Classical Music Playlist, August 18, 2023
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
"With it I have given all I could give. What I did, I could not achieve again."
And he never did. French composer (and organist) Camille Saint-Saëns said that about his Symphony #3, called the “Organ” Symphony. It was, indeed, his final symphony, even though he lived another 35 years.
Today hear a performance with organist James O’Donnell who, after 23 years, last December left his position as Organist and Master of Music at Westminster Abbey for a Professorship at the Yale School of Music and Yale Institute of Sacred Music. It's today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral": I. Allegro ma non troppo in F major Opus 68
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
6:12 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Serenade for Winds in D minor Opus 44
Prague Philharmonia; Jakub Hrusa, conductor
6:37 a.m.
Victor Ewald
Quintet No. 1 in Bb minor Opus 5
Center City Brass Quintet
6:51 a.m.
Dieterich Buxtehude
Ciacona for Organ in E minor BUX 160
Simon Preston, organ
6:58 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major BWV 1047
European Brandenburg Ensemble; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
7:11 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 22 in Eb major K 482
Academy of Ancient Music; Christopher Hogwood, conductor Robert Levin, fortepiano
7:45 a.m.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Choros No. 1
Turibio Santos, guitar
7:48 a.m.
Paquito D'Rivera
Aires Tropicales: VI. Contradanza
Imani Winds
7:51 a.m.
Gabriel Faure
Requiem: V. Agnus Dei Opus 48
La Chapelle Royale; Ensemble Musique Oblique; Philippe Herreweghe, conductor
7:59 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Academic Festival Overture Opus 80
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
8:10 a.m.
Joaquin Rodrigo
Concierto de Aranjuez
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Pepe Romero, guitar
8:35 a.m.
John Williams
STAR WARS - THE PHANTOM MENACE: Duel of the Fates
London Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor London Voices
8:39 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
MASS IN B MINOR: Cum Sancto Spiritu in B minor BWV 232
English Baroque Soloists; Monteverdi Choir; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
8:44 a.m.
James Horner
THE ROCKETEER: Rocketeer to the Rescue/End Title
Studio Orchestra
8:51 a.m.
Richard Strauss
Horn Concerto No. 2: III. Rondo in Eb major
London Symphony Orchestra; Istvan Kertesz, conductor Barry Tuckwell, horn
8:59 a.m.
Paul Hindemith
Symphonic Metamorphosis
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
9:20 a.m.
Philipp Friedrich Boddecker
Violin Sonata, from Sacra Partitura in D minor RISM A/I: B 3263
Carrie Krause, baroque violin; John Lenti, theorbo
9:29 a.m.
Philip Glass
Etude 6
Vikingur Olafsson, piano
9:35 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 8: IV. Finale in G major Opus 88
Berlin Philharmonic; Rafael Kubelik, conductor Bomsori Kim, violin
10:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 1 in Bb major Opus 3/1 HWV 312
Academy of Ancient Music; Richard Egarr, conductor
10:09 a.m.
Catrin Finch; Seckou Keita
Yama Ba
Seckou Keita, kora; Catrin Finch, harp
10:16 a.m.
E. J. Moeran
Cello Concerto
Ulster Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor Guy Johnston, cello
10:46 a.m.
Astor Piazzolla
La Muerte del Angel (Death of the Angel)
Franz Halasz, guitar
10:50 a.m.
George W. Chadwick
Symphonic Sketches: Jubilee
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
11:00 a.m.
Reynaldo Hahn
Piano Concerto in E major
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Jean-Yves Ossonce, conductor Stephen Coombs, piano
11:29 a.m.
Florence Price
Symphony No. 4: III. Juba Dance in D minor
Fort Smith Symphony; John Jeter, conductor
11:36 a.m.
Alberto Ginastera
Impressions of the Puna (Impresiones de la Puna)
Shanghai String Quartet Eugenia Zukerman, flute
11:44 a.m.
John Blow
Chaconne No. 4 in G major
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor
11:50 a.m.
Claudio Monteverdi
Monteverdiana
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
11:59 a.m.
John Field
Rondo for piano & strings in Ab major
London Mozart Players; Matthias Bamert, conductor Miceal O'Rourke, piano
12:07 p.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
OTELLO: Ballet Music
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Edward Downes, conductor
12:15 p.m.
Juventino Rosas
Over the Waves (Sobre las olas)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Franz Bauer-Theussl, conductor
12:22 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Clarinet Concerto in A major K 622
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor Jon Manasse, clarinet
12:53 p.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Zambra Granadina
David Russell, guitar
12:59 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight" in C# minor Opus 27/2
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Alice Sara Ott, piano
1:15 p.m.
Leo Brouwer
Preludio
Manuel Barrueco, guitar
1:18 p.m.
Sergio Assad
Farewell
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
1:22 p.m.
Josef Reicha
Concerto for two horns in Eb major Opus 5
Suk Chamber Orchestra Jindrich Petras, horn; Jiri Havlik, horn
1:42 p.m.
Jacques Offenbach
ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD: Overture
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Lorin Maazel, conductor
1:53 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
"Military" Polonaise in A major Opus 40/1
Jon Kimura Parker, piano
2:00 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Symphony No. 3 "Organ" in C minor Opus 78
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor James O'Donnell, organ
2:36 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
2:39 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Andante and Hungarian Rondo Opus 35
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Klaus Thunemann, bassoon
2:50 p.m.
Teresa Carreno
Ballade Opus 15
Clara Rodriguez, piano
2:59 p.m.
Luigi Cherubini
MEDEA: Overture
Munich Radio Orchestra; Kurt Redel, conductor
3:08 p.m.
Howard Hanson
MERRY MOUNT suite
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
3:25 p.m.
Gabriel Faure
Pavane Opus 50
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
3:32 p.m.
Clara Schumann
Piano Sonata in G minor
Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
3:54 p.m.
TRADITIONAL
Paradetas
Chatham Baroque
3:59 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 39 in Eb major K 543
Prague Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
4:29 p.m.
Louise Farrenc
Nonette in E-flat: III. Scherzo in Eb major Opus 38
Minerva Chamber Ensemble; Kevin Geraldi, conductor
4:36 p.m.
John Williams
Themes from Jurassic Park
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
4:42 p.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Trumpet Sonata in D major
Philharmonia Orchestra; Simon Wright, conductor John Wallace, trumpet
4:49 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Violin Concerto: III. Rondo - Allegro in D major Opus 61
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Bernard Haitink, conductor Henryk Szeryng, violin
5:00 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Bassoon Concerto in A minor in A minor RV 498
Seattle Baroque Michael McCraw, bassoon
5:12 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Humoresque Opus 10/2
Stephen Hough, piano
5:16 p.m.
Agustin Barrios
Vals de Primavera
David Russell, guitar
5:21 p.m.
Bernhard Crusell
Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in Eb major Opus 1
Cologne Academy; Michael Alexander Willens, conductor Eric Hoeprich, clarinet
5:45 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Havanaise Opus 83
Vienna Symphony Orchestra; Manfred Honeck, conductor Maria Duenas, violin
6:01 p.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Double Concerto for Bandoneon, Guitar, & String Orchestra
A Far Cry Jason Vieaux, guitar; Julien Labro, bandoneon
6:18 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Carnival of the Animals: The Swan (Le Cygne)
Richard Stoltzman, clarinet; Nancy Allen, harp
6:21 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Polonaise No. 6 "Heroic" in Ab major Opus 53
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
6:29 p.m.
Aleksandra Pakhmutova
Trumpet Concerto
Moscow Chamber Orchestra; Constantine Orbelian, conductor Bibi Black, trumpet
6:45 p.m.
Ludovico Einaudi
Odd Days
La Pieta; Angele Dubeau, conductor Angele Dubeau, violin
6:50 p.m.
Bryce Dessner
Haven
MDH Quartet Katia and Marielle Labeque, piano duo; Bryce Dessner, electric guitar; David Chalmin, electric guitar
