Classical Music Playlist, March 14, 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 Marianne Martinez (1744-1812).
- Marianne Martinez was an Austrian composer born into a prominent Vienna family and became widely esteemed during the age of Haydn and Mozart; in fact, she has personal associations with both.
- Though she gained fame throughout Europe during her lifetime and wrote about 200 works, including the only symphony by a woman during the Classical period, like other female composers her reputation was downplayed after her death.
- Born in 1744, the large building where her family lived in Vienna included other many notable residents including one who was unknown at the time but would become famous: in the cold attic room for a tenant of low status lived the young aspiring composer Joseph Haydn, from whom Marianne took piano lessons.
- Her talent for composition was soon recognized and begun further lessons including with the Imperial Court composer. Her talent for playing keyboard and singing grew to such proficiency that she performed before the Imperial Court.
- Her compositions eventually included symphonic masses, oratorios and instrumental works and her name and music became well known throughout Europe.
- Inconceivable for her in 1744 to hold any prominent musical position, she mostly stayed at home and wrote music for friends, for the court and for religious events. Later, she held salons in her home at which Mozart was a frequent guest who composed four-hand piano sonatas for them to perform together.
- A fire in 1927 destroyed many of her manuscripts so the full extent of her compositional output remains unclear, as well as when she began and ended writing music.
- Never married, Martinez died of tuberculosis on December 13, 1812.
Also today: In early 1776 Mozart composed a concerto for THREE pianos on a commission for the Countess Lodron and her two daughters, the youngest of whom was not as skilled a pianist as the other two ladies. Mozart wrote the piano parts to their abilities, then later adapted the entire concerto for TWO pianos, and for players of greater skill. That’s usually how Mozart’s Concerto No. 7 is heard nowadays, but we’ll air the original 3-piano version, played on period instruments, for today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Marianne Martinez
Sonata for Harpsichord in A Major in A major
Nicoleta Paraschivescu, harpsichord
6:12 a.m.
Franz Schubert
Sonata "Arpeggione" in A minor D 821
Mischa Maisky, cello; Daria Hovora, piano
6:39 a.m.
Orlando di Lasso
Alma redemptoris Mater
; Peter Phillips, conductor The Tallis Scholars
6:44 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 6 in G minor Opus 6/6 HWV 324
Handel & Haydn Society; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
7:00 a.m.
Giacomo Puccini
Preludio Sinfonico in A major
Philharmonic of La Scala; Riccardo Muti, conductor
7:11 a.m.
Anton Reicha
Wind Quintet No. 2 in Eb major Opus 88/2
Albert Schweitzer Quintet
7:37 a.m.
George Walker
String Quartet No. 1 "Lyric": II. Molto adagio
Catalyst Quartet
7:44 a.m.
Sarah Kirkland Snider
The Currents
MIchael Mizrahi, piano
7:52 a.m.
Gabriel Faure
Pavane Opus 50
Studio Orchestra; William Goodchild, conductor John Williams, guitar
7:59 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Rhapsody No. 3 in Ab major Opus 45
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Kurt Masur, conductor
8:14 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor Opus 25
London Mozart Players; Howard Shelley, conductor Howard Shelley, piano
8:36 a.m.
Percy Grainger
Molly on the Shore
Dallas Wind Symphony; Jerry Junkin, conductor
8:41 a.m.
Marianne Martinez
Sinfonia in C major
La Floridiana; Nicoleta Paraschivescu, conductor
8:54 a.m.
Claude Debussy
Clair de lune ("Moonlight")
Ulster Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor K 466
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra; Leif Ove Andsnes, conductor Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
9:31 a.m.
Giovanni Gabrieli
Canzon Septimi Toni No. 2
Empire Brass; Rolf Smedvig, conductor
9:35 a.m.
Marianne Martinez
IL PRIMO AMORE
La Floridiana; Nicoleta Paraschivescu, conductor Nuria Rial, soprano
9:48 a.m.
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 9: II. Scherzo in D minor WAB 109
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Christian Thielemann, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto for flute, strings and continuo in G major
Berlin Baroque Soloists; Rainer Kussmaul, conductor Emmanuel Pahud, flute
10:10 a.m.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Prelude No. 1
Orchestre de Paris; Klaus Makela, conductor Xuefei Yang, guitar
10:16 a.m.
Hector Berlioz
Damnation of Faust: Hungarian March Opus 24
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; David Zinman, conductor
10:22 a.m.
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Piano Quintet in Eb minor Opus 87
Schubert Ensemble of London
10:44 a.m.
Arnold Bax
Tintagel
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Osmo Vanska, conductor
10:59 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Bassoon Concerto in A minor in A minor RV 498
Seattle Baroque Michael McCraw, bassoon
11:10 a.m.
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
Earina Suite
Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra; Michail Jurowski, conductor
11:32 a.m.
Marianne Martinez
Piano Sonata No. 3 in A
Leanne Rees, piano
11:47 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dance No. 6 in D major
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
11:51 a.m.
Arvo Part
Mirror in the Mirror (Spiegel im Spiegel)
Anne Akiko Meyers, violin; Akira Eguchi, piano
12:00 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral": I. Allegro ma non troppo in F major Opus 68
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
12:12 p.m.
Francois A. D. Philidor
Air
New York Chamber Musicians (New York Kammermusiker); Ilonna Pederson, conductor
12:13 p.m.
Tielmann Susato
La Mourisque
University of Texas Wind Ensemble; Jerry Junkin, conductor
12:17 p.m.
Ottorino Respighi
Ancient Airs and Dances: Suite No. 2
Lausanne Chamber Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
12:37 p.m.
Aleksandra Pakhmutova
Trumpet Concerto
Moscow Chamber Orchestra; Constantine Orbelian, conductor Bibi Black, trumpet
12:53 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Prelude in C-sharp minor in C# minor Opus 3/2
Sergei Rachmaninoff, piano
12:58 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 4 in A minor Opus 6/4 HWV 322
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra; Ton Koopman, conductor
1:10 p.m.
Marianne Martinez
Concerto for Harpsichord in E major: I. Allegro in E major
La Floridiana; Nicoleta Paraschivescu, conductor Nicoleta Paraschivescu, harpsichord
1:17 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Nocturne (Notturno for Piano Trio) in Eb major Opus 148 D 897
Jos Van Immerseel, fortepiano; Anner Bylsma, cello; Vera Beths, violin
1:28 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
The Hero's Song Opus 111
Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
1:51 p.m.
Antonio Ruiz Pipo
Song and Dance (Cancion y danza No. 1)
Stanislaw Partyka, guitar
1:55 p.m.
Philip Glass
String Quartet No. 3 "Mishima": VI. Mishima Closing
Attacca Quartet
2:00 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 7 "Lodron" in F major K 242 "Lodron"
English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor Malcolm Bilson, fortepiano; Robert Levin, fortepiano; Melvyn Tan, fortepiano
2:23 p.m.
John Williams
Jaws: Theme
London Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
2:28 p.m.
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
Frosoblomster, Suite No. 1 (The Flowers of Froso) op. 16
Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra; Michail Jurowski, conductor
2:46 p.m.
William Grant Still
Vignettes for oboe, bassoon and piano
Sierra Winds
2:59 p.m.
Adolphe Adam
SI J'ETAIS ROI (If I were King) Overture
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
3:07 p.m.
Marianne Martinez
BERENICE, AH CHE FAI?
La Floridiana; Nicoleta Paraschivescu, conductor Nuria Rial, soprano
3:22 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
Peer Gynt Suite No. 2 Opus 55
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
3:40 p.m.
Samuel Barber
Adagio for Strings Opus 11
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
3:49 p.m.
Margaret Bonds
Spiritual Suite: III. Troubled Water
Lara Downes, piano
3:54 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Humoresque No. 7 in Gb major Opus 101/7
Jaime Laredo, violin; Margo Garrett, piano
3:59 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 8 in F major Opus 93
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
4:22 p.m.
Chick Corea
The Hilltop
guitar4mation
4:30 p.m.
Alexander Borodin
PRINCE IGOR: Polovetsian Dances
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
4:45 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Fugue "Little Fugue" in G minor BWV 578
Canadian Brass
4:50 p.m.
George W. Chadwick
Symphonic Sketches: Jubilee
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
4:59 p.m.
Marianne Martinez
Piano Concerto in A Major in A major
Orqueste Filarmonia Iberica; Melani Mestre, conductor Melani Mestre, piano
5:16 p.m.
Francesco Tristano
Toccata
Arctic Philharmonic; Christian Kluxen, conductor Francesco Tristano, piano
5:23 p.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Overture in D major
Berlin Academy of Ancient Music
5:31 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major HOB VIIb:1
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor Anner Bylsma, cello
5:55 p.m.
Federico Moreno Torroba
Castillos de Espana: Torija/Alcaniz (Elegia/Festival)
Andres Segovia, guitar
6:01 p.m.
Henryk Wieniawski
Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor Opus 22
Philharmonia Orchestra; Eugene Goossens, conductor Michael Rabin, violin
6:25 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": I. Adagio - Allegro molto in E minor Opus 95
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
6:39 p.m.
Rebecca Clarke
Rhapsody for Cello and Piano: III. Allegro ritmico, and IV. Lento
Raphael Wallfisch, cello; John York, piano
6:49 p.m.
Bill Frisell
Thankful
Bill Frisell, guitar
6:54 p.m.
Joaquin Turina
Fandanguillo Opus 36
Turibio Santos, guitar
