Classical Music Playlist, July 4, 2023
Grand Canyon | Image by cecilevanmeensel from Pixabay
For this Independence Day, take a musical trip to the Grand Canyon and see its changing colors at sunrise and sunset, ride a burro down a trail, and take cover during a thunderstorm! Ferde Grofé’s “Grand Canyon Suite” is today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Keyboard Concerto No. 7 in G minor BWV 1058
Australian Chamber Orchestra Angela Hewitt, piano
6:14 a.m.
Josef Reicha
Concerto for two horns in Eb major Opus 5
Suk Chamber Orchestra Jindrich Petras, horn; Jiri Havlik, horn
6:34 a.m.
Scott Joplin
Bethena: A Concert Waltz
Giovanni DeChiaro, guitar
6:40 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Sonata No. 12 in F major K 332 (FROM THE RUSSELL KLETZING COLLECTION)
Mitsuko Uchida, piano
7:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Chamber Concerto in F major RV 99
Camerata Koln
7:08 a.m.
Johan Halvorsen
Ancient Suite (Suite ancienne) Opus 31a
Bergen Philharmonic; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
7:34 a.m.
ANONYMOUS
Folia: Rodrigo Martinez
Jordi Savall, viola da gamba
7:41 a.m.
Florence Price
Symphony No. 1: I. Allegro ma non troppo in E minor
Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
8:00 a.m.
John Knowles Paine
Symphony No. 2 "In the Spring": II. Scherzo (May-Night Fantasy) in A major Opus 34
Ulster Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
8:11 a.m.
William Grant Still
Symphony No. 5 "Western Hemisphere"
Fort Smith Symphony; John Jeter, conductor
8:32 a.m.
Adam Larrabee
24 Preludes for Banjo: No. 6 "Presto" in c# minor
John Bullard, banjo
8:34 a.m.
Adam Larrabee
24 Preludes for Banjo: No. 9 "Cakewalk" in Ab major
John Bullard, banjo
8:36 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue (from the Well-Tempered Clavier I:17) in Ab major BWV 862
Andras Schiff, piano
8:41 a.m.
George Gershwin
An American in Paris
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
9:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Music for the Royal Fireworks HWV 351
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
9:19 a.m.
Tessa Lark
Applachian Fantasy
Tessa Lark, violin
9:24 a.m.
Bear McCreary
Battlestar Galactica: The Shape of Things to Come
studio ensemble; Bear McCreary, conductor
9:27 a.m.
Paul Hindemith
Symphonic Metamorphosis: IV. March
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Randall Goosby, violin
9:44 a.m.
Aaron Copland
Symphony No. 3: IV. Molto deliberato (Fanfare) - Allegro risoluto
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Catrin Finch
Celtic Concerto
Sinfonia Cymru; John Rutter, conductor Catrin Finch, harp
10:13 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 10 (for two pianos) in Eb major K 365
English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor Malcolm Bilson, fortepiano; Robert Levin, piano
10:39 a.m.
Arvid Kleven
Lotusland
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra (sta VAHN ger); Susanna Malkki, conductor
10:54 a.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
NABUCCO: Va, pensiero
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor Chicago Symphony Chorus
11:00 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral": I. Allegro ma non troppo in F major Opus 68
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
11:12 a.m.
Amy Beach
Piano Concerto in C# minor Opus 45
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Rebecca Miller, conductor Danny Driver, piano
11:48 a.m.
ANONYMOUS
Fool's Entr'acte
Convivium Musicum
11:49 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Gigue in E major BWV 1006a
Sharon Isbin, guitar
11:52 a.m.
Philip Glass
Powaqqatsi (Film Score): Anthem 1
Philip Glass Ensemble; MIchael Reisman, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Aaron Copland
Fanfare for the Common Man
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
12:05 p.m.
Michael Torke
Sky
Albany Symphony Orchestra; David Alan Miller, conductor Tessa Lark, violin
12:30 p.m.
Leo Brouwer
Afro-Cuban Lullaby (Cancion de Cuna: Berceuse)
Pablo Sainz Villegas, guitar
12:34 p.m.
William Grant Still
Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American"
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
12:59 p.m.
John Williams
E.T.: Adventures on Earth
Los Angeles Recording Arts Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
1:10 p.m.
Randall Thompson
Symphony No. 2 in E minor
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
1:39 p.m.
Cesare Negri
A Renaisance dance (1)
The Broadside Band; Jeremy Barlow, conductor
1:41 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue (from the Well-Tempered Clavier I:02) in C minor BWV 847
Vikingur Olafsson, piano
1:45 p.m.
Arnold Bax
Tintagel
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Osmo Vanska, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Ferde Grofe
Grand Canyon Suite
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
2:32 p.m.
Ron Nelson
Sonoran Desert Holiday
Dallas Wind Symphony; Jerry Junkin, conductor
2:43 p.m.
Francesco Tristano
Toccata
Arctic Philharmonic; Christian Kluxen, conductor Francesco Tristano, piano
2:47 p.m.
Clara Schumann
Variations on a theme by Robert Schumann Opus 20
Sarah Cahill, piano
3:00 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto, Op. 4, No. 9 in F major Opus 4/9 RV 284
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Simon Standage, violin; Micaela Comberti, violin; Jane Coe, cello
3:08 p.m.
Samuel Barber
Symphony No. 1 Opus 9
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
3:31 p.m.
Amy Beach
Piano Trio in A minor Opus 150
Neave Trio
3:47 p.m.
John McLaughlin
"The Mediterranean" Concerto for Guitar: 1st movement
London Symphony Orchestra; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor John McLaughlin, guitar
4:00 p.m.
Aaron Copland
Appalachian Spring
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
4:25 p.m.
Ricardo Castro
Piano Concerto: III. Polonaise in A minor Opus 22
Orquesta Sinf�nica de Miner�a (OSM); Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor Jorge Federico Osorio, piano
4:34 p.m.
Carlos Chavez
Symphony No. 2 "Sinfonia India"
New World Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
4:47 p.m.
Henry F. Gilbert
The Dance in Place Congo (Symphonic Poem)
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Calvin Simmons, conductor
5:00 p.m.
Florence Price
Dances in the Canebrakes
Chicago Sinfonietta; Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
5:10 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
American Suite in A major Opus 98
Prague Philharmonia; Jakub Hrusa, conductor
5:34 p.m.
Adam Larrabee
24 Preludes for Banjo: No. 8 "80s Rock Groove" in eb minor
John Bullard, banjo
5:36 p.m.
Philip Glass
Etude 2
Vikingur Olafsson, piano
5:43 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
1812 Overture Opus 49
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor
5:59 p.m.
Aaron Copland
Rodeo
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
6:19 p.m.
Florence Price
Piano Concerto in One Movement
New York Youth Symphony; Michael Repper, conductor Michelle Cann, piano
6:37 p.m.
Edward K. (Duke) Ellington
It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got that Swing)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Simon Rattle, conductor Various soloists
6:47 p.m.
Vladimir Martynov
The Beatitudes
Kronos Quartet
6:52 p.m.
Bill Evans
Peace Piece
Igor Levit, piano
