Classical Music Playlist, October 6, 2022
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Beethoven in 1805 by Joseph Willibrord Mähler
Beethoven’s first two piano concertos are numbered by the order of their publishing, not composition. Therefore, what we call his Piano Concerto No. 2 was actually composed first, and his Piano Concerto No. 1 was composed second. The first-composed (“No. 2”) is a more youthful composition and for a minimal orchestra that could have been performed at a small venue and so he withheld it in favor of his next concerto. The second-composed (“No. 1”) is a more mature composition and by far the more grand statement using a full orchestra. This second-composed “Piano Concerto No. 1” is today's Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
6:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 9 in F major Opus 6/9 HWV 327
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor
6:14 a.m.
Carl Nielsen
Symphony No. 2 "Four Temperaments" Opus 16
Royal Danish Orchestra; Paavo Berglund, conductor
6:47 a.m.
Leonard Cohen
Hallelujah
City of Birmingham Cellos Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello
6:52 a.m.
Domenico Gabrielli
Sonata No. 5 for trumpet in D major Opus 11/5
Southwest German Chamber Orchestra; Vladislav Czarnecki, conductor Erik Schultz, trumpet
6:59 a.m.
Mikhail Glinka
Spanish Overture No. 2
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Vassily Sinaisky, conductor
7:11 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Serenade for Winds in Eb major K 375
Winds of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe
7:35 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Cello Concerto: III. Allegro in A minor RV 419
Basel Chamber Orchestra Anastasia Kobekina, cello
7:40 a.m.
Percy Grainger
The Gum Suckers March
Dallas Wind Symphony; Jerry Junkin, conductor
7:44 a.m.
Jean Sibelius
Karelia Suite: III. Alla Marcia Opus 11
Philharmonia Orchestra; Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
7:50 a.m.
Gabriel Faure
Piano Quartet No. 2: IV. Finale - Allegro molto in G minor Opus 45
Yo Yo Ma, cello; Emanuel Ax, piano; Isaac Stern, violin; Jaime Laredo, viola
8:00 a.m.
Maurice Ravel
Piano Concerto: I. Allegramente in G major
Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra; Lionel Bringuier, conductor Yuja Wang, piano
8:11 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Sleeping Beauty Suite Opus 66
Philadelphia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
8:33 a.m.
Hildegard von Bingen
O Virtus Sapientiae (Antiphon for Divine Wisdom)
La Pieta; Angele Dubeau, conductor
8:38 a.m.
Zoltan Kodaly
Marosszek Dances
Budapest Festival Orchestra; Ivan Fischer, conductor
8:51 a.m.
Amilcare Ponchielli
LA GIOCONDA: Dance of the Hours
National Philharmonic Orchestra; Bruno Bartoletti, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Georges Bizet
CARMEN: Habanera: L'amour est un oiseau.
L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande; Choeur du Grand Theatre de Geneve; Thomas Schippers, conductor Regina Resnik, mezzo-soprano
9:05 a.m.
Robert Schumann
Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish" in Eb major Opus 97
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
9:36 a.m.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Lundu for the Marqueza de Santos (Lundu da Marqueza de Santos)
New York Chamber Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor Robert Bonfiglio, harmonica
9:38 a.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Decarissimo
Gidon Kremer, violin; Vadim Sakharov, piano; Alois Posch, double-bass; Per Arne Glorvigen, bandoneon
9:43 a.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Five Negro Melodies: 2. I was way down a-yonder
Neave Trio; Rumon Gamba, conductor Sophie Langdon, violin; Richard Watkins, horn
9:55 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance No. 7 in C major Opus 72
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Vaclav Neumann, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Alexey Shor
Seascapes for Viola and Orchestra
London Philharmonic Orchestra; David Parry, conductor David Aaron Carpenter, viola
10:19 a.m.
Mykola Lysenko
Suite on Ukrainian Themes: II. Courante Opus 2
Anna Shelest, piano
10:24 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": I. Adagio - Allegro molto in E minor Opus 95
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
10:37 a.m.
Undine Smith Moore
Afro-American Suite for Flute, Cello, and Piano: III. Adagio ma appossionato
Mallarme Chamber Players
10:43 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Occasional Suite in D major
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
10:59 a.m.
Dmitri Shostakovich
Symphony No. 1: I. Allegretto-Allegro non troppo in E minor Opus 10
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
11:09 a.m.
Richard Rodgers
Carousel: Waltz
Stephen Hough, piano
11:16 a.m.
Carl Stamitz
Viola Concerto in D major Opus 1
Prague Philharmonic Orchestra; Jiri Belohlavek, conductor Jan Peruska, viola
11:38 a.m.
Franz Liszt
Liebestraume: Nocturne No. 3 in Ab major S 541
Michel Dalberto, piano
11:43 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
EUGENE ONEGIN: Waltz
Staatskapelle Dresden; Hans Vonk, conductor
11:51 a.m.
Jennifer Higdon
Dance Card: IV. Celestial Blue
Chicago Sinfonietta; Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
12:01 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 3 "Scottish": II. Vivace non troppo in A minor Opus 56
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
12:06 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 22 in Eb major K 482
Academy of Ancient Music; Christopher Hogwood, conductor Robert Levin, fortepiano
12:40 p.m.
Alfonso Montes
Milonga in the Style of Piazzolla (Milonga a Piazzolla)
Castellani Andriaccio Duo
12:45 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 Opus 46
Malmo Symphony Orchestra; Bjarte Engeset, conductor
1:00 p.m.
Edward Elgar
Enigma Variations Opus 36
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Paavo Jarvi, conductor
1:34 p.m.
Amy Beach
Pastorale
Reykjavik Wind Quintet
1:39 p.m.
Francesco Tristano
Toccata
Arctic Philharmonic; Christian Kluxen, conductor Francesco Tristano, piano
1:43 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Coriolan Overture in C minor Opus 62
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor
1:52 p.m.
E. J. Moeran
Whythorne's Shadow
Ulster Orchestra; Vernon Handley, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major Opus 15
Mahler Chamber Orchestra; Leif Ove Andsnes, conductor Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
2:33 p.m.
Leo Brouwer
Preludio
Manuel Barrueco, guitar
2:37 p.m.
Johann Joachim Quantz
Flute Concerto in A major
Brandenburg Consort; Roy Goodman, conductor Rachel Brown, flute
2:56 p.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Allegro di molto in E minor
Joanne Polk, piano
3:00 p.m.
George Enescu
Dixtour pour instruments a vent (Dectet for winds) Opus 14
Oslo Wind Soloists
3:21 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto, Op. 4, No. 9 in F major Opus 4/9 RV 284
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Simon Standage, violin; Micaela Comberti, violin; Jane Coe, cello
3:30 p.m.
Sigvaldi Kaldalons
Ave Maria
Siggi String Quartet; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Vikingur Olafsson, piano
3:34 p.m.
Georges Bizet
L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1
London Symphony Orchestra; Neville Marriner, conductor
3:53 p.m.
Philip Glass
Symphony No. 4 "Heroes": 6. V2 Schneider
American Composers Orchestra; Dennis Russell Davies, conductor
4:02 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Variations on Ah, vous dirai-je, maman K 265
Janina Fialkowska, piano
4:15 p.m.
Koji Kondo
The Legend of Zelda Suite
London Philharmonic Orchestra
4:21 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Violin Concerto in E minor Opus 64
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Charles Munch, conductor Jascha Heifetz, violin
4:46 p.m.
Reinhold Gliere
Concert Waltz Opus 90
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Vassily Sinaisky, conductor
4:53 p.m.
Claude Debussy
The Girl with the Flaxen Hair (from Preludes, Book I: No. 8) (La fille aux cheveux de lin)
Maurizio Pollini, piano
4:55 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Carnival of the Animals: The Swan (Le Cygne)
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello; Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano; Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, piano
5:00 p.m.
Carl Nielsen
Masquerade Overture
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
5:05 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra; Hans Vonk, conductor
5:26 p.m.
Giovanni Gabrieli
Canzon Septimi Toni No. 2
Chicago Symphony Brass; Mark Ridenour, conductor
5:30 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Art of the Fugue: Contrapunctus No. 9 BWV 1080
Les Violons du Roy; Bernard Labadie, conductor
5:33 p.m.
Edward K. (Duke) Ellington
Sophisticated Lady
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Simon Rattle, conductor Various soloists
5:40 p.m.
Manuel de Falla
Three-Cornered Hat Suite
Philharmonia Orchestra; Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Sonata "Arpeggione" in A minor D 821
Emanuel Ax, piano; Yo Yo Ma, cello
6:25 p.m.
George Enescu
Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A major Opus 11
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra; Sergiu Commissiona, conductor
6:40 p.m.
Bengt Hallberg
Blacksmith's Tune
Scandinavian Brass Ensemble; Jorma Panula, conductor
6:44 p.m.
Percy Grainger
Mock Morris
Dallas Wind Symphony; Jerry Junkin, conductor
6:49 p.m.
John Barry
Dances With Wolves: John Dunbar Theme
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
6:55 p.m.
Alexander Scriabin
Etude No. 1 in C# minor Opus 2/1
Ruth Laredo, piano