Classical Music Playlist, December 6, 2021
One of only two symphonies Mozart ever wrote in a minor key, his Symphony #40 in g-minor - the middle work of a set of three symphonies (#39-41) he composed in less than two months - is today’s Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
6:00 a.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 9 in F major Opus 6
I Musici
6:11 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 2 "Little Russian" in C minor Opus 17
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
6:44 a.m.
TRADITIONAL
Eight Bright Candles
Eaken Piano Trio
6:48 a.m.
George Enescu
Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A major Opus 11
Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra; Lawrence Foster, conductor
7:01 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 32 in G major K 318
English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
7:12 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Liebeslieder Waltzes Opus 52
I Musici de Montreal; Yuli Turovsky, conductor
7:39 a.m.
Gabriel Faure
Masques and Bergamasques Opus 112
Seattle Symphony; Ludovic Morlot, conductor
7:54 a.m.
William Grant Still
Wood Notes: IV. Whippoorwill's Shoes
Fort Smith Symphony; John Jeter, conductor
7:57 a.m.
Claude Debussy
Children's Corner: Golliwog's Cakewalk
Gloria Cheng-Cochran, piano
8:01 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 8: IV. Allegra ma non troppo in G major Opus 88
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Andre Previn, conductor
8:13 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Trumpet Concerto in Eb major
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Jahja Ling, conductor Rolf Smedvig, trumpet
8:30 a.m.
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Fantasy
London Symphony Orchestra; Jun'ichi Hirokami, conductor Barry Douglas, piano
8:46 a.m.
Alexander Glazunov
Les Chanteurs de Noel (The Christmas Singers)
La Pieta Angele Dubeau, violin
8:53 a.m.
Gordon Getty
The Fiddler of Ballykeel
Conrad Tao, piano
8:56 a.m.
Leo Delibes
Sylvia: Pizzicato Polka
New Philharmonia Orchestra; Richard Bonynge, conductor
8:59 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for strings in G minor RV 156
Northwest Chamber Orchestra; Alun Francis, conductor
9:08 a.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Etude Romantique Opus 132
Joanne Polk, piano
9:15 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Symphony No. 2 in C major J 51
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
9:34 a.m.
Joseph Kraus
Sinfonia in C# minor
Swedish Chamber Orchestra; Petter Sundkvist, conductor
9:55 a.m.
Charlie Chaplin
Modern Times: Smile
Leila Josefowicz, violin; John Novacek, piano
10:00 a.m.
Engelbert Humperdinck
HANSEL UND GRETEL Overture
Bavarian Radio Symphony; Jeffrey Tate, conductor
10:09 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 1 in F# minor Opus 1
Cleveland Orchestra; Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
10:38 a.m.
Jorge Calandrelli
Solitude
Milos Karadaglic, guitar; Jess Gillam, soprano saxophone
10:43 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Judas Maccabeus: highlights
Solid Brass
10:48 a.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Serenade to Music
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Vernon Handley, conductor
11:00 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Concerto in G minor BWV 1056
English Chamber Orchestra; Pinchas Zukerman, conductor Pinchas Zukerman, violin
11:12 a.m.
Edvard Grieg
Holberg Suite Opus 40
Malmo Symphony Orchestra; Bjarte Engeset, conductor
11:33 a.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Clarinet Quintet: II. Larghetto Affetuoso
Catalyst Quartet Anthony McGill, clarinet
11:40 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Overture in C major
The Women's Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
11:51 a.m.
Muzio Clementi
Sonatina No. 5 in G major Opus 36
June Chun, piano
12:01 p.m.
Jose Moncayo
Sinfonietta
Mexico National Symphony Orchestra; Enrique Arturo Diemecke, conductor
12:14 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Violin Concerto in E minor Opus 64
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; Hugh Wolff, conductor Hilary Hahn, violin
12:41 p.m.
Franz Lehar
THE MERRY WIDOW: Vilja Song (Vilja-Lied)
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra; Arthur Fagen, conductor Richard Stoltzman, clarinet
12:48 p.m.
Frederick Delius
Sleigh Ride
Northern Sinfonia of England; Richard Hickox, conductor
12:56 p.m.
Dmitri Shostakovich
The Gadfly: Overture Opus 97
KBS Symphony Orchestra; Vakhtang Jordania, conductor
1:01 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Prague Waltzes
Prague Symphony Orchestra; Jiri Belohlavek, conductor
1:12 p.m.
Steve Reich
Electric Counterpoint: Third Movement
Valerie Milot, harp
1:17 p.m.
Alexander Glazunov
Piano Concerto No. 1 in F minor Opus 92
USSR Radio & TV Large Symphony Orchestra; Algis Ziuratis, conductor Alexei Nasedkine, piano
1:49 p.m.
Isolina Carrillo
Dos Gardenias
Havana Lyceum Orchestra; Jose Antonio Mendez Padron, conductor Sarah Willis, horn; Harold Madrigal Frias, trumpet
1:55 p.m.
Edward K. (Duke) Ellington
In a sentimental mood
Jason Vieaux, guitar
2:00 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 40 in G minor K 550
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra; Dennis Russell Davies, conductor
2:35 p.m.
Steve Reisteter
The Eighth Candle
United States Coast Guard Band; CWO2 Richard E. Wyman, conductor
2:44 p.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Tafelmusik II: Concerto for 3 violins in F major
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor Members of...
3:00 p.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
LA FORZA DEL DESTINO Overture
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Tullio Serafin, conductor
3:09 p.m.
Trevor Duncan
A Little Suite: March
New London Orchestra; Ronald Corp, conductor
3:13 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
String Quartet "Lark" in D major Opus 64/5
Kodaly Quartet
3:33 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Havanaise Opus 83
New York Chamber Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin
3:45 p.m.
Claude Debussy
Suite for Piano (Pour le Piano suite)
Martin Jones, piano
4:00 p.m.
Holiday Programming
A Chanukah Celebration with Chicago A Cappella
Jonathan Miller, host
5:00 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Karelia Suite Opus 11
Helsinki Philharmonic; Okko Kamu, conductor
5:16 p.m.
David Diamond
Rounds for String Orchestra
do.gma chamber orchestra; Mikhail Gurewitsch, conductor
5:33 p.m.
Johann Christian Bach
Symphony No. 5 in F major Opus 3
Camerata Budapest; Hanspeter Gmur, conductor
5:44 p.m.
Sean Hickey
Clarinet Concerto: Second movement
St. Petersburg State Academic Symphony Orchestra; Vladimir Lande, conductor Alexander Fiterstein, clarinet
5:50 p.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Au pays bleu
Helene Guilmette, soprano; Martin Dube, piano
5:54 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance No. 3 in Ab major Opus 46
Quebec Symphony Orchestra; Yoav Talmi, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Cello Suite No. 1 in G major BWV 1007
Yo Yo Ma, cello
6:19 p.m.
John Adams
Short Ride in a Fast Machine
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Simon Rattle, conductor
6:23 p.m.
Valerie Coleman
Red Clay & Mississippi Delta
Imani Winds
6:29 p.m.
Gabriel Faure
Pelleas et Melisande Opus 80
L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande; Armin Jordan, conductor
6:48 p.m.
Emile Waldteufel
The Skaters Waltz (Les Patineurs) Opus 183
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
6:56 p.m.
Leroy Anderson; Jeff Scott, arr.
Sleigh Ride
Imani Winds
