Classical Music Playlist, July 18, 2023
Though Richard Strauss later withdrew section titles that give a narrative to his autobiographical tone poem, “Ein Heldenleben” (“A Hero’s Life”), the epic nature of a hero at battle remains within the music. That battle, as he originally described, was Strauss’s battles with critics over his music. Strauss depicts himself as heroic in the opening movement, musically belittles critics in the second, introduces his beloved wife (“The Hero’s Companion” movement) in the third, sounds of battle emerge in the fourth and, in the fifth movement, Strauss makes numerous quotes of his previous tone poems Don Quixote, Don Juan, Also sprach Zarathustra, and more (“The Hero’s Works of Peace” of this movement’s original title) then in the final movement the hero retires, satisfied, into rest with his beloved companion.
Critics declared the work a gross demonstration of egotism. Strauss denied that his intent was to call himself a "hero." About the third movement, however, titled "The Hero's Companion," Strauss told one writer in 1924 that, "It’s my real-life wife, Pauline, whom I wanted to portray. She is very complex, very much a woman, a little depraved, something of a flirt, never twice alike, every moment different from what she was the moment before."
“Ein Heldenleben” is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto No. 1 "a due cori" in Bb major HWV 332
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
6:16 a.m.
Jan Kalliwoda
Symphony No. 2 in Eb major Opus 17
Cologne Academy; Michael Alexander Willens, conductor
6:44 a.m.
Henriette Renie
Legende
Xavier de Maistre, harp
6:55 a.m.
Jean-Baptiste Lully
Chaconne in G major
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor
7:00 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Concert Rondo "Krakowiak" in F major Opus 14
Polish Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra; Tadeusz Wojciechowski, conductor Tatiana Shebanova, piano
7:16 a.m.
Reinhold Gliere
Horn Concerto in Bb major Opus 91
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Kurt Masur, conductor Hermann Baumann, horn
7:41 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Song without Words for cello and piano Opus 109
Haruma Sato, cello; Wataru Hisasue, piano
7:47 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Coriolan Overture in C minor Opus 62
London Classical Players; Roger Norrington, conductor
7:55 a.m.
Ruth Crawford (Seeger)
Rissolty Rossolty
Schonberg Ensemble; Oliver Knussen, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Richard Strauss
Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks Opus 28
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Manfred Honeck, conductor
8:15 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F minor Opus 73
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Andrew Marriner, clarinet
8:37 a.m.
Claude Debussy
The Girl with the Flaxen Hair (from Preludes, Book I: No. 8)
Pablo Sainz Villegas, guitar
8:40 a.m.
Gentil Montana
Suite Colombiana No. 2: IV. Porro
Jose Antonio Escobar, guitar
8:45 a.m.
Malcolm Arnold
Four Scottish Dances Opus 59
Philharmonia Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor
8:54 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G minor
Berlin Philharmonic; Claudio Abbado, conductor
8:58 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major Opus 81
Emerson String Quartet Menahem Pressler, piano
9:39 a.m.
Florence Price
Symphony No. 3: III. Juba
Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
9:46 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Sinfonia in G minor RV 157
Bach Sinfonia; Daniel Abraham, conductor
9:52 a.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Fast Blue Village 2
Del Sol String Quartet
10:00 a.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 6 in F major Opus 6
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
10:14 a.m.
Zenobia Powell Perry; Josephine Gandolfi, arr.
Tawawa House Suite: 3. Sunday Dance Tune
Josephine Gandolfi, piano; Deanne Tucker, piano
10:17 a.m.
August Soderman
Concert Overture in F major
Norrlands Opera Symphony Orchestra; Roy Goodman, conductor
10:26 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Sleeping Beauty Suite Opus 66
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Herbert Von Karajan, conductor
10:49 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Variations on Ah, vous dirai-je, maman K 265
Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
10:59 a.m.
Aleksandra Pakhmutova
Trumpet Concerto
Moscow Chamber Orchestra; Constantine Orbelian, conductor Bibi Black, trumpet
11:15 a.m.
Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 6 in D minor Opus 104
London Symphony Orchestra; Colin Davis, conductor
11:42 a.m.
Alexander Zhuk
Ukrainian Rhapsody
Anna Shelest, piano
11:50 a.m.
John Williams
STAR WARS - THE FORCE AWAKENS: The Jedi Steps and Finale
Studio Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 94 "Surprise" in G major
Heidelberg Symphony; Thomas Fey, conductor
12:25 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Piano Concerto: II. Intermezzo in A minor Opus 54
San Francisco Ballet Orchestra; Martin West, conductor Lara Downes, piano
12:32 p.m.
Ethel Smyth
String Quintet in E major: III. Scherzo - Allegro Vivace in E major Opus 1
Mannheim String Quartet
12:39 p.m.
Ernst von Dohnanyi
Symphonic Minutes Opus 36
Buffalo Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
12:55 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Prelude in C-sharp minor in C# minor Opus 3/2
Sergei Rachmaninoff, piano
1:00 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 9 in F major Opus 6/9 HWV 327
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor
1:14 p.m.
Madeleine Dring
Colour Suite: IV. Blue Air
Sarah Cahill, piano
1:19 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance No. 6 in D major Opus 46
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor
1:24 p.m.
Bernhard Crusell
Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in Eb major Opus 1
Cologne Academy; Michael Alexander Willens, conductor Eric Hoeprich, clarinet
1:48 p.m.
Joe Hisaishi
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Winds (Suite)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; The Bach Choir; Joe Hisaishi, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Richard Strauss
A Hero's Life (Ein Heldenleben) Opus 40
Berlin Philharmonic; Herbert Von Karajan, conductor Leon Spierer, violin
2:47 p.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Melodie (Allegretto) No. 2 in C# minor Opus 4/2
Betty Ann Miller, piano
2:49 p.m.
Lili Boulanger
Nocturne
Janine Jansen, violin; Itamar Golan, piano
2:54 p.m.
Florence Price
Symphony No. 1: III. Juba Dance in E minor
Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
2:59 p.m.
Marianne Martinez
Piano Concerto in A Major in A major
Orqueste Filarmonia Iberica; Melani Mestre, conductor Melani Mestre, piano
3:15 p.m.
Jean-Michel Blais
passepied
Jean-Michel Blais, piano; ...and friends
3:19 p.m.
Santiago de Murcia
Villanos
Richard Savino, guitar; Mauro ReFosco, percussion; Yousif Sheronick, percussion
3:22 p.m.
Kurt Atterberg
Horn Concerto Opus 28
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Gerard Oskamp, conductor Albert Linder, horn
3:42 p.m.
Aram Khachaturian
Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus & Phrygia
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Aram Khachaturian, conductor
3:53 p.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
African Suite: African Dance Opus 35/4
Chineke! Orchestra; Kevin John Edusei, conductor
4:00 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in D minor BWV 1052
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; James Judd, conductor Jean Louis Steuerman, piano
4:24 p.m.
Dmitri Shostakovich
Symphony No. 5: II. Allegretto in D minor Opus 47
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
4:30 p.m.
Enrique Granados
Danzas espanolas No. 10 "Triste"
Eduardo Fernandez, guitar
4:34 p.m.
Camargo Mozart Guarnieri
Brazilian Dance (Dansa Brasiliera)
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
4:38 p.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto for flute, strings and continuo in G major
Berlin Baroque Soloists; Rainer Kussmaul, conductor Emmanuel Pahud, flute
4:48 p.m.
Amilcare Ponchielli
LA GIOCONDA: Dance of the Hours
Philadelphia Orchestra; Eugene Ormandy, conductor
5:00 p.m.
Alexander Arutiunian
Trumpet Concerto
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Lawrence Renes, conductor Alison Balsom, trumpet
5:17 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 96 "Miracle" in D major
English Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Tate, conductor
5:41 p.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Re-Inventions: Re-Invention No. 1
La Pieta; Angele Dubeau, conductor
5:46 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1: III. final movement in Bb minor Opus 23
Berlin Philharmonic; Herbert Von Karajan, conductor Evgeny Kissin, piano
5:55 p.m.
Bela Bartok
Dance Suite: III. Allegro vivace SZ 77
Hungarian State Orchestra; Janos Ferencsik, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Reynaldo Hahn
Quintet for strings and piano in F# minor
Parisii Quartet Alexandre Tharaud, piano
6:27 p.m.
Jacques Ibert
Divertissement
Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Eduardo Mata, conductor
6:43 p.m.
Joe Hisaishi
Princess Mononoke Suite (from Princess Mononoke)
New Japan World Dream Orchestra; Joe Hisaishi, conductor Joe Hisaishi, piano
6:52 p.m.
Edward K. (Duke) Ellington
In a Sentimental Mood
Rachel Barton Pine, violin; Matthew Hagle, piano
6:56 p.m.
Sebastian Iradier
La Paloma the dove
Pablo Sainz Villegas, guitar
