Classical Music Playlist, August 29, 2023
Richard Strauss at age 36 in early 1901.
Richard Strauss composed his F-minor second symphony between 18 and 20 years old. Its world premiere in New York City in December 1884 was the first work of Richard Strauss ever performed in America. After its European premiere the next year the symphony, and Strauss, were quite in vogue in Germany and put young Strauss on the map. Though he remained proud of it (with later reservations of his youthful inexperience though he continued to conduct the symphony into his later years) he abandoned the symphonic form and moved onto his tone poems such as Don Juan. The early Symphony in F-minor by Richard Strauss is today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Flute Concerto No. 6 in G major Opus 10 RV 437
Il Giardino Armonico Giovanni Antonini, recorder
6:09 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
String Quartet No. 16 in F major Opus 135
Emerson String Quartet
6:34 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Song Without Words Opus 8/1
Sarah Cahill, piano
6:40 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Variations on a Rococo Theme Opus 33
Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra; Yuri Temirkanov, conductor Yo Yo Ma, cello
7:00 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
My Home Overture Opus 62
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Andre Previn, conductor
7:11 a.m.
Joseph Kraus
Viola Concerto in Eb major VB 153c
Tapiola Sinfonietta David Aaron Carpenter, viola
7:33 a.m.
Clara Schumann
Variations on a theme by Robert Schumann Opus 20
Benjamin Grosvenor, piano
7:46 a.m.
Edvard Grieg
String Quartet No. 2 (unfinished): II. Allegro scherzando in F major
Oslo Camerata; Stephan Barratt-Due, conductor
7:54 a.m.
Valerie Coleman
Umoja
Imani Winds
7:58 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto, Op. 4, No. 1 in Bb major Opus 4 RV 383
Academy of Ancient Music; Christopher Hogwood, conductor Monica Huggett, violin
8:07 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 94 "Surprise" in G major
Heidelberg Symphony; Thomas Fey, conductor
8:32 a.m.
John Cage
Sonata No. 5 for prepared piano
Robert Miller, piano
8:34 a.m.
Teresa Carreno
Vals Gayo Opus 38
Clara Rodriguez, piano
8:40 a.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
English Folk Song Suite
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; Vernon Handley, conductor
8:52 a.m.
Charles-Marie Widor
Organ Symphony No. 5: Toccata Opus 42
Simon Preston, organ
8:59 a.m.
Mauro Giuliani
Guitar Concerto No. 3 in F major Opus 70
English Chamber Orchestra; Raymond Leppard, conductor Angel Romero, guitar
9:28 a.m.
Manuel de Falla
Three-Cornered Hat: Neighbors' Dance
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Seiji Ozawa, conductor
9:33 a.m.
Johann Johannsson
The Theory of Everything Suite
La Pieta Angele Dubeau, violin
9:43 a.m.
Ottorino Respighi
Ancient Airs and Dances: Suite No. 1
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Hugh Wolff, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Giacomo Puccini
Preludio Sinfonico in A major
Philharmonic of La Scala; Riccardo Muti, conductor
10:09 a.m.
Francesco Tristano
Toccata
Arctic Philharmonic; Christian Kluxen, conductor Francesco Tristano, piano
10:12 a.m.
Santiago de Murcia
Villanos
Richard Savino, guitar; Mauro ReFosco, percussion; Yousif Sheronick, percussion
10:15 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor Opus 21
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Jun Markl, conductor Ingrid Fliter, piano [flee ter]
10:50 a.m.
Alexander Glazunov
Symphony No. 6: III. Intermezzo in C minor Opus 58
BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra; Tadaaki Otaka, conductor
10:56 a.m.
Tan Dun
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: The Eternal Vow
Shanghai Symphony Orchestra; Tan Dun, conductor Yo Yo Ma, cello
11:01 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Trio "Ghost": I. Allegro vivace e con brio in D major Opus 70/1
The Gold Coast Trio Rachel Vetter Huang, violin; Susan Lamb Cook, cello; Hao Huang, piano
11:09 a.m.
William Grant Still
Symphony No. 3 "The Sunday Symphony"
Fort Smith Symphony; John Jeter, conductor
11:13 a.m.
Jan Dussek
Harp Concerto in Eb major Opus 15
Mantova Orchestra; Vittorio Parisi, conductor Roberta Alessandrini, harp
11:39 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Overture in French Style: I. Overture in B minor
Andrew van Oyen, piano
11:48 a.m.
Jacques Offenbach
ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD: Overture
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
11:59 a.m.
Franz Liszt
Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Seiji Ozawa, conductor Krystian Zimerman, piano
12:22 p.m.
Johannes Hanssen
Valdres March
Boston Pops Orchestra; Arthur Fiedler, conductor
12:27 p.m.
Vladimir Martynov
The Beatitudes
Kronos Quartet
12:33 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Variations on Mozart's "La ci darem la mano" in Bb major Opus 2
Warsaw Philharmonic; Kazimierz Kord, conductor Garrick Ohlsson, piano
12:54 p.m.
Aaron Copland
Rodeo: Hoe-Down
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
12:59 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 10 in D minor Opus 6/10 HWV 328
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor
1:14 p.m.
Cecile Chaminade
La Lisonjera (The Flatterer) Opus 50
Joanne Polk, piano
1:19 p.m.
Theodore Dubois
Quintet for piano, oboe and strings: IV. Finale: Allegro con fuoco in F major
Trio Hochelaga Philippe Magnan, oboe; Jean-Luc Plourde, viola
1:29 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 102 in Bb major
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
1:56 p.m.
George Enescu
Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A major Opus 11
National Orchestra of France; Cristian Macelaru, conductor Yuja Wang, piano
2:00 p.m.
Richard Strauss
Symphony (No. 2) in F minor Opus 12
Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
2:41 p.m.
Giovanni Gabrieli
Canzon XIV
Empire Brass
2:46 p.m.
Joe Hisaishi
A Town with an Ocean View (from Kiki's Delivery Service)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Joe Hisaishi, conductor Bruce Liu, piano
2:53 p.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Suite Espanola: No. 4 "Cadiz" Opus 47
Jason Vieaux, guitar
3:00 p.m.
Arturo Sandoval
Wildflower (Yolanda's Song)
Catalyst Quartet Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
3:15 p.m.
Howard Shore
LORD OF THE RINGS: The Fellowship of the Ring: Concerning Hobbits
La Pieta; Angele Dubeau, conductor Angele Dubeau, violin
3:19 p.m.
Louis Spohr
Clarinet Concerto No. 4 in E minor WOO 20
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Kenneth Sillito, conductor Sabine Meyer, clarinet
3:44 p.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Romeo & Juliet: Dance of the Knights Opus 64
Toronto Symphony Orchestra; Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor
3:50 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto No. 10 "The Hunt" in Bb major Opus 8 RV 362 (La Caccia)
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Simon Standage, violin
3:59 p.m.
Samuel Barber
Violin Concerto Opus 14
London Symphony Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor Gil Shaham, violin
4:23 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 8: IV. Finale in G major Opus 88
Berlin Philharmonic; Rafael Kubelik, conductor Bomsori Kim, violin
4:30 p.m.
Jean-Baptiste Lully
March for the Turkish Ceremony
Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall, conductor
4:32 p.m.
John Williams
STAR WARS: Cantina Band
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
4:36 p.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Scheherazade: Festival at Baghdad Opus 35
Philharmonia Orchestra; Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
4:50 p.m.
George W. Chadwick
Symphonic Sketches: Jubilee
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
5:00 p.m.
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Overture
Polish National Radio Orchestra; Antoni Wit, conductor
5:11 p.m.
Florence Price
Memory Mist
Lara Downes, piano
5:15 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Scherzo from "Death and the Maiden" in D minor D 810
Buffalo Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
5:21 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Quintet for piano & winds in Eb major K 452
Mitsuko Uchida, piano; Neil Black, oboe; Thea King, clarinet; Frank Lloyd, horn; Robin O'Neill, bassoon
5:48 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Havanaise Opus 83
Vienna Symphony Orchestra; Manfred Honeck, conductor Maria Duenas, violin
5:59 p.m.
Edward Elgar
Enigma Variations Opus 36
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
6:31 p.m.
Zhou Tian
Concerto for Orchestra: III. Seeker's Scherzo
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Louis Langree, conductor
6:34 p.m.
Tobias Picker
Old and Lost Rivers
Houston Symphony Orchestra; Christoph Eschenbach, conductor
6:42 p.m.
Peter Hope
Momentum Suite
Northern Sinfonia of England; David Lloyd-Jones, conductor
6:53 p.m.
George Walker
Caprice
George Walker, piano
6:55 p.m.
Gentil Montana
Suite Colombiana No. 2: IV. Porro
Jose Antonio Escobar, guitar
