Classical Music Playlist, May 26, 2023
1906 illustration by Minnie Spooner for "The Forsaken Merman"
The 1914 tone poem "The Forsaken Merman" by English composer Ernest Farrar was based on a poem about a woman named Margaret who married a merman and lived many happy years with him and their children under the sea. But one Easter she heard the tolling of church bells and feared for her mortal soul and left her husband and children at sea. At shore, they call out to her but she stays on land to live her human life and pray.
At the front of the printed score Farrar describes all this, concluding: "Margaret sits at her spinning wheel in the town singing a song of joy for the things she has regained, but in her heart is the remembrance of her other life in the sea – the song ceases, she steals to her window, looks out at the sea and bursts into tears."
The Forsaken Merman by Ernest Farrar is today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Suite No. 2 in G major TWV 42
Camerata Koln
6:18 a.m.
Bernhard Crusell
Clarinet Quartet No. 1 in Eb major Opus 2
Allegri String Quartet (members of) Thea King, clarinet
6:39 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Prelude and Toccata in E minor
Joanne Polk, piano
6:44 a.m.
Robert Schumann
Piano Concerto: I. Allegro affettuoso in A minor Opus 54
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor Martha Argerich, piano
7:00 a.m.
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Overture
Polish National Radio Orchestra; Antoni Wit, conductor
7:12 a.m.
Jan Dussek
Piano Concerto in C major Opus 29
Ulster Orchestra; Howard Shelley, conductor Howard Shelley, piano
7:36 a.m.
Joe Hisaishi
Princess Mononoke Suite (from Princess Mononoke)
New Japan World Dream Orchestra; Joe Hisaishi, conductor Joe Hisaishi, piano
7:46 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Variations on a theme from Rossini's "Cinderella" in E major B 9
Heinz Holliger, oboe; Ursula Holliger, harp
7:51 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto, Op. 4, No. 1 in Bb major Opus 4 RV 383
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Simon Standage, violin
8:01 a.m.
Michael Torke
Bright Blue Music
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; David Zinman, conductor
8:13 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor Opus 40
Quebec Symphony Orchestra; Louis Lortie, conductor Louis Lortie, piano
8:35 a.m.
Peter Maxwell Davies
Farewell to Stromness
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
8:39 a.m.
Antonio Lauro
Venezuelan Waltz No. 3 "Natalia" (Vals Venezolano)
Sharon Isbin, guitar; Colin Davin, guitar
8:43 a.m.
Henry Litolff
Concerto Symphonique No. 4: II. Scherzo Opus 102
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor Yuja Wang, piano
8:52 a.m.
George Walker
String Quartet No. 1 "Lyric": II. Molto adagio
Catalyst Quartet
8:59 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 4 in F major Opus 3/4a HWV 315
Academy of Ancient Music; Richard Egarr, conductor
9:13 a.m.
Alexandra Streliski
Elegie
Alexandra Streliski, piano
9:18 a.m.
Bernhard Molique
Concertino for oboe in G minor
Czech National Symphony Orchestra; Paul Freeman, conductor Alex Klein, oboe
9:34 a.m.
Joaquin Rodrigo
Concierto Serenata for harp and orchestra
Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra; Antonio de Almeida, conductor Catherine Michel, harp
10:00 a.m.
John Field
Rondo for piano & strings in Ab major
London Mozart Players; Matthias Bamert, conductor Miceal O'Rourke, piano
10:08 a.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Winter in Buenos Aires (Invierno Porteno)
David Tanenbaum, guitar
10:15 a.m.
William Alwyn
Elizabethan Dances (1957)
London Symphony Orchestra; Richard Hickox, conductor
10:35 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Ballade No. 1 in G minor Opus 23
Krystian Zimerman, piano
10:46 a.m.
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in D minor
Weimar State Orchestra; Arthur Fagen, conductor
10:58 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Czech Suite Opus 39
Prague Philharmonia; Jakub Hrusa, conductor
11:22 a.m.
Clara Schumann
Three Romances for Piano: I. Andante Opus 11
Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
11:27 a.m.
John Williams
The Post: The Presses Roll
Studio Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
11:33 a.m.
Frederick the Great
Flute Concerto in C major
C. P. E. Bach Chamber Orchestra; Peter Schreier, conductor Patrick Gallois, flute
11:49 a.m.
Alexander Scriabin
Fantasy in B minor Opus 28
Oda Voltersvik, Piano
12:00 p.m.
Ottorino Respighi
Ancient Airs and Dances: Suite No. 1
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Hugh Wolff, conductor
12:17 p.m.
Hildegard von Bingen
O Virtus Sapientiae (Antiphon for Divine Wisdom)
iSing Silicon Valley Esteli Gomez, soprano
12:21 p.m.
Johannes Hanssen
Valdres March
Boston Pops Orchestra; Arthur Fiedler, conductor
12:26 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished" in B minor D 759
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Carlos Kleiber, conductor
12:52 p.m.
Emmanuel Chabrier
Festive Polonaise (Le Roi Malgre Lui: Fete Polonaise)
Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra; Herve Niquet, conductor
1:01 p.m.
Philip Glass
Metamorphosis II
Anne Akiko Meyers, violin; Akira Eguchi, piano
1:09 p.m.
Hamilton Harty
John Field Suite
Ulster Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor
1:30 p.m.
Rebecca Clarke
Passacaglia (on an Old English Tune)
Philip Dukes, viola; Sophia Rahman, piano
1:42 p.m.
Enrique Soro
Three Chilean Airs (Tres aires chilenos)
Chile Symphony Orchestra; Jose Luis Dominguez, conductor
1:53 p.m.
Joe Hisaishi
Rain
La Pieta Angele Dubeau, violin
2:00 p.m.
Ernest Farrar
The Forsaken Merman Opus 30
Philharmonia Orchestra; Alasdair Mitchell, conductor
2:28 p.m.
Baldassare Galuppi
Concerto a quattro No. 4 in C minor
English Chamber Orchestra; Jose Luis Garcia, conductor
2:39 p.m.
Alexandra Streliski
The hills
Alexandra Streliski, piano
2:43 p.m.
Florence Price
Violin Concerto No. 2
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Jonathon Heyward, conductor Rachel Barton Pine, violin
2:59 p.m.
Francesco Geminiani
Concerto Grosso No. 10 in F major Opus 7/10
Academy of Ancient Music; Andrew Manze, conductor
3:10 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Piano Concerto No. 2 in Eb major Opus 32
Staatskapelle Dresden; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Peter Rosel, piano
3:34 p.m.
Jacques Ibert
Three Brief Pieces (Trois Pieces Breves)
Reykjavik Wind Quintet
3:42 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Ruy Blas: Overture Opus 95
Bamberg Symphony; Claus Peter Flor, conductor
3:52 p.m.
Philip Glass
Glassworks: Opening
Valentina Lisitsa, piano
3:59 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 92 "Oxford" in G major
Berlin Philharmonic; Simon Rattle, conductor
4:25 p.m.
Elmer Bernstein
Guitar Concerto "For Two Christophers": III. Celebration
London Symphony Orchestra; Elmer Bernstein, conductor Christopher Parkening, guitar
4:30 p.m.
Valerie Coleman
Portraits of Langston: VI. Harlem's Summer Night
McGill/McHale Trio Demarre McGill, flute; Anthony McGill, clarinet; Michael McHale, piano
4:33 p.m.
Jeremiah Clarke
Trumpet Tune
Canadian Brass
4:37 p.m.
Friedrich Kuhlau
Elf-Mound Overture Opus 100
Odense Symphony Orchestra; Othmar Maga, conductor
4:50 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Violin Concerto: III. Allegro Giocoso (Finale) in D major Opus 77
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Bernard Haitink, conductor Henryk Szeryng, violin
5:00 p.m.
Karl Goldmark
In Italy Overture Opus 49
Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra; Andras Korodi, conductor
5:14 p.m.
Philip Glass
Metamorphosis II
La Pieta; Angele Dubeau, conductor Francine Kay, piano
5:19 p.m.
John Knowles Paine
Symphony No. 2 "In the Spring": II. Scherzo (May-Night Fantasy) in A major Opus 34
Ulster Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
5:30 p.m.
Jules Massenet
Suite No. 7 "Alsatian Scenes" (Scenes Alsaciennes)
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; Jean-Yves Ossonce, conductor
5:54 p.m.
Carlos Gardel
Cuando Tu No Estas
Franz Halasz, guitar
5:59 p.m.
Alexander Glazunov
Symphony No. 4 in Eb major Opus 48
BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra; Tadaaki Otaka, conductor
6:34 p.m.
Edgar Meyer
Violin Concerto: I. Movement 1
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Hugh Wolff, conductor Hilary Hahn, violin
6:46 p.m.
Bill Evans
Peace Piece
Igor Levit, piano
6:53 p.m.
Johann Johannsson
A Pile of Dust
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