Classical Music Playlist, March 15, 2023
Henriette Renié (1875-1956)
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 Henriette Renié (1875-1956).
- French harpist and composer Henriette Renié was known for her virtuosic compositions and simpler pieces for beginning students. She also codified a method of harp playing that is still used today.
- Renié was born in Paris and was soon recognized as a child prodigy on the harp and enrolled at the Paris Conservatory at the age of nine in 1884.
- This was fortunate timing because up to 1880 women were only allowed to study performance at the Conservatory. By the time she enrolled, women could now study theory, harmony and composition.
- By age 12 she had won many prizes and students from all over Paris sought her out for lessons.
- Her astonishing concerts, compositions and advocacy for the harp raised the instrument from a parlor curiosity and occasional member of orchestras (just for effects) to one of virtuosity and led to major compositions for the instrument from other composers such as Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel and others.
- She was awarded the Legion of Honor in 1954, the highest decoration of merit in France.
- Henriette Renié died in March, 1956, in Paris.
- Renié's 1901 Trio for Harp, Violin and Cello is today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 4 in D major Opus 6
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
6:10 a.m.
Samuel Wesley
Symphony in Bb major
Milton Keynes Chamber Orchestra; Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor
6:31 a.m.
Henriette Renie
Legende
Xavier de Maistre, harp
6:42 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Bagatelles Opus 47
Takacs Quartet
7:00 a.m.
Domenico Cimarosa
Oboe Concerto in C minor
I Musici Heinz Holliger, oboe
7:12 a.m.
Edvard Grieg
Holberg Suite Opus 40
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
7:33 a.m.
Alonso Mudarra
Fantasia No. 10
Klaus Jackle, guitar
7:36 a.m.
Lucas Ruiz de Ribayaz
Tournament (Torneo)
The Harp Consort
7:42 a.m.
Jennifer Higdon
Concerto 4-3: I. The Shallows
Philadelphia Orchestra; Xian Zhang, conductor Time for Three
7:47 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto: III. Allegro vivacissimo (Finale) in D major Opus 35
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Bernard Haitink, conductor Henryk Szeryng, violin
7:59 a.m.
Hugo Alfven
Swedish Rhapsody No. 1 "Midsummer Night Vigil" Opus 19
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Paavo Berglund, conductor
8:14 a.m.
Henriette Renie
Harp Concerto in C minor
Rhenish Philharmonic Orchestra; Shao-Chia Lu, conductor Xavier de Maistre, harp
8:35 a.m.
Ron Nelson
Rocky Point Holiday
Dallas Wind Symphony; Jerry Junkin, conductor
8:42 a.m.
Johann Strauss, Sr.
Radetzky March Opus 228
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Willi Boskovsky, conductor
8:45 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Ruins of Athens: Turkish March Opus 113/4
Boston Pops Orchestra; Arthur Fiedler, conductor
8:47 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major BWV 1047
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Symphony No. 3 "Organ" in C minor Opus 78
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor James O'Donnell, organ
9:36 a.m.
Xuefei Yang
Xinjiang Fantasy
Xuefei Yang, guitar
9:42 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Piano Concerto No. 1: III. Rondo in E minor Opus 11
Mahler Chamber Orchestra; Mikhail Pletnev, conductor Daniil Trifonov, piano
9:53 a.m.
James Horner
Braveheart: End Credits
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor Eric Rigler, bagpipes
10:00 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
My Home Overture Opus 62
Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
10:10 a.m.
William Grant Still
Summerland
Alexa Still, flute; Susan DeWitt Smith, piano
10:15 a.m.
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 3: I. Kraftig in D minor "powerful"
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
10:51 a.m.
Henriette Renie
Piece Symphonique
Xavier de Maistre, harp
11:01 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 100 "Military" in G major
Orchestra of St. Luke's; Charles Mackerras, conductor
11:25 a.m.
Jules Massenet
THAIS: Meditation
Berlin Philharmonic; Herbert Von Karajan, conductor Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
11:33 a.m.
John Williams
The BFG (from The BFG)
Los Angeles Recording Arts Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
11:41 a.m.
Ethel Smyth
String Quartet: II. Allegro molto leggiero in E minor
Mannheim String Quartet
11:49 a.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto for trumpets, oboes, strings and timpani in D major TWV 54:D3
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Members of...
12:00 p.m.
Georges Bizet
L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1
Ulster Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
12:18 p.m.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4: I. Preludio W284 Introdu��o
Nelson Freire, piano
12:22 p.m.
Erich Korngold
Violin Concerto in D major Opus 35
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Alfred Wallenstein, conductor Jascha Heifetz, violin
12:45 p.m.
Henriette Renie
Dance of the Elves (Danse des Lutins)
Xavier de Maistre, harp
12:50 p.m.
Gioachino Rossini
The Thieving Magpie (LA GAZZA LADRA): Overture
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Claudio Abbado, conductor
1:00 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major Opus 81
; Colin Davis, conductor Leif Ove Andsnes, piano; Sarah Chang, violin; Alexander Kerr, violin; Wolfram Christ, viola; Georg Faust, cello
1:39 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
ABDUCTION FROM THE SERAGLIO Overture K 384
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
1:46 p.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Histoire du Tango: II. Cafe 1930
Manuel Barrueco, guitar; Emmanuel Pahud, flute
1:55 p.m.
Gabriela Lena Frank
Three Latin American Dances: The Mestizo Waltz
Utah Symphony Orchestra; Keith Lockhart, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Henriette Renie
Trio for harp, violin and cello
Xavier de Maistre, harp; Ingolf Turban, violin; Wen-Sinn Yang, cello
2:26 p.m.
Wilhelm Stenhammar
Excelsior! Opus 13
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
2:39 p.m.
Amy Beach
Romance (1893) in D major Opus 23
Tasmin Little, violin; John Lenehan, piano
2:47 p.m.
Giuseppe Tartini
Trumpet Concerto in D major
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Jahja Ling, conductor Rolf Smedvig, trumpet
2:59 p.m.
William Grant Still
Africa: Symphonic Poem
Fort Smith Symphony; John Jeter, conductor
3:28 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Romance Opus 36
Hermann Baumann, horn; Reiko Honsho, piano
3:33 p.m.
Joe Hisaishi
One Summer's Day (from Spirited Away)
London Symphony Orchestra; Roman Simovic, conductor Joe Hisaishi, piano
3:38 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Oboe Concerto in C major RV 447
Guildhall String Ensemble; Robert Salter, conductor Malcolm Messiter, oboe
3:52 p.m.
Steve Reich
Electric Counterpoint: Third Movement
Valerie Milot, harp
3:58 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Occasional Suite in D major
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
4:15 p.m.
George Enescu
Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A major Opus 11
National Orchestra of France; Cristian Macelaru, conductor Yuja Wang, piano
4:20 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Flute Concerto No. 1 in G major K 313
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor Jacques Zoon, flute
4:44 p.m.
Henriette Renie
Contemplation
Naoko Yoshino, harp
4:50 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 2: IV. Allegro con spirito in D major Opus 73
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor
5:00 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
In Nature's Realm Overture Opus 91
Janacek Philharmonic; Theodore Kuchar, conductor
5:15 p.m.
Elmer Bernstein
Guitar Concerto "For Two Christophers": III. Celebration
London Symphony Orchestra; Elmer Bernstein, conductor Christopher Parkening, guitar
5:20 p.m.
Ottorino Respighi
Pines of Rome
Philadelphia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
5:44 p.m.
Stephanie Ann Boyd
My Grandmothers Garden: Ivy
Lara Downes, piano
5:49 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Spring Song
Lahti Symphony Orchestra; Osmo Vanska, conductor
5:59 p.m.
Johan Halvorsen
Symphony No. 2 "Fate" (Fatum) in D minor
Bergen Philharmonic; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
6:28 p.m.
Henriette Renie
Ballade Fantastique
Xavier de Maistre, harp
6:39 p.m.
TRADITIONAL
The Quiet Man: St. Patrick's Day
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor Itzhak Perlman, violin
6:41 p.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
English Folk Song Suite
University of Texas Wind Ensemble; Jerry Junkin, conductor
6:53 p.m.
Ludovico Einaudi
Experience
La Pieta; Angele Dubeau, conductor Angele Dubeau, violin
