Classical Music Playlist, May 10, 2024
Dmitri and Maxim Shostakovich
Dmitri Shostakovich wrote much of his music with qualities of conflict, anxiety, and sardonic humor while under constant scrutiny and threat from Soviet officials, including Stalin. But for the cheerful event of his son's 19th birthday (in 1957, four years after the death of Stalin), Shostakovich composed a piano concerto filled with lighthearted charm and fun. His son, Maxim Shostakovich (later a conductor), was the soloist in the premiere performance for his Moscow Conservatory graduation concert on THIS DATE, May 10th in 1957. Yefim Bronfman is the soloist in the Dmitri Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 2 for today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Passacaille, Gigue, and Minuet
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
6:08 a.m.
Johan Svendsen
Symphony No. 2 in Bb major Opus 15
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; Mariss Jansons, conductor
6:42 a.m.
Joe Hisaishi
One Summer's Day (from Spirited Away)
London Symphony Orchestra; Roman Simovic, conductor Joe Hisaishi, piano
6:47 a.m.
Clara Schumann
Variations on a theme by Robert Schumann Opus 20
Sarah Cahill, piano
7:01 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Horn Concerto No. 3 in Eb major K 447
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor Lowell Greer, natural horn
7:16 a.m.
Ernst von Dohnanyi
Variations on a Nursery Song Opus 25
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; Domingo Hindoyan, conductor Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
7:43 a.m.
Earl Wild
Grand Fantasie on Porgy and Bess: Summertime (After G. Gershwin)
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
7:47 a.m.
Georges Bizet
CARMEN: Toreador song
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
7:50 a.m.
Valerie Coleman
Portraits of Langston: II. Danse Africaine
McGill/McHale Trio Demarre McGill, flute; Anthony McGill, clarinet; Michael McHale, piano
7:56 a.m.
Johann Strauss, Sr.
Radetzky March Opus 228
Boston Pops Orchestra; Arthur Fiedler, conductor
8:01 a.m.
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Fantasy
London Symphony Orchestra; Jun'ichi Hirokami, conductor Barry Douglas, piano
8:16 a.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake Suite Opus 20
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Herbert Von Karajan, conductor
8:44 a.m.
Barbara Strozzi
Che si puo fare?
Basel Chamber Orchestra Anastasia Kobekina, cello
8:47 a.m.
Francesco Tristano
On John Bull's Galliard In D
Basel Chamber Orchestra Francesco Tristano, piano
8:50 a.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Prelude and Toccata in E minor
Joanne Polk, piano
8:55 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue (from the Well-Tempered Clavier I:01) in C major BWV 846
Angela Hewitt, piano
9:01 a.m.
Bernhard Crusell
Sinfonia Concertante for clarinet, horn, bassoon and orchestra Opus 3
Tapiola Sinfonietta; Osmo Vanska, conductor Anna-Marja Korsimaa, clarinet; Laszlo Hara, bassoon; Ib Lanzky-Otto, horn
9:30 a.m.
Jacob Shea
The Arctic Suite
Arctic Philharmonic; Christian Kluxen, conductor Eldbjorg Hemsing, violin
9:51 a.m.
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier
Gentillesse Ballet No. 5 Opus 45
Le Concert Spirituel; Herve Niquet, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
String Quintet No. 1: I. Allegro non troppo ma con brio in F major Opus 88
Takacs Quartet Lawrence Power, viola
10:11 a.m.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Prelude No. 1
Orchestre de Paris; Klaus Makela, conductor Xuefei Yang, guitar
10:23 a.m.
Ethel Smyth
Concerto for Violin, Horn and Orchestra
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Odaline de la Martinez, conductor Sophie Langdon, violin; Richard Watkins, horn
10:52 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Ruins of Athens Overture Opus 113
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor
10:57 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Ruins of Athens: Turkish March Opus 113/4
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
11:01 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
My Home Overture Opus 62
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Andre Previn, conductor
11:11 a.m.
Wilhelm Stenhammar
Piano Concerto No. 1: II. Vivacissimo in Bb minor Opus 1
Malmo Symphony Orchestra; Mario Venzago, conductor Niklas Sivelov, piano
11:18 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Clarinet Quintet in Bb major Opus 34 J 182
Hagen Quartet Eduard Brunner, clarinet
11:44 a.m.
Florence Price
Piano Concerto in One Movement: III. Allegretto
Chineke! Orchestra; Leslie Suganandarajah, conductor Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, piano
11:49 a.m.
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 4 "Romantic": III. Scherzo in Eb major
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Manfred Honeck, conductor
12:00 p.m.
John Rutter
Suite Antique, IV. Waltz
Trio Brio; Ryan Murray, conductor Dr. Beverly Wesner-Hoehn, harp; Elizabeth Maria Coronata, flute
12:06 p.m.
John Rutter
Suite Antique, IV. Waltz
Trio Brio; Ryan Murray, conductor Dr. Beverly Wesner-Hoehn, harp; Elizabeth Maria Coronata, flute
12:20 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No. 4 in D major BWV 1069
American Bach Soloists; Jeffrey Thomas, conductor
12:40 p.m.
Andrew York
Muir Woods
Andrew York, guitar
12:46 p.m.
Joe Hisaishi
A Town with an Ocean View (from Kiki's Delivery Service)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Joe Hisaishi, conductor Bruce Liu, piano
12:51 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
Lyric Pieces: Wedding Day at Troldhaugen Opus 65
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
12:58 p.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Lark Ascending
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Simon Rattle, conductor Nigel Kennedy, violin
1:17 p.m.
Teresa Carreno
Nocturne, "Souvenirs de mon pays"
Alexandra Oehler, piano
1:25 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 4 "Italian" in A major Opus 90
Heidelberg Symphony; Thomas Fey, conductor
1:54 p.m.
Earl Wild
Grand Fantasie on Porgy and Bess: Summertime (After G. Gershwin)
Reykjavik Orchestra; Viktor Orri Arnason, conductor Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
2:00 p.m.
Dmitri Shostakovich
Piano Concerto No. 2 Opus 102
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor Yefim Bronfman, piano
2:20 p.m.
Richard Wagner
Siegfried Idyll
Concertgebouw Orchestra; Bernard Haitink, conductor
2:39 p.m.
Claudio Monteverdi
Monteverdiana
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
2:48 p.m.
Grace Williams
Carillons, for oboe and orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra; Sir Charles Groves, conductor Anthony Camden, oboe
2:59 p.m.
Charles Stanford
Irish Rhapsody No. 5
Ulster Orchestra; Vernon Handley, conductor
3:15 p.m.
Clara Schumann
Three Romances for Violin and Piano Opus 22
Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano; Elena Urioste, violin
3:26 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
The Golden Spinning Wheel Opus 109
Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
3:55 p.m.
Claude Debussy
Clair de lune ("Moonlight")
Janine Jansen, violin; Itamar Golan, piano
4:00 p.m.
Engelbert Humperdinck
HANSEL UND GRETEL Overture
Bavarian Radio Symphony; Jeffrey Tate, conductor
4:10 p.m.
Bernhard Crusell
Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in Eb major Opus 1
Cologne Academy; Michael Alexander Willens, conductor Eric Hoeprich, clarinet
4:33 p.m.
Chilly Gonzales
Prelude in C Sharp Major
Alice Sara Ott, piano
4:37 p.m.
Carlos Chavez
Chapultepec Republican Overture
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Enrique Batiz, conductor
4:45 p.m.
Gioachino Rossini
SEMIRAMIDE: Overture
National Philharmonic Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
4:59 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto, Op. 4, No. 4 in A minor Opus 4 RV 357
Academy of Ancient Music; Christopher Hogwood, conductor Monica Huggett, violin
5:09 p.m.
Joni Mitchell
Favorite Color
Lara Downes, piano
5:12 p.m.
Edward K. (Duke) Ellington
Isfahan
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Simon Rattle, conductor Bobby Watson, alto sax; Peter Walden, english horn
5:18 p.m.
Mauro Giuliani
Guitar Concerto No. 2 in A major Opus 36
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner (neh-vull MAIR-rih-nuhr), conductor Pepe Romero, guitar
5:51 p.m.
Toumani Diabate
Mama Souraka
London Symphony Orchestra Toumani Diabate, kora
6:00 p.m.
Jan Kalliwoda
Symphony No. 2 in Eb major Opus 17
Cologne Academy; Michael Alexander Willens, conductor
6:28 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Legend No. 6 Opus 59
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
6:35 p.m.
Alan Thomas
Sephardic Trio: III. Una Matica de Ruda (traditional wedding song)
Cavatina Duo [flute & guitar] David Cunliffe, cello
6:38 p.m.
Max Bruch
Kol Nidrei Opus 47
Philharmonia Orchestra; Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor Lynn Harrell, cello
6:50 p.m.
Philip Glass; Ravi Shankar
Sadhanipa
studio ensemble; Michael Riesman, conductor
