Classical Music Playlist, March 31, 2022
For the final day of Women's History Month, we feature music from French composer Louise Farrenc - the only women appointed to the Paris Conservatory faculty in the entire 1800s - and Ukrainian pianist Anna Shelest, whose 2018 album Ukrainian Rhapsody has taken on added meaning in recent days.
It's also Johann Sebastian Bach's birthday, born on this day (by the Gregorian calendar) in 1685! The Gloria from his monumental Mass in B Minor is today's Midday Masterpiece at 2pm, serving as a capstone for his legendary and timeless career.
6:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 4 in F major Opus 3/4a HWV 315
Academy of Ancient Music; Richard Egarr, conductor
6:14 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 14 in A major K 114
Prague Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
6:33 a.m.
Amy Beach
Ballade, Op. 6 Opus 6
Anna Shelest, piano
6:43 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto for two violins (Double Concerto) in D minor BWV 1043
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra Petra Mullejans, violin; Gottfried von der Goltz, violin
7:00 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
String Quartet Op. 76/4 "Sunrise": I. Allegro con spirito in Bb major Opus 76/4
Aeolian String Quartet
7:09 a.m.
Georges Bizet
Symphony No. 1 in C major
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
7:41 a.m.
Arnold Bax
Morning Song (Maytime in Sussex)
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor Margaret Fingerhut, piano
7:50 a.m.
Huang Tzu
Plum blossoms in the snow
Xuefei Yang, guitar
7:53 a.m.
Franz Liszt
Etude No. 3 "The Little Bell" ("La Campanella") in G# minor
Lang Lang, piano
7:59 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major BWV 1049
Apollo's Fire; Jeannette Sorrell, conductor
8:16 a.m.
Mykola Lysenko
Suite on Ukrainian Themes: II. Courante Opus 2
Anna Shelest, piano
8:20 a.m.
Mykola Lysenko
Suite on Ukrainian Themes: VI. Scherzo Opus 2
Anna Shelest, piano
8:23 a.m.
George Gershwin
An American in Paris
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
8:43 a.m.
Josef Suk
Fantastic Scherzo Opus 25
Buffalo Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
8:59 a.m.
Gioachino Rossini
WILLIAM TELL: Overture (GUILLAUME TELL)
London Classical Players; Roger Norrington, conductor
9:12 a.m.
William Bolcom
Ghost Rag: I. Graceful Ghost
Spencer Meyer, piano
9:18 a.m.
Louise Farrenc
Nonette in E flat in Eb major Opus 38
Minerva Chamber Ensemble; Kevin Geraldi, conductor
9:50 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Toccata & Fugue in D minor BWV 565
Canadian Brass
10:00 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major K 488
English Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Tate, conductor Mitsuko Uchida, piano
10:27 a.m.
Andrew York
Muir Woods
Andrew York, guitar
10:33 a.m.
Edward Elgar
Coronation March Opus 65
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Yondani Butt, conductor
10:45 a.m.
Mykola Lysenko
Overture to the opera "Taras Bulba"
Anna Shelest, piano; Dmitri Shelest, piano
10:51 a.m.
Jean Sibelius
Finlandia Opus 26
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
10:59 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major BWV 1050
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor
11:21 a.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Histoire du Tango: II. Cafe 1930
Manuel Barrueco, guitar; Emmanuel Pahud, flute
11:30 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 8 in F major Opus 93
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
11:55 a.m.
Carl Orff
Carmina Burana: O fortuna
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor Rundfunkchor Berlin
11:59 a.m.
Gioachino Rossini
THE BARBER OF SEVILLE: Overture (IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA)
Philharmonia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
12:07 p.m.
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Symphony in G Major in G major
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor
12:22 p.m.
Alexander Zhuk
Ukrainian Rhapsody
Anna Shelest, piano
12:30 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphonic Variations Opus 78
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Jiri Belohlavek, conductor
12:54 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata No. 29: Sinfonia BWV 29
Brandenburg Consort; Roy Goodman, conductor Paul Nicholson, organ
12:58 p.m.
Dmitri Shostakovich
Piano Concerto No. 2 Opus 102
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor Yefim Bronfman, piano
1:18 p.m.
Louise Farrenc
Symphony No. 3 in G minor Opus 36
North German Radio Symphony; Johannes Goritzki, conductor
1:50 p.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Espana: No. 2 Tango Opus 165/2
Jason Vieaux, guitar
1:54 p.m.
Alexey Shor
Seascapes for Viola and Orchestra: III. Gathering Storm
London Philharmonic Orchestra; David Parry, conductor David Aaron Carpenter, viola
2:00 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
MASS IN B MINOR: Gloria in B minor
English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor Monteverdi Choir
2:34 p.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Concert Etudes: Automne in Db major Opus 35/2
Anna Shelest, piano
2:41 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 32 in G major K 318
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra; Ton Koopman, conductor
2:51 p.m.
Frederick Delius
On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
3:00 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Trumpet Concerto in Eb major
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor George Vosburgh, trumpet
3:16 p.m.
Gabriel Faure
Piano Trio in D minor Opus 120
Gil Shaham, violin; Brinton Smith, cello; Akira Eguchi, piano
3:37 p.m.
Alessandro Scarlatti
Sinfonia No. 2 in C minor
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment; Catherine Mackintosh, conductor Catherine Mackintosh, violin
3:45 p.m.
Edward K. (Duke) Ellington
Black, Brown, & Beige Suite: II. Brown
Buffalo Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
3:52 p.m.
John C. Williams
When The Birds Return
Voces8; Barnaby Smith, conductor Xuefei Yang, guitar
3:59 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Hebrides Overture in B minor Opus 26
Champs-Elysees Theatre Orchestra; Philippe Herreweghe, conductor
4:10 p.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Piano Sonata in G minor in G minor (1843) H395
Anna Shelest, piano
4:28 p.m.
Gordon Getty
Raise the Colors
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
4:32 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor BWV 1067
Academy of Ancient Music; Christopher Hogwood, conductor Lisa Beznosiuk, flute
4:56 p.m.
Camargo Mozart Guarnieri
Brazilian Dance (Dansa Brasiliera)
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
4:59 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 3 "Eroica": I. Allegro con brio in Eb major Opus 55
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
5:16 p.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
RIGOLETTO: La Donna e Mobile
London Symphony Orchestra; Richard Bonynge, conductor Luciano Pavarotti, tenor
5:18 p.m.
Bela Bartok
Romanian Folk Dances SZ 56
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor
5:25 p.m.
Louise Farrenc
Piano Trio No. 1: I. Allegro in Eb major Opus 33
Neave Trio
5:38 p.m.
Claude Debussy
Scottish March (Marche Ecossaise)
Lyon National Orchestra; Jun Markl, conductor
5:46 p.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
6:01 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 47 "The Palindrome" in G major
Hanover Band; Roy Goodman, conductor
6:29 p.m.
Lars-Erik Larsson
Pastoral Suite: Scherzo Opus 19
CBC Vancouver Orchestra; Mario Bernardi, conductor
6:33 p.m.
Zhou Tian
Concerto for Orchestra: III. Seeker's Scherzo
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Louis Langree, conductor
6:37 p.m.
Myroslav Skoryk
Three Extravagant Dances: II. Blues: Almost American
Anna Shelest, piano; Dmitri Shelest, piano
6:45 p.m.
Lili Boulanger
One Spring Morning (D'un Matin de Printemps)
Neave Trio; Odaline de la Martinez, conductor Tasmin Little, violin; John Lenehan, piano
6:55 p.m.
Fernando Sor
Etude No. 19 in Bb major Opus 29/13
Andres Segovia, guitar
