Classical Music Playlist, January 29, 2024
Edvard Grieg has turned out to be Norway’s most famous composer, but when he heard the first symphony of his fellow countryman Johan Svendsen, Grieg proclaimed “Svendsen has precisely all that which I don't have: mastery of the orchestra and its large classical forms.” Grieg didn’t stop there – he withdrew his own symphony and wrote on the cover “MUST NEVER BE PERFORMED”.
Svendsen only got better at it. His Second Symphony is filled with all sorts of Norwegian charm, and it’s today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Johann Georg Knechtl
Horn Concerto in D major
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Iona Brown, conductor Barry Tuckwell, horn
6:08 a.m.
Jan Dussek
Piano Concerto in Eb major Opus 70
Ulster Orchestra; Howard Shelley, conductor Howard Shelley, piano
6:39 a.m.
Missy Mazzoli
Impromptu (Thomas's Piece)
The Kapralova Orchestra Joshua Bell, violin
6:43 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 7 in Bb major Opus 6/7 HWV 325
Handel & Haydn Society; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
6:58 a.m.
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Fantasy
London Symphony Orchestra; Jun'ichi Hirokami, conductor Barry Douglas, piano
7:14 a.m.
Joaquin Rodrigo
Concierto para una fiesta
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Sachio Fujioka, conductor Craig Ogden, guitar
7:43 a.m.
Joe Hisaishi
A Town with an Ocean View (from Kiki's Delivery Service)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Joe Hisaishi, conductor Bruce Liu, piano
7:47 a.m.
Elena Ruehr
String Quartet No. 3: III. How She Danced
Cypress String Quartet
7:52 a.m.
Jean-Baptiste Lully
March for the Turkish Ceremony
Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall, conductor
7:54 a.m.
Jean-Baptiste Lully
ARMIDE: Passacaille
La Petite Bande; Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor
7:59 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Leonore Overture No. 3 Opus 72
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
8:13 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 100 "Military" in G major
Orchestra of St. Luke's; Charles Mackerras, conductor
8:36 a.m.
Jessie Montgomery
Strum
Catalyst Quartet
8:44 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 2: IV. Allegro con spirito in D major Opus 73
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor
8:54 a.m.
Alberto Ginastera
Estancia: Malambo
Lyon National Orchestra; David Robertson, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 40 in G minor K 550
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
9:30 a.m.
Emanuele Barbella
Concerto for Mandolin in D major
Il Giardino Armonico; Giovanni Antonini, conductor Avi Avital, mandolin
9:39 a.m.
Alan Hovhaness
Prelude and Quadruple Fugue Opus 128
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
9:48 a.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Morning Papers Opus 279 (Morgenblatter)
Polish State Philharmonic; Johannes Wildner, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Overture in C major
The Women's Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
10:11 a.m.
Lili Boulanger
Nocturne
Janine Jansen, violin; Itamar Golan, piano
10:16 a.m.
Francis Poulenc
The Does (Les Biches): Suite "The Does" - fashionable Parisian women
Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra; Stephane Deneve, conductor Stuttgart SWR Vocal Ensemble
10:38 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphonic Variations Opus 78
Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
11:00 a.m.
Joaquin Rodrigo
Concierto de Aranjuez
New York Philharmonic; Jose Serebrier, conductor Sharon Isbin, guitar
11:25 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Romance Opus 36
Hermann Baumann, horn; Reiko Honsho, piano
11:29 a.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 8 "Christmas Concerto" in G minor Opus 6
Les Violons du Roy; Bernard Labadie, conductor
11:43 a.m.
John Williams
STAR WARS - THE FORCE AWAKENS: Rey's Theme
Studio Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
11:46 a.m.
John Williams
E.T. The Extra Terrestial: Flying Theme
London Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
11:52 a.m.
Gustav Holst
The Planets: Jupiter, the Bringer of Jolity Opus 32
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
12:01 p.m.
Michael Torke
Sky: I. Lively
Albany Symphony Orchestra; David Alan Miller, conductor Tessa Lark, violin
12:12 p.m.
Gabriela Lena Frank
Four Folk Songs: III. Serenata
Claremont Trio
12:18 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major
London Symphony Orchestra; Kirill Kondrashin, conductor Sviatoslav Richter, piano
12:40 p.m.
James Horner
THE ROCKETEER: Rocketeer to the Rescue/End Title
Studio Orchestra
12:48 p.m.
Amilcare Ponchielli
LA GIOCONDA: Dance of the Hours
Philadelphia Orchestra; Eugene Ormandy, conductor
1:00 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in Bb major BWV 1051
Il Giardino Armonico; Giovanni Antonini, conductor
1:17 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 93 in D major HOB I:93
English Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Tate, conductor
1:40 p.m.
Elmer Bernstein
The Magnificent Seven
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
1:47 p.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
2:00 p.m.
Johan Svendsen
Symphony No. 2 in Bb major Opus 15
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; Mariss Jansons, conductor
2:33 p.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Les Sylvains (The Fauns) in D major Opus 60
Anna Shelest, piano
2:38 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for 2 horns in F major RV 539
Ensemble Zefiro; Alfredo Bernardini, conductor Thomas Muller, horn; Dileno Baldin, horn
2:50 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Symphony No. 3 "Organ": Finale in C minor Opus 78
Kansas City Symphony; Michael Stern, conductor Jan Kraybill, organ
2:59 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 3: I. Allegro con brio in F major Opus 90
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
3:12 p.m.
Steve Reich
Electric Counterpoint: Third Movement
Valerie Milot, harp
3:18 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor Opus 49
The Rembrandt Trio
3:48 p.m.
Hector Berlioz
Symphonie Fantastique: No. 5 Witches Sabbath Opus 14
BBC Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Davis, conductor
3:59 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 4 in Bb major Opus 60
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
4:33 p.m.
Amy Beach
A Hermit Thrush at Eve Opus 92
Alan Feinberg, piano
4:39 p.m.
Hans Zimmer
The Frozen Planet
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
4:45 p.m.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4: I. Preludio W284
Plinio Fernandes, guitar
4:50 p.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto for horn and strings in D major
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Barry Tuckwell, horn
5:00 p.m.
John Ireland
Epic March
London Symphony Orchestra; Richard Hickox, conductor
5:10 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Piano Concerto No. 5 in F major Opus 103
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor Jean-Philippe Collard, piano
5:40 p.m.
Florence Price
Dances in the Canebrakes
Chicago Sinfonietta; Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
5:51 p.m.
Agustin Barrios
La Catedral
Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra; Lionel Bringuier, conductor Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
6:01 p.m.
Carel Anton Fodor
Symphony No. 3 in C minor Opus 19
Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra; Anthony Halstead, conductor
6:31 p.m.
Alexander Glazunov
Saxophone Concerto in Eb major Opus 109
Polish National Chamber Orchestra; Bohdan Jarmolowicz, conductor Greg Banaszak, saxophone
6:46 p.m.
Grace Williams
Ballads: III. Andante calmante
BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra; Vernon Handley, conductor
6:52 p.m.
John Harle
Rant!
BBC Concert Orchestra; Jessica Cottis, conductor Jess Gillam, soprano saxophone
