Classical Music Playlist, May 30, 2022
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Beethoven had originally intended to dedicate his “Eroica” Symphony No. 3 to the great man that Napoleon had shown promise to become. But when he turned out to be more of a tyrant, Beethoven changed the Symphony’s dedication to "Heroic Symphony, composed to celebrate the memory of a great man." And that is ambiguous enough to include the memory of any heroic person. So on this Memorial Day, we dedicate Beethoven’s “Heroic” Symphony to all who heroically gave their all. The “Eroica’ Symphony is today’s Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
6:00 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 21: II. Andante in C major K 467
London Symphony Orchestra; Colin Davis, conductor Stephen Kovacevich, piano
6:08 a.m.
Charles Gounod
Symphony No. 2 in Eb major
Sinfonia Finlandia (Jyvaskyla); Patrick Gallois, conductor
6:49 a.m.
Thomas Simpson
Volta I and Volta II
The King's Noyse; David Douglass, conductor
6:51 a.m.
Bela Bartok
Concerto for Orchestra: IV. Interrupted Intermezzo
Helsinki Philharmonic; Susanna Malkki, conductor
6:56 a.m.
Samuel A. Ward
America the Beautiful
Cantus
7:00 a.m.
Claude Debussy
Images for Orchestra: Iberia: I. The Streets and Byways
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
7:08 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Anna Magdalena notebook: pieces
Alexandre Lagoya, guitar
7:21 a.m.
Karl Jenkins
The Armed Man--A Mass for Peace: XII. Benedictus
Berlin Chamber Orchestra; Berlin Radio Choir Daniel Hope, violin
7:28 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 2 in Bb major Opus 19
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Seiji Ozawa, conductor Rudolf Serkin, piano
8:00 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
SAMSON ET DELILA: Grande fantasie
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Geoffrey Simon, conductor
8:14 a.m.
Gustav Holst
The Planets: Venus, Bringer of Peace Opus 32
Philharmonia Orchestra; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
8:23 a.m.
Emile Waldteufel
Band of Students Waltz (Estudiantina) Opus 191
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra; Kurt Redel, conductor
8:30 a.m.
Louise Farrenc
Symphony No. 3 in G minor Opus 36
North German Radio Symphony; Johannes Goritzki, conductor
9:01 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
9:05 a.m.
Adolphe Adam
GISELLE: Suite
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
9:44 a.m.
Gordon Getty
Raise the Colors
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
9:47 a.m.
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 1 in F minor
Weimar State Orchestra; Arthur Fagen, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Richard Strauss
Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme Suite Opus 60
Staatskapelle Dresden; Rudolph Kempe, conductor
10:34 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Serenade for Strings: I. Andante non troppo in C major Opus 48
St. Petersburg Philharmonic; Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
10:44 a.m.
Jessie Montgomery
Peace
Anthony McGill, clarinet; Gloria Chien, piano
10:49 a.m.
Franz Schubert
Rosamunde Overture Opus 26 D 797 (The Magic Harp)
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
11:01 a.m.
Maurice Ravel
Le tombeau de Couperin (The tomb of Couperin)
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Seiji Ozawa, conductor
11:19 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concerto No. 5 "Turkish" in A major K 219
Berlin Philharmonic; David Oistrakh, conductor David Oistrakh, violin
11:50 a.m.
Franz Von Suppe
Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Trio for violin, lute & continuo in G minor RV 85
I Musici Pepe Romero, guitar
12:09 p.m.
Johan Halvorsen
Ancient Suite (Suite ancienne) Opus 31a
Bergen Philharmonic; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
12:35 p.m.
Francis Poulenc
Piano Concerto
Paris Concert Society Orchestra; Georges Pretre, conductor Gabriel Tacchino, piano
12:55 p.m.
Aaron Copland
Fanfare for the Common Man
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
1:00 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Trumpet Overture Opus 101
London Symphony Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor
1:10 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 7 in D minor Opus 70
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Andre Previn, conductor
1:49 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Etude No. 12 "Revolutionary Etude" in C minor Opus 10/12
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
1:52 p.m.
Gabriel Faure
Song of Jean Racine (Cantique de Jean Racine) Opus 11
St. John's College Choir; George Guest, conductor Stephen Cleobury, organ
2:00 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 3 "Eroica" in Eb major Opus 55
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor
2:48 p.m.
John Williams
Saving Private Ryan: Hymn to the Fallen
Boston Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor Tanglewood Festival Chorus
2:55 p.m.
Leo Brouwer
Afro-Cuban Lullaby (Cancion de Cuna: Berceuse)
Milos Karadaglic, guitar
3:00 p.m.
Alan Hovhaness
Symphony No. 2 "Mysterious Mountain" Opus 132
Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Litton, conductor
3:18 p.m.
Joseph Kraus
Violin Concerto in C major VB 151
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; Uwe Grodd, conductor Takako Nishizaki, violin
3:49 p.m.
Scott Joplin
Solace
Lara Downes, piano; Joe Brent, vihuela
3:55 p.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
NABUCCO: Chorus of the Hebrew slaves
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
4:00 p.m.
Gustav Holst
St. Paul's Suite Opus 29/2
English String Orchestra; William Boughton, conductor
4:14 p.m.
Samuel Barber
Adagio for Strings Opus 11
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
4:22 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter" in C major K 551
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
4:56 p.m.
Florence Price
String Quartet No. 2: III. Juba in A minor
Catalyst Quartet
5:02 p.m.
William Grant Still
In Memoriam
Fort Smith Symphony; John Jeter, conductor
5:10 p.m.
Claude Debussy
La Mer
Philharmonia Orchestra; Geoffrey Simon, conductor
5:33 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Arabesque in C major Opus 18
Simone Dinnerstein, piano
5:42 p.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Lark Ascending
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Simon Rattle, conductor Nigel Kennedy, violin
6:00 p.m.
Richard Strauss
Metamorphosen
Staatskapelle Dresden; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
6:30 p.m.
Franz Strauss
Horn Concerto No. 1 Opus 8
Bratislava Philharmonia Orchestra; Dale Clevenger, conductor Steven Gross, horn
6:46 p.m.
Leonard Bernstein
West Side Story: Somewhere Ballet Sequence
Leonard Bernstein Orchestra; Leonard Bernstein, conductor Marilyn Horne, mezzo-soprano
6:49 p.m.
Leonard Bernstein
Mass: Simple Song
Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor Kevin Vortmann, tenor
6:54 p.m.
Richard Farina
Birmingham Sunday
Will Liverman, baritone and piano
