Classical Music Playlist, August 24, 2022
Johannes Brahms c 1862 by Carl Anton Schulz
Within days of the 20 year old Johannes Brahms being introduced to Robert and Clara Schumann in Dusseldorf, Robert wrote an article declaring the young Brahms the next Beethoven, making him instantly famous. Four months later, Robert Schumann attempted suicide and was institutionalized for the remaining couple years of his life. Brahms returned to Dusseldorf to help Clara with business matters, her large family (she was also pregnant at the time) and to act as an intermediary with Robert in the sanatorium as Clara was not allowed to visit him.
But Brahms felt intimidated by Schumann’s declaration of him as the next Beethoven. And with the late composer’s shadow still looming over everyone, Brahms wouldn’t even TRY to compose a symphony before he had more experience. So within days of Schumann’s suicide attempt, young Brahms began work on a large scale sonata for two pianos. Long story short, over the next four-plus years, what began as a sonata for two pianos became his first Piano Concerto which premiered in January 1859, his first orchestral work performed for a public audience. But it was so long and progressive audiences literally hissed after the performance. Daunted, Brahms wouldn’t premiere his first Symphony until 1876. But true to his confidence in the music, audiences evolved and his effort would soon be recognized as one of the great piano concertos (including the slow middle adagio movement which Brahms described to Clara as a “tender portrait” of her). The Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1 is today’s Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
6:00 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Anna Magdalena notebook: pieces
Alexandre Lagoya, guitar
6:12 a.m.
Edward Elgar
Cello Concerto in E minor Opus 85
London Symphony Orchestra; John Barbirolli, conductor Jacqueline Du Pre, cello
6:44 a.m.
Francois A. D. Philidor
Air
New York Chamber Musicians (New York Kammermusiker); Ilonna Pederson, conductor
6:46 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Overture Opus 27
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
7:00 a.m.
Robert Schumann
Carnaval Opus 9
Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, conductor
7:12 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Piano Concerto No. 4 in C minor Opus 44
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor Jean-Philippe Collard, piano
7:40 a.m.
John Williams
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom: Parade of the Slave Children
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
7:46 a.m.
Valerie Coleman
Concerto for Wind Quintet: I. Afro
Imani Winds
7:52 a.m.
Hector Berlioz
Symphonie Fantastique: A Ball Opus 14
Bavarian Radio Symphony; Mariss Jansons, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Arnold Bax
Overture to a Picaresque Comedy
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; David Lloyd-Jones, conductor
8:11 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major K 218
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Rachel Barton Pine, violin
8:35 a.m.
Gustav Holst
A Moorside Suite: March
The Paramount Brass
8:40 a.m.
Max Richter
Spring I
Zurich Chamber Orchestra Daniel Hope, violin
8:43 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Rustic Concerto (Concerto "alla Rustica") in G major RV 151
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
8:48 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Overture in C major
The Women's Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
9:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Water Music Suite No. 1 in F major HWV 348
Les Violons du Roy; Bernard Labadie, conductor
9:29 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
"Military" Polonaise in A major Opus 40/1
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
9:35 a.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
NABUCCO Overture (Sinfonia)
Philharmonic of La Scala; Riccardo Muti, conductor
9:43 a.m.
Leonard Bernstein
Slava
CCM Wind Symphony; Eugene Corporon, conductor
9:48 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 4: IV. Allegro energico e passionato in E minor Opus 98
Berlin Philharmonic; Herbert von Karajan, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Concertino for Clarinet and Orchestra in Eb major Opus 26
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Andrew Marriner, clarinet
10:10 a.m.
Jean-Michel Blais
passepied
Jean-Michel Blais, piano; ...and friends
10:16 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Horn Concerto No. 1 in D major HOB VIId:3
Academy of Ancient Music; Christopher Hogwood, conductor Timothy Brown, natural horn
10:33 a.m.
Andrew York
Quiccan
Aquarelle Guitar Quartet
10:41 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Piano Sonata in G minor in G minor (1843) H395
Anna Shelest, piano
10:59 a.m.
Gisle Kverndokk
Symphonic Dances: II. Waltz
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra (sta VAHN ger); Ken-David Masur, conductor
11:05 a.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Symphony No. 5 in D major
London Symphony Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor
11:46 a.m.
Luigi Boccherini
Quintet for guitar and strings No. 4: III. Fandango in D major G 448
Pacifica Quartet Sharon Isbin, guitar
11:54 a.m.
Mark Isham
A River Runs Through It: Main Theme
Studio Orchestra
11:58 a.m.
Jean-Baptiste Lully
March for the Turkish Ceremony
Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall, conductor
12:01 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor" in Eb major Opus 73
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor Robert Levin, piano
12:38 p.m.
Giacomo Puccini
MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Humming Chorus (Act 2)
Philharmonia Orchestra; Giuseppi Sinopoli, conductor Ambrosian Opera Chorus
12:43 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Fugue "Little Fugue" in G minor BWV 578
Canadian Brass
12:47 p.m.
Connor Chee
Navajo Vocable No. 9
Emanuele Arciuli, piano
12:52 p.m.
Engelbert Humperdinck
KONIGSKINDER: Overture (The Royal Children)
Czechoslovak RSO, Bratislava; Alfred Walter, conductor
1:01 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Trumpet Overture Opus 101
London Symphony Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor
1:11 p.m.
Arvo Part
Festina Lente
I Fiamminghi; Rudolf Werthen, conductor
1:19 p.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Tafelmusik I: Concerto for flute, violin & strings in A major
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor
1:44 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Fantasie-impromptu in C# minor Opus 66
Olga Kern, piano
1:51 p.m.
Gerald Finzi
Romance in Eb major Opus 11
English String Orchestra; William Boughton, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor Opus 15
Cleveland Orchestra; George Szell, conductor Leon Fleisher, piano
2:48 p.m.
Alfonso Montes
Milonga in the Style of Piazzolla (Milonga a Piazzolla)
Castellani Andriaccio Duo
2:52 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto No. 11 in D major Opus 4 RV 204
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Simon Standage, violin; Micaela Comberti, violin; Jane Coe, cello
3:00 p.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Sonata Movement (Sonatensatz) in E in E major (1822, age 16) H44
Leanne Rees, piano
3:08 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik in G major K 525
Les Violons du Roy; Bernard Labadie, conductor
3:27 p.m.
Joel Puckett
Concerto Duo: II. Mama Dee's Song for Joel
Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra; Allen Tinkham, conductor Anthony McGill, clarinet; Demarre McGill, flute
3:39 p.m.
Arvid Kleven
Lotusland
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra (sta VAHN ger); Susanna Malkki, conductor
3:55 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Kreisleriana: I. Aussert Bewegt
Simone Dinnerstein, piano
3:59 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
4:33 p.m.
Richard Strauss
Andante for Horn Op. Posth. in C major AV 86a
Barry Tuckwell, horn; Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
4:38 p.m.
Steve Reich
Electric Counterpoint: Third Movement
Valerie Milot, harp
4:44 p.m.
John Corigliano
Lullaby for Natalie
London Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor Anne Akiko Meyers, violin
4:50 p.m.
Claude Debussy
Images for Orchestra: Iberia: I. The Streets and Byways
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
4:59 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Capriccio Italien Opus 45
Bavarian Radio Symphony; Lorin Maazel, conductor
5:15 p.m.
Ludwig Goransson
Ancestral Plane (Black Panther Original Score)
Studio Orchestra Erina Saito, piano
5:20 p.m.
Henriette Renie
Harp Concerto in C minor
Rhenish Philharmonic Orchestra; Shao-Chia Lu, conductor Xavier de Maistre, harp
5:41 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 1 in F minor
Weimar State Orchestra; Arthur Fagen, conductor
5:54 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Goldberg Variations: Aria BWV 988
Mahan Esfahani, harpsichord
6:00 p.m.
John Field
Piano Concerto No. 3 in Eb major
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor John O'Conor, piano
6:33 p.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Blue Danube Waltz Opus 314
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor
6:42 p.m.
Miguel Llobet
El noi de la mare (Son of the Virgin)
Julian Bream, guitar
6:45 p.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Piano Sonata No. 7: III. Precipitato in Bb major Opus 83
Lang Lang, piano
6:49 p.m.
Grace Williams
Hiraeth for Harp
Sandrine Chatron, harp
6:52 p.m.
Dmitri Shostakovich
Piano Concerto No. 2: II. Andante Opus 102
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor Yefim Bronfman, piano
