Classical Music Playlist, July 11, 2023
In 1789 Mozart met the King of Prussia, Friedrich Wilhelm II (the amateur cellist second son of Frederick the Great), who was impressed and commissioned six string quartets. Mozart completed only three and noted only one in his personal catalog as being written "for his Majesty the King of Prussia." Mozart had become sidetracked with writing his opera Cosi fan tutte but eventually wrote two more quartets for the commission without specifically noting the other two were for the King. Still, the three are now referred to as the "Prussian Quartets," and that first, the String Quartet No. 21 (K. 575) is today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Tomaso Albinoni
Concerto for trumpet, 3 oboes, 2 bassoons in C major
Chamber Ensemble; Bob Van Asperen, conductor Wolfgang Basch, trumpet; Bob van Asperen, harpsichord
6:10 a.m.
Jan Dussek
Harp Concerto in Eb major Opus 15
Mantova Orchestra; Vittorio Parisi, conductor Roberta Alessandrini, harp
6:36 a.m.
Arthur Foote
Sarabande and Rigaudon Opus 60
Fenwick Smith, flute; Randall Hodgkinson, piano; Marcus Thompson, viola
6:45 a.m.
Daniel-Francois Auber
Rondo for cello and orchestra
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Roberto Paternostro, conductor Martin Ostertag, cello
6:59 a.m.
Grace Williams
Fantasia on Welsh Nursery Tunes
London Symphony Orchestra; Sir Charles Groves, conductor
7:11 a.m.
Alexander Borodin
Symphony No. 2 in B minor
Berlin Philharmonic; Simon Rattle, conductor
7:41 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Intermezzo in Eb major Opus 117/1
Benjamin Grosvenor, piano
7:47 a.m.
Jessie Montgomery
Strum
Catalyst Quartet
7:55 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Rustic Concerto (Concerto "alla Rustica") in G major RV 151
Guildhall String Ensemble
8:01 a.m.
Gustav Holst
St. Paul's Suite Opus 29/2
City of London Sinfonia; Richard Hickox, conductor
8:15 a.m.
Franz Liszt
Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major
Bergen Philharmonic; Dmitri Kitayenko, conductor Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
8:37 a.m.
Peter Philips
Bassano Pavan and Galliard
Parley of Instruments
8:40 a.m.
Tielmann Susato
La Mourisque
University of Texas Wind Ensemble; Jerry Junkin, conductor
8:43 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Piano Trio: IV. Finale in D minor
Nash Ensemble
8:50 a.m.
Aaron Copland
Outdoor Overture
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
9:01 a.m.
Robert Schumann
Concertpiece for 4 horns & orchestra in F major Opus 86
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor Members of...
9:20 a.m.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Prelude no. 1 in E minor
Julian Bream, guitar
9:25 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C major BWV 1066
La Petite Bande; Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor
9:49 a.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
DIE FLEDERMAUS Overture (The Bat)
Berlin Philharmonic; Herbert Von Karajan, conductor
10:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 10 in D minor Opus 6/10 HWV 328
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor
10:14 a.m.
Earl Wild
Grand Fantasie on Porgy and Bess: Summertime (After G. Gershwin)
Reykjavik Orchestra; Viktor Orri Arnason, conductor Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
10:18 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 36 "Linz" in C major K 425
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
10:52 a.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
11:00 a.m.
Jean-Philippe Rameau
The Temple of Glory: Suite II (Le temple de la gloire)
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
11:17 a.m.
R. Carlos Nakai
Passages: II. We All Dance
R. Carlos Nakai, Native American flute; Luis Engelke, trumpet; William Eaton, harp guitar; Will Clipman, percussion
11:24 a.m.
Hamilton Harty
John Field Suite
Ulster Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor
11:44 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Four Seasons: Winter (L'Inverno) in F minor Opus 8 RV 297
...and friends Janine Jansen, violin
11:54 a.m.
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Quintet for Guitar and String Quartet: IV. Finale Op 143
Pacifica Quartet Sharon Isbin, guitar
12:01 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor Opus 25
London Mozart Players; Howard Shelley, conductor Howard Shelley, piano
12:22 p.m.
Mel Bonis
Femmes de Legende: Phoebe Opus 30
Kyra Steckeweh, piano
12:26 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Havanaise Opus 83
Vienna Symphony Orchestra; Manfred Honeck, conductor Maria Duenas, violin
12:38 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
Voces8; Eric Whitacre, conductor Nelson Freire, piano
12:43 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Les Preludes (Symphonic Poem #3) S 97
Philadelphia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
1:01 p.m.
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Overture
Polish National Radio Orchestra; Antoni Wit, conductor
1:12 p.m.
John Playford
Johney Cock Thy Beaver: A Scotch Tune to a Ground
David Douglass, violin; Paul O'Dette, theorbo; Andrew Lawrence-King, harp
1:16 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 21 "Waldstein" in C major Opus 53
John O'Conor, piano
1:40 p.m.
Henriette Renie
Dance of the Elves (Danse des Lutins)
Xavier de Maistre, harp
1:45 p.m.
Jon Terryl "Terry" Plumeri
Windflower
Moscow Philharmonic; Jon Terryl "Terry" Plumeri, conductor Sara Watkins, oboe
2:00 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quartet No. 21 in D major K 575
Quartetto Italiano
2:26 p.m.
Ethel Smyth
THE BOATSWAIN'S MATE: Overture
BBC National Orchestra of Wales; Rumon Gamba, conductor
2:33 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major Opus 11
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor Nikolai Demidenko, piano
2:54 p.m.
Charles-Marie Widor
Organ Symphony No. 5: Toccata Opus 42
Simon Preston, organ
3:01 p.m.
Franz Von Suppe
Light Cavalry Overture
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
3:09 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
String Quintet No. 1: I. Allegro non troppo ma con brio in F major Opus 88
Takacs Quartet Lawrence Power, viola
3:21 p.m.
Carter Burwell
Rob Roy: Robert & Mary
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor Eric Rigler, bagpipes
3:26 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 7 in C major Opus 105
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
3:48 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Piano Concerto No. 1: III. Rondo in E minor Opus 11
Mahler Chamber Orchestra; Mikhail Pletnev, conductor Daniil Trifonov, piano
3:59 p.m.
Antonio Rosetti
Concerto for horn in D minor C 38
Prague Chamber Orchestra Radek Baborak, horn
4:21 p.m.
Claude Debussy
The Girl with the Flaxen Hair (from Preludes, Book I: No. 8)
Pablo Sainz Villegas, guitar
4:25 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto: III. Allegro vivacissimo (Finale) in D major Opus 35
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Bernard Haitink, conductor Henryk Szeryng, violin
4:36 p.m.
Clara Schumann
Three Romances for Piano: I. Andante Opus 11
Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
4:41 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
St. Anthony Variations in Bb major Opus 56
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
4:59 p.m.
Samuel Barber
School for Scandal Overture
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
5:09 p.m.
Teresa Carreno
Un reve en mer A dream at sea
Sarah Cahill, piano
5:15 p.m.
Mauro Giuliani
Guitar Concerto No. 1 in A major Opus 30
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Pepe Romero, guitar
5:39 p.m.
Hubert Parry
Symphonic Variations
Scottish National Orchestra; Andrew Penny, conductor
5:53 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Song without Words for cello and piano Opus 109
Haruma Sato, cello; Wataru Hisasue, piano
5:59 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Symphony No. 3 "Organ" in C minor Opus 78
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor James O'Donnell, organ
6:35 p.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Suite Espanola: No. 4 "Cadiz" Opus 47
Jason Vieaux, guitar
6:41 p.m.
Gabriela Lena Frank
Four Folk Songs: III. Serenata
Claremont Trio
6:46 p.m.
Morton Gould
American Caprice
Lara Downes, piano
6:52 p.m.
John C. Williams
Aeolian Suite: Double Dance
Studio Orchestra; William Goodchild, conductor John Williams, guitar
6:54 p.m.
Amjad Ali Khan
Love Avalanche
Sharon Isbin, guitar; Ayaan Ali Bangash, sarod; Amit Kavthekar, tabla
