Classical Music Playlist, May 9, 2024
Czech composer Josef Suk completed his symphonic poem "Ripening" about ten years after the death of his wife and her father, composer Antonin Dvořák, events which inspired his mournful symphony "Asrael" and subsequent works. But in "Ripening" Suk is now older (mid-40s) and, having lived through sorrow, found in a Czech poem ("Zrání," or "Ripening") the poetic metaphor of what he felt after struggling to overcome: praise for wheat reaching toward the sun, remaining hardy and enduring storms to be able to turn beautifully golden in its ripening. Further beautiful ripening happened at its premiere. The work was composed during the brutal struggles of WW I and premiered in an all-Suk program on October 30, 1918 as the first concert of the Czech Philharmonic after the post-WW I founding of the new Czechoslovakia. And so Suk’s “Ripening” becomes a testament of endurance to overcome life’s tragedies as it concludes with a triumphant finale including a wordless women’s chorus through which, as Suk said, “shimmers a hymn of affirmation of life.” Josef Suk’s “Ripening” is today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Joseph Kraus
Viola Concerto in Eb major VB 153c
Tapiola Sinfonietta David Aaron Carpenter, viola
6:21 a.m.
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
Frosoblomster, Suite No. 1 (The Flowers of Froso) op. 16
Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra; Michail Jurowski, conductor
6:39 a.m.
David Kellner
Gigue in D major
Ronn McFarlane, lute
6:42 a.m.
Ennio Morricone
Cinema Paradiso: Love Theme
La Pieta; Angele Dubeau, conductor Angele Dubeau, violin
6:46 a.m.
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso No. 1 in D major Opus 6
Musica Amphion; Pieter-Jan Belder, conductor
7:00 a.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
7:17 a.m.
Joaquin Rodrigo
Concierto Serenata for harp and orchestra
Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra; Antonio de Almeida, conductor Catherine Michel, harp
7:42 a.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Les Sylvains (The Fauns) in D major Opus 60
Anna Shelest, piano
7:47 a.m.
Aaron Jay Kernis
100 Greatest Dance Hits: II. Salsa Pasada
Escher Quartet Jason Vieaux, guitar
7:50 a.m.
Luigi Perrachio
Piano Quintet: IV. Finale: Presto vigoroso
Carpe Diem String Quartet David Korevaar, piano
7:59 a.m.
Manuel de Falla
Three-Cornered Hat Suite No. 2
Simon Bolivar Orchestra; Eduardo Mata, conductor
8:13 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 15 in Bb major K 450
English Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Tate, conductor Mitsuko Uchida, piano
8:38 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Nocturne
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
8:45 a.m.
John Williams
Summon the Heroes
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
8:52 a.m.
Hector Berlioz
Damnation of Faust: Hungarian March Opus 24
Berlin Philharmonic; Herbert von Karajan, conductor
8:58 a.m.
Robert Schumann
Symphony No. 2 in C major Opus 61
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
9:37 a.m.
Louise Farrenc
Etude No. 10 in F# minor Op 26/10
Lang Lang, piano
9:44 a.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Tafelmusik II: Concerto for 3 violins in F major
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor Members of...
10:00 a.m.
Wilhelm Stenhammar
Excelsior! Opus 13
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
10:13 a.m.
Leo Brouwer
El Decameron Negro: 2. La huida de los amantes por el valle de los ecos
Sharon Isbin, guitar
10:17 a.m.
Max Richter
On the Nature of Daylight
Max Richter Orchestra; Lorenz Dangel, conductor
10:25 a.m.
Clara Schumann
Three Romances for Piano Opus 11
Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
10:40 a.m.
William Alwyn
Elizabethan Dances (1957)
London Symphony Orchestra; Richard Hickox, conductor
11:00 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 92 "Oxford" in G major
Hanover Band; Roy Goodman, conductor
11:26 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
XERXES: Largo: "Ombra Mai Fu"
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
11:31 a.m.
Joe Hisaishi
Princess Mononoke Suite (from Princess Mononoke)
New Japan World Dream Orchestra; Joe Hisaishi, conductor Joe Hisaishi, piano
11:41 a.m.
Marin Marais
Contradance (Les Contrefaiseurs)
Musica Pacifica
11:43 a.m.
Phil Rosheger
Good Luck Waltz
David Russell, guitar
11:47 a.m.
Marianne Martinez
Sinfonia in C major
La Floridiana; Nicoleta Paraschivescu, conductor
11:59 a.m.
Paul Hindemith
Symphonic Metamorphosis: IV. March
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Randall Goosby, violin
12:17 p.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Etude Melodique Opus 118
Joanne Polk, piano
12:21 p.m.
John Williams
STAR WARS - THE FORCE AWAKENS: Rey's Theme
Studio Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
12:25 p.m.
Leos Janacek
Lachian Dances
Warsaw Philharmonic; Antoni Wit, conductor
12:46 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Four Seasons: Autumn (L'Autunno) in F major Opus 8 RV 293
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor Christina Day Martinson, violin
12:59 p.m.
Giacomo Puccini
Preludio Sinfonico in A major
Philharmonic of La Scala; Riccardo Muti, conductor
1:09 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
Piano Concerto in A minor Opus 16
Czech National Symphony Orchestra; Stanislav Bogunia, conductor Stewart Goodyear, piano
1:39 p.m.
Anna Clyne
DANCE: I. when you're broken open
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Marin Alsop, conductor Inbal Segev, cello
1:45 p.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Spring in Buenos Aires (Primavera Portena)
David Tanenbaum, guitar
1:51 p.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Polish Concerto (Concerto Polonois) in G major
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Josef Suk
Ripening (Symphonic Poem) Opus 34
BBC Symphony Orchestra; Jiri Belohlavek, conductor New London Chamber Choir
2:39 p.m.
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Prelude and Fugue No. 3 in A minor Opus 199
Brasil Guitar Duo
2:45 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue (from the Well-Tempered Clavier II:22) in Bb minor BWV 891
Angela Hewitt, piano
2:54 p.m.
Johan Halvorsen
Entry March of the Boyars
Bergen Philharmonic; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
3:00 p.m.
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 1: 2nd movement in D major
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
3:09 p.m.
Louise Farrenc
Trio for flute, cello, and piano in E minor Opus 45
Linos Ensemble
3:35 p.m.
Tina Davidson
Blue Curve of Earth
Hilary Hahn, violin; Cory Smythe, piano
3:39 p.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Oblivion
RTE Concert Orchestra [of Ireland] Fionnuala Hunt, violin
3:46 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
Water Music Suite No. 2 in D major HWV 349
Les Violons du Roy; Bernard Labadie, conductor
3:59 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 22 in Eb major K 482
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor John O'Conor, piano
4:33 p.m.
John Williams
HARRY POTTER and the Sorcerer's Stone: Hedwig's Theme
London Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
4:40 p.m.
Grace Williams
Ballads: II. Alla marcia solenne
BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra; Vernon Handley, conductor
4:45 p.m.
Yiruma
non e la fine
Yiruma, piano; Chanuk Kang, cello
4:50 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Finlandia Opus 26
Helsinki Philharmonic; Okko Kamu, conductor
5:00 p.m.
Gioachino Rossini
The Thieving Magpie (LA GAZZA LADRA): Overture
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Claudio Abbado, conductor
5:10 p.m.
David Crowell
Pacific Coast Highway
Dan Lippel, guitar; Mak Grgic, guitar
5:16 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 2 in D major Opus 36
Minnesota Orchestra; Osmo Vanska, conductor
5:51 p.m.
Amy Beach
Romance (1893) in D major Opus 23
Tasmin Little, violin; John Lenehan, piano
5:58 p.m.
Franz Berwald
Symphony No. 1 "Sinfonie serieuse" in G minor
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
6:29 p.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
6:34 p.m.
Frederick Delius
Dance Rhapsody No. 2
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Eric Fenby, conductor
6:43 p.m.
Elena Ruehr
String Quartet No. 3: III. How She Danced
Cypress String Quartet
6:49 p.m.
Leo Brouwer
El Decameron Negro: 3. Balada de la doncella enamorada
Sharon Isbin, guitar
6:54 p.m.
William Grant Still
Bayou home
Alexa Still, flute; Susan DeWitt Smith, piano
