Classical Music Playlist, March 6, 2023
CapRadio Classical and Jazz is celebrating women in music all month long by featuring a different classical composer every weekday. Today's spotlight is on Dame Ethel Smyth.
- British composer Ethel Smyth was born in 1858 and in 1887 enrolled at the Leipzig Academy where she studied only one year before moving on to private study.
- During this time she met Brahms, Dvořák, Clara Schumann and Tchaikovsky among others.
- Returning to England in 1890 and gaining recognition with various compositions, from 1893 to 1910 she focused on writing operas.
- A 1903 performance of her second opera Der Wald (The Forest) at the Metropolitan Opera in New York remained for over a century that company's only opera composed by a woman. The New York audience gave her a ten-minute ovation, though reviews were mixed. Positive reviews praised the music on its own merits; negative reviews complained that her music was “un-feminine.”
- From 1911 to 1913 Smyth was active with the English suffragette movement and her composition, The March of Women, became an anthem for the movement.
- Smyth was the first female composer to be awarded a damehood (Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in 1922 and received honorary doctorates from Universities of Oxford and Durham.
- Smyth died in 1944 at the age of 86.
- She wrote her first major orchestral piece at age 32 in 1890, her Serenade in D. It’s today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso "Alexander's Feast" in C major HWV 318
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
6:14 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor Opus 92/2
Munich Piano Trio
6:50 a.m.
Jean Sibelius
The Oceanides Opus 73
Helsinki Philharmonic; Paavo Berglund, conductor
7:00 a.m.
Claudio Monteverdi
Monteverdiana
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
7:09 a.m.
Ethel Smyth
String Quintet in E major Opus 1
Mannheim String Quartet
7:37 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Carnival Overture Opus 92
Cleveland Orchestra; George Szell, conductor
7:48 a.m.
ANONYMOUS
Saltarello
New York's Early Music Ensemble; Frederick Renz, conductor
7:54 a.m.
Zhou Tian
Concerto for Orchestra: III. Seeker's Scherzo
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Louis Langree, conductor
7:59 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Keyboard Concerto No. 5 in F minor BWV 1056
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; James Judd, conductor Jean Louis Steuerman, piano
8:11 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 94 "Surprise" in G major
Heidelberg Symphony; Thomas Fey, conductor
8:36 a.m.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4: I. Preludio W284 Introdu��o
Nelson Freire, piano
8:41 a.m.
Ethel Smyth
THE BOATSWAIN'S MATE: Overture
BBC National Orchestra of Wales; Rumon Gamba, conductor
8:48 a.m.
Amilcare Ponchielli
LA GIOCONDA: Dance of the Hours
Philadelphia Orchestra; Eugene Ormandy, conductor
9:01 a.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Tafelmusik II: Concerto for 3 violins in F major
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor Members of...
9:15 a.m.
George Enescu
Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A major Opus 11
National Orchestra of France; Cristian Macelaru, conductor Yuja Wang, piano
9:20 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Capriccio Brillant in B minor Opus 22
London Mozart Players; Howard Shelley, conductor Howard Shelley, piano
9:33 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Variations on a Rococo Theme Opus 33
London Symphony Orchestra; Maxim Shostakovich, conductor Julian Lloyd Webber, cello
9:54 a.m.
Alma Deutscher
The Chase (Impromptu in C minor)
Alma Deutscher, piano
10:00 a.m.
Charles Stanford
Irish Rhapsody No. 5
Ulster Orchestra; Vernon Handley, conductor
10:15 a.m.
Joe Hisaishi
Princess Mononoke Suite (from Princess Mononoke)
New Japan World Dream Orchestra; Joe Hisaishi, conductor Joe Hisaishi, piano
10:25 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G minor
Berlin Philharmonic; Claudio Abbado, conductor
10:29 a.m.
Ethel Smyth
Sonata for Violin and Piano in A minor Opus 7
Tasmin Little, violin; John Lenehan, piano
10:54 a.m.
Alexander Glazunov
Symphony No. 6: III. Intermezzo in C minor Opus 58
Bamberg Symphony; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
11:00 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 18 in Bb major K 456
English Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Tate, conductor Mitsuko Uchida, piano
11:30 a.m.
Leo Brouwer
Afro-Cuban Lullaby (Cancion de Cuna: Berceuse)
Pepe Romero, guitar
11:35 a.m.
Isolina Carrillo
Dos Gardenias
Havana Lyceum Orchestra; Jose Antonio Mendez Padron, conductor Sarah Willis, horn; Harold Madrigal Frias, trumpet
11:41 a.m.
Max Bruch
Kol Nidrei Opus 47
Philharmonia Orchestra; Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor Lynn Harrell, cello
11:53 a.m.
Gabriel Faure
Song of Jean Racine (Cantique de Jean Racine) Opus 11
St. John's College Choir; George Guest, conductor Stephen Cleobury, organ
12:00 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Bassoon Concerto in A minor in A minor RV 497
Arion Mathieu Lussier, baroque bassoon
12:12 p.m.
Francesco Tristano
Toccata
Arctic Philharmonic; Christian Kluxen, conductor Francesco Tristano, piano
12:19 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance No. 3 in Ab major Opus 46
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
12:25 p.m.
Ethel Smyth
Concerto for Violin, Horn and Orchestra
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Odaline de la Martinez, conductor Sophie Langdon, violin; Richard Watkins, horn
12:54 p.m.
Scott Joplin
The Entertainer
New England Conservatory Ragtime Ensemble
1:00 p.m.
Hector Berlioz
Symphonie Fantastique: No. 5 Witches Sabbath Opus 14
BBC Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Davis, conductor
1:11 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
2 Gavottes in G minor BWV 995
Sharon Isbin, guitar
1:15 p.m.
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Quartet for clarinet and strings in Eb major S 78/WoO 5
L'Archibudelli Charles Neidich, clarinet
1:41 p.m.
George Enescu
Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A major Opus 11
London Symphony Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
1:55 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
XERXES: Largo: "Ombra mai fu"
I Solisti Italiani
2:00 p.m.
Ethel Smyth
Serenade in D in D major
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Odaline de la Martinez, conductor Tasmin Little, violin; John Lenehan, piano
2:36 p.m.
Silvius Leopold Weiss
Capriccio for guitar
Alexandre Lagoya, guitar
2:40 p.m.
William Grant Still
Wood Notes: I. Singing River
Fort Smith Symphony; John Jeter, conductor
2:48 p.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Serenade to Music
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Vernon Handley, conductor
3:00 p.m.
Howard Hanson
MERRY MOUNT suite
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
3:17 p.m.
Florence Price
Piano Concerto in One Movement
New York Youth Symphony; Michael Repper, conductor Michelle Cann, piano
3:23 p.m.
Gustav Holst
The Planets: Mercury, the Winged Messenger Opus 32
Berlin Philharmonic; Colin Davis, conductor
3:29 p.m.
Mauro Giuliani
Guitar Concerto No. 3 in F major Opus 70
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Pepe Romero, guitar
3:58 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Minute Waltz in Db major Opus 64/1
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
4:01 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Violin Concerto: III. Rondo - Allegro in D major Opus 61
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Bernard Haitink, conductor Henryk Szeryng, violin
4:12 p.m.
Ethel Smyth
THE PRISON: No. 8, The Prisoner Understands His Own Immortality
Experiential Orchestra; Experiential Chorus; James Blachly, conductor Dashon Burton, bass-baritone
4:19 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 92 "Oxford" in G major
Hanover Band; Roy Goodman, conductor
4:45 p.m.
Joaquin Malats
Spanish Serenade (Serenata Espanola) in F major
Klaus Jackle, guitar
4:51 p.m.
Gerald Finzi
Romance in Eb major Opus 11
English String Orchestra; William Boughton, conductor
5:00 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Water Music Suite No. 2 in D major HWV 349
Orchestra of St. Luke's; Charles Mackerras, conductor
5:11 p.m.
William Bolcom
Fields of Flowers
Spencer Meyer, piano
5:16 p.m.
Georges Bizet
Symphony No. 1 in C major
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
5:46 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Romance Opus 67
NDR Symphony Orchestra of Hamburg; Christoph Eschenbach, conductor Steven Isserlis, cello
5:54 p.m.
Aaron Copland
Rodeo: Hoe-Down
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Ethel Smyth
String Quartet in E minor
Mannheim String Quartet
6:42 p.m.
Carlos Gardel
Criollita de Mis Amores
Helsinki Philharmonic; Susanna Malkki, conductor Franz Halasz, guitar
6:48 p.m.
David Bowie
Where Are We Now?
BBC Concert Orchestra; Richard Balcombe, conductor Jess Gillam, soprano saxophone; Ben Dawson, piano; John Harle, bass guitar
6:53 p.m.
Andrew York
Muir Woods
Andrew York, guitar
