Classical Music Playlist, December 1, 2022
The late eminent German-American musicologist Alfred Einstein (a distant cousin to Albert) called Mozart’s piano concertos “the peak of all his instrumental achievement” and couldn’t be improved upon because “perfection is imperfectible.”
Save for the 2nd movement with its dreamy nocturnal atmosphere, Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21 in C-major brims with sunny uplifting fanfares and ebullient themes leading to a high-spirited finale. The Mozart Piano Concerto #21 is today’s Midday Masterpiece at 2:00 pm.
Trivia: this Concerto also became known as the “Elvira Madigan” Concerto after the 2nd movement was featured prominently in the 1967 Swedish film of that title. And Neil Diamond’s 1972 hit, “Song Sung Blue,” is based on a theme from that same 2nd movement.
6:00 a.m.
Andrea Zani
Cello Concerto No. 2 in A minor
Cologne Academy; Michael Alexander Willens, conductor Martin Rummel, cello
6:10 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Clarinet Quintet in B minor Opus 115
London Haydn Quartet Eric Hoeprich, clarinet
6:50 a.m.
Leo Brouwer
El Decameron Negro: 1. El arpa del Guerrero
Sharon Isbin, guitar
6:56 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Romance Opus 36
Hermann Baumann, horn; Reiko Honsho, piano
7:00 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Oboe Concerto in D minor BWV 1059
Chamber Orchestra of Europe Douglas Boyd, oboe
7:15 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Allegro di molto in E minor
Joanne Polk, piano
7:21 a.m.
Emmanuel Chabrier
Pastoral Suite (Suite Pastorale)
Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra; Herve Niquet, conductor
7:40 a.m.
Josquin des Pres
Ave Maria
Capella Alamire Julia Doyle, soprano
7:49 a.m.
Anton Arensky
Piano Quintet: Scherzo Opus 51
Ying Quartet Adam Neiman, piano
8:00 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Hebrides Overture in B minor Opus 26
London Symphony Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor
8:13 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Prelude No. 15 "Raindrop" in Db major Opus 28
Martha Argerich, piano
8:21 a.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 8 "Christmas Concerto" in G minor Opus 6
Les Violons du Roy; Bernard Labadie, conductor
8:36 a.m.
Rebecca Clarke
Viola Sonata: I. Impetuoso
Philip Dukes, viola; Sophia Rahman, piano
8:49 a.m.
Jennifer Higdon
Concerto 4-3: I. The Shallows
Philadelphia Orchestra; Xian Zhang, conductor Time for Three
9:00 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 20: III. Rondo in D minor K 466
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Jeremy Denk, conductor Jeremy Denk, piano
9:09 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5: II. Affettuoso
European Brandenburg Ensemble; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
9:18 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor
9:40 a.m.
Zhen Chen
Dancing in the Rain
Lin Ma, Pipa; Zhen Chen, piano; Elmira Darvarova, violin; Shenghua Hu, violin; Ao Peng, viola
9:47 a.m.
Gustav Holst
Suite No. 1 in Eb major Opus 28
North Texas Wind Symphony; Eugene Corporon, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Georges Bizet
L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2
City of Granada Orchestra; Josep Pons, conductor
10:18 a.m.
Adolfo Mejia
Bambuco en mi in E minor Bambuco in e minor
Jose Antonio Escobar, guitar
10:25 a.m.
Zoltan Kodaly
Dances of Galanta
Concertgebouw Orchestra; David Zinman, conductor
10:43 a.m.
Johannes Hanssen
Valdres March
Boston Pops Orchestra; Arthur Fiedler, conductor
10:50 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Ballade No. 1 in G minor
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
11:01 a.m.
Wilhelm Stenhammar
Excelsior! Opus 13
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
11:16 a.m.
Mary Youngblood
Misty Rain
Mary Youngblood, native flute; Tom Wasinger, guitar
11:24 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
11:38 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Harpsichord Concerto in D minor BWV 974
Vikingur Olafsson, piano
11:52 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 4: III - Rondo: Vivace in G major Opus 58
BBC Symphony Orchestra; Colin Davis, conductor Stephen Kovacevich, piano
12:03 p.m.
Gioachino Rossini
WILLIAM TELL: Overture (GUILLAUME TELL)
Philharmonia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
12:15 p.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Concertino Opus 107
City of London Sinfonia; Richard Hickox, conductor Susan Milan, flute
12:28 p.m.
Francesco Geminiani
Concerto Grosso "La Follia" in D minor
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor
12:39 p.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
African Suite: African Dance Opus 35/4
Chineke! Orchestra; Kevin John Edusei, conductor
12:49 p.m.
Philip Glass
Violin Concerto No. 1: Movement 1
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor Gidon Kremer, violin
12:58 p.m.
Victor Ewald
Quintet No. 1 in Bb minor Opus 5
Center City Brass Quintet
1:12 p.m.
Josef Suk
Serenade for Strings in Eb major Opus 6
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
1:38 p.m.
Claude Debussy
Estampes: Jardins sous la pluie (Gardens in the Rain)
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
1:43 p.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 3 in C minor Opus 6
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
1:54 p.m.
Alberto Ginastera
Estancia: Malambo
Lyon National Orchestra; David Robertson, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major K 467 (FROM THE RUSSELL KLETZING COLLECTION)
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Alfred Brendel, piano
2:27 p.m.
TRADITIONAL
Greensleeves
(unnamed orchestra) David Garrett, violin
2:32 p.m.
William Grant Still
Symphony No. 5 "Western Hemisphere"
Fort Smith Symphony; John Jeter, conductor
2:53 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
"Military" Polonaise in A major Opus 40/1
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
3:00 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Sinfonia (Konzertsatz) in D major BWV 1045
Brandenburg Consort; Roy Goodman, conductor
3:06 p.m.
Joe Hisaishi
Rain
La Pieta Angele Dubeau, violin
3:15 p.m.
Leo Delibes
Sylvia Suite
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Ondrej Lenard, conductor
3:33 p.m.
Santiago de Murcia
La Jota
The Harp Consort Paul O'Dette, baroque guitar; Andrew Lawrence-King, harp
3:43 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Les Preludes (Symphonic Poem #3) S 97
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor
4:00 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Finlandia Opus 26
Philharmonia Orchestra; Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
4:09 p.m.
Alma Deutscher
The Chase (Impromptu in C minor)
Alma Deutscher, piano
4:17 p.m.
George Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor Misha Dichter, piano
4:35 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
SAMSON ET DELILA: Bacchanale Opus 47
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Lorin Maazel, conductor
4:46 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 5: IV. Andante maestoso (Finale) in E minor Opus 64
Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
5:00 p.m.
Marianne Martinez
Sinfonia in C major
Bay Area Women's Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
5:17 p.m.
Leonard Cohen
Famous Blue Raincoat
12 Ensemble Milos Karadaglic, guitar
5:24 p.m.
Claude Debussy
Images for Orchestra: Iberia
London Symphony Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor
5:44 p.m.
Connor Chee
Navajo Vocable No. 12
Connor Chee, piano
5:52 p.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
NABUCCO: Va, pensiero
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Robert Shaw, conductor Atlanta Symphony Chorus; Robert Shaw Festival Singers
5:59 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Violin Sonata No. 1 "Rain" in G major Opus 78
Leonidas Kavakos, violin; Yuja Wang, piano
6:28 p.m.
Florence Price
Symphony No. 1: I. Allegro ma non troppo in E minor
Fort Smith Symphony; John Jeter, conductor
6:46 p.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Peggy's Rag
Sarah Cahill, piano
6:51 p.m.
Philip Glass
The Hours Suite: II. The Poet Acts
Janacek Philharmonic; Mark Shapiro, conductor Gregory Harrington, violin
6:55 p.m.
TRADITIONAL
Danny Boy
Dave Brubeck, piano
