Classical Music Playlist, May 2, 2023
Reynaldo Hahn (1874-1947) in 1898
Born in Caracas, Venezuela, in 1874 and moved with his family to Paris at age three, Reynaldo Hahn was a child prodigy. At age eleven he enrolled at the Paris Conservatory where his teachers and mentors included Jules Massenet, Charles Gounod, Camille Saint-Saëns and others.
Hahn was well connected with famous figures of Parisian society including Marcel Proust who deepend Hahn’s appreciation of poetry (which helped him to write his songs) and Proust once wrote that “Everything I have ever done has always been thanks to Reynaldo.”
Between the world wars Hahn was a prolific composer of over 380 works in many genres. Yet during his time Hahn was also the victim of thinly veiled homophobia and in WWII was subject to antisemitism when a Parisian presentation of his operetta Ciboulette was canceled due to his Jewish ancestry and the rest of his music banned.
Though Reynaldo Hahn was one of the most diverse, renowned, prolific and highly awarded men of his day, after his death in 1947 his music fell into oblivion. To reacquaint listeners with his music, we offer Hahn’s 1930 Piano Concerto for today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
George Phillip Telemann
Suite for Trumpet and Strings in D major
English String Orchestra; William Boughton, conductor John Wallace, trumpet
6:17 a.m.
Edward MacDowell
Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor Opus 23
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Walter Hendl, conductor Van Cliburn, piano
6:45 a.m.
Carlos Gardel
Guitarra, Guitarra Mia
Franz Halasz, guitar
6:49 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Bassoon Concerto in E minor in E minor RV 484
Arion Mathieu Lussier, baroque bassoon
7:01 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 25: I. Allegro maestoso in C major K 503
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Jeremy Denk, conductor Jeremy Denk, piano
7:18 a.m.
Jean-Baptiste Lully
Le Divertissement Royal Suite
Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall, conductor
7:41 a.m.
Alexandra Streliski
The hills
Alexandra Streliski, piano
7:45 a.m.
Amilcare Ponchielli
LA GIOCONDA: Dance of the Hours
National Philharmonic Orchestra; Bruno Bartoletti, conductor
7:54 a.m.
Gentil Montana
Suite Colombiana No. 2: I. El Margariteno (pasillo) The Song of the Dreamer
Jose Antonio Escobar, guitar
8:00 a.m.
Arnold Bax
Morning Song (Maytime in Sussex)
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor Margaret Fingerhut, piano
8:11 a.m.
Ottorino Respighi
Pines of Rome
Philadelphia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
8:34 a.m.
Florence Price
Piano Concerto in One Movement
New York Youth Symphony; Michael Repper, conductor Michelle Cann, piano
8:42 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 6: III. Scherzo (Furiant) in D major Opus 60
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
8:51 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Finale of Violin Sonata No. 1 in G minor BWV 1001
Bela Fleck, banjo; Evelyn Glennie, marimba
8:53 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Art of the Fugue: Contrapunctus No. 9 BWV 1080
Les Violons du Roy; Bernard Labadie, conductor
8:57 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor K 491
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor John O'Conor, piano
9:26 a.m.
John Williams
STAR WARS - RETURN OF THE JEDI: Luke and Leia
Skywalker Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
9:33 a.m.
Grace Williams
Hiraeth for Harp
Sandrine Chatron, harp
9:36 a.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Running Set
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; James Judd, conductor
9:44 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight" in C# minor Opus 27/2
Stewart Goodyear, piano
10:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 1 in Bb major Opus 3/1 HWV 312
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
10:10 a.m.
Jean Sibelius
Violin Concerto: III. Allegro, ma non tanto in D minor Opus 47
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; Klaus Makela, conductor Janine Jansen, violin
10:14 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Flute Concerto No. 1 in G major K 313
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor Jacques Zoon, flute
10:38 a.m.
Isaac Albeniz
La Vega
London Symphony Orchestra; Elmer Bernstein, conductor Christopher Parkening, guitar
10:54 a.m.
Zenobia Powell Perry
Piano Potpurri: No. 5. A Jazz Trifle
LaDoris Hazzard Cordell, piano
10:56 a.m.
Missy Mazzoli
Impromptu (Thomas's Piece)
The Kapralova Orchestra Joshua Bell, violin
11:00 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 30 "Alleluja" in C major
Academy of Ancient Music; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
11:14 a.m.
Huang Tzu
Plum blossoms in the snow
Xuefei Yang, guitar
11:18 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Orchestral Suite "Mozartiana" in G major Opus 61
Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra; Neville Marriner, conductor
11:43 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Concertpiece for piano and orchestra in F minor Opus 79 (Konzertstuck)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor Nikolai Demidenko, piano
12:01 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 4 in Bb major Opus 60
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
12:31 p.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Prelude and Fugue in E minor
Joanne Polk, piano
12:39 p.m.
Claude Debussy
The Girl with the Flaxen Hair (from Preludes, Book I: No. 8) (La fille aux cheveux de lin)
Leonidas Kavakos, violin; Peter Nagy, piano
12:42 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Fugue "Little Fugue" in G minor BWV 578
Canadian Brass
12:46 p.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Adios Nonino
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Ettore Stratta, conductor El Quinteto Buenos Aires
12:53 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Legend No. 6 Opus 59
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
1:00 p.m.
Gaetano Donizetti
Concertino for clarinet and orchestra in Bb major
Camerata Budapest; Laszlo Kovacs, conductor Bela Kovacs, clarinet
1:09 p.m.
Hans Zimmer
The Frozen Planet
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
1:15 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
String Quintet No. 1: I. Allegro non troppo ma con brio in F major Opus 88
Takacs Quartet Lawrence Power, viola
1:27 p.m.
William Grant Still
Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American"
Chicago Sinfonietta; Paul Freeman, conductor
1:49 p.m.
Gustav Holst
The Planets: Venus, Bringer of Peace Opus 32
Berlin Philharmonic; Simon Rattle, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Reynaldo Hahn
Piano Concerto in E major
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Jean-Yves Ossonce, conductor Stephen Coombs, piano
2:29 p.m.
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Les Cyclopes ("Cyclops")
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
2:34 p.m.
Ron Nelson
Courtly Airs and Dances
Dallas Wind Symphony; Jerry Junkin, conductor
2:47 p.m.
Clara Schumann
Three Romances for Violin and Piano Opus 22
Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano; Elena Urioste, violin
2:59 p.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 8 "Christmas Concerto" in G minor Opus 6
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor
3:14 p.m.
John Williams
Men of the Yorktown March (from Midway)
Boston Pops Orchestra; Keith Lockhart, conductor
3:20 p.m.
Anton Reicha
Wind Quintet No. 2 in Eb major Opus 88/2
Albert Schweitzer Quintet
3:46 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Impromptu No. 4 in F minor Opus 142 D 935
John O'Conor, piano
3:54 p.m.
Stanley Myers
Cavatina
Angel Romero, guitar
3:59 p.m.
George Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue
Cincinnati Jazz Orchestra; Erich Kunzel, conductor William Tritt, piano
4:18 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
String Quartet No. 1: III. Intermezzo in G minor Opus 27
Guarneri Quartet
4:26 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F minor Opus 73
Staatskapelle Dresden; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Sabine Meyer, clarinet
4:48 p.m.
Gabriela Lena Frank
Four Folk Songs: III. Serenata
Claremont Trio
4:55 p.m.
Igor Stravinsky
The Firebird: Finale (1911)
Orchestre de Paris; Klaus Makela, conductor Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
4:59 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Trumpet Concerto in Eb major
German Chamber Philharmonic; Thomas Klug, conductor Alison Balsom, trumpet
5:15 p.m.
Aaron Copland
Rodeo: Hoe-Down
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
5:20 p.m.
Joe Hisaishi
Rain
La Pieta Angele Dubeau, violin
5:27 p.m.
Edward Elgar
Enigma Variations Opus 36
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor
5:57 p.m.
Carlos Espinosa de los Monteros
Blue Night (Noche azul)
Cuarteto Latinoamericano
6:01 p.m.
Erich Korngold
Violin Concerto in D major Opus 35
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Alfred Wallenstein, conductor Jascha Heifetz, violin
6:23 p.m.
Carlos Gardel
Criollita de Mis Amores
Helsinki Philharmonic; Susanna Malkki, conductor Franz Halasz, guitar
6:32 p.m.
Arvo Part
Fratres for Wind octet and Percussion
I Fiamminghi; Rudolf Werthen, conductor
6:40 p.m.
John Williams
The Cowboys: Overture
City of Prague Philharmonic; Paul Bateman, conductor
6:51 p.m.
Charles S. Brown
A Song Without Words
Rachel Barton Pine, violin; Matthew Hagle, piano
6:54 p.m.
Dana Suesse
Jazz Nocturne
Hot Springs Festival Orchestra; Richard Rosenberg, conductor
