Classical Music Playlist, April 19, 2023
Benjamin Grosvenor | photo: Andrej Grilc
“It's an immense work, an incredibly emotive and powerful journey. It's a piece of great contradictions and contrasts…[Including a] contrast between what you might call the divine and the diabolical.”
Hear Grosvenor explore the mysteries of this Liszt piano sonata today for our Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Gaetano Donizetti
Concertino for oboe and chamber orchestra in F major
Camerata Budapest; Laszlo Kovacs, conductor Jozef Kiss, oboe
6:09 a.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Suite in D major TWV 55:D19
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
6:35 a.m.
Chen Peixun
Autumn Moon on a Calm Lake
Lang Lang, piano
6:41 a.m.
Edvard Grieg
Norwegian Dances Opus 35
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
6:59 a.m.
Pietro Locatelli
Concerto Grosso No. 5 in D major Opus 1/5
Raglan Baroque Players; Nicholas Kraemer, conductor
7:09 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Serenade No. 2 in A major Opus 16
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
7:42 a.m.
John Dowland
The King of Denmark's Galiard P 40
Nigel North, lute/guitar
7:46 a.m.
Gian Carlo Menotti
AMELIA GOES TO THE BALL Overture
Columbia Symphony Orchestra; Thomas Schippers, conductor
7:51 a.m.
Franz Strauss
Nocturno for Horn and Piano Opus 7
Peter Landgren, horn; Ann Schein, piano
8:00 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Symphony No. 3 "Organ": Finale in C minor Opus 78
Montreal Symphony Orchestra; Kent Nagano, conductor Olivier Latry, organ
8:10 a.m.
Florence Price
Piano Quintet in A minor
Catalyst Quartet Michelle Cann, piano
8:38 a.m.
Aaron Copland
Rodeo: Hoe-Down
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
8:43 a.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Peggy's Rag
Sarah Cahill, piano
8:47 a.m.
Santiago de Murcia
La Jota
Richard Savino, guitar; Mauro ReFosco, percussion; Yousif Sheronick, percussion
8:50 a.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
LA FORZA DEL DESTINO Overture
Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Litton, conductor
8:59 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Bassoon Concerto in Bb major K 191
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Gianandrea Noseda, conductor Karen Geoghegan, bassoon
9:19 a.m.
Hania Rani; Dobrawa Czocher
Con Moto
Hania Rani, piano; Dobrawa Czocher, cello
9:25 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance No. 1 in C major Opus 46
Berlin Philharmonic; Lorin Maazel, conductor
9:31 a.m.
Benjamin Britten
Simple Symphony Opus 4
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
9:50 a.m.
Claude Debussy
La Mer: III. Dialogue of the Wind and the Sea
Cleveland Orchestra; Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
10:00 a.m.
William Grant Still
Vignettes for oboe, bassoon and piano
Sierra Winds
10:12 a.m.
Edward K. (Duke) Ellington
Solitude
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
10:17 a.m.
Reinhold Gliere
Horn Concerto in Bb major Opus 91
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Kurt Masur, conductor Hermann Baumann, horn
10:41 a.m.
Rafael Antonio Castellanos
Pastoras Alegres joyful shepherds
El Mundo; Richard Savino, director, conductor Jennifer Ellis Kampani, soprano; Nell Snaidas, soprano; Ryland Angel, tenor
10:46 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 4: I. Allegro non troppo in E minor Opus 98
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor
11:00 a.m.
Jean Sibelius
Spring Song
Lahti Symphony Orchestra; Osmo Vanska, conductor
11:10 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
Voces8; Eric Whitacre, conductor Nelson Freire, piano
11:15 a.m.
Louise Farrenc
Symphony No. 3 in G minor Opus 36
North German Radio Symphony; Johannes Goritzki, conductor
11:47 a.m.
Aaron Copland
In Evening Air
Lang Lang, piano
11:52 a.m.
Gerald Finzi
Romance in Eb major Opus 11
London Sinfonia; Richard Hickox, conductor
12:01 p.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto for horn and strings in D major
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Barry Tuckwell, horn
12:11 p.m.
George Gershwin
Three Preludes
Joshua Bell, violin; John Williams, piano [Boston Pops conductor]
12:18 p.m.
Percy Grainger
Mock Morris
Dallas Wind Symphony; Jerry Junkin, conductor
12:23 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major Opus 58
London Classical Players; Roger Norrington, conductor Melvyn Tan, piano
12:56 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G minor
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Marin Alsop, conductor
1:01 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Bassoon Concerto in A minor in A minor RV 498
Seattle Baroque Michael McCraw, bassoon
1:12 p.m.
John Williams
Close Encounters of the Third Kind: Suite
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor American Boychoir; Tanglewood Festival Chorus
1:23 p.m.
Arthur Foote
Piano Trio No. 2 in Bb major Opus 65
Neave Trio
1:46 p.m.
Aaron Copland
Outdoor Overture
Cleveland Pops Orchestra; Louis Lane, conductor
1:56 p.m.
Jean-Baptiste Lully
March for the Turkish Ceremony
Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Piano Sonata in B minor in B minor
Benjamin Grosvenor, piano
2:33 p.m.
Tielmann Susato
La Mourisque
University of Texas Wind Ensemble; Jerry Junkin, conductor
2:36 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 59 "Fire" in A major
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Trevor Pinnock, harpsichord
2:54 p.m.
Jennifer Higdon
Harp Concerto: IV. Rap Knock
Rochester Philharmonic; Ward Stare, conductor Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
3:01 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 27 in Bb major K 595
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Richard Goode, piano
3:31 p.m.
Karl Jenkins
The Armed Man--A Mass for Peace: XII. Benedictus
Berlin Chamber Orchestra; Berlin Radio Choir Daniel Hope, violin
3:38 p.m.
Clara Schumann
Scherzo No. 1 in D minor in D minor Opus 10
Angela Cheng, piano
3:45 p.m.
Giuseppe Torelli
Concerto for four violins and orchestra in E minor
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor
3:53 p.m.
Gabriel Faure
Pavane Opus 50
Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, conductor
4:00 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 9 in F major Opus 6/9 HWV 327
Handel & Haydn Society; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
4:16 p.m.
John Williams
Superman: Main Title
London Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
4:21 p.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Suite Espanola: No. 1 "Granada" Opus 47/1
David Russell, guitar
4:27 p.m.
Bernhard Crusell
Clarinet Concerto No. 3 in Bb major Opus 11
Cologne Academy; Michael Alexander Willens, conductor Eric Hoeprich, clarinet
4:54 p.m.
Florence Price
Fantasy No. 2
Randall Goosby, violin; Zhu Wang, piano
5:00 p.m.
Georges Bizet
Carmen Suite No. 1
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
5:13 p.m.
Anne Dudley
Poldark Prelude
Lang Lang, piano
5:18 p.m.
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Trumpet Concerto in Eb major
German Chamber Philharmonic; Thomas Klug, conductor Alison Balsom, trumpet
5:37 p.m.
Claude Debussy
Images for Orchestra: Iberia: I. The Streets and Byways
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
5:46 p.m.
Elena Roussanova
Moments of Arrival
Prague Radio Symphony; Julius Williams, conductor
5:59 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Clarinet Quintet in Bb major Opus 34 J 182
L'Archibudelli Charles Neidich, clarinet
6:27 p.m.
Bela Bartok
Hungarian Sketches SZ 97
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor
6:39 p.m.
Edward Elgar
Salut d'amour (Love's Greeting) Opus 12
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor Pinchas Zukerman, violin
6:42 p.m.
Arvo Part
O Morgenstern
The Tallis Scholars; Peter Phillips, conductor
6:45 p.m.
Jessie Montgomery
Strum
Catalyst Quartet
6:52 p.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Histoire du Tango: III.Night Club 1960
Manuel Barrueco, guitar; Emmanuel Pahud, flute
