Classical Music Playlist, February 1, 2022
Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871-1927)
Born in 1871, the 150th birthday of Swedish composer Wilhelm Stenhammar was celebrated with a two-week festival in Sweden in the Fall of 2021. The 151st anniversary of his birth is coming up on February 7th. Stenhammar was born into a musical family and formally studied organ and piano, becoming the greatest Swedish pianist of his time. But he studied composition mostly on his own. Despite having already written many songs and chamber works, by 1910 he struggled with self doubt as a composer. Feeling his knowledge of music theory insufficient, he set himself thousands of assignments in counterpoint over the next decade. In about the middle of this period, he composed his Symphony #2 that shows his preoccupation with counterpoint especially in the final movement with its double fugue. Stenhammar dedicated his 1915 Second Symphony to the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestra for which he was Music Director for 15 seasons beginning in 1907, and who perform the Symphony for today’s Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
6:00 a.m.
Francesco Geminiani
Concerto Grosso No. 9 in A major Opus 7/9
Academy of Ancient Music; Andrew Manze, conductor
6:11 a.m.
Bernhard Crusell
Sinfonia Concertante for clarinet, horn, bassoon and orchestra Opus 3
Tapiola Sinfonietta; Osmo Vanska, conductor Anna-Marja Korsimaa, clarinet; Laszlo Hara, bassoon; Ib Lanzky-Otto, horn
6:41 a.m.
Malcolm Arnold
English Dances, First Set Opus 27
The Queensland Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Penny, conductor
6:50 a.m.
Agustin Barrios
La Catedral
Deborah Mariotti, guitar
6:59 a.m.
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 4 "Romantic": III. Scherzo in Eb major
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Manfred Honeck, conductor
7:11 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 18 in Bb major K 456
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
7:42 a.m.
VARIOUS
Yellow River Piano Concerto: I. Prelude: Song of the Yellow River Boatmen in D major
China Philharmonic Orchestra; Long Yu, conductor Lang Lang, piano
7:46 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for 2 oboes, 2 violins, bassoon in C major RV 557
Ensemble Zefiro; Alfredo Bernardini, conductor Members of...
7:56 a.m.
Margaret Bonds
3 DREAM PORTRAITS: II. Dream Variation
Will Liverman, baritone; Paul Sanchez, piano
7:59 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Hebrides Overture in B minor Opus 26
Champs-Elysees Theatre Orchestra; Philippe Herreweghe, conductor
8:12 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major Opus 11
Staatskapelle Dresden; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Peter Rosel, piano
8:33 a.m.
Anthony Holborne
The Fairie Round
The King's Noyse
8:37 a.m.
Zoltan Kodaly
Dances of Galanta
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
8:55 a.m.
Giacomo Puccini
Tosca: Recondita Armonia
Academy of Saint Cecilia Orchestra & Chorus; Antonio Pappano, conductor Jonas Kaufmann, tenor; Antonio Pirozzi, bass
8:59 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
In Nature's Realm Overture Opus 91
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Jose Serebrier, conductor
9:15 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 1 in C major Opus 21
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
9:40 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Allegro di molto in E minor
Joanne Polk, piano
9:44 a.m.
Zhou Tian
Concerto for Orchestra: III. Seeker's Scherzo
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Louis Langree, conductor
9:49 a.m.
George Gershwin
Porgy and Bess Selections (Arr. for violin)
Randall Goosby, violin; Zhu Wang, piano
10:00 a.m.
Ethel Smyth
THE BOATSWAIN'S MATE: Overture
BBC National Orchestra of Wales; Rumon Gamba, conductor
10:07 a.m.
Richard Strauss
Divertimento after Couperin Opus 86
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
10:43 a.m.
Francois Couperin
The Waving Scarf (Le bavolet flottant)
Assad Brothers Sergio Assad, guitar; Odair Assad, guitar
10:46 a.m.
Reinhold Gliere
Concert Waltz Opus 90
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Vassily Sinaisky, conductor
10:53 a.m.
Florence Price
Fantasie Negre No. 4
Lara Downes, piano
10:59 a.m.
Aaron Copland
Our Town
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
11:09 a.m.
John Field
Piano Concerto No. 4 in Eb major
New Irish Chamber Orchestra; Janos Furst, conductor John O'Conor, piano
11:42 a.m.
Zhen Chen
Springfield
Zhen Chen, piano; Jiaju Shen, pipa; Feifei Yang, erhu
11:46 a.m.
Marin Marais
Bells of Saint Genevieve (Sonnerie de Ste. Genevive du Monte)
Guildhall String Ensemble
11:52 a.m.
Gabriel Faure
Pavane Opus 50
Seattle Symphony; Ludovic Morlot, conductor
11:59 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 16 in D major K 451
English Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Tate, conductor Mitsuko Uchida, piano
12:22 p.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Romance in G major
Encore Chamber Orchestra; Daniel Hege, conductor Rachel Barton Pine, violin
12:36 p.m.
William Walton
Orb & Sceptre
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
12:44 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
SAMSON ET DELILA: Bacchanale Opus 47
Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, conductor
12:52 p.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
MLADA: Procession of the Nobles
Philadelphia Orchestra; Eugene Ormandy, conductor
12:58 p.m.
Luigi Boccherini
Quintet for Guitar and Strings No. 9: IV. Finale "Retreat from Madrid" in C major G 453
Bingham String Quartet Jason Carter, guitar
1:06 p.m.
Charles Stanford
Irish Rhapsody No. 5
Ulster Orchestra; Vernon Handley, conductor
1:22 p.m.
Cui Shiguang
Mountain Spring
Li Fan, piano
1:29 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Sonata No. 1 for clarinet and piano in F minor Opus 120/1
David Shifrin, clarinet; Carol Rosenberger, piano
1:53 p.m.
Edward K. (Duke) Ellington
Black, Brown, & Beige Suite: II. Brown
Buffalo Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Wilhelm Stenhammar
Symphony No. 2 in G minor Opus 34
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
2:43 p.m.
Valerie Coleman
Portraits of Langston: IV. Silver Rain
McGill/McHale Trio Demarre McGill, flute; Anthony McGill, clarinet; Michael McHale, piano
2:49 p.m.
Giovanni Gabrieli
Canzon XV
Empire Brass
2:54 p.m.
Leo Delibes
Lakme: Flower Duet (Viens, Malika..Sous le Dome epais)
Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra; Richard Bonynge, conductor Joan Sutherland, soprano; Jane Berbie, mezzo-soprano
3:01 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Karelia Overture Opus 10
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor
3:10 p.m.
Mily Balakirev
Symphony No. 2 in D minor
Philharmonia Orchestra; Yevgeny Svetlanov, conductor
3:47 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Fur Elise in A minor WoO 59
Antonin Kubalek, piano
3:50 p.m.
Tan Dun
Song of Peace
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra; Tan Dun, conductor Yo Yo Ma, cello; Yips Children's Choir
3:55 p.m.
John Williams
Liberty Fanfare
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
4:01 p.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis
BBC Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Davis, conductor
4:18 p.m.
Libby Larsen
3 Pieces for Treble Wind and Guitar: I. Canti Breve
Caroline Hartig, clarinet; Christopher Kachian, guitar
4:22 p.m.
Max Bruch
Symphony No. 1 in Eb major Opus 28
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Kurt Masur, conductor
4:51 p.m.
Charles Avison
Concerto No. 5 in D major Opus 3/5
Avison Ensemble; Pavlo Beznosiuk, conductor
5:01 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major BWV 1049
Linde-Consort; Hans-Martin Linde, conductor
5:19 p.m.
Edward Elgar
Coronation March Opus 65
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; James Judd, conductor
5:30 p.m.
Michio Miyagi
The Sea in Springtime (Haru no Umi)
Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
5:40 p.m.
Antonio Soler
Three Sonatas
State of Mexico Symphony; Enrique Batiz, conductor
5:52 p.m.
Philip Glass
Etude 6
Simone Dinnerstein, piano
5:57 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Romance Opus 36
Hermann Baumann, horn; Reiko Honsho, piano
6:01 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Serenade No. 2 in A major Opus 16
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
6:33 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Variations on Ah, vous dirai-je, maman K 265
Annette Heim, flute; Bret Heim, guitar
6:47 p.m.
Zhen Chen
Dancing in the Rain
Lin Ma, Pipa; Zhen Chen, piano; Elmira Darvarova, violin; Shenghua Hu, violin; Ao Peng, viola
6:50 p.m.
William Grant Still
Wood Notes: IV. Whippoorwill's Shoes
Fort Smith Symphony; John Jeter, conductor
6:53 p.m.
John Adams
Habanera (from John's Book of Alleged Dances)
Attacca Quartet
