Classical Music Playlist, January 21, 2022
Born into a musical Brooklyn, NY, family in 1825, prodigy George Frederick Bristow took his first musical instruction (in piano, violin and composition) from his musician-conductor father. At age 17 he joined the New York Philharmonic in the First Violin section where he remained until 1879, being Concertmaster from 1850-1853. Over 35 years in this position gave him invaluable exposure to the greatest composers, conductors and fellow musicians from around the world. From the 1850s he also became conductor of church choirs and choral groups for whom he wrote secular works with nationalist American texts like, "Great Republic: Ode to the American Union," "Pioneer, a Grand Cantata," and "Keep Step with the Music of Union." Bristow was a lifelong champion of American music and receives attention as one of the earliest great American composers. With a “Nocturno” 2nd movement and “The Butterfly’s Frolic” scherzo 3rd, Bristow’s 1858 Symphony #3 in f-sharp minor is today’s Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
6:00 a.m.
Ambroise Thomas
MIGNON: Overture
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Seiji Ozawa, conductor
6:09 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Water Music Suite No. 1 in F major HWV 348
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
6:39 a.m.
Isaac Albeniz
The Crimson Tower (Torre Bermeja) Opus 92/12
Jason Vieaux, guitar
6:45 a.m.
Robert Schumann
Introduction and Allegro appassionato in G major Opus 92
Berlin Philharmonic; Claudio Abbado, conductor Murray Perahia, piano
7:00 a.m.
Michael Torke
Bright Blue Music
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; David Zinman, conductor
7:12 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Rondo for horn & orchestra in Eb major K 371
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor Eric Ruske, horn
7:19 a.m.
Franz Schubert
Gratzer Galop D 925
Andras Schiff, piano
7:21 a.m.
Giovanni Palestrina
You Are My Friends (Vos Amici Mei Estis)
Empire Brass; Rolf Smedvig, conductor
7:26 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major HOB VIIb:1
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor Anner Bylsma, cello
7:50 a.m.
Dmitri Shostakovich
The Storming of Red Hill (Assault on Beautiful Gorky)
BBC Concert Orchestra; Gavin Sutherland, conductor Valentina Lisitsa, piano
7:58 a.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto for 3 Trumpets in Bb major
English Chamber Orchestra; Raymond Leppard, conductor Wynton Marsalis, trumpet
8:10 a.m.
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6 "Carnival in Pest" in D major
Budapest Symphony Orchestra; Andras Korodi, conductor
8:25 a.m.
Johan Vanhal
Symphony in Ab major
Toronto Camerata; Kevin Mallon, conductor
8:44 a.m.
Sophie Hutchings
By Night
Voces8 Elitsa Bogdanova, viola; Matthew Sharp, cello; Olivia Jageurs, harp
8:50 a.m.
Alan Hovhaness
Prelude and Quadruple Fugue Opus 128
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
8:58 a.m.
Claude Debussy
Petite Suite
Lyon National Orchestra; Jun Markl, conductor
9:12 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Mazurka No. 3 in F# minor Opus 59
Bela Fleck, banjo; John Williams, guitar
9:17 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 7 in D minor Opus 70
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Andre Previn, conductor
9:56 a.m.
Carlos Gardel
Criollita de Mis Amores
Franz Halasz, guitar
10:00 a.m.
Max Bruch
Swedish Dances Opus 63
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Kurt Masur, conductor
10:10 a.m.
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Piano Concerto in A minor Opus 17
Polish National Radio Orchestra; Antoni Wit, conductor Janina Fialkowska, piano
10:45 a.m.
Tan Dun
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: The Eternal Vow
Shanghai Symphony Orchestra; Tan Dun, conductor Yo Yo Ma, cello
10:49 a.m.
Leo Delibes
Lakme: Flower Duet (Viens, Malika..Sous le Dome epais)
Philharmonia Orchestra; Sebastian Lang-Lessing, conductor Renee Fleming, soprano; Susan Graham, contralto
10:54 a.m.
William Bolcom
Fields of Flowers
Spencer Meyer, piano
10:59 a.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Capriccio Espagnol Opus 34
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
11:15 a.m.
Giovanni Gabrieli
Sonata on the 8th tone
Philadelphia Orchestra & Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass Ensembles
11:21 a.m.
Franz Danzi
Quartet for bassoon and strings No. 1 in C major Opus 40/1
island Jane Gower, bassoon
11:47 a.m.
Hector Berlioz
Damnation of Faust: Hungarian March Opus 24
Boston Pops Orchestra; Arthur Fiedler, conductor
11:53 a.m.
Juventino Rosas
Over the Waves (Sobre las olas)
Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas; Alondra de la Parra, conductor
11:59 a.m.
Luigi Cherubini
Eliza: Overture
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
12:07 p.m.
E. J. Moeran
Cello Concerto
Ulster Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor Guy Johnston, cello
12:37 p.m.
John Williams
Superman: Main Title
London Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
12:42 p.m.
Teresa Carreno
Gottschalk Waltz Opus 1
Alexandra Oehler, piano
12:51 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dance No. 3 in F major
North German Radio Symphony; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
12:53 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G minor
North German Radio Symphony; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
12:57 p.m.
Karl Jenkins
Palladio
London Philharmonic Strings; Karl Jenkins, conductor
1:15 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Andante Spianato and Grand Polonaise in G major/Eb major Opus 22
Polish Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra; Marcin Nalecz-Nieslolowski, conductor Tatiana Shebanova, piano
1:32 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Bassoon Concerto in F major Opus 75
Tapiola Sinfonietta; Jean Jacques Kantorow, conductor Jaakko Luoma, bassoon
1:50 p.m.
Chris Brubeck
Reverie d'Ivoire
John Salmon, piano
1:55 p.m.
Giacomo Puccini
TURANDOT: Nessun dorma
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Zubin Mehta, conductor Luciano Pavarotti, tenor
2:00 p.m.
George Frederick Bristow
Symphony No. 3 in F# minor Opus 26
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
2:35 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Bagatelles Opus 47
Takacs Quartet
2:53 p.m.
Gena Branscombe
A Memory
Lansdowne Symphony Orchestra; Reuben Blundell, conductor
2:56 p.m.
Reynaldo Hahn
The Exquisite Hour (L'Heure exquise)
Mischa Maisky, cello; Daria Hovora, piano
3:01 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
The Cunning Peasant: Overture (Selma Sedlak) Opus 37
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra; Stephen Gunzenhauser, conductor
3:10 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue (from the Well-Tempered Clavier Well Tempered Clavier Book One: Prelude and Fugue No. 24 in B minor BWV 869
Angela Hewitt, piano
3:23 p.m.
Florence Price
Violin Concerto No. 2
Janacek Philharmonic; Ryan Cockerham, conductor Er-Gene Kahng
3:38 p.m.
Gustav Holst
The Planets: Mars, Bringer of War Opus 32
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
3:46 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight" in C# minor Opus 27/2
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
4:03 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Spring Song
Lahti Symphony Orchestra; Osmo Vanska, conductor
4:13 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Octet: III. Scherzo in Eb major Opus 20
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Pinchas Zukerman, conductor
4:18 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Octet: IV. Presto in Eb major Opus 20
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Pinchas Zukerman, conductor
4:25 p.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
LOVE FOR THREE ORANGES: March Opus 33
Empire Brass
4:29 p.m.
Adolphe Adam
SI J'ETAIS ROI (If I were King) Overture
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
4:38 p.m.
Ottorino Respighi
The Birds (Gli Uccelli)
Chamber Orchestra of New York "Ottorino Respighi"; Salvatore Di Vittorio, conductor
4:59 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
DER FREISCHUTZ: Overture Opus 77 J 277
Czechoslovak RSO, Bratislava; Alfred Walter, conductor
5:11 p.m.
Jon Hopkins
Scene Suspended
Voces8 Eleanor Turner, harp
5:16 p.m.
Hubert Parry
An English Suite
City of London Sinfonia; Richard Hickox, conductor
5:40 p.m.
Christoph Forster
Horn Concerto No. 2 in Eb major
St. Petersburg Chamber Philharmonic; Jeffrey Meyer, conductor Bruce Atwell, horn
5:50 p.m.
Dmitri Shostakovich
The Golden Age: Polka Opus 22
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
5:52 p.m.
Alexander Glazunov
Symphony No. 6: III. Intermezzo in C minor Opus 58
BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra; Tadaaki Otaka, conductor
5:59 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Piano Quintet in F minor Opus 34
Guarneri Quartet Artur Rubinstein, piano
6:39 p.m.
John Williams
Raiders of the Lost Ark: Marion's Theme
Los Angeles Recording Arts Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
6:44 p.m.
Dave Brubeck
Softly, William, Softly
Dave Brubeck, piano
6:47 p.m.
Igor Stravinsky
Fireworks (Feu d'artifice) Opus 4
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Pierre Boulez, conductor
6:52 p.m.
Gabriel Faure
Pavane Opus 50
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
