Classical Music Playlist, June 22, 2022
Violinist Joseph Joachim and composer Johannes Brahms in their younger years
Johannes Brahms composed his Double Concerto for violin and cello soloists specifically for a cellist who was a frequent collaborator on chamber works, and the violinist Joseph Joachim, with whom Brahms HAD been good friends but for many years had been estranged after siding with the wife in Joachim's divorce. But the dispute must have grown irrelevant as they both were now getting on in years and Joachim saw the Brahms Concerto as an olive branch and humbly accepted the offering.
Joachim and the cellist, Robert Hausmann, performed the work many times during the season of its premiere, with Brahms on the podium. Brahms gave the manuscript to Joachim, with the inscription "To him for whom it was written," and it would be Brahms’ final orchestral composition. The Brahms Double Concerto is today's Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
6:00 a.m.
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
Sonata in D major Opus 50/3
Jeremy Kurtz, double bass; Benjamin Kamins, bassoon; Alison Luedecke, harpsichord
6:17 a.m.
Muzio Clementi
Piano Concerto in C major
Philharmonia Orchestra; Francesco d'Avalos, conductor Pietro Spada, piano
6:41 a.m.
Vladimir Martynov
The Beatitudes
Kronos Quartet
6:48 a.m.
Edward Elgar
Serenade for string orchestra in E minor Opus 20
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
7:01 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Ruy Blas: Overture Opus 95
London Symphony Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor
7:12 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Keyboard Concerto No. 2 in E major BWV 1053
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Murray Perahia, conductor Murray Perahia, piano
7:32 a.m.
Ingolf Dahl
Music for Brass Instruments: Intermezzo
New World Brass; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
7:36 a.m.
Pablo de Sarasate
Basque Caprice Op. 24
Leonidas Kavakos, violin; Enrico Pace, piano
7:43 a.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Symphony No. 1 "Classical" in D major Opus 25
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor
7:58 a.m.
Arnold Bax
Morning Song (Maytime in Sussex)
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor Margaret Fingerhut, piano
8:09 a.m.
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished" in B minor D 759
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Carlos Kleiber, conductor
8:35 a.m.
William Brade
Paduana XI/Galliard XI
The King's Noyse; David Douglass, conductor
8:40 a.m.
Isaac Albeniz
The Crimson Tower (Torre Bermeja) Opus 92/12
Jason Vieaux, guitar
8:45 a.m.
Earl Wild
Grand Fantasie on Porgy and Bess: Summertime (After G. Gershwin)
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
8:55 a.m.
Claude Debussy
The Girl with the Flaxen Hair (from Preludes, Book I: No. 8) (La fille aux cheveux de lin)
Jorge Bolet, piano
8:59 a.m.
Chevalier de Meude-Monpas
Violin Concerto No. 4 (1786) in D major
Encore Chamber Orchestra; Daniel Hege, conductor Rachel Barton Pine, violin
9:16 a.m.
Jean Francaix
Canon on the octave
Gregory Hustis, horn; Steven Harlos, piano
9:17 a.m.
Robert Schumann
Kinderszenen: Traumerei (Dreaming) Opus 15/7
Lise de la Salle, piano
9:21 a.m.
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari
JEWELS OF THE MADONNA Suite
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Jose Serebrier, conductor
9:40 a.m.
Emmanuel Chabrier
Danse Slav (from Le Roi Malgre Lui)
Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra; Herve Niquet, conductor
9:46 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 2 in Bb major Opus 3/2 HWV 313
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Gustav Holst
Brook Green Suite Opus 190
City of London Sinfonia; Richard Hickox, conductor
10:08 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Symphony No. 2 in A minor Opus 55
London Symphony Orchestra; Yondani Butt, conductor
10:33 a.m.
John Williams
STAR WARS - THE FORCE AWAKENS: Rey's Theme
Los Angeles Recording Arts Orchestra; John Williams, conductor Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
10:37 a.m.
Mel Bonis
Sonate, Op. 64: I. Andantino con moto
Juliette Hurel, flute; Helene Couvert, piano
10:43 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
In Nature's Realm Overture Opus 91
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Vaclav Neumann, conductor
10:59 a.m.
Jean-Philippe Rameau
LE TEMPLE DE LA GLOIRE: Suite I (The Temple of Glory)
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
11:19 a.m.
Maurice Ravel
String Quartet: II. Assez vif. Tres Rythme in F major
Verona String Quartet
11:27 a.m.
Franz Lehar
THE MERRY WIDOW: Vilja Song (Vilja-Lied)
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra; Arthur Fagen, conductor Richard Stoltzman, clarinet
11:34 a.m.
Clara Schumann
Three Romances for Piano Opus 11
Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
11:49 a.m.
Gioachino Rossini
The Thieving Magpie (LA GAZZA LADRA): Overture
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Claudio Abbado, conductor
11:59 a.m.
George W. Chadwick
Symphonic Sketches: Jubilee
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
12:08 p.m.
Hamilton Harty
Irish Symphony
Ulster Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor
12:43 p.m.
Leonard Bernstein
Love Theme from ON THE WATERFRONT (Symphonic Suite)
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
12:50 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major BWV 1047
I Musici
1:03 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Rondo for violin and orchestra in C major K 373
English Chamber Orchestra; Peter Maag, conductor Joshua Bell, violin
1:10 p.m.
Charles Gounod
Petite Symphonie for winds in Bb major
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
1:31 p.m.
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
LES VOYAGES DE L'AMOUR: Entree des genies elementaires
Le Concert Spirituel; Herve Niquet, conductor
1:35 p.m.
Joseph Curiale
The Multiples of One (for quintet)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Members of; Joseph Curiale, conductor Bryan Pezzone, piano; Miriam Clarke, flute; Jon Clarke, oboe; Robert Becker, viola; Larry Corbett, cello
1:42 p.m.
Giacomo Puccini
Preludio Sinfonico in A major
Philharmonic of La Scala; Riccardo Muti, conductor
1:52 p.m.
Christoph Gluck
ORFEO ED EURIDICE: Dance of the Blessed Spirits
Les Violons du Roy; Bernard Labadie, conductor Marie-Andree Benny, flute
2:00 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Concerto for violin & cello "Double Concerto" in A minor Opus 102
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Bernard Haitink, conductor Itzhak Perlman, violin; Mstislav Rostropovich, cello
2:34 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Sleeping Beauty: Polonaise from Act III
London Symphony Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
2:40 p.m.
Adam Larrabee
24 Preludes for Banjo: No. 11 "Impromptu" in Bb major
John Bullard, banjo
2:43 p.m.
Paul Dukas
Polyeucte Overture
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
2:59 p.m.
Mauro Giuliani
Guitar Concerto No. 2 in A major Opus 36
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner (neh-vull MAIR-rih-nuhr), conductor Pepe Romero, guitar
3:33 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Havanaise Opus 83
Yo Yo Ma, cello; Kathryn Stott, piano
3:43 p.m.
Charles Avison
Concerto No. 1 in D minor Opus 4/1
Avison Ensemble; Pavlo Beznosiuk, conductor
3:53 p.m.
Arthur Frackenpohl
Fanfare for Fred
Carolina Brass
3:54 p.m.
Charles Fernandez
Ratso Scherzo
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Charles Fernandez, conductor Alan Steinberger, piano
3:58 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Flute Concerto No. 1 "La Tempesta di Mare" (The Storm at Sea) in F major Opus 10 RV 433
Tokyo Bach-Mozart Ensemble Masahiro Arita, flute
4:07 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Egmont Overture Opus 84
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor
4:16 p.m.
Jennifer Higdon
Harp Concerto: IV. Rap Knock
Rochester Philharmonic; Ward Stare, conductor Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
4:21 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue (from the Well-Tempered Clavier I:02) in C minor BWV 847
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
4:25 p.m.
Joaquin Rodrigo
Concierto de Aranjuez
New York Philharmonic; Jose Serebrier, conductor Sharon Isbin, guitar
4:49 p.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
English Folk Song Suite
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; James Judd, conductor
4:59 p.m.
Bela Bartok
Romanian Folk Dances SZ 56
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
5:06 p.m.
Francois Couperin
Les Barricades Mysterieuses
Simone Dinnerstein, piano
5:11 p.m.
Florence Price
Symphony No. 4 in D minor
Fort Smith Symphony; John Jeter, conductor
5:44 p.m.
Charles Wakefield Cadman
Nuwana's Love Song & Night Song
Lansdowne Symphony Orchestra; Reuben Blundell, conductor
5:53 p.m.
Max Richter
Summer 3
Berlin Chamber Orchestra; Andre de Ridder, conductor Daniel Hope, violin
5:59 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Sonata in Bb major Opus 106
Frederic Chiu, piano
6:20 p.m.
Leo Delibes
Lakme: Flower Duet (Viens, Malika..Sous le Dome epais)
Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra; Richard Bonynge, conductor Joan Sutherland, soprano; Jane Berbie, mezzo-soprano
6:26 p.m.
Francis Poulenc
Perpetual Motion (Mouvements Perpetuels)
Richard Stoltzman, clarinet; Nancy Allen, harp
6:32 p.m.
Agustin Barrios
Aconquija
Eliot Fisk, guitar
6:36 p.m.
Philip Glass
Symphony No. 4 "Heroes": 6. V2 Schneider
American Composers Orchestra; Dennis Russell Davies, conductor
6:44 p.m.
Joseph Curiale
Wind River (I am)
London Symphony Orchestra; Joseph Curiale, conductor