Classical Music Playlist, September 19, 2022
Franz Joseph Haydn worked for the Esterhazy family for nearly 30 years. Approaching 60 years old, by 1790 the Esterhazy's had increased his pension but dismissed the entire musical staff. Famous across Europe and with pockets full of money but nothing much to do, he accepted a commission for six symphonies from an impresario in London, which eventually became an offer for twelve. His time in London was the high point of his career. He was an international star, London audiences loved him, and in one year in London he earned more than he did in 30 years working for the Esterhazy family. The final of his twelve "London" symphonies was also his final symphony ever. It premiered in mid April 1795, then Haydn conducted it again three weeks later for his London farewell concert. That capstone symphony, #104, is today's Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
6:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto No. 3 "a due cori" in F major HWV 334
Academy of Ancient Music; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
6:14 a.m.
Ernst von Dohnanyi
Serenade in C major Opus 10
NES Chamber Orchestra; Dmitry Sitkovetsky, conductor
6:36 a.m.
Giovanni Palestrina
Ave Regina Caelorum
; Joseph Jennings, conductor Chanticleer
6:41 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Symphony No. 2 in C major J 51
Hanover Band; Roy Goodman, conductor
7:01 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Rondo for piano & orchestra in D major K 382
English Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Tate, conductor Mitsuko Uchida, piano
7:12 a.m.
Jean-Baptiste Lully
Le Divertissement Royal Suite
Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall, conductor
7:35 a.m.
Arnold Bax
Mediterranean
Ashley Wass, piano
7:38 a.m.
Federico Moreno Torroba
The Wedding (La Boda)
Los Romeros
7:41 a.m.
Hugo Alfven
Swedish Rhapsody #2 "Uppsala Rhapsody" Opus 24
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Niklas Willen, conductor
7:54 a.m.
Florence Price
Fantasie Negre No. 4
Lara Downes, piano
8:00 a.m.
Emil Mlynarski
Violin Concerto No. 2: III. Allegro vivace (Finale) in D major Opus 6
Polish Chamber Orchestra; Jacek Kaspszyk, conductor Nigel Kennedy, violin
8:11 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 100 "Military" in G major
Orchestra of St. Luke's; Charles Mackerras, conductor
8:35 a.m.
Ethel Smyth
Serenade in D: II. Scherzo. Allegro vivace in D major
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Odaline de la Martinez, conductor Tasmin Little, violin; John Lenehan, piano
8:40 a.m.
Bela Bartok
Allegro Barbaro for piano SZ 49
Zoltan Kocsis, piano
8:42 a.m.
Modest Mussorgsky
Pictures at an Exhibition: Great Gate of Kiev
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Paavo Jarvi, conductor
8:49 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Academic Festival Overture Opus 80
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor K 466
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra; Leif Ove Andsnes, conductor Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
9:31 a.m.
Marcel Grandjany
Autumn (Automne)
Anne-Marguerite Michaud, harp
9:35 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
9:39 a.m.
Bedrich Smetana
Ma Vlast: II. The Moldau (Vltava)
Berlin Symphony Orchestra; Claus Peter Flor, conductor
9:54 a.m.
Gustav Holst
The Planets: Mercury, the Winged Messenger Opus 32
Berlin Philharmonic; Simon Rattle, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Overture in C major
The Women's Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
10:11 a.m.
Rebecca Clarke
Viola Sonata
Philip Dukes, viola; Sophia Rahman, piano
10:37 a.m.
Samuel Barber
Adagio for Strings Opus 11
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; David Zinman, conductor
10:47 a.m.
Agustin Barrios
Danza Paraguaya No. 1
David Russell, guitar
10:49 a.m.
Bear McCreary
Battlestar Galactica: The Shape of Things to Come
studio ensemble; Bear McCreary, conductor
10:53 a.m.
Robert Schumann
Widmung (Dedication) Opus 25/1
Van Cliburn, piano
10:59 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 8: IV. Finale in G major Opus 88
Berlin Philharmonic; Rafael Kubelik, conductor Bomsori Kim, violin
11:04 a.m.
George Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue
Cincinnati Jazz Orchestra; Erich Kunzel, conductor William Tritt, piano
11:24 a.m.
Ernest Chausson
Poeme
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France; Mikko Franck, conductor Hilary Hahn, violin
11:42 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Requiem: Lacrimosa in D minor K 626
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor Vienna State Opera Chorus [Also:"Wiener Staatsopernchor"]
11:45 a.m.
Johann Joachim Quantz
Minuetto for flute d'amour and continuo
Rachel Brown, flute; James Johnstone, harpsichord; Mark Caudle, cello
11:49 a.m.
Jacques Offenbach
ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD: Overture
Philharmonia Orchestra; Antonio de Almeida, conductor
11:59 a.m.
Edvard Grieg
Symphonic Dances Opus 64
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
12:31 p.m.
Peter Benoit
In the fields (In de Velden) for oboe and strings
VRT Philharmonic Orchestra; Silveer Van Den Broeck, conductor Joost Gils, oboe
12:34 p.m.
Alexander Scriabin
Etude No. 11 Opus 8/11
Wendy Warner, cello; Irina Nuzova, piano
12:39 p.m.
Leo Brouwer
El Decameron Negro: 2. La huida de los amantes por el valle de los ecos
Sharon Isbin, guitar
12:45 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 2 in F major Opus 6/2 HWV 320
Handel & Haydn Society; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
12:57 p.m.
William Boyce
Symphony No. 8 in D minor Opus 2
Aradia Ensemble; Kevin Mallon, conductor
1:09 p.m.
Neil Gladd
The Goldberg Rag
Ugo Orlandi, mandolin; Claudio Mandonico, piano; Daniele Bosio, tuba
1:12 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Cello Concerto in A minor Opus 129
Champs-Elysees Theatre Orchestra; Philippe Herreweghe, conductor Christophe Coin, cello
1:39 p.m.
Clarence Cameron White
Basque Folk Song
Marcus Eley, clarinet; Lucerne DeSa, piano
1:41 p.m.
Lili Boulanger
2 Pieces for Violin and Piano (arr for cello & piano)
Matt Haimovitz, cello; Mari Kodama, piano
1:47 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto No. 8 for two violins obligti in A minor Opus 3 RV 522
London Chamber Orchestra; Christopher Warren-Green, conductor Christopher Warren-Green, violin; Rosemary Furniss, violin
2:00 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 104 "London" in D major
Heidelberg Symphony; Thomas Fey, conductor
2:29 p.m.
Marin Marais
Chaconne and Rondeau
Paolo Pandolfo, viola da gamba; Mitzi Meyerson, harpsichord; Thomas Boysen, baroque guitar; Pedro Estevan, percussion
2:37 p.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Piano Sonata in C minor in C minor (1824, age 18) H128
Betty Ann Miller, piano
2:55 p.m.
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 8 "Symphony of a Thousand": Chorus mysticus from PART II in Eb major
Berlin Philharmonic; Berlin Radio Choir; Claudio Abbado, conductor Cheryl Studer, soprano; Sylvia McNair, soprano; Anne Sofie von Otter, alto; Bryn Terfel, baritone
3:02 p.m.
Edward Elgar
Serenade for string orchestra in E minor Opus 20
Philharmonia Orchestra; Andrew Davis, conductor
3:15 p.m.
August Soderman
Concert Overture in F major
Norrlands Opera Symphony Orchestra; Roy Goodman, conductor
3:25 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor Opus 92/2
Munich Piano Trio
4:02 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance No. 7 in C major Opus 72
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
4:06 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor": III. Rondo in Eb major Opus 73
Bavarian Radio Symphony; Kurt Sanderling, conductor Mitsuko Uchida, piano
4:18 p.m.
Aaron Copland
Appalachian Spring
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Antal Dorati, conductor
4:42 p.m.
Jose Moncayo
Huapango
State of Mexico Symphony; Enrique Batiz, conductor
4:51 p.m.
Dmitri Kabalevsky
Colas Breugnon: Overture
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor
4:58 p.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Etude Symphonique Opus 28
Joanne Polk, piano
5:05 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Clarinet Concerto - third movement in A major K 622
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Karl Leister, clarinet
5:14 p.m.
Neil Sedaka
Manhattan Intermezzo
Brown University Orchestra; Paul Phillips, conductor Jeffrey Biegel, piano
5:34 p.m.
Henry Purcell
Overture, Rondeau & Incidental Music from Abdelazer ("The Moor's Revenge")
Canadian Brass
5:44 p.m.
George W. Chadwick
Symphonic Sketches: Jubilee
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
5:54 p.m.
Percy Grainger
Children's March "Over the Hills and Far Away"
Michigan State University Symphonic Band; Keith Brion, conductor
6:02 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Violin Concerto in D minor Opus 47
Staatskapelle Dresden; Andre Previn, conductor Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
6:34 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
Lyric Pieces: Wedding Day at Troldhaugen Opus 65
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
6:42 p.m.
David Pritchard
Stairs
Aquarelle Guitar Quartet
6:46 p.m.
Philip Glass
Etude 2
Vikingur Olafsson, piano
6:53 p.m.
TRADITIONAL
The Quiet Man: St. Patrick's Day
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor Itzhak Perlman, violin
6:55 p.m.
Jay Ungar; Molly Mason
The Harvest Home Suite: Autumn (Thanksgiving Hymn)
Nashville Chamber Orchestra Jay Ungar, fiddle; Molly Mason, guitar
