Classical Music Playlist, January 16, 2023
Langston Hughes | photo: Library of Congress
In the notes published with her music score, “Portraits of Langston” from 2007, American composer Valerie Coleman wrote that the Harlem Renaissance of the early 1900s was the first time that the disciplines of visual art, music and literature celebrated African-American culture. Coleman continues:
“Langston Hughes was in the center of that cultural explosion... ‘Portraits of Langston’ is a suite in six short movements, and is my take on Hughes' poetic memories of Harlem and Europe (mainly Paris). Stylistically, this work incorporates many different elements that are translated into woodwind technique: the stride piano technique, big band swing, cabaret music, Mambo, African drumming, and even traditional spirituals.”
For her recording of the suite, Coleman enlisted actor Mahershala Ali to read a Hughes poem before the music it inspired. “Portraits of Langston” is this afternoon’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 5 in D major Opus 6 HWV 323
Les Violons du Roy; Bernard Labadie, conductor
6:16 a.m.
Jan Dussek
Piano Concerto in Eb major Opus 70
Ulster Orchestra; Howard Shelley, conductor Howard Shelley, piano
6:47 a.m.
Gerardo Matos Rodriguez
La Cumparsita (Tango)
Xuefei Yang, guitar
6:51 a.m.
Johann Pachelbel
Ciacona in F minor
Aries Brass Quintet
7:00 a.m.
William Grant Still
Miniatures
Sierra Winds
7:13 a.m.
Henriette Renie
Harp Concerto in C minor
Rhenish Philharmonic Orchestra; Shao-Chia Lu, conductor Xavier de Maistre, harp
7:34 a.m.
Joe Hisaishi
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Winds (NAH-sih-kaw)
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Nick Ingram, conductor Joe Hisaishi, piano
7:53 a.m.
Christoph Gluck
ORFEO ED EURIDICE: Dance of the Blessed Spirits
New York Philomusica; Paige Brook, conductor Paige Brook, flute
8:00 a.m.
Scott Joplin
Treemonisha Overture
Houston Grand Opera Orchestra; Gunther Schuller, conductor
8:09 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 1 in F# minor Opus 1
Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Litton, conductor Stephen Hough, piano
8:36 a.m.
Valentin Silvestrov
MAIDAN 2014 - Cycle III: IV. Agnus Dei
Kyiv Chamber Choir; Mykola Hobdych, conductor
8:39 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
String Quartet No. 15: III. Heiliger Dankgesang in A minor Opus 132 3rd Movement
A Far Cry
8:57 a.m.
Clarence Cameron White
Basque Folk Song
Marcus Eley, clarinet; Lucerne DeSa, piano
9:01 a.m.
Florence Price
Dances in the Canebrakes
Chicago Sinfonietta; Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
9:12 a.m.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4: I. Preludio W284 Introdu��o
Nelson Freire, piano
9:16 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
In Nature's Realm Overture Opus 91
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Seiji Ozawa, conductor
9:32 a.m.
ANONYMOUS
Folia: Rodrigo Martinez
Jordi Savall, viola da gamba
9:39 a.m.
William Grant Still
Symphony No. 5 "Western Hemisphere"
Fort Smith Symphony; John Jeter, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Jules Massenet
Suite No. 4 "Picturesque Scenes" (Scenes pittoresques)
Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
10:17 a.m.
Klaus Badelt; Hans Zimmer
Pirates of the Carribean: He's A Pirate
La Pieta; Angele Dubeau, conductor Angele Dubeau, violin
10:22 a.m.
Joseph White
Violin Concerto in F# minor
Encore Chamber Orchestra; Daniel Hege, conductor Rachel Barton Pine, violin
10:45 a.m.
Leo Brouwer
Afro-Cuban Lullaby (Cancion de Cuna: Berceuse)
Pepe Romero, guitar
10:50 a.m.
George W. Chadwick
Symphonic Sketches: Jubilee
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
10:59 a.m.
Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 5 in Eb major Opus 82
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; Mariss Jansons, conductor
11:30 a.m.
Billy Taylor
I Wish I Knew How it Would Feel to be Free
Lara Downes, piano
11:34 a.m.
Jon Batiste
Nocturne No. 1 in D minor
Jon Batiste, piano
11:38 a.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto for horn and strings in D major
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Iona Brown, conductor Hermann Baumann, horn
11:48 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Hebrides Overture in B minor Opus 26
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Claude Debussy
Petite suite
Ulster Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
12:14 p.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Deep River
Randall Goosby, violin; Zhu Wang, piano
12:20 p.m.
Kevin Puts
Contact: I. The Call
Philadelphia Orchestra; Xian Zhang, conductor Time for Three
12:29 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 35 "Haffner" in D major K 385
Prague Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
12:50 p.m.
William Grant Still
In Memoriam
Fort Smith Symphony; John Jeter, conductor
12:59 p.m.
Edward K. (Duke) Ellington
The River Suite: IV. The Lake
Buffalo Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
1:07 p.m.
Giovanni Gabrieli
Canzon in the 12th tone
Chicago Symphony Brass; Mark Ridenour, conductor
1:13 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 2 in D major Opus 36
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
1:47 p.m.
Agustin Barrios
Vals (Waltz) No. 4 in G major Opus 8/4
Pepe Romero, guitar
1:54 p.m.
Leonard Bernstein
CANDIDE: Overture
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Valerie Coleman
Portraits of Langston (w/Narration)
McGill/McHale Trio Mahershala Ali, narrator
2:27 p.m.
Amilcare Ponchielli
LA GIOCONDA: Dance of the Hours
National Philharmonic Orchestra; Bruno Bartoletti, conductor
2:36 p.m.
Lou Harrison
Suite for Violin with American Gamelan: III. Air
Boston Modern Orchestra Project; Gil Rose, conductor Gabriela Diaz, violin
2:40 p.m.
Benjamin Britten
Simple Symphony Opus 4
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
3:00 p.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Capriccio Espagnol Opus 34
London Symphony Orchestra; Geoffrey Simon, conductor
3:17 p.m.
Harry Thacker Burleigh
From the Southland: IV. A Jubilee
Jeni Slotchiver, piano
3:20 p.m.
Adolphus Hailstork
Fanfare on Amazing Grace
Virginia Symphony Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
3:25 p.m.
Alexander Scriabin
Fantasy in B minor Opus 28
Oda Voltersvik, Piano
3:36 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Flute Concerto No. 1 in G major K 313
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor Jacques Zoon, flute
4:00 p.m.
Joaquin Rodrigo
Concierto de Aranjuez: II. Adagio
Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra; Antonio de Almeida, conductor Alexandre Lagoya, guitar
4:11 p.m.
Scott Joplin
The Entertainer
Lara Downes, piano
4:15 p.m.
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Violin Concerto in A major Opus 5/2
Encore Chamber Orchestra; Daniel Hege, conductor Rachel Barton Pine, violin
4:40 p.m.
John Williams
STAR WARS - RETURN OF THE JEDI: Luke and Leia
Skywalker Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
4:47 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture
London Symphony Orchestra; Barry Wordsworth, conductor
5:00 p.m.
William Grant Still
Africa: Symphonic Poem
Fort Smith Symphony; John Jeter, conductor
5:28 p.m.
Ruth Crawford (Seeger)
Rissolty Rossolty
Schonberg Ensemble; Oliver Knussen, conductor
5:33 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Piano Quintet: I. Allegro non troppo in F minor Opus 34
Guarneri Quartet Artur Rubinstein, piano
5:45 p.m.
Zenobia Powell Perry
Rhapsody
Sarah Cahill, piano
5:51 p.m.
Gisle Kverndokk
Symphonic Dances: V. Weddings and Funerals
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra; Ken-David Masur, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Florence Price
Piano Sonata in E minor
Althea Waites, piano
6:26 p.m.
Jean-Michel Blais
passepied
Jean-Michel Blais, piano; ...and friends
6:32 p.m.
George Gershwin
Porgy and Bess: Symphonic Picture for Orchestra
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Antal Dorati, conductor
6:56 p.m.
George Walker
Prelude
George Walker, piano
