Classical Music Playlist, May 20, 2022
The opening notes of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4 belong to the piano alone.
Beethoven opens his Piano Concerto No. 4 not with a traditional orchestral introduction but with a solo piano; and not even dramatically, but “softly, sweetly” as he noted in the score. No one had ever started right off with the solo instrument before. The public premiere of this Concerto was also a notable marathon event: in a 4-½ hour concert Beethoven also gave world premieres of his 5th and 6th symphonies, his “Choral Fantasy” and more! It was also his final performance as a piano soloist in a work with orchestra because of his worsening hearing loss. Beethoven’s Piano Concerto #4 is today’s Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
6:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto No. 1 for four violins and orchestra in D major Opus 3 RV 549
Virtuosi di Roma; Renato Fasano, conductor Members of...
6:10 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 21 "Waldstein" in C major Opus 53
John O'Conor, piano
6:35 a.m.
Roland Dyens
Tango En Skai (Immitation Leather Tango)
Jason Vieaux, guitar
6:39 a.m.
Francois Devienne
Bassoon Quartet in C major Opus 73/1
island Jane Gower, bassoon
7:00 a.m.
Domenico Cimarosa
Oboe Concerto in C minor
I Musici Heinz Holliger, oboe
7:12 a.m.
Ottorino Respighi
The Fantastic Toyshop (La Boutique Fantasque)
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
7:34 a.m.
Michael Praetorius
Dance Suite from Terpsichore
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
7:45 a.m.
Ernest Chausson
Concert for Violin, Piano & String Quartet: II. Sicilienne in D major Opus 21
Takacs Quartet Joshua Bell, violin; Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
7:50 a.m.
Amy Beach
Gaelic Symphony: II. Alla siciliana - allegro vivace - andante in E minor Opus 32
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
7:59 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Scherzo capriccioso Opus 66
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Andre Previn, conductor
8:14 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No. 4 in D major BWV 1069
Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall, conductor La Capella Reial de Catalunya
8:40 a.m.
Florence Price
String Quartet No. 2: III. Juba in A minor
Catalyst Quartet
8:45 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
German Requiem: How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place Opus 45
Berlin Philharmonic; Simon Rattle, conductor Rundfunkchor Berlin
8:51 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Overture K 492
Orchestra of the 18th Century; Frans Bruggen, conductor
8:57 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Symphony No. 3 "Organ" in C minor Opus 78
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor James O'Donnell, organ
9:33 a.m.
Francesco Geminiani
Concerto Grosso No. 5 in G minor Opus 5/5
La Petite Bande; Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor
9:43 a.m.
Ruth Crawford (Seeger)
Rissolty Rossolty
Schonberg Ensemble; Oliver Knussen, conductor
9:47 a.m.
Pietro Mascagni
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Intermezzo
Academy of Saint Cecilia Orchestra; Tullio Serafin, conductor
9:52 a.m.
Edward Elgar
Pomp & Circumstance March No. 1 in D major Opus 39
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
9:59 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 5 in D major Opus 6/5 HWV 323
Handel & Haydn Society; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
10:15 a.m.
Robert Schumann
Piano Concerto in A minor Opus 54
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana; Alexandre Rabinovitch-Barakovsky, conductor Martha Argerich, piano
10:45 a.m.
Bear McCreary
Battlestar Galactica: The Shape of Things to Come
studio ensemble; Bear McCreary, conductor
10:49 a.m.
Carl Busch
Minnehaha's Vision
Lansdowne Symphony Orchestra; Reuben Blundell, conductor
11:00 a.m.
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Violin Concerto in A major Opus 5/2
Encore Chamber Orchestra; Daniel Hege, conductor Rachel Barton Pine, violin
11:25 a.m.
Samuel Barber
School for Scandal Overture
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Marin Alsop, conductor
11:35 a.m.
Johann Georg Knechtl
Horn Concerto in D major
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Iona Brown, conductor Barry Tuckwell, horn
11:43 a.m.
Henriette Renie
Ballade Fantastique
Xavier de Maistre, harp
11:53 a.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
MLADA: Procession of the Nobles
Philadelphia Orchestra; Eugene Ormandy, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Gabriel Faure
Dolly Suite Opus 56
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Seiji Ozawa, conductor
12:19 p.m.
Philip Glass
The Truman Show: Truman Sleeps
Valentina Lisitsa, piano
12:22 p.m.
Arturo Marquez
Danzon No. 2
Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas; Alondra de la Parra, conductor
12:33 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Keyboard Concerto No. 3 in D major BWV 1054
Australian Chamber Orchestra Angela Hewitt, piano
12:50 p.m.
Earl Wild
Grand Fantasie on Porgy and Bess: Summertime (After G. Gershwin)
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
1:00 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 31 "Hornsignal" in D major
Hanover Band; Roy Goodman, conductor
1:29 p.m.
Mason Bates
Violin Concerto: III. The rise of the birds
London Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor Anne Akiko Meyers, violin
1:38 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Intermezzo in E major Opus 116/6
Evgeny Kissin, piano
1:43 p.m.
Claude Debussy
Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Cleveland Orchestra; Pierre Boulez, conductor
1:53 p.m.
Amy Beach
A Hermit Thrush at Eve Opus 92
Alan Feinberg, piano
2:00 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major Opus 58
London Classical Players; Roger Norrington, conductor Melvyn Tan, piano
2:32 p.m.
Gena Branscombe
A Memory
Lansdowne Symphony Orchestra; Reuben Blundell, conductor
2:36 p.m.
Karl Ditters Von Dittersdorf
Oboe Concerto in G major
Bern Camerata; Thomas Furi, conductor Heinz Holliger, oboe
2:52 p.m.
Johann Johannsson
DRONE MASS: Divine Objects Pts. 1 & 2
American Contemporary Music Ensemble; Theater of Voices
3:00 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Suite No. 1 in D major Opus 43
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
3:36 p.m.
Huang Huwei
Pictures of Sichuan
Li Fan, piano
3:45 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
COSI FAN TUTTE Overture K 588
Tafelmusik; Bruno Weil, conductor
3:50 p.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Morning Papers Opus 279 (Morgenblatter)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Franz Bauer-Theussl, conductor
4:02 p.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 10 in C major Opus 6
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
4:16 p.m.
Charles Stanford
Irish Rhapsody No. 5
Ulster Orchestra; Vernon Handley, conductor
4:32 p.m.
Kenji Bunch
Concerto for Piano Trio and Percussion
Ahn Trio Matthew Gold, percussion; Brian Resnick, percussion
4:39 p.m.
Antonio Soler
Three Sonatas
State of Mexico Symphony; Enrique Batiz, conductor
4:51 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude & Fugue on the Name "Bach" in Bb major BWV 898
Canadian Brass
4:56 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Song Without Words "Spring Song" (Book V, No. 6) in A major Opus 62/6
Daniel Barenboim, piano
5:00 p.m.
Alexander Borodin
PRINCE IGOR Overture
Philharmonia Orchestra; Geoffrey Simon, conductor
5:11 p.m.
Philip Glass
String Quartet No. 3 "Mishima": VI. Mishima Closing
Attacca Quartet
5:15 p.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Tafelmusik III: Suite (Overture) in Bb major
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor
5:41 p.m.
Yolanda Kondonassis
Liquid Shadows
Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
5:47 p.m.
George Walker
Folk Songs for Orchestra
Cleveland Chamber Symphony; Edwin London, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Howard Hanson
Symphony No. 2 "Romantic"
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
6:32 p.m.
James Horner
For the Love of a Princess (Braveheart)
London Symphony Orchestra; Robin Smith, conductor Luka Sulic*, cello; Stjepan** Hauser, cello; See announcer notes for pronunciation
6:37 p.m.
Erich Korngold
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING: The Garden Scene (Intermezzo) Opus 11
Duo Sonidos
6:41 p.m.
Samy Moussa
A Globe Itself Infolding
Montreal Symphony Orchestra; Kent Nagano, conductor Jean-Willy Kunz, organ
6:53 p.m.
Agustin Barrios
Vals (Waltz) No. 4 in G major Opus 8/4
Pepe Romero, guitar
