Classical Music Playlist, March 24, 2023
Undine Smith Moore (L) and Zenobia Powell Perry (R)
CapRadio Classical and Jazz celebrates women in music all month long by featuring a different classical composer every weekday. Today's spotlight is on composers and educators Undine Smith Moore and Zenobia Powell Perry.
- Undine Smith Moore (1904–1989) trained as a classical pianist but was drawn to vocal music.
- As a composer and arranger Moore wrote numerous choral works, many of them inspired by African spirituals and folk music.
- Of her over 100 compositions, only 26 were published in her lifetime.
- "Scenes from the Life of a Martyr," her 16-part choral cantata based on the life of Dr Martin Luther King, Jr, premiered at Carnegie Hall in 1981 and was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.
- Moore became known to some as the Dean of Black Women Composers. She taught at what is now Virginia State University for over 40 years where she also co-founded the Black Music Center which aimed to educate about the “contributions of Black people to the music of the United States and the world.”
For further exploration of Moore’s accomplishments, try these links:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Undine_Smith_Moore
https://smtd.umich.edu/ami/gershwin/?p=10714
- Zenobia Powell Perry (1908–2004) was an American composer, professor and civil rights activist.
- She studied music under African-American composer William L. Dawson at the Tuskegee Institute, after which Perry became part of a black teacher training program headed by Eleanor Roosevelt who would become a mentor and friend to Perry and even helped sponsor her graduate studies.
- Though she didn’t begin writing her own music until the 1950s, she was prolific, including an opera about the Underground Railroad titled “Tawawa House” that premiered in 1987 but didn’t have a fully staged performance until Townsend Opera of Modesto (now Opera Modesto) revived the work in 2014.
There is so much more to learn about Zenobia Powell Perry; here are a couple websites to get started:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenobia_Powell_Perry
https://www.jeanniegaylepool.com/zenobia-powell-perry-1
Also today: Beethoven's only Violin Concerto had an unsuccessful premiere then languished, unplayed, until decades after Beethoven’s death in 1827. It wasn’t until Felix Mendelssohn conducted it in London in 1844 that the Concerto became a standard in the violin concerto repertoire. That performance featured the 12 year old violinist Joseph Joachim who would later become perhaps the greatest violinist of the 19th century and friend of Johannes Brahms who composed HIS only Violin Concerto in collaboration with Joachim to whom Brahms dedicated it. The first of those two great concertos that Joachim had a hand in creating or, in this case, reviving, the Beethoven Concerto, is today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto No. 3 "a due cori" in F major HWV 334
English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
6:14 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Cello Concerto No. 2 in D major Opus 101 HOB VIIb:2
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Stephen Mosko, conductor Mischa Maisky, cello
6:38 a.m.
Henriette Renie
Contemplation
Naoko Yoshino, harp
6:44 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Aria Variata in A minor BWV 989
Vikingur Olafsson, piano
7:00 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Oberon Overture J 306
Hanover Band; Roy Goodman, conductor
7:11 a.m.
Bernhard Crusell
Bassoon Concertino in Bb major
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Gianandrea Noseda, conductor Karen Geoghegan, bassoon
7:32 a.m.
Manuel de Falla
Three-Cornered Hat Suite No. 2
Simon Bolivar Orchestra; Eduardo Mata, conductor
7:46 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
MAZEPPA: Gopak
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Kurt Masur, conductor
7:54 a.m.
Zenobia Powell Perry
Piano Potpurri: No. 5. A Jazz Trifle
LaDoris Hazzard Cordell, piano
7:57 a.m.
Bedrich Smetana
Polka No. 2 JB 1:107
Francine Kay, piano
8:00 a.m.
Franz Von Suppe
Light Cavalry Overture
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
8:10 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Piano Concerto No. 11 in D major HOB 18:11
Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra; Jorg Faerber, conductor Martha Argerich, piano
8:33 a.m.
Gioachino Rossini
WILLIAM TELL: Overture (GUILLAUME TELL)
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Claudio Abbado, conductor
8:45 a.m.
Undine Smith Moore
Afro-American Suite for Flute, Cello, and Piano: III. Adagio ma appossionato
Mallarme Chamber Players
8:53 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Carnival of the Animals: Aquarium
Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano; ...and friends
8:56 a.m.
Georges Bizet
CARMEN: Toreador song
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
8:59 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Serenade No. 10 for winds "Gran Partita": I. Largo - Allegro Molto in Bb major K 361 (FROM THE RUSSELL KLETZING COLLECTION)
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
9:10 a.m.
Rafael Antonio Castellanos
Vaya de Jacara Amigos
El Mundo; Richard Savino, director, conductor Ryland Angel, tenor
9:18 a.m.
Franz Liszt
Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major
Bergen Philharmonic; Dmitri Kitayenko, conductor Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
9:41 a.m.
Hazel Scott
Peace of Mind
Lara Downes, piano
9:49 a.m.
Earl Wild
Grand Fantasie on Porgy and Bess: Summertime (After G. Gershwin)
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
10:00 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Bassoon Concerto in F major Opus 75
Tapiola Sinfonietta; Jean Jacques Kantorow, conductor Jaakko Luoma, bassoon
10:18 a.m.
William Grant Still
Suite for Violin and Piano: II. Mother and Child
Rachel Barton Pine, violin; Matthew Hagle, piano
10:28 a.m.
Edward Elgar
Three Bavarian Dances Opus 27
Bournemouth Sinfonietta; Norman Del Mar, conductor
10:42 a.m.
Gabriela Lena Frank
Leyendas: VI. Coqueteos
Del Sol String Quartet
10:49 a.m.
Adolphus Hailstork
Three Spirituals
Virginia Symphony Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
10:59 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Leonore Overture No. 3 Opus 72
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
11:13 a.m.
Zenobia Powell Perry; Josephine Gandolfi, arr.
Tawawa House Suite: 3. Sunday Dance Tune
Josephine Gandolfi, piano; Deanne Tucker, piano
11:19 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
American Suite in A major Opus 98
Budapest Festival Orchestra; Ivan Fischer, conductor
11:40 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Art of the Fugue: Contrapunctus No. 9 BWV 1080
Les Violons du Roy; Bernard Labadie, conductor
11:47 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 2: II. Adagio sostenuto
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; Vasily Petrenko, conductor Simon Trpceski, piano
12:00 p.m.
Jose Moncayo
Sinfonietta
Mexico National Symphony Orchestra; Enrique Arturo Diemecke, conductor
12:13 p.m.
Antonio Lauro
Venezuelan Waltz No. 3 "Natalia" (Vals Venezolano)
Sharon Isbin, guitar; Colin Davin, guitar
12:16 p.m.
Santiago de Murcia
La Jota
Richard Savino, guitar; Mauro ReFosco, percussion; Yousif Sheronick, percussion
12:22 p.m.
George Gershwin
An American in Paris
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
12:42 p.m.
Madeleine Dring
Colour Suite: IV. Blue Air
Sarah Cahill, piano
12:45 p.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
WILD SWANS: Eliza Aria
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra; Ola Rudner, conductor Jane Sheldon, soprano
12:52 p.m.
Charles-Marie Widor
Organ Symphony No. 5: Toccata Opus 42
Simon Preston, organ
1:00 p.m.
Joaquin Rodrigo
Concierto Madrigal
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Pepe Romero, guitar; Angel Romero, guitar
1:30 p.m.
Zenobia Powell Perry
Rhapsody
Sarah Cahill, piano
1:36 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto for oboe and violin in C minor BWV 1060
Academy of Ancient Music; Christopher Hogwood, conductor Stephen Hammer, oboe; Catherine Mackintosh, violin
1:51 p.m.
Bela Bartok
Romanian Folk Dances SZ 56
Les Violons du Roy; Jean-Marie Zeitouni, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Violin Concerto in D major Opus 61
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; David Zinman, conductor Hilary Hahn, violin
2:45 p.m.
Teresa Carreno
Nocturne, "Souvenirs de mon pays"
Alexandra Oehler, piano
2:53 p.m.
George Walker
String Quartet No. 1 "Lyric": II. Molto adagio
Catalyst Quartet
3:00 p.m.
Arnold Bax
Tintagel
Ulster Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor
3:16 p.m.
Zenobia Powell Perry
Pavane for Piano
Josephine Gandolfi, piano
3:20 p.m.
Etienne-Nicolas Mehul
Symphony No. 1 in G minor
Rhenish Philharmonic Orchestra; Jorge Rotter, conductor
3:48 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Legend No. 6 Opus 59
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
3:55 p.m.
Manuel de Falla
EL AMOR BRUJO: Ritual Fire Dance
Moscow Chamber Orchestra; Constantine Orbelian, conductor Nina Kotova, cello
3:59 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 94 "Surprise" in G major
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Colin Davis, conductor
4:24 p.m.
Gabriel Faure
Pavane Opus 50
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Seiji Ozawa, conductor Tanglewood Festival Chorus
4:32 p.m.
Kevin Puts
Contact: I. The Call
Philadelphia Orchestra; Xian Zhang, conductor Time for Three
4:42 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Prelude in C-sharp minor in C# minor Opus 3/2
Sergei Rachmaninoff, piano
4:47 p.m.
Henry Purcell
Overture, Rondeau & Incidental Music from Abdelazer ("The Moor's Revenge")
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra; Thomas Hengelbrock, conductor
5:00 p.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Romance in G major Opus 39
Chineke! Orchestra; Kevin John Edusei, conductor Elena Urioste, violin
5:12 p.m.
Undine Smith Moore
Introduction and Allegro
Marcus Eley, clarinet; Lucerne DeSa, piano
5:15 p.m.
John Williams
STAR WARS - ATTACK OF THE CLONES: Across the Stars (Love Theme)
London Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
5:22 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Water Music Suite No. 1 in F major HWV 348
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
5:52 p.m.
Paul Hindemith
Kleine Kammermusik: I. Lustig Opus 24/2 fun; happily; merrily
Bergen Wind Quintet
5:55 p.m.
Enrique Granados
Danzas espanolas No. 1 "Minueto"
Alicia de Larrocha, piano
5:59 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Piano Quartet No. 2 in Eb major Opus 87
Emanuel Ax, piano; Isaac Stern, violin; Jaime Laredo, viola; Yo Yo Ma, cello
6:41 p.m.
Philip Glass
Cello Concerto No. 1: Movement 1
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; Gerard Schwarz, conductor Julian Lloyd Webber, cello
6:52 p.m.
Claude Debussy
Reverie
Helene Grimaud, piano
6:56 p.m.
Harold Arlen
Over the Rainbow
Anne Akiko Meyers, violin; Akira Eguchi, piano
