Classical Music Playlist, January 25, 2023
1803 Portrait of Ludwig van Beethoven by Christian Hornemann
The chamber trio of piano, violin, and cello was a familiar form in the late 1700s. Such a trio could also show off the new piano that was quickly replacing the harpsichord and could be a showcase for emerging piano virtuosos. But in 1804 Beethoven tried something no one else had yet done: basically, a Concerto, placing a piano trio as the solo instrument against an orchestra. Balancing three different timbres of instruments against a full orchestra, combined with giving each of the piano, violin and cello sufficiently interesting and challenging themes, was a formidable task. It’s a work of great bravura in both senses of the word: excellence and daring. Beethoven’s Triple Concerto Concerto for Piano, Violin, Cello and Orchestra is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 7 in Bb major Opus 6/7 HWV 325
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor
6:13 a.m.
Georges Bizet
Symphony No. 1 in C major
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
6:45 a.m.
Joaquin Malats
Spanish Serenade (Serenata Espanola) in F major
Klaus Jackle, guitar
6:51 a.m.
Samuel Barber
Canzonetta for oboe and orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra; Jose Serebrier, conductor Julia Girdwood, oboe
7:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for lute and 2 violins in D major RV 93
Bach Sinfonia; Daniel Abraham, conductor Ronn McFarlane, lute; C. Ann Loud, violin; Marlisa del Cid Woods, violin
7:13 a.m.
Joseph Kraus
Sinfonia in C# minor
Swedish Chamber Orchestra; Petter Sundkvist, conductor
7:34 a.m.
George Enescu
Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A major Opus 11
National Orchestra of France; Cristian Macelaru, conductor Yuja Wang, piano
7:38 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Octet in E flat: I. Allegro moderato in Eb major Opus 20
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Pinchas Zukerman, conductor
7:54 a.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Etude Melodique Opus 118
Joanne Polk, piano
8:00 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major BWV 1048
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor
8:13 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Horn Concerto No. 4 in Eb major K 495
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor Lowell Greer, natural horn
8:31 a.m.
Enrique Granados
Danzas espanolas No. 4 "Villanesca" Opus 37/4
Angel Romero, guitar; Celedonio Romero, guitar
8:37 a.m.
Kevin Puts
Contact: I. The Call
Philadelphia Orchestra; Xian Zhang, conductor Time for Three
8:47 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 9: II. Molto Vivace (Scherzo and Trio) in D minor Opus 125
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
8:59 a.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Romance in G major Opus 39
Chineke! Orchestra; Kevin John Edusei, conductor Elena Urioste, violin
9:11 a.m.
Dmitri Kabalevsky
Colas Breugnon: Overture
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
9:16 a.m.
Edward Elgar
Cockaigne Overture (In London Town) Opus 40
BBC Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Davis, conductor
9:32 a.m.
Valerie Coleman
Shotgun Houses: I. Shotgun Houses
Harlem Quartet David Shifrin, clarinet
9:39 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor Opus 25
Amsterdam Sinfonietta; Lev Markiz, conductor Ronald Brautigam, piano
10:00 a.m.
Francesco Geminiani
Concerto Grosso "La Follia" in D minor
Les Violons du Roy; Bernard Labadie, conductor
10:11 a.m.
Philip Glass
Metamorphosis II
La Pieta; Angele Dubeau, conductor Francine Kay, piano
10:17 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 47 "The Palindrome" in G major
Hanover Band; Roy Goodman, conductor
10:45 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Notturno H337
Betty Ann Miller, piano
10:52 a.m.
Aaron Copland
Cuban Dance (Danzon Cubano)
New World Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
11:01 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F minor Opus 73
Staatskapelle Dresden; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Sabine Meyer, clarinet
11:23 a.m.
Mel Bonis
Femmes de Legende: Phoebe Opus 30
Kyra Steckeweh, piano
11:27 a.m.
Adam Larrabee
24 Preludes for Banjo: No. 12 "Waltz" in g minor
John Bullard, banjo
11:30 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Finale of Violin Sonata No. 1 in G minor BWV 1001
Bela Fleck, banjo; Evelyn Glennie, marimba
11:33 a.m.
Maurice Ravel
Bolero
London Symphony Orchestra; Pierre Monteux, conductor
11:50 a.m.
Samuel Barber
Adagio for Strings Opus 11
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; David Zinman, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 32 in G major K 318
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
12:09 p.m.
Frode Fjellheim
Under the Arctic Moon
Arctic Philharmonic; Christian Kluxen, conductor Eldbjorg Hemsing, violin
12:14 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Andante Spianato and Grand Polonaise in G major/Eb major Opus 22
Warsaw Philharmonic; Kazimierz Kord, conductor Garrick Ohlsson, piano
12:29 p.m.
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Prelude and Fugue No. 3 in A minor Opus 199
Brasil Guitar Duo
12:36 p.m.
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Grand Concerto for bassoon and orchestra in F major
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Klaus Thunemann, bassoon
1:00 p.m.
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
Earina Suite
Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra; Michail Jurowski, conductor
1:22 p.m.
Joe Hisaishi
Princess Mononoke
La Pieta; Angele Dubeau, conductor Angele Dubeau, violin
1:27 p.m.
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Symphony in G Major in G major
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor
1:43 p.m.
Dana Suesse
Jazz Nocturne
Hot Springs Festival Orchestra; Richard Rosenberg, conductor
1:48 p.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
AIDA: Triumphal March from Act II
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Robert Shaw, conductor Atlanta Symphony Chorus
2:00 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Triple Concerto for piano, violin, cello & orchestra in C major Opus 56
Berlin Philharmonic; Daniel Barenboim, conductor Itzhak Perlman, violin; Yo Yo Ma, cello; Daniel Barenboim, piano
2:36 p.m.
Zoltan Kodaly
Hary Janos: Intermezzo
Cleveland Orchestra; George Szell, conductor
2:42 p.m.
Florence Price
Piano Concerto in One Movement
New York Youth Symphony; Michael Repper, conductor Michelle Cann, piano
2:48 p.m.
Samuel Barber
School for Scandal Overture
New York Philharmonic; Thomas Schippers, conductor
2:58 p.m.
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 3: I. Kraftig in D minor "powerful"
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
3:33 p.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Song Without Words Opus 8/1
Sarah Cahill, piano
3:40 p.m.
Koji Kondo
The Legend of Zelda Suite
London Philharmonic Orchestra
3:45 p.m.
Giacomo Puccini
Preludio Sinfonico
Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Litton, conductor
3:55 p.m.
Erik Satie
Gymnopedie No. 1
John Novacek, piano
4:00 p.m.
Charles Stanford
Irish Rhapsody No. 5
Ulster Orchestra; Vernon Handley, conductor
4:16 p.m.
Henning Sommerro
Varsog
Arctic Philharmonic; Christian Kluxen, conductor Eldbjorg Hemsing, violin
4:21 p.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Iberia: Festival Day in Seville (Fete-Dieu a Seville)
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
4:30 p.m.
Michael Nyman
If (from The Diary of Anne Frank)
BBC Concert Orchestra; Jessica Cottis, conductor Jess Gillam, soprano saxophone
4:37 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 7 "Lodron" in F major K 242 (FROM THE RUSSELL KLETZING COLLECTION)
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Alfred Brendel, piano; Imogen Cooper, piano
5:01 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for 2 trumpets in C major RV 537
English Chamber Orchestra; Raymond Leppard, conductor Wynton Marsalis, trumpet
5:09 p.m.
Aaron Copland
Rodeo: Hoe-Down
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
5:15 p.m.
Luigi Boccherini
Quintet for guitar and strings No. 3 in Bb major G 447
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemble Pepe Romero, guitar
5:39 p.m.
Carl Nielsen
Masquerade Overture
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
5:45 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Scherzo capriccioso Opus 66
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
5:59 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Clarinet Quintet in B minor Opus 115
London Haydn Quartet Eric Hoeprich, clarinet
6:39 p.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Tritsch-Tratsch Polka "Chit-Chat Polka" Opus 214
Berlin Philharmonic; Herbert Von Karajan, conductor
6:43 p.m.
Zenobia Powell Perry
Piano Potpurri: No. 5. A Jazz Trifle
LaDoris Hazzard Cordell, piano
6:46 p.m.
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Solitude
La Pieta Angele Dubeau, violin
6:51 p.m.
John Lunn
DOWNTON ABBEY: A Royal Command
Chamber Orchestra of London; Alastair King, conductor
6:56 p.m.
Agustin Barrios
Vals Tropical
David Russell, guitar
