Classical Music Playlist, December 20, 2023
The Annunciation to the Shepherds by Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem (1620–1683)
Antonio Vivaldi wrote at least three settings of the hymn Gloria in excelsis Deo ("Glory to God in the highest"), the words that the angels first sang when announcing the birth of Christ to shepherds in Luke 2:14. Vivaldi's most celebrated setting (RV 589) was written about 1715 but was unknown for over 200 years until it was performed in 1939. Vivaldi's "Gloria" is today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Pietro Locatelli
Concerto Grosso No. 10 in C major Opus 1/10
Raglan Baroque Players; Nicholas Kraemer, conductor
6:10 a.m.
Jules Massenet
Suite No. 7 "Alsatian Scenes" (Scenes Alsaciennes)
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; Jean-Yves Ossonce, conductor
6:33 a.m.
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Les Indes Galantes: Chaconne
Orchestre de la Chapelle Royale; Philippe Herreweghe, conductor
6:41 a.m.
Florence Price
Symphony No. 1: I. Allegro ma non troppo in E minor
Chineke! Orchestra; Roderick Cox, conductor
7:00 a.m.
Jose Moncayo
Sinfonietta
Mexico National Symphony Orchestra; Enrique Arturo Diemecke, conductor
7:12 a.m.
John Field
Piano Concerto No. 1 in Eb major
New Irish Chamber Orchestra; Janos Furst, conductor John O'Conor, piano
7:34 a.m.
Agustin Barrios
Danza Paraguaya No. 3: London Carape
David Russell, guitar
7:35 a.m.
Juanjo Mosalini
Toma, Toca (Take it, Play it)
Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston; Gisele Ben-Dor, conductor Juanjo Mosalini, bandoneon
7:41 a.m.
Leroy Anderson
Christmas Festival
United States Coast Guard Band; Lt. Kenneth W. Megan, conductor
7:50 a.m.
Grace Williams
Ballads: II. Alla marcia solenne
BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra; Vernon Handley, conductor
7:53 a.m.
Johan Halvorsen
Entry March of the Boyars
Bergen Philharmonic; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
7:59 a.m.
Samuel Barber
School for Scandal Overture
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Marin Alsop, conductor
8:09 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Opus 43
Rochester Philharmonic; Christopher Seaman, conductor Jon Nakamatsu, piano
8:34 a.m.
TRADITIONAL; Jeff Scott, arr.
I Saw Three Ships
Imani Winds
8:37 a.m.
Earl Wild
Grand Fantasie on Porgy and Bess: Summertime (After G. Gershwin)
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
8:42 a.m.
Wilhelm Stenhammar
Excelsior! Opus 13
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
8:56 a.m.
Clara Schumann
Scherzo No. 2 in C minor in C minor Opus 14
Anna Shelest, piano
9:01 a.m.
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Guitar Concerto No. 1 in D major Opus 99
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor Kazuhito Yamashita, guitar
9:22 a.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
NABUCCO: Va, pensiero
Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Lamberto Gardelli, conductor Vienna State Opera Chorus
9:28 a.m.
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Trumpet Concerto in Eb major
German Chamber Philharmonic; Thomas Klug, conductor Alison Balsom, trumpet
9:46 a.m.
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 1 in F minor
Budapest Symphony Orchestra; Andras Korodi, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 4 "Romantic": III. Scherzo in Eb major
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
10:11 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Serenade for Winds in C minor K 388
Winds of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe
10:39 a.m.
Joe Hisaishi
A Town with an Ocean View (from Kiki's Delivery Service)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Joe Hisaishi, conductor Bruce Liu, piano
10:44 a.m.
Hugh Martin; Valerie Coleman, arr.
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Imani Winds
10:48 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Coriolan Overture in C minor Opus 62
London Classical Players; Roger Norrington, conductor
10:58 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Piano Quintet: I. Allegro non troppo in F minor Opus 34
Artemis Quartet Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
11:14 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
La Jota Aragonese Opus 64
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Geoffrey Simon, conductor
11:19 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F minor Opus 73
Staatskapelle Dresden; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Sabine Meyer, clarinet
11:41 a.m.
Carlos Rafael Rivera
Cancion
Denis Azabagic, guitar
11:43 a.m.
Ernesto Nazareth
Perigoso
Estela Olevsky, piano
11:48 a.m.
VARIOUS
Christmas Medley (2)
Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra; Carmen Dragon, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Clara Schumann
Piano Concerto in A minor Opus 7
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; Holly Mathieson, conductor Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
12:22 p.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Zambra Granadina
David Russell, guitar
12:28 p.m.
Ferde Grofe
Grand Canyon Suite: On the trail
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Antal Dorati, conductor
12:37 p.m.
Aram Khachaturian
Gayne Ballet Suite
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
12:49 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Rosamunde Overture Opus 26 D 797 (The Magic Harp)
London Classical Players; Roger Norrington, conductor
1:00 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor BWV 1041
Collegium Musicum 90; Simon Standage, conductor Simon Standage, violin
1:14 p.m.
Leos Janacek
THE CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN: Suite
Prague Symphony Orchestra; Petr Altrichter, conductor
1:34 p.m.
Francesco Tristano
Toccata
Arctic Philharmonic; Christian Kluxen, conductor Francesco Tristano, piano
1:39 p.m.
Michael Praetorius
Es Ist Ein Ros' entsprungen
Los Romeros; Concerto Malaga
1:41 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Nutcracker: Waltz of the Flowers Opus 71
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Herbert Von Karajan, conductor
1:48 p.m.
Enrique Soro
Three Chilean Airs (Tres aires chilenos)
Chile Symphony Orchestra; Jose Luis Dominguez, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Gloria in D major RV 589
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor Tamara Matthews, soprano; Deanne Meek, soprano; Mary Phillips, alto
2:28 p.m.
Rafael Diaz
Al fondo de mi lejania se asoma tu casa
Georgina Isabel Rossi, viola; Silvie Cheng, piano
2:35 p.m.
Cesar Franck
Symphony: I. Lento - Allegro non troppo in D minor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Pierre Monteux, conductor
2:54 p.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Piano Sonata No. 7: III. Precipitato in Bb major Opus 83
Wei Luo, piano
2:59 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
EURYANTHE Overture Opus 81 J 291
Philharmonia Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
3:10 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Andante Festivo
English String Orchestra; William Boughton, conductor
3:13 p.m.
Agustin Barrios
Maxixe
Xuefei Yang, guitar
3:17 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Clarinet Concerto in A major K 622
Berlin Philharmonic; Claudio Abbado, conductor Sabine Meyer, basset clarinet
3:45 p.m.
TRADITIONAL
It came upon a midnight Clear
London Chamber Orchestra; Christopher Warren-Green, conductor
3:50 p.m.
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 1: 2nd movement in D major
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
3:59 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 7 in D minor Opus 70
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
4:37 p.m.
Paulinho Nogueira; Luiz Gonzaga
Bachianinha No. 2 / Araponga
Plinio Fernandes, guitar
4:41 p.m.
Aaron Jay Kernis
100 Greatest Dance Hits: II. Salsa Pasada
Escher Quartet Jason Vieaux, guitar
4:45 p.m.
Emmanuel Chabrier
Bourree Fantasque
L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
4:53 p.m.
John Williams
Home Alone: Somewhere in My Memory
Studio Orchestra and Chorus; John Williams, conductor
4:59 p.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Concertpiece (Concertstuck) in C# minor Opus 40
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Rebecca Miller, conductor Danny Driver, piano
5:15 p.m.
Ottorino Respighi
The Birds (Gli Uccelli)
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
5:35 p.m.
Joaquin Turina
The Bullfighter's Prayer Opus 34
Pacifica Quartet Sharon Isbin, guitar
5:44 p.m.
TRADITIONAL
Carol of the Bells/God Rest Ye Merry/L'Homme Arme
Del Sol String Quartet; Nicholas Collon, conductor Carolyn Surrick, viola da gamba; Ronn McFarlane, lute
5:49 p.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto for flute, strings and continuo in G major
Berlin Baroque Soloists; Rainer Kussmaul, conductor Emmanuel Pahud, flute
6:00 p.m.
Holiday Programming
December Around the World SEGMENT 1
Jennifer Reason, host
6:28 p.m.
Holiday Programming
December Around the World SEGMENT 2
Jennifer Reason, host
