Classical Music Playlist, February 21, 2022
Aaron Copland in 1942 photo: Library of Congress | Flag photo by Michael Browning on Unsplash
In notes about his Third Symphony that he composed during WW II and premiered just after, Aaron Copland wrote that it was his desire "to give the Third Symphony an affirmative tone. After all, it was a wartime piece—or more accurately, an end-of-war piece—intended to reflect the euphoric spirit of the country at the time." And, to emphasize this, in the final movement he made use of his popular 1942 Fanfare for the Common Man about which, Copland has said, “It was the common man, after all, who was doing all the dirty work in the war and the army. He deserved a fanfare.” The premiering conductor, Serge Koussevitzky said, "There is no doubt about it — this is the greatest American symphony. It goes from the heart to the heart."
Aaron Copland's Third Symphony is today's Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
6:00 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Concerto No. 2 in E major BWV 1042
Amsterdam Bach Solisten; Thomas Zehetmair, conductor Thomas Zehetmair, violin
6:17 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major Opus 15
Mito Chamber Orchestra; Seiji Ozawa, conductor "Martha Argerich, piano
6:52 a.m.
John C. Williams
Aeolian Suite: Double Dance
Studio Orchestra; William Goodchild, conductor John Williams, guitar
6:55 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
MAZEPPA: Gopak
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Kurt Masur, conductor
7:01 a.m.
Edward Elgar
Caractacus: Triumphal March Opus 35
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; James Judd, conductor
7:10 a.m.
Giuseppe Tartini
Violin Concerto in E major D 47
Orfeo Orchestra; Gyorgy Vashegyi, conductor Laszlo Paulik, violin
7:28 a.m.
George Gershwin
I Loves You Porgy
Lara Downes, piano
7:33 a.m.
Bedrich Smetana
THE BRANDENBURGERS IN BOHEMIA: ballet scene
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
7:36 a.m.
Hugo Alfven
Swedish Rhapsody #2 "Uppsala Rhapsody" Opus 24
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Niklas Willen, conductor
7:48 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Piano Concerto No. 1: III. Rondo in E minor Opus 11
Mahler Chamber Orchestra; Mikhail Pletnev, conductor Daniil Trifonov, piano
7:59 a.m.
William Grant Still
Vignettes for oboe, bassoon and piano
Sierra Winds
8:13 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 85 "La Reine" (The Queen) in Bb major
Tafelmusik; Bruno Weil, conductor
8:36 a.m.
Rebecca Clarke
Chinese Puzzle
Philip Dukes, viola; Sophia Rahman, piano
8:37 a.m.
John Dowland
Mr. John Langton's Pavan P 14
Hesperion XX
8:43 a.m.
Hector Berlioz
Damnation of Faust: Hungarian March Opus 24
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; David Zinman, conductor
8:49 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Fantasia and Fugue in A minor in A minor BWV 904
Vikingur Olafsson, piano
8:59 a.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
9:16 a.m.
Alan Hovhaness
Symphony No. 2 "Mysterious Mountain" Opus 132
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
9:37 a.m.
Aaron Copland
Lincoln Portrait
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor James Earl Jones, narrator
9:53 a.m.
Charles-Marie Widor
Organ Symphony No. 5: Toccata Opus 42
Simon Preston, organ
10:00 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Variations on Ah, vous dirai-je, maman K 265
Helen Huang, piano
10:13 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Souvenir de Florence Opus 70
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Mischa Maisky, cello
10:48 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance No. 8 in G minor Opus 46
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Vaclav Neumann, conductor
10:54 a.m.
Jessie Montgomery
Peace
Anthony McGill, clarinet; Gloria Chien, piano
11:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Trio for violin, lute & continuo in G minor RV 85
Il Giardino Armonico
11:10 a.m.
Francis Poulenc
Piano Concerto
Paris Concert Society Orchestra; Georges Pretre, conductor Gabriel Tacchino, piano
11:31 a.m.
Luigi Boccherini
Quintet for guitar and strings No. 4: III. Fandango in D major G 448
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields (members of) Pepe Romero, guitar
11:39 a.m.
Grace Williams
Ballads: II. Alla marcia solenne
BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra; Vernon Handley, conductor
11:44 a.m.
Alexander Glazunov
Saxophone Concerto in Eb major Opus 109
Russian National Orchestra; Jose Serebrier, conductor Marc Chisson, alto saxophone
11:58 a.m.
Michael Torke
Three Manhattan Bridges: George Washington Bridge
Albany Symphony Orchestra; David Alan Miller, conductor Joyce Yang, piano
12:13 p.m.
John Williams
Lincoln: With Malice Toward None
Los Angeles Recording Arts Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
12:19 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish" in Eb major Opus 97
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
12:54 p.m.
Jeff Lambert
Chicago Summer
Minneapolis Guitar Quartet
1:00 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment; Charles Mackerras, conductor
1:13 p.m.
Hamilton Harty
Comedy Overture
Ulster Orchestra; Takuo Yuasa, conductor
1:27 p.m.
Francesco Bonporti
Concerto in A major Opus 11/1
Bloomington Baroque; Stanley Ritchie, conductor Stanley Ritchie, violin
1:36 p.m.
Valerie Coleman
Roma
Western Kentucky University Wind Ensemble; Gary Schallert, conductor
1:48 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in D minor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Aaron Copland
Symphony No. 3
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
2:44 p.m.
William Grant Still
Summerland
Alexa Still, flute; Susan DeWitt Smith, piano
2:49 p.m.
Joan Tower
Fifth Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman
American Brass Quintet
2:54 p.m.
Amy Beach
Pastorale
Reykjavik Wind Quintet
2:58 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 7 in Bb major Opus 6/7 HWV 325
Handel & Haydn Society; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
3:13 p.m.
Clara Schumann
Three Romances for Violin and Piano Opus 22
Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano; Elena Urioste, violin
3:24 p.m.
Igor Stravinsky
Symphony in C in C major
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor
3:53 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Serenade in F major Opus 3/5
I Solisti Italiani
4:00 p.m.
Daniel-Francois Auber
Rondo for cello and orchestra
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Roberto Paternostro, conductor Martin Ostertag, cello
4:14 p.m.
Elena Roussanova
Moments of Arrival
Prague Radio Symphony; Julius Williams, conductor
4:28 p.m.
Agustin Barrios
Aconquija
Eliot Fisk, guitar
4:32 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Bassoon Concerto in Bb major K 191
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Frank Morelli, bassoon
4:52 p.m.
Anne Dudley
Poldark Prelude
Lang Lang, piano
4:56 p.m.
Gabriel Faure
PELLEAS ET MELISANDE: Sicilienne Opus 80
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra; Hans Vonk, conductor
5:01 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor": III. Rondo in Eb major Opus 73
London Symphony Orchestra; Colin Davis, conductor Evgeny Kissin, piano
5:12 p.m.
Leos Janacek
Lachian Dances
Warsaw Philharmonic; Antoni Wit, conductor
5:33 p.m.
Giovanni Gabrieli
Canzon a 12 in echo
Empire Brass
5:37 p.m.
Ernest Bloch
From Jewish Life: No. 1. Prayer
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello; Braimah Kanneh-Mason, violin
5:43 p.m.
Emmanuel Chabrier
Bourree Fantasque
L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
5:50 p.m.
Claude Debussy
Images for Orchestra: Iberia: I. The Streets and Byways
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
5:59 p.m.
George Gershwin
Piano Concerto in F major
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor William Tritt, piano
6:33 p.m.
Frederick Delius
Dance Rhapsody No. 2
Welsh National Opera Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
6:42 p.m.
Camargo Mozart Guarnieri
Enchantment (Encantamento)
Simon Bolivar Orchestra; Maximiano Valdez, conductor
6:50 p.m.
Joseph Curiale
Awakening: Joy
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Joseph Curiale, conductor
6:53 p.m.
Scott Joplin
Bethena: A Concert Waltz
Giovanni DeChiaro, guitar
