Classical Music Playlist, May 19, 2022
In the hundred years between Mozart and the end of the 19th century, few major composers had written Piano Quartets. Brahms and Fauré were exceptions who tackled the challenge of finding an equitable balance between the three string voices and piano. Czech composer Antonín Dvořák had written one in 1875 and in 1889 his publisher had the good luck to ask for a second while Dvořák was in a particularly productive period. While composing his new quartet, Dvořák wrote to a friend that, “It's going unexpectedly easily and melodies are coming to me in droves.” Hear Dvořák’s easily produced result of the difficult task, his Piano Quartet No. 2, for today’s Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
6:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 7 in Bb major Opus 6/7 HWV 325
Handel & Haydn Society; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
6:14 a.m.
Johann Friedrich Fasch
Overture (Suite) in B major
Saxony Virtuosi; Ludwig Guttler, conductor
6:40 a.m.
Joaquin Rodrigo
Sonata giocosa
Angel Romero, guitar
6:53 a.m.
Frederick Delius
Irmelin Prelude
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Christopher Seaman, conductor
7:00 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 4: III. Rondo: Vivace in G major Opus 58
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Zubin Mehta, conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
7:12 a.m.
Max Bruch
Symphony No. 1 in Eb major Opus 28
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Kurt Masur, conductor
7:42 a.m.
Gabriela Lena Frank
Four Folk Songs: III. Serenata
Claremont Trio
7:48 a.m.
Tielmann Susato
Pavane "Mille Regretz"
New London Consort; Philip Pickett, conductor
7:50 a.m.
Joan Ambrosio Dalza
Saltarello
Calliope
7:54 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake: Mazurka from Act III Opus 20
Russian National Orchestra; Mikhail Pletnev, conductor
7:59 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 8: IV. Allegra ma non troppo in G major Opus 88
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Andre Previn, conductor
8:11 a.m.
Vincent d'Indy
Symphony on a French Mountain Air Opus 25
L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande; Marek Janowski, conductor Martin Helmchen, piano
8:37 a.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
LA TRAVIATA: Drinking Song (Brindisi - Libiamo, ne'lieti calici)
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
8:39 a.m.
Thomas Morley
Now is the month of maying
; John Rutter, conductor Cambridge Singers
8:42 a.m.
Hector Berlioz
Symphonie Fantastique: A Ball Opus 14
Bavarian Radio Symphony; Mariss Jansons, conductor
8:50 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Hebrides Overture in B minor Opus 26
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
9:00 a.m.
William Grant Still
Panamanian Dances (Danzas de Panama)
Berlin Symphony Orchestra; Isaiah Jackson, conductor
9:15 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Water Music Suite No. 1 in F major HWV 348
Les Violons du Roy; Bernard Labadie, conductor
9:44 a.m.
Gustav Holst
The Planets: Uranus, the Magician Opus 32
Philharmonia Orchestra; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
9:51 a.m.
Philip Glass
Glassworks: Opening
Vikingur Olafsson, piano
10:00 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Concertino for Clarinet and Orchestra in Eb major Opus 26
Staatskapelle Dresden; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Sabine Meyer, clarinet
10:10 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 35 "Haffner" in D major K 385
English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
10:34 a.m.
George Walker
Prelude
George Walker, piano
10:37 a.m.
Amy Beach
Quartet for Strings Opus 89
Crescent String Quartet
10:53 a.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Romeo & Juliet: Dance of the Knights Opus 64
Kirov Orchestra; Valery Gergiev, conductor
11:00 a.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto for flute, strings and continuo in G major
Berlin Baroque Soloists; Rainer Kussmaul, conductor Emmanuel Pahud, flute
11:10 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Piano Trio No. 1 in B major Opus 8
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano; Itzhak Perlman, violin; Lynn Harrell, cello
11:46 a.m.
John Williams
Themes from Jurassic Park
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
11:53 a.m.
Claude Debussy
Scottish March (Marche Ecossaise)
Ulster Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Joaquin Rodrigo
Concierto Andaluz for 4 guitars
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Los Romeros
12:25 p.m.
Samuel Akpabot
Pastorale from "Scenes from Nigeria"
Marcus Eley, clarinet; Lucerne DeSa, piano
12:30 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
EUGENE ONEGIN: Waltz
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Yuri Temirkanov, conductor
12:39 p.m.
Johann Friedrich Fasch
Concerto for bassoon, two oboes & strings in C minor
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor Dominic Teresi, bassoon; John Abberger, oboe; Christopher Palameta, oboe
12:49 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Egmont Overture Opus 84
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor
12:59 p.m.
Arnold Bax
Tintagel
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; David Lloyd-Jones, conductor
1:14 p.m.
Erich Korngold
Violin Concerto in D major Opus 35
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Alfred Wallenstein, conductor Jascha Heifetz, violin
1:37 p.m.
James Horner
Braveheart: End Credits
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor Eric Rigler, bagpipes
1:43 p.m.
Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre
Trio Sonata for 2 Flutes and Continuo
The Bach Players Members of...
1:52 p.m.
Enrique Granados
Goyescas: Intermezzo
Barcelona Symphony Orchestra; Pablo Gonzalez, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Piano Quartet No. 2 in Eb major Opus 87
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
2:35 p.m.
Gustav Holst
A Fugal Overture Opus 40/1
London Symphony Orchestra; Richard Hickox, conductor
2:41 p.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Romance in G major
Encore Chamber Orchestra; Daniel Hege, conductor Rachel Barton Pine, violin
2:55 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Abu Hassan Overture J 106
Tapiola Sinfonietta; Jean Jacques Kantorow, conductor
3:00 p.m.
Richard Strauss
Horn Concerto No. 1 in Eb major Opus 11
Philharmonia Orchestra; Tolga Kashif, conductor Frank Lloyd, horn
3:16 p.m.
Jean-Baptiste Lully
Le Divertissement Royal Suite
Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall, conductor
3:40 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Die Schone Mullerin: No. 3 Halt! D 795
Christopheren Nomura, baritone; Kayo Iwama, piano
3:42 p.m.
Franz Von Suppe
Light Cavalry Overture
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
3:50 p.m.
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
Symphony No. 4 "Stockholm" (Holmia): I. Allegro moderato in A major
Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra; Michail Jurowski, conductor
3:59 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 5: IV. Andante maestoso (Finale) in E minor Opus 64
Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
4:12 p.m.
Hugo Alfven
Swedish Rhapsody No. 1 "Midsummer Night Vigil" Opus 19
Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, conductor
4:26 p.m.
Dmitri Kabalevsky
Colas Breugnon: Overture
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor
4:32 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto for Three Keyboards in D minor BWV 1063
Hamburg Philharmonic; Christoph Eschenbach, conductor Christoph Eschenbach, piano; Gerhard Oppitz, piano; Justus Frantz, piano
4:47 p.m.
Isolina Carrillo
Dos Gardenias
Havana Lyceum Orchestra; Jose Antonio Mendez Padron, conductor Sarah Willis, horn; Harold Madrigal Frias, trumpet
4:52 p.m.
Ludovico Einaudi
I Giorni
Berlin Chamber Orchestra; Simon Halsey, conductor Daniel Hope, violin; Jacques Ammon, piano
4:59 p.m.
Frederick the Great
Flute Concerto in C major
C. P. E. Bach Chamber Orchestra; Peter Schreier, conductor Patrick Gallois, flute
5:15 p.m.
Scott Joplin
The Entertainer
Lara Downes, piano
5:19 p.m.
Giovanni Battista Viotti
Violin Concerto No. 13 in A major
European Community Chamber Orchestra; Jorg Faerber, conductor Adelina Oprean, violin
5:43 p.m.
Charles Avison
Concerto No. 6 in G major Opus 3/6
Avison Ensemble; Pavlo Beznosiuk, conductor
5:53 p.m.
William Grant Still
Wood Notes: I. Singing River
Fort Smith Symphony; John Jeter, conductor
6:01 p.m.
Alexander Glazunov
Symphony No. 4 in Eb major Opus 48
BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra; Tadaaki Otaka, conductor
6:37 p.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Suite Espanola: No. 3 "Sevilla" Opus 47
Xuefei Yang, guitar
6:41 p.m.
Elena Ruehr
String Quartet No. 3: I. Clay Flute
Cypress String Quartet
6:46 p.m.
Lalo Schifrin
from La Nouvelle Orleans
Imani Winds
6:51 p.m.
George Gershwin
Someone to Watch Over Me
Chick Corea, piano
