Classical Music Playlist, August 2, 2023
From the mid 1700s "Harmoniemusik" was a popular musical form typically for a sextet of winds: pairs of oboes, bassoons and horns. These ensembles often played transcriptions of light music from popular operas and ballet at events and intended as 'background music' to be overheard rather than listened to intently. In 1782, Emperor Joseph II established his own Harmoniemusik ensemble but with four pairs of instruments: the above, plus clarinets. This octet arrangement (with occasional instrument variations) became the fashion, and it's possible that Mozart composed his Serenade No. 12 for Winds for the Emperor's new Harmoniemusik Octet. But unusually, it's in a minor key which makes the Serenade rather dark and not the typical light entertainment of Harmoniemusik heard "in the background." Exactly why and for whom he composed this darker music remains a mystery. Mozart's Serenade No. 12 in c-minor is today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Bassoon Concerto in Eb major RV 483
I Musici Klaus Thunemann, bassoon
6:08 a.m.
Muzio Clementi
Symphony No. 4 in D major
Philharmonia Orchestra; Claudio Scimone, conductor
6:38 a.m.
Henriette Renie
Piece Symphonique
Xavier de Maistre, harp
6:48 a.m.
Ernest Chausson
Viviane Opus 5
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
7:01 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto for Three Keyboards in D minor BWV 1063
Hamburg Philharmonic; Christoph Eschenbach, conductor Christoph Eschenbach, piano; Gerhard Oppitz, piano; Justus Frantz, piano
7:16 a.m.
Luigi Boccherini
Cello Concerto No. 9 in Bb major G 482
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra; Ton Koopman, conductor Yo Yo Ma, cello
7:34 a.m.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Prelude no. 1 in E minor
Julian Bream, guitar
7:38 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Allegro di molto in E minor
Joanne Polk, piano
7:42 a.m.
Pablo Casals
Sardana
City of Birmingham Cellos; Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla, conductor Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello
7:49 a.m.
Max Bruch
Scottish Fantasy: IV. Finale Opus 46
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Joshua Bell, conductor Joshua Bell, violin
7:59 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 9: II. Molto Vivace (Scherzo and Trio) in D minor Opus 125
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
8:12 a.m.
Zoltan Kodaly
Hary Janos Suite
Budapest Festival Orchestra; Ivan Fischer, conductor
8:36 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Intermezzo in Eb major Opus 117/1
Benjamin Grosvenor, piano
8:43 a.m.
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 1: 2nd movement in D major
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
8:51 a.m.
Bela Bartok
Romanian Folk Dances SZ 56
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
8:59 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 38 "Prague" in D major K 504
Prague Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
9:35 a.m.
Amy Beach
From Blackbird Hills
Lara Downes, piano
9:40 a.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Lark Ascending
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Simon Rattle, conductor Nigel Kennedy, violin
10:00 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
DER FREISCHUTZ: Overture Opus 77 J 277
Hanover Band; Roy Goodman, conductor
10:10 a.m.
Luigi Boccherini
Symphony No. 5 in Bb major Opus 21 G 497
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor
10:28 a.m.
George Gershwin
PORGY AND BESS: It Ain't Necessarily So
Duo Sonidos
10:32 a.m.
Clara Schumann
Piano Concerto: III. Finale in A minor Opus 7
The Women's Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor Angela Cheng, piano
10:44 a.m.
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 1 in F minor
Budapest Symphony Orchestra; Andras Korodi, conductor
10:57 a.m.
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished" in B minor D 759
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Claudio Abbado, conductor
11:25 a.m.
Giovanni Gabrieli
Canzon Septimi Toni No. 2
Chicago Symphony Brass; Mark Ridenour, conductor
11:29 a.m.
Olivia Belli
Valse
Olivia Belli, piano
11:32 a.m.
Richard Rodney Bennett
Murder On the Orient Express
BBC Concert Orchestra; Gavin Sutherland, conductor Valentina Lisitsa, piano
11:36 a.m.
Johann Friedrich Fasch
Concerto "The Hunt" (Die Jagd) in D major
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Iona Brown, conductor
11:50 a.m.
Hugo Wolf
Italian Serenade in G major
I Solisti Italiani
11:59 a.m.
Antonio Soler
Three Sonatas
State of Mexico Symphony; Enrique Batiz, conductor
12:12 p.m.
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Prelude and Fugue No. 3 in A minor Opus 199
Brasil Guitar Duo
12:18 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor Opus 40
Quebec Symphony Orchestra; Louis Lortie, conductor Louis Lortie, piano
12:40 p.m.
Florence Price
String Quartet No. 2: III. Juba in A minor
Catalyst Quartet
12:46 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Manfred Overture Opus 115
London Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
12:59 p.m.
Charles Gounod
Petite Symphonie for winds in Bb major
Bolshoi Theater Wind Orchestra; Vladimir Andropov, conductor
1:20 p.m.
Philipp Friedrich Boddecker
Violin Sonata, from Sacra Partitura in D minor RISM A/I: B 3263
Carrie Krause, baroque violin; John Lenti, theorbo
1:29 p.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
AIDA: Triumphal March from Act II
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Robert Shaw, conductor Atlanta Symphony Chorus
1:40 p.m.
Clara Schumann
Three Romances for Violin and Piano Opus 22
Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano; Elena Urioste, violin
1:52 p.m.
Hans Rott
Symphony No. 1: III. Scherzo: Frisch und lebhaft (Fresh and lively) in E major
Bamberg Symphony; Jakub Hrusa, conductor Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
2:00 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Serenade for Winds in C minor K 388
Winds of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe
2:28 p.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Symphony No. 1 "Classical" in D major Opus 25
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Claudio Abbado, conductor
2:42 p.m.
Pietro Castrucci
Concerto Grosso in D major Opus 3/12
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment; Catherine Mackintosh, conductor Catherine Mackintosh, violin
2:52 p.m.
Amy Beach
Romance (1893) in D major Opus 23
Tasmin Little, violin; John Lenehan, piano
3:00 p.m.
Mikhail Glinka
RUSLAN AND LUDMILA: Overture
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Vassily Sinaisky, conductor
3:06 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Water Music Suite No. 1 in F major HWV 348
Les Violons du Roy; Bernard Labadie, conductor
3:35 p.m.
Zhen Chen
Springfield
Zhen Chen, piano; Jiaju Shen, pipa; Feifei Yang, erhu
3:39 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 4: I. Allegro non troppo in E minor Opus 98
Berlin Philharmonic; Herbert von Karajan, conductor
3:53 p.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Suite Espanola: No. 1 "Granada" Opus 47/1
Manuel Barrueco, guitar
3:59 p.m.
Gabriel Faure
Masques and Bergamasques Opus 112
Seattle Symphony; Ludovic Morlot, conductor
4:14 p.m.
Ernesto Lecuona
Andalusia Suite: Malaguena
Richard Cionco, piano
4:19 p.m.
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
Symphony No. 4 "Stockholm" (Holmia): I. Allegro moderato in A major
Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra; Michail Jurowski, conductor
4:27 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Flute Concerto No. 1 in G major K 313
Academy of Ancient Music; Christopher Hogwood, conductor Lisa Beznosiuk, flute
4:53 p.m.
Fernando Sor
Etude No. 17 in E minor Opus 6/11
Pablo Sainz Villegas, guitar
4:58 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Introduction and Allegro appassionato in G major Opus 92
Berlin Philharmonic; Claudio Abbado, conductor Murray Perahia, piano
5:13 p.m.
John Barry
Dances With Wolves: John Dunbar Theme
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
5:21 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Czech Suite Opus 39
Prague Philharmonia; Jakub Hrusa, conductor
5:45 p.m.
Federico Moreno Torroba
Madro�os
David Russell, guitar
5:48 p.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Etude Melodique Opus 118
Joanne Polk, piano
5:54 p.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Romeo & Juliet: Dance of the Knights Opus 64
Toronto Symphony Orchestra; Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor
5:59 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 47 "The Palindrome" in G major
Hanover Band; Roy Goodman, conductor
6:27 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Mandolin Concerto in C major RV 425
Venice Baroque Orchestra Avi Avital, mandolin
6:36 p.m.
Jonathan Leshnoff
Starburst
The Nashville Symphony; Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
6:44 p.m.
Jessie Montgomery
Starburst
String Orchestra of New York; Julian Wachner, conductor
6:48 p.m.
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Variations Across the Centuries: Waltz #2 & #3 & Foxtrot Op 71
Xavier Jara, guitar
6:53 p.m.
Isolina Carrillo
Dos Gardenias
Havana Lyceum Orchestra; Jose Antonio Mendez Padron, conductor Sarah Willis, horn; Harold Madrigal Frias, trumpet
