Classical Music Playlist, August 24, 2023
Franz Joseph Haydn playing a string quartet
Between 1768 to 1772 Haydn published three sets of string quartets, the Op 9, 17 and 20. He wrote no more quartets until his Op 33 in 1781, and these were more mature, creative and innovative in their design. For example, the inner graceful minuets of the earlier quartets were now replaced with joking scherzo movements, and instead of fugue finales, the Op 33 show a variety of alternatives, among other changes. A couple years before he composed the Op 33 Quartets, a change in Haydn's employment contract with the Esterházy family allowed him to publish his music without prior approval from his employer. So in a letter to potential subscribers of the sheet music, Haydn described his Op 33 Quartets as "written in a new and special way, for I have not composed any for ten years." The Op 33 No. 1, unusually in b-minor, is today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Willem De Fesch
Concerto No. 5 in C minor Opus 5
Musica Ad Rhenum
6:10 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Bassoon Concerto in Bb major K 191
Academy of Ancient Music; Christopher Hogwood, conductor Danny Bond, bassoon
6:27 a.m.
Ethel Smyth
Concerto for Violin, Horn and Orchestra
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Odaline de la Martinez, conductor Sophie Langdon, violin; Richard Watkins, horn
6:37 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major BWV 1050
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor
6:59 a.m.
Paul Dukas
Villanelle for horn and orchestra
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Kurt Masur, conductor Hermann Baumann, horn
7:06 a.m.
Georges Bizet
Symphony No. 1 in C major
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
7:35 a.m.
Jean-Baptiste Lully
ARMIDE: Overture
La Petite Bande; Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor
7:37 a.m.
Antonio Valente
Galliarda napolitana
Daniel Hope, violin; and friends
7:40 a.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Concertpiece (Concertstuck) in C# minor Opus 40
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Rebecca Miller, conductor Danny Driver, piano
7:56 a.m.
Tielmann Susato
La Mourisque
University of Texas Wind Ensemble; Jerry Junkin, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
String Quintet No. 2: I. Allegro non troppo ma con brio in G major Opus 111
Takacs Quartet Lawrence Power, viola
8:14 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major K 488
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor John O'Conor, piano
8:40 a.m.
Xuefei Yang
Xinjiang Fantasy
Xuefei Yang, guitar
8:47 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 5: I. Allegro con brio in C minor Opus 67
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
8:54 a.m.
Florence Price
Piano Concerto in One Movement: III. Allegretto
Chineke! Orchestra; Leslie Suganandarajah, conductor Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, piano
9:00 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 7 in D minor Opus 70
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Bomsori Kim, violin
9:37 a.m.
Gentil Montana
Suite Colombiana No. 2: I. El Margariteno (pasillo) The Song of the Dreamer
Jose Antonio Escobar, guitar
9:43 a.m.
John Williams
1941 (march)
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
9:49 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Flute Concerto No. 3 "The Goldfinch" (Il Gardellino) in D major Opus 10 RV 428
Australian Chamber Orchestra Emmanuel Pahud, flute
10:00 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Oberon Overture J 306
Philharmonia Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
10:10 a.m.
George Enescu
Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A major Opus 11
National Orchestra of France; Cristian Macelaru, conductor Yuja Wang, piano
10:16 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 101 "Clock" in D major
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Claudio Abbado, conductor
10:43 a.m.
Joe Hisaishi
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Winds (Suite)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; The Bach Choir; Joe Hisaishi, conductor
10:55 a.m.
Karl Jenkins
Palladio: I. Allegretto
London Philharmonic Strings; Karl Jenkins, conductor
11:00 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Horn Concerto No. 3 in Eb major K 447
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor Lowell Greer, natural horn
11:16 a.m.
Valerie Coleman
Shotgun Houses: I. Shotgun Houses
Harlem Quartet David Shifrin, clarinet
11:23 a.m.
George Gershwin
Porgy and Bess Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor Joshua Bell, violin
11:44 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Prelude in G minor in G minor Opus 23
Howard Shelley, piano
11:50 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 2: IV. Allegro con spirito in D major Opus 73
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Zoltan Kodaly
Hary Janos Suite
Budapest Festival Orchestra; Ivan Fischer, conductor
12:24 p.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Five Tango Sensations: Fear
Kronos Quartet Astor Piazzolla, bandoneon
12:30 p.m.
Gioachino Rossini
Overture to The Thieving Magpie (LA GAZZA LADRA)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Enrique Batiz, conductor
12:40 p.m.
John Williams
Main Title from The Towering Inferno
Boston Pops Orchestra; Keith Lockhart, conductor
12:48 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Four Seasons: Autumn (L'Autunno) in F major Opus 8/3 RV 293
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor Jeanne Lamon, violin
1:00 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Fantasia and Fugue in A minor in A minor BWV 904
Vikingur Olafsson, piano
1:11 p.m.
Grace Williams
Ballads: II. Alla marcia solenne
BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra; Vernon Handley, conductor
1:15 p.m.
Franz Strauss
Horn Concerto No. 1 Opus 8
Bratislava Philharmonia Orchestra; Dale Clevenger, conductor Steven Gross, horn
1:32 p.m.
Dmitri Shostakovich
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor Opus 35
Moscow Virtuosi; Vladimir Spivakov, conductor Evgeny Kissin, piano; Vassili Kan, trumpet
1:55 p.m.
Yiruma
la bianca primavera
Yiruma, piano; Chanuk Kang, cello
2:00 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in B minor Opus 33/1 HOB 3/37
Quatuor Mosaiques
2:23 p.m.
Mily Balakirev
Mazurka No. 1 in Ab major
Joseph Banowetz, piano
2:29 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Flute Concerto No. 1 in G major K 313
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor Jacques Zoon, flute
2:53 p.m.
George Walker
Lyric for Strings
Chicago Sinfonietta; Paul Freeman, conductor
3:00 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 6 in D major Opus 3/6 HWV 317
Academy of Ancient Music; Richard Egarr, conductor Richard Egarr, organ
3:09 p.m.
Scott Joplin
Solace
Lara Downes, piano; Joe Brent, vihuela
3:16 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Havanaise Opus 83
Vienna Symphony Orchestra; Manfred Honeck, conductor Maria Duenas, violin
3:31 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
American Suite in A major Opus 98
Prague Philharmonia; Jakub Hrusa, conductor
3:55 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Kinderszenen: Traumerei (Dreaming) Opus 15/7
Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
3:59 p.m.
Karl Goldmark
In Italy Overture Opus 49
National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland; Stephen Gunzenhauser, conductor
4:12 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Andante Festivo
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; Mariss Jansons, conductor
4:18 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor Opus 22
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor Andre Watts, piano
4:44 p.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Five Pieces for Guitar: 2. Romantico
Franz Halasz, guitar
4:49 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto: III. Allegro vivacissimo (Finale) in D major Opus 35
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Bernard Haitink, conductor Henryk Szeryng, violin
5:00 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Serenade No. 2 in A major Opus 16
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
5:33 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 35 "Haffner": IV. Finale (Presto) in D major K 385
English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
5:38 p.m.
Joe Hisaishi
Asian Dream Song
Pan Strings; Joe Hisaishi, conductor Joe Hisaishi, piano
5:45 p.m.
Giovanni Gabrieli
Canzon Septimi Toni No. 2
Chicago Symphony Brass; Mark Ridenour, conductor
5:50 p.m.
Ferenc Farkas
Old Hungarian Dances
Vienna Quintet
6:00 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Violin Concerto in D minor
Gottinger Symphonie Orchester; Christoph-Mathias Mueller, conductor Rachel Barton Pine, violin
6:30 p.m.
Hubert Bath
Cornish Rhapsody
BBC Concert Orchestra; Christopher Warren-Green, conductor Valentina Lisitsa, piano
6:38 p.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Mythic
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra; Ola Rudner, conductor
6:50 p.m.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Sexteto Mistico (Mystic Sextet)
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