Classical Music Playlist, January 8, 2024
Born in Prague in 1770 and raised solely by his mother who had no interest in educating him, Anton Reicha ran away from home at age 10 to his paternal uncle who raised and educated him in music. By 20 he was at the University of Bonn where Beethoven was a fellow student in the same classes and a fellow musician in a local orchestra. After stays in other countries he eventually settled in Paris where he would make significant advances in wind music and composition theory. Among his students at the Paris Conservatory were Hector Berlioz, César Franck, Charles Gounod, Henri Vieuxtemps, and Franz Liszt. Unfortunately, Reicha was reluctant to publish his music so upon his death in 1836 he and his music were soon forgotten despite having composed significant works including over ten symphonies. From his last days in Vienna in 1808, Anton Reicha’s Symphony #3 is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Johann Melchior Molter
Trumpet Concerto No. 1 in D major
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Elgar Howarth, conductor Hakan Hardenberger, trumpet
6:11 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 48 "Maria Theresa" in C major HOB 48
Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra; Adam Fischer, conductor
6:39 a.m.
Agustin Barrios
Madrigal-Gavota
David Russell, guitar
6:43 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto for oboe d'amore in A major BWV 1055R
Chamber Orchestra of Europe Douglas Boyd, oboe d'amore
6:59 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Capriccio Italien Opus 45
Bavarian Radio Symphony; Lorin Maazel, conductor
7:14 a.m.
Richard Strauss
Horn Concerto No. 2 in Eb major
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Kurt Masur, conductor Hermann Baumann, horn
7:36 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Waltz No. 1 "Grande Valse Brillante" in Eb major Opus 18
Stephen Hough, piano
7:42 a.m.
Edvard Grieg
Sigurd Jorsalfar: Homage March Opus 22
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
7:52 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance No. 3 in Ab major Opus 46
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
7:58 a.m.
Amilcare Ponchielli
LA GIOCONDA: Dance of the Hours
National Philharmonic Orchestra; Bruno Bartoletti, conductor
8:07 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 39 in Eb major K 543
Prague Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
8:37 a.m.
Pierre Attaignant
Renaissance Dance for Lute
Ronn McFarlane, lute
8:39 a.m.
Federico Moreno Torroba
The Wedding (La Boda)
Los Romeros
8:42 a.m.
Richard Wagner
DIE MEISTERSINGER: Prelude
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
8:52 a.m.
John Williams
Themes from Jurassic Park
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
8:59 a.m.
Louis Spohr
Clarinet Concerto No. 4 in E minor WOO 20
English Chamber Orchestra; Alun Francis, conductor Thea King, clarinet
9:27 a.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Scheherazade: The Young Prince and The Princess Opus 35
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
9:39 a.m.
Wilhelm van Wassenaer
Concerto Armonico No. 6 in Eb major
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra; Ton Koopman, conductor
9:47 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 8: IV. Finale in G major Opus 88
Berlin Philharmonic; Rafael Kubelik, conductor Bomsori Kim, violin
10:00 a.m.
Benjamin Britten
Soirees musicales (Suite after Rossini) Opus 9
National Philharmonic Orchestra; Richard Bonynge, conductor
10:10 a.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Serenade to Music
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Vernon Handley, conductor
10:22 a.m.
William Grant Still
Symphony No. 2 "Song of a New Race" in G minor
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
10:53 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Song Without Words Opus 8/1
Tzimon Barto, piano
11:00 a.m.
George Phillip Telemann
Overture for trumpets, timpani and strings in D major
English String Orchestra; William Boughton, conductor John Wallace, trumpet; Members of...
11:07 a.m.
Samuel Akpabot
Pastorale from "Scenes from Nigeria"
Marcus Eley, clarinet; Lucerne DeSa, piano
11:12 a.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Tales From The Vienna Woods Opus 325 (Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Jascha Horenstein, conductor
11:23 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major K 467
English Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Tate, conductor Mitsuko Uchida, piano
11:53 a.m.
Gabriel Faure
Pavane Opus 50
Studio Orchestra; William Goodchild, conductor John Williams, guitar
12:00 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Oberon Overture J 306
London Classical Players; Roger Norrington, conductor
12:10 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Harpsichord Concerto: II. Adagio in D minor BWV 974
Plinio Fernandes, guitar
12:14 p.m.
Manuel Ponce
Giga
Horst Klee, guitar
12:17 p.m.
Earl Wild
Grand Fantasie on Porgy and Bess: Summertime (After G. Gershwin)
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
12:27 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 1 in C major Opus 21
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
12:53 p.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Concert Etudes: Automne in Db major Opus 35/2
Anna Shelest, piano
1:00 p.m.
Benjamin Britten
Gloriana: Courtly Dances
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
1:11 p.m.
Jean-Baptiste Lully
Alceste Suite
Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall, conductor
1:34 p.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Oboe Concerto
London Symphony Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor David Theodore, oboe
1:55 p.m.
Ernesto Nazareth
Odeon - Tango Brasileiro
Richard Cionco, piano
2:00 p.m.
Anton Reicha
Symphony No. 3 in F major
Beethoven Acadamie; Jan Caeyers, conductor
2:36 p.m.
Agustin Barrios
La Catedral
Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra; Lionel Bringuier, conductor Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
2:45 p.m.
Josef Suk
Fantastic Scherzo Opus 25
Buffalo Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
3:01 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto No. 10 "The Hunt" in Bb major Opus 8 RV 362 (La Caccia)
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Simon Standage, violin
3:11 p.m.
James Horner
Braveheart: End Credits
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor Eric Rigler, bagpipes
3:17 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 38 "Prague" in D major K 504
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
3:49 p.m.
Florence Price
Dances in the Canebrakes
Althea Waites, piano
4:00 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F minor Opus 73
Staatskapelle Dresden; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Sabine Meyer, clarinet
4:22 p.m.
Teng Yu-hsien
Spring Breeze
Xuefei Yang, guitar
4:26 p.m.
Yann Tiersen
Amelie's Waltz
La Pieta; Angele Dubeau, conductor Angele Dubeau, violin
4:30 p.m.
Hector Berlioz
Roman Carnival Overture Opus 9
New York Philharmonic; Pierre Boulez, conductor
4:40 p.m.
Percy Grainger
Mock Morris
Dallas Wind Symphony; Jerry Junkin, conductor
4:45 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 3: I. Allegro con brio in F major Opus 90
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
4:58 p.m.
Alexander Glazunov
The Seasons: Autumn Opus 67
Minnesota Orchestra; Edo de Waart, conductor
5:11 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Trumpet Concerto in Eb major
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor (Adolph) "Bud" Herseth, trumpet
5:27 p.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Piano Sonata in C minor Opus 21
Joanne Polk, piano
5:45 p.m.
Tomaso Albinoni
Adagio in G minor
English Chamber Orchestra; Ian Watson, conductor Ian Watson, organ
5:53 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
A Mighty Fortress Is Our God (Ein' feste Burg ist unser Gott) BWV 80
Empire Brass Douglas Major, organ
6:00 p.m.
Etienne-Nicolas Mehul
Symphony No. 1 in G minor
Rhenish Philharmonic Orchestra; Jorge Rotter, conductor
6:28 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6 "Carnival in Pest" in D major
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Kurt Masur, conductor
6:42 p.m.
E. J. Moeran
Whythorne's Shadow
Ulster Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
6:47 p.m.
Henning Sommerro
Varsog
Arctic Philharmonic; Christian Kluxen, conductor Eldbjorg Hemsing, violin
6:52 p.m.
Carlos Simon
Be Still and Know
Phoebe Wu, piano; Teagan Faran, violin; Victor Huls, cello
