Classical Music Playlist, April 29, 2024
Shéhérazade by Paul Émile Detouche (1824)
For his suite “Scheherazade,” Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov was inspired by the collected tales of The Arabian Nights (“One Thousand and One Nights”). While he originally included titles to each movement, he ultimately wanted the music only to be hints to the “varied fairy-tale wonders.” But he did include in the music one repeating element: Scheherazade herself, represented by a solo violin accompanied by harp as she begins telling another tale to the cruel Sultan Shahryar who is represented by low brass and woodwinds. Rimsky-Korsakov’s entire 45-minute “Scheherazade” is today’s colorful Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 7 in Bb major Opus 6/7 HWV 325
Handel & Haydn Society; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
6:14 a.m.
Juan Arriaga
Symphony in D minor
Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall, conductor
6:44 a.m.
John Williams
Men of the Yorktown March (from Midway)
Boston Pops Orchestra; Keith Lockhart, conductor
6:50 a.m.
Gerald Finzi
Romance in Eb major Opus 11
Manitoba Chamber Orchestra; Simon Streatfield, conductor
6:59 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude & Fugue "Saint Anne" in Eb major BWV 552
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
7:16 a.m.
Gabriel Faure
Piano Trio in D minor Opus 120
Florestan Trio
7:37 a.m.
John C. Williams
When The Birds Return
Voces8; Barnaby Smith, conductor Xuefei Yang, guitar
7:40 a.m.
George Butterworth
Banks of Green Willow
English Sinfonia; Neville Dilkes, conductor
7:48 a.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto for trumpets, oboes, strings and timpani in D major TWV 54:D3
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Members of...
7:59 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 3 "Eroica": I. Allegro con brio in Eb major Opus 55
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
8:15 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major K 218
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra; Yakov Kreizberg, conductor Julia Fischer, violin
8:39 a.m.
Frederick Delius
KOANGA: La Calinda
Northern Sinfonia of England; Richard Hickox, conductor
8:43 a.m.
Jean Sibelius
Karelia Suite: III. Alla Marcia Opus 11
Philharmonia Orchestra; Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
8:49 a.m.
Xuefei Yang
Xinjiang Fantasy
Xuefei Yang, guitar
8:55 a.m.
George Enescu
Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A major Opus 11
National Orchestra of France; Cristian Macelaru, conductor Yuja Wang, piano
9:00 a.m.
Louise Farrenc
Symphony No. 3 in G minor Opus 36
North German Radio Symphony; Johannes Goritzki, conductor
9:32 a.m.
Mel Bonis
Soir et Matin: I. Soir (Evening) in Bb major Opus 76
Sandrine Cantoreggi, violin; Gustav Rivinius, cello; Sheila Arnold, piano
9:37 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for 2 oboes in D major RV 563
Seattle Baroque Sand Dalton, oboe; Washington McClain, oboe; Ingrid Matthews, violin
9:45 a.m.
Georges Bizet
Carmen Suite No. 1
London Symphony Orchestra; Neville Marriner, conductor
10:00 a.m.
John Rutter
Folk Suite
Royal Ballet Sinfonia; David Lloyd-Jones, conductor
10:13 a.m.
Agustin Barrios
Madrigal-Gavota
David Russell, guitar
10:16 a.m.
Jose Moncayo
Sinfonietta
Mexico National Symphony Orchestra; Enrique Arturo Diemecke, conductor
10:28 a.m.
Joseph Kraus
Sinfonia in Eb major VB 144
Concerto Koln
10:50 a.m.
Richard Addinsell
Warsaw Concerto
BBC Symphony Orchestra; Hugh Wolff, conductor Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
11:00 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 1 in C major Opus 21
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor
11:28 a.m.
Philip Glass
Metamorphosis II
La Pieta; Angele Dubeau, conductor Francine Kay, piano
11:36 a.m.
Francois Couperin
The Bells of Cythera (Le Carillon de Cithere)
Assad Brothers Sergio Assad, guitar; Odair Assad, guitar
11:40 a.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Overture in D major
Berlin Academy of Ancient Music
11:48 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Academic Festival Overture Opus 80
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
11:59 a.m.
Samuel Barber
School for Scandal Overture
New York Philharmonic; Thomas Schippers, conductor
12:08 p.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Largo in E minor
Joanne Polk, piano
12:13 p.m.
Johan Svendsen
Norwegian Rhapsody No. 2 (Norsk Rapsodi No. 2) Opus 19
Latvian National Symphony; Terje Mikkelsen, conductor
12:23 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor K 491 (FROM THE RUSSELL KLETZING COLLECTION)
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Alfred Brendel, piano
12:54 p.m.
Johannes Hanssen
Valdres March
Boston Pops Orchestra; Arthur Fiedler, conductor
12:59 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Coriolan Overture in C minor Opus 62
Orchestra of the 18th Century; Frans Bruggen, conductor
1:07 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 5 in D major Opus 6/5 HWV 323
Handel & Haydn Society; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
1:23 p.m.
Samuel Barber
Violin Concerto Opus 14
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor Robert McDuffie, violin
1:47 p.m.
Mel Bonis
Piano Quartet No. 1: III. Andante in Bb major Opus 69
Mozart Piano Quartet
1:55 p.m.
Percy Grainger
Mock Morris
Dallas Wind Symphony; Jerry Junkin, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Scheherazade Opus 35
Philadelphia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
2:46 p.m.
Louise Farrenc
Etude No. 10 in F# minor Op 26/10
Lang Lang, piano
2:53 p.m.
Andrew York
Sunburst
Jason Vieaux, guitar
2:59 p.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Concertino Opus 107
City of London Sinfonia; Richard Hickox, conductor Susan Milan, flute
3:08 p.m.
Georges Bizet
L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1
City of Granada Orchestra; Josep Pons, conductor
3:26 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Quintet for piano & winds in Eb major K 452 (FROM THE RUSSELL KLETZING COLLECTION)
Alfred Brendel, piano; Heinz Holliger, oboe; Eduard Brunner, clarinet; Hermann Baumann, horn; Klaus Thunemann, bassoon
3:52 p.m.
Nainita Desai
My Mind Is Still
Voces8
3:59 p.m.
Manuel Ponce
Piano Concerto No. 1 "Romantico" in A minor Opus 22
Orquesta Sinf�nica de Miner�a (OSM); Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor Jorge Federico Osorio, piano
4:23 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for 2 oboes, strings and continuo in A minor RV 536
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Celia Nicklin, oboe; Barry Davis, oboe
4:31 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 6: III. Scherzo (Furiant) in D major Opus 60
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
4:41 p.m.
Philip Glass
The Truman Show: Truman Sleeps
Valentina Lisitsa, piano
4:43 p.m.
Ernesto Nazareth
Odeon - Tango Brasileiro
Richard Cionco, piano
4:48 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Violin Concerto: III. Rondo - Allegro in D major Opus 61
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Bernard Haitink, conductor Henryk Szeryng, violin
4:59 p.m.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Capriccio Espagnol Opus 34
London Symphony Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
5:15 p.m.
Georges Bizet
Symphony No. 1 in C major
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
5:44 p.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Five Pieces for Guitar: 2. Romantico
Franz Halasz, guitar
5:49 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Rosamunde: Entr'acte No. 3 in Bb major D 797
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
5:58 p.m.
Frederic Chopin
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor Opus 21
Warsaw Philharmonic; Kazimierz Kord, conductor Garrick Ohlsson, piano
6:32 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for 2 mandolins in G major RV 532
Europa Galante; Fabio Biondi, conductor
6:43 p.m.
William Walton
Crown Imperial
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Litton, conductor
6:50 p.m.
Johann Johannsson
A Pile of Dust
Voces8
6:56 p.m.
Zhen Chen
Springfield
Zhen Chen, piano; Jiaju Shen, pipa; Feifei Yang, erhu
