Classical Music Playlist, May 2, 2024
Vienna was beleaguered by battles with Napoleon and Beethoven described the “cannons and misery all around.” In late 1813, Beethoven premiered his 7th symphony in Vienna as a benefit for soldiers injured in a recent battle and audiences responded enthusiastically. With altruism and philanthropy in the air on this Big Day of Giving, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major BWV 1050
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor
6:21 a.m.
Luigi Boccherini
Quintet for guitar and strings No. 6 in G major G 450
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Pepe Romero, guitar
6:40 a.m.
Bear McCreary
Battlestar Galactica: Dreilide Thrace Sonata No. 1
Bear McCreary, piano
6:46 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Rhapsody No. 1 in D major Opus 45
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Kurt Masur, conductor
7:00 a.m.
Adolphe Adam
SI J'ETAIS ROI (If I were King) Overture
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
7:08 a.m.
Clara Schumann
Piano Trio in G minor Opus 17
Nash Ensemble
7:38 a.m.
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
The Story of Sleeping Beauty (Tornrossagan) - At the Emperor's Court
Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra; Michail Jurowski, conductor
7:43 a.m.
Oskar Bohme
Sextet for brass Opus 30
Atlantic Brass Quintet
8:01 a.m.
Richard Strauss
Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks Opus 28
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Manfred Honeck, conductor
8:16 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 8 in F major Opus 93
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
8:42 a.m.
Anthony Holborne
Galliard (No. 40)
The King's Noyse
8:43 a.m.
Tielmann Susato
Pavane "La Bataille"
New London Consort; Philip Pickett, conductor
8:48 a.m.
Hania Rani; Dobrawa Czocher
Con Moto
Hania Rani, piano; Dobrawa Czocher, cello
8:55 a.m.
Aaron Copland
Fanfare for the Common Man
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
8:59 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor Opus 30
Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Litton, conductor Stephen Hough, piano
9:39 a.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Libertango
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Edward Gardner, conductor Alison Balsom, trumpet
9:45 a.m.
Jean-Michel Damase
Seventeen Variations for wind quintet
Reykjavik Wind Quintet
10:00 a.m.
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 1 in F minor
Budapest Symphony Orchestra; Andras Korodi, conductor
10:12 a.m.
Dobrinka Tabakova
Suite in Old Style
Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra; Maxim Rysanov, conductor Maxim Rysanov, viola
10:19 a.m.
Ernst von Dohnanyi
Sextet in C major Opus 37
Takacs Quartet Andras Schiff, piano; Radovan Vlatkovic, horn; K�lm�n Berkes, clarinet
10:50 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique": III. Molto Vivace in B minor Opus 74
Philharmonia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti, conductor
11:00 a.m.
Robert Schumann
Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish" in Eb major Opus 97
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Bernard Haitink, conductor
11:34 a.m.
Agustin Barrios
Danza Paraguaya No. 1
Xuefei Yang, guitar
11:36 a.m.
Enrique Granados
Danzas espanolas No. 5 "Andaluza"
Narciso Yepes, guitar
11:42 a.m.
Aram Khachaturian
Masquerade: Waltz
St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra; Andre Anichanov, conductor
11:47 a.m.
Johann Friedrich Fasch
Concerto in F major
Tempesta di Mare (Philadelphia Baroque Orchestra)
11:52 a.m.
Luigi Perrachio
Piano Quintet: IV. Finale: Presto vigoroso
Carpe Diem String Quartet David Korevaar, piano
12:00 p.m.
Gioachino Rossini
THE ITALIAN GIRL IN ALGIERS: Overture
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
12:09 p.m.
Jose Moncayo
Huapango
Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas; Alondra de la Parra, conductor
12:19 p.m.
Mykola Lysenko
Suite on Ukrainian Themes: II. Courante Opus 2
Anna Shelest, piano
12:22 p.m.
Mykola Lysenko
Suite on Ukrainian Themes: VI. Scherzo Opus 2
Anna Shelest, piano
12:26 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Clarinet Concerto in A major K 622
Berlin Philharmonic; Claudio Abbado, conductor Sabine Meyer, basset clarinet
12:54 p.m.
Aaron Copland
Rodeo: Hoe-Down
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
1:00 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto No. 1 for four violins and orchestra in D major Opus 3 RV 549
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor Members of...
1:08 p.m.
Amy Beach
Piano Concerto in C# minor Opus 45
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Rebecca Miller, conductor Danny Driver, piano
1:44 p.m.
Leo Brouwer
Afro-Cuban Lullaby (Cancion de Cuna: Berceuse)
Pablo Sainz Villegas, guitar
1:49 p.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Vienna Blood Opus 354 Wiener Blut
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 7 in A major Opus 92
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
2:39 p.m.
Ernesto Nazareth
Perigoso
Estela Olevsky, piano
2:44 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Havanaise Opus 83
Vienna Symphony Orchestra; Manfred Honeck, conductor Maria Duenas, violin
2:55 p.m.
Giacomo Puccini
TURANDOT: Nessun dorma
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Zubin Mehta, conductor Luciano Pavarotti, tenor
3:00 p.m.
Henry Litolff
Concerto Symphonique No. 4: II. Scherzo Opus 102
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor Yuja Wang, piano
3:08 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Sleeping Beauty Suite Opus 66
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
3:34 p.m.
Gentil Montana
Suite Colombiana No. 2: II. Guabina Viajera (Traveller Guabina)
Jose Antonio Escobar, guitar
3:41 p.m.
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 6: I. Majestoso in A major
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
4:00 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major BWV 1048
Tafelmusik; Jeanne Lamon, conductor
4:12 p.m.
Joaquin Rodrigo
Concierto de Aranjuez
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Pepe Romero, guitar
4:37 p.m.
Nino Rota
The Godfather: Selections
Orchestra of La Scala, Milan; Riccardo Muti, conductor
4:45 p.m.
Teresa Carreno
Mi Teresita (Little Waltz)
Gabriela Montero, piano
4:51 p.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
African Suite: African Dance Opus 35/4
Chineke! Orchestra; Kevin John Edusei, conductor
4:58 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
PRECIOSA: Overture J 279
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; Antoni Wit, conductor
5:07 p.m.
Charlotte Sohy
Song Without Words Op 30/4
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; The Bach Choir; Joe Hisaishi, conductor Lang Lang, piano
5:11 p.m.
Felipe Villanueva
Poetic Waltz (Vals Poetico)
State of Mexico Symphony; Enrique Batiz, conductor
5:14 p.m.
Hugo Wolf
Italian Serenade in G major
I Solisti Italiani
5:23 p.m.
Ottorino Respighi
Ancient Airs and Dances: Suite No. 2
Sinfonia 21; Richard Hickox, conductor
5:44 p.m.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Prelude No. 1
Orchestre de Paris; Klaus Makela, conductor Xuefei Yang, guitar
5:56 p.m.
Asger Hamerik
Symphony No. 5 "Symphonie Serieuse" in G minor Opus 36
Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra; Thomas Dausgaard, conductor
6:33 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Danse Macabre Opus 40
French Radio and Television Orchestra; Jean Martinon, conductor
6:41 p.m.
Terence Blanchard
Da 5 Bloods: End Credits
Studio Orchestra
6:50 p.m.
George Gershwin
I Got Rhythm Variations
Boston Pops Orchestra; Arthur Fiedler, conductor Earl Wild, piano
