Classical Music Playlist, May 31, 2023
The Symphony No. 1 by the 23 year old Sergei Rachmaninoff had a disastrous premiere performance. Conductor Alexander Glazunov gave the symphony very little rehearsal and, it’s been said, he was drunk on the podium. The whole experience devastated Rachmaninoff so badly that for three years he composed nothing more until after months of psychotherapy and hypnosis. Finally, Rachmaninoff emerged from his funk with his spectacularly successful Piano Concerto No. 2, but writing symphonies still intimidated him. He didn’t compose his Second Symphony for another ten years. After Rachmaninoff’s death, performances of his Symphony No. 1, with better conductors, have led it to be hailed as a triumph. It’s today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Johann Graun
Sinfonia Grosso in D major
Vienna Academy; Martin Haselbock, conductor
6:11 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quintet No. 2 in C minor K 406/516b
Dover Quartet Michael Tree, viola [member of Guarneri Quartet]
6:37 a.m.
Carter Burwell
Rob Roy: Robert & Mary
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor Eric Rigler, bagpipes
6:42 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Concertpiece for piano and orchestra in F minor Opus 79 (Konzertstuck)
Bavarian Radio Symphony; Colin Davis, conductor Gerhard Oppitz, piano
7:00 a.m.
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Symphony in G Major in G major
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor
7:15 a.m.
Kurt Atterberg
Horn Concerto Opus 28
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Gerard Oskamp, conductor Albert Linder, horn
7:35 a.m.
Tielmann Susato
Rondes
New London Consort; Philip Pickett, conductor
7:48 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Piano Quintet No. 2: III. Scherzo (Furiant) in A major Opus 81
Emerson String Quartet Menahem Pressler, piano
7:53 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 103 "Drum Roll": IV. Presto [finale]
Orchestra of the 18th Century; Frans Bruggen, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Capriccio Espagnol Opus 34
London Symphony Orchestra; Geoffrey Simon, conductor
8:17 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
St. Anthony Variations in Bb major Opus 56
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
8:35 a.m.
Santiago de Murcia
Villanos
Richard Savino, guitar; Mauro ReFosco, percussion; Yousif Sheronick, percussion
8:36 a.m.
Emmanuel Chabrier
Espana (Spanish Rhapsodie)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
8:44 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
Voces8; Eric Whitacre, conductor Nelson Freire, piano
8:48 a.m.
George Enescu
Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A major Opus 11
National Orchestra of France; Cristian Macelaru, conductor Yuja Wang, piano
8:52 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
THE MAGIC FLUTE: Overture (Die Zauberflote) K 620
Norwegian National Opera Orchestra; Rinaldo Alessandrini, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 7 in D minor Opus 70
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Bomsori Kim, violin
9:38 a.m.
Erik Satie
Gnossienne No. 1
Lang Lang, piano
9:42 a.m.
Bedrich Smetana
Pleasant Landscape Opus 5/3 (Freundliche Landschaft)
Antonin Kubalek, piano
9:45 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Bassoon Concerto in A minor in A minor RV 498
Seattle Baroque Michael McCraw, bassoon
9:56 a.m.
TRADITIONAL
Mother
Takako Nishizaki, violin; Gerald Garcia, guitar
10:00 a.m.
Franz Schubert
Rosamunde Overture Opus 26 D 797 (The Magic Harp)
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
10:11 a.m.
Terence Blanchard
No Cross Burning Tonight (from BlacKkKlansmen)
Studio Orchestra
10:16 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 82 "The Bear" in C major
Capella Istropolitana; Barry Wordsworth, conductor
10:39 a.m.
Jean Sibelius
Presto for string orchestra
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
10:47 a.m.
Grace Williams
Carillons, for oboe and orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra; Sir Charles Groves, conductor Anthony Camden, oboe
10:59 a.m.
Earl Wild
Grand Fantasie on Porgy and Bess: Summertime (After G. Gershwin)
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
11:20 a.m.
William Bolcom
Fields of Flowers
Spencer Meyer, piano
11:25 a.m.
Amy Beach
Quartet for Strings Opus 89
Lark Quartet
11:41 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 4: III. Allegro giocoso in E minor Opus 98
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor
11:49 a.m.
Charles Avison
Concerto No. 8 in C minor Opus 4/8
Avison Ensemble; Pavlo Beznosiuk, conductor
12:00 p.m.
George Enescu
Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A major Opus 11
Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Eduardo Mata, conductor
12:15 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 8 "Pathetique": II. Adagio cantabile in C minor Opus 13
John O'Conor, piano
12:21 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik in G major K 525
Les Violons du Roy; Bernard Labadie, conductor
12:40 p.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Unsent Love Letters
Tamara-Anna Cislowska, piano
12:46 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for 2 mandolins in G major RV 532
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor James Tyler, mandolin; Douglas Wooton, mandolin
12:59 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Variations on Mozart's "La ci darem la mano" in Bb major Opus 2
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment; Charles Mackerras, conductor Emanuel Ax, piano
1:18 p.m.
Randy Edelman
Gettysburg: Reunion and Finale
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor Timothy Berens. guitar
1:24 p.m.
Alexander Arutiunian
Trumpet Concerto
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Lawrence Renes, conductor Alison Balsom, trumpet
1:41 p.m.
Teresa Carreno
Elegy No. 1 Opus 17
Clara Rodriguez, piano
1:46 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 3 in E minor Opus 6/3 HWV 321
Academy of Ancient Music; Andrew Manze, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Symphony No. 1 in D minor Opus 13
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
2:43 p.m.
Andrea Falconieri
Passacalle
Daniel Hope, violin; and friends
2:47 p.m.
Georges Bizet
CARMEN: Habanera: L'amour est un oiseau.
Symphony Orchestra of Seville; Jose Luis Garcia, conductor Teresa Berganza, mezzo-soprano
2:53 p.m.
Edward K. (Duke) Ellington
In a sentimental mood
Jason Vieaux, guitar
2:58 p.m.
George Enescu
Dixtour pour instruments a vent (Dectet for winds) Opus 14
Oslo Wind Soloists
3:19 p.m.
Ron Nelson
Rocky Point Holiday
Dallas Wind Symphony; Jerry Junkin, conductor
3:25 p.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Romeo & Juliet: Dance of the Knights Opus 64
Cleveland Orchestra; Lorin Maazel, conductor
3:31 p.m.
Giuseppe Tartini
Violin Concerto in A major D 101
Orfeo Orchestra; Gyorgy Vashegyi, conductor Laszlo Paulik, violin
3:52 p.m.
Paul Dukas
Villanelle for horn and orchestra
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Kurt Masur, conductor Hermann Baumann, horn
4:00 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Egmont Overture Opus 84
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor
4:09 p.m.
George Enescu
Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A major Opus 11
National Orchestra of France; Cristian Macelaru, conductor Yuja Wang, piano
4:15 p.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
African Suite: African Dance Opus 35/4
Chineke! Orchestra; Kevin John Edusei, conductor
4:22 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto No. 1 (originally for violin) in A minor BWV 1041
Elias String Quartet Xuefei Yang, guitar
4:38 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor Opus 25
London Mozart Players; Howard Shelley, conductor Howard Shelley, piano
5:00 p.m.
Edward Elgar
Coronation March Opus 65
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Yondani Butt, conductor
5:11 p.m.
Erik Satie
Gymnopedie No. 1
John Novacek, piano
5:16 p.m.
Victor Herbert
Cello Concerto No. 2 in E minor Opus 30
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Lynn Harrell, cello
5:41 p.m.
John Williams
War Horse: Dartmoor, 1912
Los Angeles Recording Arts Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
5:50 p.m.
Aaron Copland
Our Town
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Piano Concerto in G minor Opus 33
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Vaclav Neumann, conductor Rudolf Firkusny, piano
6:37 p.m.
Claude Debussy
Syrinx
Emmanuel Pahud, flute
6:40 p.m.
Lalo Schifrin
from La Nouvelle Orleans
Imani Winds
6:45 p.m.
Philip Glass
String Quartet No. 2 "Company"
Kronos Quartet
6:54 p.m.
Gentil Montana
Suite Colombiana No. 2: I. El Margariteno (pasillo) The Song of the Dreamer
Jose Antonio Escobar, guitar
