Classical Music Playlist, January 17, 2024
Beethoven and Nature by N.C. Wyeth (1919)
Beethoven loved nature and took walks among it almost daily. Notes in his sketchbooks reveal that he took ideas for his sixth symphony from sounds he heard on these walks. Beethoven noted feelings and scenes he wished to convey in the movements of the symphony, though he was careful to specify that they were “more an expression of feeling than painting.” He described the movements:
I. Awakening of happy feelings upon reaching the countryside.
2. Scene at the brook
3. Cheerful gathering of the country folk.
4. Thunderstorm.
5. Shepherd’s song. Happy, grateful feelings after the storm.
Awaken your happy feelings of being in the countryside when Beethoven takes you there with his “Pastoral” Sixth Symphony for today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Johann Joachim Quantz
Flute Concerto in A major
Brandenburg Consort; Roy Goodman, conductor Rachel Brown, flute
6:18 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Sonata No. 11 "Turkish March" in A major K 331 (FROM THE RUSSELL KLETZING COLLECTION)
Mitsuko Uchida, piano
6:43 a.m.
Thomas Simpson
Volta I and Volta II
The King's Noyse; David Douglass, conductor
6:45 a.m.
Johann Grabbe
Courant I/Courant II
The King's Noyse; David Douglass, conductor
6:48 a.m.
Richard Strauss
Serenade in Eb major Opus 7
Stockholm Philharmonic (members of); Paavo Berglund, conductor
6:59 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major BWV 1049
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor
7:15 a.m.
Gang Chen; Zhanhao He
The Butterfly Lovers (Concerto for Violin)
Singapore Symphony Orchestra; Lan Shui, conductor Gil Shaham, violin; Jonathan Fox, gu ban; Nella Hunkins, cello; Ta Jin, flute; Gulia Mashurova, harp
7:44 a.m.
Fernando Sor
Etude in G major Opus 29/11
Narciso Yepes, guitar
7:47 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Fantasie-impromptu in C# minor Opus 66
Gabriela Montero, piano
7:53 a.m.
Philip Glass
Sonata for Violin & Piano: Movement III
La Pieta; Angele Dubeau, conductor
7:58 a.m.
Mauro Giuliani
Guitar Concerto No. 3: III. Polonaise. Allegretto in F major Opus 70
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Pepe Romero, guitar
8:07 a.m.
Franz Liszt
Piano Concerto No. 1 in Eb major
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Seiji Ozawa, conductor Krystian Zimerman, piano
8:27 a.m.
John Williams
Theme from The Patriot
Boston Pops Orchestra; Keith Lockhart, conductor Middlesex County Fifes & Drums
8:37 a.m.
Hans Rott
Symphony No. 1: III. Scherzo: Frisch und lebhaft (Fresh and lively) in E major
Bamberg Symphony; Jakub Hrusa, conductor Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
8:50 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
EUGENE ONEGIN: Waltz
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Yuri Temirkanov, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Alexander Borodin
Petite Suite
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
9:30 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
String Quartet No. 14: V. Presto in C# minor Opus 131
Takacs Quartet
9:36 a.m.
Tielmann Susato
Allemaingien (1-3, 5-8)
New London Consort; Philip Pickett, conductor
9:47 a.m.
Grace Williams
Carillons, for oboe and orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra; Sir Charles Groves, conductor Anthony Camden, oboe
10:00 a.m.
Michael Torke
Bright Blue Music
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; David Zinman, conductor
10:10 a.m.
Mary Kouyoumdjian
Aghavni: III. 1986
Lara Downes, piano
10:12 a.m.
Mel Bonis
Femmes de Legende: Phoebe Opus 30
Kyra Steckeweh, piano
10:16 a.m.
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 3: I. Kraftig in D minor "powerful"
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
10:51 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto, Op. 4, No. 9 in F major Opus 4/9 RV 284
Academy of Ancient Music; Christopher Hogwood, conductor Monica Huggett, violin
11:00 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major K 488 (FROM THE RUSSELL KLETZING COLLECTION)
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Alfred Brendel, piano
11:28 a.m.
Lucas Saboya
Zamba Negra (from Suite Ernestina)
Jose Antonio Escobar, guitar
11:31 a.m.
Bear McCreary
Battlestar Galactica: The Shape of Things to Come
studio ensemble; Bear McCreary, conductor
11:36 a.m.
Charles Avison
Concerto No. 4 in G minor Opus 4/4
Avison Ensemble; Pavlo Beznosiuk, conductor
11:47 a.m.
Teresa Carreno
Un reve en mer A dream at sea
Sarah Cahill, piano
11:54 a.m.
Johan Halvorsen
Entry March of the Boyars
Bergen Philharmonic; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Benjamin Britten
Matinees musicales (Suite after Rossini) Opus 24
National Philharmonic Orchestra; Richard Bonynge, conductor
12:14 p.m.
George Enescu
Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A major Opus 11
National Orchestra of France; Cristian Macelaru, conductor Yuja Wang, piano
12:18 p.m.
Franz Strauss
Horn Concerto No. 1 Opus 8
Bratislava Philharmonia Orchestra; Dale Clevenger, conductor Steven Gross, horn
12:34 p.m.
Ottorino Respighi
Ancient Airs and Dances: Suite No. 2
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra; Neville Marriner, conductor
12:54 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo
London Symphony Orchestra; Barry Wordsworth, conductor
1:00 p.m.
Florence Price
Violin Concerto No. 1: I. Allegro moderato in D major
Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor Randall Goosby, violin
1:17 p.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Prelude and Fugue in E minor
Joanne Polk, piano
1:25 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 Opus 46
Malmo Symphony Orchestra; Bjarte Engeset, conductor
1:41 p.m.
Philip Glass
Symphony No. 3: Movement IV
La Pieta; Angele Dubeau, conductor
1:45 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Piano Concerto No. 1: III. Rondo in D minor Opus 15
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Bernard Haitink, conductor Claudio Arrau, piano
2:00 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral" in F major Opus 68
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
2:39 p.m.
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Concerto for Mandolin in G major
Il Giardino Armonico; Giovanni Antonini, conductor Avi Avital, mandolin
2:55 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Sleeping Beauty: Waltz from Act I
Philadelphia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
3:01 p.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Piano Concerto No. 1 in Db major Opus 10
Montreal Symphony Orchestra; Charles Dutoit, conductor Martha Argerich, piano
3:18 p.m.
Ronn McFarlane
Fermi's Paradox
Carolyn Surrick, viola da gamba; Ronn McFarlane, lute
3:25 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
Holberg Suite Opus 40
Philharmonic Virtuosi of Berlin; Erno Sebestyen, conductor
3:46 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Widmung (Dedication) Opus 25
Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
3:49 p.m.
Zenobia Powell Perry; Josephine Gandolfi, arr.
Tawawa House Suite: 3. Sunday Dance Tune
Josephine Gandolfi, piano; Deanne Tucker, piano
3:52 p.m.
Gioachino Rossini
THE BARBER OF SEVILLE: Overture (IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA)
National Philharmonic Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
4:00 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished" in B minor D 759
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Carlos Kleiber, conductor
4:26 p.m.
Joseph Curiale
Awakening: Joy
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Joseph Curiale, conductor
4:31 p.m.
Giuseppe Sammartini
Pastorale in G major
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
4:35 p.m.
Florence Price
Fantasy No. 2
Randall Goosby, violin; Zhu Wang, piano
4:42 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Academic Festival Overture Opus 80
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
4:53 p.m.
John Barry
Dances With Wolves: John Dunbar Theme
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
5:00 p.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Piano Trio: I. Allegro molto vivace in D minor
Nash Ensemble
5:12 p.m.
Richard Strauss
Don Juan Opus 20
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Manfred Honeck, conductor
5:32 p.m.
Frode Fjellheim
Under the Arctic Moon
Arctic Philharmonic; Christian Kluxen, conductor Eldbjorg Hemsing, violin
5:36 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 17 "Tempest" in D minor Opus 31/2
John O'Conor, piano
6:01 p.m.
George Gershwin
Piano Concerto in F major
London Symphony Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor Andre Previn, piano
6:34 p.m.
Bedrich Smetana
Ma Vlast: II. The Moldau (Vltava)
Prague Philharmonic Orchestra; Libor Pesek, conductor
6:47 p.m.
Jean-Michel Blais
Nostos
La Pieta Angele Dubeau, violin
6:51 p.m.
John Williams
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: Scherzo for Motorcycle and Orchestra
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
6:55 p.m.
Dave Brubeck
Brandenburg Gate
John Salmon, piano
