Classical Music Playlist, February 14, 2023
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“Spring”, “September”, “When Falling Asleep”, and “At Sunset” are the final completed works of Richard Strauss. Through lyrics about death and acceptance, they reflect an 84-year-old composer at peace with knowing his time is up. The Four Last Songs feature a soprano and an especially prominent horn part, making them deeply personal to Strauss – his wife was a soprano, and his father was a horn player.
Today, you can celebrate soprano Renee Fleming’s birthday with Strauss’s Four Last Songs, your Midday Masterpiece at 2pm.
6:00 a.m.
Alessandro Scarlatti
Sinfonia No. 2 in C minor
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment; Catherine Mackintosh, conductor Catherine Mackintosh, violin
6:08 a.m.
Arthur Foote
Piano Trio No. 2 in Bb major Opus 65
Neave Trio
6:31 a.m.
Gena Branscombe
A Memory
Lansdowne Symphony Orchestra; Reuben Blundell, conductor
6:35 a.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
6:59 a.m.
Amy Beach
Violin Sonata: IV. Allegro con fuoco in A minor Opus 34
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Odaline de la Martinez, conductor Tasmin Little, violin; John Lenehan, piano
7:11 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Keyboard Concerto No. 2 in E major BWV 1053
Australian Chamber Orchestra Angela Hewitt, piano
7:31 a.m.
Shelley Washington
Middleground
PubliQuartet
7:42 a.m.
Darius Milhaud
Scaramouche Suite: III. Brazileira
Tippett Quartet Jess Gillam, alto saxophone; Zeynep Ozsuca, piano; Andee Birkett, double bass
7:45 a.m.
Xuefei Yang
Xinjiang Fantasy
Xuefei Yang, guitar
7:51 a.m.
Jules Massenet
THAIS: Meditation
Berlin Philharmonic; Herbert Von Karajan, conductor Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
7:59 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 4 in A minor Opus 6/4 HWV 322
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor
8:12 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
The Hero's Song Opus 111
Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
8:35 a.m.
John Williams
Saving Private Ryan: Hymn to the Fallen
Boston Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor Tanglewood Festival Chorus
8:42 a.m.
Florence Price
Fantasy No. 1
Randall Goosby, violin; Zhu Wang, piano
8:47 a.m.
Francisco Tarrega
Pavana
Pepe Romero, guitar
8:50 a.m.
Tomaso Albinoni
Adagio in G minor
Guildhall String Ensemble
9:00 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter" in C major K 551
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
9:34 a.m.
Mieczyslaw Karlowicz
Violin Concerto: III. Finale in A major Opus 8
Polish Chamber Orchestra; Jacek Kaspszyk, conductor Nigel Kennedy, violin
9:42 a.m.
Paola Prestini
Morning on the Limpopo: Matou Women
Lara Downes, piano
9:46 a.m.
Maurice Greene
Overture to St. Cecilia
Baroque Band; Garry Clarke, conductor
9:51 a.m.
Luigi Boccherini
Quintet for guitar and strings No. 4: III. Fandango in D major G 448
Pacifica Quartet Sharon Isbin, guitar
10:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Passacaille, Gigue, and Minuet
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
10:08 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 2 in D major Opus 36
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
10:42 a.m.
Franz Schubert
Military March (Marche militaire) No. 1 in D major Opus 51 D 733 (Military March)
Vladimir Horowitz, piano
10:49 a.m.
Julio Sagreras
El Colibri
Xuefei Yang, guitar
10:51 a.m.
Kevin Puts
Contact: I. The Call
Philadelphia Orchestra; Xian Zhang, conductor Time for Three
11:01 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for lute and 2 violins in D major RV 93
Il Giardino Armonico Luca Pianca, Archlute; Members of...
11:10 a.m.
Zhen Chen
Lost in Midtown
Lin Ma, Pipa; Zhen Chen, piano; Yidou Liu, cello
11:15 a.m.
Johan Halvorsen
Symphony No. 1 in C minor
Bergen Philharmonic; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
11:51 a.m.
Lili Boulanger
Nocturne
Jacques Israelevich, violin; Stephanie Sebastian, piano
11:53 a.m.
Leo Delibes
Sylvia: Pizzicato Polka
New Philharmonia Orchestra; Richard Bonynge, conductor
11:56 a.m.
Joseph Curiale
Awakening: Joy
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Joseph Curiale, conductor
12:01 p.m.
Charles Gounod
ROMEO ET JULIETTE: L'amour,l'amour...Ah! leve-toi soleil!
Munich Radio Orchestra; Marcello Viotti, conductor Ramon Vargas, tenor
12:06 p.m.
Hector Berlioz
ROMEO AND JULIET: Love Scene Opus 17
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; David Zinman, conductor
12:25 p.m.
Frode Fjellheim
Under the Arctic Moon
Arctic Philharmonic; Christian Kluxen, conductor Eldbjorg Hemsing, violin
12:28 p.m.
Giacomo Puccini
LA BOHEME: O soave fanciulla...Farewell Duet Act 1
Berlin Philharmonic; Herbert Von Karajan, conductor Luciano Pavarotti, tenor; Nuccia Focile, soprano
12:33 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight" in C# minor Opus 27/2
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
12:50 p.m.
Clarice Assad
Archetypes: IV. The Lover
Third Coast Percussion
12:55 p.m.
Erik Satie
I want you (Je te veux)
Aldo Ciccolini, piano
1:03 p.m.
Gustav Holst
Brook Green Suite Opus 190
English Chamber Orchestra; Steuart Bedford, conductor
1:12 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
1:17 p.m.
Ignaz Moscheles
Concertante for flute and oboe in F major
Czech National Symphony Orchestra; Paul Freeman, conductor Mathieu Dufour, flute; Alex Klein, oboe
1:33 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor Opus 25
Bamberg Symphony; Claus Peter Flor, conductor Sergei Edelmann, piano
1:56 p.m.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Lundu for the Marqueza de Santos (Lundu da Marqueza de Santos)
New York Chamber Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor Robert Bonfiglio, harmonica
2:00 p.m.
Richard Strauss
Four Last Songs (Vier letzte Lieder)
Houston Symphony Orchestra; Christoph Eschenbach, conductor Renee Fleming, soprano
2:25 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Capriccio Italien Opus 45
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
2:41 p.m.
Max Richter
Spring
Berlin Chamber Orchestra; Andre de Ridder, conductor Daniel Hope, violin; Max Richter, moog synthesizer
2:52 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Suite caracteristique Opus 100
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor Masayo Matsuo, harp
2:57 p.m.
Errollyn Wallen
Woogie Boogie
Rachel Barton Pine, violin; Matthew Hagle, piano
3:01 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto, Op. 3, No. 6 in A minor Opus 3/6 RV 356
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Simon Standage, violin
3:10 p.m.
John Williams
Theme from The Patriot
Boston Pops Orchestra; Keith Lockhart, conductor Middlesex County Fifes & Drums
3:19 p.m.
Ernst von Dohnanyi
Serenade in C major Opus 10
NES Chamber Orchestra; Dmitry Sitkovetsky, conductor
3:41 p.m.
Claude Debussy
Arabesque No. 1 in E major
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
3:45 p.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Melodie (Allegretto) No. 2 in C# minor Opus 4/2
Betty Ann Miller, piano
3:48 p.m.
Fela Sowande
African Suite: Selections
Chicago Sinfonietta; Paul Freeman, conductor
3:59 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik in G major K 525
Les Violons du Roy; Bernard Labadie, conductor
4:18 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G minor
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
4:22 p.m.
Morten Lauridsen
Les Chansons des Roses: Dirait-on
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
4:26 p.m.
Leonard Cohen
Hallelujah
City of Birmingham Cellos Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello
4:31 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Sleeping Beauty Suite Opus 66
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
4:57 p.m.
H. T. Burleigh
Deep River
PubliQuartet Lara Downes, piano
5:01 p.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 7 in D major Opus 6
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
5:11 p.m.
Stewart Goodyear
The Kapok
New York Youth Symphony; Michael Repper, conductor Inbal Segev, cello; Stewart Goodyear, piano
5:18 p.m.
Amilcare Ponchielli
Capriccio for oboe & piano
Heinz Holliger, oboe; Gabriel Burgin, piano
5:30 p.m.
Josef Suk
Serenade for Strings in Eb major Opus 6
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
5:55 p.m.
Pedro Iturralde
Pequena Czarda
Tippett Quartet Jess Gillam, soprano saxophone; Zeynep Ozsuca, piano
6:00 p.m.
Carl Nielsen
Symphony No. 2 "Four Temperaments" Opus 16
Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
6:35 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Carnival of the Animals: The Swan (Le Cygne)
Orchestre de Paris; Semyon Bychkov, conductor Mischa Maisky, cello
6:40 p.m.
Neil Gladd
The Goldberg Rag
Ugo Orlandi, mandolin; Claudio Mandonico, piano; Daniele Bosio, tuba
6:42 p.m.
Valerie Coleman
Red Clay & Mississippi Delta
Imani Winds
6:48 p.m.
Kojiro Umezaki
If You Shall Return...
Silk Road Ensemble
6:55 p.m.
Alexis Ffrench
Bluebird
City of Prague Philharmonic Alexis Ffrench, piano