Classical Music Playlist, March 7, 2024
Composer Ralph Vaughan Williams
As World War II raged, English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams used his time and talents to lift people up. With people stressed, worried and worse, he composed his Symphony No. 5 which reviews at the time called transcendent, benedictory and consoling. This symphony of serenity and uplift is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Also, today’s featured composer for Women’s History Month is Welsh composer Grace Williams (1906-1977). Listen for some of her music throughout the day.
6:00 a.m.
Johann Pachelbel
Ciacona in F minor
Aries Brass Quintet
6:08 a.m.
Edward Elgar
Cello Concerto in E minor Opus 85
London Philharmonic Orchestra; George Pehlivanian, conductor Ofra Harnoy, cello
6:38 a.m.
Traditional Japanese
Sakura sakura cherry blossom
Xuefei Yang, guitar
6:45 a.m.
Wilhelm Stenhammar
Excelsior! Opus 13
Royal Scottish Orchestra; Petter Sundkvist, conductor
6:59 a.m.
Grace Williams
Carillons, for oboe and orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra; Sir Charles Groves, conductor Anthony Camden, oboe
7:11 a.m.
Carel Anton Fodor
Symphony No. 2 in G major Opus 13
Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra; Anthony Halstead, conductor
7:37 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Prelude No. 17 in Ab major Opus 28
Alice Sara Ott, piano
7:42 a.m.
Ronn McFarlane
Fermi's Paradox
Carolyn Surrick, viola da gamba; Ronn McFarlane, lute
7:48 a.m.
Robert Schumann
Piano Concerto: III. Allegro vivace in A minor Opus 54
San Francisco Ballet Orchestra; Martin West, conductor Lara Downes, piano
8:01 a.m.
Arnold Bax
Overture to a Picaresque Comedy
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; David Lloyd-Jones, conductor
8:11 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major K 453
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra; Leif Ove Andsnes, conductor Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
8:40 a.m.
Lucas Ruiz de Ribayaz
El Gran Duque y Baylete
The Harp Consort
8:44 a.m.
Bear McCreary
Battlestar Galactica: The Shape of Things to Come
studio ensemble; Bear McCreary, conductor
8:48 a.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
English Folk Song Suite
University of Texas Wind Ensemble; Jerry Junkin, conductor
9:01 a.m.
Grace Williams
Sea Sketches, for string orchestra
English Chamber Orchestra; David Atherton, conductor
9:21 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
The Hero's Song Opus 111
Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
9:44 a.m.
Luigi Perrachio
Piano Quintet: IV. Finale: Presto vigoroso
Carpe Diem String Quartet David Korevaar, piano
9:52 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Sinfonia in G minor RV 157
Rebel Baroque Orchestra; Jorg-Michael Schwarz, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Alexander MacKenzie
Second Scottish Rhapsody Opus 24
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Martyn Brabbins, conductor
10:17 a.m.
Bernhard Crusell
Clarinet Quartet No. 1 in Eb major Opus 2
Allegri String Quartet (members of) Thea King, clarinet
10:38 a.m.
Paulinho Nogueira; Luiz Gonzaga
Bachianinha No. 2 / Araponga
Plinio Fernandes, guitar
10:42 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Keyboard Concerto No. 3 in D major BWV 1054
Chamber Orchestra of Europe Andras Schiff, piano
10:59 a.m.
Edvard Grieg
Symphonic Dances Opus 64
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
11:31 a.m.
Chilly Gonzales
Contretemps
Alice Sara Ott, piano
11:35 a.m.
John Williams
Superman: Main Title
London Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
11:41 a.m.
Grace Williams
Trumpet Concerto
London Symphony Orchestra; Sir Charles Groves, conductor Howard Snell, trumpet
11:55 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 35 "Haffner": IV. Finale (Presto) in D major K 385
English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
12:01 p.m.
Emmanuel Chabrier
Espana (Spanish Rhapsodie)
L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
12:08 p.m.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Choros No. 1
Turibio Santos, guitar
12:13 p.m.
Claude Debussy
Petite Suite
Philharmonia Orchestra; Geoffrey Simon, conductor
12:26 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major HOB VIIb:1
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor Anner Bylsma, cello
12:50 p.m.
Gustav Holst
The Planets: Jupiter, the Bringer of Jolity Opus 32
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
1:00 p.m.
Grace Williams
Penillion
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Sir Charles Groves, conductor
1:16 p.m.
Richard Addinsell
Warsaw Concerto
BBC Symphony Orchestra; Hugh Wolff, conductor Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
1:27 p.m.
Hubert Parry
Symphony No. 5 in B minor
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Adrian Boult, conductor
1:51 p.m.
Claudio Monteverdi
Monteverdiana
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
2:00 p.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Symphony No. 5 in D major
London Symphony Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor
2:40 p.m.
Grace Williams
Hiraeth for Harp
Sandrine Chatron, harp
2:43 p.m.
Scott Joplin
Gladiolus Rag
Lara Downes, piano
2:47 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
RUSALKA: Polonaise in Eb major
Russian Philharmonic Orchestra; Dmitry Yablonsky, conductor
2:53 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 103 "Drum Roll": IV. Presto [finale]
Orchestra of the 18th Century; Frans Bruggen, conductor
3:00 p.m.
Grace Williams
Ballads
BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra; Vernon Handley, conductor
3:18 p.m.
John Williams
Born on the Fourth of July: Theme
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor Tim Morrison, trumpet
3:25 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F major BWV 1046
Linde-Consort; Hans-Martin Linde, conductor
3:46 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
4:00 p.m.
Dorothy Howell
Piano Concerto in D minor in D minor
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Rebecca Miller, conductor Danny Driver, piano
4:21 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Water Music Suite No. 1: Alla Hornpipe in F major Water Music Suite in F
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
4:26 p.m.
Grace Williams
Fantasia on Welsh Nursery Tunes
Royal Ballet Sinfonia; Andrew Penny, conductor
4:38 p.m.
Agustin Barrios
La Catedral
Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra; Lionel Bringuier, conductor Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
4:48 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Hebrides Overture in B minor Opus 26
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
4:58 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Leonore Overture No. 3 Opus 72
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
5:12 p.m.
Ricardo Castro
Plainte Opus 38/2
Orquesta Sinfonica de Mineria (OSM) Jorge Federico Osorio, piano
5:16 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
EUGENE ONEGIN: Polonaise
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
5:22 p.m.
Howard Hanson
Symphony No. 2 "Romantic"
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
5:54 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Prelude in G minor in G minor Opus 23
Yuja Wang, piano
5:59 p.m.
Grace Williams
Symphony No. 2
BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra; Vernon Handley, conductor
6:38 p.m.
Aaron Copland
Rodeo: Hoe-Down
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
6:44 p.m.
Agustin Barrios
Aconquija
Eliot Fisk, guitar
6:47 p.m.
Anne Dudley
Poldark Prelude
Lang Lang, piano
6:52 p.m.
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Bibo No Aozora
Ryuichi Sakamoto, piano; Everton Nelson, violin
