Classical Music Playlist, May 17, 2023
Between Mozart’s death and Beethoven’s fame, Haydn composed his final set of String Quartets in 1797, considered by many his greatest in the genre that he almost single handedly created. The first of that set, in G-major, is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Clara Schumann
Three Romances for Piano Opus 11
Lara Downes, piano
6:13 a.m.
Juan Arriaga
Symphony in D minor
Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall, conductor
6:43 a.m.
Giovanni Palestrina
You Are My Friends (Vos Amici Mei Estis)
Empire Brass; Rolf Smedvig, conductor
6:48 a.m.
Claude Debussy
Sacred and Profane Dances (Danses Sacree et Profane)
Paul Kuentz Chamber Orchestra; Paul Kuentz, conductor Nicanor Zabaleta, harp
7:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 4 in A minor Opus 6/4 HWV 322
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor
7:12 a.m.
Edvard Grieg
Holberg Suite Opus 40
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
7:33 a.m.
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Solitude
La Pieta Angele Dubeau, violin
7:38 a.m.
Joaquin Turina
Fandanguillo Opus 36
Narciso Yepes, guitar
7:43 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dance No. 8 in A minor
Staatskapelle Berlin; Otmar Suitner, conductor
7:48 a.m.
Hugo Alfven
Swedish Rhapsody #2 "Uppsala Rhapsody" Opus 24
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Niklas Willen, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Carnival Overture Opus 92
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Vaclav Neumann, conductor
8:12 a.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
8:37 a.m.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Prelude No. 1
Orchestre de Paris; Klaus Makela, conductor Xuefei Yang, guitar
8:43 a.m.
Bedrich Smetana
Polka No. 2 JB 1:107
Francine Kay, piano
8:45 a.m.
Philip Glass
Etude 6
Vikingur Olafsson, piano
8:51 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Four Seasons: Winter (L'Inverno) in F minor Opus 8 RV 297
...and friends Janine Jansen, violin
9:00 a.m.
Amy Beach
Piano Trio in A minor Opus 150
The Gold Coast Trio Rachel Vetter Huang, violin; Susan Lamb Cook, cello; Hao Huang, piano
9:16 a.m.
Gioachino Rossini
Overture to The Silken Ladder (LA SCALA DI SETA)
London Classical Players; Roger Norrington, conductor
9:23 a.m.
Edvard Grieg
Symphonic Dances Opus 64
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra; Paavo Jarvi, conductor
9:56 a.m.
George Gershwin
PORGY AND BESS: It Ain't Necessarily So
Duo Sonidos
10:00 a.m.
Francesco Geminiani
Concerto Grosso No. 11 in E major Opus 7/11
Academy of Ancient Music; Andrew Manze, conductor
10:08 a.m.
Anne Dudley
Poldark Prelude
Lang Lang, piano
10:13 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
String Sextet in A major Opus 48
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemble
10:43 a.m.
Edward K. (Duke) Ellington
The River Suite: IV. The Lake
Buffalo Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
10:52 a.m.
Gabriel Faure
Song of Jean Racine (Cantique de Jean Racine) Opus 11
London Sinfonia; John Rutter, conductor Cambridge Singers
11:00 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 31 "Hornsignal" in D major
Hanover Band; Roy Goodman, conductor
11:30 a.m.
Phil Rosheger
Good Luck Waltz
David Russell, guitar
11:32 a.m.
Emmanuel Chabrier
Joyous March (Joyeuse Marche)
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
11:37 a.m.
Antonio Martin y Coll
Variations on La Folia (Differencias sobre las folias)
Jordi Savall, viola da gamba; ...and other soloists
11:49 a.m.
Richard Strauss
SALOME: Dance of the Seven Veils
Cleveland Orchestra; Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Arturo Marquez
Danzon No. 2
Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
12:11 p.m.
Arturo Sandoval
Wildflower (Yolanda's Song)
Catalyst Quartet Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
12:19 p.m.
Ariel Ramirez
MISA CRIOLLA: II. Gloria
Zurich Chamber Orchestra; Daniel Hope, conductor Daniel Hope, violin; Palau de la Musica vocal quartet
12:26 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major K 453
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra; Leif Ove Andsnes, conductor Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
12:55 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Sleeping Beauty: Waltz from Act I
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Herbert Von Karajan, conductor
1:01 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for lute and 2 violins in D major RV 93
Il Giardino Armonico Luca Pianca, Archlute; Members of...
1:10 p.m.
Hildur Gudnadottir
Chernobyl: Vichnaya Pamyat Memory Eternal
Homin Lviv Municipal Choir
1:16 p.m.
Johan Halvorsen
Ancient Suite (Suite ancienne) Opus 31a
Bergen Philharmonic; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
1:42 p.m.
Jules Massenet
THAIS: Meditation
Maxim Vengerov, violin; Itamar Golan, piano
1:49 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
My Home Overture Opus 62
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Vaclav Neumann, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in G major Opus 76/1
Quatuor Mosaiques
2:25 p.m.
George Enescu
Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A major Opus 11
National Orchestra of France; Cristian Macelaru, conductor Yuja Wang, piano
2:31 p.m.
Bernhard Crusell
Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in F minor Opus 5
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Okko Kamu, conductor Martin Frost, clarinet
2:55 p.m.
Peter Maxwell Davies
Farewell to Stromness
Christopher O'Riley, piano
3:00 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto in D major Opus 35
Berlin Philharmonic; Claudio Abbado, conductor Midori, violin
3:38 p.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Notturno H337
Betty Ann Miller, piano
3:45 p.m.
Jacques Offenbach
ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD: Overture
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
3:56 p.m.
Federico Moreno Torroba
Madro�os
David Russell, guitar
4:00 p.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 5 in Bb major Opus 6
London Baroque; Charles Medlam, conductor
4:11 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
Voces8; Eric Whitacre, conductor Nelson Freire, piano
4:17 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
String Quintet No. 2: I. Allegro non troppo ma con brio in G major Opus 111
Takacs Quartet Lawrence Power, viola
4:31 p.m.
George Gershwin
An American in Paris
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
4:51 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Karelia Overture Opus 10
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor
5:00 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 2: I. Moderato in C minor Opus 18
Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Litton, conductor Stephen Hough, piano
5:11 p.m.
Leo Brouwer
El Decameron Negro: 2. La huida de los amantes por el valle de los ecos
Sharon Isbin, guitar
5:16 p.m.
Florence Price
Violin Concerto no. 1 in D major
Janacek Philharmonic; Ryan Cockerham, conductor Er-Gene Kahng
5:42 p.m.
TRADITIONAL
The Lark in the Clear Air
McGill/McHale Trio Demarre McGill, flute; Anthony McGill, clarinet; Michael McHale, piano
5:47 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 8 in C minor Opus 6/8 HWV 326
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Charles Gounod
Symphony No. 1 in D major
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
6:28 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Legend No. 6 Opus 59
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
6:35 p.m.
Michael Praetorius
Terpsichore: Suite in D
Christopher Parkening, guitar
6:48 p.m.
Claude Champagne
Rustic Dance (Dance Villageoise)
Quebec Symphony Orchestra; Yoav Talmi, conductor
6:53 p.m.
Dave Brubeck
Five Pieces from Two-Part Adventures
John Salmon, piano
