Classical Music Playlist, July 24, 2023
The opening notes of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4 belong to the piano alone.
Beethoven opens his Piano Concerto No. 4 not with a traditional orchestral introduction but with a solo piano; and not even dramatically, but “softly, sweetly” as he noted in the score [“piano, dolce”]. No one had ever started right off with the solo instrument before. The public premiere of this Concerto was also a notable marathon event: in a 4-½ hour concert Beethoven also gave world premieres of his 5th and 6th symphonies, his “Choral Fantasy” and more. It was also his final performance as a piano soloist in a work with orchestra because of his worsening hearing loss. Beethoven’s Piano Concerto #4 is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for lute and 2 violins in D major RV 93
Bach Sinfonia; Daniel Abraham, conductor Ronn McFarlane, lute; C. Ann Loud, violin; Marlisa del Cid Woods, violin
6:11 a.m.
Carel Anton Fodor
Symphony No. 3 in C minor Opus 19
Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra; Anthony Halstead, conductor
6:40 a.m.
Connor Chee
Navajo Vocable No. 4
Angelica Hairston, harp
6:45 a.m.
Christoph Forster
Horn Concerto in Eb major ICF 6
St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble Stewart Rose, horn
6:59 a.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Oboe Concerto
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; Vernon Handley, conductor Jonathan Small, oboe
7:18 a.m.
Florence Price
Piano Concerto in One Movement
New York Youth Symphony; Michael Repper, conductor Michelle Cann, piano
7:36 a.m.
Jean-Philippe Rameau
PYGMALION: Overture
Concert Royal Orchestra; James Richman, conductor
7:41 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
French Military March Opus 60 (Suite Algerienne: Marche militaire francaise)
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Geoffrey Simon, conductor
7:47 a.m.
Dario Marianelli
Pride & Predjudice Suite: The Living Sculptures of Pemberly
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
7:51 a.m.
Luigi Boccherini
Quintet for guitar and strings No. 4: III. Fandango in D major G 448
Pacifica Quartet Sharon Isbin, guitar
8:00 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Oberon Overture J 306
Hanover Band; Roy Goodman, conductor
8:10 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 39 in Eb major K 543
Prague Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
8:40 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
8:49 a.m.
Pat Metheny
Last Train Home (Prelude)
Jason Vieaux, guitar
8:54 a.m.
Hector Berlioz
Damnation of Faust: Hungarian March Opus 24
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; David Zinman, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Cello Sonata No. 2 in D major Opus 58
Haruma Sato, cello; Wataru Hisasue, piano
9:27 a.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Petite Suite de Concert: II. Demande et response Opus 77
Chineke! Orchestra; Anthony Parnther, conductor
9:34 a.m.
Francesco Molino
Guitar Concerto in E minor Opus 56
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Iona Brown, conductor Pepe Romero, guitar
10:00 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Fantasia and Fugue in A minor in A minor BWV 904
Vikingur Olafsson, piano
10:10 a.m.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4: I. Preludio W284 Introdu��o
Nelson Freire, piano
10:14 a.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Morning Papers Opus 279 (Morgenblatter)
Polish State Philharmonic; Johannes Wildner, conductor
10:26 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Symphony No. 1 in C major Opus 19
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
10:52 a.m.
Wilhelm Stenhammar
Sentimental Romance No. 2 in F minor Opus 28/2
Royal Swedish Chamber Orchestra; Niklas Willen, conductor Tobias Ringborg, violin
10:59 a.m.
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
Frosoblomster, Suite No. 1 (The Flowers of Froso) op. 16
Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra; Michail Jurowski, conductor
11:18 a.m.
Scott Joplin
Bethena: A Concert Waltz
Giovanni DeChiaro, guitar
11:24 a.m.
Ernest Chausson
Poeme
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France; Mikko Franck, conductor Hilary Hahn, violin
11:42 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for 2 trumpets in C major RV 537
English Chamber Orchestra; Raymond Leppard, conductor Wynton Marsalis, trumpet
11:51 a.m.
Gabriel Faure
Pavane Opus 50
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Seiji Ozawa, conductor Tanglewood Festival Chorus
11:59 a.m.
Georges Bizet
L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1
Ulster Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
12:17 p.m.
Ariel Ramirez
MISA CRIOLLA: II. Gloria
Zurich Chamber Orchestra; Daniel Hope, conductor Daniel Hope, violin; Palau de la Musica vocal quartet
12:23 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in E minor in E minor BWV 855
Vikingur Olafsson, piano
12:27 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G minor
North German Radio Symphony; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
12:31 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
12:55 p.m.
Claude Debussy
The Girl with the Flaxen Hair (from Preludes, Book I: No. 8)
Pablo Sainz Villegas, guitar
12:59 p.m.
Ethel Smyth
Serenade in D: IV. Finale. Allegro con brio in D major
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Odaline de la Martinez, conductor Tasmin Little, violin; John Lenehan, piano
1:09 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in D minor
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra; Sergiu Commissiona, conductor
1:21 p.m.
Mauro Giuliani
Grand Quintet (Gran Quintetto) Opus 65
Artaria Quartet Richard Savino, guitar
1:40 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
SAMSON ET DELILA: Bacchanale Opus 47
Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, conductor
1:49 p.m.
Gabriel Faure
Impromptu No. 6 in Db major Opus 86
Nora Koch, harp
2:00 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major Opus 58
Mahler Chamber Orchestra; Leif Ove Andsnes, conductor Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
2:35 p.m.
Giovanni Gabrieli
Jubilate Deo
; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor Monteverdi Choir
2:41 p.m.
Giacomo Puccini
Preludio Sinfonico in A major
Philharmonic of La Scala; Riccardo Muti, conductor
2:51 p.m.
Grace Williams
Symphony No. 2: III. Allegro scherzando
BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra; Vernon Handley, conductor
2:59 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Variations on Ah, vous dirai-je, maman K 265
Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
3:09 p.m.
Agustin Barrios
Maxixe
Xuefei Yang, guitar
3:13 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto No. 1 for four violins and orchestra in D major Opus 3 RV 549
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Members of...
3:22 p.m.
William Dawson
Negro Folk Symphony
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
3:52 p.m.
Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Home Sweet Home
Alan Feinberg, piano
3:59 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
My Home Overture Opus 62
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Andre Previn, conductor
4:10 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 101 "Clock" in D major
Orchestra of St. Luke's; Charles Mackerras, conductor
4:38 p.m.
Scott Joplin
Maple Leaf Rag
Eugene List, piano
4:42 p.m.
Santiago de Murcia
La Jota
Richard Savino, guitar; Mauro ReFosco, percussion; Yousif Sheronick, percussion
4:45 p.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Song Without Words Opus 8/1
Sarah Cahill, piano
4:51 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 6 in D major Opus 3/6 HWV 317
Musicians of the Louvre; Marc Minkowski, conductor Aline Zylberajch, organ
4:59 p.m.
Georges Bizet
Symphony No. 1 in C major
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
5:28 p.m.
John Rutter
Lullaby for Ana Gwen
Sinfonia Cymru; John Rutter, conductor Catrin Finch, harp
5:34 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Serenade No. 10 for winds "Gran Partita": I. Largo - Allegro Molto in Bb major K 361 (FROM THE RUSSELL KLETZING COLLECTION)
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
5:44 p.m.
Henry Purcell
THE FAIRY QUEEN: Rondeau Z 629
Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall, conductor
5:46 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Art of the Fugue: Contrapunctus No. 9 BWV 1080
Les Violons du Roy; Bernard Labadie, conductor
5:50 p.m.
Teresa Carreno
Ballade Opus 15
Clara Rodriguez, piano
5:58 p.m.
Ernest Chausson
Symphony in Bb major Opus 20
Philharmonia Orchestra; Francesco d'Avalos, conductor
6:30 p.m.
Madeleine Dring
Colour Suite: IV. Blue Air
Sarah Cahill, piano
6:33 p.m.
Madeleine Dring
Colour Suite: V. Brown Study
Sarah Cahill, piano
6:37 p.m.
Mark O'Connor
Appalachia Waltz
Yo Yo Ma, cello; Mark O'Connor, violin; Edgar Meyer, bass
6:42 p.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Histoire du Tango: Cafe 1930
Irmgard Toepper, flute; Hugo German Gaido, guitar
6:50 p.m.
Philip Glass
Piano Concerto No. 3: I.
A Far Cry Simone Dinnerstein, piano
