Classical Music Playlist, March 10, 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 British-born composer and violist Rebecca Clarke (1886-1979).
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Rebecca Clarke began her musical studies by learning how to play the violin at a young age.
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While at the Royal College of Music, Clarke's composition teacher Charles Villiers Stanford encouraged her to switch to the viola, saying the instrument would put her in the "middle of the sound."
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Clarke joined the Queen's Hall Orchestra in 1913 making her one of the first regular female members of a professional orchestra in London.
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Clarke composed her Viola Sonata in 1919 during a tour of the United States gaining support from Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, the same woman who commissioned Aaron Copland's famous ballet "Appalachian Spring."
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Rebecca Clarke died in 1979 and would not live to hear any commercial recordings of her music, the first of which was released in 1980.
Also today: Since childhood, Claude Debussy had a fascination with the sea. For his three symphonic sketches collectively titled “La Mer” [The Sea], he took inspiration from literature and art including the iconic woodblock print from about 1830 by Japanese artist Hokusai, “The Great Wave off Kanagawa,” which Debussy requested to be printed on the cover of the published music and which he had a framed print of in his home. Hear Debussy’s impressionistic evocation of the sea at different times of day, the play of the waves and their interaction with the wind in “La Mer,” today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Francois Couperin
Suite No. 26 (Vingt-Sixie me Ordre) in F# minor
David Russell, guitar
6:13 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Clarinet Quintet in B minor Opus 115
Pacifica Quartet Anthony McGill, clarinet
6:52 a.m.
Robert Schumann
Widmung (Dedication) Opus 25/1
Van Cliburn, piano
6:57 a.m.
Richard Strauss
Serenade in Eb major Opus 7
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
7:09 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 25 in G minor K 183
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
7:32 a.m.
Rebecca Clarke
Cortege
Ian Jones, piano
7:38 a.m.
TRADITIONAL
The Boatman
Jeffrey Biegel, piano; Eimear MacGeowan, Irish Flute
7:42 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 3: I. Allegro ma non tanto in D minor Opus 30
Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Litton, conductor Stephen Hough, piano
7:59 a.m.
Alexander MacKenzie
Second Scottish Rhapsody Opus 24
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Martyn Brabbins, conductor
8:18 a.m.
Peter Maxwell Davies
Farewell to Stromness
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
8:23 a.m.
Rebecca Clarke
I'll Bid My Heart Be Still
Philip Dukes, viola; Sophia Rahman, piano
8:27 a.m.
Claude Debussy
Scottish March (Marche Ecossaise)
Ulster Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
8:34 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 3 "Scottish": II. Vivace non troppo in A minor Opus 56
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
8:38 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 3 "Scottish": IV. Allegro vivacissimo in A minor Opus 56
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
8:48 a.m.
Malcolm Arnold
Four Scottish Dances Opus 59
Philharmonia Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor
8:59 a.m.
Rebecca Clarke
Cello Sonata
Raphael Wallfisch, cello; John York, piano
9:22 a.m.
Edward Elgar
Pomp & Circumstance March No. 2 in A minor Opus 39
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; David Zinman, conductor
9:29 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dance No. 8 in A minor
London Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
9:33 a.m.
Luigi Boccherini
Quintet for guitar and strings No. 7 in E minor G 451
Bingham String Quartet Jason Carter, guitar
9:52 a.m.
George Phillip Telemann
Violin Concerto No. 9 in G minor
The Bach Ensemble; Joshua Rifkin, conductor Stanley Ritchie, violin
9:59 a.m.
Franz Berwald
Concert Piece in F major Opus 2
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Klaus Thunemann, bassoon
10:11 a.m.
Mark O'Connor
Butterfly's Day Out
Yo Yo Ma, cello; Edgar Meyer, bass; Mark O'Connor, mandolin
10:18 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor Opus 22
WDR Symphony Orchestra Koln; Thomas Sanderling, conductor Anna Malikova, piano
10:43 a.m.
Jean Sibelius
Presto for string orchestra
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
10:51 a.m.
Nainita Desai
My Mind Is Still
Voces8
10:58 a.m.
Joseph White
Violin Concerto in F# minor
Encore Chamber Orchestra; Daniel Hege, conductor Rachel Barton Pine, violin
11:21 a.m.
Olivia Belli
Nocturne IV
Olivia Belli, piano
11:25 a.m.
Ernst von Dohnanyi
Symphonic Minutes Opus 36
Buffalo Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
11:41 a.m.
Rebecca Clarke
Passacaglia (on an Old English Tune)
Philip Dukes, viola; Sophia Rahman, piano
11:53 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance No. 2 in E minor Opus 46
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
11:59 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Bassoon Concerto in E minor in E minor RV 484
Arion Mathieu Lussier, baroque bassoon
12:11 p.m.
Claude Champagne
Rustic Dance (Dance Villageoise)
Quebec Symphony Orchestra; Yoav Talmi, conductor
12:17 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Seasons: January "At the Fireside" Opus 37
Moscow Chamber Orchestra; Constantine Orbelian, conductor
12:23 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor K 491
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor John O'Conor, piano
12:52 p.m.
John Adams
Fellow Traveler
Attacca Quartet
12:59 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Leonore Overture No. 3 Opus 72
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
1:12 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 2 in F major Opus 6/2 HWV 320
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor
1:24 p.m.
Rebecca Clarke
Piano Trio
Neave Trio
1:48 p.m.
Emmanuel Chabrier
Espana (Spanish Rhapsodie)
Ulster Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
1:55 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Carnival of the Animals: Aquarium
Martha Argerich, piano; Gidon Kremer, violin; Edith Salmen-Weber, glockenspiel; Irena Grafenauer, flute
1:59 p.m.
Claude Debussy
La Mer
Cleveland Orchestra; Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
2:24 p.m.
Pieter Hellendaal
Concerto Grosso in F major Opus 3/6
Combattimento Consort; Jan Willem de Vriend, conductor
2:38 p.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Symphony No. 1 "Sea Symphony": III. (Scherzo) The Waves
BBC Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor BBC Symphony Chorus; Philharmonia Chorus
2:47 p.m.
Maurice Ravel
Introduction and Allegro
Yolanda Kondonassis, harp; And various soloists
3:00 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
DER FREISCHUTZ: Overture Opus 77 J 277
Philharmonia Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
3:10 p.m.
Rebecca Clarke
Morpheus
Philip Dukes, viola; Sophia Rahman, piano
3:19 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor Opus 37
London Classical Players; Roger Norrington, conductor Melvyn Tan, piano
3:53 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No. 3: Air in D major BWV 1068
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor
4:00 p.m.
Michael Torke
Sky
Albany Symphony Orchestra; David Alan Miller, conductor Tessa Lark, violin
4:25 p.m.
Bela Bartok
Romanian Folk Dances SZ 56
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor
4:32 p.m.
Claude Debussy
Estampes: Jardins sous la pluie (Gardens in the Rain)
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
4:36 p.m.
Philip Glass
The Hours Suite: II. The Poet Acts
Janacek Philharmonic; Mark Shapiro, conductor Gregory Harrington, violin
4:41 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 4: IV. Allegro energico e passionato in E minor Opus 98
Berlin Philharmonic; Herbert von Karajan, conductor
4:52 p.m.
Rebecca Clarke
Passacaglia (on an Old English Tune)
Patricia McCarty, viola; Virginia Eskin, piano
4:59 p.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis
BBC Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Davis, conductor
5:16 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Abu Hassan Overture J 106
Tapiola Sinfonietta; Jean Jacques Kantorow, conductor
5:21 p.m.
George Walker
String Quartet No. 1 "Lyric": II. Molto adagio
Catalyst Quartet
5:27 p.m.
Franz Krommer
Clarinet Concerto in E minor Opus 86
English Chamber Orchestra; Anthony Pay, conductor Thomas Friedli, clarinet
5:55 p.m.
Agustin Barrios
Aconquija
Eliot Fisk, guitar
5:59 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor Opus 49
Jalina Trio Line Fredens, violin; Janne Fredens, cello; Natsuki Fukasawa, piano
6:34 p.m.
Ethel Smyth
Concerto for Violin, Horn and Orchestra
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Odaline de la Martinez, conductor Sophie Langdon, violin; Richard Watkins, horn
6:44 p.m.
Juventino Rosas
Over the Waves (Sobre las olas)
Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas; Alondra de la Parra, conductor
6:49 p.m.
Alexandra Streliski
Burnout Fugue
Alexandra Streliski, piano
6:52 p.m.
Max Richter
All Human Beings (Voiceless Mix)
Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra; Robert Ziegler, conductor Max Richter, producer; Mari Samuelsen, violin
