Classical Music Playlist, April 26, 2023
Just after the First World War, English composer Edward Elgar was in uncomfortable conditions. The war had distressed him terribly; he was financially strained and had lost dear friends. He had been suffering throat problems and in early 1918 had an infected tonsil removed. Soon after, Elgar and his wife Alice, who had also been suffering health problems, moved to the English countryside where he worked in a small studio separate from the cottage they rented. He took walks in the woods and heartily chopped firewood. In this environment he composed a number of notable chamber works which Alice noted were all splendid music with a new focus and rejuvenated imagination. His Piano Quintet in A-minor came from this period and, though partly expressing a fresh view of life in the relaxed countryside, the music retains echoes of the sadness. Edward Elgar’s 1919 Piano Quintet in A-minor is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Trio Sonata No. 1 in Eb major BWV 525
King's Consort; Robert King, conductor
6:12 a.m.
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
Earina Suite
Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra; Michail Jurowski, conductor
6:33 a.m.
Robert Ballard
Rustic Dance (Branles de village)
Ronn McFarlane, lute
6:38 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Trio for clarinet, viola and piano "Kegelstatt" in Eb major K 498
Martin Frost, clarinet; Antoine Tamestit, viola; Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
6:58 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
My Home Overture Opus 62
Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
7:10 a.m.
Gabriel Faure
Piano Trio in D minor Opus 120
Florestan Trio
7:31 a.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Overture in D major
Berlin Academy of Ancient Music
7:39 a.m.
Lili Boulanger
Nocturne
Janine Jansen, violin; Itamar Golan, piano
7:43 a.m.
Ethel Smyth
Serenade in D: II. Scherzo. Allegro vivace in D major
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Odaline de la Martinez, conductor Tasmin Little, violin; John Lenehan, piano
7:50 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake: Farewell of the Guests/Waltz Opus 20
New York Philharmonic; Kurt Masur, conductor
7:59 a.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Symphony No. 1 "Classical" in D major Opus 25
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
8:15 a.m.
Mauro Giuliani
Guitar Concerto No. 1 in A major Opus 30
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Pepe Romero, guitar
8:39 a.m.
Alexandra Streliski
Reveries
Alexandra Streliski, piano
8:44 a.m.
Gioachino Rossini
THE BARBER OF SEVILLE: Overture (IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA)
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Claudio Abbado, conductor
8:52 a.m.
Bela Bartok
Romanian Folk Dances SZ 56
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 2 in D major Opus 36
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
9:34 a.m.
Florence Price
Piano Quintet: III. Juba in A minor
Catalyst Quartet Michelle Cann, piano
9:41 a.m.
Edward Elgar
Serenade for string orchestra in E minor Opus 20
Rotterdam Chamber Orchestra; Conrad van Alphen, conductor
9:53 a.m.
Andrew York
Muir Woods
Andrew York, guitar
10:00 a.m.
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Overture
Polish National Radio Orchestra; Antoni Wit, conductor
10:10 a.m.
Scott Joplin
Treemonisha: Prelude Act III
Houston Grand Opera Orchestra; Gunther Schuller, conductor
10:15 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
String Quartet "Quinten" (Fifths) in D minor Opus 76/2
Kodaly Quartet
10:36 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Piano Sonata No. 1: IV. Finale in C major Opus 1
Norman Krieger, piano
10:45 a.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
10:59 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor Opus 30
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor Martha Argerich, piano
11:41 a.m.
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Les Cyclopes ("Cyclops")
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
11:46 a.m.
Grace Williams
Ballads: II. Alla marcia solenne
BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra; Vernon Handley, conductor
11:51 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": III. Scherzo in E minor Opus 95
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Marianne Martinez
Sinfonia in C major
La Floridiana; Nicoleta Paraschivescu, conductor
12:13 p.m.
John Williams
Jaws: Theme
London Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
12:17 p.m.
Joaquin Rodrigo
Concierto Andaluz for 4 guitars
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Los Romeros
12:42 p.m.
Percy Grainger
Molly on the Shore
Dallas Wind Symphony; Jerry Junkin, conductor
12:48 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
12:59 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for 2 trumpets in C major RV 537
English Chamber Orchestra; Raymond Leppard, conductor Wynton Marsalis, trumpet
1:07 p.m.
Cesar Franck
Symphony in D minor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Pierre Monteux, conductor
1:48 p.m.
Nainita Desai
My Mind Is Still
Voces8
1:54 p.m.
Gaspar Sanz
Canarios
Chatham Baroque
2:00 p.m.
Edward Elgar
Piano Quintet in A minor Opus 84
Coull Quartet Allan Schiller, piano
2:38 p.m.
Gabriela Lena Frank
Three Latin American Dances: The Mestizo Waltz
Utah Symphony Orchestra; Keith Lockhart, conductor
2:43 p.m.
George Enescu
Symphony No. 1 in Eb major Opus 13
National Orchestra of France; Cristian Macelaru, conductor Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
2:53 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Etude No. 3 "The Little Bell" ("La Campanella") in G# minor
Lang Lang, piano
2:59 p.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Violin Concerto in G minor Opus 80
Chineke! Orchestra; Kevin John Edusei, conductor Elena Urioste, violin
3:32 p.m.
Earl Wild
Grand Fantasie on Porgy and Bess: Summertime (After G. Gershwin)
Reykjavik Orchestra; Viktor Orri Arnason, conductor Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
3:35 p.m.
Pablo Casals
Sardana
City of Birmingham Cellos; Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla, conductor Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello
3:43 p.m.
Mikhail Glinka
Spanish Overture No. 2
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Vassily Sinaisky, conductor
3:53 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 103 "Drum Roll": IV. Presto [finale]
Orchestra of the 18th Century; Frans Bruggen, conductor
4:00 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Academic Festival Overture Opus 80
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
4:10 p.m.
George Enescu
Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A major Opus 11
National Orchestra of France; Cristian Macelaru, conductor Yuja Wang, piano
4:14 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik in G major K 525 (FROM THE RUSSELL KLETZING COLLECTION)
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
4:32 p.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Unsent Love Letters
Tamara-Anna Cislowska, piano
4:37 p.m.
Erik Satie
Gymnopedie No. 1
Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, conductor
4:42 p.m.
Georges Bizet
L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2
Ulster Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
5:00 p.m.
Henry Litolff
Concerto Symphonique No. 4: II. Scherzo Opus 102
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor Yuja Wang, piano
5:08 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Violin Concerto in E minor Opus 64
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Charles Munch, conductor Jascha Heifetz, violin
5:34 p.m.
Silvestre Revueltas
Ocho por Radio
London Sinfonietta; David Atherton, conductor
5:40 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Concertino for clarinet and orchestra in Eb major Opus 26
Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra; Lukas Foss, conductor Jon Manasse, clarinet
5:51 p.m.
George Gershwin
Someone to Watch Over Me
Chick Corea, piano
6:00 p.m.
William Grant Still
Symphony No. 2 "Song of a New Race" in G minor
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
6:30 p.m.
Arvid Kleven
Lotusland
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra (sta VAHN ger); Susanna Malkki, conductor
6:46 p.m.
John Adams
Fellow Traveler
Attacca Quartet
6:52 p.m.
Bela Bartok
Allegro Barbaro for piano SZ 49
Zoltan Kocsis, piano
6:54 p.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Five Pieces for Guitar: 2. Romantico
Franz Halasz, guitar
