Classical Music Playlist, December 15, 2023
An ancient Hungarian folk song is a lament of peasantry in bondage. In 1907, Hungarian poet Endre Ady transformed the song into a poem with a distinctly more revolutionary tone, promising an uprising and freedom of the imprisoned. Hungarian composer Zoltán Kodály used this modified poem as the basis for his choral piece “The Peacock,” performances of which were promptly banned by Hungarian authorities. In 1939 Kodály dropped the text and made a set of variations on the original ancient song’s melody. Understanding the music’s history, Germans of the Third Reich also banned performances. Kodály’s “Peacock Variations” are today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Pietro Locatelli
Concerto Grosso No. 4 in E minor Opus 1/4
Raglan Baroque Players; Nicholas Kraemer, conductor
6:08 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major Opus 11
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor Nikolai Demidenko, piano
6:29 a.m.
Thomas Morley
Four Dances
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
6:37 a.m.
Joseph Kraus
Viola Concerto in Eb major VB 153c
Tapiola Sinfonietta David Aaron Carpenter, viola
6:59 a.m.
Manuel de Falla
Three-Cornered Hat Suite No. 2
Boston Pops Orchestra; Arthur Fiedler, conductor
7:11 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 1 in C major Opus 21
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
7:37 a.m.
Teresa Carreno
Vals Gayo Opus 38
Clara Rodriguez, piano
7:43 a.m.
Giovanni Palestrina
Missa Papae Marcelli: Gloria
The Tallis Scholars; Peter Phillips, conductor
7:50 a.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
LA FORZA DEL DESTINO Overture
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Edward Downes, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Gioachino Rossini
The Thieving Magpie (LA GAZZA LADRA): Overture
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Claudio Abbado, conductor
8:10 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major K 467 (FROM THE RUSSELL KLETZING COLLECTION)
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Alfred Brendel, piano
8:37 a.m.
Agustin Barrios
Vals (Waltz) No. 4 in G major Opus 8/4
Jason Vieaux, guitar
8:43 a.m.
John C. Williams
When The Birds Return
Voces8; Barnaby Smith, conductor Xuefei Yang, guitar
8:46 a.m.
Gloria Shayne Baker
Do You Hear What I Hear?
The Knights; Eric Jacobsen, conductor Wu Man, pipa
8:51 a.m.
Jean Sibelius
Karelia Overture Opus 10
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Edouard Lalo
Cello Concerto in D minor
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Antonio de Almeida, conductor Ofra Harnoy, cello
9:31 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Prelude and Fugue in E minor
Joanne Polk, piano
9:39 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 6 in D major Opus 3/6 HWV 317
Academy of Ancient Music; Richard Egarr, conductor Richard Egarr, organ
9:48 a.m.
Florence Price
Dances in the Canebrakes
Chicago Sinfonietta; Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Karl Goldmark
Im Fruhling Overture (In Spring) Opus 36
Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra; Andras Korodi, conductor
10:11 a.m.
Joseph Wolfl
Piano Concerto No. 6 "The Cuckoo" Opus 49
S. W. German Radio Symphony Orchestra; Johannes Moesus, conductor Yorck Kronenberg, piano
10:30 a.m.
Mario Albanese
Jequibau
Plinio Fernandes, guitar
10:33 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dance No. 8 in A minor
Staatskapelle Berlin; Otmar Suitner, conductor
10:37 a.m.
Richard Strauss
Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks Opus 28
Berlin Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
10:54 a.m.
Adolphe Adam
O Holy Night (Cantique de Noel)
Ayako Shinozaki, harp
11:00 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Symphony No. 2 in C major J 51
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
11:20 a.m.
John C. Williams
When The Birds Return
Voces8; Barnaby Smith, conductor Xuefei Yang, guitar
11:25 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major HOB VIIb:1
Academy of Ancient Music; Stephen Mosko, conductor Ivan Monighetti, cello
11:50 a.m.
Mily Balakirev
Mazurka No. 1 in Ab major
Joseph Banowetz, piano
11:55 a.m.
Emmanuel Chabrier
Joyous March (Joyeuse Marche)
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Piano Quartet No. 2 in Eb major Opus 87
Emanuel Ax, piano; Isaac Stern, violin; Jaime Laredo, viola; Yo Yo Ma, cello
12:35 p.m.
Gentil Montana
Suite Colombiana No. 2: IV. Porro
Jose Antonio Escobar, guitar
12:39 p.m.
John Williams
STAR WARS - ATTACK OF THE CLONES: Across the Stars (Love Theme)
London Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
12:46 p.m.
TRADITIONAL
Riu, riu, chiu
; Stephen Cleobury, conductor King's College Choir, Cambridge
12:48 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Gloria: Gloria in Excelsis in D major RV 589
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor English Concert Choir; Crispian Steele-Perkins, trumpet
12:52 p.m.
Mieczyslaw Karlowicz
Violin Concerto: III. Finale in A major Opus 8
Polish Chamber Orchestra; Jacek Kaspszyk, conductor Nigel Kennedy, violin
1:00 p.m.
Adolphe Adam
SI J'ETAIS ROI (If I were King) Overture
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
1:08 p.m.
Mauro Giuliani
Guitar Concerto No. 1 in A major Opus 30
Portland Baroque Orchestra; Monica Huggett, conductor Richard Savino, guitar
1:40 p.m.
Carlos Simon
Memory of Summer
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; Klaus Makela, conductor Carlos Simon, piano
1:45 p.m.
Jennifer Reason
INTERVIEW: Vox Musica
1:51 p.m.
Franz Gruber
Silent Night
Vox Musica; Daniel Paulson, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Zoltan Kodaly
Peacock Variations
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
2:29 p.m.
Jean-Baptiste Lully
March for the Turkish Ceremony
Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall, conductor
2:31 p.m.
Jean-Baptiste Lully
ARMIDE: Passacaille
La Petite Bande; Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor
2:36 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 Opus 46
Berlin Philharmonic; Herbert Von Karajan, conductor
2:52 p.m.
Amy Beach
Romance (1893) in D major Opus 23
Tasmin Little, violin; John Lenehan, piano
2:59 p.m.
Fela Sowande
African Suite: Selections
Chicago Sinfonietta; Paul Freeman, conductor
3:11 p.m.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Choros No. 1
Turibio Santos, guitar
3:15 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor Opus 61
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor Chee-Yun, violin
3:45 p.m.
TRADITIONAL
The First Nowell
Chanticleer
3:49 p.m.
Stanislaw Moniuszko
FLIS (The Raftsman): Overture
Warsaw Philharmonic; Antoni Wit, conductor
4:00 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 92 "Oxford" in G major
Hanover Band; Roy Goodman, conductor
4:27 p.m.
Bela Bartok
Allegro Barbaro for piano SZ 49
Zoltan Kocsis, piano
4:30 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dance No. 6 in D major
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
4:34 p.m.
Kevin Puts
Home
Conspirare; Mir� Quartet; Craig Hella Johnson, conductor
4:42 p.m.
Michael Praetorius
Lo how a Rose e'er blooming (Es ist ein Ros)
Los Angeles Sinfonia; Paul Salamunovich, conductor Los Angeles Master Chorale
4:46 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Symphony No. 2: IV. Finale: Allegro vivace in E minor Opus 27
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
5:00 p.m.
Henry Litolff
Concerto Symphonique No. 4: II. Scherzo Opus 102
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor Yuja Wang, piano
5:08 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Saul: Sinfonia HWV 53
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Trevor Pinnock, organ
5:27 p.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Asturias (Leyenda) - from "Suite Espanola" Opus 47
Xuefei Yang, guitar
5:34 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
Holberg Suite Opus 40
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
5:55 p.m.
Leonard Cohen
Hallelujah
Canadian Brass
6:00 p.m.
Holiday Programming
A Chanticleer Christmas SEGMENT 1
Steve Staruch, host
6:25 p.m.
Holiday Programming
A Chanticleer Christmas SEGMENT 2
Steve Staruch, host
