Classical Music Playlist, December 8, 2021
Cast for the 1919 premiere performance of Claude Debussy’s ballet "La boîte à joujoux."
Taking delight in children's subject matter, probably due to his affection for his young daughter, in 1913 Claude Debussy agreed to compose a ballet based on a children's story, La boîte à joujoux (The Toy-Box), to be danced by children (or marionettes). That same year he wrote the piano score and began its orchestration in 1914, but performance was delayed by World War I. Debussy passed away in 1918 and the ballet, with orchestration completed by Debussy's friend, composer and conductor André Caplet, finally had its premiere in December 1919 and is now considered one of Debussy's greatest achievements. La boîte à joujoux (The Toy-Box) is today's Midday Masterpiece at 2pm.
6:00 a.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto for 2 trumpets & strings in Eb major
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Iona Brown, conductor Hakan Hardenberger, trumpet; Michael Laird, trumpet
6:12 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 7 in D minor Opus 70
Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
6:50 a.m.
Charles Gounod
Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
Los Romeros; Concerto Malaga
6:57 a.m.
Charles Stanford
Four Irish Dances: A March-Jig
Piers Lane, piano
6:59 a.m.
Gerald Finzi
Romance in Eb major Opus 11
London Sinfonia; Richard Hickox, conductor
7:09 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor Opus 33
Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra; Augustin Dumay, conductor Pavel Gomziakov, cello
7:29 a.m.
Meredith Monk
Ellis Island
Lara Downes, piano; Simone Dinnerstein, piano
7:33 a.m.
Jean Sibelius
Romantic Waltz from "Kuolema" (Valse Romantique) Opus 62
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Yondani Butt, conductor
7:38 a.m.
George Gershwin
An American in Paris
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
7:59 a.m.
Jan Dismas Zelenka
Capriccio No. 2 in G major Z 183
Bern Camerata; Alexander van Wijnkoop, conductor
8:14 a.m.
Enrique Granados
Danzas espanolas No. 10 "Triste"
Angel Romero, guitar; Celedonio Romero, guitar
8:20 a.m.
Jules Massenet
THAIS: Meditation
Berlin Philharmonic; Herbert Von Karajan, conductor Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
8:28 a.m.
Julie Amacher
New Classical Trax
American Public Media Julie Amacher
8:34 a.m.
Gloria Shayne Baker
Do You Hear What I Hear?
The Knights; Eric Jacobsen, conductor Wu Man, pipa
8:39 a.m.
Luigi Boccherini
Symphony No. 5 in Bb major Opus 21 G 497
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor
8:57 a.m.
Daniel-Francois Auber
Rondo for cello and orchestra
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Roberto Paternostro, conductor Martin Ostertag, cello
9:11 a.m.
Lucas Ruiz de Ribayaz
El Gran Duque y Baylete
The Harp Consort
9:15 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 1 in F major K 37
English Chamber Orchestra; Murray Perahia, conductor Murray Perahia, piano
9:32 a.m.
Hubert Parry
An English Suite
English String Orchestra; William Boughton, conductor
9:52 a.m.
TRADITIONAL
Three French Carols
Solid Brass
10:00 a.m.
Raymond Warren
Wexford Bells (Suite on Old Irish Tunes for orchestra)
Royal Ballet Sinfonia; Gavin Sutherland, conductor
10:12 a.m.
Dmitri Shostakovich
Prelude and Fugue No. 17 in Ab major Opus 87/17
David Jalbert, piano
10:19 a.m.
Alexander Borodin
Symphony No. 2 in B minor
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchesta; Valery Gergiev, conductor
10:51 a.m.
Nicola Matteis
Ground after the Scotch Humour
Daniel Hope, violin; and friends
10:54 a.m.
Giacomo Puccini
MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Humming Chorus (Act 2)
Philharmonia Orchestra; Giuseppi Sinopoli, conductor Ambrosian Opera Chorus
10:58 a.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto for flute and strings in D major
Berlin Baroque Soloists; Rainer Kussmaul, conductor Emmanuel Pahud, flute
11:12 a.m.
Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 7 in C major Opus 105
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; Pieteri Inkinen, conductor
11:34 a.m.
Michael Praetorius
Lo how a Rose e'er blooming (Es ist ein Ros)
Giovanni DeChiaro, guitar
11:41 a.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Morning Papers Opus 279 (Morgenblatter)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Franz Bauer-Theussl, conductor
11:52 a.m.
Wynton Marsalis
Fiddle Dance Suite: No. 4 Nicola's Strathspey
Nicola Benedetti, violin
11:58 a.m.
Franz Liszt
Piano Sonata in B minor in B minor
Benjamin Grosvenor, piano
12:31 p.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Romance in G major
Encore Chamber Orchestra; Daniel Hege, conductor Rachel Barton Pine, violin
12:44 p.m.
TRADITIONAL
Christmas Time Is Here (Holiday Medley)
Canadian Brass
12:56 p.m.
Adolphus Hailstork
Fanfare on Amazing Grace
Virginia Symphony Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
1:01 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto No. 1 (originally for violin) in A minor BWV 1041
Elias String Quartet Xuefei Yang, guitar
1:17 p.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
LA TRAVIATA: Drinking Song (Brindisi - Libiamo, ne'lieti calici)
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
1:20 p.m.
Johann Johannsson
Forces of Attraction (Theory of Everything Soundtrack)
studio ensemble Tom Poster, keyboard; Andreas Kaehne, guitar
1:23 p.m.
Gloria Shayne Baker; Neol Regney
Do You Hear What I Hear?
Los Angeles Sinfonia; Paul Salamunovich, conductor Los Angeles Master Chorale
1:27 p.m.
Igor Stravinsky
Apollo (1947 rev. version)
Guildhall String Ensemble; Robert Salter, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Claude Debussy
The Toy Box (La Boite a Jou-Joux)
Ulster Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
2:31 p.m.
Jacob Gade
Copenhagen Life, Waltz
Odense Symphony Orchestra; Matthias Aeschbacher, conductor
2:37 p.m.
Mykola Leontovych Mykola Leontovych Mykola Leontovych
Carol of the Bells
Rachel Van Voorhees, harp
2:40 p.m.
Dmitri Kabalevsky
Three Easy Variations for guitar Opus 51
William Kanengiser, guitar
2:48 p.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 10 in C major Opus 6
I Musici
3:04 p.m.
Max Bruch
Symphony No. 1 in Eb major Opus 28
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Kurt Masur, conductor
3:34 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Bassoon Concerto No. 1 "The Night" (La Notte) in Bb major RV 501
I Solisti Italiani Milan Turkovich, bassoon
3:45 p.m.
TRADITIONAL
I Wonder As I Wander
Eaken Piano Trio
3:50 p.m.
Oskar Lindberg
Old Cattle Pasture Hymn from Dalarna: Andante
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Edward Gardner, conductor Alison Balsom, trumpet
3:55 p.m.
Giacomo Puccini
Preludio Sinfonico
Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Litton, conductor
4:05 p.m.
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Grand Concerto for bassoon and orchestra in F major
USSR Symphony Chamber Ensemble Valery Popov, bassoon
4:31 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Variations on Ah, vous dirai-je, maman K 265
John Novacek, piano
4:40 p.m.
Ronn McFarlane
Fermi's Paradox
Carolyn Surrick, viola da gamba; Ronn McFarlane, lute
4:46 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Romance in F minor Opus 11
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Daniel Barenboim, conductor Itzhak Perlman, violin
5:00 p.m.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Lundu for the Marqueza de Santos (Lundu da Marqueza de Santos)
New York Chamber Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor Robert Bonfiglio, harmonica
5:04 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Piano Concerto No. 1: III. Rondo in E minor Opus 11
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Eliahu Inbal, conductor Claudio Arrau, piano
5:15 p.m.
Florence Price
Violin Concerto no. 1: III. Allegro in D major
Janacek Philharmonic; Ryan Cockerham, conductor Er-Gene Kahng
5:20 p.m.
Gian-Francesco Malipiero
Symphonic Fragments from Three Goldoni Comedies: The Coffee Shop
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana; Christian Benda, conductor
5:24 p.m.
Edward Elgar
Caractacus: Triumphal March Opus 35
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; James Judd, conductor
5:33 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Andante for piano "Andante Favori" in F major WoO 57
Andras Schiff, piano
5:42 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 11 in A major Opus 6/11 HWV 329
Academy of Ancient Music; Andrew Manze, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Holiday Programming
Hollywood Holiday
Seg A 14536 Break Seg B 14538 CUTS; Mid Break Bed 14537 CUTS, conductor Lynne Warfel, host
