Classical Music Playlist, February 18, 2022
William Grant Still (1895-1978)
In program notes for his Symphony #4, American composer William Grant Still wrote that the work’s title “Autochthonous” [definition: ”indigenous rather than descended from migrants or colonists”], suggests that “the music has its roots in our own soil, and portrays – in a sense – the spirit of the American people…. It may also be said that the music speaks of the fusion of musical cultures in North America.”
The work progresses, he wrote, from the opening movement that “exemplifies the feeling of optimism and energy: The American ability to ‘get things done’” through to the final movement that “depicts the warmth and the spiritual side of the American people – their love of mankind.”
Still’s daughter later explained that the symphony, “is praise for people who came ‘from the soil,’ abused and enslaved, and recognizes the power of those who had been so mightily put upon when they triumphed with honor over a difficult past. Out of the soil of oppression and forced degradation they rose up and acquitted themselves, bringing along their unique songs, humor, and distinctive, vibrant culture.”
The Symphony No. 4, “Autochthonous,” by William Grant Still is today’s Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
6:00 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Trio Sonata No. 1 in Eb major BWV 525
Le Concert Francais
6:15 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 101 "Clock" in D major
Orchestra of St. Luke's; Charles Mackerras, conductor
6:43 a.m.
Florence Price
Fantasie Negre No. 4
Lara Downes, piano
6:49 a.m.
Gioachino Rossini
Overture to The Siege of Corinth (IL SIEGE DE CORINTHE)
Prague Sinfonia; Christian Benda, conductor
7:00 a.m.
Mikhail Glinka
Spanish Overture No. 1 "Jota aragonesa"
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Vassily Sinaisky, conductor
7:11 a.m.
Ottorino Respighi
Ancient Airs and Dances: Suite No. 2
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra; Neville Marriner, conductor
7:30 a.m.
Johann Christoph Pezel
German Dance Suite
Canadian Brass
7:39 a.m.
Adolphus Hailstork
Fanfare on Amazing Grace
Virginia Symphony Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
7:44 a.m.
George Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue
BBC Symphony Orchestra; Hugh Wolff, conductor Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
8:01 a.m.
Alexander Borodin
PRINCE IGOR Overture
Russian National Orchestra; Mikhail Pletnev, conductor
8:14 a.m.
William Grant Still
Symphony No. 2 "Song of a New Race" in G minor
Fort Smith Symphony; John Jeter, conductor
8:42 a.m.
Anton Bruckner
Os Justi
Tenebrae; Nigel Short, conductor
8:48 a.m.
Ennio Morricone
The Mission: Gabriel's oboe
Roma Sinfonietta Orchestra; Ennio Morricone, conductor Yo Yo Ma, cello
8:55 a.m.
Wilhelm Stenhammar
Piano Concerto No. 1: II. Vivacissimo in Bb minor Opus 1
Malmo Symphony Orchestra; Mario Venzago, conductor Niklas Sivelov, piano
9:01 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 5 in D major Opus 6/5 HWV 323
Handel & Haydn Society; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
9:16 a.m.
Bedrich Smetana
Ma Vlast: IV. From Bohemia's Woods and Meadows
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; Libor Pesek, conductor
9:30 a.m.
Francisco Tarrega
Memories of the Alhambra (Recuerdos de la Alhambra)
Kazuhito Yamashita, guitar
9:34 a.m.
Earl Wild
Grand Fantasie on Porgy and Bess: Summertime (After G. Gershwin)
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
9:44 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Andante Spianato and Grand Polonaise in G major/Eb major Opus 22
Slovak State Philharmonic, Kozice; Robert Stankovsky, conductor Idil Biret, piano
10:00 a.m.
Jan Dussek
Harp Concerto in Eb major Opus 15
Mantova Orchestra; Vittorio Parisi, conductor Roberta Alessandrini, harp
10:25 a.m.
Giacomo Puccini
LA BOHEME: Si, Mi chiamano Mimi
Philharmonia Orchestra; Giuseppi Sinopoli, conductor Mirella Freni, soprano
10:32 a.m.
Xavier Dubois Foley
Shelter Island
Randall Goosby, violin; Xavier Dubois Foley, double bass
10:38 a.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
MLADA: Lithuanian Dance
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
10:40 a.m.
Andrew York
Sunburst
Jason Vieaux, guitar
10:46 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto for two violins in D minor BWV 1060
Academy of Ancient Music; Andrew Manze, conductor Andrew Manze, violin; Rachel Podger, violin
11:00 a.m.
Charles Stanford
Irish Rhapsody No. 5
Ulster Orchestra; Vernon Handley, conductor
11:15 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Sonata No. 12 in F major K 332 (FROM THE RUSSELL KLETZING COLLECTION)
Mitsuko Uchida, piano
11:35 a.m.
Jennifer Higdon
Dance Card: IV. Celestial Blue
Chicago Sinfonietta; Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
11:44 a.m.
Pietro Mascagni
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Intermezzo
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Maurizio Benini, conductor
11:49 a.m.
Johann Hertel
Trumpet Concerto No. 3 in D major
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Hakan Hardenberger, trumpet
12:00 p.m.
Benjamin Britten
Matinees musicales (Suite after Rossini) Opus 24
National Philharmonic Orchestra; Richard Bonynge, conductor
12:14 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 3 in F major Opus 90
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
12:50 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Prelude No. 1 in C major Opus 28
Roy Eaton, piano
12:50 p.m.
Jon Batiste
Chopinesque
Jon Batiste, piano
12:55 p.m.
Jean-Baptiste Lully
Chaconne "The Love Doctor" (de l'Amour medecin) Suite
Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall, conductor
1:00 p.m.
Johan Halvorsen
3 Norwegian Dances
Bergen Philharmonic; Neeme Jarvi, conductor Marianne Thorsen, violin
1:12 p.m.
James Price Johnson
Yamekraw (A Negro Rhapsody)
Hot Springs Festival Orchestra; Richard Rosenberg, conductor Gary Hammond, piano
1:28 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": I. Adagio - Allegro Molto in E minor Opus 95
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Paavo Jarvi, conductor
1:42 p.m.
Ferenc Farkas
Old Hungarian Dances
Vienna Quintet
1:52 p.m.
Gabriel Faure
Pavane Opus 50
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
2:00 p.m.
William Grant Still
Symphony No. 4 "Autochthonous"
Fort Smith Symphony; John Jeter, conductor
2:27 p.m.
Marianne Martinez
Concerto for Harpsichord in E major: I. Allegro in E major
La Floridiana; Nicoleta Paraschivescu, conductor Nicoleta Paraschivescu, harpsichord
2:34 p.m.
Ernest Bloch
From Jewish Life: No. 1. Prayer
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello; Braimah Kanneh-Mason, violin
2:40 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 6 "Le Matin" in D major
Northern Chamber Orchestra; Nicholas Ward, conductor
2:59 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Water Music Suite No. 2 in D major HWV 349
Les Violons du Roy; Bernard Labadie, conductor
3:11 p.m.
Jessie Montgomery
Starburst
String Orchestra of New York; Julian Wachner, conductor
3:16 p.m.
Vassili Kalinnikov
Symphony No. 2 in A major
USSR State Academy Symphony Orchestra; Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor
3:55 p.m.
Alberto Ginastera
Estancia: Malambo
Lyon National Orchestra; David Robertson, conductor
4:00 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Capriccio Italien Opus 45
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra; Zubin Mehta, conductor
4:17 p.m.
Michael Torke
Bright Blue Music
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; David Zinman, conductor
4:27 p.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Oboe Concerto
London Symphony Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor David Theodore, oboe
4:48 p.m.
Terence Blanchard
25th Hour: Opening Title
Brussels Philharmonic; Dirk Brosse, conductor
4:52 p.m.
Florence Price
Piano Concerto in One Movement
New York Youth Symphony; Michael Repper, conductor Michelle Cann, piano
4:57 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Waltz No. 5 in E major Opus 39/5
Marie-Josephe Jude, piano; Jean-Francois Heisser, piano
4:59 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Carnaval Opus 9
Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, conductor
5:11 p.m.
Rebecca Clarke
Cortege
Ian Jones, piano
5:16 p.m.
Antonio Cartellieri
Symphony No. 3 in C
Evergreen Symphony Orchestra; Gernot Schmalfuss, conductor
5:41 p.m.
Peter Joachim Fick
Concerto a 5 in Eb major
St. Petersburg Chamber Philharmonic; Jeffrey Meyer, conductor Bruce Atwell, horn
5:54 p.m.
Margaret Bonds
The Bells
Lara Downes, piano
5:59 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
The Hero's Song Opus 111
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Bohumil Gregor, conductor
6:22 p.m.
Benjamin Britten
PETER GRIMES: Passacaglia Opus 33b
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
6:31 p.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Suite Espanola: No. 4 "Cadiz" Opus 47
Pepe Romero, guitar
6:37 p.m.
Philip Glass
Symphony No. 1 "Low": 3. Warszawa
American Composers Orchestra; Dennis Russell Davies, conductor
6:54 p.m.
Edward K. (Duke) Ellington
Isfahan
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Simon Rattle, conductor Bobby Watson, alto sax; Peter Walden, english horn
