Classical Music Playlist, October 30, 2023
Beethoven still hadn’t written down all the music for his 3rd piano concerto by the time of its premiere – just some messy scrawls to remind him what was in his head for solo passages. This confounded the student he invited to be his page-turner at the premiere, Ignaz von Seyfried, who later wrote of the adventure:
“I saw empty pages with here and there what looked like Egyptian hieroglyphs, totally unintelligible to me, scribbled to serve as clues for him. He played nearly all of his part from memory, since, obviously, he had put so little on paper. So, whenever he reached the end of some invisible passage, he gave me a surreptitious nod and I turned the page. My anxiety not to miss such a nod amused him greatly and the recollection of it at our convivial dinner after the concert sent him into gales of laughter.”
Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3, with an orchestra of period instruments and the soloist playing a fortepiano of Beethoven’s era, is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Willem De Fesch
Sonata No. 2 in G minor Opus 12
Accademia Amsterdam
6:07 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Orchestral Suite "Mozartiana" in G major Opus 61
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
6:33 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Serenade for Winds in C minor K 388
Heinz Holliger, oboe; Louise Pellerin, oboe; Eduard Brunner, clarinet; Klaus Thunemann, bassoon
6:58 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Keyboard Concerto No. 4 in A major BWV 1055
Chamber Orchestra of Europe David Fray, piano
7:14 a.m.
Luigi Boccherini
Sinfonia Concertante in C major Opus 21
Portland Baroque Orchestra; Monica Huggett, conductor Richard Savino, guitar
7:37 a.m.
George Enescu
Romanian Rhapsody No. 2 in D major Opus 11
National Orchestra of France; Cristian Macelaru, conductor Daniel Hope, violin; Alexey Botvinov, piano
7:46 a.m.
Amy Beach
In Autumn Opus 15
Joanne Polk, piano
7:49 a.m.
Chen Peixun
Autumn Moon on a Calm Lake
Lang Lang, piano
7:54 a.m.
Frederick Delius
KOANGA: La Calinda
Northern Sinfonia of England; Richard Hickox, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 3 "Eroica": IV. Finale: Allegro molto in Eb major Opus 55
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
8:11 a.m.
Joaquin Rodrigo
Concierto de Aranjuez
New York Philharmonic; Jose Serebrier, conductor Sharon Isbin, guitar
8:35 a.m.
Wilhelm Stenhammar
Piano Concerto No. 1: II. Vivacissimo in Bb minor Opus 1
Malmo Symphony Orchestra; Mario Venzago, conductor Niklas Sivelov, piano
8:42 a.m.
Cesar Franck
Symphony: II. Allegretto in D minor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Pierre Monteux, conductor
8:53 a.m.
Paul Hindemith
Symphonic Metamorphosis: IV. March
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Randall Goosby, violin
9:00 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 7 in D minor Opus 70
Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
9:38 a.m.
Leo Delibes
Sylvia: Pizzicato Polka
New Philharmonia Orchestra; Richard Bonynge, conductor
9:40 a.m.
Franz Schubert
Moments Musicaux No. 3 in F minor Opus 94 D 780
Radu Lupu, piano
9:43 a.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto for flute, strings and continuo in G major
Berlin Baroque Soloists; Rainer Kussmaul, conductor Emmanuel Pahud, flute
9:53 a.m.
Margaret Bonds
Simon Bore the Cross: I. Prelude
The Dessoff Choirs & Orchestra; Malcolm J. Merriweather, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Capriccio Italien Opus 45
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
10:16 a.m.
Leonard Bernstein
Love Theme from ON THE WATERFRONT (Symphonic Suite)
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
10:23 a.m.
Henriette Renie
Harp Concerto in C minor
Rhenish Philharmonic Orchestra; Shao-Chia Lu, conductor Xavier de Maistre, harp
10:44 a.m.
Morton Gould
American Caprice
Lara Downes, piano
10:51 a.m.
Gerald Finzi
Romance in Eb major Opus 11
Guildhall String Ensemble; Robert Salter, conductor
10:59 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 29 in A major K 201
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
11:26 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dance No. 9 in E minor
London Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
11:29 a.m.
Astor Piazzolla
La Muerte del Angel (Death of the Angel)
Franz Halasz, guitar
11:33 a.m.
John Williams
Summon the Heroes
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
11:40 a.m.
Jacques Aubert
Concerto for 4 violins, cello and continuo in D major Opus 17/1
Collegium Musicum 90; Simon Standage, conductor
11:50 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": III. Scherzo in E minor Opus 95
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
11:59 a.m.
Franz Schubert
Octet for strings & winds: I. Adagio - Allegro in F major Opus 166 D 803
Academy of Ancient Music Members of...
12:15 p.m.
Erik Satie
Gnossienne No. 1
Lang Lang, piano
12:20 p.m.
Dorothy Howell
Lamia
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Rumon Gamba, conductor Sophie Langdon, violin; Richard Watkins, horn
12:36 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 6 "Le Matin" in D major
Lausanne Chamber Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
12:55 p.m.
Yosef Hadar
Evening of Roses
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla, conductor Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello
1:00 p.m.
Johan Halvorsen
Symphony No. 1 in C minor
Bergen Philharmonic; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
1:36 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Keyboard Concerto No. 5 in F minor BWV 1056
Chamber Orchestra of Europe Andras Schiff, piano
1:47 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
DON GIOVANNI Overture K 527
Tafelmusik; Bruno Weil, conductor
1:54 p.m.
Paulinho Nogueira
Bachianinha No. 1
Plinio Fernandes, guitar
2:00 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor Opus 37
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor Robert Levin, fortepiano
2:36 p.m.
Fernando Sor
Etude No. 19 in Bb major Opus 29/13
Andres Segovia, guitar
2:41 p.m.
Willem De Fesch
Concerto No. 1 in D major Opus 5
Musica Ad Rhenum
2:49 p.m.
Ernest Farrar
Rhapsody No. 1 "The Open Road" Opus 9
Philharmonia Orchestra; Alasdair Mitchell, conductor
3:01 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Hebrides Overture in B minor Opus 26
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
3:12 p.m.
Jon Batiste
Nocturne No. 1 in D minor
Jon Batiste, piano
3:17 p.m.
Michael Torke
Sky
Albany Symphony Orchestra; David Alan Miller, conductor Tessa Lark, violin
3:42 p.m.
TRADITIONAL
The Lark in the Clear Air
McGill/McHale Trio Demarre McGill, flute; Anthony McGill, clarinet; Michael McHale, piano
3:47 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Carnaval Opus 9
Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, conductor
3:59 p.m.
Clara Schumann
Piano Concerto in A minor Opus 7
The Women's Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor Angela Cheng, piano
4:22 p.m.
Grace Williams
Hiraeth for Harp
Sandrine Chatron, harp
4:24 p.m.
Carlos Simon
Memory of Summer
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; Klaus Makela, conductor Carlos Simon, piano
4:29 p.m.
John Williams
1941 (march)
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
4:35 p.m.
Daniel-Francois Auber
Rondo for cello and orchestra
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Roberto Paternostro, conductor Martin Ostertag, cello
4:49 p.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
DIE FLEDERMAUS Overture (The Bat)
Berlin Philharmonic; Herbert Von Karajan, conductor
4:59 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Bassoon Concerto in F major Opus 75
Tapiola Sinfonietta; Jean Jacques Kantorow, conductor Jaakko Luoma, bassoon
5:17 p.m.
Mahito Yokota
SUPER MARIO GALAXY: Gusty Garden Galaxy
London Philharmonic Orchestra
5:22 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dance No. 7 in F major
Staatskapelle Berlin; Otmar Suitner, conductor
5:24 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance No. 3 in F major Opus 72
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
5:29 p.m.
Bela Bartok
Piano Concerto No. 3 SZ 119
Helsinki Philharmonic; Susanna Malkki, conductor Andreas Haefliger, piano
5:55 p.m.
Leo Brouwer
Afro-Cuban Lullaby (Cancion de Cuna: Berceuse)
Pablo Sainz Villegas, guitar
5:59 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Violin Concerto in D minor Opus 47
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor Itzhak Perlman, violin
6:33 p.m.
Jacques Offenbach
ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD: Overture
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
6:44 p.m.
Adrian Cruft
Traditional Hornpipe Suite
Royal Ballet Sinfonia; Gavin Sutherland, conductor
6:52 p.m.
Alexandra Streliski
Burnout Fugue
Alexandra Streliski, piano
6:55 p.m.
TRADITIONAL
Scarborough Fair
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello; Plinio Fernandes, guitar
