Classical Music Playlist, September 27, 2023
Just after World War I Edward Elgar was ill, his beloved wife Alice was ill and getting mysteriously smaller and more fragile; “She seemed to be fading away before one’s very eyes,” Elgar later recalled. He was also deeply saddened by all the destruction and change that the war had brought to the world he had known. All that anguish, on so many levels, found its way into music that, despite it all, emerged as Elgar’s profoundly beautiful Cello Concerto in E-minor.
Cellist Ofra Harnoy recorded the concerto at Abbey Road Studios in 1996 but the master tapes went missing soon after. Finally found in 2022,
the recording has now been released in September 2023. That recording is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 2 in F major Opus 6/2 HWV 320
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor
6:12 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor Opus 92/2
Munich Piano Trio
6:48 a.m.
Fernando Sor
Etude in G major Opus 29/11
Narciso Yepes, guitar
6:52 a.m.
Henry Purcell
Fantasia on One Note for 5 Viols in F
Orchestra of the 18th Century; Frans Bruggen, conductor
6:55 a.m.
Elliott Carter
A Fantasy about Purcell's Fantasia upon one note
London Gabrieli Brass Ensemble; Christopher Larkin, conductor
7:00 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 3: I. Allegro ma non tanto in D minor Opus 30
Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Litton, conductor Stephen Hough, piano
7:16 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 96 "Miracle" in D major
English Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Tate, conductor
7:40 a.m.
Emilio Pujol
Tango Espagnol
Julian Bream, guitar
7:45 a.m.
Florence Price
Symphony No. 1: III. Juba Dance in E minor
Chineke! Orchestra; Roderick Cox, conductor
7:49 a.m.
Percy Grainger
The Gum Suckers March
Dallas Wind Symphony; Jerry Junkin, conductor
7:53 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
RUSALKA: Polonaise in Eb major
Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Keyboard Concerto No. 7 in G minor BWV 1058
A Far Cry; Simone Dinnerstein, conductor Simone Dinnerstein, piano
8:14 a.m.
Leos Janacek
Lachian Dances
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Jose Serebrier, conductor
8:36 a.m.
Mario Albanese
Jequibau
Plinio Fernandes, guitar
8:38 a.m.
Paulinho Nogueira; Luiz Gonzaga
Bachianinha No. 2 / Araponga
Plinio Fernandes, guitar
8:42 a.m.
Anton Arensky
Piano Quintet: Scherzo Opus 51
Ying Quartet Adam Neiman, piano
8:52 a.m.
Ethel Smyth
Serenade in D: II. Scherzo. Allegro vivace in D major
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Odaline de la Martinez, conductor Tasmin Little, violin; John Lenehan, piano
9:00 a.m.
Ferdinand Ries
Piano Concerto No. 4 in C minor Opus 115
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Uwe Grodd, conductor Christopher Hinterhuber, piano
9:27 a.m.
Grace Williams
Ballads: II. Alla marcia solenne
BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra; Vernon Handley, conductor
9:32 a.m.
Federico Moreno Torroba
Sonatina
Javier Calderon, guitar
9:44 a.m.
Stanislaw Moniuszko
Bajka (The Fairy Tale): Overture
Warsaw Philharmonic; Antoni Wit, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Mandolin Concerto in C major RV 425
I Solisti Veneti; Claudio Scimone, conductor Bonifacio Bianchi, mandolin
10:09 a.m.
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Solitude
La Pieta Angele Dubeau, violin
10:15 a.m.
Henri Vieuxtemps
Violin Concerto No. 4 in D minor Opus 31
German Chamber Philharmonic; Paavo Jarvi, conductor Hilary Hahn, violin
10:47 a.m.
Felipe Villanueva
Poetic Waltz (Vals Poetico)
State of Mexico Symphony; Enrique Batiz, conductor
10:51 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Waltz No. 1 "Grande Valse Brillante"
National Philharmonic Orchestra; Richard Bonynge, conductor
10:58 a.m.
William Grant Still
Africa: Symphonic Poem
Fort Smith Symphony; John Jeter, conductor
11:27 a.m.
Francesco Geminiani
Concerto Grosso "La Follia" in D minor
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor
11:38 a.m.
Dorothy Howell
Lamia
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Rumon Gamba, conductor Sophie Langdon, violin; Richard Watkins, horn
11:49 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Concertino for Clarinet and Orchestra in Eb major Opus 26
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Antony Pay, clarinet
12:00 p.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 6 in F major Opus 6
Musica Amphion; Pieter-Jan Belder, conductor
12:12 p.m.
Ronn McFarlane
Fermi's Paradox
Carolyn Surrick, viola da gamba; Ronn McFarlane, lute
12:19 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sinfonia Concertante for winds and orchestra in Eb major K 297b
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Libor Pesek, conductor Radomir Pivoda, flute; Jiri Mihule, oboe; Zdenek Tylsar, horn; Frantisek Herman, bassoon
12:45 p.m.
Teresa Carreno
Elegy No. 1 Opus 17
Clara Rodriguez, piano
12:50 p.m.
Thomas de Hartmann
Cello Concerto: III. Finale. Allegro ma non troppo Opus 57
Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra Matt Haimovitz, cello
12:59 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 1 in G major Opus 6/1 HWV 319
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra; Ton Koopman, conductor
1:12 p.m.
Leonard Bernstein
On the Waterfront: Symphonic Suite
Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Eduardo Mata, conductor
1:34 p.m.
Cesar Franck
Variations Symphoniques
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Claus Peter Flor, conductor Rudolf Firkusny, piano
1:50 p.m.
Francis Poulenc
Sextet for wind quintet & piano: I. Allegro vivace FP 100
Pascal Roge, piano; Patrick Gallois, flute; Maurice Bourgue, oboe; Michel Portal, clarinet
2:00 p.m.
Edward Elgar
Cello Concerto in E minor Opus 85
London Philharmonic Orchestra; George Pehlivanian, conductor Ofra Harnoy, cello
2:29 p.m.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4: I. Preludio W284
Plinio Fernandes, guitar
2:34 p.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
NABUCCO Overture (Sinfonia)
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Edward Downes, conductor
2:43 p.m.
Marianne Martinez
Piano Concerto in A Major in A major
Orqueste Filarmonia Iberica; Melani Mestre, conductor Melani Mestre, piano
2:59 p.m.
Earl Wild
Grand Fantasie on Porgy and Bess: Summertime (After G. Gershwin)
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
3:20 p.m.
Philip Glass
Metamorphosis II
Anne Akiko Meyers, violin; Akira Eguchi, piano
3:29 p.m.
Ernst von Dohnanyi
Symphonic Minutes Opus 36
Buffalo Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
3:45 p.m.
Marin Marais
Chaconne and Rondeau
Paolo Pandolfo, viola da gamba; Mitzi Meyerson, harpsichord; Thomas Boysen, baroque guitar; Pedro Estevan, percussion
3:52 p.m.
Randy Edelman
Gettysburg: Reunion and Finale
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor Timothy Berens. guitar
3:59 p.m.
Richard Strauss
Horn Concerto No. 1 in Eb major Opus 11
Cologne Symphony Orchestra; Gunter Wand, conductor Hermann Baumann, horn
4:16 p.m.
Chen Peixun
Autumn Moon on a Calm Lake
Lang Lang, piano
4:21 p.m.
Claude Debussy
La Mer: III. Dialogue of the Wind and the Sea
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Bernard Haitink, conductor
4:30 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major K 216
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra; Yakov Kreizberg, conductor Julia Fischer, violin
4:55 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
Voces8; Eric Whitacre, conductor Nelson Freire, piano
5:00 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Oberon Overture J 306
Tapiola Sinfonietta; Jean Jacques Kantorow, conductor
5:10 p.m.
Leo Brouwer
Preludio
Manuel Barrueco, guitar
5:12 p.m.
Georges Bizet
CARMEN: Toreador song
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
5:16 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 104 "London" in D major
Heidelberg Symphony; Thomas Fey, conductor
5:46 p.m.
John Williams
Theme from Sabrina
Boston Pops Orchestra; Keith Lockhart, conductor
5:52 p.m.
Claudio Monteverdi
Monteverdiana
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
6:00 p.m.
Joseph Kraus
Violin Concerto in C major VB 151
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; Uwe Grodd, conductor Takako Nishizaki, violin
6:31 p.m.
Claude Debussy
Arabesque No. 1 in E major
Helene Grimaud, piano
6:37 p.m.
Yuzo Toyama
Rhapsody for Orchestra
Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra; Ryusuke Numajiri, conductor
6:44 p.m.
Howard Shore
The Forest: 3rd movement
National Arts Centre Orchestra; Alexander Shelley, conductor Milos Karadaglic, guitar
6:51 p.m.
Henning Sommerro
Varsog
Arctic Philharmonic; Christian Kluxen, conductor Eldbjorg Hemsing, violin
6:55 p.m.
Carlos Simon
Memory of Summer
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; Klaus Makela, conductor Carlos Simon, piano
