Classical Music Playlist, September 16, 2022
Pianist Rudolf Firkušný (1912-1994)
Pianists tend to avoid Czech composer Antonín Dvořák's only Piano Concerto because it doesn't offer any flashy showmanship for the soloist even though the concerto is actually one of the most difficult to perform (it was once described as having been written for “two right hands”) and despite the music being exceptionally good. Later, the Czech pianist and pedagogue Vilém Kurz reworked the soloist’s part, changing octaves and simplifying some of the difficult passages. That revision is usually played today. Once a student of Kurz, Czech pianist Rudolf Firkušný performed that revised version for much of his career before turning to the original Dvorak version late in his career, and you’ll hear Firkušný perform Dvořák's original version in a 1990 recording for today’s Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
6:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Water Music Suite No. 3 in G major HWV 350
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
6:10 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Trio for clarinet, viola and piano "Kegelstatt" in Eb major K 498
Martin Frost, clarinet; Antoine Tamestit, viola; Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
6:30 a.m.
John Williams
The BFG (from The BFG)
Los Angeles Recording Arts Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
6:39 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Keyboard Concerto No. 2 in E major BWV 1053
Chamber Orchestra of Europe Andras Schiff, piano
6:59 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for 2 oboes, 2 violins, bassoon in C major RV 557
Ensemble Zefiro; Alfredo Bernardini, conductor Members of...
7:10 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 48 "Maria Theresa" in C major HOB 48
Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra; Adam Fischer, conductor
7:38 a.m.
Ludovico Einaudi
Odd Days
La Pieta; Angele Dubeau, conductor Angele Dubeau, violin
7:44 a.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
African Suite: African Dance Opus 35/4
Chicago Sinfonietta; Paul Freeman, conductor
7:52 a.m.
Pablo Casals
Sardana
City of Birmingham Cellos; Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla, conductor Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello
8:00 a.m.
Robert Schumann
Piano Concerto: I. Allegro affettuoso in A minor Opus 54
San Francisco Ballet Orchestra; Martin West, conductor Lara Downes, piano
8:17 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik in G major K 525
Les Violons du Roy; Bernard Labadie, conductor
8:36 a.m.
Vincenzo Bellini
Norma: Overture
Philharmonic of La Scala; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
8:42 a.m.
Percy Grainger
The Lads of Wamphray March
Dallas Wind Symphony; Jerry Junkin, conductor
8:52 a.m.
Carlos Chavez
Chapultepec Republican Overture
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Enrique Batiz, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Franz Schubert
Piano Quintet "Trout" in A major Opus 114 D 667
Emanuel Ax, piano; Pamela Frank, violin; Rebecca Young, viola; Yo Yo Ma, cello; Edgar Meyer, bass
9:39 a.m.
Edward Elgar
Morning Song (Chanson de Matin) Opus 15/2
BBC Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Davis, conductor
9:44 a.m.
Gioachino Rossini
WILLIAM TELL: Overture (GUILLAUME TELL)
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
9:56 a.m.
Paquito D'Rivera
Aires Tropicales: VI. Contradanza
Imani Winds
10:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 1 in G major Opus 6/1 HWV 319
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor
10:12 a.m.
James Horner
Jakes First Flight (Avatar)
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Robert Ziegler, conductor The Piano Guys
10:17 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 60 "The Absent-minded Man" (Il Distratto) in C major
Northern Chamber Orchestra; Nicholas Ward, conductor
10:42 a.m.
Rafael Diaz
Al fondo de mi lejania se asoma tu casa
Georgina Isabel Rossi, viola; Silvie Cheng, piano
10:49 a.m.
Gustav Holst
The Planets: Venus, Bringer of Peace Opus 32
Berlin Philharmonic; Simon Rattle, conductor
11:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Rustic Concerto (Concerto "alla Rustica") in G major RV 151
Academy of Ancient Music; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
11:05 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 25 in G minor K 183
Prague Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
11:32 a.m.
Percy Grainger
Shepherd's Hey
Denver Brass; Kenneth Singleton, conductor
11:36 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Bassoon Concerto in F major Opus 75
Tapiola Sinfonietta; Jean Jacques Kantorow, conductor Jaakko Luoma, bassoon
11:54 a.m.
Sondra Clark
Homage to George Gershwin
Kyiv Philharmonic; Robert Ian Winstin, conductor
12:01 p.m.
Chevalier de Meude-Monpas
Violin Concerto No. 4 (1786) in D major
Encore Chamber Orchestra; Daniel Hege, conductor Rachel Barton Pine, violin
12:19 p.m.
Richard Strauss
Don Juan Opus 20
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
12:38 p.m.
Clara Schumann
Four Fugitive Pieces Opus 15
Angela Cheng, piano
12:52 p.m.
Jose Moncayo
Sinfonietta
Mexico National Symphony Orchestra; Enrique Arturo Diemecke, conductor
1:05 p.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Symphony No. 1 "Classical" in D major Opus 25
London Symphony Orchestra; Neville Marriner, conductor
1:20 p.m.
Edward K. (Duke) Ellington
Isfahan
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Simon Rattle, conductor Bobby Watson, alto sax; Peter Walden, english horn
1:26 p.m.
John Field
Piano Concerto No. 1 in Eb major
New Irish Chamber Orchestra; Janos Furst, conductor John O'Conor, piano
1:48 p.m.
Arturo Marquez
Danzon No. 2
Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Piano Concerto in G minor Opus 33
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Vaclav Neumann, conductor Rudolf Firkusny, piano
2:37 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for oboe & bassoon in G major RV 545
Ensemble Zefiro; Alfredo Bernardini, conductor Paolo Grazzi, oboe; Alberto Grazzi, bassoon
2:48 p.m.
Sarah Kirkland Snider
The Currents
MIchael Mizrahi, piano
2:56 p.m.
Pablo Casals
Song of the Birds
City of Birmingham Cellos Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello
3:01 p.m.
Grace Williams
Fantasia on Welsh Nursery Tunes
Royal Ballet Sinfonia; Andrew Penny, conductor
3:12 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
Lyric Pieces: Homeward Opus 62/6
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
3:16 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Water Music Suite No. 1 in F major HWV 348
Les Violons du Roy; Bernard Labadie, conductor
3:45 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude in E major BMV 1006a
Sharon Isbin, guitar
3:51 p.m.
Silvestre Revueltas
Sensemaya
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
3:58 p.m.
Erik Satie
Gymnopedie No. 1
Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, conductor
4:03 p.m.
Carl Nielsen
Symphony No. 1 in G minor Opus 7
Royal Scottish Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor
4:36 p.m.
Meredith Monk
Ellis Island
Lara Downes, piano; Simone Dinnerstein, piano
4:41 p.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Concertino Opus 107
Residentie Orkest Den Haag; Neeme Jarvi, conductor Sharon Bezaly, flute
4:49 p.m.
Joaquin Rodrigo
Concierto de Aranjuez: II. Adagio
Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra; Antonio de Almeida, conductor Alexandre Lagoya, guitar
5:00 p.m.
Edward Elgar
Enigma Variations Opus 36
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
5:32 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Coronation March (Marche de couronnement) Opus 117
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
5:40 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G minor
North German Radio Symphony; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
5:43 p.m.
William Grant Still
Get on Board
Sierra Winds
5:46 p.m.
Florence Price
Violin Concerto No. 2
Janacek Philharmonic; Ryan Cockerham, conductor Er-Gene Kahng
6:01 p.m.
Adolphe Adam
GISELLE: Suite
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
6:40 p.m.
Leo Delibes
Lakme: Flower Duet (Viens, Malika..Sous le Dome epais)
Toulouse Capitole Orchestra; Michel Plasson, conductor Nathalie Dessay, soprano; Delphine Haidan, mezzo-soprano
6:47 p.m.
Bela Bartok
Concerto for Orchestra: IV. Interrupted Intermezzo
Helsinki Philharmonic; Susanna Malkki, conductor
6:52 p.m.
Manuel Ponce
Estrellita
Dusseldorf Symphony Orchestra; Yasuo Shinozaki, conductor Matthew Trusler, violin
6:55 p.m.
Jorge Calandrelli
Solitude
Milos Karadaglic, guitar; Jess Gillam, soprano saxophone
