta; Ronald Thomas, conductor
11:46 a.m.
Edward K. (Duke) Ellington
Harlem
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Simon Rattle, conductor Various soloists
12:02 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Capriccio Italien Opus 45
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra; Zubin Mehta, conductor
12:18 p.m.
Joseph Wolfl
Piano Concerto No. 5 "Grand Military" Opus 43
S. W. German Radio Symphony Orchestra; Johannes Moesus, conductor Yorck Kronenberg, piano
12:43 p.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
RIGOLETTO: Questa O Quella
Welsh National Opera Orchestra; Carlo Rizzi, conductor Marcelo Alvarez, tenor
12:46 p.m.
Dmitri Shostakovich
Suite for Variety Orchestra: Waltz No. 2
Matt Haimovitz, cello; Christopher O'Riley, piano
12:51 p.m.
Gioachino Rossini
THE BARBER OF SEVILLE: Overture (IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA)
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
1:00 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Saul: Sinfonia HWV 53
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Trevor Pinnock, organ
1:18 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Violin Concerto in D minor
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Gidon Kremer, violin
1:41 p.m.
Mauro Giuliani
Grand Overture Opus 61
Pepe Romero, guitar
1:50 p.m.
Sondra Clark
Homage to George Gershwin
Kyiv Philharmonic; Robert Ian Winstin, conductor
1:57 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Minute Waltz in Db major Opus 64/1
Jorge Bolet, piano
2:00 p.m.
Leonard Bernstein
Serenade (After Plato's Symposium)
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; David Zinman, conductor Hilary Hahn, violin
2:31 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Daisies (Marguerite) Opus 38/3
Howard Shelley, piano
2:34 p.m.
Bernhard Crusell
Clarinet Quartet No. 3 in D major Opus 7
Allegri String Quartet (members of) Thea King, clarinet
2:58 p.m.
Jeremiah Clarke
The King's March
English Chamber Orchestra; Anthony Newman, conductor Wynton Marsalis, trumpet
3:01 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Trio Sonata No. 1 in Eb major BWV 525
King's Consort; Robert King, conductor
3:12 p.m.
Philip Glass
Etude 6
Vikingur Olafsson, piano
3:18 p.m.
Francois Devienne
Bassoon Quartet in C major Opus 73/1
Alexander String Quartet Kim Walker, bassoon
3:34 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Introduction and Allegro appassionato in G major Opus 92
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor Andras Schiff, piano
3:50 p.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Blue Danube Waltz Opus 314
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor
3:59 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
My Home Overture Opus 62
Janacek Philharmonic; Theodore Kuchar, conductor
4:09 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
String Quartet Op. 76/3 "Emperor": I. Allegro in C major Opus 76/3
Aeolian String Quartet
4:21 p.m.
Richard Strauss
Don Juan Opus 20
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
4:40 p.m.
Dmitri Shostakovich
Symphony No. 1: I. Allegretto-Allegro non troppo in E minor Opus 10
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
4:50 p.m.
Libby Larsen
White Pieces: White Piece Nos. 2, 3
Nicholas Phillips, piano
4:54 p.m.
Gabriel Faure
PELLEAS ET MELISANDE: Sicilienne Opus 80
Philharmonia Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor Han-na Chang, cello
4:59 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...
5:08 p.m.
Maurice Ravel
La Valse
Wei Luo, piano
5:21 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Symphony in A major
Tapiola Sinfonietta; Jean-Jacques Kantorow, conductor
5:46 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G minor
London Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
5:50 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
6 Easy Variations on a Swiss Air in F major WoO 64
Marisa Robles, harp
5:56 p.m.
Mauro Giuliani
Guitar Concerto No. 3 in F major Opus 70
English Chamber Orchestra; Raymond Leppard, conductor Angel Romero, guitar
6:24 p.m.
Franz Von Suppe
Light Cavalry Overture
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
6:33 p.m.
Gabriela Lena Frank
Leyendas: VI. Coqueteos
Del Sol String Quartet
6:36 p.m.
Bela Bartok
Dances from Hungarian Peasant Folk Songs SZ 71
Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute; Pierre Barbizet, piano
6:43 p.m.
Rick Sowash
Daweswood Suite
Mirecourt Trio Craig Olzenak, clarinet
