Classical Music Playlist, December 10, 2021
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As Finnish composer Jean Sibelius was writing his first symphony in the late 1890s, Russia took steps to limit Finland's self-governance as an autonomous Grand Duchy of the Russian Empire. Not a political man but a Finnish patriot that wanted to tell the world that Finland's independent culture was unique and worth fighting for, Sibelius spoke with music. Among many nationalist works that he composed at this time, his Symphony #1 had its premiere in April 1899. He made revisions with a re-premiere in July 1900 and this is the version the world has come to know, and is today's Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm. (Finland won its full independence in 1917.)
6:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Flute Concerto No. 2 "The Night" (La Notte) in G minor Opus 10 RV 439
I Musici Aurele Nicolet, flute
6:10 a.m.
Richard Strauss
Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme Suite Opus 60
Berlin Philharmonic; Simon Rattle, conductor
6:46 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Athalia: March of the Priests Opus 74
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
6:52 a.m.
Florence Price
Symphony No. 4: III. Juba Dance in D minor
Fort Smith Symphony; John Jeter, conductor
6:58 a.m.
Ola Gjeilo
Dawn
12 Ensemble; Rupert Gough, conductor Ola Gjeilo, piano
7:02 a.m.
Leon Minkus
Don Quixote: Grand pas de deux
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Robert Irving, conductor
7:12 a.m.
Karl Ditters Von Dittersdorf
Oboe Concerto in G major
Bern Camerata; Thomas Furi, conductor Heinz Holliger, oboe
7:27 a.m.
Gustav Holst
A Fugal Overture Opus 40/1
London Symphony Orchestra; Richard Hickox, conductor
7:33 a.m.
Teresa Carreno
Gottschalk Waltz Opus 1
Alexandra Oehler, piano
7:42 a.m.
Benjamin Britten
Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra Opus 34
BBC Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Davis, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 4: III. Rondo: Vivace in G major Opus 58
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Zubin Mehta, conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
8:13 a.m.
Franz Schubert
String Quartet No. 5 in Bb major D 68
Verdi String Quartet
8:30 a.m.
Gabriel Faure
Pavane Opus 50
Studio Orchestra; William Goodchild, conductor John Williams, guitar
8:36 a.m.
Pedro Iturralde
Pequena Czarda
Tippett Quartet Jess Gillam, soprano saxophone; Zeynep Ozsuca, piano
8:40 a.m.
Katherine Kennicot Davis
Carol of the Drum
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
8:44 a.m.
Wilhelm Stenhammar
Excelsior! Opus 13
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
8:59 a.m.
George Walker
Folk Songs for Orchestra
Cleveland Chamber Symphony; Edwin London, conductor
9:11 a.m.
Francis Johnson
Johnson's March
Symphony Orchestra of America; Matthew H. Phillips, conductor
9:16 a.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Russian Easter Festival Overture Opus 36
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Jose Serebrier, conductor
9:32 a.m.
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Flute Concerto in Bb major Wq 167 / H 435
Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra; Janos Rolla, conductor Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute
9:54 a.m.
Gustav Holst
In the Bleak Midwinter
North Texas Wind Symphony; Eugene Corporon, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6 "Carnival in Pest" in D major
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra; Ondrej Lenard, conductor
10:13 a.m.
Aaron Copland
Appalachian Spring
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Dennis Russell Davies, conductor
10:39 a.m.
Michael Gandolfi
The Garden of Cosmic Speculation: The Willowtwist
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Robert Spano, conductor
10:45 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Aria Variata in A minor BWV 989
Vikingur Olafsson, piano
11:01 a.m.
Ambroise Thomas
MIGNON: Overture
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Lance Friedel, conductor
11:10 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major K 503
English Chamber Orchestra; Colin Davis, conductor Alicia de Larrocha, piano
11:43 a.m.
Leo Brouwer
El Decameron Negro: 3. Balada de la doncella enamorada
Sharon Isbin, guitar
11:50 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Nutcracker: Waltz of the Flowers Opus 71
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; Vasily Petrenko, conductor
11:58 a.m.
Claude Debussy
The Girl with the Flaxen Hair (from Preludes, Book I: No. 8) (La fille aux cheveux de lin)
Christopher O'Riley, piano
12:01 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 5 in D major Opus 6/5 HWV 323
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor
12:18 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F minor Opus 73
Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra; Lukas Foss, conductor Jon Manasse, clarinet
12:40 p.m.
Craig Hella Johnson
Gitanjali Chants
Seraphic Fire; Patrick Dupre Quigley, conductor
12:45 p.m.
William Schuman
New England Triptych: Chester
The President's Own U.S. Marine Band; Lt. Col. Jason K. Fettig, conductor
12:52 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Polonaise No. 6 "Heroic" in Ab major Opus 53
Lang Lang, piano
12:59 p.m.
Josef Suk
Fantastic Scherzo Opus 25
Buffalo Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
1:15 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Concert Piece (Morceau de concert) Opus 94
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Kurt Masur, conductor Hermann Baumann, horn
1:25 p.m.
Philip Glass
Etude 6
Vikingur Olafsson, piano
1:31 p.m.
Francis Poulenc
The Does (Les Biches): Suite "The Does" - fashionable Parisian women
Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra; Stephane Deneve, conductor Stuttgart SWR Vocal Ensemble
1:52 p.m.
Bruce Broughton
Miracle on 34th Street
United States Coast Guard Band; Lt. Kenneth W. Megan, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 1 in E minor Opus 39
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
2:42 p.m.
Anatol Liadov
Little Waltz in G major Opus 26
Stephen Coombs, piano
2:46 p.m.
Eric Coates
Little Lady of the Moon
Brian Rayner Cook, baritone; Raphael Terroni, piano
2:50 p.m.
Alexander MacKenzie
The Cricket on the Hearth Overture
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Martyn Brabbins, conductor
3:03 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Introduction and Allegro appassionato in G major Opus 92
Berlin Philharmonic; Claudio Abbado, conductor Murray Perahia, piano
3:18 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 102 in Bb major
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
3:45 p.m.
Billy Taylor
I Wish I Knew How it Would Feel to be Free
Lara Downes, piano
3:49 p.m.
Reinhold Gliere
Festival at Ferghana Overture
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Vassily Sinaisky, conductor
3:59 p.m.
Marin Marais
Bells of Saint Genevieve (Sonnerie de Ste. Genevive du Monte)
Jordi Savall, viola da gamba; Rolf Lislevand, lute; Pierre Hantai, harpsichord; Fabio Biondi, violin
4:08 p.m.
Richard Addinsell
A Christmas Carol (music from the 1951 film)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; David Newman, conductor Ambrosian Singers
4:23 p.m.
Rebecca Clarke
Cortege
Ian Jones, piano
4:29 p.m.
Saverio Mercadante
Flute Concerto in E minor
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Irena Grafenauer, flute
4:50 p.m.
Lars-Erik Larsson
The Winter's Tale Opus 18
CBC Vancouver Orchestra; Mario Bernardi, conductor
5:01 p.m.
Friedrich Kuhlau
Elf-Mound Overture Opus 100
Odense Symphony Orchestra; Othmar Maga, conductor
5:13 p.m.
Ilmari Hannikainen
Harvest Dance
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Petri Sakari, conductor
5:29 p.m.
Aaron Copland
Our Town
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
5:39 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Christmas Tree (Weihnachtsbaum) I:6 "Evening Bells" (Abendglockchen) S 186
Alfred Brendel, piano
5:44 p.m.
Jennfier Higdon
Love Came Down
Essential Voices USA; Judith Clurman, conductor Stacey Shames, harp; Maureen McKay, soprano
5:49 p.m.
John Ireland
Epic March
London Symphony Orchestra; Richard Hickox, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Holiday Programming
Apollo's Fire Christmas on Sugarloaf Mountain
Apollo's Fire; Jeannette Sorrell, conductor Candice Agree, host; Jeannette Sorrell, host
