Classical Music Playlist, December 11, 2023
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) in 1894.
Johannes Brahms had retired from composing when the virtuosity of a particular clarinetist inspired him to come out of retirement and write a Clarinet Trio, Quintet, and Two Sonatas for this musician. The Sonatas would be his final chamber music compositions and his last multi-movement works of any kind. Composed at the height of his powers in the twilight of his life, the autumnal sounding Brahms Clarinet Sonata No. 1 from 1894 is today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Pietro Castrucci
Concerto Grosso in D major Opus 3/12
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment; Catherine Mackintosh, conductor Catherine Mackintosh, violin
6:10 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Clarinet Quintet in Bb major Opus 34 J 182
L'Archibudelli Charles Neidich, clarinet
6:37 a.m.
Francesco Tristano
On John Bull's Galliard In D
Basel Chamber Orchestra Francesco Tristano, piano
6:42 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Bagatelles Opus 47
Takacs Quartet
7:00 a.m.
Richard Strauss
Horn Concerto No. 1 in Eb major Opus 11
Cologne Symphony Orchestra; Gunter Wand, conductor Hermann Baumann, horn
7:16 a.m.
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
Earina Suite
Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra; Michail Jurowski, conductor
7:38 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Sonata Movement (Sonatensatz) in E in E major (1822, age 16) H44
Leanne Rees, piano
7:46 a.m.
Hugh Martin; Valerie Coleman, arr.
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Imani Winds
7:51 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1: III. final movement in Bb minor Opus 23
Berlin Philharmonic; Herbert Von Karajan, conductor Evgeny Kissin, piano
8:00 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major BWV 1048
European Brandenburg Ensemble; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
8:13 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 8 in F major Opus 93
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
8:38 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
Voces8; Eric Whitacre, conductor Nelson Freire, piano
8:43 a.m.
Ricardo Castro
Plainte Opus 38/2
Orquesta Sinfonica de Mineria (OSM) Jorge Federico Osorio, piano
8:46 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
8:52 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Legend No. 6 Opus 59
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
8:59 a.m.
Luigi Boccherini
Quintet for guitar and strings No. 3 in Bb major G 447
Artaria Quartet Richard Savino, guitar
9:25 a.m.
Carlos Chavez
Chapultepec Republican Overture
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Enrique Batiz, conductor
9:32 a.m.
Charles Avison
Concerto No. 7 in D major Opus 4/7
Avison Ensemble; Pavlo Beznosiuk, conductor
9:40 a.m.
Leopold Mozart
Toy Symphony in C major
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Robert Schumann
Concertpiece for 4 horns & orchestra: I. Lebhaft in F major Opus 86
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor Members of...
10:08 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 82 "The Bear" in C major
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra; Christof Perick, conductor
10:34 a.m.
Carlos Simon
Memory of Summer
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; Klaus Makela, conductor Carlos Simon, piano
10:38 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Scherzo capriccioso Opus 66
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra; Zdenek Kosler, conductor
10:53 a.m.
Jean Sibelius
Christmas Song (Julvisa)
La Pieta Angele Dubeau, violin
10:58 a.m.
Antonio Soler
Three Sonatas
State of Mexico Symphony; Enrique Batiz, conductor
11:11 a.m.
Earl Wild
Grand Fantasie on Porgy and Bess: Summertime (After G. Gershwin)
Reykjavik Orchestra; Viktor Orri Arnason, conductor Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
11:15 a.m.
Franz Berwald
Symphony No. 3 "Sinfonie singuliere" in C major
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
11:44 a.m.
Jacques Offenbach
LE VOYAGE DANS LA LUNE: Ballet of the Snowflakes
Philharmonia Orchestra; Antonio de Almeida, conductor
11:56 a.m.
TRADITIONAL
Coventry Carol
Canadian Brass Eric Robertson, organ
12:01 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto in D major Opus 35
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor Jascha Heifetz, violin
12:32 p.m.
Chen Peixun
Autumn Moon on a Calm Lake
Lang Lang, piano
12:36 p.m.
Huang Tzu
Plum blossoms in the snow
Xuefei Yang, guitar
12:39 p.m.
John Williams
Raiders of the Lost Ark: Marion's Theme
Los Angeles Recording Arts Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
12:45 p.m.
Paul Hindemith
Symphonic Metamorphosis: IV. March
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Randall Goosby, violin
12:50 p.m.
Giacomo Puccini
Preludio Sinfonico in A major
Philharmonic of La Scala; Riccardo Muti, conductor
1:00 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Keyboard Concerto No. 7 in G minor BWV 1058
Australian Chamber Orchestra Angela Hewitt, piano
1:14 p.m.
William Grant Still
Symphony No. 3 "The Sunday Symphony"
Fort Smith Symphony; John Jeter, conductor
1:34 p.m.
Amy Beach
Quartet for Strings Opus 89
Lark Quartet
1:50 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Oberon Overture J 306
Hanover Band; Roy Goodman, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Sonata No. 1 for clarinet and piano in F minor Opus 120/1
David Shifrin, clarinet; Carol Rosenberger, piano
2:24 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Athalia: March of the Priests Opus 74
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
2:30 p.m.
Arthur Foote
Suite for Strings in E major Opus 63
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
2:47 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
2:59 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto No. 2 "a due cori" in F major HWV 333
English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
3:16 p.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Peggy's Rag
Sarah Cahill, piano
3:21 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 40 in G minor K 550
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
3:51 p.m.
Manuel Ponce
Romantic Sonata: III. Musical Moment (Sonata romantica "Hommage a Franz Schubert")
Marcin Dylla, guitar
3:55 p.m.
TRADITIONAL; Jeff Scott, arr.
I Saw Three Ships
Imani Winds
4:00 p.m.
Joaquin Rodrigo
Concierto de Aranjuez
Monteverdi Orchestra; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor Julian Bream, guitar
4:23 p.m.
Caroline Shaw
Plan and Elevation: V. The Beech Tree
Attacca Quartet
4:25 p.m.
Alexander Glazunov
Symphony No. 6: III. Intermezzo in C minor Opus 58
BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra; Tadaaki Otaka, conductor
4:32 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Havanaise Opus 83
Vienna Symphony Orchestra; Manfred Honeck, conductor Maria Duenas, violin
4:43 p.m.
Joe Hisaishi
A Town with an Ocean View (from Kiki's Delivery Service)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Joe Hisaishi, conductor Bruce Liu, piano
4:47 p.m.
Aram Khachaturian
Masquerade: Waltz
St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra; Andre Anichanov, conductor
4:52 p.m.
Hugo Wolf
Italian Serenade in G major
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
5:01 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major BWV 1049
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor
5:17 p.m.
Francis Poulenc
The Does (Les Biches): Suite "The Does" - fashionable Parisian women
Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra; Stephane Deneve, conductor Stuttgart SWR Vocal Ensemble
5:39 p.m.
Astor Piazzolla
La Muerte del Angel (Death of the Angel)
Franz Halasz, guitar
5:43 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 4: III. Rondo: Vivace in G major Opus 58
Mahler Chamber Orchestra; Leif Ove Andsnes, conductor Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
5:54 p.m.
TRADITIONAL
Sliczna panienka (Polish carol)
; Ann Heider, conductor His Majestie's Clerkes
6:00 p.m.
Holiday Programming
A Chanukah Celebration with Chicago A Cappella SEGMENT 1
Jonathan Miller, host
6:29 p.m.
Holiday Programming
A Chanukah Celebration with Chicago A Cappella SEGMENT 2
Jonathan Miller, host
