Classical Music Playlist, August 16, 2023
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger in 1905
After a busy musical life as an honored composer and harsh music critic, Swedish composer Wilhelm Peterson-Berger retired to an island where he had earlier bought some land and built a home. It was here that he composed his Symphony No. 5, titled "Solitudo," which at times conveys the peace of an isolated location and past feelings of isolation from Swedish musical life earned by his notoriously caustic music reviews. Premiered in 1934, his final symphony sometimes received attacks equal to those he earlier dished out. One review noted that his chosen key of B-minor is unusual for a symphony and the best of them (by another composer) remains unfinished. Concluded this reviewer, "Unfortunately, Mr Peterson-Berger finished his 'Solitudo.'" But away from his local enemies, the symphony won praise internationally. The Symphony No. 5 "Solitudo" by Wilhelm Peterson-Berger is today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Les Boreades suite (Abaris)
Capella Savaria; Mary Terey-Smith, conductor
6:22 a.m.
Reynaldo Hahn
String Quartet No. 2 in F major
Parisii Quartet
6:47 a.m.
Edward K. (Duke) Ellington
In a sentimental mood
Jason Vieaux, guitar
6:51 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
EUGENE ONEGIN: Waltz
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Yuri Temirkanov, conductor
7:00 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Aria Variata in A minor BWV 989
Vikingur Olafsson, piano
7:16 a.m.
Anton Reicha
Quintet for clarinet and strings in Bb major Opus 89
L'Archibudelli Charles Neidich, clarinet
7:43 a.m.
Koji Kondo
The Legend of Zelda Suite
London Philharmonic Orchestra
7:49 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance No. 14 in Bb major Opus 72
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
7:54 a.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Suite Espanola: No. 3 "Sevilla" Opus 47
Pepe Romero, guitar
8:00 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor": III. Rondo in Eb major Opus 73
Bavarian Radio Symphony; Kurt Sanderling, conductor Mitsuko Uchida, piano
8:11 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 35 "Haffner" in D major K 385
English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
8:35 a.m.
Joe Hisaishi
A Town with an Ocean View (from Kiki's Delivery Service)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Joe Hisaishi, conductor Bruce Liu, piano
8:44 a.m.
John Williams
Superman: Main Title
London Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
8:49 a.m.
Rebecca Clarke
Cello Sonata: I. Impetuoso
Raphael Wallfisch, cello; John York, piano
8:58 a.m.
Johan Svendsen
Carnival in Paris (Karnival i Paris) Opus 9
Latvian National Symphony; Terje Mikkelsen, conductor
9:13 a.m.
Henriette Renie
Trio for harp, violin and cello
Xavier de Maistre, harp; Ingolf Turban, violin; Wen-Sinn Yang, cello
9:39 a.m.
Johann Fux
Overture (Suite) in D minor E 109
Armonico Tributo; Lorenz Duftschmid, conductor
9:54 a.m.
Scott Joplin
Treemonisha: Prelude Act III
Houston Grand Opera Orchestra; Gunther Schuller, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Franz Berwald
Concert Piece in F major Opus 2
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Klaus Thunemann, bassoon
10:12 a.m.
Leonard Cohen
Famous Blue Raincoat
12 Ensemble Milos Karadaglic, guitar
10:15 a.m.
Agustin Barrios
Maxixe
Xuefei Yang, guitar
10:19 a.m.
Carl Stamitz
Symphonie Concertante for violin & viola in D major
Virtuosi of Prague; Rudolf Krecmer, conductor Oldrich Vlcek, violin; Josef Suk, viola
10:40 a.m.
Michael Daugherty
Once Upon A Castle: Neptune Pool
The Nashville Symphony; Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor Paul Jacobs, organ
10:48 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Rhapsodie d'Auvergne Opus 73
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor Jean-Philippe Collard, piano
11:00 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 1 in C major Opus 21
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
11:24 a.m.
Robert Schumann
Kinderszenen: Traumerei (Dreaming) Opus 15/7
Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
11:26 a.m.
Trevor Jones
Last of the Mohicans: The Kiss
La Pieta; Angele Dubeau, conductor Angele Dubeau, violin
11:31 a.m.
Johann Fischer
THE JOURNAL OF SPRING: Suite No. 1
L'Orfeo Barokorkester; Michi Gaigg, conductor
11:42 a.m.
Andrew York
Quiccan
Aquarelle Guitar Quartet
11:49 a.m.
Aram Khachaturian
Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus & Phrygia
The Bolshoi Theater Orchestra; Mark Ermler, conductor
11:59 a.m.
Jean Sibelius
Karelia Overture Opus 10
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
12:09 p.m.
Madeleine Dring
Colour Suite: IV. Blue Air
Sarah Cahill, piano
12:13 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 9 "From the New World" in E minor Opus 95
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
12:55 p.m.
Joe Hisaishi
Princess Mononoke
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; The Bach Choir; Joe Hisaishi, conductor Grace Davidson, soprano
1:00 p.m.
Jennifer Reason
INTERVIEW: Kurt Erickson
Kurt Erickson, composer
1:06 p.m.
Kurt Erickson
Seventeen Minutes and Twenty-Two Seconds (Excerpt)
Jeff LaDeur, piano
1:29 p.m.
Jose Moncayo
Sinfonietta
Mexico National Symphony Orchestra; Enrique Arturo Diemecke, conductor
1:41 p.m.
John Williams
STAR WARS - THE PHANTOM MENACE: Duel of the Fates
London Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor London Voices
1:47 p.m.
Ernesto Nazareth
Odeon - Tango Brasileiro
Richard Cionco, piano
1:49 p.m.
Johann Joachim Quantz
Horn Concerto No. 9 in Eb major
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Iona Brown, conductor Barry Tuckwell, horn
2:00 p.m.
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
Symphony No. 5 "Solitudo" in B minor
Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra; Michail Jurowski, conductor
2:29 p.m.
Pietro Locatelli
Concerto Grosso No. 3 in Bb major Opus 1/3
Raglan Baroque Players; Nicholas Kraemer, conductor
2:41 p.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
March from Tsar Saltan Suite Opus 57
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
2:47 p.m.
Elena Roussanova
Moments of Arrival
Prague Radio Symphony; Julius Williams, conductor
3:01 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Concerto for violin & cello "Double Concerto" in A minor Opus 102
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Bernard Haitink, conductor Henryk Szeryng, violin; Janos Starker, cello
3:35 p.m.
Ronn McFarlane
Fermi's Paradox
Carolyn Surrick, viola da gamba; Ronn McFarlane, lute
3:42 p.m.
Leo Delibes
Sylvia: Procession of Bacchus from Act III
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
3:49 p.m.
Klaus Badelt
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl: Selections
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
3:55 p.m.
Ricardo Castro
Plainte Opus 38/2
Orquesta Sinfonica de Mineria (OSM) Jorge Federico Osorio, piano
4:00 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major BWV 1048
Berlin Academy of Ancient Music
4:12 p.m.
Claude Champagne
Rustic Dance (Dance Villageoise)
Quebec Symphony Orchestra; Yoav Talmi, conductor
4:18 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish" in Eb major Opus 97
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
4:49 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Prelude in C-sharp minor in C# minor Opus 3/2
Jorge Bolet, piano
4:55 p.m.
Gabriela Lena Frank
Leyendas: VI. Coqueteos
Del Sol String Quartet
4:59 p.m.
John Ireland
Epic March
London Symphony Orchestra; Richard Hickox, conductor
5:09 p.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Spring in Buenos Aires (Primavera Portena)
David Tanenbaum, guitar
5:15 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Violin Concerto in E minor Opus 64
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Charles Munch, conductor Jascha Heifetz, violin
5:40 p.m.
Scott Joplin
Bethena: A Concert Waltz
Giovanni DeChiaro, guitar
5:45 p.m.
Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Manchega, etude de concert Opus 38
Alan Feinberg, piano
5:50 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 8: IV. Finale in G major Opus 88
Berlin Philharmonic; Rafael Kubelik, conductor Bomsori Kim, violin
6:00 p.m.
Friedrich Kuhlau
Concertino for 2 horns and orchestra Opus 45
Odense Symphony Orchestra; Othmar Maga, conductor Ib Lanzky-Otto, horn; Froydis Ree Wekre, horn
6:24 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 Opus 46
Berlin Philharmonic; Herbert Von Karajan, conductor
6:40 p.m.
Ferde Grofe
Grand Canyon Suite: On the trail
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
6:47 p.m.
Valerie Coleman
Portraits of Langston: II. Danse Africaine
McGill/McHale Trio Demarre McGill, flute; Anthony McGill, clarinet; Michael McHale, piano
6:53 p.m.
Jennifer Higdon
Harp Concerto: IV. Rap Knock
Rochester Philharmonic; Ward Stare, conductor Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
