Classical Music Playlist, July 5, 2022
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Alone at home in Leipzig in early 1842, while his wife Clara was on tour as a pianist, Robert Schumann began to study string quartets including those of Mozart and Beethoven. Upon Clara's return and acting as Robert's muse, he then composed three string quartets in the summer of 1842. Soon after, he presented the quartets to music publisher Breitkopf & Härtel with the promise that after having been played several times already "they seemed to give pleasure to players and listeners, and especially also to Mendelssohn. It is not for me to say anything more about them; but you may rest assured that I have spared no pains to produce something really respectable — indeed, I sometimes think my best." One of these, Schumann's String Quartet in A-major (op. 41/3) is today's Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
6:00 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
A Musical Offering: Ricercare a 3 BWV 1079
Alan Feinberg, piano
6:07 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 73 "La Chasse" (The Hunt) in D major
Hanover Band; Roy Goodman, conductor
6:31 a.m.
Aaron Jay Kernis
Musica Celestis
Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, conductor
6:44 a.m.
Johann Joachim Quantz
Flute Concerto No. 290 in G minor QV 196
Brandenburg Consort; Roy Goodman, conductor Rachel Brown, flute
7:01 a.m.
Gerald Finzi
Romance in Eb major Opus 11
Guildhall String Ensemble; Robert Salter, conductor
7:11 a.m.
Jan Dussek
Piano Concerto in C major Opus 29
Ulster Orchestra; Howard Shelley, conductor Howard Shelley, piano
7:35 a.m.
Adam Larrabee
24 Preludes for Banjo: No. 6 "Presto" in c# minor
John Bullard, banjo
7:37 a.m.
Adam Larrabee
24 Preludes for Banjo: No. 11 "Impromptu" in Bb major
John Bullard, banjo
7:40 a.m.
Gabriel Faure
Impromptu No. 6 in Db major Opus 86
Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
7:49 a.m.
Mikhail Glinka
Spanish Overture No. 1 "Jota aragonesa"
Staatskapelle Dresden; Neville Marriner, conductor
7:59 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 8 in C minor Opus 6/8 HWV 326
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor
8:14 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major K 453
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra; Leif Ove Andsnes, conductor Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
8:43 a.m.
Enrique Granados
Danzas espanolas No. 2 "Oriental" Opus 37/2
Angel Romero, guitar; Celedonio Romero, guitar
8:48 a.m.
James Horner
Braveheart: End Credits
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor Eric Rigler, bagpipes
8:54 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G minor
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor
8:59 a.m.
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Symphony in G Major in G major
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor
9:14 a.m.
Ethel Smyth
Concerto for Violin, Horn and Orchestra
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Odaline de la Martinez, conductor Sophie Langdon, violin; Richard Watkins, horn
9:43 a.m.
Jean-Michel Blais
murmures
Jean-Michel Blais, piano
9:49 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Rustic Concerto (Concerto "alla Rustica") in G major RV 151
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
9:54 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance No. 1 in B major Opus 72
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Georges Bizet
Carmen Suite
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
10:19 a.m.
Franz Schubert
Impromptu No. 2 in Eb major Opus 90/2 D 899
Radu Lupu, piano
10:25 a.m.
Benjamin Britten
Simple Symphony Opus 4
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
10:44 a.m.
Joel Puckett
Concerto Duo: III. For Audrey
Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra; Allen Tinkham, conductor Anthony McGill, clarinet; Demarre McGill, flute
10:50 a.m.
Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre
Trio Sonata for 2 Flutes and Continuo
The Bach Players Members of...
11:00 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Ruy Blas: Overture Opus 95
Bergen Philharmonic; Andrew Litton, conductor
11:09 a.m.
Franz Krommer
Concerto for two clarinets in Eb major Opus 91
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Kenneth Sillito, conductor Sabine Meyer, clarinet; Julian Bliss, clarinet
11:34 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Polonaise No. 6 "Heroic" in Ab major Opus 53
Lang Lang, piano
11:41 a.m.
Richard Strauss
Don Juan Opus 20
Berlin Philharmonic; Riccardo Muti, conductor
12:01 p.m.
Louise Farrenc
Symphony No. 3 in G minor Opus 36
North German Radio Symphony; Johannes Goritzki, conductor
12:33 p.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Trio Sonata in A major Opus 1/3
The Purcell Quartet
12:40 p.m.
Morten Lauridsen
Les Chansons des Roses: Dirait-on
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
12:45 p.m.
Max Richter
Autumn 1
Berlin Chamber Orchestra; Andre de Ridder, conductor Daniel Hope, violin
12:52 p.m.
Luigi Boccherini
Quintet for guitar and strings No. 4: III. Fandango in D major G 448
Pacifica Quartet Sharon Isbin, guitar
1:01 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight" in C# minor Opus 27/2
Paul Lewis, piano
1:17 p.m.
Max Bruch
Concerto for Clarinet, Viola and Orchestra in E minor Opus 88
London Symphony Orchestra; Alun Francis, conductor Thea King, clarinet; Nobuko Imai, viola
1:38 p.m.
Frederick Delius
Florida Suite: By the River
English Symphony Orchestra; William Boughton, conductor
1:46 p.m.
Pablo Casals
Song of the Birds
City of Birmingham Cellos Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello
1:50 p.m.
Amy Beach
Ballade, Op. 6 Opus 6
Anna Shelest, piano
2:00 p.m.
Robert Schumann
String Quartet in A major Opus 41/3
Emerson String Quartet
2:29 p.m.
Carl Busch
Minnehaha's Vision
Lansdowne Symphony Orchestra; Reuben Blundell, conductor
2:41 p.m.
Jose Moncayo
Sinfonietta
Mexico National Symphony Orchestra; Enrique Arturo Diemecke, conductor
2:53 p.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Re-Inventions: Re-Invention No. 1
La Pieta; Angele Dubeau, conductor
2:59 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major BWV 1047
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor
3:10 p.m.
Franz Berwald
Symphony No. 2 "Sinfonie capricieuse" in D major
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
3:39 p.m.
Emile Mosseri
Jacob's Prayer
studio ensemble
3:42 p.m.
Florence Price
Dances in the Canebrakes: Nimble Feet
Chicago Sinfonietta; Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
3:46 p.m.
Kurt Atterberg
Symphony No. 3 "West Coast Pictures": II. Storm in D Opus 10
Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra; Sixten Ehrling, conductor
3:58 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Water Music Suite No. 2 in D major HWV 349
Orchestra of St. Luke's; Charles Mackerras, conductor
4:10 p.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Etude Melodique Opus 118
Joanne Polk, piano
4:15 p.m.
Louis Spohr
Clarinet Concerto No. 4 in E minor WOO 20
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Kenneth Sillito, conductor Sabine Meyer, clarinet
4:40 p.m.
Maurice Ravel
Miroirs: Une Barque sur l'Ocean (A Boat on the Ocean)
Berlin Philharmonic; Pierre Boulez, conductor
4:49 p.m.
Marcel Tyberg
Symphony No. 2: III. Scherzo in F minor
Buffalo Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
5:00 p.m.
Hugo Alfven
Swedish Rhapsody No. 1 "Midsummer Night Vigil" Opus 19
Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, conductor
5:14 p.m.
John Rutter
Folk Suite
Royal Ballet Sinfonia; David Lloyd-Jones, conductor
5:27 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Bassoon Concerto No. 34 in C major RV 471
I Musici Klaus Thunemann, bassoon
5:38 p.m.
Clara Schumann
Three Romances for Piano Opus 11
Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
5:53 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
EUGENE ONEGIN: Polonaise
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
5:59 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Violin Sonata No. 1 "Rain" in G major Opus 78
Leonidas Kavakos, violin; Yuja Wang, piano
6:27 p.m.
Edward Elgar
Introduction and Allegro Opus 47
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
6:42 p.m.
Rafael Diaz
Al fondo de mi lejania se asoma tu casa
Georgina Isabel Rossi, viola; Silvie Cheng, piano
6:48 p.m.
Joe Hisaishi
Asian Dream Song
Pan Strings; Joe Hisaishi, conductor Joe Hisaishi, piano
6:54 p.m.
Peter Maxwell Davies
Farewell to Stromness
Lauren Scott, harp
