Classical Music Playlist, January 14, 2022
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, 1880. Source: Library of Congress
Tchaikovsky married - disastrously - while writing his 4th Symphony. The emotion of that (mis)adventure is depicted in the music. He described the symphony's opening theme as "the fateful power of Destiny that rules our life and so often stands in the way of our happiness." The marriage lasted only two months and caused him a nervous breakdown which, to get over, he went to rest in Italy where he completed the symphony. He later wrote to his patron Nadezhda von Meck about the finished music, "The symphony is a true reflection of my feelings at the time....my intense and frightening innermost experiences" (including, one would assume, release from the marriage as reflected in the triumphant final movement). He also wrote, “No previous orchestral piece has required so much labor, but neither have I ever been so enthralled by the work. This symphony seems to me to be something out of the ordinary and to be the best that I have yet achieved.” Indeed, it is the first of three successive symphonies widely regarded as his masterpieces. Hear the Symphony #4 by Tchaikovsky today at 2:00pm.
6:00 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Variations on Ah, vous dirai-je, maman K 265
Andras Schiff, piano
6:15 a.m.
Samuel Wesley
Symphony in Eb major
Milton Keynes Chamber Orchestra; Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor
6:31 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor Opus 25
London Mozart Players; Howard Shelley, conductor Howard Shelley, piano
6:52 a.m.
John Corigliano
Lullaby for Natalie
London Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor Anne Akiko Meyers, violin
6:59 a.m.
Domenico Cimarosa
Oboe Concerto in C minor
Philharmonia Orchestra; Simon Wright, conductor John Anderson, oboe
7:12 a.m.
Franz Schubert
Concert Piece for violin and orchestra (Konzertstuck) in D major D 345
Chamber Orchestra of Europe Gidon Kremer, violin
7:23 a.m.
Joaquin Malats
Spanish Serenade (Serenata Espanola) in F major
Klaus Jackle, guitar
7:29 a.m.
Jean-Philippe Rameau
NAIS: Orchestral Suite (1)
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
7:50 a.m.
Ludovico Einaudi
Choros
La Pieta Angele Dubeau, violin
7:57 a.m.
Charles Stanford
Irish Rhapsody No. 5
Ulster Orchestra; Vernon Handley, conductor
8:14 a.m.
Steve Reich
Electric Counterpoint: Third Movement
Valerie Milot, harp
8:20 a.m.
Claude Debussy
L'Isle Joyeuse
Seong-Jin Cho, piano
8:27 a.m.
Giovanni Battista Viotti
Violin Concerto No. 13 in A major
European Community Chamber Orchestra; Jorg Faerber, conductor Adelina Oprean, violin
8:50 a.m.
Libby Larsen
Sorrow Song and Jubilee
Apollo Chamber Players
8:58 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Havanaise Opus 83
Yo Yo Ma, cello; Kathryn Stott, piano
9:08 a.m.
Johann Christian Bach
Symphony No. 5 in F major Opus 3
Camerata Budapest; Hanspeter Gmur, conductor
9:19 a.m.
Gabriel Faure
Pelleas et Melisande Opus 80
Mexico City Philharmonic; Enrique Batiz, conductor
9:39 a.m.
Florence Price
Memory Mist
Lara Downes, piano
9:43 a.m.
Maurice Ravel
Le tombeau de Couperin (The tomb of Couperin)
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
10:00 a.m.
Edward Elgar
Coronation March Opus 65
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Yondani Butt, conductor
10:11 a.m.
Samuel Barber
Canzonetta for oboe and orchestra
Lehigh Valley Chamber Orchestra; Donald Spieth, conductor Bert Lucarelli, oboe
10:20 a.m.
Carl Nielsen
Wind Quintet Opus 43
Emmanuel Pahud, flute; Sabine Meyer, clarinet; Radek Baborak, horn; Jonathon Kelly, oboe; Stefan Schweigert, bassoon
10:47 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude (from Prelude and Fugue, Well-Tempered Clavier I:01) in C major BWV 846
Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
10:50 a.m.
Joe Hisaishi
Princess Mononoke Suite (from Princess Mononoke)
New Japan World Dream Orchestra; Joe Hisaishi, conductor Joe Hisaishi, piano
11:00 a.m.
Franz Liszt
Piano Concerto No. 1 in Eb major
London Symphony Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor Martha Argerich, piano
11:19 a.m.
Francesco Geminiani
Concerto Grosso No. 5 in C minor Opus 2/5
La Petite Bande; Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor
11:29 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Prelude and Fugue in E minor
Joanne Polk, piano
11:37 a.m.
Benjamin Britten
Simple Symphony Opus 4
Bern Camerata
11:54 a.m.
Claudio Monteverdi
ORFEO: Toccata
Musica Reservata; John Beckett, conductor
11:56 a.m.
Max Richter
Spring I
Zurich Chamber Orchestra Daniel Hope, violin
12:00 p.m.
Elmer Bernstein
The Magnificent Seven
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
12:06 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Piano Concerto in G minor Opus 33
Brno State Philharmonic Orchestra; Frantisek Jilek, conductor Radoslav Kvapil, piano
12:46 p.m.
Gioachino Rossini
THE ITALIAN GIRL IN ALGIERS: Overture
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
12:55 p.m.
Dmitri Shostakovich
The Gadfly: Nocturne
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla, conductor Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello
1:00 p.m.
Amy Beach
Gaelic Symphony: II. Alla siciliana - allegro vivace - andante in E minor Opus 32
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
1:09 p.m.
Luigi Boccherini
Quintet for guitar and strings No. 3 in Bb major G 447
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemble Pepe Romero, guitar
1:34 p.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
AIDA: Triumphal March from Act II
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor Chicago Symphony Chorus
1:47 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Oboe Concerto No. 3 in G minor HWV 287
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor David Reichenberg, oboe
1:57 p.m.
Erich Korngold
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING: Hornpipe Opus 11
Gil Shaham, violin; Andre Previn, piano
2:00 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 4 in F minor Opus 36
Montreal Symphony Orchestra; Charles Dutoit, conductor
2:43 p.m.
Franz Schubert
"Whither?" (Die Schone Mullerin: No. 2 Wohin?) Opus 25 D 795
Olga Kern, piano
2:46 p.m.
Kojiro Umezaki
If You Shall Return...
Silk Road Ensemble
2:54 p.m.
Fritz Kreisler
Praeludium & Allegro, "in the style of Pugnani"
James Ehnes, violin; Eduard Laurel, piano
3:02 p.m.
Daniel-Francois Auber
Rondo for cello and orchestra
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Roberto Paternostro, conductor Martin Ostertag, cello
3:16 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Tapiola Opus 112
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor
3:34 p.m.
David Diamond
Rounds for String Orchestra
do.gma chamber orchestra; Mikhail Gurewitsch, conductor
3:49 p.m.
Roland Dyens
Tango En Skai (Immitation Leather Tango)
Jason Vieaux, guitar
3:53 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Polonaise No. 6 "Heroic" in Ab major Opus 53
Lang Lang, piano
4:01 p.m.
George Phillip Telemann
Concerto for 2 trumpets & strings in Eb major
English String Orchestra; William Boughton, conductor John Wallace, trumpet; John Miller, trumpet
4:14 p.m.
Johan Svendsen
Carnival in Paris (Karnival i Paris) Opus 9
Latvian National Symphony; Terje Mikkelsen, conductor
4:28 p.m.
Connor Chee
Navajo Vocable No. 12
Connor Chee, piano
4:33 p.m.
Josef Suk
Fantastic Scherzo Opus 25
Buffalo Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
4:49 p.m.
Harry Thacker Burleigh
From the Southland: I. Through Moanin' Pines
Jeni Slotchiver, piano
4:51 p.m.
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 4 "Romantic": III. Scherzo in Eb major
Minnesota Orchestra; Osmo Vanska, conductor
5:01 p.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
5:13 p.m.
Enrique Granados
Danzas espanolas No. 6 "Jota" (Rondalla Aragonesa)
Angel Romero, guitar; Celedonio Romero, guitar
5:18 p.m.
Claude Debussy
La Mer
Philharmonia Orchestra; Geoffrey Simon, conductor
5:42 p.m.
Alexander Borodin
PRINCE IGOR Overture
Russian National Orchestra; Mikhail Pletnev, conductor
5:53 p.m.
Koji Kondo
The Legend of Zelda Suite
London Philharmonic Orchestra
5:59 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 3 "Scottish" in A minor Opus 56
London Symphony Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor
6:42 p.m.
Edward Elgar
Salut d'amour (Love's Greeting) Opus 12
Anne Akiko Meyers, violin; Sandra Rivers, piano
6:46 p.m.
John Williams
STAR WARS - RETURN OF THE JEDI: Luke and Leia
Skywalker Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
6:52 p.m.
Aram Khachaturian
Masquerade: Waltz
The Bolshoi Theater Orchestra; Mark Ermler, conductor
6:56 p.m.
George Walker
Prelude
George Walker, piano
