Classical Music Playlist, April 22, 2024
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
In the twenty-eight years between his first and second Piano Trios, the music of French composer Camille Saint-Saëns had become conservative. Not because he had changed, but because he didn’t and music around him had. In his elder years he was still composing according to his youthful style and the classical principles of Mozart and Beethoven; but by that time, the music of Wagner had made an impression on just about every younger composer. Seeing all the change around him while he was still composing with trust in the time-tested manner, he wrote with scornful humor to a friend, "I am working quietly away at a trio which I hope will drive to despair all those unlucky enough to hear it.” That Trio would turn out to be what has been called the greatest French piano trio of the 19th century. The Piano Trio No. 2 by Saint-Saëns is this afternoon’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Johann Melchior Molter
Trumpet Concerto No. 1 in D major
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Elgar Howarth, conductor Hakan Hardenberger, trumpet
6:12 a.m.
Joaquin Rodrigo
Concierto para una fiesta
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Sachio Fujioka, conductor Craig Ogden, guitar
6:41 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Piano Sonata in C minor in C minor (1824, age 18) H128
Betty Ann Miller, piano
6:59 a.m.
Pietro Locatelli
Concerto Grosso No. 5 in D major Opus 1/5
Europa Galante; Fabio Biondi, conductor
7:08 a.m.
Igor Stravinsky
The Fairy's Kiss: Divertimento
Orchestre de Paris; Semyon Bychkov, conductor
7:34 a.m.
Mel Bonis
Soir et Matin: I. Soir (Evening) in Bb major Opus 76
Sandrine Cantoreggi, violin; Gustav Rivinius, cello; Sheila Arnold, piano
7:39 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake: Farewell of the Guests/Waltz Opus 20
New York Philharmonic; Kurt Masur, conductor
7:47 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Fair Melusina Overture Opus 32
London Symphony Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor
7:59 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Oberon Overture J 306
Hanover Band; Roy Goodman, conductor
8:09 a.m.
Aaron Copland
Appalachian Spring
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Robert Spano, conductor
8:33 a.m.
John Williams
STAR WARS - THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK: The Asteroid Field
London Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
8:39 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto in G minor BWV 1056
Potsdam Chamber Acadamy Avi Avital, mandolin
8:49 a.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
DIE FLEDERMAUS Overture (The Bat)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Franz Bauer-Theussl, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Violin Concerto in G minor Opus 80
Chineke! Orchestra; Kevin John Edusei, conductor Elena Urioste, violin
9:32 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Prelude No. 17 in Ab major Opus 28
Alice Sara Ott, piano
9:38 a.m.
Gabriel Faure
Pavane Opus 50
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
9:45 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Horn Concerto No. 2 in Eb major K 417
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor Lowell Greer, natural horn
10:00 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Trumpet Overture Opus 101
London Symphony Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor
10:10 a.m.
Scott Joplin
Treemonisha: Prelude Act III
Houston Grand Opera Orchestra; Gunther Schuller, conductor
10:13 a.m.
Emmanuel Chabrier
Danse Slav (from Le Roi Malgre Lui)
L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
10:20 a.m.
Reynaldo Hahn
Piano Concerto in E major
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Jean-Yves Ossonce, conductor Stephen Coombs, piano
10:50 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for 2 violins in A minor Opus 3/8
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor Jeanne Lamon, violin; Genevieve Gilardeau, violin
10:58 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 9 "From the New World" in E minor Opus 95
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
11:40 a.m.
Undine Smith Moore
Afro-American Suite for Flute, Cello, and Piano: III. Adagio ma appossionato
Mallarme Chamber Players
11:45 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Romance Opus 36
Hermann Baumann, horn; Reiko Honsho, piano
11:49 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 2: IV. Allegro con spirito in D major Opus 73
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor
11:59 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Concertino for Clarinet and Orchestra in Eb major Opus 26
Staatskapelle Dresden; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Sabine Meyer, clarinet
12:10 p.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Fast Blue Village 2
Del Sol String Quartet
12:16 p.m.
Alexander Borodin
PRINCE IGOR Overture
Philharmonia Orchestra; Geoffrey Simon, conductor
12:28 p.m.
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Piano Quintet in Eb minor Opus 87
Schubert Ensemble of London
12:50 p.m.
Max Bruch
Scottish Fantasy: IV. Finale Opus 46
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Joshua Bell, conductor Joshua Bell, violin
1:00 p.m.
Georges Bizet
L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2
Montreal Symphony Orchestra; Charles Dutoit, conductor
1:19 p.m.
Gunther Schuller
Suite for Wind Quintet: II. Blues
Reykjavik Wind Quintet
1:21 p.m.
Ricardo Castro
Plainte Opus 38/2
Orquesta Sinfonica de Mineria (OSM) Jorge Federico Osorio, piano
1:26 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 53 "L'Imperiale" in D major
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
1:48 p.m.
Richard Strauss
Serenade in Eb major Opus 7
Eastman Wind Ensemble; Frederick Fennell, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor Opus 92/2
Munich Piano Trio
2:36 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Hebrides Overture in B minor Opus 26
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
2:46 p.m.
Elmer Bernstein
The Magnificent Seven
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
2:53 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 4: III. Allegro giocoso in E minor Opus 98
Berlin Philharmonic; Herbert von Karajan, conductor
3:00 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
DER FREISCHUTZ: Overture Opus 77 J 277
Tapiola Sinfonietta; Jean Jacques Kantorow, conductor
3:10 p.m.
Amy Beach
A Hermit Thrush at Eve Opus 92
Alan Feinberg, piano
3:15 p.m.
Gentil Montana
Suite Colombiana No. 2: IV. Porro
Jose Antonio Escobar, guitar
3:20 p.m.
Aaron Copland
The Red Pony Suite
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
3:45 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto No. 1 "a due cori" in Bb major HWV 332
Academy of Ancient Music; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
3:59 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake Suite Opus 20
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Herbert Von Karajan, conductor
4:27 p.m.
Elena Kats-Chernin
Lullaby for Nick
Tamara-Anna Cislowska, piano; Elena Kats-Chernin, piano
4:30 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance No. 3 in Ab major Opus 46
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
4:36 p.m.
John Williams
Superman: Main Title
London Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
4:41 p.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Blue Danube Waltz Opus 314
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor
4:51 p.m.
Ricardo Castro
Piano Concerto: III. Polonaise in A minor Opus 22
Orquesta Sinf�nica de Miner�a (OSM); Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor Jorge Federico Osorio, piano
4:59 p.m.
Ethel Smyth
THE WRECKERS: Overture
Scottish National Orchestra; Alexander Gibson, conductor
5:10 p.m.
Amy Beach
From Blackbird Hills
Lara Downes, piano
5:14 p.m.
Amy Beach
Piano Trio: III. Allegro con Brio Opus 150
Jennifer Orchard, violin; Astrid Schween, cello; Joanne Polk, piano
5:20 p.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto for horn and strings in D major
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Barry Tuckwell, horn
5:29 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 4 "Italian" in A major Opus 90
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Ernst von Dohnanyi
Concertpiece for cello and orchestra (Konzertstuck) in D major Opus 12
London Symphony Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor Raphael Wallfisch, cello
6:25 p.m.
Federico Moreno Torroba
Sonatina
David Russell, guitar
6:37 p.m.
John Adams
Fellow Traveler
Attacca Quartet
6:42 p.m.
Gisle Kverndokk
Symphonic Dances: V. Weddings and Funerals
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra; Ken-David Masur, conductor
6:51 p.m.
Scott Joplin
Bethena: A Concert Waltz
Giovanni DeChiaro, guitar
6:56 p.m.
Earl Burtnett & Adam Geibel
Sleep
Dave Brubeck, piano
