Classical Music Playlist, March 7, 2023
Valerie Coleman | photo: Matthew Murphy
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 Valerie Coleman.
- Valerie Coleman is an American composer, GRAMMY®-nominated flutist and entrepreneur.
- Highlighted as one of the “Top 35 Women Composers” by The Washington Post, she was named Performance Today’s 2020 Classical Woman of the Year.
- Coleman is the founder and former flutist of Imani Winds, an ensemble whose 24-year legacy is documented in a dedicated exhibit at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. She recently founded and currently performs as flutist of the performer-composer trio Umama Womama.
- As a performer, Coleman has appeared at Carnegie Hall and The Kennedy Center and with The Philadelphia Orchestra, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and many others. And as a chamber musician has performed throughout North America and Europe alongside notable ensembles and soloists such as Yo-Yo Ma, members of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, and jazz legends Paquito D’Rivera, Stefon Harris, Jason Moran and René Marie. Coleman also has an extensive discography as a recording artist.
- Committed to arts education, entrepreneurship and chamber music advocacy, Coleman created the Imani Winds Chamber Music Festival in 2011, a summer mentorship program in New York City welcoming young leaders from over 100 international institutions. She has held flute and chamber music masterclasses at institutions in 49 states and over five continents, including The Juilliard School, Curtis Institute, Manhattan School of Music, New England Conservatory, Eastman School of Music, Yale University, and others as well as institutions in China, Brazil, and Australia.
- Coleman recently joined the Mannes School of Music Flute and Composition faculty in Fall 2021. She has also held faculty positions at the University of Miami, and has led a year-long residency at The Juilliard School.
Hear Valerie Coleman on flute with Imani Winds in a 2004 recording of "Aires Tropicales" by Cuban-American composer and clarinetist Paquito D'Rivera for today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Willem De Fesch
Concerto No. 3 in G major Opus 5
Musica Ad Rhenum
6:08 a.m.
Francesco Molino
Guitar Concerto in E minor Opus 56
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Iona Brown, conductor Pepe Romero, guitar
6:33 a.m.
Elliott Carter
A Fantasy about Purcell's Fantasia upon one note
London Gabrieli Brass Ensemble; Christopher Larkin, conductor
6:38 a.m.
Valerie Coleman
Portraits of Langston (no Narration)
McGill/McHale Trio Demarre McGill, flute; Anthony McGill, clarinet; Michael McHale, piano
6:59 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 5 in D major Opus 6/5 HWV 323
Handel & Haydn Society; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
7:16 a.m.
Giovanni Paisiello
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major
Campania Chamber Orchestra; Luigi Piovano, conductor Francesco Nicolosi, piano
7:41 a.m.
William Grant Still
Lyric Quartet: III. The Jovial One
Catalyst Quartet
7:46 a.m.
Enrique Granados
La Maja de Goya
Eduardo Fernandez, guitar
7:50 a.m.
Manuel de Falla
EL AMOR BRUJO: Ritual Fire Dance
Alicia de Larrocha, piano
7:55 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G minor
North German Radio Symphony; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Gioachino Rossini
THE ITALIAN GIRL IN ALGIERS: Overture
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Claudio Abbado, conductor
8:10 a.m.
Edvard Grieg
Piano Concerto in A minor Opus 16
Berlin Philharmonic; Mariss Jansons, conductor Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
8:40 a.m.
ANONYMOUS
Dance of the Swans (Ballo de Cigni)
New London Consort; Philip Pickett, conductor
8:43 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake: Dance of the Little Swans (Act II) Opus 20
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Herbert von Karajan, conductor
8:46 a.m.
Valerie Coleman
Umoja
Imani Winds
8:49 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for lute and 2 violins in D major RV 93
Il Giardino Armonico Luca Pianca, Archlute; Members of...
9:00 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 27 in Bb major K 595 (FROM THE RUSSELL KLETZING COLLECTION)
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Alfred Brendel, piano
9:30 a.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Alster Overture
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor
9:37 a.m.
Valerie Coleman
Concerto for Wind Quintet
Imani Winds
9:54 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Prelude in G minor in G minor Opus 23
Yuja Wang, piano
10:00 a.m.
Lars-Erik Larsson
Pastoral Suite Opus 19
CBC Vancouver Orchestra; Mario Bernardi, conductor
10:14 a.m.
Max Richter
On the Nature of Daylight
Max Richter Orchestra; Lorenz Dangel, conductor
10:22 a.m.
Claude Debussy
Images for Orchestra: Iberia
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Bernard Haitink, conductor
10:43 a.m.
Florence Price
Piano Quintet: III. Juba in A minor
Catalyst Quartet Michelle Cann, piano
10:50 a.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
DIE FLEDERMAUS Overture (The Bat)
Berlin Philharmonic; Herbert Von Karajan, conductor
11:00 a.m.
Daniel-Francois Auber
Rondo for cello and orchestra
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Roberto Paternostro, conductor Martin Ostertag, cello
11:14 a.m.
TRADITIONAL; Valerie Coleman, arr.
Go Tell It On The Mountain
Imani Winds
11:19 a.m.
Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 6 in D minor Opus 104
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
11:47 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Intermezzo in Eb major Opus 117/1
Orli Shaham, piano
11:54 a.m.
John Williams
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA: Sayuri's Theme
Recording Arts Orchestra of Los Angeles; John Williams, conductor Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
12:00 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major K 453
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor John O'Conor, piano
12:30 p.m.
Jason Moran
Cane: IV. Natchitoches to New York
Imani Winds
12:36 p.m.
Henry Purcell
Indian Queen: Symphony
Parley of Instruments
12:42 p.m.
Max Bruch
Scottish Fantasy: IV. Finale Opus 46
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Alexander Platt, conductor Rachel Barton Pine, violin
12:53 p.m.
Carl Orff
Carmina Burana: O fortuna
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Robert Shaw, conductor Atlanta Symphony Chorus; Robert Shaw Festival Singers
1:00 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto No. 10 "The Hunt" in Bb major Opus 8 RV 362 (La Caccia)
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Simon Standage, violin
1:09 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Bolero Opus 19
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
1:18 p.m.
Valerie Coleman
Shotgun Houses: I. Shotgun Houses
Harlem Quartet David Shifrin, clarinet
1:25 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Serenade for Strings in C major Opus 48
Moscow Soloists; Yuri Bashmet, conductor
1:55 p.m.
Philip Hammond
The Lamentation of Owen O'Neil
McGill/McHale Trio Demarre McGill, flute; Anthony McGill, clarinet; Michael McHale, piano
2:00 p.m.
Paquito D'Rivera
Aires Tropicales
Imani Winds
2:29 p.m.
Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Souvenir de Porto Rico Opus 31
Alan Feinberg, piano
2:36 p.m.
Maurice Ravel
Daphnis et Chloe: Suite No. 2
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Daniel Barenboim, conductor
2:54 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 8: IV. Finale in G major Opus 88
Berlin Philharmonic; Rafael Kubelik, conductor Bomsori Kim, violin
3:00 p.m.
Engelbert Humperdinck
HANSEL UND GRETEL Overture
London Symphony Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
3:09 p.m.
Valerie Coleman
Roma
Western Kentucky University Wind Ensemble; Gary Schallert, conductor
3:21 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Cello sonata No. 1 in E minor Opus 38
Yo Yo Ma, cello; Emanuel Ax, piano
3:46 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
3:50 p.m.
Alan Hovhaness
Prelude and Quadruple Fugue Opus 128
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
3:59 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Piano Concerto No. 11 in D major HOB 18:11
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
4:19 p.m.
Mikhail Glinka
Spanish Overture No. 2
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Vassily Sinaisky, conductor
4:29 p.m.
Lalo Schifrin
from La Nouvelle Orleans
Imani Winds
4:34 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6 "Carnival in Pest" in D major
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra; Ondrej Lenard, conductor
4:47 p.m.
Hugo Alfven
Swedish Rhapsody #2 "Uppsala Rhapsody" Opus 24
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Niklas Willen, conductor
5:00 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor": III. Rondo in Eb major Opus 73
Bavarian Radio Symphony; Kurt Sanderling, conductor Mitsuko Uchida, piano
5:12 p.m.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Prelude No. 1
Orchestre de Paris; Klaus Makela, conductor Xuefei Yang, guitar
5:17 p.m.
Valerie Coleman
Red Clay & Mississippi Delta
Imani Winds
5:24 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish" in Eb major Opus 97
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
5:55 p.m.
Enrique Granados
Danzas espanolas No. 3 "Zarabanda" Opus 37/3
Jean-Francois Heisser, piano
6:01 p.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Symphony No. 7 in C# minor Opus 131
Berlin Philharmonic; Seiji Ozawa, conductor
6:34 p.m.
Georges Bizet
CARMEN: Toreador song
London Symphony Orchestra; Neville Marriner, conductor
6:39 p.m.
Rafael Antonio Castellanos
Vaya de Jacara Amigos
El Mundo; Richard Savino, director, conductor Ryland Angel, tenor
6:44 p.m.
Wayne Shorter
Terra Incognita
Imani Winds
7:00 p.m.
Ernest Chausson
Poeme
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France; Mikko Franck, conductor Hilary Hahn, violin
7:17 p.m.
Alexander Borodin
Symphony No. 2 in B minor
Berlin Philharmonic; Simon Rattle, conductor
7:46 p.m.
Philip Glass
Concerto for saxophone quartet & orchestra
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra; Dennis Russell Davies, conductor Rascher Saxophone Quartet
8:10 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Mazurka No. 3 in C minor Opus 56
Mirian Conti, piano
8:17 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 60 "The Absent-minded Man" (Il Distratto) in C major
Heidelberg Symphony; Thomas Fey, conductor
8:47 p.m.
Ottorino Respighi
Poema Autunnale for violin and orchestra
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Edward Downes, conductor Lydia Mordkovitch, violin
9:03 p.m.
Jan Kalliwoda
Symphony No. 2 in Eb major Opus 17
Cologne Academy; Michael Alexander Willens, conductor
9:31 p.m.
Aaron Copland
Letter from Home
Buffalo Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
9:38 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Piano Sonata No. 13 in A major Opus 120 D 664
Alain Planes, piano
