Classical Music Playlist, May 13, 2024
In 1886 Tchaikovsky was made an honorary member of the Saint Petersburg Chamber Music Society and promised a new chamber work dedicated to them. After frustrated starts, he wrote to his brother in June 1890: "I began it three days ago and am writing with difficulty, not for wont of new ideas, but because of the novelty of the form. One requires six independent yet homogeneous voices. This is unimaginably difficult." But in the end he was satisfied and even enthusiastic, writing again to his brother two weeks later about his draft, "At the moment I'm terribly pleased with myself." About a month after that he wrote to the founder of the Chamber Music Society, "This is my first attempt to break free from the quartet. The sextet is such a wonderful grouping! How convenient this turned out to be, so rich in resources!" After test performances and revisions, he approved the final sextet and titled it "Souvenir de Florence" as he wrote one theme while in Italy. An expanded version of the sextet for string orchestra is today's Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Jean-Baptiste Lully
Le Divertissement Royal Suite
Le Concert des Nations; Jordi Savall, conductor
6:23 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Rhapsody in B minor Opus 79/1
Martha Argerich, piano
6:32 a.m.
Miguel Llobet
Six Catalan Folk Songs
Eduardo Fernandez, guitar
6:41 a.m.
Florence Price
Symphony No. 1: I. Allegro ma non troppo in E minor
Chineke! Orchestra; Roderick Cox, conductor
7:00 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 5 in D minor Opus 3/5 HWV 316
Handel & Haydn Society; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
7:11 a.m.
Jan Dussek
Piano Concerto in C major Opus 29
Ulster Orchestra; Howard Shelley, conductor Howard Shelley, piano
7:35 a.m.
John Williams
The Reivers: Main Title
Studio Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
7:42 a.m.
Alan Hovhaness
Symphony No. 2 "Mysterious Mountain" Opus 132
Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Litton, conductor
8:00 a.m.
Oskar Bohme
Trumpet Concerto Opus 18
Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra; Arnie Roth, conductor George Vosburgh, trumpet
8:17 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
American Suite in A major Opus 98
Prague Philharmonia; Jakub Hrusa, conductor
8:41 a.m.
Cecile Chaminade
Piano Trio No. 1: I. Allegro in G minor Opus 11
Neave Trio; Odaline de la Martinez, conductor Tasmin Little, violin; John Lenehan, piano
8:51 a.m.
Claude Debussy
The Girl with the Flaxen Hair (from Preludes, Book I: No. 8)
Pablo Sainz Villegas, guitar
8:54 a.m.
Leonard Bernstein
CANDIDE: Overture
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
9:00 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 36 "Linz" in C major K 425
Prague Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
9:33 a.m.
Teresa Carreno
Mi Teresita (Little Waltz)
Gabriela Montero, piano
9:37 a.m.
Ernesto Nazareth
Odeon - Tango Brasileiro
Richard Cionco, piano
9:41 a.m.
Jean-Marie Leclair
Violin Concerto in Bb major Opus 10/1
Arion Monica Huggett, baroque violin
9:55 a.m.
Richard Wagner
LOHENGRIN: Prelude to Act III
Philadelphia Orchestra; Christian Thielemann, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Pietro Locatelli
Concerto Grosso No. 5 in D major Opus 1/5
Raglan Baroque Players; Nicholas Kraemer, conductor
10:09 a.m.
John Adams
Pavane: She's So Fine (from John's Book of Alleged Dances)
Attacca Quartet
10:17 a.m.
Edouard Lalo
Symphonie Espagnole in D minor Opus 21
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor Anne Akiko Meyers, violin
10:50 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Rhapsody in G minor Opus 79/2
Leanne Rees, piano
10:59 a.m.
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished" in B minor D 759
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Carlos Kleiber, conductor
11:25 a.m.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Choros No. 5: Alma Brasileira
Assad Brothers Sergio Assad, guitar; Odair Assad, guitar
11:30 a.m.
Frederic Chopin
Waltz No. 1 "Grande Valse Brillante" in Eb major Opus 18
Daniil Trifonov, piano
11:35 a.m.
Leonardo Leo
Concerto in D major
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor
11:49 a.m.
George W. Chadwick
Symphonic Sketches: Jubilee
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
11:59 a.m.
Hugo Alfven
Swedish Rhapsody No. 1 "Midsummer Night Vigil" Opus 19
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Paavo Berglund, conductor
12:13 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 40 in G minor K 550
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
12:43 p.m.
Cecile Chaminade
La Lisonjera (The Flatterer) Opus 50
Joanne Polk, piano
12:47 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Partita No. 3 for Solo Violin: Gavotte en Rondeau in E major BWV 1006
Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
12:51 p.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Summer in Buenos Aires (Verano Porteno)
A Far Cry Jason Vieaux, guitar; Julien Labro, bandoneon
1:00 p.m.
Daniel-Francois Auber
Rondo for cello and orchestra
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Roberto Paternostro, conductor Martin Ostertag, cello
1:14 p.m.
Carl Nielsen
Symphony No. 1 in G minor Opus 7
Royal Danish Orchestra; Paavo Berglund, conductor
1:47 p.m.
Leo Brouwer
Zapateada (aire popular cubano)
Pepe Romero, guitar
1:49 p.m.
Percy Grainger
Molly on the Shore
Dallas Wind Symphony; Jerry Junkin, conductor
1:54 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance No. 8 in G minor Opus 46
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Souvenir de Florence Opus 70
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Mischa Maisky, cello
2:35 p.m.
Maurice Ravel
Le tombeau de Couperin (The tomb of Couperin)
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Hugh Wolff, conductor
2:53 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
German Requiem: How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place Opus 45
Berlin Philharmonic; Simon Rattle, conductor Rundfunkchor Berlin
2:59 p.m.
Fanny Mendelssohn
Piano Trio: I. Allegro molto vivace in D minor
Nash Ensemble
3:11 p.m.
Aram Khachaturian
Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus & Phrygia
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Aram Khachaturian, conductor
3:21 p.m.
Edward Elgar
Enigma Variations Opus 36
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; David Zinman, conductor
3:53 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
String Quartet No. 14: V. Presto in C# minor Opus 131
Takacs Quartet
3:59 p.m.
Aaron Copland
Appalachian Spring
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Robert Spano, conductor
4:24 p.m.
Clara Schumann
Scherzo No. 1 in D minor in D minor Opus 10
Angela Cheng, piano
4:30 p.m.
John Rutter
Lullaby for Ana Gwen
Sinfonia Cymru; John Rutter, conductor Catrin Finch, harp
4:35 p.m.
John Williams
Jaws: Theme
London Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
4:39 p.m.
Gustav Holst
Brook Green Suite Opus 190
English Chamber Orchestra; Steuart Bedford, conductor
4:48 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Four Seasons: Spring (La Primavera) in E major Opus 8 RV 269
Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble Nils-Erik Sparf, violin
4:59 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 Opus 46
Berlin Philharmonic; Herbert Von Karajan, conductor
5:14 p.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Zambra Granadina
David Russell, guitar
5:20 p.m.
Arnold Bax
Overture to a Picaresque Comedy
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Bryden Thomson, conductor
5:32 p.m.
Louise Farrenc
Piano Trio No. 2 in D minor Opus 34
Linos Ensemble
5:59 p.m.
Pavel Vranicky
Symphony in D major Opus 52
Dvorak Chamber Orchestra; Bohumil Gregor, conductor
6:35 p.m.
Aaron Copland
Rodeo: Hoe-Down
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
6:40 p.m.
Leonard Bernstein
Some Other Time
Lara Downes, piano
6:43 p.m.
Jessie Montgomery
Peace
Anthony McGill, clarinet; Gloria Chien, piano
6:49 p.m.
John Harle
Rant!
BBC Concert Orchestra; Jessica Cottis, conductor Jess Gillam, soprano saxophone
6:55 p.m.
Valentin Silvestrov
Bagatelle (Op. 1, No. 2) Opus 1/2
Helene Grimaud, piano
