Classical Music Playlist, May 24, 2023
Sir William Walton by Bassano Ltd, 3 April 1937. Photographs Collection NPG.
The 26 year old English composer William Walton was asked to compose a Viola concerto for a renowned player who declined to perform it because it sounded too "modern." (After hearing the premiere, the violist regretted his decision.) Most everyone else loved it, including the famed music critic Sir Donald Tovey who wrote, "this seems to me to be one of the most important modern concertos for any instrument, and I can see no limits to what may be expected of the tone-poet who could create it." Indeed, the Concerto established the young composer as a leading British composer. William Walton's Viola Concerto is today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Johan Helmich Roman
The Drottningholm Music (1)
Stockholm Museum Chamber Orchestra; Claude Genetay, conductor
6:15 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sinfonia Concertante for violin & viola in Eb major K 364
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra; Yakov Kreizberg, conductor Julia Fischer, violin; Gordan Nikolic, viola
6:46 a.m.
Scott Joplin
Solace
Lara Downes, piano; Joe Brent, vihuela
6:52 a.m.
George Butterworth
Banks of Green Willow
English Sinfonia; Neville Dilkes, conductor
7:00 a.m.
Jean Sibelius
Karelia Suite Opus 11
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
7:18 a.m.
Joseph Kraus
Sinfonie in D major
Concerto Koln
7:37 a.m.
Aaron Jay Kernis
100 Greatest Dance Hits: II. Salsa Pasada
Escher Quartet Jason Vieaux, guitar
7:42 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for 2 oboes, 2 violins, bassoon in C major RV 557
Ensemble Zefiro; Alfredo Bernardini, conductor Members of...
7:52 a.m.
Carlos Troyer
Traditional Zuni Songs: Lover's Wooing & Zunian Lullaby
Dario Muller, piano
8:00 a.m.
Jose Moncayo
Sinfonietta
Mexico National Symphony Orchestra; Enrique Arturo Diemecke, conductor
8:14 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 94 "Surprise" in G major
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Colin Davis, conductor
8:39 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
8:44 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Water Music Suite No. 2 in D major HWV 349
Orchestra of St. Luke's; Charles Mackerras, conductor
8:55 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Minute Waltz in Db major Opus 64/1
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
8:59 a.m.
Ethel Smyth
Serenade in D: IV. Finale. Allegro con brio in D major
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Odaline de la Martinez, conductor Tasmin Little, violin; John Lenehan, piano
9:09 a.m.
Silvestre Revueltas
Ocho por Radio
London Sinfonietta; David Atherton, conductor
9:16 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 27 in Bb major K 595
Odense Symphony Orchestra; Scott Yoo, conductor Vassily Primakov, piano
9:49 a.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Vienna Blood Opus 354 Wiener Blut
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 11 in Bb major Opus 6
Musica Amphion; Pieter-Jan Belder, conductor
10:10 a.m.
Leo Brouwer
El Decameron Negro: 3. Balada de la doncella enamorada
Sharon Isbin, guitar
10:17 a.m.
Joseph Kraus
Viola Concerto in Eb major VB 153c
Tapiola Sinfonietta David Aaron Carpenter, viola
10:39 a.m.
Franz Liszt
Liebestraume: Nocturne No. 3 in Ab major S 541
Jorge Bolet, piano
10:45 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Rhapsody No. 3 in Ab major Opus 45
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Kurt Masur, conductor
10:59 a.m.
Charles Avison
Concerto No. 2 in A major Opus 4/2
Avison Ensemble; Pavlo Beznosiuk, conductor
11:09 a.m.
Claude Debussy
Reverie
Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
11:15 a.m.
Edward Elgar
Enigma Variations Opus 36
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
11:47 a.m.
Florence Price
Fantasie Negre No. 4 in B minor
Michelle Cann, piano
11:56 a.m.
Edvard Grieg
PEER GYNT: In the Hall of the Mountain King Opus 23
Staatskapelle Dresden; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Georges Bizet
L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2
Ulster Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
12:18 p.m.
Jessie Montgomery
Strum
Catalyst Quartet
12:26 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance No. 1 in C major Opus 46
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Vaclav Neumann, conductor
12:31 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 5 in D major K 175
English Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Tate, conductor Mitsuko Uchida, piano
12:54 p.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Spring in Buenos Aires (Primavera Portena)
David Tanenbaum, guitar
1:00 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Nocturne (Notturno for Piano Trio) in Eb major Opus 148 D 897
Takacs Quartet Andreas Haefliger, piano
1:10 p.m.
Mauro Giuliani
Guitar Concerto No. 1 in A major Opus 30
Australian Chamber Orchestra; Richard Tognetti, conductor John Williams, guitar
1:41 p.m.
William Grant Still
Africa: II. Land of Romance
Lara Downes, piano
1:49 p.m.
John Williams
STAR WARS - THE FORCE AWAKENS: The Jedi Steps and Finale
Studio Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
2:00 p.m.
William Walton
Viola Concerto
London Symphony Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor Yuri Bashmet, viola
2:26 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Fantasia and Fugue in A minor in A minor BWV 904
Vikingur Olafsson, piano
2:37 p.m.
Hans Zimmer
The Frozen Planet
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
2:42 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Capriccio Italien Opus 45
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra; Zubin Mehta, conductor
3:00 p.m.
George Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue
Cincinnati Jazz Orchestra; Erich Kunzel, conductor William Tritt, piano
3:19 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 6 in D major Opus 3/6 HWV 317
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
3:27 p.m.
John Williams
Born on the Fourth of July: Theme
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor Tim Morrison, trumpet
3:34 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Vocalise Opus 34/14
Orchestra of St. Luke's; Michael Stern, conductor Joshua Bell, violin
3:41 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Bassoon Concerto in Bb major K 191 (FROM THE RUSSELL KLETZING COLLECTION)
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Klaus Thunemann, bassoon
4:00 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Concertpiece for 4 horns & orchestra: I. Lebhaft in F major Opus 86
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor Members of...
4:08 p.m.
Clara Schumann
Piano Concerto in A minor Opus 7
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; Holly Mathieson, conductor Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
4:30 p.m.
Rafael Antonio Castellanos
Vaya de Jacara Amigos
El Mundo; Richard Savino, director, conductor Ryland Angel, tenor
4:36 p.m.
Maurice Ravel
Mother Goose Suite
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Charles Munch, conductor
4:55 p.m.
Margaret Bonds
Spiritual Suite: I. Valley of the Bones
Michelle Cann, piano
5:00 p.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Symphony No. 1 "Classical" in D major Opus 25
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Claudio Abbado, conductor
5:14 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Piano Sonata No. 1: IV. Finale in C major Opus 1
Norman Krieger, piano
5:23 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor Opus 33
English Chamber Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor Julian Lloyd Webber, cello
5:43 p.m.
Terence Blanchard
25th Hour: Opening Title
Brussels Philharmonic; Dirk Brosse, conductor
5:47 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Ruins of Athens: Turkish March Opus 113/4
Boston Pops Orchestra; Arthur Fiedler, conductor
5:50 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Mandolin Concerto in C major RV 425
Il Giardino Armonico Duilio Galfetti, mandolin
5:59 p.m.
Fredrich Ernst Fesca
Symphony No. 2 in D major Opus 10
NDR Radio Philharmonic Hanover; Frank Beermann, conductor
6:25 p.m.
Michio Miyagi
The Sea in Springtime (Haru no Umi)
Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
6:34 p.m.
Nino Rota
Orchestra Rehearsal (Prova d'orchestra)
Orchestra of La Scala, Milan; Riccardo Muti, conductor
6:45 p.m.
Philip Glass
Pruit Igoe
Philip Glass Ensemble; Michael Riesman, conductor
6:53 p.m.
Francisco Tarrega
Memories of the Alhambra (Recuerdos de la Alhambra)
Jason Vieaux, guitar
