Classical Music Playlist, February 23, 2024
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Austrian violinist, pianist, composer and conductor Franz Clement and Beethoven were close friends. At the April 1805 concert at which Beethoven conducted the premiere of his “Eroica” Symphony, Clement also performed his Violin Concerto in D (one of six he is known to have composed). Clement would also commission Beethoven’s iconic Violin Concerto for himself to premiere (and did in 1806). Such was their friendship that even as Beethoven was on his deathbed in 1827, Clement visited him to offer support in his last days. Clement’s Violin Concerto in D (that premiered with Beethoven’s “Eroica” Symphony) is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Christoph Graupner
Orchestral Suite in F major GWV 450
Finnish Baroque Orchestra; Sirkka-Liisa Kaakinen-Pilch, conductor
6:22 a.m.
Louis Spohr
Clarinet Concerto No. 4 in E minor WOO 20
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Kenneth Sillito, conductor Sabine Meyer, clarinet
6:47 a.m.
Juanjo Mosalini
Toma, Toca (Take it, Play it)
Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston; Gisele Ben-Dor, conductor Juanjo Mosalini, bandoneon
6:52 a.m.
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
Chaconne (from Daphnis and Chloe)
Le Concert Spirituel; Herve Niquet, conductor
6:59 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Concerto No. 2 in E major BWV 1042
Amsterdam Bach Solisten; Thomas Zehetmair, conductor Thomas Zehetmair, violin
7:17 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Sonata No. 12 in F major K 332 (FROM THE RUSSELL KLETZING COLLECTION)
Mitsuko Uchida, piano
7:37 a.m.
Jean Sibelius
Karelia Suite: III. Alla Marcia Opus 11
Philharmonia Orchestra; Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
7:43 a.m.
Mikhail Glinka
Spanish Overture No. 2
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Vassily Sinaisky, conductor
7:52 a.m.
Philip Glass
Symphony No. 3: Movement IV
La Pieta; Angele Dubeau, conductor
7:56 a.m.
Arthur Benjamin
Jamaican Rumba
Dusseldorf Symphony Orchestra; Yasuo Shinozaki, conductor Matthew Trusler, violin
8:00 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Piano Concerto No. 2: I. Allegro non troppo in Bb major Opus 83
Cleveland Orchestra; George Szell, conductor Leon Fleisher, piano; Jules Eskin, cello
8:18 a.m.
Florence Price
Symphony No. 1: I. Allegro ma non troppo in E minor
Chineke! Orchestra; Roderick Cox, conductor
8:37 a.m.
John Williams
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom: Parade of the Slave Children
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
8:43 a.m.
Claudio Monteverdi
Monteverdiana
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
8:51 a.m.
Carlos Chavez
Chapultepec Republican Overture
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Enrique Batiz, conductor
8:59 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor Opus 30
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor Martha Argerich, piano
9:40 a.m.
Jean-Baptiste Lully
March for the Turkish Ceremony
Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall, conductor
9:44 a.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Lark Ascending
BBC Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Davis, conductor Tasmin Little, violin
10:00 a.m.
Robert Schumann
Piano Quartet: IV. Finale in Eb major Opus 47
Emerson String Quartet Menahem Pressler, piano
10:08 a.m.
Phil Rosheger
Good Luck Waltz
David Russell, guitar
10:11 a.m.
Amy Beach
Piano Concerto: II. Scherzo (Perpetuum mobile) in C# minor Opus 45
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Rebecca Miller, conductor Danny Driver, piano
10:18 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
String Quartet No. 14 in Ab major Opus 105
Takacs Quartet
10:50 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Oberon Overture J 306
London Classical Players; Roger Norrington, conductor
11:01 a.m.
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Overture
Polish National Radio Orchestra; Antoni Wit, conductor
11:12 a.m.
Agustin Barrios
La Catedral
Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra; Lionel Bringuier, conductor Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
11:21 a.m.
Jean-Baptiste Lully
Alceste Suite
Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall, conductor
11:43 a.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Les Sylvains (The Fauns) in D major Opus 60
Anna Shelest, piano
11:47 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Nocturne No. 2 in Eb major Opus 9/2
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Seong-Jin Cho, piano
11:53 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 4 "Italian": IV. Saltarello (Presto) in A major Opus 90
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
11:59 a.m.
Valentin Silvestrov
Postludium No. 3
Academy of Ancient Music; Lorna Peters, director, conductor Matt Haimovitz, cello; Nadia Shpachenko, piano
12:12 p.m.
Valentin Silvestrov
Postludium No. 3
Academy of Ancient Music; Lorna Peters, director, conductor Matt Haimovitz, cello; Nadia Shpachenko, piano
12:17 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
Piano Concerto in A minor Opus 16
Berlin Philharmonic; Mariss Jansons, conductor Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
12:47 p.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Suite Espanola: No. 4 "Cadiz" Opus 47
Pepe Romero, guitar
12:53 p.m.
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Les Cyclopes ("Cyclops")
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
1:00 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Octet for strings & winds: I. Adagio - Allegro in F major Opus 166 D 803
Academy of Ancient Music Members of...
1:16 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
La Jota Aragonese Opus 64
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Geoffrey Simon, conductor
1:21 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 16 in D major K 451
English Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Tate, conductor Mitsuko Uchida, piano
1:44 p.m.
Florence Price
Piano Quintet: III. Juba in A minor
Catalyst Quartet Michelle Cann, piano
1:52 p.m.
Ernesto Nazareth
Perigoso
Estela Olevsky, piano
1:55 p.m.
Ernesto Nazareth
Odeon - Tango Brasileiro
Richard Cionco, piano
2:00 p.m.
Franz Clement
Violin Concerto in D major
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Jose Serebrier, conductor Rachel Barton Pine, violin
2:42 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Prelude No. 24 in D minor Opus 28
Alice Sara Ott, piano
2:44 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude in E major BMV 1006a
Sharon Isbin, guitar
2:50 p.m.
Engelbert Humperdinck
HANSEL UND GRETEL Overture
London Symphony Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
2:59 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 3 in G major Opus 3/3 HWV 314
Academy of Ancient Music; Richard Egarr, conductor
3:08 p.m.
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Solitude
La Pieta Angele Dubeau, violin
3:14 p.m.
Valentin Silvestrov
Songs Without Words (Cycle VII from Melodies of the Moments)
Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor Daniel Hope, violin; Alexey Botvinov, piano
3:50 p.m.
Scott Joplin
The Entertainer
Lara Downes, piano
3:54 p.m.
Scott Joplin
Maple Leaf Rag
Eugene List, piano
3:58 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
4:07 p.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Lieutenant Kije Suite Opus 60
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Andre Previn, conductor
4:29 p.m.
John Williams
Summon the Heroes
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
4:37 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Concert Rondo "Krakowiak" in F major Opus 14
Warsaw Philharmonic; Kazimierz Kord, conductor Garrick Ohlsson, piano
4:52 p.m.
Emmanuel Chabrier
Espana (Spanish Rhapsodie)
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Seiji Ozawa, conductor
5:00 p.m.
Fela Sowande
African Suite: Selections
Chicago Sinfonietta; Paul Freeman, conductor
5:11 p.m.
Gabriela Lena Frank
Four Folk Songs: III. Serenata
Claremont Trio
5:17 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 39 in Eb major K 543
English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
5:50 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Violin Concerto: III. Allegro, ma non tanto in D minor Opus 47
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; Klaus Makela, conductor Janine Jansen, violin
5:59 p.m.
Alexander Borodin
Symphony No. 2 in B minor
Berlin Philharmonic; Simon Rattle, conductor
6:29 p.m.
Frederick Delius
KOANGA: La Calinda
Northern Sinfonia of England; Richard Hickox, conductor
6:33 p.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Romeo & Juliet: Dance of the Knights Opus 64
Toronto Symphony Orchestra; Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor
6:38 p.m.
Philip Glass
Piano Quintet No. 1 "Annunciation" (Part 1)
La Pieta; Angele Dubeau, conductor
6:49 p.m.
Michael Nyman
If (from The Diary of Anne Frank)
BBC Concert Orchestra; Jessica Cottis, conductor Jess Gillam, soprano saxophone
6:54 p.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Butterflying
Tamara-Anna Cislowska, piano
