Classical Music Playlist, December 13, 2023
Born in Kharkiv, Ukraine, in 1877 into a family of Polish descent, the life of composer Sergei Bortkiewicz was made difficult by war and its factions. First in WWI, then in Russia by the Bolsheviks during the Revolution, and later still by the Nazis in WWII, all this time being under house arrest, or deported or living in exile. But his later life was particularly more comfortable. In 1945 he was awarded a professorship in Vienna, the Bortkiewicz Society was founded in 1947 in Vienna to keep his music alive, and upon his retirement in 1948 was awarded an honorary pension from Vienna. For his 75th birthday in 1952, a concert in his honor was presented in Vienna with many of his works performed including his 1912 Piano Concerto No. 1, today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
John Hebden
Concerto for Strings No. 1 in A major
Cantilena; Adrian Shepherd, conductor
6:10 a.m.
Jan Kalliwoda
Symphony No. 2 in Eb major Opus 17
Cologne Academy; Michael Alexander Willens, conductor
6:39 a.m.
Enrique Granados
La Maja de Goya
Eduardo Fernandez, guitar
6:44 a.m.
Robert Schumann
Piano Concerto: I. Allegro affettuoso in A minor Opus 54
San Francisco Ballet Orchestra; Martin West, conductor Lara Downes, piano
7:00 a.m.
Michael Torke
Bright Blue Music
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; David Zinman, conductor
7:10 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Sonata No. 13 in Bb major K 333 (FROM THE RUSSELL KLETZING COLLECTION)
Mitsuko Uchida, piano
7:32 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Vocalise Opus 34/14
Orchestra of St. Luke's; Michael Stern, conductor Joshua Bell, violin
7:39 a.m.
John Ireland
The Holy Boy (A Carol of the Nativity)
London Symphony Orchestra; Richard Hickox, conductor
7:42 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Messiah: Hallelujah Chorus
Solid Brass
7:46 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 3: I. Allegro con brio in F major Opus 90
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
7:59 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for 2 oboes, 2 violins, bassoon in C major RV 557
Ensemble Zefiro; Alfredo Bernardini, conductor Members of...
8:09 a.m.
William Grant Still
Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American"
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
8:34 a.m.
Franz Liszt
Liebestraume: Nocturne No. 3 in Ab major S 541
Claudio Arrau, piano
8:40 a.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Capriccio Espagnol Opus 34
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
8:56 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Nutcracker: Dance of The Mirlitons Opus 71
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Herbert Von Karajan, conductor
9:01 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto for two violins (Double Concerto) in D minor BWV 1043
Collegium Musicum 90; Simon Standage, conductor Simon Standage, violin; Micaela Comberti, violin
9:17 a.m.
Agustin Barrios
La Catedral
Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra; Lionel Bringuier, conductor Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
9:26 a.m.
Bernhard Crusell
Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in Eb major Opus 1
Cologne Academy; Michael Alexander Willens, conductor Eric Hoeprich, clarinet
9:49 a.m.
VARIOUS
Christmas Medley (1)
Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra; Carmen Dragon, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Franz Berwald
Concert Piece in F major Opus 2
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Klaus Thunemann, bassoon
10:12 a.m.
Jan Dussek
Harp Concerto in Eb major Opus 15
Mantova Orchestra; Vittorio Parisi, conductor Roberta Alessandrini, harp
10:38 a.m.
Paulinho Nogueira; Luiz Gonzaga
Bachianinha No. 2 / Araponga
Plinio Fernandes, guitar
10:41 a.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Re-Inventions: Re-Invention No. 1
La Pieta; Angele Dubeau, conductor
10:46 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Rhapsodie d'Auvergne Opus 73
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor Jean-Philippe Collard, piano
10:59 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 7 in Bb major Opus 6/7 HWV 325
Handel & Haydn Society; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
11:14 a.m.
An-Lun Huang
Saibei Suite No. 2: "Saibei Dance"
Chicago Sinfonietta; Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
11:19 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 16 in D major K 451
English Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Tate, conductor Mitsuko Uchida, piano
11:43 a.m.
John Knowles Paine
Symphony No. 2 "In the Spring": II. Scherzo (May-Night Fantasy) in A major Opus 34
Ulster Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
11:54 a.m.
Tomas Luis de Victoria
O Magnum Mysterium
; John Rutter, conductor Cambridge Singers
11:59 a.m.
Leo Delibes
Coppelia: (Suite from the ballet)
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Heinz Fricke, conductor
12:24 p.m.
Alan Thomas
Sephardic Trio: III. Una Matica de Ruda (traditional wedding song)
Cavatina Duo [flute & guitar] David Cunliffe, cello
12:29 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 4 "Italian": I. Allegro Vivace in A major Opus 90
London Symphony Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor
12:41 p.m.
Adolphe Adam
O Holy Night Cantique de Noel
London Chamber Orchestra; Christopher Warren-Green, conductor
12:47 p.m.
Benjamin Britten
Gloriana: Courtly Dances
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
12:59 p.m.
Jan Dismas Zelenka
Capriccio No. 2 in G major Z 183
Bern Camerata; Alexander van Wijnkoop, conductor
1:13 p.m.
Ernst von Dohnanyi
Sextet in C major Opus 37
Claremont Trio Jonathan Cohler, clarinet; James Sommerville, horn; Mai Motobuchi, viola
1:45 p.m.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4: I. Preludio W284
Plinio Fernandes, guitar
1:48 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance No. 7 in C major Opus 72
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor
1:53 p.m.
John Williams
Home Alone: Somewhere in My Memory
Studio Orchestra and Chorus; John Williams, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Sergei Bortkiewicz
Piano Concerto No. 1 in Bb major Opus 16
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Jerzy Maksymiuk, conductor Stephen Coombs, piano
2:36 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Partita No. 3 for Solo Violin: Gavotte en Rondeau in E major BWV 1006
Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
2:41 p.m.
Kevin Puts
Home
Conspirare; Mir� Quartet; Craig Hella Johnson, conductor
2:49 p.m.
Tomaso Albinoni
Concerto for oboe and strings in Bb major Opus 7/3
Philharmonia Orchestra; Simon Wright, conductor John Anderson, oboe
2:59 p.m.
Karl Goldmark
In Italy Overture Opus 49
National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland; Stephen Gunzenhauser, conductor
3:12 p.m.
Leo Delibes
Sylvia: Procession of Bacchus from Act III
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
3:19 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 102 in Bb major
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
3:44 p.m.
Isaac Albeniz
La Vega
London Symphony Orchestra; Elmer Bernstein, conductor Christopher Parkening, guitar
4:00 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Variations on a Rococo Theme Opus 33
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Lorin Maazel, conductor Yo Yo Ma, cello
4:20 p.m.
Ben Shirley
High Sierra Sonata: III. Reflections on a Day
Pacifica Quartet Anthony McGill, clarinet
4:29 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 9 in F major Opus 6/9 HWV 327
Handel & Haydn Society; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
4:43 p.m.
Emile Waldteufel
The Skaters Waltz (Les Patineurs) Opus 183
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
4:53 p.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
March from Tsar Saltan Suite Opus 57
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
4:59 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Bassoon Concerto in A minor in A minor RV 498
Seattle Baroque Michael McCraw, bassoon
5:10 p.m.
Ernest Chausson
Symphony in Bb major Opus 20
Philharmonia Orchestra; Francesco d'Avalos, conductor
5:42 p.m.
Jorge Calandrelli
Solitude
Milos Karadaglic, guitar; Jess Gillam, soprano saxophone
5:45 p.m.
Yosef Hadar
Evening of Roses
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla, conductor Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello
5:49 p.m.
Aaron Copland
Our Town
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Holiday Programming
Itzhak Perlman's Chanukah Radio Party SEGMENT 1
Itzhak Perlman, host
6:29 p.m.
Holiday Programming
Itzhak Perlman's Chanukah Radio Party SEGMENT 2
Itzhak Perlman, host
