Classical Music Playlist, December 4, 2023
Composer Max Bruch in 1881
German composer Max Bruch said that his 3rd symphony is essentially a tribute to his native Rhineland area in Germany. He even wrote in a letter that it should have the title, ”On the Rhine.” Bruch’s symphonic love letter, his Symphony No. 3 from 1887, is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Johann Heinichen
Concerto in F major S 234
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor
6:09 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Serenade for Strings in C major Opus 48
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
6:39 a.m.
Philip Glass
Metamorphosis II
La Pieta; Angele Dubeau, conductor Francine Kay, piano
6:45 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Fantasia on Polish Airs in A major Opus 13
Warsaw Philharmonic; Antoni Wit, conductor Eldar Nebolsin, piano
7:00 a.m.
Grace Williams
Carillons, for oboe and orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra; Sir Charles Groves, conductor Anthony Camden, oboe
7:11 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major BWV 1050
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor
7:33 a.m.
Connor Chee
Navajo Vocable No. 9
Emanuele Arciuli, piano
7:37 a.m.
Amy Beach
Fireflies Opus 15
Joanne Polk, piano
7:41 a.m.
Jule Styne
Let it Snow
Giovanni DeChiaro, guitar
7:44 a.m.
TRADITIONAL
O Come All Ye Faithful and Joy to the World
Canadian Brass Eric Robertson, organ
7:49 a.m.
Jacques Offenbach
ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD: Overture
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 4 "Romantic": III. Scherzo in Eb major
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
8:11 a.m.
Franz Liszt
Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major
London Symphony Orchestra; Kirill Kondrashin, conductor Sviatoslav Richter, piano
8:33 a.m.
Valerie Coleman
Shotgun Houses: III. Rome 1960
Pacifica Quartet Anthony McGill, clarinet
8:41 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
Voces8; Eric Whitacre, conductor Nelson Freire, piano
8:44 a.m.
Katherine Kennicot Davis
Carol of the Drum
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
8:49 a.m.
Mikhail Glinka
Spanish Overture No. 2
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Vassily Sinaisky, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor Opus 37
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor Emanuel Ax, piano
9:38 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto No. 11 for two violins, cello, strings and continuo in D minor Opus 3 RV 565
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Simon Standage, violin; Elizabeth Wilcock, violin; Jaap Ter Linden, baroque cello
9:47 a.m.
Gabriel Faure
Pavane Opus 50
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
9:54 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Nutcracker Overture Opus 71
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; Vasily Petrenko, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
In Nature's Realm Overture Opus 91
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Seiji Ozawa, conductor
10:15 a.m.
Kurt Atterberg
Horn Concerto Opus 28
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Gerard Oskamp, conductor Albert Linder, horn
10:36 a.m.
Carlos Simon
Memory of Summer
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; Klaus Makela, conductor Carlos Simon, piano
10:41 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Christmas Oratorio: Sinfonia BWV 248
Bach Festival Orchestra (of Bethlehem, PA); Greg Funfgeld, conductor
10:47 a.m.
Ernest Farrar
Rhapsody No. 1 "The Open Road" Opus 9
Philharmonia Orchestra; Alasdair Mitchell, conductor
10:59 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Bassoon Concerto in F major Opus 75
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Klaus Thunemann, bassoon
11:17 a.m.
Felipe Villanueva
Poetic Waltz (Vals Poetico)
State of Mexico Symphony; Enrique Batiz, conductor
11:22 a.m.
Mel Bonis
Piano Quartet No. 1 in Bb major Opus 69
Mozart Piano Quartet
11:47 a.m.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4: I. Preludio W284
Plinio Fernandes, guitar
11:52 a.m.
Michel Richard Delalande
Symphonies for Christmas
Les Violons du Roy; Bernard Labadie, conductor
11:58 a.m.
Zoltan Kodaly
Hary Janos Suite
Budapest Festival Orchestra; Ivan Fischer, conductor
12:23 p.m.
Scott Joplin
Treemonisha: Prelude Act III
Houston Grand Opera Orchestra; Gunther Schuller, conductor
12:26 p.m.
Emmanuel Chabrier
Pastoral Suite: Rustic Dance (Suite Pastorale: Danse Villageoise)
Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra; Herve Niquet, conductor
12:32 p.m.
Gustav Holst
Suite No. 2 in F major Opus 28
North Texas Wind Symphony; Eugene Corporon, conductor
12:45 p.m.
Ola Gjeilo
Home
12 Ensemble; Rupert Gough, conductor Ola Gjeilo, piano
12:47 p.m.
Franz Gruber
Stille Nacht (Silent Night)
La Pieta Angele Dubeau, violin
12:52 p.m.
Bedrich Smetana
BARTERED BRIDE: Overture
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
1:00 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 4 in F major Opus 3/4a HWV 315
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
1:12 p.m.
Gabriel Faure
Piano Trio in D minor Opus 120
Beaux Arts Trio
1:34 p.m.
Johann Kaspar Mertz
Hungarian Fantasy (Fantasie Hongroise) Opus 65/1
David Russell, guitar
1:41 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Rhapsody No. 3 in Ab major Opus 45
Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
1:55 p.m.
Paul Hindemith
Symphonic Metamorphosis: IV. March
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Randall Goosby, violin
2:00 p.m.
Max Bruch
Symphony No. 3 in E major Opus 51
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Kurt Masur, conductor
2:32 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 8: IV. Finale in G major Opus 88
Berlin Philharmonic; Rafael Kubelik, conductor Bomsori Kim, violin
2:39 p.m.
Pietro Locatelli
Concerto Grosso No. 11 in C minor Opus 1/11
Raglan Baroque Players; Nicholas Kraemer, conductor
2:51 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
String Quartet No. 1: III. Intermezzo in G minor Opus 27
Oslo Camerata; Stephan Barratt-Due, conductor
2:59 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Piano Sonata No. 20: IV. Rondo in A major D 959
Paul Lewis, piano
3:14 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Nutcracker: Waltz of the Flowers Opus 71
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Enrique Batiz, conductor
3:22 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 39 in Eb major K 543
Prague Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
3:52 p.m.
Scott Joplin
Solace
Lara Downes, piano; Joe Brent, vihuela
3:59 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Concerto No. 2 in E major BWV 1042
Academy of Ancient Music; Andrew Manze, conductor Andrew Manze, violin
4:16 p.m.
Santiago de Murcia
Villanos
Richard Savino, guitar; Mauro ReFosco, percussion; Yousif Sheronick, percussion
4:18 p.m.
Clarence Cameron White
Levee Dance
Rachel Barton Pine, violin; Matthew Hagle, piano
4:23 p.m.
Leroy Anderson
Sleigh Ride
Voces8 Foundation Orchestra; Barnaby Smith, conductor
4:27 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphonic Variations Opus 78
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Vaclav Neumann, conductor
4:52 p.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
OTELLO: Ballet Music
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Edward Downes, conductor
4:59 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Karelia Suite Opus 11
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor
5:15 p.m.
Bernhard Crusell
Clarinet Quartet No. 1 in Eb major Opus 2
Allegri String Quartet (members of) Thea King, clarinet
5:36 p.m.
Hans Rott
Symphony No. 1: III. Scherzo: Frisch und lebhaft (Fresh and lively) in E major
Bamberg Symphony; Jakub Hrusa, conductor Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
5:40 p.m.
TRADITIONAL
Personent hodie
London Sinfonia; John Rutter, conductor Cambridge Singers
5:41 p.m.
Adolphe Adam
O Holy Night (Cantique de Noel)
City of London Sinfonia; John Rutter, conductor Cambridge Singers
5:47 p.m.
Hans Rott
Symphony No. 1: III. Scherzo: Frisch und lebhaft (Fresh and lively) in E major
Bamberg Symphony; Jakub Hrusa, conductor Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
6:00 p.m.
Holiday Programming
All Is Bright SEGMENT 1
Lynne Warfel, host
6:31 p.m.
Holiday Programming
All Is Bright SEGMENT 2
Lynne Warfel, host
