Classical Music Playlist, March 30, 2023
CapRadio Classical and Jazz is celebrating women in music by featuring a different classical composer every weekday during Women's History Month. Today's spotlight is on Clara Schumann.
- Clara Schumann’s life - her music, relationships and fame - is detailed in countless books, movies and more.
- Born Clara Wieck, at age 9 she gave her debut recital on piano. At 16 she premiered her own Piano Concerto and soon was an internationally renowned concert pianist.
- She first met Robert Schumann when she was just nine years old when he took piano lessons from her father.
- They married in 1840 just before she turned 21. Up to that time they had already collaborated on compositions.
- In The New York Times in 2019, Sacramento pianist Lara Downes said of the bond between the two:
“Their music is so profoundly connected that you really can’t separate the one from the other….From the very beginning, they were so deeply enmeshed, always listening and sharing, consulting and collaborating. It’s like all of the music they produced carries both sets of genes, and that’s so beautiful.”
- In 1853 Robert and Clara met the unknown 20 year old Johannes Brahms who played his piano music for them and were impressed.
- Robert would be institutionalized for psychological problems in 1854, passing away in 1856.
- Brahms became Clara’s lifelong friend.
- In her more than 1000 concerts throughout Europe into her later years, she performed not only her own music but always championed the music of her husband plus other friends and contemporaries such as Brahms, Chopin and Mendelssohn.
- Clara Schumann suffered a stroke in early 1896 and died a couple months later on 20 May at age 76. She was buried next to her husband.
- After the death of her husband, Clara stopped composing but did resume an active career as a concert pianist for the forty years she lived after Robert's death. But during their marriage when Clara was pregnant with their fourth child, and taking it easy at home, she composed what some consider to be her supreme achievement, her Piano Trio in G-minor. It's today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Dieterich Buxtehude
Sonata in C in C major BUX 266
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor Reinhardt Goebel, violin; Hajo Baess, violin; Jaap ter Linden, viola da gamba
6:09 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Piano Concerto No. 2 in Eb major Opus 32
Janacek Philharmonic; Dennis Burkh, conductor Elizabeth Rich, piano
6:37 a.m.
Robert Schumann
Piano Sonata No. 3: III. (Variations on theme by Clara Wieck) in F minor Opus 14
Angela Cheng, piano
6:46 a.m.
Edward Elgar
Serenade for string orchestra in E minor Opus 20
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; David Zinman, conductor
6:59 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor": III. Rondo in Eb major Opus 73
London Symphony Orchestra; Colin Davis, conductor Evgeny Kissin, piano
7:12 a.m.
Jean-Philippe Rameau
LE TEMPLE DE LA GLOIRE: Suite I (The Temple of Glory)
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
7:32 a.m.
Francesco Tristano
Toccata
Arctic Philharmonic; Christian Kluxen, conductor Francesco Tristano, piano
7:40 a.m.
Clara Schumann
Scherzo No. 1 in D minor in D minor Opus 10
Angela Cheng, piano
7:46 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance No. 7 in C minor Opus 46
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
7:49 a.m.
John Williams
The Cowboys: Overture
City of Prague Philharmonic; Paul Bateman, conductor
8:01 a.m.
Alexander Glazunov
The Seasons: Autumn Opus 67
Minnesota Orchestra; Edo de Waart, conductor
8:15 a.m.
Clara Schumann
Piano Concerto in A minor Opus 7
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; Holly Mathieson, conductor Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
8:37 a.m.
Manuel Ponce
Romantic Sonata: III. Musical Moment (Sonata romantica "Hommage a Franz Schubert")
Marcin Dylla, guitar
8:41 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata No. 29: Sinfonia BWV 29
Brandenburg Consort; Roy Goodman, conductor Paul Nicholson, organ
8:46 a.m.
Franz Schubert
Moments Musicaux No. 3 in F minor Opus 94 D 780
Radu Lupu, piano
8:47 a.m.
Howard Shore
LORD OF THE RINGS: The Fellowship of the Ring: Concerning Hobbits
La Pieta; Angele Dubeau, conductor Angele Dubeau, violin
8:51 a.m.
Emmanuel Chabrier
Festive Polonaise (Le Roi Malgre Lui: Fete Polonaise)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Jules Massenet
Suite No. 7 "Alsatian Scenes" (Scenes Alsaciennes)
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; Jean-Yves Ossonce, conductor
9:23 a.m.
John Adams
Pavane: She's So Fine (from John's Book of Alleged Dances)
Attacca Quartet
9:31 a.m.
Clara Schumann
Three Romances for Piano Opus 11
Lara Downes, piano
9:44 a.m.
Aram Khachaturian
Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus & Phrygia
Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra; Lawrence Foster, conductor
9:56 a.m.
Amy Beach
In Autumn Opus 15
Joanne Polk, piano
10:00 a.m.
Claude Debussy
Sacred and Profane Dances (Danses Sacree et Profane)
Ulster Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor Rachel Masters, harp
10:11 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major K 218
Bavarian Radio Symphony; Radoslaw Szulc, conductor Frank Peter Zimmermann, violin
10:34 a.m.
Percy Grainger
The Lads of Wamphray March
Dallas Wind Symphony; Jerry Junkin, conductor
10:43 a.m.
Ethel Smyth
Concerto for Violin, Horn and Orchestra
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Odaline de la Martinez, conductor Sophie Langdon, violin; Richard Watkins, horn
10:53 a.m.
Silvestre Revueltas
The Night of the Maya (La Noche de los Mayas): I. La Noche de los Mayas
Orquestra Sinfonica de Jalapa; Herrara de la Fuente, conductor
11:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 5 in D major Opus 6/5 HWV 323
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor
11:17 a.m.
John Williams
HARRY POTTER and the Sorcerer's Stone: Hedwig's Theme
London Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
11:23 a.m.
Clara Schumann
Piano Sonata in G minor
Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
11:45 a.m.
Jean Sibelius
Finlandia Opus 26
Berlin Symphony Orchestra; Kurt Sanderling, conductor
11:54 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Humoresque No. 7 in Gb major Opus 101/7
Columbia Symphony Orchestra; Milton Katims, conductor Isaac Stern, violin
11:59 a.m.
Robert Schumann
Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish" in Eb major Opus 97
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
12:30 p.m.
Clara Schumann
Er ist gekommen in Sturm und Regen Opus 12/2
Barbara Bonney, soprano; Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
12:32 p.m.
Clara Schumann
Liebst du um Schonheit Opus 12/4
Barbara Bonney, soprano; Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
12:36 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Cello Concerto in A minor RV 422
Il Giardino Armonico; Giovanni Antonini, conductor Christophe Coin, cello
12:47 p.m.
Morten Lauridsen
Les Chansons des Roses: Dirait-on
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
12:53 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
FIDELIO Overture Opus 72
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
1:00 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Havanaise Opus 83
New York Philharmonic; Zubin Mehta, conductor Itzhak Perlman, violin
1:11 p.m.
Hans Zimmer
The Frozen Planet
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
1:17 p.m.
Clara Schumann
Variations on a theme by Robert Schumann Opus 20
Sarah Cahill, piano
1:30 p.m.
Florence Price
Violin Concerto no. 1 in D major
Janacek Philharmonic; Ryan Cockerham, conductor Er-Gene Kahng
1:56 p.m.
Leo Brouwer
Preludio
Manuel Barrueco, guitar
2:00 p.m.
Clara Schumann
Piano Trio in G minor Opus 17
Nash Ensemble
2:29 p.m.
Aaron Copland
Outdoor Overture
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
2:39 p.m.
Johann Melchior Molter
Trumpet Concerto No. 1 in D major
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Elgar Howarth, conductor Hakan Hardenberger, trumpet
2:51 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
String Quartet No. 2 (unfinished): II. Allegro scherzando in F major
Oslo Camerata; Stephan Barratt-Due, conductor
3:00 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 1 in Bb major Opus 3/1 HWV 312
Handel & Haydn Society; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
3:09 p.m.
Henning Sommerro
Varsog
Arctic Philharmonic; Christian Kluxen, conductor Eldbjorg Hemsing, violin
3:14 p.m.
Clara Schumann
Four Fugitive Pieces Opus 15
Angela Cheng, piano
3:28 p.m.
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Grand Concerto for bassoon and orchestra in F major
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Klaus Thunemann, bassoon
3:53 p.m.
Michael Daugherty
Tales of Hemmingway: Big Two-Hearted River
The Nashville Symphony; Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor Zuill Bailey, cello
4:00 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 20: III. Rondo in D minor K 466
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Jeremy Denk, conductor Jeremy Denk, piano
4:08 p.m.
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
Symphony No. 4 "Stockholm" (Holmia): I. Allegro moderato in A major
Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra; Michail Jurowski, conductor
4:16 p.m.
Igor Stravinsky
The Fairy's Kiss: Divertimento
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor
4:41 p.m.
Clara Schumann
Soirees Musicales: II. Notturno Opus 6/2
David Quigley, piano
4:48 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for 2 mandolins in G major RV 532
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor James Tyler, mandolin; Robin Jeffrey, mandolin
4:59 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 3 "Scottish" in A minor Opus 56
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
5:34 p.m.
Ferde Grofe
Grand Canyon Suite: On the trail
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
5:43 p.m.
Clara Schumann
Scherzo No. 2 in C minor in C minor Opus 14
Anna Shelest, piano
5:48 p.m.
Maurice Ravel
Miroirs: Une Barque sur l'Ocean (A Boat on the Ocean)
Berlin Philharmonic; Pierre Boulez, conductor
5:57 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Minute Waltz in Db major Opus 64/1
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
6:00 p.m.
Mauro Giuliani
Guitar Concerto No. 3 in F major Opus 70
English Chamber Orchestra; Raymond Leppard, conductor Angel Romero, guitar
6:29 p.m.
Clara Schumann
Das Veilchen The Violet
Barbara Bonney, soprano; Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
6:30 p.m.
Clara Schumann
Die stille Lotusblume Opus 13/6
Barbara Bonney, soprano; Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
6:35 p.m.
John Harle
Rant!
BBC Concert Orchestra; Jessica Cottis, conductor Jess Gillam, soprano saxophone
6:41 p.m.
Elena Ruehr
Music Pink and Blue
Lara Downes, piano
6:44 p.m.
Danny Elfman
Rabbit & Rogue: Gamelan
Berlin Session Orchestra; Joris Buhle, conductor
6:54 p.m.
Valerie Coleman
Concerto for Wind Quintet: I. Afro
Imani Winds
