Classical Music Playlist, May 15, 2023
Isle of Lewis in the Hebrides Islands, Scotland | Image by gren from Pixabay
London-born English composer Granville Bantock had a keen interest in his Scottish Heritage. So he toured the Scottish Highlands and Hebrides Islands, then in 1915 composed his "Hebridean Symphony." On the printed score of his symphony he wrote the poem,
From the lone shieling of the misty island
Mountains divide us and a waste of seas-
Yet still the blood is strong, the heart is Highland,
And we in dreams behold the Hebrides.
Bantock's "Hebridean Symphony" is today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Charles Avison
Concerto No. 3 in G minor Opus 3/3
Avison Ensemble; Pavlo Beznosiuk, conductor
6:10 a.m.
Carel Anton Fodor
Symphony No. 2 in G major Opus 13
Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra; Anthony Halstead, conductor
6:35 a.m.
Xuefei Yang
Xinjiang Fantasy
Xuefei Yang, guitar
6:42 a.m.
Ernest Chausson
Poeme
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France; Mikko Franck, conductor Hilary Hahn, violin
7:00 a.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Serenade to Music
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Vernon Handley, conductor
7:13 a.m.
Bernhard Crusell
Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in Eb major Opus 1
Cologne Academy; Michael Alexander Willens, conductor Eric Hoeprich, clarinet
7:37 a.m.
Tielmann Susato
Dans du Roy
New London Consort; Philip Pickett, conductor
7:39 a.m.
Gunther Schuller
Suite for Wind Quintet: II. Blues
Reykjavik Wind Quintet
7:43 a.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Alster Overture
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor
7:49 a.m.
Mikhail Glinka
Spanish Overture No. 1 "Jota aragonesa"
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Vassily Sinaisky, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Charles-Marie Widor
Organ Symphony No. 5: Toccata Opus 42
Simon Preston, organ
8:08 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major K 488
Academy of Ancient Music; Christopher Hogwood, conductor Robert Levin, fortepiano
8:34 a.m.
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Les Cyclopes ("Cyclops")
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
8:38 a.m.
George Enescu
Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A major Opus 11
National Orchestra of France; Cristian Macelaru, conductor Yuja Wang, piano
8:41 a.m.
Dorothy Howell
Lamia
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Rumon Gamba, conductor Sophie Langdon, violin; Richard Watkins, horn
8:52 a.m.
Jean Sibelius
Karelia Suite: III. Alla Marcia Opus 11
Philharmonia Orchestra; Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
8:59 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 3 "Eroica": I. Allegro con brio in Eb major Opus 55
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
9:16 a.m.
Margaret Bonds
Spiritual Suite: I. Valley of the Bones
Michelle Cann, piano
9:20 a.m.
Arthur Bliss
A Colour Symphony
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Sir Charles Groves, conductor
9:55 a.m.
Connor Chee
Navajo Vocable No. 9
Emanuele Arciuli, piano
10:00 a.m.
Daniel-Francois Auber
Rondo for cello and orchestra
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Roberto Paternostro, conductor Martin Ostertag, cello
10:14 a.m.
John Williams
1941 (march)
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
10:19 a.m.
Antonio Salieri
Triple Concerto for violin, oboe and cello in D major
Bern Camerata; Thomas Furi, conductor Thomas Furi, violin; Heinz Holliger, oboe; Thomas Demenga, cello
10:46 a.m.
Teresa Carreno
Nocturne, "Souvenirs de mon pays"
Alexandra Oehler, piano
10:55 a.m.
Aaron Copland
Rodeo: Hoe-Down
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
11:00 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concerto No. 5 "Turkish" in A major K 219
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra Henning Kraggerud, violin
11:26 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
EUGENE ONEGIN: Waltz
New York Philharmonic; Kurt Masur, conductor
11:34 a.m.
Agustin Barrios
Madrigal-Gavota
David Russell, guitar
11:39 a.m.
Giuseppe Torelli
Trumpet Sonata in D major G 6
English Chamber Orchestra; Anthony Newman, conductor Wynton Marsalis, trumpet
11:45 a.m.
Aram Khachaturian
Gayne Ballet Suite
Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
11:59 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
In Nature's Realm Overture Opus 91
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; John Farrer, conductor
12:13 p.m.
Gentil Montana
Suite Colombiana No. 2: III. Bambuco
Jose Antonio Escobar, guitar
12:17 p.m.
Reinhold Gliere
Concert Waltz Opus 90
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Vassily Sinaisky, conductor
12:24 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in D minor BWV 1052
Australian Chamber Orchestra Angela Hewitt, piano
12:48 p.m.
John Williams
Theme from The Patriot
Boston Pops Orchestra; Keith Lockhart, conductor Middlesex County Fifes & Drums
12:58 p.m.
Richard Strauss
Serenade in Eb major Opus 7
Stockholm Philharmonic (members of); Paavo Berglund, conductor
1:08 p.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Lullaby for Nick
Tamara-Anna Cislowska, piano; Elena Kats-Chernin, piano
1:13 p.m.
Leonard Bernstein
Candide Suite
Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, conductor
1:32 p.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 7 in D major Opus 6
Musica Amphion; Pieter-Jan Belder, conductor
1:43 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight" in C# minor Opus 27/2
Artur Rubinstein, piano
2:00 p.m.
Granville Bantock
Hebridean Symphony
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Vernon Handley, conductor
2:36 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Violin Concerto: III. Allegro, ma non tanto in D minor Opus 47
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; Klaus Makela, conductor Janine Jansen, violin
2:41 p.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Sonata in G major
Buffalo Guitar Quartet
2:53 p.m.
Alexander Glazunov
Symphony No. 6: III. Intermezzo in C minor Opus 58
Bamberg Symphony; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
3:00 p.m.
Claude Debussy
Petite Suite
Philharmonia Orchestra; Geoffrey Simon, conductor
3:14 p.m.
Florence Price
Piano Concerto in One Movement
New York Youth Symphony; Michael Repper, conductor Michelle Cann, piano
3:32 p.m.
Alma Deutscher
The Chase (Impromptu in C minor)
Alma Deutscher, piano
3:37 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished" in B minor D 759
Swedish Chamber Orchestra; Thomas Dausgaard, conductor
4:00 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Coriolan Overture in C minor Opus 62
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
4:07 p.m.
Randy Edelman
Gettysburg: Reunion and Finale
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor Timothy Berens. guitar
4:14 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
String Quartet No. 12 "American" in F major Opus 96
Cypress String Quartet
4:40 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in D minor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor
4:51 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto, Op. 4, No. 9 in F major Opus 4/9 RV 284
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Simon Standage, violin; Micaela Comberti, violin; Jane Coe, cello
4:59 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Symphony No. 3 "Organ" in C minor Opus 78
San Francisco Symphony; Edo de Waart, conductor Jean Guillou, organ
5:35 p.m.
Manuel Ponce
Romantic Sonata: III. Musical Moment (Sonata romantica "Hommage a Franz Schubert")
Marcin Dylla, guitar
5:40 p.m.
Ruth Crawford (Seeger)
Rissolty Rossolty
Schonberg Ensemble; Oliver Knussen, conductor
5:44 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Intermezzo in Eb major Opus 117/1
Orli Shaham, piano
5:51 p.m.
Gioachino Rossini
THE BARBER OF SEVILLE: Overture (IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA)
Philharmonia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
5:59 p.m.
Mel Bonis
Piano Quartet No. 1 in Bb major Opus 69
Mozart Piano Quartet
6:24 p.m.
Aram Khachaturian
Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus & Phrygia
The Bolshoi Theater Orchestra; Mark Ermler, conductor
6:34 p.m.
Nadia Boulanger
Three Pieces for Cello & Piano
Miriam K. Smith, cello; Sandra Wright Shen, piano
6:42 p.m.
John Williams
HARRY POTTER and the Sorcerer's Stone: Hedwig's Theme
London Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
6:48 p.m.
Valerie Coleman
Portraits of Langston: IV. Silver Rain
McGill/McHale Trio Demarre McGill, flute; Anthony McGill, clarinet; Michael McHale, piano
6:53 p.m.
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Prelude and Fugue No. 3 in A minor Opus 199
Brasil Guitar Duo
