Classical Music Playlist, August 23, 2021
Even a hundred years after the Declaration of Independence, American musical education was still in its infancy. But just as “the shot heard round the world” in 1775 happened in New England, so too did the beginnings of formal music education in America about a hundred years later. Through the 1800s American composers were still largely receiving formal music education in Europe or from European immigrants. But in the increasingly fertile musical life in Boston, such as with the founding of the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1881 and earlier events, new traditions of composition, composers and education were blooming. "The Boston Six" were an unofficial group (so labeled today by historians) of composer friends based in the area. The eldest of these was John Knowles Paine. Born in Maine in 1839, Paine studied in Europe and returned to the US in 1861, settling in Boston where he soon began an association with Harvard University first as organist with a University chapel. In 1869 he was awarded an honorary Music degree which enabled him to join the Harvard faculty, being named full professor by 1874. This made him the first academic professor of music at any American university and Paine developed the first university music curriculum in the United States which would become a model for later American universities. His first symphony from 1876 was also the first ever composed by an American. The Symphony #1 by America’s father of music education, John Knowles Paine, is today’s Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
6:00 a.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 6 in F major Opus 6
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
6:13 a.m.
Edward Elgar
Cello Concerto in E minor Opus 85
Philharmonia Orchestra; Giuseppi Sinopoli, conductor Mischa Maisky, cello
6:42 a.m.
Franz Xaver Richter
Trumpet Concerto in D major
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Elgar Howarth, conductor Hakan Hardenberger, trumpet
6:57 a.m.
Domenico Scarlatti
Sonata in D major K 140
Assad Brothers Sergio Assad, guitar; Odair Assad, guitar
7:02 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 2 in Bb major K 39
English Chamber Orchestra; Murray Perahia, conductor Murray Perahia, piano
7:19 a.m.
Emmanuel Chabrier
Aubade
Kathryn Stott, piano
7:25 a.m.
Claude Debussy
Children's Corner
Quebec Symphony Orchestra; Yoav Talmi, conductor
7:43 a.m.
David Lyon
Short Suite
Royal Ballet Sinfonia; David Lloyd-Jones, conductor
7:54 a.m.
James Horner
Braveheart: End Credits
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor Eric Rigler, bagpipes
8:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Oboe Concerto in C major RV 447
London Chamber Orchestra; Christopher Warren-Green, conductor Gordon Hunt, oboe
8:17 a.m.
Maurice Ravel
Menuet Antique
Sean Chen, piano
8:25 a.m.
Frank Bridge
Spring Song
The Heath Quartet Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello
8:28 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 48 "Maria Theresa" in C major HOB 48
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
8:56 a.m.
Meredith Monk
Ellis Island
Lara Downes, piano; Simone Dinnerstein, piano
9:01 a.m.
William Grant Still
Folk Suite No. 2
Sierra Winds
9:09 a.m.
Enrique Granados
Danzas espanolas No. 7 "Valenciana"
Angel Romero, guitar; Celedonio Romero, guitar
9:16 a.m.
Jules Massenet
THAIS: Meditation
Berlin Philharmonic; Herbert Von Karajan, conductor Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
9:24 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Harp Concerto No. 5 in F major Opus 4 HWV 293
Philomusica of London; Granville Jones, conductor Osian Ellis, harp
9:34 a.m.
Vincent d'Indy
Symphony on a French Mountain Air
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Charles Munch, conductor Nicole Henriot-Schweitzer, piano
10:00 a.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 7 in D major Opus 6
I Musici
10:11 a.m.
Dmitri Shostakovich
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor Opus 35
Moscow Virtuosi; Vladimir Spivakov, conductor Evgeny Kissin, piano; Vassili Kan, trumpet
10:34 a.m.
Johann Strauss, Sr.
Chain Bridge Waltz (Kettenbrucken-Walzer) Opus 4 The Suspension Bridge Waltz
London Symphony Orchestra; Arnie Roth, conductor
10:41 a.m.
Johan Wagenaar
Cyrano de Bergerac Overture Opus 23
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
10:56 a.m.
Erik Satie
Gymnopedie No. 1
John Novacek, piano
11:00 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
String Symphony No. 6 in Eb major
Heidelberg Symphony; Thomas Fey, conductor
11:12 a.m.
Mauro Giuliani
Guitar Concerto No. 2 in A major Opus 36
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner (neh-vull MAIR-rih-nuhr), conductor Pepe Romero, guitar
11:46 a.m.
Johann Heinichen
Sonata in A major S 208
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor
11:50 a.m.
Dustin O'Halloran
Opus 17 (String Quartet Version)
Siggi String Quartet; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Vikingur Olafsson, piano
11:54 a.m.
Robert Schumann
Mondnacht Opus 39
Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
11:59 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto for oboe d'amore in A major BWV 1055R
Chamber Orchestra of Europe Douglas Boyd, oboe d'amore
12:14 p.m.
Reinhold Gliere
Festival at Ferghana Overture
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Vassily Sinaisky, conductor
12:25 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Andante Spianato and Grand Polonaise in G major/Eb major Opus 22
Slovak State Philharmonic, Kozice; Robert Stankovsky, conductor Idil Biret, piano
12:40 p.m.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor Netania Davrath, soprano; Carl Stern, cello
12:52 p.m.
Leo Brouwer
El Decameron Negro: 3. Balada de la doncella enamorada
Sharon Isbin, guitar
12:59 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Rondo for piano & orchestra in D major K 382
English Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Tate, conductor Mitsuko Uchida, piano
1:09 p.m.
Franz Schmidt
NOTRE DAME: Intermezzo
Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra; Lawrence Foster, conductor
1:15 p.m.
Johan Halvorsen
Ancient Suite (Suite ancienne) Opus 31a
Bergen Philharmonic; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
1:41 p.m.
Jean-Marie Leclair
Violin Concerto in Bb major Opus 10/1
Arion Monica Huggett, baroque violin
1:55 p.m.
Charlie Chaplin
Modern Times: Smile
Angele Dubeau, violin; Rosalie Asselin, piano
2:00 p.m.
John Knowles Paine
Symphony No. 1 in C minor Opus 23
Ulster Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
2:40 p.m.
Edward K. (Duke) Ellington
Black, Brown, & Beige Suite: II. Brown
Buffalo Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
2:47 p.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Etude Symphonique Opus 28
Joanne Polk, piano
2:54 p.m.
Philip Glass
The Hours Suite: II. The Poet Acts
Janacek Philharmonic; Mark Shapiro, conductor Gregory Harrington, violin
2:59 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Oboe Concerto No. 2a in Bb major HWV 302
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor David Reichenberg, oboe
3:08 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Symphony No. 1 in Eb major Opus 2
French Radio and Television Orchestra; Jean Martinon, conductor
3:40 p.m.
Rafael Diaz
Al fondo de mi lejania se asoma tu casa
Georgina Isabel Rossi, viola; Silvie Cheng, piano
3:47 p.m.
Pedro Iturralde
Pequena Czarda
Tippett Quartet Jess Gillam, soprano saxophone; Zeynep Ozsuca, piano
3:52 p.m.
Gustav Holst
The Planets: Jupiter, the Bringer of Jolity Opus 32
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
4:01 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Scherzo capriccioso Opus 66
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; Marin Alsop, conductor
4:17 p.m.
Federico Moreno Torroba
Sonatina
Norbert Kraft, guitar
4:30 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Impromptu No. 3 in C major D 946
Maria Joao Pires, piano
4:37 p.m.
John Rutter
Folk Suite
Royal Ballet Sinfonia; David Lloyd-Jones, conductor
4:50 p.m.
Ludovico Einaudi
I Giorni
Berlin Chamber Orchestra; Simon Halsey, conductor Daniel Hope, violin; Jacques Ammon, piano
4:56 p.m.
Erik Satie
Gnossienne No. 1
Lang Lang, piano
5:00 p.m.
Karl Goldmark
In Italy Overture Opus 49
National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland; Stephen Gunzenhauser, conductor
5:14 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F major BWV 1046
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor
5:34 p.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Petite Suite de Concert: IV. La tarantelle fretillante Opus 77/4 wriggling
Chicago Sinfonietta; Paul Freeman, conductor
5:38 p.m.
Stanley Myers
Cavatina
Jason Vieaux, guitar
5:42 p.m.
Luigi Boccherini
Symphony No. 26 in D major Opus 42 G 520
London Festival Orchestra; Ross Pople, conductor
6:02 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Piano Concerto in A minor Opus 54
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor Israela Margalit, piano
6:37 p.m.
Reinhold Gliere
The Red Poppy: Russian Sailor's Dance
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
6:42 p.m.
Michael Torke
Run
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
6:50 p.m.
Jennifer Higdon
Piano Trio: I. Pale Yellow
Lincoln Trio
