Classical Music Playlist, January 13, 2022
Richard Wagner and Johannes Brahms (actually, their followers fought more than they did)
Feuds and protests of ideology aren’t limited to politics. In the 1880s there was a feud between followers of Brahms and Wagner over directions in music. This "The War of the Romantics" was a battle between modern programmatic music that tells some kind of story (Wagner), and traditional absolute music that needn't be "about" anything (Brahms), to put it very simply. Neither composer really participated in the feud and were mostly just amused by it. But the sentiments were so strong that there were protests by Wagnerians at the premiere of the Brahms 3rd Symphony. Perhaps stoking the fires, a Brahmsian critic declared it his most perfect music to date. Have a listen and decide if we even need to take sides. “Can’t we all just get along?” The Brahms Symphony #3 is today’s Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
Now, imagine a Brahms opera or a Wagner piano concerto!
6:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 7 in Bb major Opus 6/7 HWV 325
Handel & Haydn Society; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
6:14 a.m.
Reinhold Gliere
Horn Concerto in Bb major Opus 91
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Kurt Masur, conductor Hermann Baumann, horn
6:38 a.m.
Marianne Martinez
Sinfonia in C major
Bay Area Women's Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
6:55 a.m.
Jon Batiste
Chopinesque
Jon Batiste, piano
7:00 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Marche Slav Opus 31
Russian Symphony Orchestra; Valery Poliansky, conductor
7:11 a.m.
Juan Arriaga
Symphony in D minor
Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall, conductor
7:41 a.m.
Jennifer Higdon
Amazing Grace
Serafin String Quartet
7:47 a.m.
Rebecca Clarke
I'll Bid My Heart Be Still
Philip Dukes, viola; Sophia Rahman, piano
7:52 a.m.
Jean Sibelius
Karelia Overture Opus 10
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor
8:01 a.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 11 in Bb major Opus 6
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor
8:14 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 8 in F major Opus 93
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
8:40 a.m.
Teresa Carreno
Mi Teresita (Little Waltz)
Gabriela Montero, piano
8:45 a.m.
Leonard Bernstein
CANDIDE: Make Our Garden Grow
London Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Bernstein, conductor Jerry Hadley, tenor; June Anderson, soprano; Christa Ludwig, mezzo-soprano; Kurt Ollmann, baritone
8:51 a.m.
Peter Benoit
In the fields (In de Velden) for oboe and strings
VRT Philharmonic Orchestra; Silveer Van Den Broeck, conductor Joost Gils, oboe
8:54 a.m.
Klaus Badelt
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl: Selections
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Tomaso Albinoni
Adagio in G minor
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra; Karl Munchinger, conductor Martin Haselbock, organ
9:08 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Scherzo capriccioso Opus 66
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra; Zdenek Kosler, conductor
9:22 a.m.
Thomas Tallis
If ye love me ...
; John Rutter, conductor Cambridge Singers
9:25 a.m.
Aaron Copland
Appalachian Spring
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
9:51 a.m.
Erich Korngold
The Sea Hawk (1940) Suite
Oregon Symphony; James DePreist, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Edvard Grieg
Symphonic Dances Opus 64
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra; Paavo Jarvi, conductor
10:32 a.m.
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Les Indes Galantes: Air for Lovers
Orchestre de la Chapelle Royale; Philippe Herreweghe, conductor
10:34 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Ballade No. 1 in G minor Opus 23
Evgeny Kissin, piano
10:45 a.m.
Michael Daugherty
Tales of Hemmingway: Big Two-Hearted River
The Nashville Symphony; Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor Zuill Bailey, cello
10:52 a.m.
Luigi Boccherini
Quintet for guitar and strings No. 4: III. Fandango in D major G 448
Pacifica Quartet Sharon Isbin, guitar
11:00 a.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Petite Suite de Concert
Chicago Sinfonietta; Paul Freeman, conductor
11:15 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Violin Concerto: finale in D major Opus 77
Berlin Philharmonic; Claudio Abbado, conductor Shlomo Mintz, violin
11:25 a.m.
John Williams
Hook: Flight to Neverland
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
11:30 a.m.
Amy Beach
Ballade, Op. 6 Opus 6
Anna Shelest, piano
11:40 a.m.
Bernhard Crusell
Bassoon Concertino in Bb major
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Klaus Thunemann, bassoon
11:59 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Four Seasons: Winter (L'Inverno) in F minor Opus 8 RV 297
Europa Galante Fabio Biondi, violin
12:09 p.m.
Michael Nyman
Trysting Fields
Kremerata Baltica; Gidon Kremer, conductor
12:16 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor K 466
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Jeremy Denk, conductor Jeremy Denk, piano
12:46 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Oberon Overture J 306
London Classical Players; Roger Norrington, conductor
12:56 p.m.
Giovanni Gabrieli
Canzon Duo Decimi Toni
Empire Brass
1:01 p.m.
Claude Debussy
Sacred and Profane Dances (Danses Sacree et Profane)
(unnamed string quintet) Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
1:12 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Triple Concerto for piano, violin, cello & orchestra in C major Opus 56
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana; Alexandre Rabinovitch, conductor Martha Argerich, piano; Renaud Capucon, violin; Mischa Maisky, cello
1:48 p.m.
James Horner
Legends of the Fall: The Ludlows
La Pieta; Angele Dubeau, conductor Angele Dubeau, violin
1:53 p.m.
Astor Piazzolla
La Muerte del Angel (Death of the Angel)
Franz Halasz, guitar
1:56 p.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
MLADA: Lithuanian Dance
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 3 in F major Opus 90
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; Marek Janowski, conductor
2:36 p.m.
Mikhail Glinka
Spanish Overture No. 2
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Vassily Sinaisky, conductor
2:46 p.m.
Domenico Gabrielli
Sonata No. 5 for trumpet in D major Opus 11/5
Southwest German Chamber Orchestra; Vladislav Czarnecki, conductor Erik Schultz, trumpet
2:53 p.m.
George Walker
Caprice
George Walker, piano
2:56 p.m.
Reinhold Gliere
The Red Poppy: Russian Sailor's Dance
New Jersey Symphony; Zdenek Macal, conductor
3:01 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto for Three Keyboards in D minor BWV 1063
Hamburg Philharmonic; Christoph Eschenbach, conductor Christoph Eschenbach, piano; Gerhard Oppitz, piano; Justus Frantz, piano
3:16 p.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Piano Trio No. 1 in G minor Opus 11
Trio Parnassus
3:38 p.m.
Ottorino Respighi
Serenata
Chamber Orchestra of New York "Ottorino Respighi"; Salvatore Di Vittorio, conductor
3:44 p.m.
Howard Shore
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
City of Prague Philharmonic; Nic Raine, conductor
3:51 p.m.
Jacques Offenbach
ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD: Overture
Philharmonia Orchestra; Antonio de Almeida, conductor
4:01 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Concertino for Clarinet and Orchestra in Eb major Opus 26
English Chamber Orchestra; Sir Charles Groves, conductor Emma Johnson, clarinet
4:12 p.m.
Hazel Scott
Peace of Mind
Lara Downes, piano
4:17 p.m.
Carel Anton Fodor
Symphony No. 2 in G major Opus 13
Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra; Anthony Halstead, conductor
4:42 p.m.
John Jenkins
Fantasia Suite in F major
Parley of Instruments; Peter Holman, conductor
4:52 p.m.
Elena Ruehr
String Quartet No. 3: IV. Bell Call
Cypress String Quartet
5:00 p.m.
Hamilton Harty
Fantasy Scenes
Ulster Orchestra; Takuo Yuasa, conductor
5:13 p.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 12 in F major Opus 6
I Musici
5:26 p.m.
Lou Harrison
Suite for Violin with American Gamelan: III. Air
Boston Modern Orchestra Project; Gil Rose, conductor Gabriela Diaz, violin
5:31 p.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
5:47 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Ave Maria (Schubert)
Benjamin Grosvenor, piano
5:53 p.m.
William Grant Still
Folk Suite No. 3
Sierra Winds
6:00 p.m.
Charles Gounod
Symphony No. 2 in Eb major
Sinfonia Finlandia (Jyvaskyla); Patrick Gallois, conductor
6:40 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Turkish Rondo (from Sonata No. 11 "Turkish March") in A major K 331
John O'Conor, piano
6:45 p.m.
Margaret Bonds
Spiritual Suite: III. Troubled Water
Althea Waites, piano
6:50 p.m.
Lili Boulanger
Of an Old Garden (D'un Vieux Jardin)
Margot Dilmaghani, piano
6:53 p.m.
Jacob Gade
Valse Capriccio
Odense Symphony Orchestra; Matthias Aeschbacher, conductor Unknown soloist, violin
