Classical Music Playlist, January 19, 2023
Hamilton Harty (1879-1941)
After early music lessons from his local church organist father and then himself holding posts of church organist, Irish composer Hamilton Harty moved from his small town about 12 miles south of Belfast to Dublin at age 16 where he took music lessons. Then to London at 20 where he soon became an in-demand accompanist then at 24 a conductor of the Halle Orchestra (in Manchester) and, later, the London Symphony Orchestra. He was knighted in 1925 and passed away in 1941 at the age of 61. While many of his compositions are overtly “Irish,” some are more subtly so, such as his Piano Concerto from 1922. It’s this afternoon’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Andrea Zani
Cello Concerto No. 7 in C major
Cologne Academy; Michael Alexander Willens, conductor Martin Rummel, cello
6:12 a.m.
Giovanni Paisiello
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major
Saint Cecilia Chamber Orchestra; Pietro Spada, conductor Pietro Spada, piano
6:33 a.m.
Gaspar Sanz
Spanish Suite (Suite Espagnole)
Celedonio Romero, guitar
6:44 a.m.
Franz Strauss
Horn Concerto No. 1 Opus 8
Bratislava Philharmonia Orchestra; Dale Clevenger, conductor Steven Gross, horn
7:00 a.m.
Benjamin Britten
Gloriana: Courtly Dances
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
7:13 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 96 "Miracle" in D major HOB I:96
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Claudio Abbado, conductor
7:36 a.m.
Nainita Desai
My Mind Is Still
Voces8
7:43 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Romantic Pieces Opus 75
Isaac Stern, violin; Robert McDonald, piano
7:59 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 2: IV. Allegro con spirito in D major Opus 73
Berlin Philharmonic; Herbert von Karajan, conductor
8:11 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Carnival of the Animals
Philharmonia Orchestra; Sir Charles Groves, conductor Leslie Pearson, piano; Michael Reeves, piano; George Ives, cello; Kenneth Smith, flute
8:35 a.m.
John Williams
Seven Years in Tibet: Seven Years in Tibet
Studio Orchestra; John Williams, conductor Yo Yo Ma, cello
8:43 a.m.
Agustin Barrios
The Bees (Las Abejas)
Jason Vieaux, guitar
8:45 a.m.
Antonio Lauro
Venezuelan Waltz No. 3 "Natalia" (Vals Venezolano)
Jason Vieaux, guitar
8:49 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Concertino for Clarinet and Orchestra in Eb major Opus 26
Staatskapelle Dresden; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Sabine Meyer, clarinet
8:59 a.m.
Hamilton Harty
Comedy Overture
Ulster Orchestra; Takuo Yuasa, conductor
9:14 a.m.
Carl Nielsen
Wind Quintet Opus 43
Emmanuel Pahud, flute; Sabine Meyer, clarinet; Radek Baborak, horn; Jonathon Kelly, oboe; Stefan Schweigert, bassoon
9:41 a.m.
Alexandra Streliski
Burnout Fugue
Alexandra Streliski, piano
9:45 a.m.
Bedrich Smetana
Ma Vlast: II. The Moldau (Vltava)
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Andre Previn, conductor
10:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 4 in F major Opus 3/4a HWV 315
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
10:12 a.m.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Prelude No. 1
Orchestre de Paris; Klaus Makela, conductor Xuefei Yang, guitar
10:18 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Violin Concerto in E minor Opus 64
Philharmonia Orchestra; Giuseppi Sinopoli, conductor Gil Shaham, violin
10:50 a.m.
John Williams
Lincoln: With Malice Toward None
Los Angeles Recording Arts Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
10:55 a.m.
Valerie Coleman
Umoja
Imani Winds
10:59 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 3: I. Allegro ma non tanto in D minor Opus 30
Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Litton, conductor Stephen Hough, piano
11:15 a.m.
Alfonso Montes
Milonga in the Style of Piazzolla (Milonga a Piazzolla)
Castellani Andriaccio Duo
11:20 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
The Golden Spinning Wheel Opus 109
Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
11:48 a.m.
Maddalena Casulana
Morir non puo il mio cuore
Palaver Strings
11:52 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
ABDUCTION FROM THE SERAGLIO Overture K 384
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
11:59 a.m.
Franz Von Suppe
Light Cavalry Overture
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Gustav Kuhn, conductor
12:07 p.m.
Josef Suk
Serenade for Strings in Eb major Opus 6
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
12:33 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Sleeping Beauty: Waltz from Act I
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Herbert Von Karajan, conductor
12:38 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Les Preludes (Symphonic Poem #3) S 97
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor
12:55 p.m.
Stanley Myers
Cavatina
Angel Romero, guitar
12:59 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 9 in F major Opus 6/9 HWV 327
Handel & Haydn Society; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
1:15 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Variations on a theme from Rossini's "Cinderella" in E major B 9
Heinz Holliger, oboe; Ursula Holliger, harp
1:20 p.m.
Gioachino Rossini
The Thieving Magpie (LA GAZZA LADRA): Overture
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
1:30 p.m.
Rebecca Clarke
Piano Trio: II. Andante Molto Semplice
Neave Trio
1:37 p.m.
Aaron Copland
The Tender Land: Suite
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Aaron Copland, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Hamilton Harty
Piano Concerto in B minor
Ulster Orchestra; Takuo Yuasa, conductor Peter Donohoe, piano
2:31 p.m.
Carlos Chavez
Chapultepec Republican Overture
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Enrique Batiz, conductor
2:38 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
Violin Sonata No. 3: II. Allegretto espressivo alla Romanza in C minor Opus 45
Duo Gazzana; Mykola Hobdych, conductor Natascia Gazzana, violin; Raffaella Gazzana, piano
2:43 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto No. 1 (originally for violin) in A minor BWV 1041
Elias String Quartet Xuefei Yang, guitar
3:00 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Coriolan Overture in C minor Opus 62
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor
3:07 p.m.
Claude Debussy
Cello Sonata (1915) in D minor
Sol Gabetta, cello; Helene Grimaud, piano
3:20 p.m.
Igor Stravinsky
The Fairy's Kiss: Divertimento
London Sinfonietta; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
3:45 p.m.
Florence Price
Fantasy No. 2
Randall Goosby, violin; Zhu Wang, piano
3:52 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Nocturne
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
3:59 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Carnival Overture Opus 92
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Vaclav Neumann, conductor
4:10 p.m.
Philip Glass
Glassworks: Opening
Valentina Lisitsa, piano
4:16 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Art of the Fugue: Contrapunctus No. 9 BWV 1080
Les Violons du Roy; Bernard Labadie, conductor
4:20 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Piano Concerto No. 11 in D major HOB 18:11
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
4:39 p.m.
Grace Williams
Fantasia on Welsh Nursery Tunes
Royal Ballet Sinfonia; Andrew Penny, conductor
4:51 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 6 in D major Opus 3/6 HWV 317
Musicians of the Louvre; Marc Minkowski, conductor Aline Zylberajch, organ
4:59 p.m.
Edward Elgar
Cello Concerto in E minor Opus 85
London Symphony Orchestra; John Barbirolli, conductor Jacqueline Du Pre, cello
5:31 p.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Les Sylvains (The Fauns) in D major Opus 60
Anna Shelest, piano
5:35 p.m.
John Williams
Raiders of the Lost Ark: Marion's Theme
Los Angeles Recording Arts Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
5:41 p.m.
Jose Moncayo
Huapango
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Enrique Arturo Diemecke, conductor
5:52 p.m.
Maurice Ravel
Pavane for a Dead Princess (Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte)
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
5:59 p.m.
Richard Strauss
Death and Transfiguration Opus 24
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
6:26 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
EUGENE ONEGIN: Polonaise
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Litton, conductor
6:32 p.m.
Edward K. (Duke) Ellington
Harlem
Buffalo Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
6:48 p.m.
George Gershwin
PORGY AND BESS: It Ain't Necessarily So
Duo Sonidos
6:50 p.m.
Dmitri Shostakovich
Jazz Suite No. 1
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
