Classical Music Playlist, January 15, 2024
William Grant Still (1895-1978)
Autochthonous: adjective. ”indigenous rather than descended from migrants or colonists.”
In program notes for his Symphony No. 4, American composer William Grant Still wrote that the work’s title, “Autochthonous,” suggests that “the music has its roots in our own soil, and portrays…the spirit of the American people. It may also be said that the music speaks of the fusion of musical cultures in North America.”
Still’s daughter later explained that the symphony “is praise for people who came ‘from the soil,’ abused and enslaved, and recognizes the power of those who had been so mightily put upon when they triumphed with honor over a difficult past. Out of the soil of oppression and forced degradation they rose up and acquitted themselves, bringing along their unique songs, humor, and distinctive, vibrant culture.”
The Symphony No. 4, “Autochthonous,” by William Grant Still is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Willem De Fesch
Concerto No. 2 in G minor Opus 5
Musica Ad Rhenum
6:09 a.m.
Wilhelm Stenhammar
Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor Opus 23
Munich Philharmonic Orchestra; Stig Westerberg, conductor Janos Solyom, piano
6:40 a.m.
Jean Mouton
Ave Maria Virgo Serena
Chanticleer
6:46 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 9 in F major Opus 6/9 HWV 327
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor
7:00 a.m.
John Field
Piano Concerto No. 3: III. Rondo - Tempo di Polacca in Eb major
London Mozart Players; Matthias Bamert, conductor Miceal O'Rourke, piano
7:13 a.m.
Hamilton Harty
John Field Suite
Ulster Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor
7:34 a.m.
Enrique Soro
Three Chilean Airs (Tres aires chilenos)
Chile Symphony Orchestra; Jose Luis Dominguez, conductor
7:45 a.m.
Christoph Forster
Horn Concerto in Eb major ICF 6
St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble Stewart Rose, horn
8:00 a.m.
William Grant Still
Symphony No. 3 "The Sunday Symphony"
Fort Smith Symphony; John Jeter, conductor
8:18 a.m.
Florence Price
Piano Quintet in A minor
Catalyst Quartet Michelle Cann, piano
8:46 a.m.
Scott Joplin
Treemonisha Overture
Houston Grand Opera Orchestra; Gunther Schuller, conductor
8:55 a.m.
Jason Moran
Cane: IV. Natchitoches to New York
Imani Winds
9:00 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quartet No. 19 "Dissonance" in C major K 465
Diderot String Quartet
9:32 a.m.
George Gershwin
Second Rhapsody
Buffalo Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor Orion Weiss, piano
9:49 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Concerto for Violin & Cello "Double Concerto": III. Vivace non troppo in A minor Opus 102
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Bernard Haitink, conductor Henryk Szeryng, violin; Janos Starker, cello
10:00 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 9: II. Molto Vivace (Scherzo and Trio) in D minor Opus 125
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
10:14 a.m.
VARIOUS
Yellow River Piano Concerto
China Philharmonic Orchestra; Long Yu, conductor Lang Lang, piano
10:35 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance No. 4 in F major Opus 46
Berlin Philharmonic; Lorin Maazel, conductor
10:44 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto No. 3 "a due cori" in F major HWV 334
Academy of Ancient Music; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
10:59 a.m.
Henry Litolff
Concerto Symphonique No. 4: II. Scherzo Opus 102
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Moshe Atzmon, conductor Cristina Ortiz, piano
11:07 a.m.
Randall Thompson
Symphony No. 2 in E minor
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
11:36 a.m.
Federico Moreno Torroba
Still Water (Remanso)
Minneapolis Guitar Quartet
11:38 a.m.
Dustin O'Halloran
Opus 17 (String Quartet Version)
Siggi String Quartet; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Vikingur Olafsson, piano
11:46 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Bassoon Concerto in E minor in E minor RV 484
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Milan Turkovich, bassoon
11:59 a.m.
William Grant Still
Panamanian Dances (Danzas de Panama)
Berlin Symphony Orchestra; Isaiah Jackson, conductor
12:14 p.m.
Florence Price
Piano Concerto in One Movement
New York Youth Symphony; Michael Repper, conductor Michelle Cann, piano
12:32 p.m.
Valerie Coleman
Umoja
Imani Winds
12:36 p.m.
Margaret Bonds
Credo
The Dessoff Choirs & Orchestra; Malcolm J. Merriweather, conductor
1:00 p.m.
Samuel Barber
School for Scandal Overture
New York Philharmonic; Thomas Schippers, conductor
1:09 p.m.
Alexander Glazunov
Ballet Scenes Opus 52 (Scenes de Ballet)
Minnesota Orchestra; Edo de Waart, conductor
1:38 p.m.
Alonso Mudarra
Gagliarda
Massimo Marchese, vihuela de mano
1:40 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
2 Gavottes in G minor BWV 995
Sharon Isbin, guitar
1:44 p.m.
Arnold Bax
Tintagel
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; David Lloyd-Jones, conductor
2:00 p.m.
William Grant Still
Symphony No. 4 "Autochthonous"
Fort Smith Symphony; John Jeter, conductor
2:27 p.m.
Pieter Hellendaal
Concerto Grosso in D minor Opus 3/2
Combattimento Consort; Jan Willem de Vriend, conductor
2:39 p.m.
Philip Glass
Piano Quintet No. 1 "Annunciation" (Part 1)
La Pieta; Angele Dubeau, conductor
2:51 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 5: I. Allegro con brio in C minor Opus 67
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
2:59 p.m.
Rebecca Clarke
Cello Sonata: I. Impetuoso
Raphael Wallfisch, cello; John York, piano
3:07 p.m.
Richard Strauss
Oboe Concerto in D major AV 144
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Daniel Barenboim, conductor Alex Klein, oboe
3:35 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Harpsichord Concerto: II. Adagio in D minor BWV 974
Plinio Fernandes, guitar
3:39 p.m.
William Bolcom
Ghost Rag: I. Graceful Ghost
Spencer Meyer, piano
3:45 p.m.
Hamilton Harty
Comedy Overture
Ulster Orchestra; Takuo Yuasa, conductor
3:59 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in Bb minor Opus 23
Minnesota Orchestra; Osmo Vanska, conductor Stephen Hough, piano
4:32 p.m.
Pat Metheny
Last Train Home (Prelude)
Jason Vieaux, guitar
4:36 p.m.
Modest Mussorgsky
Scherzo in Bb major
Philharmonia Orchestra; Geoffrey Simon, conductor
4:40 p.m.
Carlos Chavez
Chapultepec Republican Overture
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Enrique Batiz, conductor
4:48 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 2 in F major Opus 6/2 HWV 320
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor
5:00 p.m.
Jennifer Higdon
Concerto 4-3: I. The Shallows
Philadelphia Orchestra; Xian Zhang, conductor Time for Three
5:11 p.m.
Agustin Barrios
Vals Tropical
David Russell, guitar
5:13 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude in E major BMV 1006a
Sharon Isbin, guitar
5:18 p.m.
Florence Price
Symphony No. 1 in E minor
Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
5:59 p.m.
William Grant Still
Sahdji (Ballet for orchestra & chorus)
Eastman Philharmonia; Howard Hanson, conductor Eastman School Chorus
6:21 p.m.
Valerie Coleman
Shotgun Houses
Pacifica Quartet Anthony McGill, clarinet
6:40 p.m.
Edward K. (Duke) Ellington
Black, Brown and Beige: Suite
Buffalo Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
