Classical Music Playlist, June 27, 2023
Music writers have called Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 24 in C-minor his greatest ever and even THE greatest piano concerto ever written. One of only two piano concertos Mozart wrote in a minor key, Beethoven admired it and may have influenced his own Piano Concerto No. 3, also in C-minor, and Brahms referred to it as a "masterpiece of art and full of inspired ideas" and composed his own cadenza for the first movement. With John O'Conor as the soloist, Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 24 is today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Francesco Geminiani
Concerto Grosso No. 3 in C major Opus 7/3
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Iona Brown, conductor
6:09 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 59 "Fire" in A major
Heidelberg Symphony; Thomas Fey, conductor
6:32 a.m.
George Gershwin
Three Preludes: 1 & 2
Sharon Isbin, guitar
6:39 a.m.
Ottorino Respighi
Ancient Airs and Dances: Suite No. 2
Sinfonia 21; Richard Hickox, conductor
7:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto, Op. 4, No. 4 in A minor Opus 4/4 RV 357
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Simon Standage, violin
7:08 a.m.
Clara Schumann
Piano Concerto in A minor Opus 7
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; Holly Mathieson, conductor Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
7:31 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Havanaise Opus 83
Vienna Symphony Orchestra; Manfred Honeck, conductor Maria Duenas, violin
7:43 a.m.
Ethel Smyth
Serenade in D: II. Scherzo. Allegro vivace in D major
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Odaline de la Martinez, conductor Tasmin Little, violin; John Lenehan, piano
7:50 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto: III. Allegro vivacissimo (Finale) in D major Opus 35
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Bernard Haitink, conductor Henryk Szeryng, violin
8:01 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
My Home Overture Opus 62
Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
8:12 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major K 453
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra; Leif Ove Andsnes, conductor Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
8:41 a.m.
Paquito D'Rivera
Aires Tropicales: VI. Contradanza
Imani Winds
8:44 a.m.
Edvard Grieg
Peer Gynt Suite No. 1: Morning Mood Opus 23
Staatskapelle Dresden; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
8:48 a.m.
Edvard Grieg
PEER GYNT: In the Hall of the Mountain King Opus 23
Staatskapelle Dresden; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
8:52 a.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
African Suite: African Dance Opus 35/4
Chineke! Orchestra; Kevin John Edusei, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor Opus 92/2
Munich Piano Trio
9:36 a.m.
Edgar Meyer & Chris Thile
Look Away
Joshua Bell, violin; Chris Thile, mandolin; Edgar Meyer, bass
9:42 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Bassoon Concerto in A minor in A minor RV 497
I Musici Klaus Thunemann, bassoon
9:52 a.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Romeo & Juliet: Dance of the Knights Opus 64
Boston Ballet Orchestra; Jonathan McPhee, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Gabriel Faure
Masques and Bergamasques Opus 112
Seattle Symphony; Ludovic Morlot, conductor
10:15 a.m.
Hildegard von Bingen
O Virtus Sapientiae (Antiphon for Divine Wisdom)
iSing Silicon Valley Esteli Gomez, soprano
10:19 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sinfonia Concertante for winds and orchestra in Eb major K 297b
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Libor Pesek, conductor Radomir Pivoda, flute; Jiri Mihule, oboe; Zdenek Tylsar, horn; Frantisek Herman, bassoon
10:45 a.m.
John Adams
Pavane: She's So Fine (from John's Book of Alleged Dances)
Attacca Quartet
10:53 a.m.
Mily Balakirev
Mazurka No. 4 in Gb major
Joseph Banowetz, piano
10:59 a.m.
Howard Hanson
MERRY MOUNT suite
The Nashville Symphony; Kenneth Schermerhorn, conductor
11:18 a.m.
Leo Brouwer
Afro-Cuban Lullaby (Cancion de Cuna: Berceuse)
Pablo Sainz Villegas, guitar
11:23 a.m.
Ferdinand Ries
Piano Concerto No. 4 in C minor Opus 115
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Uwe Grodd, conductor Christopher Hinterhuber, piano
11:49 a.m.
Jean Sibelius
Karelia Suite: III. Alla Marcia Opus 11
Philharmonia Orchestra; Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
11:55 a.m.
Georges Bizet
CARMEN: Toreador song
London Symphony Orchestra; Neville Marriner, conductor
11:59 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Oboe Concerto in F major BWV 1053R
Chamber Orchestra of Europe Douglas Boyd, oboe
12:20 p.m.
George Enescu
Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A major Opus 11
National Orchestra of France; Cristian Macelaru, conductor Yuja Wang, piano
12:23 p.m.
Lalo Schifrin
from La Nouvelle Orleans
Imani Winds
12:28 p.m.
Amy Beach
FOUR SKETCHES: #2. Phantoms. #3. Dreaming
Anna Shelest, piano
12:36 p.m.
Maurice Ravel
Le tombeau de Couperin (The tomb of Couperin)
Lyon National Orchestra; Emmanuel Krivine, conductor
12:54 p.m.
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Tambourin
Christopher O'Riley, piano
12:56 p.m.
Tielmann Susato
La Mourisque
University of Texas Wind Ensemble; Jerry Junkin, conductor
1:00 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Flute Concerto No. 3 "The Goldfinch" (Il Gardellino) in D major Opus 10 RV 428
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Patrick Gallois, flute
1:10 p.m.
Rebecca Clarke
Cello Sonata: I. Impetuoso
Raphael Wallfisch, cello; John York, piano
1:18 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Rosamunde Overture Opus 26 D 797 (The Magic Harp)
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
1:30 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
String Quartet "Quinten" (Fifths) in D minor Opus 76/2
Takacs Quartet
1:51 p.m.
Andrew York
Spin
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
2:00 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor K 491
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor John O'Conor, piano
2:29 p.m.
Claude Debussy
Reverie
Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
2:34 p.m.
Dorothy Howell
Lamia
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Rumon Gamba, conductor Sophie Langdon, violin; Richard Watkins, horn
2:51 p.m.
Florence Price
Fantasie Negre No. 4 in B minor
Michelle Cann, piano
3:00 p.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto for flute, strings and continuo in G major
Berlin Baroque Soloists; Rainer Kussmaul, conductor Emmanuel Pahud, flute
3:10 p.m.
Francesco Tristano
Toccata
Arctic Philharmonic; Christian Kluxen, conductor Francesco Tristano, piano
3:17 p.m.
Alexander Scriabin
Symphony No. 4 "The Poem of Ecstasy" Opus 54
Kansas City Symphony; Michael Stern, conductor
3:37 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake: Scene (Act II) Opus 20
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Herbert von Karajan, conductor
3:40 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake: Dance of the Little Swans (Act II) Opus 20
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Herbert von Karajan, conductor
3:43 p.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Piano Concerto No. 1 in Db major Opus 10
Montreal Symphony Orchestra; Charles Dutoit, conductor Martha Argerich, piano
4:00 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 8: IV. Finale in G major Opus 88
Berlin Philharmonic; Rafael Kubelik, conductor Bomsori Kim, violin
4:10 p.m.
Agustin Barrios
Vals (Waltz) No. 4 in G major Opus 8/4
Jason Vieaux, guitar
4:16 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Trumpet Concerto in Eb major
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Hakan Hardenberger, trumpet
4:31 p.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Fast Blue Village 2
Del Sol String Quartet
4:37 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 35 "Haffner": IV. Finale (Presto) in D major K 385
English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
4:42 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Violin Concerto: III. Rondo - Allegro in D major Opus 61
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Bernard Haitink, conductor Henryk Szeryng, violin
4:54 p.m.
Michael Torke
Bright Blue Music
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; David Zinman, conductor
5:04 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major BWV 1068
La Petite Bande; Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor
5:25 p.m.
Fernando Sor
Etude No. 17 in E minor Opus 6/11
Pablo Sainz Villegas, guitar
5:30 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Carnival of the Animals
Philharmonia Orchestra; Sir Charles Groves, conductor Leslie Pearson, piano; Michael Reeves, piano; George Ives, cello; Kenneth Smith, flute
5:54 p.m.
Bela Bartok
Concerto for Orchestra: IV. Interrupted Intermezzo
Helsinki Philharmonic; Susanna Malkki, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 1 in F# minor Opus 1
Cleveland Orchestra; Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
6:29 p.m.
Maurice Ravel
String Quartet: II. Assez vif. Tres Rythme in F major
Verona String Quartet
6:37 p.m.
Jennifer Higdon
blue cathedral
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Robert Spano, conductor
6:50 p.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Adios Nonino
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Ettore Stratta, conductor El Quinteto Buenos Aires
6:55 p.m.
Alexandra Streliski
The hills
Alexandra Streliski, piano
