Classical Music Playlist, September 13, 2021
Florence Price | photo: G. Nelidoff / Florence Price Papers, University or Arkansas Libraries
1932 was a turning point for American composer Florence Price. Born in 1887 and graduated (with highest honors) from the New England Conservatory at age 19, she had been composing for quite awhile before she entered a number of her compositions into the Rodman Wanamaker Music Contest of 1932 and won. Many times over. Among additional wins, her Symphony in E-minor won the contest’s symphonic category and her Piano Sonata, also in E-minor, won first prize in the piano category. Her symphony was soon performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, making Price the first African American woman to have a symphony performed by a major orchestra.
Price’s other blue ribbon winner from that year, her Piano Sonata in E-minor, is today’s Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
6:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 2 in F major Opus 6/2 HWV 320
Academy of Ancient Music; Andrew Manze, conductor
6:12 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Variations Concertantes Opus 33
Jon Manasse, clarinet; Samuel Sanders, piano
6:29 a.m.
Luigi Boccherini
Symphony No. 1 in D major G 490
Cantilena; Adrian Shepherd, conductor
6:37 a.m.
Joaquin Rodrigo
Fantasy for a Gentleman
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; John Boyd, conductor Charles Ramirez, guitar
7:00 a.m.
Clara Schumann
Piano Concerto: III. Finale in A minor Opus 7
The Women's Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor Angela Cheng, piano
7:13 a.m.
Franz Schubert
CLAUDINE FROM VILLA BELLA: Overture (Claudine von Villa Bella) D 239
Prague Sinfonia; Christian Benda, conductor
7:22 a.m.
Jules Massenet
Suite No. 7 "Alsatian Scenes" (Scenes Alsaciennes)
Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
7:46 a.m.
Rebecca Clarke
Morpheus
Philip Dukes, viola; Sophia Rahman, piano
7:54 a.m.
Clarence Cameron White
Basque Folk Song
Marcus Eley, clarinet; Lucerne DeSa, piano
7:58 a.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
AIDA: Triumphal March from Act II
National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland; Rico Saccani, conductor RTE Philharmonic Choir
8:12 a.m.
Ignaz Holzbauer
Symphony in Eb major Opus 3/1
L'Orfeo Barokorkester; Michi Gaigg, conductor
8:35 a.m.
Aram Khachaturian
Masquerade: Waltz
St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra; Andre Anichanov, conductor
8:40 a.m.
Alan Silvestri
FORREST GUMP: Feather Theme
La Pieta Angele Dubeau, violin
8:43 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto for oboe d'amore in A major BWV 1055
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Neil Black, oboe d'amore
8:59 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Liebeslieder Waltzes Opus 52
I Musici de Montreal; Yuli Turovsky, conductor
9:26 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Piano Sonata No. 50 in D major HOB 16/37
Alfred Brendel, piano
9:37 a.m.
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
Gentillesse Ballet No. 5 Opus 45
Le Concert Spirituel; Herve Niquet, conductor
9:45 a.m.
Benjamin Britten
PETER GRIMES: Sea Interlude No. 4 "Storm" Opus 33a
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Paavo Jarvi, conductor
9:51 a.m.
Samuel Barber
Adagio for Strings Opus 11
Cypress String Quartet
10:00 a.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Capriccio Espagnol Opus 34
London Symphony Orchestra; Geoffrey Simon, conductor
10:17 a.m.
Giovanni Battista Viotti
Violin Concerto No. 13 in A major
European Community Chamber Orchestra; Jorg Faerber, conductor Adelina Oprean, violin
10:40 a.m.
William Bolcom
Fields of Flowers
Spencer Meyer, piano
10:45 a.m.
Frank Bridge
Four Pieces for strings: Song without words H. 22
Moscow Chamber Orchestra; Constantine Orbelian, conductor
10:48 a.m.
Jacques Offenbach
ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD: Overture
Philharmonia Orchestra; Antonio de Almeida, conductor
10:58 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Sinfonia for String Orchestra No. 7
Sphinx Virtuosi; Damon Gupton, conductor
11:20 a.m.
Johann Joachim Quantz
Flute Sonata No. 231
Rachel Brown, flute; James Johnstone, harpsichord; Mark Caudle, cello
11:32 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake: Act I: Waltz Opus 20
Russian National Orchestra; Mikhail Pletnev, conductor
11:40 a.m.
Leo Brouwer
Preludio
Manuel Barrueco, guitar
11:44 a.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Lark Ascending
BBC Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Davis, conductor Tasmin Little, violin
11:59 a.m.
Claude Debussy
Images for Orchestra: Rondes de Printemps
Lyon National Orchestra; Jun Markl, conductor
12:08 p.m.
Ignace Pleyel
Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in Bb major
S. W. German Chamber Orchestra of Pforzheim; Sebastian Tewinkle, conductor Dieter Klocker, clarinet
12:33 p.m.
Arthur Foote
Serenade: Gavotte Opus 25
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
12:38 p.m.
Lili Boulanger
Of a Bright Garden (D'un Jardin Clair)
Margot Dilmaghani, piano
12:41 p.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Piano Sonata in G minor in G minor (1843) H395
Anna Shelest, piano
12:59 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Romance for violin and orchestra No. 2 in F major Opus 50
Vienna Mozart Ensemble; Willi Boskovsky, conductor Willi Boskovsky, violin
1:10 p.m.
Giovanni Pergolesi
THE OLYMPICS: Sinfonia (L'OLIMPIADE)
Saint Cecilia Orchestra; Myung Whun Chung, conductor
1:17 p.m.
William Grant Still
Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American"
Fort Smith Symphony; John Jeter, conductor
1:42 p.m.
Amy Beach
From Blackbird Hills
Lara Downes, piano
1:47 p.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Tales From The Vienna Woods Opus 325 (Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Jascha Horenstein, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Florence Price
Piano Sonata in E minor
Althea Waites, piano
2:26 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Magic Flute: selections (arr. for flute and clarinet) K 620
Vienna Quintet
2:39 p.m.
Pat Metheny
Road to the Sun: Part 1
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet Pat Metheny, guitar
2:45 p.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto for trumpets, oboes, strings and timpani in D major TWV 54:D3
English Chamber Orchestra; Simon Preston, conductor Hannes Laubin, trumpet; Wolfgang Laubin, trumpet; Bernhard Laubin, trumpet
2:55 p.m.
Fritz Kreisler
The Gypsy (La Gitana)
Kyung Wha Chung, violin; Philip Moll, piano
2:59 p.m.
Samuel Barber
School for Scandal Overture
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Marin Alsop, conductor
3:09 p.m.
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Violin Concerto in A major Opus 5/2
Encore Chamber Orchestra; Daniel Hege, conductor Rachel Barton Pine, violin
3:34 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Keyboard Suite No. 13 in Bb major HWV 440
Keith Jarrett, piano
3:43 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 1 in F minor
London Symphony Orchestra; Antal Dorati, conductor
3:55 p.m.
Agustin Barrios
Vals Tropical
David Russell, guitar
3:58 p.m.
Hubert Parry
Symphonic Variations
Scottish National Orchestra; Andrew Penny, conductor
4:12 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Keyboard Concerto No. 3 in D major BWV 1054
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Murray Perahia, conductor Murray Perahia, piano
4:29 p.m.
Silvestre Revueltas
The Night of the Maya (La Noche de los Mayas): II. La Noche de Jaranas
Orquestra Sinfonica de Jalapa; Herrara de la Fuente, conductor
4:35 p.m.
Wilhelm Stenhammar
Excelsior! Opus 13
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
4:49 p.m.
Claude Debussy
Arabesque No. 1 in E major
Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
4:53 p.m.
Lili Boulanger
One Spring Morning (D'un Matin de Printemps)
Jan Roberts-Haydon, flute; Sylvie Beaudette, piano
5:00 p.m.
Carl Stamitz
Concerto for violin and clarinet in Bb major
Munich Chamber Orchesta; Hans Stadlmair, conductor Ana Chumachenko, violin; Eduard Brunner, clarinet
5:19 p.m.
Leo Delibes
Sylvia Suite
Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra; Janos Sandor, conductor
5:37 p.m.
Philip Glass
Etude 6
Simone Dinnerstein, piano
5:43 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Oboe Concerto in F major RV 455
Philharmonia Orchestra; Simon Wright, conductor John Anderson, oboe
5:53 p.m.
Dave Brubeck
New England Pieces: Once When I Was Very Young
Pacific Mozart Ensemble
5:59 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major Opus 58
Staatskapelle Dresden; Hans Vonk, conductor Christian Zacharias, piano
6:35 p.m.
Maurice Ravel
Pavane for a Dead Princess (Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte)
Lyon National Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
6:42 p.m.
Steve Reich
Duet for 2 violins and string orchestra
Basel Chamber Orchestra; Daniel Hope, conductor Daniel Hope, violin; Simos Papanas, violin
6:47 p.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Espana: No. 5 "Capriccio Catalan" Opus 165
Jason Vieaux, guitar
6:52 p.m.
Alberto Ginastera
Impressions of the Puna (Impresiones de la Puna)
Shanghai String Quartet Eugenia Zukerman, flute
