Classical Music Playlist, September 10, 2021
William Dawson (circa 1930)
American composer William Dawson ran away from home at age 13 to study at the Tuskegee Institute in Tuskegee, Alabama, founded in 1881 by Booker T. Washington. Dawson graduated in 1921 then pursued further music studies in Kansas City and Chicago and after earning a Master's Degree returned to Tuskegee in 1931 to launch its music school and made its choir internationally famous.
In 1934 he composed his only symphony, the "Negro Folk Symphony," about which he wrote: "The themes are taken from what are popularly known as Negro Spirituals. In this composition, the composer has employed three themes taken from typical melodies over which he has brooded since childhood, having learned them at his mother's knee" and that he wanted those who heard the music to know that it was "unmistakably not the work of a white man."
Leopold Stokowski premiered the Symphony with The Philadelphia Orchestra over four performances in November 1934 with one of them broadcast live on radio and was an empowering experience for the African American radio audience. The symphony was hailed by audiences and critics alike.
After 1936 the work fell off the radar for various reasons and Dawson spent the rest of his career focusing mostly on music education, choral performance and arranging. After a trip to West Africa in 1952, Dawson revised the Symphony with added African rhythms to convey a more authentic "rhythmic foundation strongly inspired by African influences.” The “Negro Folk Symphony” by William Dawson is today’s Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
6:00 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major K 41
English Chamber Orchestra; Murray Perahia, conductor Murray Perahia, piano
6:14 a.m.
Alexander Borodin
Petite Suite
Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra; Ghennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor
6:45 a.m.
Ennio Morricone
Cinema Paradiso: Love Theme
European Chamber Orchestra Lochen; Michael Wendeberg, conductor Laurent Korcia, violin
6:49 a.m.
Jeremy Collins
Elegy
Xavier Jara, guitar
6:59 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Symphony No. 3: III. Allegro in A minor Opus 44
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Osmo Vanska, conductor
7:13 a.m.
Jacques Offenbach
TALES OF HOFFMANN: Barcarolle
Eugenia Zukerman, flute; Allan Vogel, oboe; Dennis Helmrich, piano
7:18 a.m.
Erik Satie
I want you (Je te veux)
Aldo Ciccolini, piano
7:24 a.m.
Reinhold Gliere
Horn Concerto in Bb major Opus 91
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Kurt Masur, conductor Hermann Baumann, horn
7:49 a.m.
Johan Svendsen
Carnival in Paris (Karnival i Paris) Opus 9
Latvian National Symphony; Terje Mikkelsen, conductor
8:03 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 1 in G major Opus 6/1 HWV 319
I Musici
8:16 a.m.
Otto Nicolai
MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR Overture
Czechoslovak RSO, Bratislava; Alfred Walter, conductor
8:26 a.m.
Emmanuel Chabrier
Pastoral Suite (Suite Pastorale)
Ulster Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
8:47 a.m.
William Grant Still
In Memoriam
Fort Smith Symphony; John Jeter, conductor
8:55 a.m.
Philip Glass
Etude 6
Simone Dinnerstein, piano
9:02 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Peter Schmoll Overture Opus 8
Tapiola Sinfonietta; Jean Jacques Kantorow, conductor
9:11 a.m.
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari
Idillio Concertino
Lehigh Valley Chamber Orchestra; Donald Spieth, conductor Bert Lucarelli, oboe
9:32 a.m.
Johann Graun
Trio for 2 violins and basso continuo in G major W 84
Les Amis de Philippe
9:44 a.m.
Cesar Franck
Panis Angelicus
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Alexander Gibson, conductor Jessye Norman, soprano
9:49 a.m.
Florence Price
Dances in the Canebrakes
Althea Waites, piano
10:00 a.m.
George Phillip Telemann
Festival Suite in A major
London Festival Orchestra; Ross Pople, conductor
10:16 a.m.
Ernst von Dohnanyi
Serenade in C major Opus 10
Denes Kovacs, violin; Laszlo Barsony, viola; Karoly Botvay, cello
10:37 a.m.
Arvo Part
Da pacem Domine
Tallinn Chamber Orchestra; Tonu Kaljuste, conductor Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
10:43 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
10:56 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Waltz No. 9 "The Farewell Waltz" ("L'adieu") in Ab major Opus 69/1
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
11:01 a.m.
Claude Debussy
Suite Bergamasque
Lyon National Orchestra; Jun Markl, conductor
11:19 a.m.
Bernhard Crusell
Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in F minor Opus 5
Cologne Academy; Michael Alexander Willens, conductor Eric Hoeprich, clarinet
11:43 a.m.
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Gavotte and 6 Doubles
John Novacek, piano
11:51 a.m.
Zhen Chen
On the Roof
Lin Ma, Pipa; Zhen Chen, piano; Liang Lin, violin; David Geber, cello
11:57 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Sheep May Safely Graze BWV 208
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra; Ton Koopman, conductor Yo Yo Ma, cello
12:01 p.m.
Jan Dismas Zelenka
Capriccio No. 1 in D major Z 182
Bern Camerata; Alexander van Wijnkoop, conductor
12:18 p.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Blue Danube Waltz Opus 314
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor
12:27 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Sonata No. 13 in Bb major K 333 (FROM THE RUSSELL KLETZING COLLECTION)
Mitsuko Uchida, piano
12:49 p.m.
Peteris Vasks
Lonely Angel
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Kahane, conductor Margaret Batjer, violin
1:03 p.m.
Adolphus Hailstork
Three Spirituals
Virginia Symphony Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
1:12 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in Eb major Opus 74
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Andrew Marriner, clarinet
1:35 p.m.
Johann Christian Bach
Sinfonia No. 6 in G minor Opus 6/6
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra; David Zinman, conductor
1:45 p.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Zambra Granadina
David Russell, guitar
1:51 p.m.
Randall Thompson
Alleluia
; Robert Shaw, conductor Robert Shaw Chamber Singers
1:56 p.m.
H. T. Burleigh
Deep River
PubliQuartet Lara Downes, piano
2:00 p.m.
William Dawson
Negro Folk Symphony
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
2:29 p.m.
Christoph Gluck
ORFEO ED EURIDICE: Dance of the Blessed Spirits
Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra; Andras Korodi, conductor
2:37 p.m.
Darius Milhaud
La Cheminee du Roi Rene
Reykjavik Wind Quintet
2:51 p.m.
Arvo Part
Mirror in the Mirror (Spiegel im Spiegel)
Dietmar Schwalke, cello; Alexander Malter, piano
3:01 p.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 12 in F major Opus 6
I Solisti Italiani
3:13 p.m.
Aaron Copland
Appalachian Spring
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Antal Dorati, conductor
3:38 p.m.
Willem De Fesch
Concerto No. 1 in D major Opus 5
Musica Ad Rhenum
3:46 p.m.
John Williams
Saving Private Ryan: Hymn to the Fallen
Boston Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor Tanglewood Festival Chorus
3:53 p.m.
Leon Minkus
Don Quixote: Grand pas de deux
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
4:01 p.m.
Hamilton Harty
Comedy Overture
Ulster Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor
4:17 p.m.
Cesar Franck
Symphony in D minor: III. Finale - Allegro non troppo in D minor
Montreal Metropolitain Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
4:29 p.m.
Joe Hisaishi
Princess Mononoke
La Pieta; Angele Dubeau, conductor Angele Dubeau, violin
4:34 p.m.
David Diamond
Rounds for String Orchestra
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
4:50 p.m.
Howard Shore
The Forest: 3rd movement
National Arts Centre Orchestra; Alexander Shelley, conductor Milos Karadaglic, guitar
4:56 p.m.
Dmitri Shostakovich
Festive Overture Opus 96
Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
5:03 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 9 in F major Opus 6/9 HWV 327
I Musici
5:19 p.m.
John Lunn
DOWNTON ABBEY: A Royal Command
Chamber Orchestra of London; Alastair King, conductor
5:25 p.m.
Carl Stamitz
Concerto for clarinet and bassoon in Bb major
Munich Chamber Orchesta; Hans Stadlmair, conductor Eduard Brunner, clarinet; Klaus Thunemann, bassoon
5:45 p.m.
Gabriel Faure
Elegie Opus 24
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello; ...and friends
5:52 p.m.
Yosef Hadar
Evening of Roses
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla, conductor Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello
5:56 p.m.
VARIOUS
Yellow River Piano Concerto: I. Prelude: Song of the Yellow River Boatmen in D major
China Philharmonic Orchestra; Long Yu, conductor Lang Lang, piano
6:01 p.m.
Eric Ewazen
A Hymn for the Lost and Living
United States Coast Guard Band; Commander Kenneth W. Megan, conductor
6:10 p.m.
Mel Bonis
Femmes de Legende: Phoebe Opus 30
Kyra Steckeweh, piano
6:13 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
Piano Concerto in A minor Opus 16
Orchestra of Opera North; Howard Shelley, conductor Howard Shelley, piano
6:43 p.m.
Florence Price
Piano Concerto in One Movement
New York Youth Symphony; Michael Repper, conductor Michelle Cann, piano
6:47 p.m.
Philip Glass
Violin Concerto No. 1: II. Quarter Note = 96
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor Gidon Kremer, violin
6:57 p.m.
Federico Moreno Torroba
The Harvest (La Siega)
Los Romeros
