Classical Music Playlist, October 18, 2023
George Walker in the 1940s | photo: Wikipedia
American composer George Walker (1922-2018) graduated high school at age 14, went on to study at Oberlin College, the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia (becoming its first black graduate in 1945), then studied at the American Academy in Fontainebleau in Paris. After this, he was the first Black recipient of a doctorate from the Eastman School of Music in 1957, and in that same year he returned to Paris on a Fulbright Scholarship to study composition with Nadia Boulanger. He became the first Black tenured faculty member at Smith College in 1961 as well as the recipient of fellowships, other university faculty positions, six honorary doctorates and the Pulitzer Prize in 1996.
But it was in 1946 that Walker finished his first major composition, his String Quartet No. 1 "Lyric," today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Johann Friedrich Fasch
Quartet for 2 oboes, bassoon and continuo in D minor
Camerata Koln
6:09 a.m.
Luigi Boccherini
Quintet for guitar and strings No. 3 in Bb major G 447
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemble Pepe Romero, guitar
6:35 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Keyboard Concerto No. 2 in E major BWV 1053
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Murray Perahia, conductor Murray Perahia, piano
6:55 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 7: third movement in A major Opus 92
Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
7:06 a.m.
Edward Elgar
Enigma Variations Opus 36
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Alexander Gibson, conductor
7:36 a.m.
Gunther Schuller
Suite for Wind Quintet: II. Blues
Reykjavik Wind Quintet
7:38 a.m.
Gyorgy Ligeti
Bagatelle (from Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet)
Albert Schweitzer Quintet
7:42 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Song Without Words Opus 8/1
Tzimon Barto, piano
7:49 a.m.
John Williams
E.T.: Adventures on Earth
Los Angeles Recording Arts Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
8:01 a.m.
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 1: 2nd movement in D major
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
8:09 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Quintet for piano & winds in Eb major K 452
Academy of Ancient Music Robert Levin, piano; Members of...
8:35 a.m.
Charlotte Sohy
Song Without Words Op 30/4
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; The Bach Choir; Joe Hisaishi, conductor Lang Lang, piano
8:41 a.m.
John C. Williams
Aeolian Suite: Double Dance
Studio Orchestra; William Goodchild, conductor John Williams, guitar
8:43 a.m.
Andrew York
Sunburst
Jason Vieaux, guitar
8:48 a.m.
Jose Moncayo
Huapango
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Enrique Arturo Diemecke, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Jan Kalliwoda
Symphony No. 2 in Eb major Opus 17
Cologne Academy; Michael Alexander Willens, conductor
9:29 a.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Zambra Granadina
David Russell, guitar
9:34 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto No. 10 "The Hunt" in Bb major Opus 8 RV 362 (La Caccia)
Accademia Bizantina; Carlo Chiarappa, conductor Carlo Chiarappa, violin
9:44 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Rhapsody No. 3 in Ab major Opus 45
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Bohumil Gregor, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Trumpet Overture Opus 101
London Symphony Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor
10:10 a.m.
Xavier Dubois Foley
Shelter Island
Randall Goosby, violin; Xavier Dubois Foley, double bass
10:16 a.m.
Maurice Ravel
Mother Goose Suite
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Charles Munch, conductor
10:36 a.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 11 in Bb major Opus 6
Musica Amphion; Pieter-Jan Belder, conductor
10:47 a.m.
Arvo Part
Mirror in the Mirror (Spiegel im Spiegel)
Dietmar Schwalke, cello; Alexander Malter, piano
10:57 a.m.
Joaquin Rodrigo
Fantasy for a Gentleman
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; John Boyd, conductor Charles Ramirez, guitar
11:20 a.m.
Joaquin Turina
The Bullfighter's Prayer Opus 34
Pacifica Quartet Sharon Isbin, guitar
11:29 a.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Iberia: Festival Day in Seville (Fete-Dieu a Seville)
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
11:39 a.m.
Luigi Boccherini
Quintet for guitar and strings No. 4: III. Fandango in D major G 448
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields (members of) Pepe Romero, guitar
11:48 a.m.
Mikhail Glinka
Spanish Overture No. 2
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Vassily Sinaisky, conductor
11:58 a.m.
Gustav Holst
St. Paul's Suite Opus 29/2
English String Orchestra; William Boughton, conductor
12:12 p.m.
Rafael Antonio Castellanos
Pastoras Alegres joyful shepherds
El Mundo; Richard Savino, director, conductor Jennifer Ellis Kampani, soprano; Nell Snaidas, soprano; Ryland Angel, tenor
12:16 p.m.
Teresa Carreno
Corbeille de fleurs
Alan Feinberg, piano
12:23 p.m.
Samuel Barber
Violin Concerto Opus 14
London Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor Anne Akiko Meyers, violin
12:48 p.m.
Joe Hisaishi
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Winds (Suite)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; The Bach Choir; Joe Hisaishi, conductor
12:59 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for 2 oboes, 2 violins, bassoon in C major RV 557
Ensemble Zefiro; Alfredo Bernardini, conductor Members of...
1:08 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance No. 6 in D major Opus 46
Berlin Philharmonic; Lorin Maazel, conductor
1:15 p.m.
Ethel Smyth
Sonata for Violin and Piano in A minor Opus 7
Tasmin Little, violin; John Lenehan, piano
1:40 p.m.
Roland Dyens
Tango En Skai (Immitation Leather Tango)
Jason Vieaux, guitar
1:43 p.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Romeo & Juliet: Dance of the Knights Opus 64
Toronto Symphony Orchestra; Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor
1:48 p.m.
Arturo Marquez
Danzon No. 2
Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
2:00 p.m.
George Walker
String Quartet No. 1 "Lyric"
Catalyst Quartet
2:24 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment; Charles Mackerras, conductor
2:37 p.m.
Gabriel Faure
Masques and Bergamasques Opus 112
Seattle Symphony; Ludovic Morlot, conductor
2:52 p.m.
Ricardo Castro
Piano Concerto: III. Polonaise in A minor Opus 22
Orquesta Sinf�nica de Miner�a (OSM); Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor Jorge Federico Osorio, piano
3:00 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik in G major K 525
Berlin Philharmonic; Herbert Von Karajan, conductor
3:18 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
RUSALKA: Polonaise in Eb major
Russian Philharmonic Orchestra; Dmitry Yablonsky, conductor
3:25 p.m.
Jean-Michel Blais
murmures
Jean-Michel Blais, piano
3:30 p.m.
John Williams
Superman: Main Title
London Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
3:36 p.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Piano Sonata in C minor Opus 21
Joanne Polk, piano
3:54 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
3:59 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Rosamunde Overture Opus 26 D 797 (The Magic Harp)
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Claudio Abbado, conductor
4:10 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
Norwegian Dances Opus 35
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
4:28 p.m.
Connor Chee
Navajo Vocable No. 4
Angelica Hairston, harp
4:33 p.m.
Ottorino Respighi
Ancient Airs and Dances: Suite No. 2
Lausanne Chamber Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
4:53 p.m.
Claude Debussy
The Girl with the Flaxen Hair (from Preludes, Book I: No. 8)
Pablo Sainz Villegas, guitar
4:58 p.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
5:10 p.m.
Agustin Barrios
Danza Paraguaya No. 1
David Russell, guitar
5:12 p.m.
Felipe Villanueva
Poetic Waltz (Vals Poetico)
State of Mexico Symphony; Enrique Batiz, conductor
5:16 p.m.
Franz Krommer
Concerto for two clarinets in Eb major Opus 91
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Kenneth Sillito, conductor Sabine Meyer, clarinet; Julian Bliss, clarinet
5:41 p.m.
Scott Joplin
The Entertainer
Lara Downes, piano
5:44 p.m.
Leo Delibes
Sylvia: Pizzicato Polka
New Philharmonia Orchestra; Richard Bonynge, conductor
5:47 p.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 12 in F major Opus 6
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
5:59 p.m.
William Alwyn
Elizabethan Dances (1957)
London Symphony Orchestra; Richard Hickox, conductor
6:19 p.m.
David Lyon
Short Suite
Royal Ballet Sinfonia; David Lloyd-Jones, conductor
6:30 p.m.
Aaron Jay Kernis
100 Greatest Dance Hits
Escher Quartet Jason Vieaux, guitar
6:46 p.m.
Toumani Diabate; Nico Muhly, arr.; Ian Gardiner, arr.
Moon Kaira
London Symphony Orchestra Toumani Diabate, kora
6:53 p.m.
Ariel Ramirez
MISA CRIOLLA: II. Gloria
Zurich Chamber Orchestra; Daniel Hope, conductor Daniel Hope, violin; Palau de la Musica vocal quartet
