Classical Music Playlist, November 9, 2022
Czech composer Bedřich Smetana titled his String Quartet No. 1 “From My Life” as its four movements are autobiographical chapters of his life and loves up to age 52 when he composed the work in 1876.
The first movement represents his youthful "inclination to art," and a portent of catastrophe that would return in the final movement. The second movement contains a nationalistic Czech polka, which recalls his time as a composer of dance music and his recognition as a passionate dancer. The third movement is a recollection of his first love who would become his wife (he would later remarry after her death). The final movement begins with more dance as a proud symbol of himself as a composer of nationalistic music. But this is interrupted, first with a high E note on the violin mirroring the tinnitus that signaled the beginning of his hearing loss that would make him completely deaf within a year, two years before writing this quartet. This is followed by a return of the portentous motive from the first movement. And while the Quartet ends with a fade out of the music to silence, as likely happened with his hearing, he continued to compose for another ten years before his death in 1874. The String Quartet No. 1 “From My Life” by Bedřich Smetana is today’s Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
6:00 a.m.
John Hebden
Concerto for Strings No. 3 in E major
Cantilena; Adrian Shepherd, conductor
6:09 a.m.
Franz Liszt
Piano Sonata in B minor S 178
Martha Argerich, piano
6:36 a.m.
John Barry
Dances With Wolves: John Dunbar Theme
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
6:43 a.m.
Jules Massenet
Suite No. 4 "Picturesque Scenes" (Scenes pittoresques)
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; Jean-Yves Ossonce, conductor
7:00 a.m.
Edward Elgar
Serenade for string orchestra in E minor Opus 20
Rotterdam Chamber Orchestra; Conrad van Alphen, conductor
7:13 a.m.
Alexander Borodin
Petite Suite
Philharmonia Orchestra; Geoffrey Simon, conductor
7:38 a.m.
Chen Peixun
Autumn Moon on a Calm Lake
Shen Lu, piano
7:43 a.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Romance in G major Opus 39
Chineke! Orchestra; Kevin John Edusei, conductor Elena Urioste, violin
7:54 a.m.
Elmer Bernstein
Guitar Concerto "For Two Christophers": III. Celebration
London Symphony Orchestra; Elmer Bernstein, conductor Christopher Parkening, guitar
8:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 2 in F major Opus 6/2 HWV 320
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor
8:13 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 8 "Pathetique" in C minor Opus 13
John O'Conor, piano
8:32 a.m.
Leo Delibes
Sylvia: Procession of Bacchus from Act III
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
8:39 a.m.
Ernst von Dohnanyi
Symphonic Minutes Opus 36
Buffalo Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
8:55 a.m.
Aaron Copland
Rodeo: Hoe-Down
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus
New Queen's Hall Orchestra; Barry Wordsworth, conductor
9:15 a.m.
Dustin O'Halloran
Opus 17 (String Quartet Version)
Siggi String Quartet; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Vikingur Olafsson, piano
9:20 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major Opus 3/3 RV 310
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor Elizabeth Wallfisch, violin
9:27 a.m.
Jacques Offenbach
TALES OF HOFFMANN: Barcarolle
Eugenia Zukerman, flute; Allan Vogel, oboe; Dennis Helmrich, piano
9:30 a.m.
TRADITIONAL
Scarborough Fair
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello; Plinio Fernandes, guitar
9:35 a.m.
Zoltan Kodaly
Hary Janos Suite
Gulbenkian Orchestra; Lawrence Foster, conductor
10:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 7 in Bb major Opus 6/7 HWV 325
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor
10:13 a.m.
John Williams
Themes from Jurassic Park
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
10:20 a.m.
E. J. Moeran
Cello Concerto
Ulster Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor Guy Johnston, cello
10:50 a.m.
Grace Williams
Ballads: II. Alla marcia solenne
BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra; Vernon Handley, conductor
10:55 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Turkish Rondo (from Sonata No. 11 "Turkish March") in A major K 331
John O'Conor, piano
11:00 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor Opus 37
Mahler Chamber Orchestra; Leif Ove Andsnes, conductor Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
11:36 a.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Spring in Buenos Aires (Primavera Portena)
David Tanenbaum, guitar
11:42 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata No. 142: Alleluja BWV 142
Empire Brass Douglas Major, organ
11:44 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No. 2: Badinerie BWV 1067
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Rolf Smedvig, conductor Rolf Smedvig, trumpet
11:47 a.m.
Jean Sibelius
Karelia Suite: III. Alla Marcia Opus 11
Philharmonia Orchestra; Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
11:53 a.m.
William Schuman
New England Triptych: Chester
The President's Own U.S. Marine Band; Lt. Col. Jason K. Fettig, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Hebrides Overture in B minor Opus 26
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
12:11 p.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Peggy's Rag
Sarah Cahill, piano
12:15 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Variations on a Rococo Theme Opus 33
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Lorin Maazel, conductor Yo Yo Ma, cello
12:35 p.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Piano Sonata No. 7: III. Precipitato in Bb major Opus 83
Lang Lang, piano
12:41 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 1: IV. Finale in C minor Opus 68
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor
12:59 p.m.
Randy Edelman
Gettysburg: Reunion and Finale
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor Timothy Berens. guitar
1:05 p.m.
Claude Debussy
Sacred and Profane Dances (Danses Sacree et Profane)
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemble Skaila Kanga, harp
1:17 p.m.
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Piano Concerto No. 2 in A minor Opus 85
English Chamber Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor Stephen Hough, piano
1:48 p.m.
Percy Grainger
Mock Morris
City of London Sinfonia; Richard Hickox, conductor
1:53 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 103 "Drum Roll": IV. Presto [finale]
Orchestra of the 18th Century; Frans Bruggen, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Bedrich Smetana
String Quartet No. 1 "From My Life" in E minor
Emerson String Quartet
2:27 p.m.
Johann Joachim Quantz
Horn Concerto No. 3 in Eb major
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Iona Brown, conductor Barry Tuckwell, horn
2:35 p.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Piano Sonata in G minor in G minor (1843) H395
Anna Shelest, piano
2:53 p.m.
Lou Harrison
Suite for Violin with American Gamelan: II. Estampie
Boston Modern Orchestra Project; Gil Rose, conductor Gabriela Diaz, violin
3:00 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish" in Eb major Opus 97
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
3:30 p.m.
Jessie Montgomery
Peace
Anthony McGill, clarinet; Gloria Chien, piano
3:37 p.m.
Francesco Durante
Concerto No. 4 for strings and continuo in E minor
Concerto Koln
3:48 p.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Les Sylvains Opus 60
Joanne Polk, piano
3:54 p.m.
Carl Orff
Carmina Burana: O fortuna
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Robert Shaw, conductor Atlanta Symphony Chorus; Robert Shaw Festival Singers
4:00 p.m.
John Williams
The Cowboys: Overture
City of Prague Philharmonic; Paul Bateman, conductor
4:11 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Nocturne No. 2 in Eb major Opus 9/2
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Seong-Jin Cho, piano
4:24 p.m.
Gaetano Donizetti
Concertino for clarinet and orchestra in Bb major
Camerata Budapest; Laszlo Kovacs, conductor Bela Kovacs, clarinet
4:33 p.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
4:37 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major HOB VIIb:1
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor Anner Bylsma, cello
5:01 p.m.
Bedrich Smetana
Ma Vlast: II. The Moldau (Vltava)
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
5:13 p.m.
Dustin O'Halloran
Opus 17 (String Quartet Version)
Siggi String Quartet; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Vikingur Olafsson, piano
5:18 p.m.
George Gershwin
Porgy and Bess Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor Joshua Bell, violin
5:39 p.m.
Agustin Barrios
Pais de Abanicos
Eliot Fisk, guitar
5:45 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso "Alexander's Feast" in C major HWV 318
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
5:59 p.m.
Hamilton Harty
Irish Symphony
Ulster Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor
6:34 p.m.
Hans Rott
Symphony No. 1: III. Scherzo: Frisch und lebhaft (Fresh and lively) in E major
Bamberg Symphony; Jakub Hrusa, conductor Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
6:48 p.m.
Dmitri Shostakovich
Piano Concerto No. 2: II. Andante Opus 102
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor Yefim Bronfman, piano
6:55 p.m.
Carlos Espinosa de los Monteros
Blue Night (Noche azul)
Cuarteto Latinoamericano
