Classical Music Playlist, February 7, 2023
Richard Strauss had retired from writing new music when, just as World War 2 ended, he met an American oboist with the US Army Band who inspired Strauss to compose a new Oboe Concerto in 1945. A 2002 Grammy-winning performance of the Strauss Oboe Concerto in D is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Tafelmusik I: Quartet in G major
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor
6:13 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 83 "The Hen" in G minor
Tafelmusik; Bruno Weil, conductor
6:39 a.m.
Chen Peixun
Autumn Moon on a Calm Lake
Lang Lang, piano
6:44 a.m.
Leo Delibes
Coppelia: (Suite from the ballet)
Philadelphia Orchestra; Eugene Ormandy, conductor
6:59 a.m.
Jean Sibelius
Spring Song
Lahti Symphony Orchestra; Osmo Vanska, conductor
7:11 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quartet No. 23 in F major K 590
Dover Quartet
7:37 a.m.
Bela Bartok
Romanian Folk Dances SZ 56
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor
7:44 a.m.
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Variations Across the Centuries: Waltz #2 & #3 & Foxtrot Op 71
Xavier Jara, guitar
7:50 a.m.
Robert Schumann
Piano Quartet: IV. Finale in Eb major Opus 47
Emerson String Quartet Menahem Pressler, piano
8:00 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Leonore Overture No. 3 Opus 72
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
8:15 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake Suite Opus 20
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Herbert Von Karajan, conductor
8:42 a.m.
Johann Grabbe
Courant I/Courant II
The King's Noyse; David Douglass, conductor
8:43 a.m.
Ruth Crawford (Seeger)
Rissolty Rossolty
Schonberg Ensemble; Oliver Knussen, conductor
8:48 a.m.
Florence Price
Piano Concerto in One Movement
New York Youth Symphony; Michael Repper, conductor Michelle Cann, piano
8:54 a.m.
Paul Hindemith
Symphonic Metamorphosis: IV. March
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Randall Goosby, violin
9:00 a.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Symphony No. 5 in D major
London Symphony Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor
9:41 a.m.
Carlos Gardel
Guitarra, Guitarra Mia
Franz Halasz, guitar
9:43 a.m.
Teng Yu-hsien
Spring Breeze
Xuefei Yang, guitar
9:48 a.m.
Florence Price
Symphony No. 1: III. Juba Dance in E minor
Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
9:53 a.m.
Franz Liszt
Liebestraume: Nocturne No. 3 in Ab major S 541
Claudio Arrau, piano
10:00 a.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Capriccio Espagnol Opus 34
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
10:16 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
Voces8; Eric Whitacre, conductor Nelson Freire, piano
10:20 a.m.
Alexey Shor
Seascapes for Viola and Orchestra
London Philharmonic Orchestra; David Parry, conductor David Aaron Carpenter, viola
10:40 a.m.
Gabriela Lena Frank
Four Folk Songs: III. Serenata
Claremont Trio
10:46 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Tragic Overture Opus 81
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
11:00 a.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 2 in F major Opus 6
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
11:10 a.m.
Philip Glass
Symphony No. 4 "Heroes": 1. "Heroes"
American Composers Orchestra; Dennis Russell Davies, conductor
11:17 a.m.
Giovanni Paisiello
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G minor
Saint Cecilia Chamber Orchestra; Pietro Spada, conductor Pietro Spada, piano
11:44 a.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Blue Danube Waltz Opus 314
Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra; Willi Boskovsky, conductor
11:54 a.m.
Arthur Foote
Serenade: Gavotte Opus 25
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Joaquin Rodrigo
Concierto de Aranjuez
Monteverdi Orchestra; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor Julian Bream, guitar
12:22 p.m.
Connor Chee
Navajo Vocable No. 9
Emanuele Arciuli, piano
12:27 p.m.
Cesar Franck
The Accursed Huntsman (Le Chasseur Maudit)
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
12:42 p.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Etude Symphonique Opus 28
Joanne Polk, piano
12:49 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Four Seasons: Spring (La Primavera) in E major Opus 8 RV 269
...and friends Janine Jansen, violin
1:00 p.m.
Mikhail Glinka
Spanish Overture No. 2
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Vassily Sinaisky, conductor
1:11 p.m.
Meredith Monk
Ellis Island
Lara Downes, piano; Simone Dinnerstein, piano
1:15 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quintet No. 3 in C major K 515
Nash Ensemble w/ Philip Dukes Philip Dukes, viola
1:50 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dance No. 6 in D major
Staatskapelle Berlin; Otmar Suitner, conductor
1:54 p.m.
Henning Sommerro
Varsog
Arctic Philharmonic; Christian Kluxen, conductor Eldbjorg Hemsing, violin
2:00 p.m.
Richard Strauss
Oboe Concerto in D major AV 144
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Daniel Barenboim, conductor Alex Klein, oboe
2:27 p.m.
Louise Farrenc
Piano Trio No. 1: IV. Finale. Vivace in Eb major Opus 33
Neave Trio
2:37 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 11 in A major Opus 6/11 HWV 329
Academy of Ancient Music; Andrew Manze, conductor
2:54 p.m.
Philip Glass
Metamorphosis II
La Pieta; Angele Dubeau, conductor Francine Kay, piano
2:59 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
My Home Overture Opus 62
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Andre Previn, conductor
3:10 p.m.
Steven Stucky
Funeral Music for Queen Mary (after Henry Purcell)
"The President's Own" United States Marine Band; Timothy Foley, conductor
3:20 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Polonaise No. 6 "Heroic" in Ab major Opus 53
Lang Lang, piano
3:27 p.m.
Franz Berwald
Symphony No. 3 "Sinfonie singuliere" in C major
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
3:56 p.m.
Georges Bizet
CARMEN: Toreador song
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
4:00 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 40 in G minor K 550
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
4:30 p.m.
Amy Beach
Pastorale
Reykjavik Wind Quintet
4:35 p.m.
Gioachino Rossini
SEMIRAMIDE: Overture
National Philharmonic Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
4:48 p.m.
Leighton Lucas
Stage Fright Rhapsody
BBC Concert Orchestra; Gavin Sutherland, conductor Valentina Lisitsa, piano
4:54 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No. 3: Air in D major
Daniel Hope, violin; and friends
5:00 p.m.
John Ireland
Epic March
London Symphony Orchestra; Richard Hickox, conductor
5:10 p.m.
Valentin Silvestrov
MAIDAN 2014 - Cycle III: IV. Agnus Dei
Kyiv Chamber Choir; Mykola Hobdych, conductor
5:14 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
Piano Concerto in A minor Opus 16
Berlin Philharmonic; Mariss Jansons, conductor Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
5:44 p.m.
Leo Brouwer
El Decameron Negro: 3. Balada de la doncella enamorada
Sharon Isbin, guitar
5:51 p.m.
Maurice Ravel
Miroirs: Alborada del gracioso (Morning Song of the Jester)
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Johan Svendsen
Symphony No. 2 in Bb major Opus 15
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; Mariss Jansons, conductor
6:33 p.m.
Leo Delibes
Lakme: Flower Duet (Viens, Malika..Sous le Dome epais)
Philharmonia Orchestra; Sebastian Lang-Lessing, conductor Renee Fleming, soprano; Susan Graham, contralto
6:39 p.m.
Robert Paterson
The Book of Goddesses: Sarasvati
MAYA
6:43 p.m.
Philip Glass
Etude 3
Vikingur Olafsson, piano
6:48 p.m.
Tobias Picker
Old and Lost Rivers
Houston Symphony Orchestra; Christoph Eschenbach, conductor
6:54 p.m.
Enrique Granados
Danzas espanolas No. 5 "Andaluza"
Eduardo Fernandez, guitar
