Classical Music Playlist, April 9, 2024
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
Dedicated to and premiered by the virtuoso Spanish violinist Pablo de Sarasate in 1880, the Violin Concerto No. 3 by French composer Camille Saint-Saëns is known for its melody and passion. Probably the most enduring of his three violin concertos, it’s today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
John Hebden
Concerto for Strings No. 1 in A major
Cantilena; Adrian Shepherd, conductor
6:10 a.m.
Jean-Baptiste Lully
Alceste Suite
Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall, conductor
6:32 a.m.
Giulio Caccini
Amarilli mia bella
Empire Brass
6:38 a.m.
Ottorino Respighi
Ancient Airs and Dances: Suite No. 2
Sinfonia 21; Richard Hickox, conductor
6:59 a.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Tafelmusik II: Concerto for 3 violins in F major
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor Members of...
7:14 a.m.
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Trumpet Concerto in Eb major
German Chamber Philharmonic; Thomas Klug, conductor Alison Balsom, trumpet
7:33 a.m.
Gustav Holst
St. Paul's Suite Opus 29/2
English String Orchestra; William Boughton, conductor
7:47 a.m.
Earl Wild
Grand Fantasie on Porgy and Bess: Summertime (After G. Gershwin)
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
7:51 a.m.
Dmitri Shostakovich
Jazz Suite No. 1
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Michael Torke
Bright Blue Music
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; David Zinman, conductor
8:10 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Quintet for piano & winds in Eb major K 452
Mitsuko Uchida, piano; Neil Black, oboe; Thea King, clarinet; Frank Lloyd, horn; Robin O'Neill, bassoon
8:37 a.m.
John Williams
E.T. The Extra Terrestial: Flying Theme
London Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
8:42 a.m.
Mikhail Glinka
RUSLAN AND LUDMILA: Overture
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Vassily Sinaisky, conductor
8:48 a.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Morning Papers Opus 279 (Morgenblatter)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Jascha Horenstein, conductor
8:59 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 3 "Scottish" in A minor Opus 56
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
9:34 a.m.
Amy Beach
Gaelic Symphony: II. Alla siciliana - allegro vivace - andante in E minor Opus 32
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
9:43 a.m.
Aleksandra Pakhmutova
Trumpet Concerto
Moscow Chamber Orchestra; Constantine Orbelian, conductor Bibi Black, trumpet
10:00 a.m.
Ernst von Dohnanyi
Symphonic Minutes Opus 36
Buffalo Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
10:15 a.m.
Barbara Strozzi
Che si puo fare?
Basel Chamber Orchestra Anastasia Kobekina, cello
10:20 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor Opus 21
Warsaw Philharmonic; Kazimierz Kord, conductor Garrick Ohlsson, piano
10:54 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
MAZEPPA: Gopak
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Kurt Masur, conductor
10:59 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
ALMIRA: Suite of instrumental music
Berlin Academy of Ancient Music
11:15 a.m.
Nainita Desai
My Mind Is Still
Voces8
11:22 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Sextet in D major Opus 110
Bartholdy Quartett and friends
11:54 a.m.
Elmer Bernstein
Guitar Concerto "For Two Christophers": III. Celebration
London Symphony Orchestra; Elmer Bernstein, conductor Christopher Parkening, guitar
12:00 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphonic Variations Opus 78
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Jiri Belohlavek, conductor
12:24 p.m.
Mel Bonis
Piano Quartet No. 1: II. Intermezzo in Bb major Opus 69
Mozart Piano Quartet
12:31 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
12:45 p.m.
Gentil Montana
Suite Colombiana No. 2: II. Guabina Viajera (Traveller Guabina)
Jose Antonio Escobar, guitar
12:52 p.m.
Richard Wagner
DIE WALKURE: Ride of the Valkyries
Berlin Philharmonic; Klaus Tennstedt, conductor
12:59 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
String Quintet No. 2: I. Allegro non troppo ma con brio in G major Opus 111
Takacs Quartet Lawrence Power, viola
1:12 p.m.
Agustin Barrios
Maxixe
Xuefei Yang, guitar
1:15 p.m.
Teresa Carreno
Mi Teresita (Little Waltz)
Gabriela Montero, piano
1:21 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 36 "Linz" in C major K 425
Prague Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
1:54 p.m.
Sergei Prokofiev
Piano Sonata No. 7: III. Precipitato in Bb major Opus 83
Wei Luo, piano
2:00 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor Opus 61
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor Chee-Yun, violin
2:29 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Prelude No. 17 in Ab major Opus 28
Alice Sara Ott, piano
2:34 p.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Petite Suite de Concert Opus 77
Chineke! Orchestra; Anthony Parnther, conductor
2:51 p.m.
George W. Chadwick
Symphonic Sketches: Jubilee
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
3:01 p.m.
Karl Goldmark
Im Fruhling Overture (In Spring) Opus 36
Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra; Andras Korodi, conductor
3:12 p.m.
Ethel Smyth
Piano Trio: III. Scherzo. Presto con brio in D minor
Neave Trio Tasmin Little, violin; John Lenehan, piano
3:18 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major BWV 1050
Il Giardino Armonico; Giovanni Antonini, conductor
3:40 p.m.
George Gershwin
An American in Paris
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
3:59 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor": III. Rondo in Eb major Opus 73
London Symphony Orchestra; Colin Davis, conductor Evgeny Kissin, piano
4:10 p.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Asturias (Leyenda) - from "Suite Espanola" Opus 47
Xuefei Yang, guitar
4:17 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Variations on a Rococo Theme Opus 33
Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra; Yuri Temirkanov, conductor Yo Yo Ma, cello
4:37 p.m.
Gustav Holst
The Planets: Mercury, the Winged Messenger Opus 32
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
4:41 p.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Sea Songs
Northern Sinfonia of England; Richard Hickox, conductor
4:46 p.m.
Georges Bizet
Carmen Suite No. 1
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
4:59 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Introduction and Allegro appassionato in G major Opus 92
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor Andras Schiff, piano
5:16 p.m.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Choros No. 1
Pepe Romero, guitar
5:20 p.m.
Chilly Gonzales
Contretemps
Alice Sara Ott, piano
5:24 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Flute & Harp Concerto in C major K 299
Berlin Philharmonic; Claudio Abbado, conductor Emmanuel Pahud, flute; Marie-Pierre Langlamet, harp
5:53 p.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
AIDA: Triumphal March from Act II
Orchester der Deutschen Oper; Giuseppi Sinopoli, conductor Chor der Deutschen oper Berlin
6:00 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Piano Trio No. 1 in B major Opus 8
The Rembrandt Trio
6:30 p.m.
Emmanuel Chabrier
Larghetto for Horn & Orchestra
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor Ronald Janezic, horn
6:41 p.m.
Jennifer Higdon
Amazing Grace
Serafin String Quartet
6:46 p.m.
Knudage Riisager
Little Overture (for string orchestra)
CBC Orchestra; Mario Bernardi, conductor
6:52 p.m.
Howard Shore
The Forest: 3rd movement
National Arts Centre Orchestra; Alexander Shelley, conductor Milos Karadaglic, guitar
