Classical Music Playlist, July 26, 2023
Finnish composer Jean Sibelius circa 1898-1900
As Finnish composer Jean Sibelius was writing his First Symphony in the late 1890s, Russia took steps to limit Finland's autonomy and absorb it into its Empire. Completed in 1899 about the time the Russian Tsar issued a manifesto outlining the Russification of Finland, the symphony opens with a clarinet, like a song of Finland, against the distant and consistent rumbling of the timpani like an approaching enemy. This sets the tone for the entire symphony of themes against competing forces (nearly always present in the timpani), often becoming an impassioned battle. This may or may not have been Sibelius's intent, but he was a fierce Finnish nationalist and the same year composed his nationalistic "Finlandia." The Symphony No. 1 by Jean Sibelius is today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Andrea Zani
Cello Concerto No. 1 in A major
Cologne Academy; Michael Alexander Willens, conductor Martin Rummel, cello
6:11 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor Opus 66
Claremont Trio
6:41 a.m.
Claudio Monteverdi
Four Madrigals arranged for brass quintet Opus 30
Atlantic Brass Quintet
6:51 a.m.
Ethel Smyth
Concerto for Violin, Horn and Orchestra: II. Elegy. Adagio, "In memoriam"
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Odaline de la Martinez, conductor Sophie Langdon, violin; Richard Watkins, horn
6:59 a.m.
Jose Moncayo
Sinfonietta
Mexico National Symphony Orchestra; Enrique Arturo Diemecke, conductor
7:11 a.m.
Manuel Ponce
Piano Concerto No. 1 "Romantico" in A minor Opus 22
Orquesta Sinf�nica de Miner�a (OSM); Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor Jorge Federico Osorio, piano
7:35 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
2 Gavottes in G minor BWV 995
Sharon Isbin, guitar
7:38 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude (from Prelude and Fugue, Well-Tempered Clavier I:01) in C major BWV 846
Xuefei Yang, guitar
7:42 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Rhapsody No. 2 in G minor Opus 45
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra; Zdenek Kosler, conductor
7:55 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Abu Hassan Overture J 106
Tapiola Sinfonietta; Jean Jacques Kantorow, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
LA FORZA DEL DESTINO Overture
Philharmonic of La Scala; Riccardo Muti, conductor
8:09 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major K 488
English Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Tate, conductor Mitsuko Uchida, piano
8:36 a.m.
Barbara Strozzi
Il Primo Libro di Madrigali: Priego ad amore
Cappella Mediterranea; Leonardo Garcia Alarcon, conductor
8:42 a.m.
Yiruma
la bianca primavera
Yiruma, piano; Chanuk Kang, cello
8:45 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 1 "Winter Daydreams": III. Scherzo in G minor Opus 13
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
8:52 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Symphony No. 3 "Organ": Finale in C minor Opus 78
Montreal Symphony Orchestra; Kent Nagano, conductor Olivier Latry, organ
9:01 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor Opus 30
Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Litton, conductor Stephen Hough, piano
9:41 a.m.
George Walker
String Quartet No. 1 "Lyric": II. Molto adagio
Catalyst Quartet
9:47 a.m.
Tomaso Albinoni
Trumpet Concerto in Bb major
Southwest German Chamber Orchestra; Vladislav Czarnecki, conductor Erik Schultz, trumpet
9:56 a.m.
Grace Williams
Hiraeth for Harp
Sandrine Chatron, harp
10:00 a.m.
Hamilton Harty
In Ireland
Ulster Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor Colin Fleming, flute; Denise Kelly, harp
10:10 a.m.
Leos Janacek
Lachian Dances
Czechoslovak RSO, Bratislava; Ondrej Lenard, conductor
10:31 a.m.
Paul Hindemith
Symphonic Metamorphosis: IV. March
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Randall Goosby, violin
10:48 a.m.
Aaron Copland
Our Town
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
10:59 a.m.
Franz Schubert
Sonata "Arpeggione" in A minor D 821
Emanuel Ax, piano; Yo Yo Ma, cello
11:24 a.m.
Amy Beach
Pastorale
Reykjavik Wind Quintet
11:29 a.m.
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Symphony in G Major in G major
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor
11:44 a.m.
Klaus Badelt
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl: Selections
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
11:51 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Violin Concerto: III. Allegro Giocoso (Finale) in D major Opus 77
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor Jascha Heifetz, violin
11:59 a.m.
Anton Arensky
Piano Quintet: Scherzo Opus 51
Ying Quartet Adam Neiman, piano
12:10 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Nocturne
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
12:17 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish" in Eb major Opus 97
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
12:48 p.m.
Deadmau5
I Remember
Canadian Brass
12:54 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Overture K 492
Orchestra of the 18th Century; Frans Bruggen, conductor
1:00 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major BWV 1047
Berlin Academy of Ancient Music
1:12 p.m.
Ludwig Goransson
Ancestral Plane (Black Panther Original Score)
Studio Orchestra Erina Saito, piano
1:18 p.m.
Louise Farrenc
Nonette in E flat in Eb major Opus 38
Minerva Chamber Ensemble; Kevin Geraldi, conductor
1:50 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
RUSALKA: Polonaise in Eb major
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Vaclav Neumann, conductor
1:56 p.m.
Roland Dyens
Tango En Skai (Immitation Leather Tango)
Jason Vieaux, guitar
2:00 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 1 in E minor Opus 39
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
2:39 p.m.
Ricardo Castro
Plainte Opus 38/2
Orquesta Sinfonica de Mineria (OSM) Jorge Federico Osorio, piano
2:44 p.m.
Giuseppe Torelli
Trumpet Concerto No. 1 in D major
Philharmonia Orchestra; Simon Wright, conductor John Wallace, trumpet
2:50 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
EURYANTHE Overture Opus 81 J 291
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; Antoni Wit, conductor
3:00 p.m.
Claude Debussy
La Mer
Cleveland Orchestra; Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
3:24 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Impromptu No. 2 in Eb major Opus 90/2 D 899
Krystian Zimerman, piano
3:31 p.m.
Nainita Desai
My Mind Is Still
Voces8
3:36 p.m.
John Williams
Hook: Flight to Neverland
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
3:42 p.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Romance in G major Opus 39
Chineke! Orchestra; Kevin John Edusei, conductor Elena Urioste, violin
3:54 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
Voces8; Eric Whitacre, conductor Nelson Freire, piano
3:58 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 5: IV. Andante maestoso (Finale) in E minor Opus 64
Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
4:12 p.m.
Florence Price
Fantasy No. 2
Randall Goosby, violin; Zhu Wang, piano
4:18 p.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
4:44 p.m.
Morten Lauridsen
Les Chansons des Roses: Dirait-on
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
4:50 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Variations concertantes for cello & piano in D major Opus 17
Haruma Sato, cello; Wataru Hisasue, piano
5:00 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
5:08 p.m.
Miklos Rozsa
Spellbound: Prelude & Love Theme
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic; Alexander Shelley, conductor Daniel Hope, violin
5:16 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphonic Variations Opus 78
Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
5:39 p.m.
Jonathan Leshnoff
Guitar Concerto: III. Lively (Finale)
The Nashville Symphony; Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor Jason Vieaux, guitar
5:49 p.m.
Fela Sowande
African Suite: Selections
Chicago Sinfonietta; Paul Freeman, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Sonata for Cello and Piano in Eb major Opus 19
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello; Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
6:37 p.m.
Grace Williams
Ballads: III. Andante calmante
BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra; Vernon Handley, conductor
6:43 p.m.
Yann Tiersen
Amelie's Waltz
La Pieta; Angele Dubeau, conductor Angele Dubeau, violin
6:46 p.m.
George Gershwin
Three Preludes: 1 & 2
Sharon Isbin, guitar
6:53 p.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Five Tango Sensations: Fear
Yo Yo Ma, cello; Nestor Marconi, bandoneon; Leonardo Marconi, piano; Hector Console, double-bass
