Classical Music Playlist, June 1, 2023
American violinist Randall Goosby was a protégé of legendary violinist Itzhak Perlman, a 2022 Avery Fisher Career Grant recipient, and is known for his desire to make music inclusive and accessible, bringing the work of under-represented composers to light.
A couple years ago the Philadelphia Orchestra Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin undertook a project to rediscover and restore the music of American composer Florence Price by performing and recording her symphonies, concertos and other music. "It’s long overdue that we restore her to the place that she holds in the history of American music,” he said.
Now, the two have come together with a new album released on May 19, 2023 that includes the Florence Price Violin Concertos Nos 1 and 2.
In the CD liner notes, Goosby noted that the unique sound of Price's music derives from her synthesis of styles. She grew up in Arkansas, studied European classical music traditions at the New England Conservatory in Boston, in 1927 relocated to Chicago where she was prominent in the Chicago Black Renaissance, and synthesizes into her music elements from Black musical vernacular like spirituals and jazz.
"If you zoom out and look at Price's life, the places she visited, where and what she studied, I think it's a perfect example of what makes American music so great. It's music from another place that has gone through the wringer and come out somewhere else. All the influences together make up this one thing, which is Florence Price." Goosby concludes, "Her music is an important part of American History, and it tells a story that I bet you haven’t heard before."
The Florence Price Violin Concerto No. 1 from 1939 with violinist Randall Goosby and the Philadelphia Orchestra on their new Decca Classics release is today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Tafelmusik III: Trio for 2 Flutes and continuo in D major
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor
6:09 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major Opus 15
London Symphony Orchestra; Andreas Delfs, conductor John O'Conor, piano
6:49 a.m.
Dobrinka Tabakova
Concerto for Cello and Strings: II. Longing
Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra; Maxim Rysanov, conductor Kristina Blaumane, cello
6:59 a.m.
William Grant Still
Panamanian Dances (Danzas de Panama)
Berlin Symphony Orchestra; Isaiah Jackson, conductor
7:14 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sinfonia Concertante for winds and orchestra in Eb major K 297b (FROM THE RUSSELL KLETZING COLLECTION)
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Aurele Nicolet, flute; Heinz Holliger, oboe; Hermann Baumann, horn; Klaus Thunemann, bassoon
7:43 a.m.
Percy Grainger
Mock Morris
Dallas Wind Symphony; Jerry Junkin, conductor
7:49 a.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Etude Pathetique Opus 124
Joanne Polk, piano
7:54 a.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
NABUCCO: Va, pensiero
Berlin Philharmonic; Giuseppi Sinopoli, conductor Berlin Opera Chorus
8:00 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Trumpet Concerto in Eb major
German Chamber Philharmonic; Thomas Klug, conductor Alison Balsom, trumpet
8:16 a.m.
Aaron Copland
Appalachian Spring
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
8:42 a.m.
Hans Rott
Symphony No. 1: III. Scherzo: Frisch und lebhaft (Fresh and lively) in E major
Bamberg Symphony; Jakub Hrusa, conductor Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
8:46 a.m.
Amy Beach
Piano Concerto: II. Scherzo (Perpetuum mobile) in C# minor Opus 45
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Rebecca Miller, conductor Danny Driver, piano
8:52 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Seasons: June
Daniel Hope, violin; Jacques Ammon, piano
8:59 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 5 in F major Opus 76
Staatskapelle Berlin; Otmar Suitner, conductor
9:38 a.m.
Franz Schubert
Impromptu No. 2 in Eb major Opus 90/2 D 899
Murray Perahia, piano
9:43 a.m.
Giuseppe Tartini
Trumpet Concerto in D major
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Jahja Ling, conductor Rolf Smedvig, trumpet
9:56 a.m.
Carl Orff
Carmina Burana: Dance
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Francesco Durante
Concerto No. 8 "La Pazzia" in A major
Concerto Koln
10:14 a.m.
Bedrich Smetana
Polka No. 2 JB 1:107
Francine Kay, piano
10:16 a.m.
Florence Price
Piano Concerto in One Movement
New York Youth Symphony; Michael Repper, conductor Michelle Cann, piano
10:23 a.m.
Jan Kalliwoda
Symphony No. 2 in Eb major Opus 17
Cologne Academy; Michael Alexander Willens, conductor
10:52 a.m.
Ethel Smyth
String Quartet: II. Allegro molto leggiero in E minor
Mannheim String Quartet
10:59 a.m.
Scott Joplin
Treemonisha Overture
Houston Grand Opera Orchestra; Gunther Schuller, conductor
11:07 a.m.
George Gershwin
I Loves You Porgy
Lara Downes, piano
11:13 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 7 in D minor Opus 70
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Bomsori Kim, violin
11:54 a.m.
Jeff Lambert
Chicago Summer
Minneapolis Guitar Quartet
12:00 p.m.
Edward Elgar
Cockaigne Overture (In London Town) Opus 40
BBC Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Davis, conductor
12:15 p.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Suite Espanola: No. 1 "Granada" Opus 47/1
David Russell, guitar
12:22 p.m.
Samuel Barber
First Essay for Orchestra Opus 12
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
12:31 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Opus 43
Mahler Chamber Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor Yuja Wang, piano
12:56 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Art of the Fugue: Contrapunctus No. 9 BWV 1080
Les Violons du Roy; Bernard Labadie, conductor
12:59 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
String Quartet No. 15: III. Heiliger Dankgesang in A minor Opus 132 3rd Movement
A Far Cry
1:17 p.m.
Catrin Finch
Celtic Concerto
Sinfonia Cymru; John Rutter, conductor Catrin Finch, harp
1:31 p.m.
Victor Ewald
Quintet No. 1 in Bb minor Opus 5
Center City Brass Quintet
1:45 p.m.
Florence Price
Piano Concerto in One Movement
New York Youth Symphony; Michael Repper, conductor Michelle Cann, piano
1:53 p.m.
Henry Purcell
Indian Queen: Symphony
Parley of Instruments
2:00 p.m.
Florence Price
Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major
Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor Randall Goosby, violin
2:30 p.m.
William Bolcom
Ghost Rag: I. Graceful Ghost
Spencer Meyer, piano
2:35 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Symphony No. 2 in C major J 51
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
2:55 p.m.
Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Trumpet Air No. 2 (Air de Trompette) in D major
Hannes Laubin, trumpet; Wolfgang Laubin, trumpet; Bernhard Laubin, trumpet; Simon Preston, organ; Norbert Schmitt, timpani
3:00 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
In Nature's Realm Overture Opus 91
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Vaclav Neumann, conductor
3:16 p.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Etude Melodique Opus 118
Joanne Polk, piano
3:21 p.m.
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 9: II. Scherzo in D minor WAB 109
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Christian Thielemann, conductor
3:33 p.m.
Carlos Rafael Rivera
Cancion
Denis Azabagic, guitar
3:34 p.m.
Federico Moreno Torroba
The Wedding (La Boda)
Los Romeros
3:38 p.m.
John Field
Piano Concerto No. 1 in Eb major
New Irish Chamber Orchestra; Janos Furst, conductor John O'Conor, piano
4:00 p.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 9 in F major Opus 6
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
4:10 p.m.
Max Richter
Mercy
Hilary Hahn, violin; Cory Smythe, piano
4:16 p.m.
Bernhard Crusell
Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in Eb major Opus 1
Cologne Academy; Michael Alexander Willens, conductor Eric Hoeprich, clarinet
4:40 p.m.
Gaspar Sanz
Spanish Suite (Suite Espagnole)
Celedonio Romero, guitar
4:51 p.m.
Gabriel Faure
Pavane Opus 50
Seattle Symphony; Ludovic Morlot, conductor
4:58 p.m.
Amilcare Ponchielli
LA GIOCONDA: Dance of the Hours
Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Ondrej Lenard, conductor
5:07 p.m.
Cesar Franck
Symphony: II. Allegretto in D minor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Pierre Monteux, conductor
5:19 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 29 in A major K 201
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
5:45 p.m.
Richard Strauss
Serenade in Eb major Opus 7
Stockholm Philharmonic (members of); Paavo Berglund, conductor
5:56 p.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Petite Suite de Concert: IV. La tarantelle fretillante Opus 77/4 wriggling
Chicago Sinfonietta; Paul Freeman, conductor
6:00 p.m.
George Frederick Bristow
Symphony No. 3 in F# minor Opus 26
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
6:35 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
6:40 p.m.
John Adams
The Chairman Dances (Foxtrot for Orchestra)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Simon Rattle, conductor
6:54 p.m.
David N. Baker
Deliver My Soul
Rachel Barton Pine, violin; Matthew Hagle, piano
