Classical Music Playlist, May 2, 2024
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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: II. The rose garden by moonlight
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
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