Classical Music Playlist, October 16, 2023
Johannes Brahms c 1862 by Carl Anton Schulz
In his mid-20s in the mid-1850s, Johannes Brahms was daunted by the shadow of Beethoven who had died only about 30 years before. Because of this, Brahms resisted composing a symphony until he was 46 when he felt better experienced. He gained some of that orchestral experience by writing other music including his two orchestral Serenades. The Brahms Serenade No. 1, completed in 1858 at age 25, is today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Jean-Philippe Rameau
NAIS: Orchestral Suite (1)
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
6:20 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Violin Sonata No. 1 "Rain" in G major Opus 78
Leonidas Kavakos, violin; Yuja Wang, piano
6:49 a.m.
Vincenzo Capirola
Renaissance Dances for Lute
Ronn McFarlane, lute
6:55 a.m.
Ruth Crawford (Seeger)
Rissolty Rossolty
Schonberg Ensemble; Oliver Knussen, conductor
6:59 a.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Oboe Concerto
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; Vernon Handley, conductor Jonathan Small, oboe
7:18 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 102 in Bb major
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
7:43 a.m.
Adolfo Mejia
Bambuco en mi in E minor Bambuco in e minor
Jose Antonio Escobar, guitar
7:47 a.m.
Niels Gade
Symphony No. 5: III. Scherzo in D minor Opus 25
Stockholm Sinfonietta; Neeme Jarvi, conductor Roland Pontinen, piano
7:52 a.m.
Gabriel Faure
Pavane Opus 50
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata No. 140 "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme": I. Chorale BWV 140 Wachet auf,ruft uns die Stimme
The Bach Ensemble; Joshua Rifkin, conductor
8:07 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major Opus 58
London Classical Players; Roger Norrington, conductor Melvyn Tan, piano
8:40 a.m.
Francesco Tristano
Toccata
Arctic Philharmonic; Christian Kluxen, conductor Francesco Tristano, piano
8:44 a.m.
Thomas de Hartmann
Cello Concerto: III. Finale. Allegro ma non troppo Opus 57
Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra Matt Haimovitz, cello
8:52 a.m.
Joe Hisaishi
A Town with an Ocean View (from Kiki's Delivery Service)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Joe Hisaishi, conductor Bruce Liu, piano
8:58 a.m.
Dmitri Shostakovich
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor Opus 35
Moscow Virtuosi; Vladimir Spivakov, conductor Evgeny Kissin, piano; Vassili Kan, trumpet
9:22 a.m.
Agustin Barrios
Vals (Waltz) No. 4 in G major Opus 8/4
Jason Vieaux, guitar
9:26 a.m.
Antonio Lauro
Venezuelan Waltz No. 3 "Natalia" (Vals Venezolano)
Jason Vieaux, guitar
9:29 a.m.
Johan Svendsen
Festival Polonaise (Festpolonese) Opus 12
Latvian National Symphony; Terje Mikkelsen, conductor
9:39 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
String Quartet in Eb major
Nash Ensemble
10:00 a.m.
Karl Goldmark
In Italy Overture Opus 49
National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland; Stephen Gunzenhauser, conductor
10:13 a.m.
Valerie Coleman
Portraits of Langston: VI. Harlem's Summer Night
McGill/McHale Trio Demarre McGill, flute; Anthony McGill, clarinet; Michael McHale, piano
10:15 a.m.
Phil Rosheger
Good Luck Waltz
David Russell, guitar
10:19 a.m.
Joseph Kraus
Viola Concerto in Eb major VB 153c
Tapiola Sinfonietta David Aaron Carpenter, viola
10:41 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
XERXES: Largo: "Ombra Mai Fu"
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
10:46 a.m.
Alexander Glazunov
The Seasons: Autumn Opus 67
Minnesota Orchestra; Edo de Waart, conductor
10:59 a.m.
Earl Wild
Grand Fantasie on Porgy and Bess: Summertime (After G. Gershwin)
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
11:20 a.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Concert Etudes: Automne in Db major Opus 35/2
Anna Shelest, piano
11:28 a.m.
John Williams
STAR WARS - THE FORCE AWAKENS: The Jedi Steps and Finale
Studio Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
11:38 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto No. 11 "The Lyre" (La Cetra) in C minor Opus 9 RV 198
Academy of Ancient Music; Christopher Hogwood, conductor Simon Standage, violin
11:49 a.m.
Louise Farrenc
Symphony No. 3: II. Adagio cantabile in G minor Opus 36
North German Radio Symphony; Johannes Goritzki, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Scherzo capriccioso Opus 66
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
12:13 p.m.
Carlos Simon
Memory of Summer
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; Klaus Makela, conductor Carlos Simon, piano
12:18 p.m.
J. P. E. Hartmann
Hakon Jarl Opus 40
Danish National Symphony Orchestra; Thomas Dausgaard, conductor
12:29 p.m.
Fernando Sor
Etude in G major Opus 29/11
Narciso Yepes, guitar
12:33 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major K 467 (FROM THE RUSSELL KLETZING COLLECTION)
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Alfred Brendel, piano
1:01 p.m.
Maurice Ravel
Le tombeau de Couperin (The tomb of Couperin)
Lyon Opera Orchestra; Kent Nagano, conductor
1:20 p.m.
Yuzo Toyama
Suite from Yugen: Dance of Celestials
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; Mariss Jansons, conductor Per Flemstrom, flute
1:24 p.m.
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Piano Quintet in Eb minor Opus 87
Schubert Ensemble of London
1:46 p.m.
Samuel Barber
School for Scandal Overture
New York Philharmonic; Thomas Schippers, conductor
1:55 p.m.
Agustin Barrios
Maxixe
Xuefei Yang, guitar
2:00 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Serenade No. 1 in D major Opus 11
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
2:49 p.m.
Clara Schumann
Liebst du um Schonheit Opus 12/4
Barbara Bonney, soprano; Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
2:53 p.m.
Emmanuel Chabrier
Danse Slav (from Le Roi Malgre Lui)
Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra; Herve Niquet, conductor
3:00 p.m.
Wilhelm Stenhammar
Excelsior! Opus 13
Royal Scottish Orchestra; Petter Sundkvist, conductor
3:14 p.m.
Valerie Coleman
Shotgun Houses: I. Shotgun Houses
Harlem Quartet David Shifrin, clarinet
3:21 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major HOB VIIb:1
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor Anner Bylsma, cello
3:45 p.m.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4: I. Preludio W284
Plinio Fernandes, guitar
3:49 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
Sigurd Jorsalfar: Homage March Opus 22
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
3:59 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Serenade for Strings: I. Andante non troppo in C major Opus 48
St. Petersburg Philharmonic; Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
4:09 p.m.
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Solitude
La Pieta Angele Dubeau, violin
4:15 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 7 in D minor Opus 70
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Bomsori Kim, violin
4:52 p.m.
H. T. Burleigh
Deep River
PubliQuartet Lara Downes, piano
4:56 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dance No. 8 in A minor
Staatskapelle Berlin; Otmar Suitner, conductor
5:00 p.m.
Claude Debussy
Images for Orchestra: Iberia: I. The Streets and Byways
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
5:08 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 38 "Prague" in D major K 504
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
5:40 p.m.
Amy Beach
In Autumn Opus 15
Joanne Polk, piano
5:44 p.m.
Franz Berwald
Play of the Elves (Elfenspiel)
Gavle(borg) Symphony Orchestra; Petri Sakari, conductor
5:54 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Praeludio in E minor BWV 996
Sharon Isbin, guitar
5:59 p.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major Opus 26
Montreal Symphony Orchestra; Charles Dutoit, conductor Martha Argerich, piano
6:29 p.m.
Georges Bizet
Carmen Suite No. 1
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
6:42 p.m.
Hildur Gudnadottir
Chernobyl: Vichnaya Pamyat Memory Eternal
Homin Lviv Municipal Choir
6:47 p.m.
Enrique Soro
Danza Fantastica
Chile Symphony Orchestra; Jose Luis Dominguez, conductor
6:52 p.m.
Philip Glass
Powaqqatsi (Film Score): Anthem 1
Philip Glass Ensemble; MIchael Reisman, conductor
