Classical Music Playlist, June 16, 2023
Teddy Abrams | photo: Arnold O'Neil
Composer Teddy Abrams was born in Berkeley in 1987 and was a member of the San Francisco Youth Symphony for seven seasons and a protégé of Michael Tilson Thomas from the age of eleven. In 2005 he became the youngest conducting student ever accepted at the Curtis Institute. Since 2014 Abrams has been Music Director of the Louisville Orchestra whom he conducts on a new recording with pianist Yuja Wang performing his own 2021 Piano Concerto.
Deutsche Grammophon quotes Abrams about the music: "I see this concerto as an opportunity for the piano to take us through what I think is one of the strengths of American culture: its plurality, its interconnectedness." The concerto is divided into eleven sections, including a swing-style big band overture, three solo cadenzas, Latin jazz-inspired "solos" and passages reminiscent of boogie-woogie, American gospel songs, or Broadway showstoppers. This Piano Concerto is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 12 in F major Opus 6
Musica Amphion; Pieter-Jan Belder, conductor
6:11 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 47 "The Palindrome" in G major
Hanover Band; Roy Goodman, conductor
6:39 a.m.
Lili Boulanger
Nocturne
Jacques Israelevich, violin; Stephanie Sebastian, piano
6:43 a.m.
Jules Massenet
Suite No. 4 "Picturesque Scenes" (Scenes pittoresques)
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; Jean-Yves Ossonce, conductor
7:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso "Alexander's Feast" in C major HWV 318
English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
7:14 a.m.
Dorothy Howell
Piano Concerto in D minor in D minor
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Rebecca Miller, conductor Danny Driver, piano
7:35 a.m.
Vincenzo Capirola
Renaissance Dances for Lute
Ronn McFarlane, lute
7:41 a.m.
Bengt Hallberg
Blacksmith's Tune
Scandinavian Brass Ensemble; Jorma Panula, conductor
7:46 a.m.
Jean-Baptiste Lully
March for the Turkish Ceremony
Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall, conductor
7:49 a.m.
Jean Sibelius
Spring Song
Lahti Symphony Orchestra; Osmo Vanska, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Keyboard Concerto No. 3 in D major BWV 1054
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Murray Perahia, conductor Murray Perahia, piano
8:17 a.m.
Kurt Atterberg
Symphony No. 4 "Sinfonia piccola" in G minor Opus 14
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra; Ari Rasilainen, conductor
8:39 a.m.
Hildegard von Bingen
O Virtus Sapientiae (Antiphon for Divine Wisdom)
iSing Silicon Valley Esteli Gomez, soprano
8:42 a.m.
John Williams
Jaws: Theme
London Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
8:47 a.m.
Edvard Grieg
Lyric Pieces: March of the Trolls Opus 54/3
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
8:51 a.m.
Gustav Holst
The Planets: Mars, Bringer of War Opus 32
Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Litton, conductor Wayne Marshall, organ
8:59 a.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Symphony No. 1 "Classical" in D major Opus 25
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
9:15 a.m.
Manuel Ponce
Giga
Horst Klee, guitar
9:18 a.m.
Bernhard Crusell
Sinfonia Concertante for clarinet, horn, bassoon and orchestra Opus 3
New York Scandia Symphony; Dorrit Matson, conductor Steven Hartman, clarinet; Marc Goldberg, bassoon; Peter Reit, horn
9:48 a.m.
Claude Debussy
Sacred and Profane Dances (Danses Sacree et Profane)
(unnamed string quintet) Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
10:00 a.m.
Edward MacDowell
Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor Opus 23
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Walter Hendl, conductor Van Cliburn, piano
10:28 a.m.
Gerardo Matos Rodriguez
La Cumparsita (Tango)
Xuefei Yang, guitar
10:32 a.m.
Aaron Copland
Cuban Dance (Danzon Cubano)
New World Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
10:40 a.m.
Edvard Grieg
String Quartet No. 2 (unfinished): II. Allegro scherzando in F major
Oslo Camerata; Stephan Barratt-Due, conductor
10:48 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 4 in A minor Opus 6/4 HWV 322
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor
11:00 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Serenade for Strings in C major Opus 48
East Coast Chamber Orchestra
11:32 a.m.
Johann Strauss, Sr.
Radetzky March Opus 228
Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra; Joseph Francek, conductor
11:36 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dance No. 8 in A minor
Staatskapelle Berlin; Otmar Suitner, conductor
11:41 a.m.
Clara Schumann
Four Fugitive Pieces Opus 15
Angela Cheng, piano
11:55 a.m.
Arthur Benjamin
Jamaican Rumba
Dusseldorf Symphony Orchestra; Yasuo Shinozaki, conductor Matthew Trusler, violin
11:58 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
SAMSON ET DELILA: Bacchanale Opus 47
Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, conductor
12:07 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Variations concertantes for cello & piano in D major Opus 17
Haruma Sato, cello; Wataru Hisasue, piano
12:17 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Trumpet Concerto in Eb major
National Philharmonic Orchestra; Raymond Leppard, conductor Wynton Marsalis, trumpet
12:33 p.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Five Pieces for Guitar: 2. Romantico
Franz Halasz, guitar
12:38 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major BWV 1050
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor
12:59 p.m.
Adolphe Adam
SI J'ETAIS ROI (If I were King) Overture
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
1:08 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
Lyric Pieces: Wedding Day at Troldhaugen Opus 65
Andrei Gavrilov, piano
1:14 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto No. 10 "The Hunt" in Bb major Opus 8 RV 362 (La Caccia)
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Simon Standage, violin
1:24 p.m.
Luigi Boccherini
Quintet for guitar and strings No. 3 in Bb major G 447
Artaria Quartet Richard Savino, guitar
1:49 p.m.
Leos Janacek
Moravian Dances
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra; Libor Pesek, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Teddy Abrams
Piano Concerto
Louisville Orchestra; Teddy Abrams, conductor Yuja Wang, piano
2:43 p.m.
Gaspar Sanz
Canarios
Chatham Baroque
2:47 p.m.
Giacomo Puccini
MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Humming Chorus (Act 2)
Philharmonia Orchestra; Giuseppi Sinopoli, conductor Ambrosian Opera Chorus
2:51 p.m.
Philip Glass
String Quartet No. 3 "Mishima": VI. Mishima Closing
Attacca Quartet
2:54 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Fugue "Little Fugue" in G minor BWV 578
Canadian Brass
2:59 p.m.
Gustav Holst
The Planets: Jupiter, the Bringer of Jolity Opus 32
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
3:08 p.m.
Tan Dun
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: The Eternal Vow
Shanghai Symphony Orchestra; Tan Dun, conductor Yo Yo Ma, cello
3:12 p.m.
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Quartet for clarinet and strings in Eb major S 78/WoO 5
L'Archibudelli Charles Neidich, clarinet
3:39 p.m.
Georges Bizet
L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2
Ulster Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
3:57 p.m.
Grace Williams
Hiraeth for Harp
Sandrine Chatron, harp
4:00 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 16 in D major K 451
English Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Tate, conductor Mitsuko Uchida, piano
4:24 p.m.
Roland Dyens
Tango En Skai (Immitation Leather Tango)
Jason Vieaux, guitar
4:28 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Fair Melusina Overture Opus 32
London Symphony Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor
4:40 p.m.
Amy Beach
Romance (1893) in D major Opus 23
Tasmin Little, violin; John Lenehan, piano
4:48 p.m.
John Williams
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom: Parade of the Slave Children
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
4:52 p.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
AIDA: Triumphal March from Act II
Orchester der Deutschen Oper; Giuseppi Sinopoli, conductor Chor der Deutschen oper Berlin
4:59 p.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
5:24 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Piano Sonata No. 3: III. (Variations on theme by Clara Wieck) in F minor Opus 14
Angela Cheng, piano
5:32 p.m.
Chris Brubeck
Affinity: Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra
Maryland Symphony Orchestra; Elisabeth Schulze, conductor Sharon Isbin, guitar
5:49 p.m.
Aaron Copland
In Evening Air
Lang Lang, piano
5:54 p.m.
Alfonso Montes
Milonga in the Style of Piazzolla (Milonga a Piazzolla)
Castellani Andriaccio Duo
5:59 p.m.
Igor Stravinsky
Petrushka
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Paavo Jarvi, conductor
6:35 p.m.
Malcolm Arnold
Four Scottish Dances Opus 59
Philharmonia Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor
6:45 p.m.
Juventino Rosas
Over the Waves (Sobre las olas)
Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas; Alondra de la Parra, conductor
6:50 p.m.
Bryce Dessner
Haven
MDH Quartet Katia and Marielle Labeque, piano duo; Bryce Dessner, electric guitar; David Chalmin, electric guitar
