Classical Music Playlist, December 15, 2021
Frédéric Chopin at 25 (1835) by his fiancée Maria Wodzińska
Some critics who were contemporaries of Frédéric Chopin didn't care for his Piano Sonata #3. Franz Liszt didn't like it; others said it lacked focus, had too many themes and one even said the finale's passion ventured into indecency. But 20th century re-evaluations called it things like, "some of the finest music ever written for the piano." Come to your own conclusion when you listen to Chopin's 3rd and final piano sonata today at 2:00 pm for your Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 4 in D major Opus 6
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
6:10 a.m.
Richard Strauss
Divertimento after Couperin Opus 86
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
6:47 a.m.
James Pierpoint; Valerie Coleman, arr.
Jingle Bells
Imani Winds
6:51 a.m.
Ignaz Holzbauer
Symphony (Sinfonia) in D minor
L'Orfeo Barokorkester; Michi Gaigg, conductor
6:59 a.m.
Cesar Franck
Symphony in D minor: III. Finale - Allegro non troppo in D minor
Montreal Metropolitain Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
7:13 a.m.
Florence Price
Fantasie Negre (No. 1) in E minor
Lara Downes, piano
7:21 a.m.
Ottorino Respighi
The Magic Pot: Suite (La pentola magica)
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Adriano, conductor
7:40 a.m.
Ron Nelson
Courtly Airs and Dances
Dallas Wind Symphony; Jerry Junkin, conductor
7:53 a.m.
Luigi Boccherini
Quintet for guitar and strings No. 4: III. Fandango in D major G 448
Pacifica Quartet Sharon Isbin, guitar
8:01 a.m.
Mikhail Glinka
Spanish Overture No. 2
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Vassily Sinaisky, conductor
8:12 a.m.
Joseph Kraus
Symphony in E minor
Swedish Chamber Orchestra; Petter Sundkvist, conductor
8:29 a.m.
Adam Carse
A Merry Dance
Steven Isserlis, cello; Stephen Hough, piano
8:32 a.m.
Julie Amacher
New Classical Trax
American Public Media Julie Amacher
8:38 a.m.
TRADITIONAL
Carol of the Bells/God Rest Ye Merry/L'Homme Arme
Del Sol String Quartet; Nicholas Collon, conductor Carolyn Surrick, viola da gamba; Ronn McFarlane, lute
8:43 a.m.
Claude Debussy
Arabesque No. 1 in E major
Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
8:48 a.m.
Ernest Farrar
Rhapsody No. 1 "The Open Road" Opus 9
Philharmonia Orchestra; Alasdair Mitchell, conductor
8:59 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto, Op. 4, No. 4 in A minor Opus 4 RV 357
Academy of Ancient Music; Christopher Hogwood, conductor Monica Huggett, violin
9:09 a.m.
Emile Waldteufel
The Skaters Waltz (Les Patineurs) Opus 183
Salonorchester Schwanen; Georg Huber, conductor
9:18 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Egmont Overture Opus 84
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor
9:28 a.m.
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
Symphony No. 5 "Solitudo" in B minor
Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra; Michail Jurowski, conductor
9:57 a.m.
TRADITIONAL
Deck the Halls
Philadelphia Brass Ensemble
10:00 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Symphony No. 3 "Organ" in C minor Opus 78
San Francisco Symphony; Edo de Waart, conductor Jean Guillou, organ
10:35 a.m.
John Ireland
The Holy Boy
La Pieta Angele Dubeau, violin
10:40 a.m.
Arthur Frackenpohl
Fanfare for Fred
Carolina Brass
10:43 a.m.
Henry Purcell
The Gordian Knot Untied Z 597
Parley of Instruments
10:56 a.m.
Gabriel Faure
Requiem: Pie Jesu Opus 48
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andreas Delfs, conductor Renee Fleming, soprano
11:01 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude & Fugue "Saint Anne" in Eb major BWV 552
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
11:17 a.m.
Edvard Grieg
Norwegian Dances Opus 35
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra; Paavo Jarvi, conductor
11:36 a.m.
TRADITIONAL
Songs from the Hill Folk
Boston Pops Orchestra; Keith Lockhart, conductor Tanglewood Festival Chorus
11:46 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Serenade in F major Opus 3/5
Guildhall String Ensemble
11:52 a.m.
Rick Sowash
Trio Number 7 for clarinet, cello and piano: The Philosopher Visits a Country Fair
Trio da Camera
12:00 p.m.
Holiday Programming
A Chanticleer Christmas
Steve Staruch, host
1:00 p.m.
Arnold Bax
Tintagel
Ulster Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor
1:16 p.m.
Valerie Coleman
Umoja
Imani Winds
1:20 p.m.
Jules Massenet
CINDERELLA: Suite (Cendrillon)
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
1:42 p.m.
Leo Tolstoy
Waltz in F major
Lera Auerbach, piano
1:45 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major K 41
English Chamber Orchestra; Murray Perahia, conductor Murray Perahia, piano
2:00 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor Opus 58
Ingrid Fliter, piano
2:32 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso "Alexander's Feast" in C major HWV 318
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
2:46 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance No. 1 in C major Opus 46
Berlin Philharmonic; Lorin Maazel, conductor
2:51 p.m.
Samuel Wesley
Rondo on "God rest you merry, gentlemen"
Ian Hobson, piano
2:59 p.m.
Arthur Foote
Sarabande and Rigaudon Opus 60
Fenwick Smith, flute; Randall Hodgkinson, piano; Marcus Thompson, viola
3:08 p.m.
Giuseppe Sammartini
Concerto Grosso "Christmas Concerto" in G minor Opus 5/6
Les Violons du Roy; Bernard Labadie, conductor
3:22 p.m.
Margaret Bonds
The Bells
Lara Downes, piano
3:27 p.m.
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Trumpet Concerto in Eb major
German Chamber Philharmonic; Thomas Klug, conductor Alison Balsom, trumpet
3:46 p.m.
Benjamin Britten
Soirees musicales (Suite after Rossini) Opus 9
Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra; Okko Kamu, conductor
3:58 p.m.
George Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue
Cincinnati Jazz Orchestra; Erich Kunzel, conductor William Tritt, piano
4:17 p.m.
TRADITIONAL
Greensleeves
Ronn McFarlane, lute
4:20 p.m.
Howard Shore
The Forest: 3rd movement
National Arts Centre Orchestra; Alexander Shelley, conductor Milos Karadaglic, guitar
4:27 p.m.
Louise Farrenc
Piano Trio No. 1: I. Allegro in Eb major Opus 33
Neave Trio
4:40 p.m.
Florence Price
Symphony No. 1: I. Allegro ma non troppo in E minor
Fort Smith Symphony; John Jeter, conductor
4:58 p.m.
Bedrich Smetana
BARTERED BRIDE: Polka and Furiant
Philharmonia Orchestra; William Boughton, conductor
5:06 p.m.
Nikos Skalkottas
Five Greek Dances
I Musici de Montreal; Yuli Turovsky, conductor
5:18 p.m.
Arthur Sullivan
Christmas Revels (from the ballet Victoria and Merrie England)
RTE Sinfonietta (Dublin); Andrew Penny, conductor
5:33 p.m.
Claude Debussy
L'Isle Joyeuse
Seong-Jin Cho, piano
5:39 p.m.
William Grant Still
Folk Suite No. 2
Sierra Winds
5:48 p.m.
Amy Beach
Gaelic Symphony: II. Alla siciliana - allegro vivace - andante in E minor Opus 32
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
5:57 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
EURYANTHE Overture Opus 81 J 291
Czechoslovak RSO, Bratislava; Alfred Walter, conductor
6:07 p.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Fantasia on Christmas Carols
London Sinfonia; John Rutter, conductor Cambridge Singers; Stephen Varcoe, baritone; Stephen Orton, cello
6:19 p.m.
Leo Delibes
Coppelia: (Suite from the ballet)
San Francisco Ballet Orchestra; Martin West, conductor
6:53 p.m.
Ruth Crawford (Seeger)
Piano Sonata
Jenny Lin, piano
