Classical Music Playlist, November 29, 2023
Mozart was at the height of his popularity and success in Vienna when he composed his Piano Concerto No. 23, one in a series he kept for himself to perform exclusively (or for a very few close friends) and so he never published them during his lifetime for wider use. Also exclusive to this Concerto is the middle slow movement: it’s the only movement marked adagio in all his concertos, making this one of Mozart’s most poignant expressions. But most of the Concerto is in A-major that Mozart reserved for warm and cheerful music as demonstrated in its ebullient final movement. Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23 is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
String Symphony No. 10 in B minor
Heidelberg Symphony; Thomas Fey, conductor
6:11 a.m.
Joaquin Rodrigo
Fantasy for a Gentleman
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Pepe Romero, guitar
6:35 a.m.
Vassili Kalinnikov
Symphony No. 1: II. Andante commodamente in G minor
Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
6:43 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Aria Variata in A minor BWV 989
Vikingur Olafsson, piano
6:59 a.m.
Ottorino Respighi
Ancient Airs and Dances: Suite No. 3
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Hugh Wolff, conductor
7:18 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 25 in G minor K 183
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
7:40 a.m.
Teresa Carreno
Corbeille de fleurs
Alan Feinberg, piano
7:47 a.m.
Hector Berlioz
Damnation of Faust: Hungarian March Opus 24
Berlin Philharmonic; Herbert von Karajan, conductor
7:52 a.m.
John Williams
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: Scherzo for Motorcycle and Orchestra
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
7:55 a.m.
Bear McCreary
Battlestar Galactica: The Shape of Things to Come
studio ensemble; Bear McCreary, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Piano Quintet: I. Allegro non troppo in F minor Opus 34
Artemis Quartet Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
8:16 a.m.
Mario Albanese
Jequibau
Plinio Fernandes, guitar
8:22 a.m.
Robert Schumann
Concertpiece for 4 horns & orchestra in F major Opus 86
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor Members of...
8:42 a.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
DIE FLEDERMAUS Overture (The Bat)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Jascha Horenstein, conductor
8:53 a.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Re-Inventions: Re-Invention No. 1
La Pieta; Angele Dubeau, conductor
8:59 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in Bb major BWV 1051
Il Giardino Armonico; Giovanni Antonini, conductor
9:17 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Prelude No. 15 "Raindrop" in Db major Opus 28
Martha Argerich, piano
9:26 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
ALMIRA: Suite of instrumental music
Berlin Academy of Ancient Music
9:42 a.m.
William Kroll
Banjo and Fiddle
Leonidas Kavakos, violin; Peter Nagy, piano
9:49 a.m.
Peter van Anrooy
Piet Hein Rhapsody
Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra; Kees Bakels, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 15 in Bb major K 450
English Chamber Orchestra; Murray Perahia, conductor Murray Perahia, piano
10:26 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Athalia: March of the Priests Opus 74
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
10:33 a.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 12 in F major Opus 6
Musica Amphion; Pieter-Jan Belder, conductor
10:44 a.m.
Elena Roussanova
Moments of Arrival
Prague Radio Symphony; Julius Williams, conductor
10:58 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 2 in D major Opus 36
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
11:33 a.m.
Gentil Montana
Suite Colombiana No. 2: II. Guabina Viajera (Traveller Guabina)
Jose Antonio Escobar, guitar
11:40 a.m.
Domenico Cimarosa
Oboe Concerto in C minor
I Musici Heinz Holliger, oboe
11:52 a.m.
Zenobia Powell Perry
Piano Potpurri: No. 5. A Jazz Trifle
LaDoris Hazzard Cordell, piano
11:54 a.m.
Carlos Simon
Memory of Summer
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; Klaus Makela, conductor Carlos Simon, piano
11:59 a.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
12:16 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata No. 29: Sinfonia BWV 29
Brandenburg Consort; Roy Goodman, conductor Paul Nicholson, organ
12:23 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Piano Concerto No. 11 in D major HOB 18:11
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
12:43 p.m.
Agustin Barrios
Maxixe
Xuefei Yang, guitar
12:50 p.m.
Gioachino Rossini
THE ITALIAN GIRL IN ALGIERS: Overture
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Claudio Abbado, conductor
1:00 p.m.
George Enescu
Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A major Opus 11
National Orchestra of France; Cristian Macelaru, conductor Yuja Wang, piano
1:17 p.m.
Peter Maxwell Davies
Farewell to Stromness
Lauren Scott, harp
1:25 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Philharmonia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
1:46 p.m.
Remo Pignoni
Por el sur
Mirian Conti, piano
1:52 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
25 Scottish Songs: 2. Sunset Opus 108/2
Voces8; Eric Whitacre, conductor Gerald Finley, baritone; Nicola Benedetti, violin; Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello; Benjamin Grosvenor, piano
2:00 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major K 488
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor John O'Conor, piano
2:26 p.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Five Tango Sensations: Fear
Kronos Quartet Astor Piazzolla, bandoneon
2:32 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude, Fugue and Allegro in Eb major BWV 998
Plinio Fernandes, guitar
2:47 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Leonore Overture No. 3 Opus 72
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
3:01 p.m.
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Symphony in G Major in G major
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor
3:16 p.m.
John Williams
Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Raiders' March
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
3:26 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F minor Opus 73
Staatskapelle Dresden; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Sabine Meyer, clarinet
3:48 p.m.
Mark O'Connor
Butterfly's Day Out
Yo Yo Ma, cello; Edgar Meyer, bass; Mark O'Connor, mandolin
3:57 p.m.
Claudio Monteverdi
ORFEO: Toccata
Saint Cecilia Orchestra; Myung Whun Chung, conductor
4:00 p.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
4:17 p.m.
Jason Moran
Cane: IV. Natchitoches to New York
Imani Winds
4:25 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik in G major K 525
Les Violons du Roy; Bernard Labadie, conductor
4:44 p.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Majorca (Mallorca) Opus 202
Pepe Romero, guitar
4:55 p.m.
Georges Bizet
CARMEN: Toreador song
London Symphony Orchestra; Neville Marriner, conductor
4:59 p.m.
Arthur Bliss
A Colour Symphony
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Sir Charles Groves, conductor
5:34 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
Lyric Pieces: March of the Trolls Opus 54/3
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
5:38 p.m.
Franz Berwald
Concert Piece in F major Opus 2
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Klaus Thunemann, bassoon
5:51 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto No. 10 "The Hunt" in Bb major Opus 8 RV 362 (La Caccia)
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Simon Standage, violin
6:00 p.m.
Ernst von Dohnanyi
Variations on a Nursery Song Opus 25
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; Domingo Hindoyan, conductor Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
6:27 p.m.
Ronn McFarlane
Fermi's Paradox
Carolyn Surrick, viola da gamba; Ronn McFarlane, lute
6:34 p.m.
George Gershwin
An American in Paris
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
6:53 p.m.
Missy Mazzoli
Heartbreaker
MIchael Mizrahi, piano
