Classical Music Playlist, November 8, 2021
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
After suffering two years with what many believe was a - politely - "social disease", Franz Schubert said in March of 1824 "Each night when I go to sleep, I hope never to wake again, and each morning serves only to recall the misery of the previous day." And in the same month composed his "Death and the Maiden" String Quartet, the title coming from his use in the quartet's second movement of the opening theme from his earlier song setting of a poem by the same name written by German poet Matthias Claudius (1740–1815). In it, Death tries to convince a young Maiden to take comfort of sleep in his arms.
Schubert would struggle on as his condition worsened until he finally passed in 1828 at age 31. But his “Death and the Maiden” Quartet lives on as a staple of the string quartet repertoire, and is today’s Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
6:00 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 5: IV. Andante maestoso (Finale) in E minor Opus 64
Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
6:13 a.m.
Florence Price
Piano Sonata in E minor
Althea Waites, piano
6:39 a.m.
Luigi Boccherini
Quintet for guitar and strings No. 4 "Fandango" in D major G 448
Pacifica Quartet Sharon Isbin, guitar
6:58 a.m.
Henryk Wieniawski
Caprice in A minor Opus 18
Corey Cerovsek, violin; Katja Cerovsek, piano
7:01 a.m.
Gustav Holst
Brook Green Suite Opus 190
English Chamber Orchestra; Steuart Bedford, conductor
7:11 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for oboe & bassoon in G major RV 545
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Celia Nicklin, oboe; Graham Sheen, bassoon
7:22 a.m.
Alexandre Tansman
Cavatina
Javier Calderon, guitar
7:39 a.m.
Johan Vanhal
Symphony in C minor
Toronto Camerata; Kevin Mallon, conductor
7:56 a.m.
Max Bruch
Eight Pieces: II, Allegro con moto Opus 83
Strata
8:00 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Romance for violin and orchestra No. 2 in F major Opus 50
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor Gidon Kremer, violin
8:10 a.m.
Jennifer Higdon
All Things Majestic: II. String Lake
The Nashville Symphony; Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
8:19 a.m.
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
Orchestral Suite: The Story of Sleeping Beauty (Tornrossagan)
Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra; Michail Jurowski, conductor
8:45 a.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Roses from the South Opus 388
Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra; Willi Boskovsky, conductor
8:54 a.m.
Rebecca Clarke
Cortege
Ian Jones, piano
9:00 a.m.
Reinhold Gliere
Symphony No. 1 in Eb major Opus 8
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Edward Downes, conductor
9:35 a.m.
Giacomo Puccini
GIANNI SCHICCHI: O Mio Babbino Caro
Maggio Musicale, Firenzi; Lamberto Gardelli, conductor Renata Tebaldi, soprano
9:38 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major HOB 18:2
RIAS Sinfonietta; Erno Sebestyen, conductor Malcolm Frager, piano
9:48 a.m.
John Corigliano
Lullaby for Natalie
London Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor Anne Akiko Meyers, violin
9:55 a.m.
Henriette Renie
Dance of the Elves (Danse des Lutins)
Xavier de Maistre, harp
10:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Water Music Suite No. 2 in D major HWV 349
Les Violons du Roy; Bernard Labadie, conductor
10:11 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Serenade (Cassation) in G major K 63
Orchestre D'Auvergne; Leopold Hager, conductor Jean-Jacques Kantorow, violin
10:42 a.m.
Scott Joplin
Maple Leaf Rag
Giovanni de Chiaro, guitar
10:46 a.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Iberia: Festival Day in Seville (Fete-Dieu a Seville)
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
10:56 a.m.
Leo Delibes
Sylvia: Pizzicato Polka
Stephen Hough, piano
11:00 a.m.
George Phillip Telemann
Concerto for trumpet and two oboes in D major
; Bob Van Asperen, conductor Wolfgang Basch, trumpet; Bob van Asperen, organ; Han de Vries, oboe; Bart Schneemann, oboe
11:15 a.m.
Samuel Barber
VANESSA: Intermezzo
Columbia Symphony Orchestra; Thomas Schippers, conductor
11:20 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Havanaise Opus 83
Yo Yo Ma, cello; Kathryn Stott, piano
11:30 a.m.
Samy Moussa
A Globe Itself Infolding
Montreal Symphony Orchestra; Kent Nagano, conductor Jean-Willy Kunz, organ
11:42 a.m.
Franz Liszt
Piano Concerto No. 1 in Eb major
Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra; Emil Tabakov, conductor Santiago Rodriguez, piano
12:00 p.m.
Carl Busch
Minnehaha's Vision
Lansdowne Symphony Orchestra; Reuben Blundell, conductor
12:12 p.m.
Marianne Martinez
IL PRIMO AMORE: Sol che un istante
La Floridiana; Nicoleta Paraschivescu, conductor Nuria Rial, soprano
12:17 p.m.
Hubert Parry
Symphony No. 5 in B minor
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Adrian Boult, conductor
12:42 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Violin Concerto: III. Allegro giocoso (Finale) in D major Opus 77
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor Joshua Bell, violin
12:51 p.m.
Nadia Boulanger
Three Pieces for Cello & Piano
Amit Peled, cello; Lucy Mauro, piano
1:01 p.m.
Mauro Giuliani
Guitar Concerto No. 3 in F major Opus 70
English Chamber Orchestra; Raymond Leppard, conductor Angel Romero, guitar
1:29 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Peter Schmoll Overture Opus 8
Tapiola Sinfonietta; Jean Jacques Kantorow, conductor
1:39 p.m.
Louis Couperin
La Piemontoise
Andrew Lawrence-King, harp
1:42 p.m.
Leonard Bernstein
West Side Story Suite for Piano Trio
Eroica Trio
1:55 p.m.
Johann Strauss, Sr.
Radetzky March Opus 228
Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Franz Bauer-Theussl, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Franz Schubert
String Quartet No. 14 "Death and the Maiden" in D minor D 810
Emerson String Quartet
2:38 p.m.
Florence Price
Fantasie Negre (No. 1) in E minor
Lara Downes, piano
2:46 p.m.
Michael Nyman
If (from The Diary of Anne Frank)
BBC Concert Orchestra; Jessica Cottis, conductor Jess Gillam, soprano saxophone
2:52 p.m.
Clara Schumann
Piano Concerto: I. Allegro maestoso in A minor Opus 7
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; Holly Mathieson, conductor Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
3:00 p.m.
Josef Suk
Serenade for Strings in Eb major Opus 6
Virtuosi of Prague; Oldrich Vlcek, conductor
3:27 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
6 Easy Variations on a Swiss Air in F major WoO 64
Marisa Robles, harp
3:33 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Oboe Concerto in D minor RV 454
I Musici Louise Pellerin, oboe
3:43 p.m.
George Walker
Prelude
George Walker, piano
3:46 p.m.
George Enescu
Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A major Opus 11
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra; Sergiu Commissiona, conductor
4:00 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 7: I. Poco sostenuto - Vivace in A major Opus 92
Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
4:13 p.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
4:30 p.m.
Paul Dukas
Villanelle for horn and orchestra
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Kurt Masur, conductor Hermann Baumann, horn
4:37 p.m.
Franz Danzi
Sinfonia Concertante: I. Allegro moderato in Bb major Opus 41
Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra; Allen Tinkham, conductor Anthony McGill, clarinet; Demarre McGill, flute
4:48 p.m.
Samuel Barber
Sonata for Cello and Piano: II. Adagio
Jonah Kim, cello; Sean Kennard, piano
4:53 p.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
March from Tsar Saltan Suite Opus 57
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
4:59 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
My Home Overture Opus 62
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Vaclav Neumann, conductor
5:10 p.m.
Maurice Ravel
String Quartet: II. Assez vif. Tres Rythme in F major
Verona String Quartet
5:17 p.m.
Fredrich Ernst Fesca
Symphony No. 2 in D major Opus 10
NDR Radio Philharmonic Hanover; Frank Beermann, conductor
5:44 p.m.
John Hebden
Concerto for Strings No. 1 in A major
Cantilena; Adrian Shepherd, conductor
5:54 p.m.
Dave Brubeck
Rising Sun
John Salmon, piano
5:59 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Liebeslieder Waltzes Opus 52
I Musici de Montreal; Yuli Turovsky, conductor
6:25 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
ALMIRA: Suite of instrumental music
Berlin Academy of Ancient Music
6:41 p.m.
Bill Evans
Peace Piece
Igor Levit, piano
6:47 p.m.
Valerie Coleman
Concerto for Wind Quintet: I. Afro
Imani Winds
6:52 p.m.
Philip Glass
Glassworks: Opening
Valentina Lisitsa, piano
