Classical Music Playlist, February 29, 2024
Usually our Midday Masterpiece is one long noteworthy composition.
But as today is the birthday of composer Gioachino Rossini, which we get to celebrate on his actual birthday only once every four years on February 29th, we’re going to fill the entire 2pm hour with his opera overtures, arias and an instrumental work. Gioachino Rossini HIMSELF is today’s Midday Masterpiece!
6:00 a.m.
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Flute Concerto in D minor H 426
Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra; Janos Rolla, conductor Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute
6:21 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major K. 216
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra Henning Kraggerud, violin
6:42 a.m.
Federico Moreno Torroba
Madronos
Narciso Yepes, guitar
6:47 a.m.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor Netania Davrath, soprano; Carl Stern, cello
7:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for 2 horns in F major RV 539
Ensemble Zefiro; Alfredo Bernardini, conductor Thomas Muller, horn; Dileno Baldin, horn
7:11 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 1 in C major Opus 21
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
7:37 a.m.
ANONYMOUS
Saltarello
Narciso Yepes, guitar
7:38 a.m.
ANONYMOUS
Saltarello
Calliope
7:42 a.m.
Tielmann Susato
La Mourisque
University of Texas Wind Ensemble; Jerry Junkin, conductor
7:45 a.m.
Madeleine Dring
Colour Suite: IV. Blue Air
Sarah Cahill, piano
7:48 a.m.
Gabriela Lena Frank
Leyendas: VI. Coqueteos
Del Sol String Quartet
7:52 a.m.
Edward MacDowell
Piano Concerto No. 2: II. Presto Giocoso in D minor Opus 23
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Walter Hendl, conductor Van Cliburn, piano
7:59 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
String Quintet No. 1: I. Allegro non troppo ma con brio in F major Opus 88
Takacs Quartet Lawrence Power, viola
8:11 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
American Suite in A major Opus 98
Prague Philharmonia; Jakub Hrusa, conductor
8:35 a.m.
Gioachino Rossini
LA CENERENTOLA (Cinderella): Overture
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
8:44 a.m.
Erich Korngold
The Sea Hawk (1940) Suite
Oregon Symphony; James DePreist, conductor
8:53 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 4 "Italian": IV. Saltarello (Presto) in A major Opus 90
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Gabriel Faure
Dolly Suite Opus 56
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
9:19 a.m.
Giovanni Paisiello
Concerto for Mandolin in Eb major
Il Giardino Armonico; Giovanni Antonini, conductor Avi Avital, mandolin
9:36 a.m.
Ottorino Respighi
Pines of Rome
Berlin Philharmonic; Herbert von Karajan, conductor
10:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso "Alexander's Feast" in C major HWV 318
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
10:13 a.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Zambra Granadina
David Russell, guitar
10:18 a.m.
Emmanuel Chabrier
Festive Polonaise (Le Roi Malgre Lui: Fete Polonaise)
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
10:26 a.m.
Reynaldo Hahn
Piano Concerto in E major
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Jean-Yves Ossonce, conductor Stephen Coombs, piano
10:56 a.m.
Carlos Simon
Memory of Summer
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; Klaus Makela, conductor Carlos Simon, piano
11:00 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sinfonia Concertante for winds and orchestra in Eb major K 297b (FROM THE RUSSELL KLETZING COLLECTION)
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Neil Black, oboe; Jack Brymer, clarinet; Alan Civil, horn; Michael Chapman, bassoon
11:31 a.m.
Percy Grainger
Children's March "Over the Hills and Far Away"
Dallas Wind Symphony; Jerry Junkin, conductor Arts District Chorale
11:39 a.m.
Zenobia Powell Perry; Josephine Gandolfi, arr.
Tawawa House Suite: 3. Sunday Dance Tune
Josephine Gandolfi, piano; Deanne Tucker, piano
11:41 a.m.
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Allemande No. 1 (from the First Book for Harpsichord)
Assad Brothers Sergio Assad, guitar; Odair Assad, guitar
11:47 a.m.
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 1 in F minor
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Kurt Masur, conductor
11:59 a.m.
Gioachino Rossini
SEMIRAMIDE: Overture
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
12:13 p.m.
Joe Hisaishi
One Summer's Day (from Spirited Away)
London Symphony Orchestra; Roman Simovic, conductor Joe Hisaishi, piano
12:18 p.m.
Oskar Bohme
Trumpet Concerto Opus 18
Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra; Arnie Roth, conductor George Vosburgh, trumpet
12:35 p.m.
Claude Debussy
Images for Orchestra: Iberia
Cleveland Orchestra; Pierre Boulez, conductor
12:55 p.m.
Chilly Gonzales
Contretemps
Alice Sara Ott, piano
12:59 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 1: IV. Finale in C minor Opus 68
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor
1:18 p.m.
Henry Purcell
The Fairy Queen: Symphony (The 4th Act Suite) Z 629
Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall, conductor
1:25 p.m.
Dmitri Shostakovich
Piano Concerto No. 2 Opus 102
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor Yefim Bronfman, piano
1:46 p.m.
Gerald Finzi
Romance in Eb major Opus 11
Guildhall String Ensemble; Robert Salter, conductor
1:54 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Overture K 492
London Philharmonic Orchestra; George Solti, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Gioachino Rossini
THE BARBER OF SEVILLE: Overture (IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA)
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Claudio Abbado, conductor
2:08 p.m.
Gioachino Rossini
Bassoon Concerto
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Gianandrea Noseda, conductor Karen Geoghegan, bassoon
2:27 p.m.
Gioachino Rossini
TANCREDI: Di tanti palpiti
Symphony Orchestra of Seville; Enrique Garcia Ascensio, conductor Teresa Berganza, mezzo-soprano
2:31 p.m.
Gioachino Rossini
THE BARBER OF SEVILLE: Largo al Factotum
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Silvio Varviso, conductor Sherrill Milnes, baritone
2:37 p.m.
Gioachino Rossini
The Thieving Magpie (LA GAZZA LADRA): Overture
London Classical Players; Roger Norrington, conductor
2:47 p.m.
Gioachino Rossini
WILLIAM TELL: Overture (GUILLAUME TELL)
Philharmonia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
3:00 p.m.
Richard Strauss
Horn Concerto No. 2 in Eb major
London Symphony Orchestra; Istvan Kertesz, conductor Barry Tuckwell, horn
3:22 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Variations on Mozart's "La ci darem la mano" in Bb major Opus 2
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment; Charles Mackerras, conductor Emanuel Ax, piano
3:40 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
St. Anthony Variations in Bb major Opus 56
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
3:59 p.m.
William Grant Still
Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American"
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
4:25 p.m.
Reinhold Gliere
Romance Opus 35/6
Felix Klieser, horn; Christof Keymer, piano
4:30 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Four Seasons: Spring (La Primavera) in E major Opus 8 RV 269
...and friends Janine Jansen, violin
4:40 p.m.
Aram Khachaturian
Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus & Phrygia
The Bolshoi Theater Orchestra; Mark Ermler, conductor
4:50 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 1: III. Allegro Scherzando in F# minor Opus 1
San Francisco Symphony; Edo de Waart, conductor Zoltan Kocsis, piano
4:59 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 5 in D major Opus 6 HWV 323
Les Violons du Roy; Bernard Labadie, conductor
5:16 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Prelude No. 17 in Ab major Opus 28
Alice Sara Ott, piano
5:20 p.m.
John Field
Divertissement No. 1 in E major
London Mozart Players; Matthias Bamert, conductor Miceal O'Rourke, piano
5:26 p.m.
Joseph White
Violin Concerto in F# minor
Encore Chamber Orchestra; Daniel Hege, conductor Rachel Barton Pine, violin
5:49 p.m.
Ernest Farrar
Rhapsody No. 1 "The Open Road" Opus 9
Philharmonia Orchestra; Alasdair Mitchell, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Violin Concerto in A minor Opus 53
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; William Steinberg, conductor Nathan Milstein, violin
6:31 p.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Prelude & Cube: II. Cube
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra; Brandenburg Choir; Paul Dyer, conductor
6:39 p.m.
George Enescu
Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A major Opus 11
National Orchestra of France; Cristian Macelaru, conductor Yuja Wang, piano
6:48 p.m.
Jacques Ibert
Three Brief Pieces (Trois Pieces Breves)
Reykjavik Wind Quintet
6:55 p.m.
TRADITIONAL
Scarborough Fair
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello; Plinio Fernandes, guitar
