Classical Music Playlist, April 24, 2024
Czech composer Antonín Dvořák
Czech composer Antonín Dvořák’s Symphony No. 8 has been called his equivalent to Beethoven’s “Pastoral” Symphony No. 6, but very much of the Bohemian countryside. And in both of them, a love of life inspired by nature. Composed in the summer and early autumn of 1889 at his summer home, Dvořák’s Eighth’s alternates in moods from pastoral scenes to Czech folk dances contrasted against periods of drama. It’s like a study on the balance of nature and life. Dvořák’s Symphony No. 8 is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Willem De Fesch
Concerto No. 5 in C minor Opus 5
Musica Ad Rhenum
6:10 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 96 "Miracle" in D major HOB I:96
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Claudio Abbado, conductor
6:34 a.m.
Pierre Attaignant
Renaissance Dance for Lute
Ronn McFarlane, lute
6:35 a.m.
John Johnson
The Queen's Treble
Ronn McFarlane, lute; William Simms, lute
6:39 a.m.
Hamilton Harty
John Field Suite
Ulster Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor
7:00 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 7: I. Poco sostenuto - Vivace in A major Opus 92
Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
7:12 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F minor Opus 73
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Andrew Marriner, clarinet
7:34 a.m.
Charlotte Sohy
Song Without Words Op 30/4
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; The Bach Choir; Joe Hisaishi, conductor Lang Lang, piano
7:38 a.m.
Manuel Ponce
Romantic Sonata: III. Musical Moment (Sonata romantica "Hommage a Franz Schubert")
Marcin Dylla, guitar
7:42 a.m.
Edward Elgar
Cockaigne Overture (In London Town) Opus 40
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
7:59 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Overture in C major
The Women's Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
8:11 a.m.
Tielmann Susato
La Mourisque
University of Texas Wind Ensemble; Jerry Junkin, conductor
8:13 a.m.
Gaspar Sanz
Canarios
Chatham Baroque
8:16 a.m.
Francesco Tristano
On John Bull's Galliard In D
Basel Chamber Orchestra Francesco Tristano, piano
8:19 a.m.
George Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue
Boston Pops Orchestra; Arthur Fiedler, conductor Earl Wild, piano
8:37 a.m.
Alexander Borodin
PRINCE IGOR: Polovetsian Dances
Bavarian Radio Symphony & Chorus; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
8:51 a.m.
Gioachino Rossini
THE BARBER OF SEVILLE: Overture (IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA)
Philharmonia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor Opus 18
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor Helene Grimaud, piano
9:36 a.m.
Florence Price
Piano Concerto in One Movement
New York Youth Symphony; Michael Repper, conductor Michelle Cann, piano
9:43 a.m.
Richard Wagner
TANNHAUSER Overture
Berlin Philharmonic; Seiji Ozawa, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Hector Berlioz
Symphonie Fantastique: No. 5 Witches Sabbath Opus 14
BBC Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Davis, conductor
10:10 a.m.
Enrique Granados
Danzas espanolas No. 10 "Triste"
Alicia de Larrocha, piano
10:14 a.m.
Bela Bartok
Hungarian Folksongs fro the Csik District
Lara Downes, piano
10:19 a.m.
Franz Krommer
Clarinet Concerto in E minor Opus 86
English Chamber Orchestra; Anthony Pay, conductor Thomas Friedli, clarinet
10:46 a.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Serenade to Music
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Vernon Handley, conductor
10:58 a.m.
Claude Debussy
Images for Orchestra: Iberia
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
11:20 a.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
11:26 a.m.
Earl Wild
Grand Fantasie on Porgy and Bess: Summertime (After G. Gershwin)
Reykjavik Orchestra; Viktor Orri Arnason, conductor Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
11:30 a.m.
John Williams
Munich: Prayer For Peace
Los Angeles Recording Arts Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
11:34 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto No. 11 in D major Opus 4/11 RV 204
Academy of Ancient Music; Christopher Hogwood, conductor Monica Huggett, violin
11:42 a.m.
Ottorino Respighi
Fountains of Rome
Philadelphia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
11:59 a.m.
Karl Goldmark
Im Fruhling Overture (In Spring) Opus 36
Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra; Andras Korodi, conductor
12:11 p.m.
Freddie Aguilar
Anak
Xuefei Yang, guitar
12:14 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Humoresque No. 7 in Gb major Opus 101/7
Lorin Maazel, violin; Barton Weber, piano
12:18 p.m.
Leo Delibes
Sylvia: Procession of Bacchus from Act III
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
12:25 p.m.
Florence Price
Piano Quintet in A minor
Catalyst Quartet Michelle Cann, piano
12:53 p.m.
Leonard Bernstein
CANDIDE: Overture
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
12:59 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 4: IV. Finale. Allegro con fuoco in F minor Opus 36
Philadelphia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
1:09 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Clarinet Quintet in B minor Opus 115
Pacifica Quartet Anthony McGill, clarinet
1:48 p.m.
Clara Schumann
Piano Concerto: III. Finale in A minor Opus 7
The Women's Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor Angela Cheng, piano
2:00 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 8 in G major Opus 88
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Manfred Honeck, conductor
2:39 p.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto for 3 oboes and strings in Bb major
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor Peter Westermann, oboe; Michael Niesemann, oboe; Piet Dhont, oboe
2:50 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Vocalise Opus 34/14
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Edward Gardner, conductor Alison Balsom, trumpet
2:55 p.m.
Giovanni Gabrieli
Canzon Septimi Toni No. 2
Chicago Symphony Brass; Mark Ridenour, conductor
2:59 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Trio "Ghost" in D major Opus 70/1
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano; Itzhak Perlman, violin; Lynn Harrell, cello
3:23 p.m.
Manuel Ponce
Giga
Horst Klee, guitar
3:25 p.m.
Francesco Tristano
On John Bull's Galliard In D
Basel Chamber Orchestra Francesco Tristano, piano
3:30 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished" in B minor D 759
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Carlos Kleiber, conductor
3:56 p.m.
Florence Price
Symphony No. 1: III. Juba Dance in E minor
Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
4:01 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 39 in Eb major K 543
Prague Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
4:31 p.m.
Earl Wild
Grand Fantasie on Porgy and Bess: Summertime (After G. Gershwin)
Reykjavik Orchestra; Viktor Orri Arnason, conductor Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
4:34 p.m.
Clara Schumann
Scherzo No. 2 in C minor in C minor Opus 14
Anna Shelest, piano
4:39 p.m.
Joe Hisaishi
Hana-Bi
La Pieta; Angele Dubeau, conductor Angele Dubeau, violin
4:43 p.m.
Bear McCreary
Battlestar Galactica: The Shape of Things to Come
studio ensemble; Bear McCreary, conductor
4:47 p.m.
Santiago de Murcia
Guitar Sonata in D
Richard Savino, guitar
4:55 p.m.
Leo Delibes
Lakme: Flower Duet (Viens, Malika..Sous le Dome epais)
Philharmonia Orchestra; Sebastian Lang-Lessing, conductor Renee Fleming, soprano; Susan Graham, contralto
5:00 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Karelia Overture Opus 10
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor
5:10 p.m.
Barbara Strozzi
Che si puo fare?
Basel Chamber Orchestra Anastasia Kobekina, cello
5:14 p.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Scheherazade: The Young Prince and The Princess Opus 35
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
5:26 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor Opus 37
Mahler Chamber Orchestra; Leif Ove Andsnes, conductor Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
6:02 p.m.
Louis Spohr
Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in Eb major Opus 57
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor Jon Manasse, clarinet
6:29 p.m.
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich
Quintet for Alto Saxophone and String Quartet: II. Quarter Note = 132
Pacifica Quartet Otis Murphy, alto saxophone
6:33 p.m.
Jules Massenet
THAIS: Meditation
Yo Yo Ma, cello; Kathryn Stott, piano
6:40 p.m.
Alexander Glazunov
Saxophone Concerto in Eb major Opus 109
Russian National Orchestra; Jose Serebrier, conductor Marc Chisson, alto saxophone
6:54 p.m.
Steve Howe
Aire para un Dia (Mood for a Day)
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
