Classical Music Playlist, June 21, 2023
The first half of Czech composer Josef Suk's life was happy. He was a favorite student of composer Antonín Dvořák whose daughter, Otilie, Suk married. But the dividing line in Suk's life was the devastating loss of both of them. After Dvořák died in 1904, Suk was writing his funeral symphony "Asrael" when Otilie also died in 1905. Suk wrote that the "Asrael" symphony became a dedication "to the exalted memory of Dvořák and Otilie." Two years after the 1907 premiere of the "Asrael," Suk composed his symphonic poem "A Summer's Tale" which he said was about "finding a soothing balm in nature." It’s today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Water Music Suite No. 3 in G major HWV 350
Orchestra of St. Luke's; Charles Mackerras, conductor
6:11 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
String Quartet "Sunrise" in Bb major Opus 76/4
Takacs Quartet
6:35 a.m.
Jeff Lambert
Chicago Summer
Minneapolis Guitar Quartet
6:40 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Oboe Quartet in F major K 370
Terzetto Paul Goodwin, oboe
7:00 a.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto for horn and strings in D major
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Barry Tuckwell, horn
7:09 a.m.
Arthur Foote
Piano Trio No. 2 in Bb major Opus 65
Neave Trio
7:32 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Rhapsody No. 3 in Ab major Opus 45
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Kurt Masur, conductor
7:46 a.m.
ANONYMOUS
Summer is icumen in
; Paul Hillier, conductor The Hilliard Ensemble
7:48 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Wedding March
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
7:53 a.m.
Florence Price
Symphony No. 3: III. Juba
Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
8:00 a.m.
George W. Chadwick
Symphonic Sketches: Jubilee
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
8:09 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Orchestral Suite "Mozartiana" in G major Opus 61
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
8:35 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Four Seasons: Summer (L'Estate) in G minor Opus 8/2 RV 315
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor Jeanne Lamon, violin
8:47 a.m.
John Williams
STAR WARS: Main Theme
London Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
8:53 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Overture K 492
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
8:59 a.m.
Samuel Barber
Summer Music Opus 31
Reykjavik Wind Quintet
9:12 a.m.
Richard Strauss
Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks Opus 28
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
9:27 a.m.
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Les Cyclopes ("Cyclops")
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
9:32 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
String Quartet No. 12 "American" in F major Opus 96
Emerson String Quartet
10:00 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
String Quintet No. 1: I. Allegro non troppo ma con brio in F major Opus 88
Takacs Quartet Lawrence Power, viola
10:11 a.m.
Clara Schumann
Scherzo No. 2 in C minor in C minor Opus 14
Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
10:17 a.m.
Frederick Delius
In a Summer Garden
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Richard Hickox, conductor
10:34 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Prelude in G minor in G minor Opus 23
Yuja Wang, piano
10:39 a.m.
Joseph Kraus
Viola Concerto in C major VB 153b
Tapiola Sinfonietta David Aaron Carpenter, viola
10:58 a.m.
Henri Vieuxtemps
Violin Concerto No. 4 in D minor Opus 31
German Chamber Philharmonic; Paavo Jarvi, conductor Hilary Hahn, violin
11:30 a.m.
William Grant Still
Summerland
Althea Waites, piano
11:36 a.m.
John Williams
Summon the Heroes
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
11:43 a.m.
Florence Price
Piano Concerto in One Movement
New York Youth Symphony; Michael Repper, conductor Michelle Cann, piano
11:51 a.m.
Luigi Boccherini
Quintet for guitar and strings No. 4: III. Fandango in D major G 448
Pacifica Quartet Sharon Isbin, guitar
11:59 a.m.
Hugo Alfven
Swedish Rhapsody No. 1 "Midsummer Night Vigil" Opus 19
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Paavo Berglund, conductor
12:13 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
12:19 p.m.
Joaquin Rodrigo
Concierto de Aranjuez
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Pepe Romero, guitar
12:44 p.m.
James Horner
Braveheart: End Credits
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor Eric Rigler, bagpipes
12:50 p.m.
Jose Moncayo
Huapango
Simon Bolivar Orchestra; Maximiano Valdez, conductor
12:59 p.m.
Pietro Locatelli
Concerto Grosso No. 5 in D major Opus 1/5
Europa Galante; Fabio Biondi, conductor
1:08 p.m.
Mahito Yokota
SUPER MARIO GALAXY: Gusty Garden Galaxy
London Philharmonic Orchestra
1:13 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 5 in Eb major Opus 82
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Simon Rattle, conductor
1:45 p.m.
Grace Williams
Sea Sketches: V. Calm Sea in Summer
English Chamber Orchestra; David Atherton, conductor
1:53 p.m.
Benjamin Britten
PETER GRIMES: Sea Interlude No. 4 "Storm" Opus 33a
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Paavo Jarvi, conductor
1:59 p.m.
Josef Suk
A Summer's Tale Opus 29
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; Libor Pesek, conductor
2:51 p.m.
Fernando Sor
Etude in G major Opus 29/11
Narciso Yepes, guitar
2:56 p.m.
H. T. Burleigh
Deep River
PubliQuartet Lara Downes, piano
3:00 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik in G major K 525
Tafelmusik; Bruno Weil, conductor
3:20 p.m.
Anton Webern
Im Sommerwind (In the Summer Wind)
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
3:35 p.m.
Carlos Chavez
Chapultepec Republican Overture
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Enrique Batiz, conductor
3:42 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Violin Concerto: III. Allegro, ma non tanto in D minor Opus 47
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; Klaus Makela, conductor Janine Jansen, violin
3:48 p.m.
Arturo Marquez
Danzon No. 2
Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
3:59 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture
London Symphony Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor
4:12 p.m.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Choros No. 5: Alma Brasileira
Assad Brothers Sergio Assad, guitar; Odair Assad, guitar
4:18 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Havanaise Opus 83
Vienna Symphony Orchestra; Manfred Honeck, conductor Maria Duenas, violin
4:29 p.m.
Claude Debussy
Images for Orchestra: Iberia
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
4:52 p.m.
Ethel Smyth
String Quartet: II. Allegro molto leggiero in E minor
Mannheim String Quartet
4:59 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Carnaval Opus 9
Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, conductor
5:10 p.m.
Joe Hisaishi
One Summer's Day (from Spirited Away)
London Symphony Orchestra; Roman Simovic, conductor Joe Hisaishi, piano
5:15 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major K 218
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Rachel Barton Pine, violin
5:39 p.m.
Earl Wild
Grand Fantasie on Porgy and Bess: Summertime (After G. Gershwin)
Reykjavik Orchestra; Viktor Orri Arnason, conductor Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
5:43 p.m.
Johann Neruda
Trumpet Concerto in Eb major
German Chamber Philharmonic; Thomas Klug, conductor Alison Balsom, trumpet
5:59 p.m.
Louise Farrenc
Trio for piano, flute, and cello in E minor Opus 45
Midsummer's Music
6:22 p.m.
Zoltan Kodaly
Summer Evening
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
6:40 p.m.
Max Richter
Summer
Berlin Chamber Orchestra; Andre de Ridder, conductor Daniel Hope, violin; Max Richter, moog synthesizer
6:54 p.m.
Valerie Coleman
Portraits of Langston: VI. Harlem's Summer Night
McGill/McHale Trio Demarre McGill, flute; Anthony McGill, clarinet; Michael McHale, piano
