Classical Music Playlist, January 24, 2024
Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837)
Pianist and composer Johann Hummel (1778-1837) was a child prodigy taught for two years for free by Mozart and later by Haydn, and later still was friends with Beethoven and Schubert and remained respected throughout his life. Socially, he created one of the first pension funds for musicians and performed benefit concerts when the retirement fund ran low. He was also one of the first to advocate for musical copyright protections against piracy. Featuring British pianist Sir Stephen Hough, Hummel’s 1816 Piano Concerto No. 2 is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for eleven instruments in C major RV 555
Europa Galante; Fabio Biondi, conductor
6:09 a.m.
Niels Gade
Symphony No. 5 in D minor Opus 25
Stockholm Sinfonietta; Neeme Jarvi, conductor Roland Pontinen, piano
6:36 a.m.
Claude Debussy
Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
London Symphony Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor
6:47 a.m.
Federico Moreno Torroba
Sonatina
David Russell, guitar
7:00 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Horn Concerto No. 3 in Eb major K 447
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor Lowell Greer, natural horn
7:16 a.m.
Mel Bonis
Piano Quartet No. 1 in Bb major Opus 69
Mozart Piano Quartet
7:41 a.m.
Georges Bizet
Carmen Suite No. 1
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
7:54 a.m.
Fernando Sor
Etude No. 17 in E minor Opus 6/11
Pablo Sainz Villegas, guitar
7:59 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Bagatelles Opus 47
Takacs Quartet
8:17 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Bassoon Concerto in F major Opus 75
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Klaus Thunemann, bassoon
8:35 a.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
WILD SWANS: Eliza Aria
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra; Ola Rudner, conductor Jane Sheldon, soprano
8:40 a.m.
Agustin Barrios
La Catedral
Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra; Lionel Bringuier, conductor Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
8:49 a.m.
Jean Sibelius
Finlandia Opus 26
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
8:59 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 103 "Drum Roll" in Eb major
Collegium Musicum 90; Richard Hickox, conductor
9:31 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Nocturne No. 13 in C minor
Teresa Carreno, piano
9:38 a.m.
Aaron Copland
Symphony No. 3: II. Allegro molto
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
9:47 a.m.
Wilhelm van Wassenaer
Concerto Armonico No. 2 in Bb major
Brandenburg Consort; Roy Goodman, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Marianne Martinez
Piano Concerto in A Major in A major
Orqueste Filarmonia Iberica; Melani Mestre, conductor Melani Mestre, piano
10:15 a.m.
Michael Nyman
If (from The Diary of Anne Frank)
BBC Concert Orchestra; Jessica Cottis, conductor Jess Gillam, soprano saxophone
10:22 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C major BWV 1066
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor
10:48 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Fair Melusina Overture Opus 32
London Symphony Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor
11:01 a.m.
Antonio Rosetti
Concerto for horn in D minor C 38
Prague Chamber Orchestra Radek Baborak, horn
11:23 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
EUGENE ONEGIN: Polonaise
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Litton, conductor
11:29 a.m.
Leo Brouwer
Zapateada (aire popular cubano)
Pepe Romero, guitar
11:31 a.m.
Scott Joplin
Solace
Lara Downes, piano; Joe Brent, vihuela
11:37 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto No. 2 "a due cori" in F major HWV 333
English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
11:54 a.m.
Jules Massenet
THAIS: Meditation
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Nigel Hess, conductor Joshua Bell, violin
12:00 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Piano Concerto No. 2: II. Allegro appassionato in Bb major Opus 83
Cleveland Orchestra; George Szell, conductor Leon Fleisher, piano
12:10 p.m.
Jennifer Higdon
Amazing Grace
Serafin String Quartet
12:16 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
Sigurd Jorsalfar: Homage March Opus 22
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
12:26 p.m.
Luigi Boccherini
Sinfonia Concertante in C major Opus 21
Portland Baroque Orchestra; Monica Huggett, conductor Richard Savino, guitar
12:49 p.m.
Philip Glass
Piano Quintet No. 1 "Annunciation" (Part 1)
La Pieta; Angele Dubeau, conductor
1:00 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 4 "Italian": I. Allegro Vivace in A major Opus 90
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
1:12 p.m.
Mahito Yokota
SUPER MARIO GALAXY: Gusty Garden Galaxy
London Philharmonic Orchestra
1:17 p.m.
William Alwyn
Elizabethan Dances (1957)
London Symphony Orchestra; Richard Hickox, conductor
1:37 p.m.
Carlos Guastavino
Las Presencias: VI. Jeromita Linares
Camerata Bariloche
1:50 p.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Blue Danube Waltz Opus 314
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Piano Concerto No. 2 in A minor Opus 85
English Chamber Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor Stephen Hough, piano
2:31 p.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Asturias (Leyenda) - from "Suite Espanola" Opus 47
Xuefei Yang, guitar
2:38 p.m.
Ethel Smyth
Serenade in D: II. Scherzo. Allegro vivace in D major
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Odaline de la Martinez, conductor Tasmin Little, violin; John Lenehan, piano
2:45 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 5: IV. Andante maestoso (Finale) in E minor Opus 64
Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
2:59 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto No. 2 in G minor Opus 3 RV 578
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor
3:08 p.m.
Teresa Carreno
Mi Teresita (Little Waltz)
Gabriela Montero, piano
3:14 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sinfonia Concertante for winds and orchestra in Eb major K 297b
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Libor Pesek, conductor Radomir Pivoda, flute; Jiri Mihule, oboe; Zdenek Tylsar, horn; Frantisek Herman, bassoon
3:40 p.m.
Amy Beach
From Blackbird Hills
Lara Downes, piano
3:45 p.m.
Wilhelm Stenhammar
Excelsior! Opus 13
Royal Scottish Orchestra; Petter Sundkvist, conductor
4:00 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F major BWV 1046
European Brandenburg Ensemble; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
4:20 p.m.
Hector Berlioz
Damnation of Faust: Hungarian March Opus 24
Berlin Philharmonic; Herbert von Karajan, conductor
4:26 p.m.
Carlos Troyer
Traditional Zuni Songs: Lover's Wooing & Zunian Lullaby
Dario Muller, piano
4:33 p.m.
Joe Hisaishi
Asian Dream Song
Pan Strings; Joe Hisaishi, conductor Joe Hisaishi, piano
4:39 p.m.
Alexander von Zemlinsky
Symphony No. 2: IV. Moderato (Finale) in Bb major
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
4:52 p.m.
Kevin Puts
Home
Conspirare; Mir� Quartet; Craig Hella Johnson, conductor
5:00 p.m.
Paul Hindemith
Symphonic Metamorphosis: IV. March
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Randall Goosby, violin
5:17 p.m.
Agustin Barrios
La Catedral
Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra; Lionel Bringuier, conductor Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
5:25 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor Opus 22
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor Andre Watts, piano
5:51 p.m.
Erich Korngold
The Sea Hawk (1940) Suite
Oregon Symphony; James DePreist, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Hamilton Harty
Irish Symphony
Ulster Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor
6:35 p.m.
Jonathan Leshnoff
Guitar Concerto: III. Lively (Finale)
The Nashville Symphony; Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor Jason Vieaux, guitar
6:45 p.m.
John Williams
Olympic Fanfare
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
6:51 p.m.
Mario Albanese
Jequibau
Plinio Fernandes, guitar
6:53 p.m.
Steve Reich
Nagoya Marimbas
David Tanenbaum, guitar
