Classical Music Playlist, December 21, 2021
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, 1880. Source: Library of Congress
Immediately after he wrote his 1812 Overture, literally with church bells and cannons, Tchaikovsky composed something completely opposite in feeling, just for himself, from the heart, using a pared down orchestra and softer feeling. His Serenade for Strings. About the two works, Tchaikovsky wrote to his patron Nadezhda von Meck: "The overture will be very showy and noisy, but will have no artistic merit because I wrote it without warmth and without love. But the Serenade, on the contrary, I wrote from inner compulsion. This is a piece from the heart." And, “[the Serenade] is my homage to Mozart; it is intended to be an imitation of his style, and I should be delighted if I thought I had in any way approached my model." Tchaikovsky’s “Serenade for Strings” is today’s Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
6:00 a.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 1 in D major Opus 6
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment; Catherine Mackintosh, conductor Catherine Mackintosh, violin
6:12 a.m.
Robert Schumann
Symphony No. 1 "Spring" in Bb major Opus 38
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; David Zinman, conductor
6:45 a.m.
Franz Schubert
Ave Maria Opus 52
Concerto Malaga Los Romeros
6:53 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
ARMIDA Overture
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
6:59 a.m.
Hamilton Harty
Fantasy Scenes
Ulster Orchestra; Takuo Yuasa, conductor
7:14 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Prelude & Fugue No. 1 in E minor Opus 35/1
Joanne Polk, piano
7:22 a.m.
Catrin Finch
Celtic Concerto
Sinfonia Cymru; John Rutter, conductor Catrin Finch, harp
7:36 a.m.
Marcel Tournier
Four Noels for the Harp Opus 32
Margot Dilmaghani, harp
7:42 a.m.
Fritz Kreisler
Tempo di minuetto in the style of Pugnani
Sarah Chang, violin; Sandra Rivers, piano
7:47 a.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
AIDA: Triumphal March from Act II
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor Chicago Symphony Chorus
8:00 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Piano Concerto No. 1: III. Rondo in D minor Opus 15
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Bernard Haitink, conductor Claudio Arrau, piano
8:15 a.m.
Darius Milhaud
Suite Provencale Opus 152
Lille National Orchestra; Jean-Claude Casadesus, conductor
8:31 a.m.
Gabriel Faure
Impromptu No. 4 in Db major Opus 91
Kathryn Stott, piano
8:37 a.m.
Hugo Alfven
Mountain King Suite: Dance of the Shepherd Girl
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Niklas Willen, conductor
8:42 a.m.
Richard Strauss
Horn Concerto No. 1 in Eb major Opus 11
Philharmonia Orchestra; Tolga Kashif, conductor Frank Lloyd, horn
8:59 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Italian Concerto in F major BWV 971
Fazil Say, piano
9:12 a.m.
Bernhard Crusell
Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in Eb major Opus 1
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Sakari Oramo, conductor Kari Kriikku, clarinet
9:33 a.m.
Ariel Ramirez
MISA CRIOLLA: II. Gloria
Zurich Chamber Orchestra; Daniel Hope, conductor Daniel Hope, violin; Palau de la Musica vocal quartet
9:40 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Nutcracker: Waltz of the Snowflakes Opus 71
National Philharmonic Orchestra; Richard Bonynge, conductor Finchley Children's Music Group
9:51 a.m.
Gustav Holst
The Planets: Mars, Bringer of War Opus 32
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Overture
Polish National Radio Orchestra; Antoni Wit, conductor
10:10 a.m.
Mauro Giuliani
Guitar Concerto No. 2 in A major Opus 36
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner (neh-vull MAIR-rih-nuhr), conductor Pepe Romero, guitar
10:44 a.m.
John Adams
The Chairman Dances (Foxtrot for Orchestra)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Simon Rattle, conductor
10:57 a.m.
Engelbert Humperdinck
HANSEL UND GRETEL: Children's Prayer Abens will ich schlafen gehn
Eugenia Zukerman, flute; Allan Vogel, oboe; Dennis Helmrich, piano
11:00 a.m.
Mel Torme; Robert Wells
Christmas Song (Chestnuts...)
Giovanni DeChiaro, guitar
11:06 a.m.
William Grant Still
Symphony No. 5 "Western Hemisphere"
Fort Smith Symphony; John Jeter, conductor
11:27 a.m.
Josef Suk
Burleska
Michael Rabin, violin; Leon Pommers, piano
11:31 a.m.
Johan Helmich Roman
The Drottningholm Music (3)
Stockholm Museum Chamber Orchestra; Claude Genetay, conductor
11:48 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Hebrides Overture in B minor Opus 26
London Symphony Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor
1:00 p.m.
Franz Krommer
Clarinet Concerto in E minor Opus 86
English Chamber Orchestra; Anthony Pay, conductor Thomas Friedli, clarinet
1:27 p.m.
John Rutter
Folk Suite
Royal Ballet Sinfonia; David Lloyd-Jones, conductor
1:40 p.m.
Rodion Shchedrin
Two Polyphonic Pieces: 1. Two-Part Invention
Wei Luo, piano
1:43 p.m.
Luigi Cherubini
MEDEA: Overture
Munich Radio Orchestra; Kurt Redel, conductor
1:53 p.m.
TRADITIONAL
Out Under the Sky
Eaken Piano Trio
2:00 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Serenade for Strings in C major Opus 48
Bavarian Radio Symphony; Colin Davis, conductor
2:33 p.m.
Ludwig Maurer
Four pieces for Brass Quintet: Maestoso Alla Marcia
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
2:36 p.m.
Aaron Jay Kernis
100 Greatest Dance Hits: II. Salsa Pasada
Escher Quartet Jason Vieaux, guitar
2:41 p.m.
Pietro A. Yon
Gesu Bambino
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Alexander Gibson, conductor Jessye Norman, soprano; Ambrosian Singers
2:47 p.m.
Elena Roussanova
Moments of Arrival
Prague Radio Symphony; Julius Williams, conductor
3:00 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
Sigurd Jorsalfar: Homage March Opus 22
Malmo Symphony Orchestra; Bjarte Engeset, conductor
3:11 p.m.
Claude Debussy
Suite Bergamasque
Seong-Jin Cho, piano
3:30 p.m.
Missy Mazzoli
Impromptu (Thomas's Piece)
The Kapralova Orchestra Joshua Bell, violin
3:34 p.m.
Joseph Curiale
Wind River (I am)
London Symphony Orchestra; Joseph Curiale, conductor
3:50 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Messiah: three choruses from part one HWV 56
Gabrieli Consort and Players; Paul McCreesh, conductor
4:00 p.m.
Edward Elgar
Serenade for string orchestra in E minor Opus 20
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
4:13 p.m.
Christos Hatzis
Departures: II. Serenity
Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra (THESS-sal-loh-NEE-kee); Alexandre Myrat, conductor Patrick Gallois, flute
4:27 p.m.
Gabriel Faure
Masques and Bergamasques Opus 112
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
4:42 p.m.
Gustav Holst
In the Bleak Midwinter
North Texas Wind Symphony; Eugene Corporon, conductor
4:47 p.m.
TRADITIONAL
Still, Still, Still
; John Rutter, conductor Cambridge Singers
4:50 p.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 9 in F major Opus 6
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor
5:01 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 21: I. Allegro in C major K 467
Philharmonia Orchestra; Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
5:17 p.m.
TRADITIONAL
Traditional Christmas Carols (1)
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers; Robert Shaw, conductor
5:30 p.m.
Rebecca Clarke
Viola Sonata: I. Impetuoso
Philip Dukes, viola; Sophia Rahman, piano
5:40 p.m.
Valerie Coleman
Shotgun Houses: I. Shotgun Houses
Harlem Quartet David Shifrin, clarinet
5:46 p.m.
Leo Delibes
Sylvia Suite
Philadelphia Orchestra; Eugene Ormandy, conductor
