Classical Music Playlist, March 13, 2024
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Tchaikovsky’s first ballet was Swan Lake which premiered in 1877 and was met with lukewarm praise at best. Reports from the time blamed the terrible choreography but Tchaikovsky blamed himself and intended to re-write the music AND create a suite, neither of which he ever did. After his death, masterpiece productions elevated the ballet and others assembled suites of the music.
Former San Francisco Ballet Artistic Director and Principal Choreographer (from to 1985-2022), Helgi Tomasson, describes Swan Lake as “ballet at its most beautiful” and "the most well-known ballet of all the full-lengths, and probably the most universally loved." Of course much of the reason for that is the music. By the way, in 1940, the San Francisco Ballet was the first ballet company in America to stage a complete production of "Swan Lake."
Assembled after his death, Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake Suite" is today's Midday Masterpiece.
Also, this Women's History Month CapRadio highlights a different woman in music each weekday. Today's classical spotlight is on contemporary composer Elena Kats-Chernin.
- Born in Uzbekistan (1957), trained in Moscow, Germany and Australia where she emigrated to at age 17, Elena Kats-Chernin is today one of Australia's leading composers.
- She has composed several operas, three piano concertos, orchestral, chamber and solo works, plus music for plays, ballet and musical theater, choral and other vocal music and even modern soundtracks for early silent films. .
- A complete and official biography of Elena Kats-Chernin - including details of her many compositions, collaborations and commissions - can be found at Boosey & Hawkes.
Listen for music of Elena Kats-Chernin throughout the day.
6:00 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Lute Suite No. 1 in E minor BWV 996
Eduardo Fernandez, guitar
6:17 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
String Sextet in A major Opus 48
Raphael Ensemble
6:52 a.m.
Francesco Tristano
Toccata
Arctic Philharmonic; Christian Kluxen, conductor Francesco Tristano, piano
6:59 a.m.
Michael Torke
Sky: I. Lively
Albany Symphony Orchestra; David Alan Miller, conductor Tessa Lark, violin
7:10 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 103 "Drum Roll" in Eb major
Lausanne Chamber Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
7:39 a.m.
John Williams
STAR WARS - ATTACK OF THE CLONES: Across the Stars (Love Theme)
London Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
7:46 a.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Fast Blue Village 2
Del Sol String Quartet
7:52 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 17 "Tempest": III. Allegretto in D minor Opus 31/2
John O'Conor, piano
8:00 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Polonaise No. 6 "Heroic" in Ab major Opus 53
Olga Kern, piano
8:08 a.m.
Antonio Rosetti
Concerto for horn in D minor C 38
Prague Chamber Orchestra Radek Baborak, horn
8:30 a.m.
Agustin Barrios
La Catedral
Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra; Lionel Bringuier, conductor Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
8:40 a.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Prelude & Cube
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra; Brandenburg Choir; Paul Dyer, conductor
8:55 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
MASS IN B MINOR: Cum Sancto Spiritu in B minor BWV 232
English Baroque Soloists; Monteverdi Choir; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 27 in Bb major K 595
English Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Tate, conductor Mitsuko Uchida, piano
9:34 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Abu Hassan Overture J 106
Tapiola Sinfonietta; Jean Jacques Kantorow, conductor
9:39 a.m.
Alessandro Scarlatti
Concerto Grosso No. 6 in E major
Europa Galante; Fabio Biondi, conductor
9:47 a.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Mythic
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra; Ola Rudner, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Keyboard Concerto No. 7 in G minor BWV 1058
Australian Chamber Orchestra Angela Hewitt, piano
10:14 a.m.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4: I. Preludio W284
Plinio Fernandes, guitar
10:18 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Legend No. 6 Opus 59
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
10:25 a.m.
Juan Arriaga
Symphony in D minor
Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall, conductor
10:55 a.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Lullaby for Nick
Tamara-Anna Cislowska, piano; Elena Kats-Chernin, piano
11:00 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 7 in A major Opus 92
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
11:40 a.m.
Hildur Gudnadottir
Chernobyl: Vichnaya Pamyat Memory Eternal
Homin Lviv Municipal Choir
11:45 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Prelude in C-sharp minor in C# minor Opus 3/2
Sergei Rachmaninoff, piano
11:50 a.m.
Modest Mussorgsky
Scherzo in Bb major
Philharmonia Orchestra; Geoffrey Simon, conductor
11:54 a.m.
David Pritchard
Stairs
Aquarelle Guitar Quartet
12:00 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Occasional Suite in D major
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
12:16 p.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Unsent Love Letters
Tamara-Anna Cislowska, piano
12:21 p.m.
Erik Satie
Gymnopedie No. 1
Helene Grimaud, piano
12:25 p.m.
Alexander MacKenzie
Coriolanus Opus 61
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Martyn Brabbins, conductor
12:46 p.m.
Chilly Gonzales
Prelude in C Sharp Major
Alice Sara Ott, piano
12:50 p.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Morning Papers Opus 279 (Morgenblatter)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor
1:00 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Piano Concerto No. 1: III. Rondo in E minor Opus 11
Mahler Chamber Orchestra; Mikhail Pletnev, conductor Daniil Trifonov, piano
1:10 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 45 "Farewell" in F# minor
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
1:37 p.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Butterflying
Tamara-Anna Cislowska, piano
1:42 p.m.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Choros No. 5: Alma Brasileira
Assad Brothers Sergio Assad, guitar; Odair Assad, guitar
1:48 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Andante and Hungarian Rondo Opus 35
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Klaus Thunemann, bassoon
2:00 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake Suite Opus 20
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Herbert Von Karajan, conductor
2:26 p.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
WILD SWANS: Eliza Aria
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra; Ola Rudner, conductor Jane Sheldon, soprano
2:31 p.m.
Manuel de Falla
Three-Cornered Hat Suite
Philharmonia Orchestra; Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor
2:51 p.m.
Leon Minkus
Don Quixote: Grand pas de deux
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Robert Irving, conductor
2:59 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Variations concertantes for cello & piano in D major Opus 17
Haruma Sato, cello; Wataru Hisasue, piano
3:09 p.m.
William Grant Still
Africa: Symphonic Poem
Fort Smith Symphony; John Jeter, conductor
3:38 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 8: IV. Finale in G major Opus 88
Berlin Philharmonic; Rafael Kubelik, conductor Bomsori Kim, violin
3:44 p.m.
Luigi Perrachio
Piano Quintet: IV. Finale: Presto vigoroso
Carpe Diem String Quartet David Korevaar, piano
3:52 p.m.
Howard Shore
The Forest: 3rd movement
National Arts Centre Orchestra; Alexander Shelley, conductor Milos Karadaglic, guitar
3:59 p.m.
Claude Debussy
Images for Orchestra: Iberia: I. The Streets and Byways
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
4:08 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Two-Part Inventions: No. 8 in F major BWV 779
Andras Schiff, piano
4:09 p.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Re-Inventions: Re-Invention No. 1
La Pieta; Angele Dubeau, conductor
4:14 p.m.
George Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue
Buffalo Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor Orion Weiss, piano
4:34 p.m.
Emanuele Barbella
Concerto for Mandolin in D major
Il Giardino Armonico; Giovanni Antonini, conductor Avi Avital, mandolin
4:43 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Manfred Overture Opus 115
Philharmonia Orchestra; Christian Thielemann, conductor
4:59 p.m.
Johan Svendsen
Carnival in Paris (Karnival i Paris) Opus 9
Latvian National Symphony; Terje Mikkelsen, conductor
5:13 p.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Peggy's Rag
Sarah Cahill, piano
5:17 p.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Russian Rag
Sydney Alpha Ensemble; David Stanhope, conductor
5:22 p.m.
Niels Gade
Symphony No. 5 in D minor Opus 25
Danish National Symphony Orchestra; Christopher Hogwood, conductor Ronald Brautigam, piano
5:50 p.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
LA FORZA DEL DESTINO Overture
Saint Cecilia Orchestra; Myung Whun Chung, conductor
5:59 p.m.
Joseph Kraus
Sinfonia in Eb major VB 144
Concerto Koln
6:20 p.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Piano Concerto No. 2
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra; Ola Rudner, conductor Ian Munro, piano
6:40 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Finlandia Opus 26
Turku Philharmonic; Jorma Panula, conductor
6:49 p.m.
Max Richter
In the Garden
La Pieta Angele Dubeau, violin
6:55 p.m.
Dustin O'Halloran
Opus 17 (String Quartet Version)
Siggi String Quartet; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Vikingur Olafsson, piano
