Classical Music Playlist, November 9, 2023
The 1941 Violin Concerto by American composer Samuel Barber was written on commission from a wealthy soap magnate for his young adopted violinist son. But the violinist's coach expressed that the opening two movements were insufficiently showy for the violinist and would harm his student's reputation. They also told Barber, who had not yet sent them a finale movement, that the finale should be more virtuosic. Barber didn't change a note of the first two movements and wrote the finale to need extreme virtuosity for its technical demands and breakneck speed. The young violinist rejected the Concerto and today it’s a standard of the violin repertoire with audiences attracted to its beauty and capable violinists to its challenge. American violinist Hilary Hahn demonstrates how to play the Barber Violin Concerto for today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Tomaso Albinoni
Concerto No. 9 for two oboes and strings in C major Opus 9/9
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra; Nicol Matt, conductor Stefan Schilli, oboe; Giovanni Deangeli, oboe
6:11 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
String Quintet No. 2 in G major Opus 111
Takacs Quartet Lawrence Power, viola
6:42 a.m.
Clara Schumann
Variations on a theme by Robert Schumann Opus 20
Benjamin Grosvenor, piano
6:55 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Harpsichord Concerto: II. Adagio in D minor BWV 974
Plinio Fernandes, guitar
7:01 a.m.
Hugo Alfven
Swedish Rhapsody No. 1 "Midsummer Night Vigil" Opus 19
Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, conductor
7:14 a.m.
Cesar Franck
Variations Symphoniques
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Litton, conductor Andrew Litton, piano
7:31 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major Opus 3/3 RV 310
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor Elizabeth Wallfisch, violin
7:39 a.m.
Aaron Jay Kernis
100 Greatest Dance Hits: II. Salsa Pasada
Escher Quartet Jason Vieaux, guitar
7:42 a.m.
Reinhold Gliere
Concert Waltz Opus 90
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Vassily Sinaisky, conductor
7:49 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Serenade No. 10 for winds "Gran Partita": I. Largo - Allegro Molto in Bb major K 361
Amadeus Winds; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
8:00 a.m.
George Enescu
Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A major Opus 11
Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Eduardo Mata, conductor
8:14 a.m.
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 6: I. Majestoso in A major
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
8:32 a.m.
John Williams
Memoirs of a Geisha: The Chairman's Waltz
La Pieta; Angele Dubeau, conductor Angele Dubeau, violin
8:35 a.m.
John Williams
STAR WARS: Cantina Band
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
8:38 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
8:41 a.m.
Aaron Copland
Rodeo: Hoe-Down
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
8:47 a.m.
Grace Williams
Fantasia on Welsh Nursery Tunes
London Symphony Orchestra; Sir Charles Groves, conductor
8:59 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major Opus 58
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Zubin Mehta, conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
9:37 a.m.
Shara Nova
I Have Never Loved Someone
Conspirare; Mir� Quartet; Craig Hella Johnson, conductor
9:42 a.m.
Johan Christian Schieferdecker
Concerts musicaux No. 1
Berlin Academy of Ancient Music
9:54 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Nocturne No. 2 in Eb major Opus 9/2
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
10:00 a.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus
Utah Symphony Orchestra; Maurice Abravanel, conductor
10:14 a.m.
Kurt Weill
Lost in the Stars
Lara Downes, piano
10:19 a.m.
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Cello Concerto in A major Wq 172 / H 439
English Chamber Orchestra; Andrew Davis, conductor Matt Haimovitz, cello
10:41 a.m.
Howard Shore
The Forest: 3rd movement
National Arts Centre Orchestra; Alexander Shelley, conductor Milos Karadaglic, guitar
10:48 a.m.
Jean Sibelius
Spring Song
Lahti Symphony Orchestra; Osmo Vanska, conductor
10:59 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Piano Concerto No. 4 in C minor Opus 44
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor Jean-Philippe Collard, piano
11:27 a.m.
Jennifer Higdon
All Things Majestic: II. String Lake
The Nashville Symphony; Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
11:35 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Water Music Suite No. 3 in G major HWV 350
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
11:46 a.m.
Hubert Bath
Cornish Rhapsody
BBC Concert Orchestra; Christopher Warren-Green, conductor Valentina Lisitsa, piano
11:53 a.m.
Claude Debussy
Arabesque No. 1 in E major
Maria Graf, harp
11:59 a.m.
Richard Strauss
Horn Concerto No. 1 in Eb major Opus 11
Cologne Symphony Orchestra; Gunter Wand, conductor Hermann Baumann, horn
12:15 p.m.
Malcolm Forsyth
Golyardes' Grounde
Canadian Brass
12:20 p.m.
Amy Beach
Romance (1893) in D major Opus 23
Tasmin Little, violin; John Lenehan, piano
12:27 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Clarinet Concerto in A major K 622
Berlin Philharmonic; Claudio Abbado, conductor Sabine Meyer, basset clarinet
12:55 p.m.
Florence Price
Symphony No. 1: III. Juba Dance in E minor
Chineke! Orchestra; Roderick Cox, conductor
1:00 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto for oboe d'amore in A major BWV 1055
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Neil Black, oboe d'amore
1:16 p.m.
Max Richter
On the Nature of Daylight
Max Richter Orchestra; Lorenz Dangel, conductor
1:24 p.m.
George Enescu
Dixtour pour instruments a vent (Dectet for winds) Opus 14
Oslo Wind Soloists
1:45 p.m.
Clara Schumann
Scherzo No. 2 in C minor in C minor Opus 14
Anna Shelest, piano
1:50 p.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Polish Concerto (Concerto Polonois) in G major
Apollo's Fire; Jeannette Sorrell, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Samuel Barber
Violin Concerto Opus 14
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Hugh Wolff, conductor Hilary Hahn, violin
2:24 p.m.
Kevin Puts
Home
Conspirare; Mir� Quartet; Craig Hella Johnson, conductor
2:32 p.m.
Joseph Kraus
Sinfonia in Eb major VB 144
Concerto Koln
2:54 p.m.
Manuel de Falla
EL AMOR BRUJO: Ritual Fire Dance
Philadelphia Orchestra; Eugene Ormandy, conductor
3:00 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
In Nature's Realm Overture Opus 91
Janacek Philharmonic; Theodore Kuchar, conductor
3:14 p.m.
Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Souvenir de Porto Rico Opus 31
Alan Feinberg, piano
3:22 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
Norwegian Dances Opus 35
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
3:40 p.m.
Ariel Ramirez
MISA CRIOLLA: II. Gloria
Zurich Chamber Orchestra; Daniel Hope, conductor Daniel Hope, violin; Palau de la Musica vocal quartet
3:47 p.m.
Franz Berwald
Concert Piece in F major Opus 2
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Klaus Thunemann, bassoon
3:59 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor Opus 40
Royal Flemish Philharmonic; Phillippe Herreweghe, conductor Martin Helmchen, piano
4:23 p.m.
Edouard Lalo
Scherzo in D minor
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Yondani Butt, conductor
4:29 p.m.
Alexander Borodin
PRINCE IGOR Overture
Philharmonia Orchestra; Geoffrey Simon, conductor
4:40 p.m.
Joe Hisaishi
Princess Mononoke
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; The Bach Choir; Joe Hisaishi, conductor Grace Davidson, soprano
4:48 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for 2 mandolins in G major RV 532
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor James Tyler, mandolin; Robin Jeffrey, mandolin
5:00 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 7: I. Poco sostenuto - Vivace in A major Opus 92
Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
5:12 p.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Zambra Granadina
David Russell, guitar
5:19 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F minor Opus 73
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Charles Neidich, clarinet
5:39 p.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Piano Sonata No. 7: III. Precipitato in Bb major Opus 83
Wei Luo, piano
5:44 p.m.
Howard Hanson
MERRY MOUNT suite
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Joaquin Rodrigo
Concierto Madrigal
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Pepe Romero, guitar; Angel Romero, guitar
6:31 p.m.
Grace Williams
Symphony No. 2: III. Allegro scherzando
BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra; Vernon Handley, conductor
6:40 p.m.
John Williams
STAR WARS - THE FORCE AWAKENS: The Jedi Steps and Finale
Studio Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
6:50 p.m.
William Kroll
Banjo and Fiddle
Leonidas Kavakos, violin; Peter Nagy, piano
6:52 p.m.
Ryuichi Sakamoto
The Sheltering Sky
Ryuichi Sakamoto
